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The Sunday telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1914-1927, 1915-09-26

AeeAAaS - t0AA1 UpeSoSAAS
page Of history. THE BABY Is the
ruler Of the world. An Increasingly
great and vitality significant amount
Of modern thought is devoted to his
wellbeing. and II. as we all know.
the future belongs TO him, society is
getting ready to make 1t SO that 10
the years to come will be bequeathed
the perfect child.
This may be a matter OF centuries
and centuries. but that we are on the
way TO the golden age. when boys
and girls will grow up 10 be Apollos
and venuses. Is an Inspiration 10 the
men and women on both sides OF the
Atlantic who are interested In the
pressing problem Of race betterment.
This finds concrete expression In
the .hest,baby' contests and baby
parades In various sections OF the
United States. the widely spoken
word and Of the thousands OF books
end articles written on mothercraft
and the care Of tho baby. II is the
sentiment voiced. with the impact OF
telling figures and an inspired hope
Of the future. by DR.. ]. H. Kellogg,
In recent address before the ma.
tional conference on race better.
ment. The world needs. he declared.
q new arlstocracy-"an arlstocracy
made up Of venuses and Apollos and
their fortunate progeny and then
proceeded to show the reason why:
Instead Of such an aristocracy, we
are actually building up an aristoc-
racy Of lunatics. idiots, paupers and
criminals. These unfit persons al
ready have reached the proportions
Of a vast multitude $500 900 lunatics.
10000 criminals. 100000 paupers. 90.
900 idiots. 81. 900 epileptics ss . and
this mighty host OF mental and mora,
cripples is increasing. due to unre.
stricted marriage and other degener-
alive influences. at a more rapid rate
than the sounder part Of the popula-
ton"
Governments may rise and fall.
civilizations be blownto dust and the.
glory Of conquerors fade like mist
before the sun Of new day, but the
BABY carries upon It's dimpled little
shoulders the burden Of the eternal
future. Wherefore has the great truth
been sounded by DR.. Lydia Allen de
vilbiss OF the New York state depart
ment OF health. when she declares:
DO all know that the real busi.
ness Of life is raising babies? The
real labors Of all
n whoare interested
In government, in
industry. In arts
and sciences are
for the purpose of
The Sunday telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1914-1927, 1915-09-26

EsPlTE the claim OF kings.
and the rulers OF men
who seek for power and
empire. wringing out the
hearts blood of murdered
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1915-09-17
MISSING THE BEST OF IT

Summer sojourners in the lakes
and woods resorts of northern Min.
nesota, which are annually more
and more coming into favor with
those from other states, are pack
ing their trunks and hieing them
back to their homes. They are
missing the most beautiful season
of all the year in Minnesota.
autumn. Out in the woods the
leaves are turning before the first
frosts. They make a pretty pic
ture on landscape where ash. and
birch and evergreen and oak are
blended together. They are drift
ing down in eerie silence from the
branches over the tote roads and
logging trails of other days. They
flame from the hilltops in red and
gold and russell. There are new
noises in the silent places for every
creature that moves about from the
rabbit to the red deer is betrayed
by the rustic of the falling leaves.
Around the lake shores there is one
grand setting of golden autumn
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1915-09-17

w. H. SMALLwooD is again
municipal Judge of Duluth, Cover
nor Hammond on Monday ap-
pointing him to the position he
was elected to last spring and out
of which he was euchred by a
technicality. w. L. Window
maintains that he is the Judge,
claiming that as there was an un-
constitutional election, he is the
hold-over. The supreme court
decided that the preferential ballot
was unconstitutional and Governor
Hammond was of the opinion that
vacancy existed. Window will
not lay down until the courts de.
eide he is down and out and judg-
ing from present appearances, this
will probably be the result. The
municipal court tangle in Duluth
would give the onlooker the
"willies.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1915-09-17

In the proceedings of the city
council as published in another
column it will be seen that a resolu-
ton was adopted calling for a
special election on Oct. 18th for
the purpose of issuing refunding
bonds in the sum of S4O.O 900 to
take care of the outstanding indebt-
edness and to pay for putting the
light and water plant, the water
tower and other improvements in
first class condition.
The movement is a good one
and the voters should thoroughly
look into the matter before the date
specified for the election.
By distributing the debt over a
period of fifteen years, and less if
conditions warrant, the light plant
will when completed be able to take
care of the principal part of the
debt in increased business. The
improvements about the city will,
in a year or so, be completely made
and with the refunding bonds the
debts can be concentrated to basis
where the amount of money to be
raised can be calculated to nicely
and the necessity of heavy levy
for contingent purposes be done
away with.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1915-09-17

glory. Its sheen in radiant sun
set makes a never-to-be forgotten
picture and one that few sections of
the world afford with the same
degree of splendor as does Mime
sofa. 1t is good these autumn
evenings to sit by the friendly glow
of camp fire, on a lake shore, to
listen to the call of the gray
goose and the swish of the flight of
the wild ducks from the north.
There is something about it that
moves a man and makes him glad
he lives in Minnesota all the year
around, but particularly glad he
lives here in autumn when nature
is most splendid of all the year
and when the tired children of the
world who go back to her, return
from her quiet places more refresh
ed and rested than at any season of
the year.-Virginia Enterprise.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1915-09-17

come in numbers.
In addition to keeping our young
people perfectly contented with
their home surroundings, 1 find
that they go at their work with
more vim and energy and seem to
take more of a personal interest in
the management of the affairs of
the place than they otherwise
would do. And last, but not least,
l never experience any trouble
whatever in getting all of the farm
help that require at any season of
the year, while some of my neigh
bors frequently pay more for less
dependable men. especially since
the neighboring town commenced
to 60 backward and the young
people left for the city or elsewhere.
Every school boy knows that the
value of land of every kind, no
matter whether it be town or
country, is affected by an increase
or decrease of population in the
district. My farm is not for sale
and is not likely to be, but an
enterprising, prosperous town near
at hand is more desirable as a
neighbor than a deserted village.
That's why your campaign on
home town building appeals to me
and why am interested in your
success.
MY fathers plan, which I have
followed and enlarged upon to keep
pace with the times. has been abso-
lutely successful. It is a paying
proposition in making farm home
life desirable and it helps to
solve the farm labor problem.
The same principles applied in
a modified form in the country
town would serve the same pur-
pose, but the first move should be
in the interest of the stores who
are being put out of business by
their big city competitors. 1 read
advertisements to compare prices
it's what the women folks call
shopping-for pastime. If no
prices are quoted the advertisement
has no interest for me. l like the
idea of making the home paper
serve as catalogue. IT WOULD
PAY ALL RIGHT.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1915-09-17
HOME TOWN BUILDING
MAKING GOOD CITIZENS
How a Farmer Keeps His Young Folks
at Home

AS explained in my letter print
ed in your issue of last week, we
have solved the problem of keeping
our young folks at home. My
father started the plan of home
amusements and l have followed
in his footsteps. My greatest
extravaganza in this whole bust
ness has been, l think, in our tool
shop. They tell me that I have
inherited a craze of my grand
fathers, who it is said, attended
all of the auction sales held within
radius of twenty miles, for the
sole purpose of buying mechanics
tools of various kinds for which he
had no earthly use. Be that as it
may, l certainly have strong
liking for our workshop. 1t gives
our billiard table lively competi-
ton on rainy days, except with
the women folks, who favor the
more genteel amusement. Every
male member of the family is a
Jack all trades in the workshop,
and I think that in expense saving
for repair bills, the workshop has
been a paying investment regard
less of my habit of buying more
tools than we could possibly find
use for. In any event, it is a
mighty big asset in keeping the
boys busy when nothing else under
the sun would do so. They can
mend anything from a Waterbury
watch to a twenty-ton traction
engine. or think they can, which is
essentially the same thing.
Our swimming pool, tennis,
croquet and baseball grounds, as
we'll as the indoor games, including
the billiard table, are open to the
boys and girls of the whole neigh
borhood. We make them feel that
they are welcome at all times, ex-
cept during the hours scheduled
for work. This rule is rigidly en-
forced. l could not afford to have
our working hours interfered with
and we never have any annoyance
in that connection. Our workshop
is sacred to the use of the family.
Elsewhere about the premises visi-
tors are always welcome and they
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1915-09-17

their own affairs. both in taxation
matters and also politics. The
prohibition sheet simply lied and it
the article was inspired with the
intention of creating sentiment for
the cause, it is very evident that it
had the opposite effect and that
lies do not set we'll with the people
of either belief, as the insult was
general and both the godly and
ungodly were hit.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1915-09-17
PERTINENT PHILOSOPHY
(Winnebago Enterprise)

Some think that a man would BIZ
odd if he didn't try to get even.
| A swelled head is always g
mighty good indication that there
Eis nobody home"
A ball player blames everything
on the umpire, and the married
man charges all his mistakes up to
his wife.
Those who substitute wishing
for working will probably wear out
their voices complaining about
their hard luck
So many people have been
stung" lately that there is quite a
general demand for an open season
on promoters.
Old King Alcohol has knocked
out more men than ever went down
from blows from the padded mitts
of the pugilists.
IF throwing the bull" were an
athletic pastime, we know lot of
fellows right here in this town who
would be nearly tied for the world S
championship.
Peace hath her heroes no less
than war-the gink who teeters
home at 3 A. M. for instance, and
gets away with that old one about
sitting up with sick friend.
Some men wear spectacles be-
cause they think it gives them a
learned, scholarly appearance.
But they give themselves away
whenever they open their mouths.
The Temple of Fame is not all
Uttered up with the names of men
whose chief bid for fame was the
holding of all long and short dis
tance records for cigarette smoking.
Even though she can't tango a
step, and is not capable of banging
out ragtime on the piano, if she is
good cook and stands up for her
Nav, hesitate no longer, young
man!
Why hasn't some inspired poet
written song entitled, MY
Curly Locks Have Fallen Out, but
My Whiskers Keep Right on Grow
ing Just the Same!" There is a
lot of pathos in that.
Redwood Falls Gazette: If
your boy is of the right kind, he
won't need your money; and if he
isn't your money will buy him a
ticket to hell" So you might just
as we'll spend it yourself.
Ever notice that just about the
time man has made his wad"
and is preparing to get acquainted
with that easy chair in the shady
nook on the lawn, the gentlemanly
undertaken calls around and asks
the family if they would like a
plain or fancy funeral for the old
man?
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1915-09-17
FOR LOVERS AND OTHERS

There's nothing like falling in love
for freshening woman up-"Old
Wives for New" by D. G. Phillips
Love, above all the businesses of
life, is one in which you must be bold
be bold-and evermore be bold; de-
lay is nearly always fatal.-"Astray in
Already" by Mary E. Mann.
He knew that It Is dearest incense
to woman's vanity-that suggestive
hint upon mans part that the best
of everything Is hardly good enough
for her.-"Middle Life" by Sybil Leth.
bridge.
81 only know two kinds of marrying
girls" said Mrs. Walker; lone wants a
husband to take care of her, and the
other wants to take care of her hus.
band. SPRAY on the Windows" by
]. e. Buckrose.
consider her plain, but I've never
fallen into the mistake of looking on
plain women as negligible quantities.
Memoirs have taught us of many ugly
women who dressed, undressed and
even depressed divinely.-"An Unholy
Alliance" by Violet Tweedale.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1915-09-17

On! no, Genevieve? Ely is not
so slow. Out of a total enrolment
of 1916 in the Ely schools, the
High school has 22O pupils. Vir-
ginia with an enrolment of about
5000 has 2o3 in the High School.
Besides all this, we have the best
looking lot of teachers of any dis
trict in the county. Oh. no, dear!
We are really quite swift.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1915-09-17
AMONG the freak bills introduced

AMONG the freak bills introduced
in legislative halls was one to COM
pei chickens to go to roost before
Up. M.
It is almost impossible to get a
chicken of this day and generation
to go to roost before IL P. M. If
the makers wish to fill a cry
ing need let them concentrate on
getting chickens up in time to help
Mother with the breakfast dishes.
Prison Mirror.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1915-09-17

LOUIS ROTH Chisholm business
man has enrolled in the High
School and expects to take four
year course. He graduated from
the eighth grade last year. He is
40 years of age and says he will
secure an education in order to
eliminate the handicap under
which he has been doing business.
What strange contrast this man
produces alongside several others
whom we know who lounge about
on the corners and claim the world
owes them a living, whether they
speak English, work or do nothing
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1915-09-17

THE Hibbing tax middle is only
a forerunner of what is to follow
in all the range towns if the mining
interests are successful in evading
taxation in Hibbing. Keep your
eye on the other towns. If the
big concerns are not compelled to
pay, why should not you and l also
refuse to come across? The state
board placed the valuation on the
Hibbing mines and the local board
levied the amount to be paid on the
valuation. The same was done
with all other property in the city.
1t is as plain as the nose on your
face. If the mining companies
object to paying the taxes, they
should get rid of the property.
You and l pay on what we owe,
what we have and what we expect
to own. The mining companies
pay only on their net profits as
shown by the state tax commission
while in this city last spring. By
refusing to pay their taxes, the
companies have not only defed the
village, but also the county and
state as well. The affair should
come to a point soon. The town
needs the money as does the county
and state. If you and l fail to
pay, the sheriff comes along and
gets you or your COW, horse or baby
buggy. Several hundred men in
the state are perfectly willing and
anxious to take the valued CD
mines off the companies hands on
a cash proposition and double the
taxation value as basis for pay
ment. Will the mines be given
up? We guess not.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1915-09-17

SOME bigotted prohibition sheet
in Ohio took great pleasure last
week in slapping the ranges and
especially Hibbing. claiming that
Indians in drunken orgies invaded
the towns and made themselves at
home in the saloons. The sheet
also made the assertion that the
brewing companies own the police
and municipal officials of the towns,
body and soul, and that whatever
was dictated by the brewing COM
panies, was the law. Many who
have read the article are of the
opinion that the same was inspired
by the paid attorneys who appear
ed before the legislature last winter
with proposition to hobble the
range towns and prevent the sew
eral municipalities from managing
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1915-09-17
FUNLETS

The pitcher goes often to the well,
but the bottle and the spoon go to the
sick.
II it wasn't for the cranks the
wheels of civilization would not re-
| volve.
A friend In need is a friend who
| generally strikes you for half dol
lar payday.
The inventor Of rubber tips for
pencils made fortune because of
other peoples mistakes.
A woman is generally suspicious
when she receives a typewriter tele.
gram from her husband.
It is a somewhat significant fact
that it should be deemed necessary
to tell us not to yawn in polite so
ciety.
Fortunes roads are like those in
the park II we take a short cut we
are sure to meet with Keep on the
Grass"
Thare are plenty ov scientifick mer
who hav almost discovered perpetual
moshum, who couldn't repair boys
paper kite. or windmill, to save their
lives.
Piety IL the only thing about religion
that amounts to ennything, but the
world is too apt to rate a mans re.
ligion by hiz kreed, and the price he
pays for his pu In the church.-New
York Weekly.
Many men do not learn to know
themselves because all who know
them lack the moral courage to tell
them what they know.
When the man who has watch
asks you what time it is he wants to
know how much too slow or too fast
your watch is.-Toledo Blade.
The man who makes up his mind to
do something and keeps on trying Is
likely to do something worth WHILE
Knoxville Journal and Tribune.
It is easy to get acquainted with
some men, while with others you must
know them a long time before they
will offer you advice.-Toledo Blade.
II you make q practice of always
seeming to agree with everybody's
opinions you will make a lot of So
called friends; but you will have lit
tie respect from anybody.-Albany
Journal.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1915-09-17

cemetery. While it has been
made hard for the living ones to
properly lay away their dead, the
companies have not, as yet, enjoin-
ed the people of the village from
dying. Neither have they issued a
writ on the air breathed by the
populace, which in the face of
conditions, is quite remarkable.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1915-09-17

THE free trade stuff is coming
home every day to roost. Armour
& Co. have just opened a $4,000
900 packing plant in Argentina,
South America. and the products
will be shipped duty free to this
country in competition with our
American grown meats. The
price of steak, however, remains
the same.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1915-09-17

AND still they come. Following
the announcement of E. L. Raab
of Duluth, who also ran for
governor at the last election and
received several votes, comes the
news that James A. Peterson OF
Minneapolis will again be a candi-
date. Of course, William E-limi-
nation Lee is still in the ring along
with half dozen others.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1915-09-17
WHO IS HE?

He is the chap who gives you
credit when you are financially
broke, and carries your account
until you are able to pay.
He is the chap who gives you
back your money or makes ex-
changes when you are not satisfied
with what you have bought.
He is the chap who meets you
at the door with hand shake, and
lets you out with message to the
kids" and real come-again
good-by.
He is the chap who meets and
greets you on the street every day
in the year, and takes neighborly
interest in your family and your
affairs.
He is the chap whose clerk and
bookkeepers and other employees
live in Ely and spend their money
with you and with other Ely
people.
He is the chap who pays taxes to
help support Ely schools and build
Ely streets, and maintain Ely fire
departments and police departments
and parks.
He is the chap who helps support
Ely churches and hospitals and
charity organizations and lodges
and talks for Ely and boosts for it
every day in the year.
He is the chap who visits you
when you are sick, sends flowers to
your family when you die and fol-
low your body out among the trees
and tombs as far as human feet
may travel with the dead.
Don't you think you ought to
trade with him, and be his friend
and helper in time of his need?
Don't you know that every
dollar you send out of the city for
merchandise, is sent to strangers
to men who never spend a dollar in
this county, to men who would not
trust you for a box of matches, to
men. who would turn you over to
the police if you should enter their
offices?
You don't save much, frequently
nothing when you send your
money outside, and you take all
the risk yourself of short weight
or measure and of getting damaged
or inferior goods. Aud don't you
know that the growth and pros
perity of our community depends
very largely upon the success and
prosperity of the home merchants?
Out of town people Judge our city
by the appearance of Our stores
and the degree of enterprise shown
by our merchants. And our home
merchants can not succeed unless
home folks give them loyal support.
Who is he?
Oh, nobody much, just your
home merchant, your neighbor,
your friend, your helper in times
of need. That's all he is-but
that some, isn't it?
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1915-09-17

News ITEM-Editor Harris of
the Chisholm Tribune was not ar
rested this week for running a
merry-go-round.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1915-09-17
CHURCH NOTES

Rev. J. G. Mapson will preach
in the Presbyterian church next
Sunday morning from the subject:
THE relation of the one thing
to soul satisfaction
There will be special music at
this service and everybody is
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1915-09-17

TRADE MORAL - Advertising
prominence In this paper is to
you, Mr.. HONS Merchant, what
steam Is to an engine.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1915-09-17

invit ed to be present. The service
begins promptly at eleven O'Clock.
The Sunday School service is at
10 a. m.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1915-09-17

State of Minnesota, 60
County of St. Louis. o.
We, A. S. James. Vice President and Arthur
Toms, Asst Cashier of the above named Bank.
do soemnly swear that the above statement is
true to the best of our knowledge and belief.
A. S. JAMES. Vice President.
ARTHUR Toms, Asst Cashier.
Correct Attest
GEO. L. BROZICH.
JAMES MOONAN.
Directors.
Subscribed and sworn to before me this 9Th
day of Sept, 1915. JOHN B. SMREKAR.
Iseall Notary Public.
ST. Louis County. MINI.
Ny commission expires June %. 1916.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1915-09-17

The columns of the MINER are open to the
public for the dicussion of affairs of a public
nature. Anything tending towards the personal
or slanderous will not be published under any
condition. We invite communications of a
public nature and only request that you sign
your name-not necessarily for publication but
as a guarantee of good faith. Write and get it to
this Office not later than Thursday noon.-Edtor.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1915-09-17

THE mining companies have
enjoined the Village of Hibbing
from constructing the road to the
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1915-09-17

This paper is file at 3o-South 3rd street.
Minneapolis. Mimi. at the exhibit room of The
Immigration Commission. of The Northern
Minnesota Development Association"
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Subscription $2per Year.

Entered at the post Office at Ely, Mime
sofa as second class matter.
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A friend In need is friend wht
generally strikes you for half dol
lar payday.