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The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1916-09-22
MINNESOTA SPENDS 311
MILLIONS IN So YEARS
Cash Survey Of State Shows $685.
948.52 Balance in Treasury-Tabu-
Iation Contains Comparisons.

st. Paul. - Minnesota, since becom-
ing a state in 1858 received $316,S92,-
1888 and disbursed $311, 435, 434.4S in
cash and so has available in cash now
$5,456,948.52, according to statement
made public by State Auditor ]. A. O..
Preus. The cash survey of the state
dating So years was prepared under
the direction of M. ]. Desmond, chief
bookkeeper in the auditors office.
The statement shows that the larg-
est disbursements in any year were
$22,990,206.24 in 1915, when the final
payment of 100000 on the new state
capitol building and other special items
swelled the total. The 1916 total is
$21, 719,374.32 and is compared with
$16,k27, 506.76 in 1911.
The tabulation of disbursements
shows how the state income from tax
alton and other sources of revenue is
expended, also comparisons disclosing
increases or decreases of department
tai expenses during the last five years.
Direct comparisons are impossible in
some instances, notably that of legis-
lative expenses, in which the item was
$317, 9S1.41 in 1911, $308,690.20 in 1915
and only 1854 for few miscellane-
Gus items in 1916, left from the bien-
NAL session of the previous year.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1916-09-22

The iowa Beef Producers associ-A
ton carried on an investigation in
iowa covering period of five years.
Data was gathered from 20 Iowa
farms in nine different counties
throughout the state. (See chart.)
On ten average livestock farms 50
bushels of corn per acre were pro-
duced as against SO bushels per acre
produced on ten average grain farms.
On ten average stock farms 80 BUSH
els of oats per acre were produced,
as against 80 bushels per acre on ten
average grain farms.
Ten average stock farms produced
% tons of clover per acre as against
IL tons per acre on ten average grain
farms. These comparisons speak for
themselves.
one-crop System.
A one-crop system will impoverish
any country, and in turn it will i'm
poverish the people that are on its
farms. 1t is only through diversified
ton Of crops and the using of our en-
ergies every day of the year, that we
can make rich country.
Livestock farming is diversified
farming and calls for system of crop
rotation with legumes. 1t returns fer
tility to the soil. 1t adds interest to
the work Of the young people and
finally it is best insurance of an in
come. The kind of live stock depends
upon local conditions. First, the pref
erence of the farmer. second, the en-
vironment. Cows, hogs, horses, mules,
beef cattle and sheep, offer large
range of choice and fit into many con-
ditions. Horses and hogs are found
on every farm and they become very
profitable to the man who under
stands them. Sheep raising and dairy
ing may be combined as one herd or
handled separately.
In either case they will be found,
profitable. Varying combinations Of
live stock may be, found profitable.
Livestock farming requires d de-
pendable feed supply. Silage and al
falfa are an excellent basis. Corn,
kafir, and other similar crops furnish
silage.
Each farmer should make a busi-
ness of growing his own beef as well
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1916-09-22
HEALTH OFFICERS
OF STATE TO MEET
PUBLIC SUBJECTS TO BE DIS
GUESSED BY COUNTY AND MU-
EicIPAL REPRESENTATIVES.
CALLED BY STATE BOARD
Conference Precedes Meeting Of State
Medical Observation-Disclosures
Will Be Program of Meeting
lnfantie Paralysis a Topic.

Minneapolis. Public health sub
jects will be discussed by experts at
meeting of county and municipal
health officers of the state at Mime
apolis, October IL. the day preceding
the meeting of the state medical as
ISOLATION. The meeting called by the
state board of health will be given to
symposiums designed to be of practi-
cal value to the health officers.
The first session will open at a. m.
with fifteen minute talks by DR.. E. H.
Bayley. Lake City, health officer of
Waba county, on health needs in
country districts, and by DR.. L. G.
Guyer, Crookston, associate medical
director of Sunnyrest sanatorium, on
county sanatoria opportunity and
needs.
Women to Talk.
Making the Home Healthful" will
be the subject of five-minute talks, DR..
Mary Wetmore of the University farm
school, discussing what the agricul-
tural extension division is doing; An
ME E. Shetland, supervisor of rural
schools in the state department of
education, telling what the rural
schools are doing, and Mrs. w. T. Coe.
president of the Minnesota Federation
of Women's Clubs, describing what
the organizations of women are doing
In that direction.
In another symposium on the record
ing of health data, health officers rec
ords will be discussed by DR.. L. F.
Hulsman, health officer of Eveleth |;
hospital records by Lydia H. Keller,
Minneapolis, secretary of the Ameri-
can Hospital association. and sanato-
rum records by DR.. A. T. Laird, SUI
perintendent of Nopeming sanatorium
in st. Louis county.
On InfantiIe Paralysis.
Visiting nurse work will be the first
topic of the afternoon session, three
visiting nurses, Alma Johnson of Win
dom, Alma Wretling of Albert Lea
and Mrs. A. J. Peters of Mankato, tell
ing of methods in practice in their re-
spective fields.
Infantile paralysis will be the sub
ject Of paper by Dr. A. j. Chesley,
director of the state board of health
division of preventable diseases, to be
delivered late in the afternoon. An
other paper on the sanitation of swim
ming pools will be read by DR.. C. E.
Smith, assistant health officer of St.
Paul.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1916-09-22

crop and devoting twO-thirds OF his
time to doing it. Farming Is bust
ness and requires all of our energies
intelligently directed.
a.. Interesting Experiments.
Among hundreds of experiments
conducted in the past IS years with
different cropping systems one Of
=. them carried ON for a period of II
years by the Missouri agricultural col
lege stands out as striking ex-
ample of the influence we have upon
the soil, to improve 1t, or exhaust it
as we choose.
Live Stock and Legumes.
For II years three systems of farm
ing were practiced ON three plots Of
ground.
On plot one a system Of livestock
farming was practiced; that is corn,
wheat and clover were grown in rota-
ton with grain crops, the crops fed
to live stock and the manure returned
"to the land.
On plot two a simple rotation Of
corn, wheat and clover was followed
and the crops harvested and sold off
the farm.
On plot three corn was grown ev-
cry year for II years, and every crop
harvested and removed from the land.
On this plot the yield was reduced in
the last year of the experiment to Ills
bushels per acre.
Where the land had simply been ro-
tated to corn. wheat, and clover, the
yield was 5O.7 bushels per acre, and
where manure was added in a corn,
wheat and clover rotation, the yield
was TIC bushels per acre.
No more striking results of the eff
feet of crop rotation could be found
and there is little doubt that the most
important cause of this increased
yield is in the fact that the humus
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1916-09-22
STATE BOARD APPROVES
WORK ON ROSEAU RIVER
Hears Requests of Farmers for
State Aid For Bridge.

Badger, Minn.-The State Drainage
board has just inspected the work of
deepening and Strengthening the Ros-
eau river from near this point to the
Canadian line and also work of the
same character from point near Ros-
eau lake to that already done. The
former contract costing $4,000 is near
completion and was approved by the
board on condition the contractor re-
move temporary dams.
The work will total $3.50, 900, and will
provide an outlet for bitches which will
permit the drainage of 100000 acres
Of state and private owned lands.
The drainage board travelled more
than 100 miles by automobile and walk
ed twelve more inspecting the work.
They heard the request of group Of
farmers for state aid for construction
of a bridge two miles west of Ross,
over the Roseau river.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1916-09-22
FEED WHAT YOU RAISE

as his own vegetables. Also his own
protein feed for his stock, and ex-
pend as little money as possible for
bran, cottonseed meal, and other high
priced protein feeds.
Dairy Essentials.
The dairy business, too. calls for in
tellectual activity. Such exercise is
good for the boys and girls. The dairy
business evens up things on the farm.
It gives steady employment. 1t is a
cash business. A man feels independ-
ent when he knows that his income
is steady. Dairying builds up the
farm. 1t requires fewer acres and
consequently leads to more neighbors.
There is always an air of prosperity
about a well handled dairy farm. The
dairy business adds permanency to
the community. The success of the
man engaged in it depends upon keep
ing milk records. 1t costs but little
and returns a hundredfold. There are
good cows and poor cows. A farmer
should find out which are the poor
cows and which are the good ones.
This can be done by marking down
what they produce each day, and u.s.
ing the Babcock test. Milk the good
cows and sell the improbable ones
for beef.
"Feed what you raise, and raise
what you feed" has been the watch
word of the best farmers in America
for many years. 1t is the only safe
system.
Living on the farm means more
than most of us realize. Not just to
live there, but to make 1t home
Not just to grow corn, wheat and al
falfa, but for the benefits that may
come to our homes and to our chill.
dren through the things that we pro.
duce.
It does not make much difference
how much wheat we raise or how
much corn we grow, but it does make
tremendous difference what we dc
with the profit that we get from the
corn and the other things that are
| produced from the soil.
Farmer Was Power.
The pioneer American farmer Of
the nineteenth century was a power
in his day. He did we'll his work Of
clearing away the forests, establish
ing homes. building roads and settling
the wilderness. And If he did no
cultivate and care for the soil as III
should have done, we cannot blame
him, because the need was not press
ing that day. 1t was not his problem
The care of the soil is the problem
of the farmer of today. He Is bein:
called upon for many things that arr
real necessities. He must improve hi
soil. He must not forget that Liv'
Stock and Legumes are the basis O
Permanent Agriculture.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1916-09-22
Woman's Body in River at Winona.

st. Cloud-That Minneapolis was the
home of the unidentified woman whose
body was found in the Mississippi river
here was indicted to the police IN foi-
lowing up recent discovered. clues in
the case. At a rooming house, where
a grip had been left by a woman an
swering the drowned woman's descrlp-
ton, it was said that Minneapolis and
Bemidji had been mentioned by her as
.er home. She had evidently come
here in search of work. A photograph
Of child was found.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1916-09-22
GRAND AMERICAN HANDICAP
The Greatest Trapshooting Event OF
the Year, Won with Winchester
repeater" Shells.

Inc Grand American Iandicap, the
trapshooting classic, equivalent to the
Worlds Series In Baseball, the highest
honor the world has to bestow in trap
shooting, the event that marks the eli
max in the trapshcoter's career, was
won by Capt. j. F. Wulf, of Milwau-
kee, with the wonderful score of 99x1OO
from the 19-yard mark. In making this
great win he shot Winchester Gre
peater'' loaded shells.
The National Amateur Champion
ship was won by F. M. Troeh, of the
State Of Washington. Mr.. Troeh also
took second place for National Anna
teur Championship at Doubles. He al
so won the Mound City Overture, and
the General Average On all targets, and
General Average on 16-yard targets.
In winning all these events, Mr.. Troeh
used a Winchester repeating shotgun.
The Women's National Champion
ship, the first event Of the kind ever
staged at Grand American Handicap,
was won by Mrs. J. D. Dalton, of War
saw, Indiana, with a Winchester re-
peating shotgun.
The Dunspaugh Trophy, emblematic
Of the Professional Championship, was
won by Phil r. Miller with Winches-
ter repeating shotgun.
The Hercules All-round Amateur
Championship was won by Edw. L.
Bartlett, of Baltimore, with Winches.
ter loaded shells. This was hard
match to win, as it called for so singles
at IS, 20, % yards, respectively, and 25
doubles at 16 yards.
This was great cleanup for Win
chester guns and shells and demon
stration of their wonderful shooting
qualities.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1916-09-22
Blast Held Due to Spite Work.

Bemidji. - That the State bank at
I.aporte, near here, was the target OF
spite work when it suffered approx
mately $4,000 damages in a dynamite
explosion, is the opinion of Charles D.
Brown, manager of the protective de-
partment Of the Minnesota Bankers
association, who is conducting an In
vestigation of the affair. While Mr..
Brown will not reveal the results OF
his investigation, 1t is limited by those
familiar with the facts that several
prrests are to be made.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1916-09-22
PLAQUE Deaths Now Total so.

st. Paul. - Three deaths from in
fantile paralysis in Minnesota, have
Just been reported to the state depart
ment of health. Truman Lapham, IA
year-old son Of Frank Lapham, White
Bear village, died after a weeks ILL.,
ness and was buried privately. The
department records show $50 cases of
the disease in the state and a total
Of sixty deaths.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1916-09-22
May Ask FurIoush for Guards.

Fort Smelling. = Governor. Burn
quist says he will petition the war de-
Dartment for furIough for the men
of the First Minnesota field artillery
in camp at Camp Bobleter In the event
of continued cold weather and an ex-
preston from the officers and men
stating they desired such action. eff
it is found the men at Camp Bobleter
are suffering from inclement weather
and they make request, shall con-
slider it," said he. Members have been
provided with overcoats.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1916-09-22
Personally Influenced.

Charley, dear" said young Mrs
Torkins, 81 am going to be in favor Of
government ownership"
"Have you given the matter any
thought"
"Yes, indeed. If we. had government
ownership of railroads might he able
to tell any conductor who didn't find
me seat on the shady side Of the
car that I wouldn't vote for him next
election"
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1916-09-22
Useless.

"Time is the most precious thing we
have, ard yet there's not one of us
who doesn't waste it us if it were Of
no value whatever"
"YOu're right about that, old man. l
don't suppose there's a day goes by that
/ don't spend half an hour or more
trying to convince my wife that she is
spending more money than we can af-
ford"
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1916-09-22
Bio Munitions plant for Anoka.

Anoka. - A large munitions plant,
financed by Minneapolis men, will be
built at Anoka, according to announce
ment. Land has already been pur-
chased and options have been taken
on additional tracts at, Anoka- The
company will be known as the Federal
Cartridge and Machine company and
will be capitalized at 100000.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1916-09-22
Brainerd Dark, Engineer Misses Town.

Brainerd Dark, Engineer Misses Town.
Brainerd.-With street lights turned
off at night pending increase in taxes
Brainerd has felt somewhat like an
English town lodging Zeppelins. The
Minnesota and International Falls
railway early morning passenger train
came to town and ran by the station
in the dark. The engineer missing all
familiar landmarks. Spooners are the
only one apparently approving the
present state Of affairs. Brainerd, be-
ing dry town on account of the In.
dian lid. the citizens insist there 10 no
need Of nghtA
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1916-09-22
PROFITABLE TO WEIGH MILK
Dairymen Find Returns From Cows
Are Much Larger Than Formerly,
Under Old Method.

Dairymen who are weighing the
milk from each cow every day find
that their returns are much larger
than formerly, when they allowed the
old custom of guessing at the amount
in the pail, froth and all.
1t takes but a few seconds time to
weigh che milk and make q good
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1916-09-22
Uncouth,

''Bill Blunt is one of those rough and
ready chaps, isn't he?"
ayes, that describes him pretty well.
He's rough in manners and dress, and
he's ready to do anything except
work"
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1916-09-22
Brainerd to Practice Economy.

Brainerd. - With the defeat of an
amendment to raise taxation several
mills, Brainerd will institute a reign
of rigid economy. The November set
Element of taxes is expected to yield
something more than $4,000. 1t is
planned to discharge all appointive
officers, If necessary.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1916-09-22
Cover Ripeninq Berries.

Light, one-inch mesh fish netting
makes an excellent covering for RI
pening berries that attract the birds.
Scarecrows and strings often fail; net
ting is sure, and not expensive for
small areas.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1916-09-22
Pure. Fresh Water Helps.

Milk is so per cent water, and 1t is
but reasonable to think that the cows
which have pure, fresh water available
at all times, will yield more milk than
if there is a scarcity of water or a
poor quality of it.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1916-09-22

record of it, If convenient scales and
blanks are at hand.
The most convenient scale is a
spring balance, weighing to 60 pounds
by tenths, having an adjustable hand
which may be set to balance the
weight of the empty pail.
The records should be convenient
and have sufficient space for the fig
ures.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1916-09-22
FEEDING Dairy CONS.

TecUIH9 0dHy VUWSs
In feeding dairy cows give them all
they will clean up at each feed but
no more.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1916-09-22
Consolation.

81 am sorry TO hear of the loss Of
your husband, Mrs. Maggs."
"Oh. twas no loss. ma'am. He was
insured for one thousand dollars"
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1916-09-22
No Horse for Farmer.

A farmer has no business with trot-
ting stock. Racing horses are like
prizes in lotteries. The drafter always
sells for more than his cost.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1916-09-22

The worlds supply of black opals
is practically exhausted, in the opinion
IF London gem expert.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1916-09-22

clover, corn, oats and other crops
when sold on the market take away
fertility which will never return to
your soil.
The accompanying chart shows the
fertility contained in alfalfa, clover,
corn and oats in comparison with
milk, beef, pork and butter.
When you grow three tons of al
falfa, about the average acre yield,
and sell it, you rob your soil to the
amount of about $2S. When you mar
ket so bushels of corn you lose about
SIS in fertility-value; but If you feed
the corn 'and alfalfa to steer or a
hog or q dairy COW. 20 to 80 per cent
of the fertility will be returned to
you in manure and go back to the
land If you save the manure. For
every 400 pounds of beef shipped
away the loss will be about $1.9O
600 pounds Of pork about $1.S7; 100
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1916-09-22
Don't Waste Seed.

Don't waste alfalfa or clover seed
on sour or alkaline soils.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1916-09-22
LIVE STOCK AND lEGUMES

pounds of butter about cents. Mar
ket your crops through live stock, and
you will make more money from your
farming operations. Build up your soil
and make your farm worth more.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1916-09-22
Indian Cases Near End.

A settlement of the first batch Of
White Earth Indian cases within three
weeks is expected by the representa-
tives of all parties concerned who
have begun the work of final adjust
ment of the suits in the Office of F. J.
Kearful, special United States attoR.
ney in charge Of the White Earth In
dian cases.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1916-09-22

The State Railroad and Warehouse
commission has taken steps to effect
a change from joint to continuous
mileage freight rates on the Chicago
& Northwestern and Chicago, St. Paul,
Minneapolis & Omaha roads following
the decision Of the supreme court that
the roads should be regarded as one
for rate making purposes. The order
affords the companies ea alternative
Of showing cause for noncompliance
before the commission before Septem-
Der 81. or putting into effect the ner
rate,
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1916-09-22
Attorney General in Hibbinq.

Following a conference with Cover
nor ]. A. A. Burnquist. Attorney Gen
eral Lyndon A. Smith was in Hibbing
to confer with county officials regard
ing action under the state public ex-
aminer's report, showing alleged ex-
travagance, shortages and irregulari-
ties in the village government. Mr..
Smith was to be joined by Examiner
Fritz and his deputy, John Davis, who
made the first examination. The state
officials will confer with county au-
thorities and then continue the inves-
tigation.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1916-09-22
Batteries See Relief.
Widows Pensions Increased.

Approximately $500 widows of war
veterans in Minnesota will gain in
creased pensions under the recently
enacted Ashbrok law, which is to be-
come effective at once, Minneapolis
pension attorneys say. The act in
creases their pensions, now $12
month each, to $40 q month each, and
includes widows of veterans of the
war of 1912, Mexican war and Civil
war. The increase means about 1886,
900 more year for Minnesota widows.
The Hayti herald. (Hayti, Mo.) 1908-1922, 1916-12-28
Braggadocio News

Hallet Hamilton has sold his
cold drink stand and grocery
store to James Dye and will leave
the first of the year for Memphis,
Tenn, where he goes on the
mounted police force.
Carl Long of the Cape Normal
and Luther Curtner of the Ca.
ruthersville High School are
spending the holidays with
homefolks.
Mr.. and Mrs. Claud Cooper OF
Ellwood, Tenn, are visiting Mrs.
Cooper's parents, Mr.. and Mrs
Jno. Morgan.
w. H. Denton and wife, and
Dr.. Leve Denton and wife took
dinner Monday with DR.. Right
Denton at Nicola.
Miss Nola Grinstead, who is
teaching at Carleton, is spending
the week with homefolks.
The infant child of Mr.. and
Mrs. S. l.. Robinson was buried
at the Culp Cemetery December
18th.
Wilce Curtner has bought the
j. H. Grinstead house that was
occupied by H. Hamilton and
will move there Jan. 1st.
T. G. Culpis building a lumber
shed for himself near the depot.
Jno. Morgan gave Christmas
celebration to host of relatives
and friends.
The death angel visited the
home of A. G. Long Friday even
ing and claimed as it's victim his
beloved wife, Sallie Bray Long
She was a faithful member of the
Baptist Church, a loving wife
and a kind mother. She leaves {
mother, husband and three
small children, to mourn hel
departure.
The Hayti herald. (Hayti, Mo.) 1908-1922, 1916-12-28

The East Prairie Eagle, a lead
ing newspaper of Mississippi
county, last week changed hands,
being sold completely by Frank
Lee, who has given that paper
able management. David Bright,
founder of the paper became the
old.new owner. Mr.. Bright, we
understand is good newspaper
man, and the Herald extends
New Year greetings, hoping that
his requirement will be one of
prosperity.