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Imperial Valley press., 1916-03-21


FOR SALE-6O shoats weiehing from
so to 100 pounds each. Mcbride
ranch, 4 miles west and Y mile south
Imperial. Phone Imperial 4OF11, KITS
FOR SALE-25 head of heifers; nearly
all Holstein and Durham; some
fresh; rest springers. Burger Bros,
/ Elile north Of Silsbee. X2I6
FOR SALE-Duroc-J ersey gifts; to far
row in April; also some brood soWs
for sale. G. d. Willoughby &c Sons,
CaleXico, Cal.
FOR SALE-Twenty-tw head of
mules, ranging from 1 year to COM
ing 2. J. A. Balm, Phone 95F5. 29e
FOR LIFE INSURANCE. on live3toGk
see Geo A. Ragan, 51S Main ST., Ell
Centre, Cal.
FOR SALE-30 Jersey cows, with so
acres alfalfa for rent for 3 years;
A. s. Fell. X269
FOR SALE-Six young cows, fresh
coming fresh. NJ. G. Hill, X. f. d.
T. Box 4.
Imperial Valley press., 1916-03-21

JAS. ". -GLASSFORD
ATTORNEY -AT-LAW
107-S-9 FIRST NATL BANK BLDG,
Ell CENTRO, CAL.
Imperial Valley press., 1916-03-21
FOR RENT-ROOMS AND APTs.

T.. II. ELSER, Piano Tuning. All work
guaranteed. Address G15 Orange St.X296
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1916-12-08
Deadly Ra;5drops.

The fiercest bombardment conceiv-
able would not be nearly so destructive
to human life as an ordinary shower il
it were not for the protective covering
of our atmosphere. We live, move, and
have our being at the bottom of an air
room 40 miles or more deep. There
fore, we are safe, not only from fall
ing raindrops, but from meteorites and
other wandering bodies from outer
space. But, suppOsing that it were
possible for human beings to exist in
an atmosphere that rose only to q
few feet above their heads, and that
stOrmclOuds could form in the region
outside such a lOwgrade atmosphere,
then every raindrop would prove as
fatal to earthly creatures as if it were
steel bullet fired from a dynamite
gun. AS it is, however, the resistance
of our atmosphere so materially re-
duces the rate at which the raindrops
fall that they are harmless; though
were it not for the hindrance they en-
counter from the air each drop would
fall with velocity great enough to
penetrate the full length of a CROWD
mans body.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1916-12-08

wick Beach amt nothing against 1t.
Simon Kuhney has been living now in
Brunswick Beach for six years, yum
derstand, and he says If he leaves his
house at seven o'clock he is in his Of
fee at eight fifteen"
"Sure / know" Zapp said, 'but If a
Teller which leaves his home In
Brunswick Beach at seven O'Clock
would arrive in his Office at eight fif-
teen only often enough, Birsky, soon
er or later on his account the conduc-
tor would got to 60 from car to car
asking is there doctor on the train"
swell, if everybody felt the way you
do about living in the country, Zapp,"
Birsky said, "who would buy suburban
real estate?"
Nobody" Zapp replied.
"But you admit that there's whole
lot Of people living in the suburbs,
Zapp," Birsky said, and Zapp sodded.
'"rhen there must be some advan-
tage in it," Birsky insisted.
"Well," Zapp admitted, there's one
thing that fellers which lives IN the
suburbs has got more than :ellers
which lives in the CITY,"
"What's that?" Birsky asked.
Mileage" Zapp concluded.
Copyright. New York Tribune.)
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1916-12-08
REFORESTATION URGED
IN REPORT TO GOVERNOR
Official Says Minnesota Lands Insult
abIe for Farming Could Be Made
Worth 5000, 100000.

st. Paul. - Minnesota lands insult
able for farming, but which are good
pine lands, could be made worth $780,
100000 and furnish the state a net
annual income Of $4,000, 900, according
to G. c. Andrews, secretary of the
state forestry board, in his annual re-
port to the governor. The report COW
ers the reforestation that has been
done by the state. which work General
Andrews declares should be greatly
extended. The 100000 trees planted
On the tract of 10000 acres given the
state by the federal government for
that purpose are all in good condition
and there is now a total of about
100000 seedlings and transplants in
the university nurseries at CloQuet
and Itasca State park.
Damage by forest fires was estimat-
ed at about 100000 for 1916, the re-
port says. This could have been re-
duced had the state appropriation been
sufficient to retain all of the forest
rangers, General Andrews said.
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The Penalty.

Senator Fall was talking in New
York about the Mexican situation.
This imbroglio," he said, disgust
eddy, abiding to an earlier phase,
was due to Observation-Disclosures. Well,
Observation-Disclosures in affairs of state
gets punished as sharply as In affairs
of love.
II once knew an absent minded dry
goods clerk who was in love with a
spirited girl. He took her hand one
night and droned:
Dear, dear little hand! i wonder
i wonderland then his absent
mindedness got its work in, and he
said:
81 wonder if it will wash?'
"The girl gave sudden start.
"No, George she Kissed, it won't
wash, and may as well tell you, too,
that it won't cook, or sweep, or darn
socks, either. Good evening n"-
Washington Star.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1916-12-08
TREASURY ASSETS
SET new RECORDS
MORE THAN FOUR MILLIONS IN
STATES STRONG BOX
ON NOVEMBER 80.
BORROWED FUNDS LAST YEAR
Minnesota Needed $4,000 20 Tide
Over Temporary stringency in 1915
HAS $f,735,977 to Start Decem-
Der Business This Year.

st. Paula cash balance OF $4,072,.
24S.9S in its treasury is the largest
November 30 balance in Minnesota
history. A year ago the state had
borrowed $4S0.00O to tide its finances
over temporary stringency.
A cash balance Of $1,830.066. or less
than half the present balance. was
reported November 80, 1915, but the
depleted condition of the treasury,
together with the law prohibiting
borrowing for any but the general rev.
enue fund, treasury officials explained,
necessitated loan.
General Revenue Fund Swollen.
Smaller appropriations by the last
Legislature, full payment of the bond
ed debt o. the state, on which the final
100000 was paid last year. and in
creases in various revenues, notably
railroad gross earnings taxes, were
credited with contributing to the
states present condition of compare
tive opulence.
The general revenue fund con-
tanned $1,735,97765 with which De-
cember business was begun, against a
corresponding figure Of only $115.-
204.77 year ago.
The current amount remains after
deducting the full $5S0,00O appropri-
alton to the University Of Minnesota,
which was doled out in installments
last year because of the financial
crimp."
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1916-12-08
INVESTIGATOR TO FREE
GUlLTLESS PRISONERS
State Board of Control to Ask Mime
neapoiis Legislature for Fund
for Agent.

st. Paul, Manufacturers of the
state board of control are of the be-
lief that there are confined in the
Saltwater penitentiary number of
men who, if the facts in their cases
were known, would be set at liberty.
That justice may be done these pris-
oneTs the board in it's report to the
governor and the legislature, which
will be completed next week, asks for
the employment of an agent to make
investigations in behalf of these pris-
oners.
Ralph W. Wheelock, member of the
board of control, suggests that such
an investigator be attached to the
staff Of the attorney general and that
he be detailed to make Investigations
for the board of pardons, the board of
parole and the board of control
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1916-12-08
EXPERT ADVICE TO GOLFERS
Learn to Walk Up to Your Ball and
Hit Il NaturaIly-Master First
Principles Of Game.

It has been claimed that golfers who
fail to drive consistently can attribute
their shOrtcoming to not having suffi-
GENTLY mastered the first principles.
II those have been learned, the golfer
should walk up to his ball and hit it
naturally, and the body must be SO
trained that all parts of the stroke are
performed more or less automatically.
Until golfer has thoroughly familiar
lied himself with the strokes used and
brought them under his control he can
not play well. On the other hand, 1t
is a dangerous practice to think Of
them constantly or to analyZe every
stroke you make. If you do, the con-
scious effort to do one particular thing
will have just the opposite effect on
the rest of your stroke. Practice your
shots until they become a natural part
of your swing and then the rest will
come easy enough.-SpOrting Life.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1916-12-08
NEW ROAD MAP PREPARED
BY HIGHWAY COMMISSION
Exhaustive Chart for Automobile Own
ers to Show All Routes and Condi-
ton in All Weather.

st. Paul. = What it's makers say
will be the best map ever published
of Minnesota for the use of automo-
bile tourists, road officials and others,
is in course of preparation by engi-
neers of the Minnesota Highway COM
mission and will be ready for distri-
button about January 1.
Not only will the new map show
all the roads in the state, but it will
indicate the best ones. show of what
material they are made, and it will
point out the impossible highways as
the ones to be avoided. The tourist
also will be able to tell, from the fact
that a road is Of dirt or of gravel.
which will make the best touring in
wet weather, and govern his route
accordingly
For the convenience of roadmakers
the map will show the location of the
various sand and gravel pits and
stone quarries. The commission has
on hand thousands Of requests for such
a map.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1916-12-08

understand, the last owner gets 1t
for nothing with bonus of 5000
thrown in. And even then he is well
come to the house for all of me-"
THAT'S because you don't know
what 1t is like to live In the country,
Zapp," Birsky said.
II think I've got pretty good idee,"
Zapp retorted. "It's something like
being southern salesman for line of
goods where you've got to make a
different town each day. The dis
lance you travel is the same, the rail-
road accommodations amt no better,
but instead of getting every night d
rotten dinner and a good game Of
pinochle afterwards at dollar-and-a-
half day hotels. American plan, you
go home and get good dinner and
no game of pinochle at all from one
years end to the other. Yes, Birsky,
it's very unjust the way the world
looks at things. For instance, once
in five years Mr.. Roosevelt makes a
trip of about 10000 miles, y'under-
stand, and when he comes back, yum
derstand, dozen magazines is fall
ing over themselves that Mr.. Roose-
welt should accept five thousand dol
lars apiece for an article telling about
these here ten thousand miles he trav-
eled; he writes book about it, Biz
sky, and gets paid at the rate of
dollar mile, or $4,000, for 1t; he
gives a lecture about it In Carnegie
hall and six people sends letters to the
papers and complains Of the man in
the box office because he says all right
he's liar then, when he told them
two hours after the advance sale
opened that the entire house was
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1916-12-08

many homes, is most annoying when
guests are present. In one home it
was made the rule that the children
might take part in the conversation
when guests were present, provided
the children could contribute some
thing of interest concerning the sub
ject under discussion. This taught the
children to listen carefully to what was
being said. This, in itself, is Of I'M
told advantage to the child, for, in
a home where people with bright ideas
concerning all the questions of the
day gather around the table, the gen.
eral conversation Is of great educa
tional value to the child. The child
cannot fail to become a good con-
versationalist with this early train
ing.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1916-12-08
THOUSANDS OF FARMERS
AT ST. PAUL CONVENTION
Minnesotans and Dakotans Attend An
nuaI Grain Growers Meeting and
Dedication of Elevator.

st. Paul. Thousands Of farmers
from Minnesota and the Dakotas gath
cred in st. Paul this week for the an
nual grain growers convention and
the dedication, of the new terminal ele-
vator built by the Equity Cooperative
exchange. The convention began
Tuesday, and was to last three days.
The meeting was not convention
80 much as mass meeting, for the
farmers were not delegates with the
power to vote. They discussed eco
nomic problems as they affect the
farmer. A cooperative congress is
planned for next year.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1916-12-08

"Reminds Her Of the Cemetery Where
Her Uncle Jake's First Wife Was
Buried"
feeble and might go off at any mo-
ment. corner of S9th Street and Mad
isOn Avenue, understand, he wouldn't
take penny less than Sill 800 for the
house, and just before 1 got on the
train to come home he says how much
would / give for the house."
"But Paikes really and truly paid
twelve thousand for the house." Bir-
sky declared.
"Then how could he expect to get
rid of it for S11,5OO?" Zapp demand
ed. ''If you would read the Sunday
papers, Birsky, you would know that
the standard amount below cost which
they advertise country houses to sell
for is $1,000. In fact, often figured
1t out, Birsky. that as everybody is
willing to sell his broom house with
B baths, sun parlor and every mod
ern Improvement for $1,000 below
cost. if such a house originally cost
$4,000 and changes hands six times.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1916-12-08
FRESHMAN HAS FINE RECORD
University Plays Football, Basket
ball and Baseball,

Among the freshmen at the Indiana
university at Bloomington, Ind, who
entered the school with athletic rec
ords was Benton I. Springer of Robin
son, ILL.,, whose brothers have won
places in the athletic events at Chi
cago and Washington and Jefferson
universities. Springer, who is nineteen
years old, weighs $50 pounds and is six
feet one inch in height. He played
football as halfback on high school
team for four years and made records
as a basketball and baseball player.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1916-12-08
Boys Face chewed by Hogs.

Mankato, Minn.-Robert Moore,
fiye-year-old son of Guy Moore, farm
er living near Madison Lake, is in a
local hospital with serious injuries sus-
tanned when attacked by several stray
hogs which he attempted to drive from
the premises of his home. His face
was chewed by the animals and both
arms were broken. His father, who
had directed the boy to take up the
chase with q dog. found the injured
lad on the ground unconscious. His
recovery IS doubtful.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1916-12-08
GOLF GAME STRAINS NERVES
Sport Has None of Swift, Hard Physi-
cal Action That Might Scatter !
Nervous Energy.

Jerry Travers in the American
Magazine says: "Of all the games that
many millions now play, which one
carries the greatest nerve strain2
Football, baseball, boxing and tennis
carry physical strains of much greater
proportion, but none of these has as
heavy a nerve strain as tournament
golf. For here there is none of the
hard, swift physical action that might
help scatter ones nervous energy, and
so relieve the pressure. There is al
ways plenty of time to consider the
possibilities of success or failure, and
there is nothing to lift this constant
strain"
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1916-12-08
No Bank Failures in China.

Nine hundred years ago China had a
bank failure, remarks the Sioux City
Tribune Hi Hung, ruler of the Celes-
tial empire at the time, investigated
and discovered shady conduct on the
part of the bank officials. He immedi-
ately issued an edict that the next time
a bank went to the wall the heads of
it's president and directors should be
forfeited. Since then there have been
no bank failures in China. This meth
cd of dealing with frenzied finance
may not be appealingly poetic, but 1t
appears to have been indisputably eff.
fective.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1916-12-08

day a afszs %s Iouis E Brssy
the real estater said one morn
Ing "He was telling me that you
spent Sunday with him at his place
On Sand Plains"
"He amt lying to you," Barnett
zapp the waist manufacturer admit
ted.
what kind Of property has he got
up there?" Birsky asked.
Hes got all the conveniences Of :
Teller living in $50 a month cold
water fiat, without janitor service, be-
fore steam heat was invented, except
that he amt so handy to a delicates-
sen store. The bread run out at lunch
time. Birsky, and for supper we had
to eat Fig NewtOns with dried her.
ring and luncheon bolony, as Mrs.
Paikes didn't know the nelghbors
good enough to borrow loaf from
them on account of only living up
there three years"
But amt the air elegant up In
Westchester County?" Birsky Insisted
Teller escapes with his life from the
subway at 42nd Street, understand
and travels up to Sand Plains every
Night in combination baggage and
smoker along with five or six dozen
decent, respectable, Woodworking Ital-
iener ash cart drivers, understand me,
when he arrives in the country,
Birsky. the air must got to be elegant,
otherwise it wouldn't be too much to
expect there is waiting for him a
couple of soda water tanks full of
oxygen like they give it TO pneumonia
patients with rating of A to C, credit
high"
What are you talking nonsense,
Zapp?" Birsky said. 81 bet you wasn't
on the train half an hour. Sand
Plains is one of the most convenient
suburbs to get TO-"
"Sure 1 know" Zapp said, "but
Paikes don't live in the suburbs, Bir-
sky. He lives in the suburbs of the
suburbs, and he says to me on the
train that from the station to his
house Is only twenty minutes by troll
ley. but he practically never takes 1t
as his Oitermobile is waiting for him
at the station practically every night,
and gets him TO his home in ten min
ntes. Well, after we got out Of the
trolley. Birsky, we walked another ten
blocks, and at last we reached the
house. If ever you go up to Sand
Plains to see Paikes and the OitermO-
bile should practically not be at the
station, Birsky, you couldn't miss
Paikes's house. Keep to the right
after you cross the tracks and it's
the 956th white colonial house with
green blinds and For Sale sign on
It,"
as Paikes's house for sale?" Birsky
asked.
"Sure it is," Zapp replied. "What
do you think-Paikes is such close
friend of mine that he asks me up for
pleasure?"
"FOr why does he want to sell"
Birsky inquired.
''He says before lunch that his wife
takes dislike to the place ON account
In summer the smell Of the flowers
reminds her of the cemetery where
her Uncle Jake's first wife is buried,
and for that reason he would take
Sl2,250 for the house. After lunch
he also said that his hay fever was
something terrible up there and he
might be willing on that account to
call 1t an even twelve thousand. After
supper he says if it wouldn't be that
his father-in-law is getting pretty
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1916-12-08
Hunters Shoot Man Carrying Deer.

Notwithstanding the deer he was
carrying for live buck. eight st. Paul
hunters fired a volley at the carcass,
seriously wounding Angus Chisholm, a
homesteader, near his home, is miles
northeast Of Blackjack Chisholm,
who is IS years old, was brought to a
hospital and If he dies a charge Of
manslaushter win be lodged against
the st. Paul men, it was said. But one
bullet struck Chisholm, passing
through the left shoulder into the
GpiuA
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1916-12-08
PREPARE FOR SPRING GAMES
New York Americans and Boston Ma.
tionaIs to Play Series of Games
in Southern States.

The Boston Nationals and the New
York Americans will prepare for next
seasons campaign in their respective
leagues by a series Of joint games in
Alabama, Georgia and the Carolinas.
The teams will train as usual at their
spring camps, Boston at Miami, Fla,
and New York at Macon, Ga. By the
last of March it is expected they will
take the road together, playing six
or eight games, each under the aus
pices of local boards of trade.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1916-12-08
IN LINE FOR VINCENT'S PLACE
Heads Of Two State Universities Be-
ing Considered.

neapolis.-William Lowe Bryan,
president of Indiana university, and
Livingston Farrand, president of the
University of Colorado, are among
those to be considered for the presi-
dency of the University of Minnesota
to succeed DR.. George E. Vincent.
A recommendation made to the
Minnesota board of regents by an au-
thority on university administration
in whom the regents place great con-
fidence is said to have named three
men as equal to the place and worth
looking into. Presidents Bryan and
Farrand were included. The third
name has not been made public
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1916-12-08
Baby Gives Life to Save Infant.

Duluth. = When the wife of Henry
Walkams. homesteader living fifteen
miles from Eveleth, turned to look at
her log home from the edge of clear
ing, she was Mortified to see the house
In flames. Her husband was away in
the woods. Mrs. Walkams ran to the
house to save her two little children.
Entering she saw the eldest child. a
girl years Of age, with her back to
the flames struggling with a nine
months old baby toward the door. The
little girl died of burns. but the baby
will live.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1916-12-08
Reds at Shreveport.

A dispatch from Chattanooga an
nounces that the deal with Richmond
by which Third Baseman Graft and
Pitcher Allen were to go to Richmond
in exchange for Third Baseman Nc
Dermott and First Baseman Kelliher
has been cancelled
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1916-12-08
CHINESE TEAM HAS ABILITY
Credited With Winning 81 Out of So
Games With College Nines-De-
feated Holy Cross.

The Chinese baseball team of Ha-
wall, which has just closed its tour,
made a great record in this country.
The Chinese are credited with winning
81 out of 50 games with college mines,
and 81 victories in 119 battles with
leading Independents.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1916-12-08
ciay-6ecker County Hospital Open.

Lake Park.-Dr. Robinson Bosworth,
secretary of the Minnesota State
Health association; President Frank
Wells Of the Moorhead normal school.
and DR.. o. J. Hagen of Moorhead, aid
dressed more than $500 persons who
attended the opening of the Clay-Beck-
er county tuberculosis sanatorium. The
joint county hospital for the care of
tubercular patients will house 80 pa
tents and has been constructed at a
cost Of $4,000. Preparations are being
made for the transfer of patients.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1916-12-08
CORNlCE STONE FALLS;3
CRUSHED AT ROCHESTER
Three-Ton Terra Gotta Piece Drops so
Feet From Top of New Masonic
Temple-Scores See Accident.

Rochester.-Three workmen were
killed and fourth MORALLY injured
here when a large terra Gotta cornice
stone, weighing three tons, fell from
the top of the new Masonic temple, a
distance of fifty feet, carrying two of
the men with it and striking two 9th
ers who were working directly below
Scores of passersby witnessed the ac-
cident. The temple is just being built
The dead are: Robert Mortenson of
La Crosse, Wis; Louis Bang Of Roch-
er. Arthur Kruger of MankatO.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1916-12-08
LARPENTEUR is CLEARED
OF SUSPICION OF MURDER
Autopsy Shows Wife of Minneapolis
Man Probably Died by Her
Own Hand.

Minneapolis, Mimi Marvin Passolt
captain of detectives, states that fur
Their investigation of the death Of
Mrs. Paul Larpenteur Saturday morn
ing has resulted in clearing the sus-
picion of murder from her husband
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1916-12-08
The Child at Table.

The table is the ideal place for fam
lily interchange of thought, and the
children who are old enough to come
to the table should be encouraged to
take part in the conversation. One
good result of this is that it helps to
keep the child. from eating too fast.
However, the children's chatter, in
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1916-12-08
ANNOUNCES He HAS RETIRED
Hub Purdue Cannot Keep Flesh OF
and Quits Game to Attend to
Business in GaIlatin.

Hub Purdue will no more add to the
gayety of baseball. Hub announces
from his home in Gallatin, Tenn, that
he has Quit and will devote himself to
his business in Gallatin. He has res
taurant and confectionery there that Is
prospecting and farm near GaHatin
besides Hub did some good work for
Louisville the past season, but admits
he can't keep he flesh off,. try. as he