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The Ely miner., 1915-10-15
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Produces Life's Necessities.

One thing about Minnesota is that
she produces in perfection the CHIEF
necessities Of life, and they are al.
ways in demand. Our wheat, oats,
barley, corn, potatoes and other field
products are of the best, as also are
our beef, pork, poultry, eggs, milk,
cream and butter and other products
all of the very first quality. Until
the world gets tired of good whole
some victuals Minnesota products will
continue to be in prime demand
Down east, down south and way out
west they can and do produce some
things in perfection, but here we raise
a great many in equal perfection. Fol
instance, we enjoy Delaware peaches
but we like them better with ouI
Minnesota cream. We enjoy the Cali.
fornia oranges and Georgia water
melons, but they are but the dessert
70 a full meal of Minnesota products.
Baltimore oysters and New Jersey
clans go well with our Thanksgiving
dinner of Minnesota meats and yege
tables and SO it - all the way.
The Ely miner., 1915-10-15
GRAIN REGULATION MENACE
Federal Inspection Is Meas sure Of
the Extreme, Senator Sherman
Tells Grain Men.

Peoria, ILL.,, Oct. 14.-Fifteen hum
dred grain men from all parts of the
United States gathered here for the
nineteenth annual meeting of the
Grain Dealers National association
and heard United States Senator l..
Y. Sherman discuss the Limit Of
Business Regulation by the Govern
ment."
For my part | would rather have
public regulation than public owner
ship of a business that is essentially
private" said Senator Sherman But
there is always a danger of overdo-
ing everything.
81 am against extreme regulation.
insist that the government of the
United States be just as honest as it
demands it's subjects shall be- Grain
inspection under federal regulation is
a measure of the extreme. 1t goes too
far in proposing remedy"
The Ely miner., 1915-10-15
ASKS GREATER SAFETY At Sea
NEW NOTE ON WILLIAM p. FRYR
AT BERLIN.
U. S. Agrees to Dispense With om-
pire and Leave Case to Two Ex-
perts, One from Each Country

Washington, Oct. 13.-The United
States, in note just dispatched TO-
Germany on the case of the American
ship William P. Frye, asks that il 1t
is found necessary to destroy Ameri-
can ships carrying absolute contra
band, passengers and crew be re-
moved to a safer place than small
boats. The note will be presented BY
Ambassador Gerard.
The American government accepts
the German suggestion in reply to the
American proposal concerning a COM
mission to fix damages for the Frye,
agreeing to dispense with the umpire
and leave the case to two experts, ono
from each country.
Since one of the articles of the
treaty of 1928 specifically provides for
the delivery of contraband out OF the
cargo of an American ship and then
states that the vessel can proceed to
it's destination, the American govern
ment draws the inference that it was
never intended that American vessels
should be destroyed.
Draws Opposite Inference.
Germany has drawn the opposite In.
ference that the sole object of the
treaty was to prevent contraband from
reaching the enemy and that destruc-
ton was permissible if no other means
presented itself.
Germany already has given the as.
surance that American vessels carry
ing conditional contraband will not be
molested under any circumstances,
but according to recent declarations
by Germany in retaliation for British
declarations of contraband, practically
everything that hitherto was condition
al contraband is considered absolute
contraband.
The Ely miner., 1915-10-15
VALUE OF STATE INSTITUTIONS
REPRESENT TOTAL INVESTMENT
OF $15,oss,se7.72.
Prison at Saltwater Is Largest State
Institution of It's Kind In
the Country.
BY Ralph WheeIock,
State Board of Control.


The valuation of Minnesota's 16
state institutions is s15,OSS,967.72.
The average population is $3.50.
The average number of employees is
1,542. Average number of inmates to
each employe is 6.2 and average year
ly wage per employe is s56247.
The net cost of maintenance and OF
Grafton Of institutions yearly is $685.
1884; net cost per inmate $174.6S.
The valuation of farm and garden
property is s235. 1881 with a profit to
the state in 1914 Of 500, 9,734.64.
The lowest average cost per inmate
is in the prison at Saltwater. To the
credit of the 1000 or more inmates
making up the prison population, the
manufacture Of 21,855,415 pounds of
binding twine and $474,293.50 worth
of farm machinery was placed, and
the bank account of the institution
credited with net profit of $3.50, $500
from the two industries. In addition
there was paid to the inmates for labor
in 1914 $75.C00.00. which went largely
to the support of their families.
AS the largest state institution OF its
kind in the country-given over line
of industries peculiar to the agricul.
tural interests of Minnesota-the Still
water prison and it's policies are un-
ique in many ways. No private con.
Germ strives harder for a profit, none
apportions that profit with greater
70 hn honnffnA onA
none certainly combines in the two a
better method of thrift and uplift for
those employed.
The Ely miner., 1915-10-15
NO ONE NEEDS To
MISS EDUCATION
STATES CHIEF CONCERN FOR
FUTURE CITIZENS Is oPPoR-
TUNITY FOR LEARNING.
SCHOOLS WITHIN EASY REACH
Minnesota Requires Common Public
Institutions to be Maintained With.
In Access of Every Child
Within School Age.
BY C.. G. Schultz,
State Superintendent of Educate,

State Superintendent of Education.
Minnesota's chief concern for its
future citizens is the fullest oppertu-
nifty for education. No person in this
state, whether young or old, needs to
miss the chance of receiving the ela-
ments of an education. The state re-
quires common public schools to be
maintained within access of every
child within school age. There are
in Minnesota $500 rural schools, $50
elementary graded schools, and 225
state high schools. The state main
tains five normal schools for training
teachers, the state university, the
colleges in education and in agricul.
ture, besides other professional
schools. There are special schools
for deaf and for blind and a state
school for homeless children.
Consolidation of Rural Schools.
The minimum school year is six
months. Most schools are in session
between seven and eight months.
High and graded schools have nine
months of school each year.
Every child in the state between
8 and Is years of age is required to
attend public or private school regu.
larly.
The state makes special grants to
the several classes of public schools
in order to maintain high standards
in buildings and in teaching. Special
grants are made to high and grades
schools for teaching agriculture and
other industrial subjects. Consolida
tion of rural schools is encouraged by
special annual grants of $500 to each
school, of $4,000 for paying the cost
of transportation, and $4,000 for the
erection of a modern building IN q
consolidated district.
Best Facilities for Education.
Beside the common public schcols
and the states educational institu.
tions, there are six private colleges
maintaining a high rank Of scholar.
ship, equivalent to the standards In
the state university. Different reli
gious denominations maintain privats
academies and special schools. There
are schools of art, Of music, and al
design.
The newer settled sections of tbs
state have kept pace with the olda,
communities in their provisions fos
public schools. Northern Minnesota
vies with the southern section in pro
gressiveness in all that pertains to
the best facilities for public educa
ton.
The Ely miner., 1915-10-15
TURKS RENEW MASSACRES
Armenians in Asiatic Turkey Practl-
caIIy Wiped Out According to Report
From Ambassador Morgenthau.

Washington, Oct. 13.-Armenian
massacres in Asiatic Turkey have
been renewed with vigor since Bull
garia's entrance into the war as Tur-
keys ally. This information reached
the state department from Ambassa-
dor Morgenthau, who stated that the
majority of Armenians in Asiatic Tur-
key had been killed.
Although representations were made
by this government some time ago
warning Turkey that further atroci-
ties against the Armenians would
ALLEVIATE the sympathies of the Amer
ican people, no answer has been re-
ceived.
Earlier representations were met
with two concessions promising that
Armenians who wished to leave the
country would be permitted to do so
unharmed and further that Protestant
Armenians would be spared. Informa-
ton recently reaching this country,
however, indicates that these condi-
tions have not been strictly adhered
to.
The Ely miner., 1915-10-15
FORESIGHT OF HER PIONEERS
Story of Minnesota Public Lands Is
Rebuke to States That Squan-
dered Valuable Grants.

The wisdom of the founders Of
Minnesota is beyond question. for
as the result of their forethought and
the good judgment Of such men as
Alexander Ramsey and other early
lawmakers, our state stands out and
ahead of any other in the Union in
it's provisions for the schools and 9TH
er public institutions of the state. So
prominent is this contrast that the
Youths Companion, known through
out the world for its conservative
statements and reliability, says:
Most Of the states to which the
national government has made large
grants of land find little satisfaction
in telling how they have disposed of
it. To this rule Minnesota is a no
table exception, and the story of it's
public lands is both a rebuke to other
states that have squandered their val
liable grants and a lesson to the
states that still have natural re-
sources worth preserving.
while other states were selling
their public lands for a dollar or so
an acre and using the money for cur
rent expenses, Minnesota was selling
the land itself for agricultural pur-
poses for SIS an acre; it put the total
proceeds into permanent fund for
the benefit of it's schools and of it's
charitable and penal institutions. The
fund now amounts to S34,000,O00 and
gives Minnesota a larger school fund
than that of any other state in the
Union. Four neighboring states, to
which the national government was
not less generous in allotting public
lands, have all together funds of only
$16,OO0.OO0.
Moreover, Minnesota still owns
district, and from the sale Of the tim
Der and of the land to the settlers
the state will double its present per-
manent fund before many years have
passed. More important still, it
owns 10000 acres Of land in which
there are rich deposits of iron. The
state has leased the iron ore land for
long periods at advantageous terms.
The land has already yielded s3,000,.
| 600, and under the present contracts
It will yield about s150.000.000 in the
| next generation. Thus, by 1850, Min
nesota expects to have a permanent
fund of fully 100000 900, which will
yield at per cent, ss,Oo0,000 year
for its schools and other public in
stitutions.
1.-The care of this fund is an impor-
tant part Of the business of the state
government, which acts in the ca
| pacity of trustee. OF the present
fund Of $34.ooo.00o about s7.00e,0oO is
| invested in the bonds Of other states,
| SIS, ,000, 900 has been lent to counties,
| cities and townships within the state,
and the rest, drawing interest at
per cent, is in contracts Of sale for
| farming lands.
Minnesota deserves the heartiest
concentrations of the other states
| for the far sighted wisdom of It's early
| lawmakers, and for the fidelity with
which it's officials of later years have
| guarded their trust. Such splendid
| record of efficiency and honesty gives
new heart to those who are working
| for the welfare Of states that have
been less thrifty"
The Ely miner., 1915-10-15
GROWTH OF DAIRY INDUSTRY
MINNESOTA TAKES FIRST PRIZE
IN NATIONAL CONTESTS.
State Has $50 Establishments That
Produce Butter and Cheese, Sup
piled by 1,215,0o0 Cows.
BY J. J. Farrell,
Dairy and Food Commissioner.

Minnesota has $50 establishments
that produce butter and cheese approx
imately 700 of which are upon a COOP
erative basis. These factories are sup
piled in part by 1,215,0O0 cows produc-
ing s72, 900 worth of milk annually
and $S,750,000 worth of calves. The
by-products of the dairy are, at con-
servative figure, worth $40, 900 900, max
ing grand total o. more than 10000
900.
The rapid growth Of the dairy and
creamery industry in Minnesota is with
out parallel in the history of the
country. Quality, as well as quantity
is evidenced by tb; fact that for ten
consecutive years Minnesota has taken
first prize in all national contests. At
the last National Convention, held in
Mason City. Iowa, in 1915, in competi-
ton with twenty-three states Minnesota
won first and second place, as well as
the grand sweepstakes. No other state
can show such record.
The Ely miner., 1915-10-15
MlNNES0TA'S BANK WEALTH
Deposits More Than $492, ,0o0, 600; or
$2se for Every Man, Woman
and Child In. State.
BY A. n. Turrittin,


The prosperity of Minnesota is best
evidenced by the condition of the banks
Of the state.
We have 917 banks, 275 national
banks, 10 savings banks and trust
companies; a total of 1910 banks and
trust companies. The deposits in these
financial institutions is over 1892, ,000,-
oO0. 90 or $232 for every man, woman
and child in Minnesota.
Five years ago there were go of
these financial institutions with a total
deposit of over $4,000, 100000 or a per
capita deposit Of about S164.
This shows an increase of 240 in the
number of banks. s152,00O.00 10000 in
deposits and per capita increase OF
$6S.00.
The Ely miner., 1915-10-15
Shows Minnesota's Wealth,

The department Of commerce Of
the census bureau, in its figures on
the national wealth lately made pub
lie, shows Minnesota's wealth to be
s5,547 900, ,000-a figure just above
those of Michigan and Indiana, and
just below those Of Missouri, New
Jersey and Massachusetts. It's a fine
and impressive figure, and the rela
tive position of Minnesota among the
states is gratifying. indeed.
The Ely miner., 1915-10-15
Wilson's Son-in-Law Pleased.

Minneapolis, Oct. 11.-Francis B..
Sayre, son-in-law of President Wilson.
who is in the city on his way to his
home in Williamstown, Mass, from his
ranch near Melville, Mont, said that
he could give no definite information
as to the date of the wedding of Presi.
dent Wilson and Mrs. Norman Gait,
but expressed his pleasure at the an
nouncerlent of the engagement. Mrs.
Gait is very charming woman" he
said, "and we are all glad to hear of
the engagement"
The Ely miner., 1915-10-15
Says Roumania Must Ficht.

Milan, Italy, via Paris, Oct 13.-"It
is impossible for Roumania to stay out
of the war;" said Take Jonsseu, form
er Rouman;an minister of the interior,
as quoted by the Bucharest correspon-
dent of the Corriers de la Sierra. M.
Jonsseu affirmed his absolute GER
-ainty" of the defeat of Germany and
her Allies and continued: 81 believe
moral forces are invincible. Germany
represents reaction and, therefore,
must be crushed. l pity the Bulgarian
people who are rushing into an
abyss"
The Ely miner., 1915-10-15
President Lays Cornerstone.

Washington, Oct. 13.-President VII.
son today set the cornerstone for the
great amphitheater to be erected in
Arlington national ceme!ary as men,
orial to the nations dead. The exer-
cises were to have been held October
1 during the jubilee of the Grand Army
of the Republic here, but had to be
postponed because of the heavy rain.
Secretary of the Navy Daniels deliver
ed the Principal address.
The Ely miner., 1915-10-15
Cattle Quarantine Lifted.

Washington, Oct. 13.-The entire
state Of Pennsylvania will be freed
from the federal quarantine against
foot and mouth disease at once by an
order issued by the department Of
agriculture.
The Ely miner., 1915-10-15
SOME. MINNESOTA FACTS

There are 852 creameries in Mime.
sofa.
Has an average altitude of 1850
feet.
Has 51.74s.12o acres of land sur.
face.
Minnesota has four state fish hatch
cries.
Minnesota has 27.s75.s23 acres in
farms.
Is the bread and butter state Of the
Union.
Minnesota takes first place in yield
of rye.
Minnesota cattle are valued at $50.
3O6,372.
In 1914 the corn yield was 81, ,00o, 600
bushels.
Minnesota has TT head of live stock
per capita.
Minnesota has 5.775 mules, valued
at $732,723.
Minnesota ranks second in potato
production.
In 1914. 100000 bushels Of apples
were raised.
The average rye yield per acre is
1875 bushels.
There are 2,347.435 head of cattle
in Minnesota.
Minnesota has stood first as q corn
growing state.
An average per capita of bank de.
posits of $237.
Has bank deposits to the amount OF
s491, ,997 ,559.12.
OF goats, Minnesota has 1858, val
ued at s1S.480.
More than 10000 acres are plant
ed to potatoes.
Has approximately 10000 miles OF
public highway.
In 1914 Minnesota raised 1880, ,00O
bushels Of fax.
Minnesota butter Is valued at $50,.
000.0 900 annually.
1913 report gave an average of 40.5
bushels per acre.
The 1914 oats crop amounted to
S5,120,000 bushels.
Minnesota successfully raises many
Varieties OF apples.
Minnesota has 753,1S4 horses, val
ued at $S9,06S,S72.
Minnesota has 1,520,257 hogs, val
ued at $13.929,127.
The average Minnesota farm con
tanned 1913 acres.
In 1914 there were 1854. 900 bush
els of barley raised.
Minnesota's average barley yield is
% bushels per acre.
Is almost the center of the North
American continent.
The average yield per acre of DO
tatoes Is ia bushels.
OF Minnesota's farm lands 1858,
a33 acres are improved.
Minnesota cheese factories pay their
patrons annually s763,587.
Minnesota creameries pay their pat
rons annually s32.067 ,022.23.
The value Of live stock holdings pei
capita in Minnesota is s77.S5.
Highest point is found on Mesabs
iron range, altitude 1900 feet.
Plums of the wild and tame varieties
are cultivated and bear large crops.
Mfnnesota's average corn yield fol
five years was S5.3 bushels per acre.
! Minnesota has many varieties OF
wild fruits which grow in abundance
The everbearing strawberry is being
cultivated successfully in Minnesota
No ether state in the Union has as
many successful cooperative cream
| cries.
There are e37,ss2 sheep on the
farms of Minnesota, valued at 81.
693,42
In 1910 Minnesota had live stock te
the number OF 16.022,573 head, valued
at $161,617,73s.
The 1913 government reports gave
| Minnesota an average OF 80 Per cent
| above all states for the year.
Furs valued at from 100000 tt
81 100000 are placed on the market
| annually by its hunters and trappers
Minnesota's fruit crop is valued al
s30,0O0,000 annually.
Government reports placed Mime
| sofas 1913 wheat crop 13 per cent
better than the average Of the United
| States.
The bee industry OF Minnesota IL
q growing one. In 1910 there were
in the state 56,677 colonies, valued
at $2zl,7S1
Minnesota's lakes afford the best
nesting places for wild ducks ant
geese giving the hunters untold pleas
| ure in the game season.
The Ely miner., 1915-10-15
A STATE WITH A SURPLUS
Minnesota's Permanent Trust Funds
Are Greatest Of Any State in
the Union.

BY Walter J. Smith, State Treasurer.
The condition of the state finances
at the close of the fiscal year July 3D.
1915, showed that Minnesota was in
better condition than ever before in
it's history. The last dollar has been
paid during the past year on the new
Capitol, and the state of Minnesota
does not owe any bonded debt. TIE
cash balance in the treasury at the
above named date was 1882 ,006.34.
Our permanent trust funds of the
state are the greatest of any state
in the Union and nearly as much al
all the states put together. lying east
of the Mississippi river.
The state treasurer holds in trust
securities belonging to and to the
credit of the following trust funds:
Permanent school fund. $19, 1886, 0,53e
Permanent university fund 1862.
Swamp land fund. ........ 2.372, ,222
Internal Improvement land
fund $1,000
Total $23, ,339 ,284
Mott of the securities bear interest
at the rate of 4 per cent per annum
Through the sale of state lands
timber, receipts from royalties on iron
ore, etc., these trust funds are in
creasing at the rate of one million
dollars per year.
The Ely miner., 1915-10-15

The capital invested in Minnesota
manufacturing plants is $275,41b,000
The Ely miner., 1915-10-15
Message to the Northwest.
By Cyrus Northrop,
President Emeritus, University of Minnesota

l am old now, and have many things in th
world have this that speak of th
northwest come in my lifetime to be popuous and rich Th
forest fallen farmers the field has
The Ely miner., 1915-10-15

the cities have risen to greatness. If there is
anything that an old man 80 years of age could
say to people among whom he has spent the
happiest days of his life, it is this We live in
the most blessed country in the world. The
things we have accomplished are only the be-
ginning AS the years go on, and always we
increase strength, power and our
wealth, we must not depart from the simple
teachings of our youth. For the moral funda-
mentals are the same and Interchangeable. Here
in the northwest we shall make race of men
that shaI IL inherit the earth Haro in the distant
The Ely miner., 1915-10-15

Minnesota produced 1876 per cent
Of white pine timber cut in the Unit
ed States in 1909.
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when and others who have abored with shall long
have been forgotten there will be material accomplish
ment spiritual attainment wealth. strength and moral nfu
the like of which the world has yet This firmly
believe And the people of the northwest moving forward
greater things will accomplish all this they adhere always
to the moral fundamentals and otherwise.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1915-12-24
FORD SLIGHTLY ILL.

London--A Copenhagen dispatch to
Reuters Telegram Company says that
members of the Ford peace party
spoke last evening before the Nor
wegian Student Union in Christiana
The American minister, Albert G
Schmedeman, and the rector OF the
University of Christiania, were in the
audience which crowded the hall.
Henry Ford was prevented from
speaking by influenza. but the Rev.
jenkins Lloyd Jones. Miss Katharine
M. Brewster and Heutenant-Governot
Andrew J. Bethea of South Carolina
addressed the meeting Lewis p.
Lochner. general secretary of the ex'
pediiion, explained the intentions OF
Mr.. Ford and his co-workers. The
Norwegian chairman OF the meeting
gave assurances of the students gen
uine interest.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1915-12-24
GERMANS HURRIEDLY GATHER
TO BEGIN DRIVE ON SAL0NIKI;
FRENCH GAINING IN THE WEST
Germans Planning New 0ffensves--Evidence That They
Are Preparing Surprises for the Entente Armies on
Both Fronts 10000 Teutons Camp on Frontier
ALLIES ATTACK FROM BELGIUM TO SWISS BORDER

Eondon.-The concentration of Aus
frontier and especially in the vicinity
OF Ghevgeli. for drive at Saloniki
will be completed in the next three
days. according to reports from the
Balkan theatre. II is understood 15O,-
900 men are on the border and that
the work of repairing the railways and
roads destroyed by the Allies in their
retreat is being pushed night and day.
Some German cavalry detachments al
ready have appeared on Greek soil ac-
cording to unofficial advices. There
is no confirmation of these invasion
rumors. but reports OF patrol engage
ments persist.
A hard battle between the Serbs and
Bulgarians in the valley Of the AL
banian or Black Drin River was
fought, hostilities having begun imme-
diately after the landing OF reinforce
ments in Albania by the Italians, and
the fighting was still in progress at
last accounts.
Late dispatches said the Bulgarlans
who forced their way across the river,
found the Serbians had been reformed
and were driven back with big losses.
The Italians are reported TO have
landed 10000 men on the Albanian
coast and it is said they have sue
ceeded in sending supplies to the Ser
bians through Albania, pending a
junction OF the two forces.
On the western front the artillery
was active along the whole line from
Belgium to the Swiss border, indicat-
ing preparations for the sweeping Of
fensive which has been rumored for
several weeks.
In Belgium and Artois the Allies
guns did much damage to the German
trenches, and in Champagne several
batteries to the north and east of Mas
siges were silenced. A German con-
voy was caught under the fire of the
heavy pieces and badly cut up.
At Les Eparges and in the region
OF the Bois lie Pretre the German or
ganizations suffered heavy loss under
a persistent bombardment.