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The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1917-05-18
THE VALUE OF BARLEY.
National Crop Improvement Service

lNatlonai Crop Improvement Serttool
In the United States and Canada,
barley is used as a feed for farm ami
mails, less than one-third being used
for mailing. A limited amount is used
in the preparation of breakfast cereals
and for pearled barley. "Our farmers
are learning the value of barley as a
part ration for dairy cattle and young
stock and much more will be used as
animal food in the future" says Pro-
fessor R. A. Moore, the greatest bar
ley breeder in the world.
In many states barley is quite gen.
orally grown as a hay and feed for
horses. When used as hay it is cut
In the milk stage shortly after heading
and cured like timothy and blue grass.
We think that the hay phase Of barley
this year is very important because all
acreage that has never been planted
to other crops or that will need re.
planting for any reason, could be put
into barley at clear profit.
When the grain is used as feed,
1t is either fed whole or the kernels
crushed by passing between rollers.
If finely ground the gluten therein
makes a sticky mass as soon at it Is
brought in contact with moisture and
it is not then readily masticated or di-
gested. Only limited amount of bar
ley is exported from the United States
and the export consists LARGELY of a
mixture of varieties as feed.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1917-05-18

partment Of the city, and the
proper notices screwed on all peo-
pie who are not connected with
the sewer ordering the connec-
tions to be made, in certain
length of time. If at the end Of
the time given the connections
have not beeen made, unless a
satisfactory excuse can be made,
egal procedure will be brought
2gainst the owners to enforce
these connections and to remove
from their property nuisance,
said nuisance being the outdoor
privy. 1t has been common
knowledge to everybody for sew
eral years that they We're expected
to connect up with the sewer.
Many people have done so and
the Health Department has al
ways given everybody time.
There are still some people who
after several years waiting have
failed to make these improve
ments. The Health Department
feels that sufficient time has
been given everybody, and that
there is now no excuse for wait
ing longer.
OWEN w. PARKER,
Health Officer.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1917-05-18
Order to Examine Final Ac-
count, Etc.

COUNTY eaa Of St. louis. IS In Probate cour,
In the Matter of the Estate of Richard NJ.
Erickson, Decedent.
The Petition of Raynard S. Erickson as
representative of the above named decedent. to-
gether with his final account of administration of
said estate, having been filed in this court, repre-
senting. among other things that he has fully
administered said estate, and praying that said
final account of said administration be examined,
adjusted and allowed by the Court. and that the
Court make and enter its final decree of distribu-
ton of the residue of the estate of said decedent
to the persons entitled thereto. and for the dis
barge of the representative and the sureties on
his bond,
It is ordered. That said petition be heard,
and said final account examined. adjusted
and if correct. allowed by the Court at the
Probate Court Rooms in the Court House in
the City of Duluth in said County. on Monday.
the 4th day of June. 1917. at ten o'clock
a. m, and all persons interested in said
hearing and in said matter are hereby cited and
required at said time and place to show cause.
if any there be, why said petition should not be
granted.
Ordered Further, That this order be served by
publication in the The Ely Miner according to
law.
Dated at Duluth. Mimi. May 3rd, 1917
By the Court.
Attest: S. w. GILPIN,
AR MORTON Judge of Probate.
Clerk of Probate.
(Seal Probate Court. St. Louis County. Mimi
Sill SIS A. w. Nelson. Atty.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1917-05-18
BARLEY VS.. WHEAT.

National Crop Improvement ServIce.1
Barley at Coo per bushel will profit.
ably compete with wheat at $1.00.
Were it not for the sustaining influ.
ence of the high prices for mailing
barley, it would compete with oats.
but as it is the crop of barley for 1915
brought 1922, 100000. The price Of
barley is now s1.20 to $3.50 per bushel,
but taking $13o as a basis, the 1916
crop of 1S0,OO0.OOO bushels, would
bring $234,000,O00.
Yields of 40 to so bushels of barley
per acre are not uncommon and as
just a feed value this means hand
some return to the grower. But in adj
dition to this, there is always the in
centive of raising good crop of SUI
perior barley that can be sold for
mailing purposes, at advanced prices,
and a good yield of mailing barley
will hold, it's own with any other crop.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1917-05-18
HE AL TIL NOTES
CITY OF ELY.

An inspection of the city was
made last week by the Health
Department and the City Coun-
Gil. In the party were Engineer
Nutter, Street Commissioner Klo-
buchar, Alderman Somero, mem
Der of the committee on SANTA
ton and DR.. Parker, Health Com
missioner.
An annual inspection is re-
quired by the State law, this how
ever is not the only inspection
that will be made this year. II
is expected that many more will
follow this one. A constant. en-
deavor will be made to see that
the city is kept clean all the time.
The general cleanliness of the
city on this visit was found to be
very good. The mining locations
were visited and they were in ex-
cellent condition. Teams were at
work finishing up the cleaning.
1t can be said that the City of Ely
is a pretty good municipal house
cleaner. Very few cities haul
away all the garbage, manure,
ashes, tin cans and every other
kind of rubbish that accumulates
in a city, free. This however is
the only efficient way, or at least
the most efficient and prompt
way.
We found that vacant lots were
in the worst condition of any of
the various parts Of the city. Va
cant lots become general dump
ing grounds for the neighbor-
hood houses, and are favorite
places for the kiddies to throw
tin cans and every other kind of
thing. On this trip we ordered
every vacant lot cleaned up. All
we ask is that the owners clean
them up and throw the stuff in
the alleys and the city will haul
it away at once. In these times
of war gardens the vacant lots
should become of some use if they
were turned into gardens, and
while in the healthful pursuit of
gardening the vacant lots with
potatoes and other useful vege-
tables and few flowers instead of
tin cans would beautify the place.
A survey is being made of the
city to locate people who are not
connected with the sewer and
who are living on sewer lines and
can therefore connect. A map
will be made showing the results
of the survey. After this has
been completed, the. matter will
be taken up with the~1egal de
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1917-05-18
ROTATION LEASES.
National Crop Improvement Service. ]

lNatonai Crop Improvement Service.1
There is nothing which endangers
America so much today as our very
much abused farm tenant system. We
ought to have something in every
lease which will protect land and pro-
tect the people as well as posterity.
Year to year tenants who scratch
little and move away, should be com.
PEELED to settle down and landlords
should be be compelled to make a
time rotation lease. 1t is easy to talk
about compelling this and compelling
that, but we mostly are very sloppy
people whose motto is "the easiest
way is the best"
If we let our soil run down, our
whole structure will fall In order to
obtain a larger yield of grain, this soil
must be fed. The colleges and expert
ment stations beyond the Mississippi
river are entirely too timid about
preaching soil conservation. In fact,
all of us are rather prone to tell our
audience what we think they would
rather hear.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1917-05-18
Order for Hearing on Petition for
Determination of Descent of
Land.

State of Minnesota,
County Of st. Louis. In Probate Court.
In the Matter of the Estate of Andrew
Ringsred. Decedent.
THE PETITION OF Berntine Ringsred fav.
ing been fled in this Court. representing among
other things, that the above named decedent
died more than five years prior to the filing of
said petition and that no Will of decedent has
been proved nor administration granted on his
estate ip this State; that said petitioner has, and
claims to have an intesest in certain real estate
of decedent lying and being in the County of
St. Louis. State of Minnesota. described in said
petition and praying that the will of said
decedent be admitted 10 probate and that the
descent of said real estate be determined by this
Court. and the same assigned to the persons
thereunto entitled.
1t is Ordered That said petition be heard be.
fore this Court. at the Probate Court Rooms in
the Court House. in Duluth. in said County.
on Monday. the 4th day of June. 1917. at ten
O'Clock a. m. and all persons interested in said
hearing and in said matter are hereby cited and
required at said time and place to show cause. if
any there be. why said petition should not be
granted.
ORDERED FURTHER. That this order be
served by publication in the The Ely Miner &C.
cording to law.
Dated at Duluth. Mimi. May 9Th 1917.
By the Court.
Attest: Sw.GILPIN.
AR. MORTON. Judge of Probate.
Clerk of Probate.
(Seal Probate Court. St. Louis County. MIMI
Sill 5-2S
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1917-05-18
BARLEY NEXT TO CORN.
National Crop Improvement servics.1


Barley has feeding value next to
corn. Indeed some feeders place it
ahead of corn for pig food and at the
present prices, barley will make as
much and more profit than wheat. The
wheat crop has now gone to the
jury" We cannot do much more about
wheat but we have two or three weeks
yet in order to put all of our acreage
remaining into barley.
Barley is more profitable than oats
In fact, very few farmers make any
money out of oats under the best cir
cumstances and very few barley far
mers ever lose money on barley.
There is always the fascination of get.
ting a fancy price for fancy barley,
and although less than one per cent
of all grains are used for mailing pur-
poses, the additional price which 1t
gives to barley over oats always
makes money for the farmers. While
perhaps one per cent of the grain
crop is used in brewing, the loss Of
feed value is much smaller because
fully one half goes back to dairy far
mers in the form of dried grains and
other by-products, which for feed pur-
poses is among the best available.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1917-05-18

In spite of the worlds greatest
and most far reaching war, great
American spectacular and, Incl
IDENTIFY. argument for peace, has
invaded the cohorts of Europe and
promises to stay.
The Birth of Nation opsned a
two years run at the famous
Covent Garden in London, on July
5th., 1915 and August First, CON-
menced at the Grand Opera House
in Paris, the worlds most magnifi-
cent opera house, also at the La
Scala in Milan Italy. historic
among the noted opera houses of
the earth.
It is also announced that other
celebrated European capitols are
soon to be invaded by the big re-
Observation-Disclosures and Berlin
among them.
Just what sentiment those
countries will show IN our recon-
struction period and its terrors,
(Which may be very like their own
soon) the workings of the Ku Klux
Khan, ETC., will be interesting to
note. They are pretty we'll read
up on the Civil War over there;
and on Lincoln, Grant and Lee
almost as we'll as we are, but
whether the sentiments of the i'm
mense story will find the same re-
spouse there is another question.
Of course The Birth of a Nation
is purely American-but it's les
sons are as broad as humanity,
itself. The wonderful realism of
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1917-05-18
BARLEY YIELDS,
National Crop Improvement ssrvIcs.l

lNdtionat crop Improvement SoTttco.I
Regarding the best yields of bar
fey, we will say that this is rather q
difficult thing to give because the
yield sometimes depends more upon
the threshing record. However, the
average yield of pedigreed barley Of
members of the Wisconsin Expert.
ment Association was in 1913. 81 bush
els, 1914, 1873 bushels, 1915, 97.5 BUSH
els. The yield for 1915 is the average
from over 260 members reporting.
Some of the highest ones are as fol-
lows: 60, 81, sc, IS, So and As bushels.
cit is impossible to state what has
been the highest yield in Wisconsin,
but I think some of these yields for
last year, which was very good bar
ley season, are quite reasonable, but
do not doubt though that there may be
larger yields than these, but l have
no knowledge of them. J. Gar
land.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1917-05-18
KILL THE WEEDS.
National Crop Improvement Service.

National Crop Improvement ServIcs.l
Spring blowing, or disking, as soon
as the weed seeds have terminated, is
usually a profitable practice. Where
small grain is to be sown, the sowing
should be done soon after blowing;
but where corn, potatoes, or the
sorghums are to be grown, there is
often period of several weeks be-
tween the time of the termination of
the weed seeds and the time when the
season is sufficiently advanced to
plant the crop. This period should be
utilized as far as possible for the de-
scruction of weeds before the crop is
planted. Much labor in keeping the
crop free from weeds during its grow
ing period can thus be saved
e. c. Chileott, agriculturist in charge,
Washington, D. C.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1917-05-18

greatest source Of loss to corn. The
remedy is the rotation of crops. Never
grow more than two crops OF corn con-
secutively on the same ground. If you
had corn root worm bad last year and
It is too late to put in anything else,
you had better change to barley. Your
scotsman can still furnish you with
some excellent seed barley. If you do
put in corn on that land, be careful to
give your land more than a usual
preparation. The time is late and we
will have to bend every energy to
plant our corn crop.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1917-05-18
over the ejector side Of the weapon to
catch these missiles,
POPULAR SCIENCE

The worlds annual cotton crop Is
about 100000 tons.
Breslau has a paper chimney which
is 50 feet high and proof against fire.
Mica is produced commercially in
eight states, North Carolina leading
In the industry.
The smoking Of dried "colt's foot"
leaves antedated the introduction Of
tobacco in England.
In 35 nations oysters support spe-
cial fisheries, and in several others fig
ure in the food supply.
If the sea should rise one-twenty-
sixth part Of its depth, one-half Of the
land would be under water.
The stocking did not appear until
the eleventh century. Prior to that
time 1t was customary to swathe the
feet In bandages.
Rubber that has lost its elasticity
may be rejuvenated by immersing 1t
for five minutes In q bath Of glycerin
mixed with rs times its volume Of dis
titled water and heated to 20 degrees
Centigrade, and then drying it with
filter paper.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1917-05-18
Order Limiting Time to File
Claims, and For Hearing
Thereon.

State of Minnesota, t..
County of St. Louis. In Probate Court
In the Matter of the Estate of ]. A. Oinas,
Decedent.
Letters of administration having this day been
granted to John E. Porthan.
1t is Ordered, That the time within which all
creditors of the above named decedent may pre-
sent claims against his estate in this court. be
and the same hereby is. limited to three months
from and after the date hereof: and that the
31st day of July 1917. at ten o'clock a.
m. in the Probate Court Rooms. at the Court
House at Duluth in said County. be and the same
hereby is. fixed and appointed as the time and
place for hearing upon the examination. adjust
ment and allowance of such claims as shall be
presented within the time aforesaid.
Let notice hereof be given by the publication
of this order in The Ely Miner provided by
law.
Dated, Duluth, Mimi. April 28th. 1917.
S. GILPIN.
Judge of Probate.
Seal. Probate Court St. Louis Co.. MINI.
81 S-1s A. J. Thomas. Atty. for
Representative.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1917-05-18

war, however, and the amazement
of it all, will take the place of local
color with them and very likely, it
will create as much European
newspaper talk as it has on this
side of the water.
This big attraction occupies the
boards at the Elco Theatre on
Nav 80, afternoon and evening.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1917-05-18
"Dry Farming. Needed Everywhere.

National Crop Improvement ssrv!es]
When we say "dry farming" we I'M
mediately begin to think of the west
ern plains where the rainfall is de-
ficient We all admit that they should
take unusual pains in conserving their
moisture.
Well we ought to be ashamed Of
ourselves in the humid territory.
When comes along year like this.
we think we are terribly abused and
yet in any of this territory we have
had more rain than Western Kansas
and Nebraska gets any year.
Therefore, let us take dry farming
methods to ourselves. Because in
some years the rain comes when we
want it, is no excuse for neglecting
conservation of moisture.
What is this dry farming? Let us
take it UP with the clubs and make it
an institute subject. Let us get our
best farmers to agree to practice it.
There is no drought year in the corn
belt which does not have more moist
ure than necessary, if conserved, to
raise a crop of corn.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1917-05-18
LIONS GIVEN 4 CHANCE.

Two Of Colonel Roosevelt's big
game hunting companions in Africa,
Clifford Fuller and Kenyon Paint
er, are going back after lions as soon
as the British wsr measures are re-
Taxed, Fuller told the Northern Ohio
Fish and Game association at its con-
vention at Cleveland. Fuller said
the Germans and British have been
SO busy shooting Zach other that the
lions have been left alone and are
multiplying rapidly.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1917-05-18
A Report on Rotation Of Crops.
National Crop Improvement ssrvice.l

National Crop ImDrovsm6N SdrVIce'1
The tenth annual report OF the
North Dakota Demonstration Farms
is ready for distribution. The crops
are rotated on these farms. The re-
suits indicate that rotation Of crops
pays. The average wheat yield was
29H bushels. This wheat was in most
cases followed by corn that had been
MANFRED Oats 5S1A bushels, barley
37b, rye 21h; alfalfa rs tons per
acre. The rotation practiced on each
farm is given in the report as well as
a detailed account of just how each
field was handled.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1917-05-18
INSURE YOUR CORN


Test Every Ear Before Planting.
Every Weak or Dead Ear Means
Dollars Less at Harvest.
National Crop Improvement ServIcs.]
1t is a known fact that the simple
little act of testing all seed corn be-
fore planting will add many bushels to
the corn crop and will pay the farmer
about five times as much per hour for
his labor as will any other farm labor.
There is nothing hard about it, all
methods of testing seed corn are easy
and inexpensive. You can test the kerr
nels in blotters or "rag-dolI" testers
at home, making them yourself, or
you can invest in a commercial test
er that will last for years. Your agri-
cultural college, county agent, or the
U. S. Department of Agriculture at
Washington will be glad to give you
full particulars.
Seed testing will stop one of these
leaks In farm practice that change
gain into loss. Figure out for yourself
how many hills the six or seven hun
dred kernels of corn from dead OF
weak ear will plant, and figure out
how your corn yield will drop If two or
three, or dozen, or maybe fifty such
ears should get planted
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1917-05-18
LOSS FROM BAD ROADS.
National Crop Improvement Service

National Crop Improvement SeFvIoe.J
The U. s. Department of Agriculture
estimates that the farmers Of the ma
ton are annually losing $250.000, 900
because of their inability to market
their produce at certain times of the
year. Counties which are rich In agri-
cultural products are burdened with
bad roads and it is Of much concern
to the farmers to see to the building
of good roads. Good roads, 365-day
roads, are insurance for continued
community prosperity.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1917-05-18
JUST THOUGHTS

The cup that cheers Is a noisy piece
Of crockery.
Wealth and happiness are not al
ways on speaking terms.
A thing Of beauty is q Joy forever
until the cost Of 1t leaks out.
A woman could keep a secret II
there were no one to tell 1t to.
If love would only remain blind after
marriage-but what Is the use?
Economy Is q hard road to travel,
but 1t leads to the land of wealth.
And the printing press Is responsible
for many Of the revolutions Of the
world.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1917-05-18
POWER ENOUGH
Work Your Tractors Night and Day
and Pillow Every Acre.

rNatonaI Crop Improvement Service.1
Many farmers will not be able to
out in their whole acreage on account
of the lack of horses or other power.
Every tractor in this county should
work night and day as long as there
remains an acre unplowed. There is
still time to put in barley, and corn
and potatoes, all three of which are
worth almost their weight in gold. We
appeal to every tractor owner to offer
it's services to any man who will not
be able to get his soil prepared other
wise.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1917-05-18


writing 100000 letters a week.
A state-owned hydro-electric plant
has been proposed for erection at Mag
ara Falls.
A tunnel through James peak, west
OF Denver, will cut % miles from the
transcontinental trip.
New York city has two children's
clinics of preventive dentistry and q
training school Of women dental n.y.
gieniSts.
A 72-lnch rejecting telescope, the
largest of its type, has been construct
ed FOR the Dominion astronomical OBJ
servatory at Victoria, Canada.
The latest refinement of moving pic
ture galleries is a double screen, on
one of which the picture is shown,
with explanatory legends on the other.
A st. Louis lumber company with
several different plants has them all
In constant communication with each
other by means of the wireless sys-
tenn.
The empty cartridge cases from an
automatic pistol shot by an aviator
may be the cause of serious damage.
A new invention is wire cage built
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1917-05-18
CORN ROOT WORM
200, 000, 900 Blu. Lost to Corn Crop
Annually by This Pest.
National Crop Improvement Service.

National Crop Improvement Servlce.1
The damage done to corn in the
corn belt is estimated to be 100000
900 bushels annually. In our mad
scramble to get corn into the ground
this year, we do not want to overlook
this tremendous waste. Next to poor
seed corn, the corn root worm is the
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1917-05-18
WORTH KNOWING

British soldiers at the front are now
writing 100000 letters week.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1917-05-18
Starting a Savings Account

It's thing you should Savings Account To
S all should
thrt1ean all spenderit is charac
testc of good American
These good beginning realize that they
spending Thrift individual well
hona necessity Ordinarily spending in order to
Here Savings value They actual
1y enable while spend Two dollar
Pay cash trade with the Bnad Savings
Check of will
for at The First Bank of
The following give Savings Checks:
Ely Mercantile Co. Ely Finnish Stock Co.
A. Savolainen Berglund Bros
Thos Harri. "A. Rothman.
Chas Hendrickson. Frank Pengal
The Cyko Art Studio. Frank Veranth.
A.. j. Fenske Sam Cohen
koval g Sons The Ely Miner
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1917-05-18

A state-owned hydro-electric plant
has been proposed for erection at Mag
ara Falls.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1917-05-18

A tunnel through James peak, west
or Denver, will cut % miles from the
trip.