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The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1917-11-12
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The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1917-11-12
STR|KEbREAKERS
CLASH WITH OIL
FIELD WORKERS
First Trouble Breaks Out in
Goose Greek Properties,

HOUSTON, Texas, Nov. l2.--Thc
FIRST trouble OF the oil field workers
strike was reported today, several strike
breakers in the Goose Creek field hay
Ing been attacked and beaten. Produc-
ers In the field have asked that martial
law be declared.
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1917-11-12
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The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1917-06-22
LOCAL LEADERSHIP
Somebody Must Take the Initiative
Are You Willing to Serve?

Somebody Must TAKE the INITIATIVE
Are You Willing to Serve?
i. National Crop improvement ssrics.1
Many agricultural plans are like a
sky rocket. They make fuss going
up and blow up a few stars and
descend like the stick The reason of
this is because few men can make a
continued effort. They will get up a
little scheme but at the first discour-
agement, their energy wanes and
there is nothing to show for their &C.
tIvity.
Yet It cannot be said that this sort
Of energy is wasted. Like the over
tapping waves of tide, public opin-
ion is being formed. Things which
were ignored when crop improvement
began its propaganda, are now adopt
ed as a matter of course.
Local leadership is the weakest
spot in this work. Somebody must
take the initiative but it is not neces.
sary that one man should undertake
the whole thing. In every community
there are bankers, commercial clubs,
farmers clubs, oranges, Institutes, mill.
ers, grain dealers and public lead
ers of various kinds who can unite
their efforts on few specific things
and after successfully tackling one
problem be strengthened to tackle
others.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1917-06-22
PREVENTING RUST AND SHUTS.

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Barley is comparatively free from
diseases and insect enemies. 1t 49,
however, affected with rust and smut,
but not to the extent that oats are
usually affected Little has been done
regarding the prevention of rust,
but considerable has been done In
the eradication of smuts. Ordinary
smut can be handled with the Tor
maldehyde treatment the same as
oats, but the loose smut is hard TO
eradicate unless the modified hot wa
ter treatment is used. This Is a dell
cate proposition and should be done
carefully. Place the barley In gunny
sacks and submerge in cold water
from seven to twelve hours. Remove
and drain for one hour, then SUB.
merge for five minutes in barrel OF
hot water, held at constant temper
ature of $50 degrees Fahrenheit. The
water ought to be thoroughly warmed
before putting in the barley because
it will cool off the water Boiling wa
ter should be kept near at hand
which can be added at intervals which
will keep the temperature nearly
constant, but should never be allowed
to come into direct contact with the
grain as it's vitality will be injured or
destroyed. Be careful that your Their
mometer is correct. You ought to get
yours tested at the creamery or the
cheese factory.
After this treatment the grain
should be spread upon the barn floor
to cool before sowing. 1t should be
sown the same day or not later than
the day after treatment, for II you
don't look out it will swell and start
to sprout and 1t will be hard to get
1t through the seeder.
In the treatment for smut, formal
dehyde is the most desirable as it IL
easiest to handle. Smut is not so very
bad in barley this year, which is for.
tunate because if you wish to make
a profit on a crop you can put it in at
ter all other crops are planted, except
corn and potatoes.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1917-06-22
Money Not Tied up

There seems to be an idea held
by some that money invested In a
Librty Loan Bond is going to be
tied up for fifteen or thirty years.
This belief is not warranted.
Probably no property an the
world outside of actual money or
currency will have a wider and
more ready and constant cash
market than the Liberty Loan
Bend.
There will be a constant de-
mand made for them from many
sources. They are good security
for loans from the Federal re-
serve banks; courts have decided
that they are legal and proper
investments for trust funds !;
they are legal investments for in
surance companies and other cor
porations whose investments are
supervised and regulated by law !;
their international character (be-
ing issued for an international
purpose and guaranteed in part
by our European allies gives
them an information status and
market. They will be sought for
in India, in Egypt, Japan and
Russia, England and France, Italy
and Australia, and in fact
wherever any Government bond
has market.
They have been truly called the
premier security of the world.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1917-06-22
QWinton
Winton % the Front

Wednesday morning Alex Whit
ten and Ben Martinson left for Du-
luth, to enlist in the marine branch
of Uncle Sans fighting forces.
They will be followed Saturday
morning by Peter Gylland. The
previous evening a number of
friends and fellow employees of the
boys gave a d-fellowship party
in honor of their departure. The
party opened up with refreshments
and music, yes boy, music. Mr..
A. Wright, Sr. an old timer, we'll
past the allotted three score and
ten. with his violin, took us for
chilly back to the days of yore
when we used to clear the deck for
action by putting the old cook
stove out in the woodshed, and if
not in reality to all, to most of us.
in pulse-throbbing imagination to
the historical times of "a, for, who
knows, but the quaint old strains
of that old violin, were covering,
as in days of yore, tho mingled
feelings for the boys who were
answering the call to duty. The
sudden entrance of Sergeant Nor
ton, in his trim uniform, covering
his dapper 6 feet and some, show
ing in his every movement the
swing and grace of a well trained
soldier, brought us back to present
day realities and the seriousness of
the occasion was suddenly realized.
With the Sergeant came Cap.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1917-06-22
Mahan of Eveleth and Mr.. Ander-

Mahan of Eveleth and Mr.. Ander-
son of Minneapolis and who, pray,
can entertain any serious thoughts
while in company with those
gentlemen, and once more as I'M
doubtedly, in days of yore, gay
songs were sung from heavy hearts;
then as now sparkling anecdotes
were responded to by mirth that
was not felt. But now not less
than then, heads are high and
breasts full with pride that our
manhoods best is answering free
dom's call to arms.
The evening was closed by few
we'll chosen and timely remarks by
DIR. Metcalf which were ably re-
sponded to by Alex Written on
behalf of his comrades. God bless
YOU boys; we know you are coming
back, but not till the kaiser knows
you've been there.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1917-06-22
that OLD INDIAN TREATY
Communicated

On Sept. 18th, 1854, the United
States government; for considera-
ton, bought of the Lake Superior
Chippewa Indians large tract OF
land, including a large part Of st.
Louis county, and all of Lake and
Cook counties in Minnesota.
Undoubtedly, by great many peo'
pie this transaction is looked upon
as an act of charity, very little
thought is ever given to the Indians
title or claim or in what manner they
came in possession of this territory,
taking for granted that it was merely
a right acquired by occupation, but
such is very far from being the case.
The territory coded at that time and
in fact all of the country known as
the Lake Superior Country, was at
one time occupied by the Sioux In
dams, who after many years OF
war, in which thousands of men, wo-
men and children were killed, were
driven west of the Mississippi by the
Chippewas, and the lands occupied
by them by right of conquest. To
say the least the Indians title was
dearly bought and paid for like any
war, the loss or gain can never be
measured in dollars and cents. There
was no commissary department for
the warriors and hundreds of villages
were wiped out of existence Two
grand-uncles of the writer took an
active part from the time they were
big enough to say fight until they were
we'll along in years. From then on
the Indian remained in peaceful pos
session until the White man came
and needed the lands for his use and
for consideration offered to buy
them. When we stop and consider
the immense value, in timber, lands
and mineral of this territory, amount
ing perhaps to billions of dollars, the
consideration or the value returned
in exchange for the lands becomes
interesting. In looking over the
treaty we find that the Indians were
paid in twenty annual installments,
the sum of $196,O0OOO in cash
1921 100000 in dry goods, ready made
clothing ETC., cooking utensils and
for moral and educational purposes.
A few muzzle loading guns, 100000
in ammunition and 500 beaver traps,
and no intoxicating liquors of any
kind should be used in any way, un-
til otherwise ordered by the President,
president Mckinley modified the
limit of territory in which the liquor
clause applies) and such of them as
reside in this territory shall have the
right to hunt and fish therein, until
otherwise ordered by the President.
All money, goods etc. was to be
equally divided among several thou
sands of Indians and spread over
period of twenty years. The $780,
100000 cash was undoubtedly paid
them but the 1921 100000 in dry goods
and groceries etc. without doubt was
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1917-06-22
HORSE LABOR ON FARMS.

National Crop Improvement Ssrvios.1
On the grain farm the heaviest
work for the horses comes in April,
May and in August, September and
October. The rest Of the time there
is practically nothing for the horses
to do. But enough horses have to be
kept during the year to take care of
the work during these busy months.
When averaged up the horse on the
grain farm only works three hours
day. These figures were secured in an
investigation by the Minnesota Exper.
iment Station, under the direction of
Thomas Cooper, now director of the
North Dakota Experiment Station. In
this same investigation 1t was found
that when the crops are diversified,
the horse labor is better distributed.
There is less work for the horses in
the seasons that are the busiest on
the all-grain farm, and there is work
or the horses when there is no work
for the horses on the all-grain farm.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1917-06-22
STEEL AT ITS BEST.

The great strength given to steel
by small amounts of titanium is not
due to any direct OF alloying effect.
W. Jensen assures the American
Foundryman's association. Though
so much is said of the harmful eff
fects of phosphorus and sulphur, the
defects of steel castings result large
ly from occluded gases and oxides,
and in eliminating these, ferro-titan-
ium, one of the most powerful deox-
idizers and denitrogenizers known, is
much more effective than the ordin-
airy deoxidizers, such as ferro-man-
ganese and ferro-silicon. In making
good steel better, it can be used to
advantage to lessen the consumption
Of high-priced ferro-manganese.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1917-06-22

which he received 377 bushels, selling
them in the field for $1,185. This is
not the highest record.
The Michigan men and the Colorado
men and, in fact, all states are turning
to beans with a great deal of success
There are three. main principles to
be observed in the control of weeds.
They are: hrst, preventing the weeds
from going to seed on the farm; sec
ond, preventing the weed seeds being
brought to the farm, and third, in the
case of perennials, starving out the un.
derground parts by preventing them
from making top growth.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1917-06-22

turned over to the Indian agents, for
1t is reported that many of them be-
came wealthy. No, they didn't get
away with all of it, the Indians got
few brass kettles a red blanket and
an occasional barrel of rusty salt
pork.
The only thing left them is their
right Con paper to hunt and fish for
what is theirs; a natural and in
herited right; a right guaranteed to
them by the United States and made
part of the consideration.
In pretty much the same manner
and with practically the same results,
that the Indian was paid in dry goods
etc. he is today being relieved of his
hunting and fishing rights, though not
through the medium of Indian agents.
A class of men, selfstyled sportsmen,
although having no actual need, and
sad to say, large majority, no real
interest in wild life, other than as
medium to satisfy lust TO kill de-
fenseless wild game and kill for sport
only, backed by the treasury of the
State of Minnesota and the best legal
talent that said treasury commands,
are doing everything in their power
to over ride, legally CD United
States laws in the shape of United
States Treaty, that same bunch of
would-be sportsmen you will find in
the front ranks of a patriotic parade
and shouting the loudest abide by
your country's laws" That same
bunch of self-proclaimed sportsmen
you will find in the front ranks of
every hunting party loaded with mil
lions of rounds of ammunition, and
exerting every effort to slaughter wild
game. Thousands CT big and small
game animals and birds are killed
every year and very likely as many
more are wounded and left to die a
lingering tortuous death, by this
same bunch, who will tell you that
unless the Indian is despOiled of his
legal and inherited right, game will
be exterminated Exterminated by
whom? Who exterminated the buff
falo, Indian or White man? Can they
name one species OF fur, hair or fea-
Their that has ever become extinct or
near extinct in which the White man
didn't take a 80 per cent share? Did
you ever hear or know of the Indian
to deliberately breed and protect
wolves and other game and bird des-
troying animals such as fisher, fox
and mink, as the state is doing in
| the Superior National Forest and
State Game Preserve (so-called)
But console yourself Mr.. Sportsman
the tax payers (thanks to your far
sighted-ness) are trying to remedy
your ignorant bluff at game, protec-
ton through the bounty system, at the
rate of about $125,OO0O0 per year, 80
per cent of this comes out of the
northern counties. If you, Mr.. Sports
man, succeed in robbing the Indian
of his right to. hunt and fish for his
living, and you run out of game in n
| few years. which state of affairs your
present dream system of protection
is slowly but surely bringing about.
Who are you going to blame?
LEO CHOSA
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1917-06-22

in the Pittsburgh district. The
active buying resulted in an ad-
vance of So to SIS per ton and a
further rise of So per ton is ex-
pected at any moment. The great
excitement that has been evident
in the market for old material in
the interior, resulting from the
securing of the country by the
steel companies, has carried prices
of scrap also upward So to SIS per
ton. The Colorado Fuel & Iron
Co. has been draining the ST.
Louis district, while the United
States Steel Corporation has, pur-
chased nearly 100000 tons in the
Pittsburgh district, after having
taken 10000 tons i'm the Chicago
territory.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1917-06-22
WRONG FEEDING METHODS.

National Crop improvement servicsl
There Is an old story about a ship
captain who had a medicine chest. A
sailor was sick and he found that No.
At in his book was the indicated rem
edy, but alas! the bottle Of No. ~
was empty, so he took equal parts Of
No. 40, which was strychnine. and
No. Z. which was carbolic acid, and
added them together and made No. ~
and the sailor died
The application of this old story 10
that many feeder will think that II
little of cottonseed or oilseed meal
is good, whole lot will be better.
And, like the man who put the green
spectacles on the horse and fed him
shavings-just after he got him
trained the horse died.
1t Is human nature to experiment
in feeds, and the poor cow has to SUI
fer for an overdose or an underdoss
before the proper ration is estab-
lished.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1917-06-22
THE AVERAGE REFoRMER.


The average reformer having SO
little at stake himself, plunges about
like bull in china shop, regard.
less of the results of his ardor.
An amusing incident is told of the
Secretary of Commerce. The can
unless they could get tin-plate to
make up, no canning of fruits and
vegetables could be done, so without
looking over the field it is said that
an order was made that steel was to
be diverted by the manufacturers
from other projects and put at the
disposal of the can manufacturers
1t looked all right on the face of it,
but when the manufacturers of har-
vesting machinery demanded steel
which they contracted for, and found
that there was not steel for aprons,
It having been diverted to cans, q
hurry-up call modifying the order
was issued, so that our harvesting
machines could be made in time for
the growing crop.
are ignorantly made robbing Peter
to pay Paul. Every enthusiast
who has a pet reform which ia
always hitting some other business
instead of his own, never looks
around to see what the effect will be
before he plunges. The manufac-
turers of feed and the most success
full feeders in the country have
right to demand that that delicate
machine-the dairy cow-shall not
be wrecked by hasty legislation.
Revolutionary reforms are seldom
efficacious. Anything which disturbs
the food equilibrium should be
handled gradually. Experience has
shown that the most efficient way to
handle cereal products is to remove
the human food first and feed the
residue to stock. Any other system
is sheer extravaganza.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1917-06-22
PIG IRON High
Prices Soar Through $50 Per

Bessemer pig iron now COM
mands from $50 to $50 per ton.
The price changes so frequently
as to make it difficult to quote &C.
curately for space of more than
a single day say Skillings News
Letter. George P. Tweed Of Du-
luth was among the mining men
of this region who has closely
watched the course of pig iron,
and called the turn. When pig
iron was $37 to $3S Mr.. Tweed
said with utmost conviction that
it would surely 60 to $50 ton.
1t has done that and better. The
price Of Bessemer pig II months
ago, January, 1916, was $2Ol5O to
$20.75. The price a year ago
ranged from $21 to $22 per ton,
in June and July.
What interests the Lake Su-
perior mine operators, however,
is how the high prices of pig iron
will affect prices for iron ore next
year. One well known independ-
ent operator says that he doesn t
look for any pronounced advance
for 1915, other than sufficient to
cover the increased costs of min
ing since prices were fixed for
1917. One of these costs is de-
creased efficiency of miners, ow-
ing to scarcity of men and fire.
quent changing, which results in
un s tt S actory organization.
Prices of all manner of supplies
have increased very materially
since the present prices of ore
were fixed. Also there have been
increases in the cost of labor.
Pig iron was around $35 a ton
when present ore prices were
fixed.
Merchant sales of pig iron for
the first IL days of June aggre-
gated about 100000 tons, more
than half Of which was steel-mak-
ing iron sold to steel companies
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1917-06-22
DIFFICULT TO MIX FEEDS
A More Scientific Result Can Be Pro-
duced BY Machinery.
National Crop Improvement servios.J

National Crop Improvement servios.I
AS no two lots run alike, it is very
difficult to mix straight by-products
of oats, barley, rye, corn, cotton-seed.
haxseed, etc., by measure, because 1t 10
purely guessing. Only few years ago
Intentional fraud or unintentional
carelessness was the rule. Before the
feed laws were passed, each manu-
facturer adulterated all the trade
would stand.
Every car of feed sold to the con-
sumner is not analysed, and the farmer
cannot become feed expert because
he has no laboratory. Not one car
out of five hundred is officially in
spectsd. In the old days country
millers were throwing feeds together
with no knowledge of feed and were
running valuable cows and making the
farmer poorer. In those days the feed
tables were wrong, the feeds didn't
fit the tables; the digestible analysis
method was incorrect; feed standards
for animals were not agreed upon nor
complete; the animals didn't fit the
standards; the buyer didn't know
what was in the feeds he bought to
mix; and there was an unavoidable
variation in the concentration of the
feed.
These conditions have been largely
overcome through the joint action OF
the government and state experiment
stations and the mixed feed manu-
facturers who have every facility for
maintaining a uniform product. By
using these scientifically prepared
feeds, many a herd has doubled its
yield, and profits. There are some
painters who can buy lead, oil and
dryer and mix and match their own
color uniformly but the best painters
of today have learned that mill-made
brands are much better than any
thing they can mix with a paddle.
The same is true in fertilizers to
great extent. In mixed feeds there
can be no economy in home mixing
because the mixing factories, being
near the large markets, can utilize
by-products to the very best advan-
tage Home mixing cannot be accom-
plished at one-tenth of a cent per h.,
besides the result is never twice alike
,nd cannot be without the help of a
laboratory.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1917-06-22
MMMMMMMMMMMMM
WOLVES INFEST ALASKAN CITY
Been Causing Great Annoyance
to the Residents.

The town of Katalla, noted as
Alaska's chief oil center and pros
pective shipping port for the Boring
river coal fields, is reported to be
much troubled with wolves this sea-
son. The brutes are said to be much
more venturesome and daring than
is common with these pests. "A large
pack has been making itself at home,
not on the outskirts of the town, but
right on the streets in broad day
light. The animals visit the garbage
cans of residents and help themselves
to whatever is lying about. In sew
eral instances they have been OBJ
served in yards frisking with domes-
tic dogs, and in some cases have en-
ticed the canine pets to the, woods
back of town and there devoured
them.
Mrs. Charles Naughton, going to
her woodshed, found a big black wolf
Investigating the surroundings. She
chased him out with a board, but
after running off a short distance he
sat down to watch her. When she
started to return to her house the
wolf began to sneak up toward her
with view to attacking her, as Mrs.
Naughton believes. Her cry for help
brought several men to her assist
ance, when the wolf made off. As
yet no one has been actually attacked,
but at the recent funeral of a young
native woman it was a strange sight
to see the coffin on the dog-sled