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The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1917-11-02
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.;
Take Your Choice

The positive declaration was made
at the national commission meeting in
Cincinnati that the New York Yankees
had purchased Second Baseman Der
rfll Pratt from the Browns for next
year and in st. Louis an announcement
just as positive was made that the sale
had not been made. Take your choice
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1917-11-02
1t Pays to Produce
A Championship Club

Jack Hendricks, manager of
the Indianapolis club, winner of
the American association pen
nant, is wearing a diamond
cluster stickpin, the gift of In
dianapolis baseball fans. Jas
G. McGill, president of the club,
was presented with an engraved
gold fountain pen. The pre-
sensations were made at a ban
quet given in honor Of the VIC
torious players.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1917-11-02
Barney Oldfield.

he gains by careful study of the
course previous to the race, and it is
to this careful policy that he owes
much of what the spectators consider
his good luck.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1917-11-02
oldham cauaht In Draft

Pitcher John c. (Rube) Oldham wa
accepted for the National army an.
despite efforts of the San Francisr
club to hold him until the end of til
season was ordered to report at once.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1917-11-02

A good dinner has about the same
effect on a man that good cry has on
woman.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1917-11-02
An Innovation.

Talking about educational improve
ments, would suggest to have school
rooms rugged like vessels" ~
"Why SOP ~,
Because then they could have what
is much needed-a spanker boom"
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1917-11-02

One of the worst things under the
sun is shady reputation.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1917-11-02

It's all right to stand by the Dag.
but don't stand still by the flag.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1917-11-02
Home From Shopping.

"Are you tired, dear?"
Tired! and my last cent are JUS
spent"
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1917-11-02
Accounted For.

Accounted For.
"Did you find Jessie in when 20,
called unexpectedly"
"Yes; that Is how I found her out.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1917-11-02

Melted shellac will mend broken
fountain pen barrels.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1917-11-02

Ellen Wade, deceased, leaves 81 ,008-
600 to Cleveland charity.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1917-11-02

OF course the good loser makes the
best husband.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1917-11-02
Do You Want Money Quick L?

Cattle Hides, Pelts, Wool, Furs. Write for free
price list. We pay top prices.
Tho X. A. COBB CO., St. Paul. Mimi.
The review. [volume] (High Point, N.C.) 1908-19??, 1917-05-10
DISCHARGE 500 euardsmen.

Raliegh.-Full five hundred men, it
$ estimated, will r"ve been discharg-
ed from the National Guard service
in North Carolina when the last of the
discharges are issued. Practically all
of these are on the basis of the pro-
vision for discharge of men with de-
pendent families. This represents
more than fifteen per cent of the en-
tire guard.
Although this condition was suffi-
cient to warrant a discharge, If asked
for, while the National Guard was in
mobilization quarters at Camp Glenn
last summer, the discharge was purely
optional with the men having depend
ents. Now such discharges are man.
datory.
These discharges leave still further
gaps in the personnel OF the National
Guard, which must be filed by volun'
teers or drafted men.
The review. [volume] (High Point, N.C.) 1908-19??, 1917-05-10
Food Burning Is Crime Now.


"The burning up of food at this
time is crime against humanity and
its consequences directly opposed to
the patriotic movement for conserva-
ton Of war time resources" says In
surance Commissioner James r.
Young in lengthy statement recent
ly issued.
"A movement is sweeping over the
country for food conservation and for
food preparedness unlike any move
men heretofore known. Farmers are
periodically responding to the call Of
national and state officials and plant
ing foodstuffs instead of what are COM
monty known as money crops This
is one Of the best forms of prepared
ness but while this is being done it
is well to observe closely strictest
care to prevent the destruction OF
crops after they have been harvested
and stored by the burning of the barn,
warehouse or storage house. A recent
report of the National Board of Fire
Underwriters says that the annual
loss of grain is not less than 100000
600 at present prices and of cotton not
less than 100000.
every bushel of grain, every pound
or dozen of food units, every quantity
Of the necessaries of life or of Of
fensive or defensive activity destroyed
by fire, whether purposely or acciden-
tally occurring, detracts Just so much
from our cOuntry's resources and Pc.
tentiality at this time when every
such element may be vitality necessary
in the undertaking of unknown extent
in which our nation has engaged.
Fire is always the enemy of the
human race, but, in wartime, fire is a
traitor in camp, a foe in our trenches.
Not only is waste by fire an unmiti
gated calamity, but any fire waste is
just that much of burden at time
when the last straw may break the
camels back.
In 1916 the fire loss of the United
States was one twenty eighth of the
seven billion dollar war bond issue
just authorized. And the staggering
thing about it is that most of this loss
was due to carelessness in one form
or another. Plain lack Of foresight
and energetic preparedness against
the flames were responsible. Let
every person put the premises under
his control in condition to repel the
attacks of the enemy fire, thrice hid
eous in war time"
The review. [volume] (High Point, N.C.) 1908-19??, 1917-05-10
Bank Loans to Canning Clubs.

New Bern.-A local bank has noti-
fed the home demonstration agent
for Craven county that his institution
will extend loans to all members of
county canning clubs, the money to
used to purchase cans for canning
ne surplus vegetables grown on the
farms. The loans will be made on
promissory note, without Endorsement.
This work was inaugurated in the
county only two weeks ago, but there
are already more than sixty enthuS.
iastic members.
The review. [volume] (High Point, N.C.) 1908-19??, 1917-05-10
SOUTH MUST RAISE
OWN FOOD CROPS
SECRETARY LUCAS RETURNS
FROM CONFERENCE AND
TELLS OF ACTION.
TO COOPERATE
Labor and Tin Can Situation Are Prob.
lens Being Given Serious Consid-
Grafton by Commission.

Raleigh.-More than ever convinced
OF the absolute necessity of the
South's raising its own food and feed
stuffs this year, John Paul Lucas, ex-
ecutive secretary of the State Food
Conservation Commission, has return
ed to his office AFTER attending the
conference held at Washington at the
instance of the Federal Trade Com.
mission for the consideration of the
production, transportation and distri.
button of food and feed products. In.
formation brought out at that con-
ference will be used not only by the
Federal Trade Commission itself, but
will be passed on to the Department
Of Agriculture and the Interstate Com
MERGE Commission. According to Mr..
Lucas all departments and commits
sions at Washington are cooperating
as never before in securing prompt
action in matters especially that have
any bearing upon the proper conduct
of the war-and the production Of
foodstuffs is recognized as one of the
very important factors in the war sit
uatiOn.
Zone of the country's greatest handi-
caps at present is its lack of adequate
transportation facilities" stated Mr..
Lucas. "This was strikingly manifest
in our conference. 1t was the concen-
sus Of opinion that the present prices
Of wheat and flour and some other
products are due as much to made
quate transportation facilities as to
crop shortage. The South will not
only save itself from hunger and suf-
fering by raising it's own food and
feed stuffs this year, but 1t will to a
considerable extent relieve the rail-
road situation by releasing for other
purposes the tens of thousands Of cars
that have heretofore been necessary to
bring us the $7OO,O0O,O00 of food and
feed products that we have bought
from the West.
"Other states are taking the same
steps we are to meet the situation,
with variations Of course. Many states
have considerable legislative apprO-
priations with which to carry on the
work and the best talent everywhere
is being utilized in the campaign.
Strenuous work is being done in the
great grain states because the nation
is expecting from that source to feed
it's armies and navy and the armies
and civilian population of it's allies.
The South and New England are ex-
pected to feed themselves and release
for military purposes the surplus that
the West will be able to raise.
"The problems to be solved, in the
unanimous opinion of our conference,
relate not only to as largely increased
acreage as possible, but also to labor,
transportation and the tin can situa-
ton, which is very serious. All of
these matters are being considered
and handled by the proper authorities
and radical steps, if necessary, will
be taken in applying remedies"
The review. [volume] (High Point, N.C.) 1908-19??, 1917-05-10
James Wilcox Declined Pardon.

For the second time since he haA
been serving a term in the State Pris
on upon conviction of the murder OF
his sweetheart, Nell Cropsey, seven
teen years ago, James Wilcox was re-
fused a pardon. Governor Beckett,
making the announcement, declared he
could only concur in the decision
reached by his predecessor, Governor
Craig, that there is nothing in the
record of the case which would war
rant executive c1emency.
No new evidence was presented to
Governor Beckett. The defendant was
twice convicted of murder in the first
degree, the first time In Pasquotank
county and the second, after the SUI
preme Court had awarded new trial,
in PerQuimans.
The review. [volume] (High Point, N.C.) 1908-19??, 1917-05-10

Greensboro. - Greensboro College
for Women announces a splendid COM
mencement program, with Governor
Beckett and Bishop Kilgo as the prin-
cipal speaker and preacher, respect
lively. Invitations are being mailed
this week to friends of the college
and graduating class. President Tur-
rentine feels elated over his success
in securing such splendid speakers for
ne baccalaureate sermon and literary
address. The commencement will
open Saturday evening, May 10, at
$3.50 o'clock.
The review. [volume] (High Point, N.C.) 1908-19??, 1917-05-10
General YOUNG Mustered Out.

Under orders from the War Depart
ment Lieut.. Col. Henry F. Hunt, mus
tered out Brigade Headquarters, North
Carolina National Guard, including
Brig. Gen. Laurence w. Young, Maj.
Gordon Smith, brigade adjutant;
Lieut. Wallace Stone and Lieut.. Rob-
ert Young, aides.
No explanation was given for the
order, but Colonel Hunt expressed his
surprise that it has not been done be-
fore. The mastering out of part of
the brigade, he explained, breaks up
the organization into it's component
units and removes the necessity for
the brigade headquarters. Upon the
return of the Second Infantry from the
border, brigade headquarters were Or
dered to Raleigh for muster out and
Col. II. J. Slocum was ordered here to
muster out the brigade headquarters.
Order to suspend muster then came,
leaving headquarters in the service.
It is taken to mean here that the
National Guard of the state may not
be called into service for quite some
time.
The review. [volume] (High Point, N.C.) 1908-19??, 1917-05-10
Purchasing Board to Meet.

The recent Legislature constituted,
through special act the heads of the
three state hospitals for insane and
the State School for the Blind, State
School for Deaf and Dumb and that
for Feeble-Minded, a special purchas-
ing board to purchase the supplies for
the six institutions in bulk as an
economy and decentralization Of the
purchases for these institutions. The
heads of the institutions have just
had their initial conference here for
organization and made DR.. John
Campbell, Of the Western Hospital
for Insane, Morganton, chairman, and
DR.. Albert Anderson, of the Central
Hospital, Raleigh, secretary. The
board decided to establish headQuar-
tiers at Raleigh and maintain a clerk
and stenographer, the completion of
the organization and establishment of
the headquarters to be accomplished
at an adjourned meeting July 1.
The review. [volume] (High Point, N.C.) 1908-19??, 1917-05-10

Some species of lizards are seven
feet long.
One of the newer electric irons Is
made to retain much of its heat AFTER
the current is shut off, and thus save
electricity.
Flour costs more in Venezuela IMAM
for MANY wears past, but competition
among the bakers has reduced the COST
of bread. -..,,or
A fan that resembles the famlnar
electric is driven by hot-air engine
In it's base, gas or denatureu aAoo '~'
being the fuel used.
The review. [volume] (High Point, N.C.) 1908-19??, 1917-05-10
OUTPUT NEXT YEAR WILL PROB
ABLY REACH MILLION
POUNDS.
DISPATCHES FROM RALEIGH
Ooin9s and Happenings That Mark
: the Progress Of North Carolina Peo-
pie, Gathered Around the State
Capital. ~

Raleigh.
Cheese factories in western North
Carolina are certainly doing their bit
in the production of food in this emerg-
ency. Thirteen factories operating
upon the cooperative plan are already
manufacturing 100000 pounds of
cheese, according to Mr.. A. J. Reed of
the office of dairy farming, North
Carolina experiment station.
Mr.. Reed states that in addition to
the amount of cheese now put on the
market by these factories, the oldest
established in 1915, another man has
been added and will push work of or
gan1zing and constructing factories in
the mountains of western North Car
DINA. At least twelve more factories
will be in operation by the fall of the
year. This means that probably mil
lion pounds of cheese will be produc-
ed beginning with the spring.
This cheese is in addition to the
beef that usually comes from this sec
ton of the state.
The thirteen factories, time of their
establishment and probable output for
1917 are as follows:
Cove Greek Cooperative, Sugar
Grove, 1915, $4,000 pounds; Grassy
Creek Cooperative, Grassy Creek,
1915, $4,000 pounds; Beaver Creek
Cooperative, Beaver Greek, 1915, 49,
900 pounds; Beaver Dam Co-Opera-
tive, Sweet Water, 1916, 10000 pounds;
Rich Mountain Cooperative Zionville,
1916, $4,000 pounds; Silver Stone Co.
Operative, Viles, 1916, 10000 pounds;
aniel Boone Cooperative, Sugar Grove,
$4,000 pounds; Cane River Co-Opera-
tive, Bald Creek, 1916, $4,000 pounds;
Twin Oak Cooperative, Sparta, 1917.
$4,000 pounds; New River Co-Opera-
tive, Crumpler, 1917, $4,000 pounds;
Helton Cooperative, Sturgills, 1917,
$4,000 pounds; Brushy Fork Cooper
alive, Villas, 1917, $4,000 pounds; Wa
tauga Falls Cooperative, Watauga
Falls, 1917, $4,000 pounds.
The review. [volume] (High Point, N.C.) 1908-19??, 1917-05-10
Asks Cooperation Of Women.

Insurance Commissioner James r..
Young has returned from Durham
where he addressed the Federation OF
Women's Clubs on fire protection.
Commissioner Young asked the cooper
alton OF the women of the state in
keeping down the annaul waste by
fires in the state. Two fire prevention
motion pictures, belonging to the State
Insurance Department were shown
during the sessions. The subjects OF
the films were 1.-THE Locked Door" and
''The Story Of the Flames"
The review. [volume] (High Point, N.C.) 1908-19??, 1917-05-10
SCRAPS

ho ",a'erproof knapsacks made Of horse
o. . nave been invented by a japanese
army officer.
ton british patent covers a series of
So nAs attached to a cable to permit a
~ 10 spread Oil on rough water.
Nv perlments with cooling buildings
VIZ ~ forcing air through hollow walls
lndia electric fans are being tried in
mad AtraW in Arkansas is to be
DDSoe into paper.
The review. [volume] (High Point, N.C.) 1908-19??, 1917-05-10
Gerard 70 Speak In RaIeiah.

Hon. James W. Gerard, recent Am
bassador to Germany, who returned
to this county upon the breach of dip
lomat1c relations between this coun-
try and Germany, will be the principal
speaker at the twenty-eighth COM
mencement of the North Carolina
state College of Agriculture and En-
cheering, May q, % and 20. Mr.
Gerard will speak on Monday the
18th. The exercises will begin on
sunday with the baccalaureate ser
mon which will be delivered by DIR
Edward Mack.
The review. [volume] (High Point, N.C.) 1908-19??, 1917-05-10

be Spec1nC, something like
100000 Overripe oranges were de-
stroyed because they were not fit for
sale. Thus 25O tons of fOodstuff from
Porto Rico and Jamaica were lost aft
er having been brought a long
distance at a considerable outlay, says
the New York Sun.
Again, not long ago, $500 bags of
onions were thrown into San Fran
cisco bay because they had deteri-
grated in the warehouses and could
not be sold. These instances are but
two among many thousands of similar
cases Of market losses. They give an
inkling of the enormous wastage in
produce that goes on in the United
States annually, and all because green
vegetables and fresh fruits will re-
main edible so long and no longer.
The loss could be prevented if part Of
the moisture in the fruits and vege-
tables could be eliminated without in
iurng them.
The average citizen does not realize
ii, but his watered foodstuffs are levy
ing toll upon him all along the line.
1t is that moisture content that in
Vites deterioration and decay.
Trace the story a step back. The
marketman has to contend with the
same conditions; a goOdly percentage
Of his stock willis and deteriOrates
upon his hands because of the trouble
breeding moisture; and what he sells
must bring a higher price in order
to fetch a general profit. The whole
saler is confronted by the same prob
lem, because he has to pay charges
for transportation, cover depreciation
in transit, and sell at prices that will
insure a balance on the right side of
his ledger.
Again, the farmer must ship only
the very best of his produce in order
that his perishable wares may stand
reasonably we'll their journey to the
markets. AS a result, where his fruits
and vegetables ripen Overabundantly
ne must count broadly as a loss that
part of his harvest which remains on
MS hands. He mast get enough from
MS sales to pay for this wastage and
the ultimate consumer signs at the
price thus made necessary.
possible remedy for this state Of
tmngs lies in the process recently per
lected in this country that makes it
practicable to dry fruits and vegeta-
OleS without impairing their palata-
Oleness and their natural nutritive
values The hard pressed Germans
nave already been doing something in
this direction.
The beet and the potato were the
TWO vegetables that the Germans
"orKed with on large scale originally.
ud'er they took up the drying Of beet
ups. potato tops, peas and grains for
t ne 1eeding Of domestic cattle. Before
uiIS, 1t was the common practice to
pack away the beet tops in silOs,
0nu quite two-thirds of the crop
way used in this fashion, but a good
part OF the ensilage was commonly
'poAed by fermentation. It was to
"'olu this loss that the Germans re-
sO''eu to drying. The result was a
steen' tender fodder containing a
~.archy content of 35 per cent. A ton
VI fresh leaves made 200 pounds Of
.Ie urled fOOdstuff for cattle. The nu-
Ilu'e value was found to be as high
'iie more expensive meadow hay.
=. i was only natural that the Germans
0uiu elaborate their factories for
~SS"G~~~0~.~~o
The review. [volume] (High Point, N.C.) 1908-19??, 1917-05-10

A Spanish bell bearing the date 1247
is still in use in Oakland, Cal.
German breweries are manufacture
ing a form Of yeast to be mixed with
stock foods to increase their nourish-
ing qualities.
The United States bureau Of fisher
les now supplies more than 1900, OOO,-
600 fish specimens annually to differ
ent hateherieS.
The production Of apples in the
United States equals a bushel and a
half for every man. woman and child
in the country.
The review. [volume] (High Point, N.C.) 1908-19??, 1917-05-10
Sale Of Red Cross Seals.


With Greensboro leading Raleigh
took second place in the sale of Red
Cross Christmas Seals, according to
announcement just made. Whining
toms sales entitled that city to third
place.
Greensboro sold 114,667 seals; Raj
eigh, 1O3,848 and Wilmington, 90,O40.
The total number of seals sold in the
state was 1907, 874, amounting to $12,-
O73,74, which is an increase of SO per
cent, or s2,eaS.o1 over the sale of last
year.
OF this amount $7,298.39 were kept
in the state by the local committees or
those selling the seals; $1,206.32 was
the amount sent to the National Asso-
citation for the expense of the cam
paign, particularly for the printing and
distribution of the seals, and with all
other expenses paid, the net receipts
of the 1916 campaign amounted to ST.
O35.77.
GAS glad as we are to have the
amount to help carry on the work of
controlling tuberculosis in the state"
says DR.. l.. B. McBrayer, I'VE believe
that the educational value of the cam
paign was much greater. Lieutenant
Governor Max Gardner said to me re-
Gently that he believed that $4,000
was not too much to estimate the edu-
cational value alone of the seal cam
paign. That North Carolina won Sec
ond place in her group of states sell
ing almost one seal per capita, or 1893
for the population of the state, is an
other source of encouragement. We
are now planning to hold our first
meeting relative to the 1917 campaign
in May or the first of June"
Demand For Agricultural Speakers.
From the Governors office and from
the various divisions of the State De-
partment of Agriculture come reports
that the demand for speakers and ex-
perts on food crop cultivation coming
in from all over the state is SO heavy
that it is impossible to supply the
demand. Town, county and neighbor-
hood meetings are the order of the
day and indications are that the In
cerase in food production will be very
great and that the most signal success
will come of the movement for more
food crops so strenuously launched
and pressed forward by Governor
Beckett with the cooperation of indi-
viduals and organizations all over the
state.
The review. [volume] (High Point, N.C.) 1908-19??, 1917-05-10

IFTY THOUSAND DOL
LARS was cast into the
Atlantic the other day by
officials of the New York
department of health. To
be specific, something like