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The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1918-06-18
ONLY BY VICTORY
Wilson Assures Poincare Plenty
of Men Will Be Sent.
President Replies to Message Of the
French Executive Promising
Cooperation.

Washington, June 1.-THE purpose
of the United States to send men and
materials 10 France until any tern
porary inequality of force is overcome
was reiterated by President Wilson in
replying to a message from President
Poincare on the anniversary of the
landing of the first American troops
In France.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1918-06-18
CHICAGO Grain.

Chicago, June 1S.-Corn, July, ST.
47M: August, $1.49: Oats, June, III;
July, 72k; August, 67h.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1918-06-18
EVERY LUMP OF COAL.

EVERY LUMP OF COAL
you buy from us, and our coal is
nearly all lump, well screened,
lean the largest possible amount
Of
Heat Value
Burning money is not a pleas
ant occupation at the best, but
Just because you are compelled to
burn a certain amount is no rea-
son under the u why you should
become reckless about 1t. Why
not practice q little true economy.
Give Is q trial order.
e. w. KETCHAM Phone 233S
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1918-06-18
DAILY MARKET P o
Minneapolis Grain.

Minneapolis. June 1S.-Oats, July.
TIN.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1918-06-18
TEUTONS ARE WORRIED
Advance on Paris Before Ameri-
can Army Was Large Enough
TO BE important Factor.
Washington, June 17.-Ameri-
can troops sent to France now
number more than 100000, Gen.
sral p. c. March, chief of staff,
announces.

london, June H.-Ailied stra-
teoy and tenaclty In combat again
have checkmated blows by massed
bodies Of German troops and the
German crown prince has given
up his second offensive within q
month without either Of them hav
Ing affected seriously the general
situation on the western front.
Except for artillery dueIs a IuII
has come to the fighting sectors,
but = new enemy assault Is ex-
pscted soon.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1918-06-18
Duluth Flax.

Duluth, June 1S.-F1axseed, Jul,
$3.96K; Oct. 1851.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1918-06-18
Steady Stream of Men.

at is their fixed and unalterable
purpose to send men and material in
steady and increasing volume until
any temporary inequality of force is
entirely overcome and the forces of
freedom made overwhelming, for they
are convinced that it is only by vic.
tory that peace can be achieved and
the worlds affairs settled upon a ba.
sis of enduring justice and right.
at is a constant satisfaction to
them to know that, in this great en-.
terprise, they are in close and init
mate cooperation with the people of
France"
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1918-06-18
America Gratified.

The presidents ~cablegram said:
Your telegram of yesterday was
certainly conceived in the highest
and most generous spirit of friendship
and / am sure l am expressing the
feeling of the people of the United
States as well as my own when ] say
that it is with increasing pride and
qualification that they have seen their
forces under General J.. J. Pershing
more and more actively cooperating
with the forces of liberation of French
soil.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1918-05-31
SCHOOLS NEXT.
BaccaIaureate, Commencement,
and Picnic.

The closing exercises of the
schools of this district will be the
main events for the coming week.
Beginning Sunday evening with
the ]Baccalaureate services at the
Auditorium and ending with the
picnic at Sandy Point on Friday,
the week will be filled with doings
of interest. A program of special
music has been prepared for the
services Sunday evening and Rev.
Blackhurst will deliver the address.
Tuesday evening the Winton
Eighth Grade Promotion Exercises
will be held at the st. Croix Hall.
Wednesday evening the Ely and
White Iron Promotion Exercises
will take place at the Auditorium
at SIS.
II will be promoted to the High
School from Winton and 1O7 from
Ely.
Thursday evening at SIS O'Clock
the High School Commencement
Exercises will be given at the
Ten will graduate
from the Normal Course and 27
from the English Course. The
Normal graduates are Irene c.
Auto, Johanna Holm, Lydia c.
Makela, Alma Hakala, Sonia Kero,
Saima M. Suoja, Elsie Schaefer,
Sylvia Heikkila. Joseph Koschak
and Lillian c. Neimonen.
The others to receive their dip
Tomas Thursday evening are Abel
bert c. Anderson, Saima E. Ander-
son, Signe I. Anderson, Ruth
Blackhurst, Leone M. Chase, Goldie
M. Desjardins, Katherine Gianotti,
Charles V. Gustafson, Christina
Habian, Emil Lamp, Oscar A.
Indy, Clifford J. Nelson, Rubie
M. Nicholas, Elizabeth A. Nichols,
Winnifred M. Nichols, Willmette
Petherick Jennie Porthan, Toivo
M. Porthan, Herbert Eosenbloom
Marguerite A. Russell. Hilda M
Sipola, Genevieve Elizabeth Smith,
Toivo J. Somero, Theodore E.
Sondstrom, Frank Veranth, An
thony M. Vidmar and Elsie R.
Vuoti.
A cordial invitation is extended
to everyone to attend all of these
exercises.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1918-05-31
Keeping Warm In Finland.

In many ways the Firms are very
queer people. It is during the terrible
cold months that the Films revel In
the mighty ovens that fill one corner
of every kitchen and often loom up
large and vastly impressive in the 9TH
er rooms of Finn home as well. The
tops of these monster stoves are per-
fectly fiat, and steps lead up on one
side. When the weather becomes Bit
terly cold and bleak, the entire Finnish
family will take quilts and pillows and,
mounting to the top of the big heat
err, spread down their bedding and
sleep very comfortably and contented-
~ on the hard hot bricks until morn
ing.-Nevia G. Winter, in Christian
Herald.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1918-05-31

I Believe That the Place 10 Called
Manure Pit and That was Born
There.
legs feel more as If they really belong
to me. Have queer, gauzy things on
my shoulders; they seem to be Of no
use. 1t Is very dark, close, and warm
here. believe that the place Is called
a manure pit, and am told that was
born here. Keep thinking OF these
maggot creatures. Strange how both
ersome ones origin may be.
500 A. M.-Have crawled all over
the pit and explored every part. Made
some acquaintance among young flies
like myself. Have also speaking &C.
quaintance with a few old flies who
have come here to lay eggs. Fear that
maggot legend is true. I blush for my
youth. The top of this place is being
opened. wonder what 1t means.
5:45 A. M.-Out In the world at last !
The pit and the maggots are but
memory. The queer things on my
shoulders are wings and lifted me out
of the pit Am now resting on a stable
window. Feel nght-headed and hum
CRY. Life is very Interestingly one
can forget ones origin.
ga. M.-The most enhancing odors
come apparently from can outside
the back door Of a provision shop just
across the way from my stable.
must investigate.
$50 A. Nj was right about the
can. Have spent the last half hour
there in company with thousand or
more of my own kind, simply gorging
fish offal, delicious bits of rotting
meat and decayed fruit and vegeta-
bles! We fairly wallowed In it. What
a misfortune IL some one should forget
and put the cover on the can.
7:15 A. Nam outside the provision
shop. No end of fun! Already know
the juciest, tenderest cuts Of meat.
Have sampled cheese, cookies, cakes
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1918-05-31
-. This paper has enlisted
with the government in the
cause Of America for the
period Of the war -......

The primary law in this state is
enough to sicken goat We
hope that it's enthusiastic sup
porters will get enough Of it this
year, and that the next legisla-
ture will have the good sense and
the moral courage to relegate it
to the junkpile. The primary law
takes the self-seeker by the hand,
leads him up to the top of a high
mountain and shows him the
promised land. The primary
places a premium on plutocrats,
and bars the poor, but worthy,
from seeking to crafty laud-
able ambition because of the al
most prohibitive price of making
two campaigns. Look at some of
the men who are running for Of
flee in this state! A lot of them
ought to be in Jail, and yet this
damphool primary made it posi-
BILE for them to go out and pose
as statemen. The convention
system of other days was bad il.
many ways, but in its most putu-
rid days it was far superior to
this abortion we call the primary.
-Winnebago Enterprise.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1918-05-31
Owes Fortune to Rabbits.

If jack-rabbit's burrow is nest,
as it certainly ought to be, then the
one in California which led to the dis
covery of one of the biggest nuggets
on record will be hard to beat for val
ue. The rabbits had worked diligent-
ly to scoop out their hole, and their
strong hinder limbs had sent sand and
gold dust flying for several yards in all
directions from the mouth of the hole.
The CLINT and glitter of the gold dust
caught the eyes of weary prospector,
who quickly made the hole bigger,
turned out the rabbits, and also turned
out nugget which brought him sev'
eral thousand dollars, as well as locat-
ing gold-digging which brought min
ers from far and wide and established
eventually town.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1918-05-31


The "Work or Fight ruling
hits the larger cities something
fierce and the only wonder is that
i'm the face of the facts, so many
have not become workers instead
of drones in the industrial beehive
It is estimated that in ST. Paul
alone, $4,000 men are affected by
the new ruling which goes into
effect on July /. This includes
between eight and ten thousand
men who are able but unwilling
to work according to figures just
made by. DR.. Aronovici who has
made survey of the city.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1918-05-31

my legs and feet. Have swallowed
lot Of them whole, but can't seem to
get rid Of the rest. Understand they're
called germs. Must have something
to do with that typhoid.
$3.50 A. NAT last am rid Of most
OF those annoying germ creatures.
Washed them Off in pan Of milk. Saw
young woman drink the milk after I
had taken bath In 1t.
10 A. Non my way again. Visit
ed another sickroom, but did not have
time to half explore 1t. Boy sick with
dysentery. By the feeling I believe
I've got a lot more Of those germ
things on my legs. Must hunt up
some milk at once.
1915 A. M.-Got rid Of most Of the
germs In baby's cup of milk. Babies
are foolish, helpless things. It's great
fun to torment them.
IL A. Nan uncovered garbage pail
just as I was growing hungry. So long
as uncovered garbage exists the future
Of the race is assured.
IL :15 A. M.-Sun's hot. Believe TIL
take to cover. Nice looking house with
hole In screen. Think I'll try 1t.
1908 p. M.-Lunch Is on the table;
think Til sit down with the family. Not
equal to the garbage can, but does very
well.
1905 P. Must witnessed terri
BILE accident. A brother fly was
drowned In plate Of soup. Wonder
If the germ things washed of the f1y's
legs will annoy the man who has just
swallowed the soup.
1 p. M.-Discovery Of importance.
Paper covered with what looks like
molasses is a trap for flies. Now I'm
wise they can't stick me. Somewhat
tired.
2 p. M.-Never touched mel Old
duffer trying to sleep objects to hav-
| ing me walk on his bald head. Missed
again! This would be exciting II there
was more danger.
2:9O P. Mold duffer has covered
| his head with netting. Hope he smoth-
ers. A consumptive in the next room.
Think TIL see what's doing.
a 8 P. M.-Nothing Of interest here but
the cuspidor. Have explored that thor
oughly. Phew! More of those germ
things. I'm in a mess! Me for place
to wash them of.
| $50 p. M.-Rid Of "em at last.
Wiped some of on bread and butter
the woman next door was preparing
| for the children and washed of some
In a cup Of milk for the baby in the
third house down. Nice baby. Hope
1t likes the germs.
4P. M.-Room darkened. Nothing
doing. Guess I'll rest bit.
| P. M.-Signs of preparations fos
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1918-05-31
Take No Chances With the Fly.

Don't allow flies In your house.
Don't permit them near your food,
especially milk. Don't buy foodstuffs
where flies are tolerated. Don't eat
where flies have access to the food.
Do not patronize grocery stores and
markets that harbor and feed flies.
Insist on screens. Screens on windows
and doors to keep out flies will do more
to safeguard your treasures than viii
locks keep out burglars. Not every
fly that comes along is carrying filth
and germs, but many Of them are, and
you can't tell which Is which. Take no
chances-swat all.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1918-05-31

Billy Sunday has opened his
six-weeks' campaign in Duluth
and we sincerely hope that some
of the benighted and beclouded
denizens of the city millionairos
will see the light and that their
vision will be cleared sufficiently
to enable them to see the ranges
and other parts of the state, par
ticularly the ranges which are the
backbone and not the back yard
of Duluth.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1918-05-31
500 Reward. 500

The readers of this paper will be
pleased to learn that there is at least
one dreaded disease that science has
been able to cure in all its stages. and
that Is catarrh. Catarrh being greatly
influenced by constitutional conditions
requires constitutional treatment.
Halls Catarrh Cure is taken internally
and acts thru the Blood on the Mucous
Surfaces of the System thereby de-
giving the patient strength by building
up the constitution and assisting ma
ture In doing its work. The proprie-
tors have so much faith in the curative
powers of Halls Catarrh Cure that
they offer One Hundred Dollars for any
case that 1t fails to cure. Send for list
of testimonials
Address: F. J. CHENEY & CO., Toledo.
Ohio. Sold by all Druggists. 76c.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1918-05-31
Ancient "Breadfather.n

OF what great Importance the loaf,
which before 1900 was the name of
bread, was daily food can be in
ferred from it's relation with the word
"lord." For lord, A. s. hlaford (hlaf,
bread, loaf; weard, keeper), is prob
ably a contraction of hlaf-weard, liter
ally "loaf-ward" and therefore, origin
ally signified the keeper or dispenser
of bread--in short, the breadfather, to
whom the members of the family had
to apply for their daily bread.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1918-05-31

Take off your hat when the
flag goes by. While the people
OF this city are intensely loyal,
the etiquette of the flag is not OBJ
served. A great many are not
aware of what is wanted and the
custom was not generally OBJ
served before the war. In these
times reverence for nation must
be expressed by the outward acts
OF the individual. Take off your
hat.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1918-05-31

What are you doing to help win
the war? Are you standing by
the President? Are you backing
up your boys at the front in every
manner possible? Are you tax
ing care of the "Huns" here at
home? Are you doing your all
and your best? Don't think that
because you bought a Liberty
Bond that this is all that is re-
quired of you. The American
boys over there will do their duty
and it is up to you to do yours
over here.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1918-05-31
Anent connubial Argument.

In Berry VS.. Berry 115 Iowa 545, ain
action for divorce on the ground Of
cruel and inhuman treatment consist
ing in part of an addiction to profan-
ity on the part of the husband, the
court remarked: sit is suggested by
his counsel that appellants profanity
was 'argumentative' only, and there
fore of no weight as evidence. Upon
the Hibernian theory that the riot at
Donnybrook Fair was an argument
with sticks counsel's euphemistic
characterization of his clients conduct
may be adopted, but it should be re-
membered that in all arguments of
that nature somebody is liable to re-
ceive hurt."-Law Notes.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1918-05-31
Real Poverty.


Poverty Is variable term and much
subject to comparison. Some will al
low it only to those who have been
born to it. To have been always half
starved, these think, and to carry
basket from door to door-that Is to
be poor. But it is idle to think of cold
and hunger to the point of beggary as
the only cold and hunger there are
Not alone are there degrees OF colo
and hunger of the EMBELLISHMENTS
able and ill-nourished living-but there
are, as well, things which seem to me
even more difficult to endure-unsatls,
fed hunger of the mind and heart anu
q most cruel and persistent chill OF
the spirit Laura Spencer, In the AL
Iantic.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1918-05-31
Merits Of Wooden Barrel Obvious.

A barrel can be rolled. This is its
greatest merit, says Popular Science
Monthly. Every other shape of con-
tafner which weighs over a hundred
pounds when filled, must be lifted bod
lily and carried on hand truck or by
hosting machinery. One man can un-
load carload of sugar-20O barrels
of tin less than an hour. Don't you
wish it were at your door? No other
container can be handled at this rate,
even by two men working at top speed.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1918-05-31

The latest is that the NOnparti-
san League and the liquor inter
ests are working hand in hand.
If this is the case the League has
accumulated something that will
make a hole in the initiation fee
treasury and the liquor interest is
breeding scab on its nose in
stead of the color this union
would suggest.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1918-05-31

III u aH W sbsss>s
and berries. Always walk over and
examine a thing thoroughly before eat
ing; 1t pays.
ga. m.-Hase the wanderlust. Must
see more of the world. Nothing else
would tempt me to leave the provision
shop. One drawback is persistent an
noyance by huge two-legged creatures
who are forever Shaping at US. Harm
less, but bothersome.
8: AS A. M.-Such a narrow escape!
Slipped into an interesting-looking
room where one Of those two-legged
creatures lay in bed and others STOOD
around. Explored everything In the
room and crawled over the nose and
mouth of the creature In bed, which
seemed helpless. Then one Of the 9TH
ers got after me and I Just escaped
with nv life. AS was leaving heard
them say something about typhoid.
$50 A. M.-Queerest tickling on my
legs and feet! Wonder II 1t can be
anything to do with that typhoid.
1851 A. M.-Discovered thousand
tiny creatures clinging to the hair @
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1918-05-31

Your ballot this year should be
cast for men that are true-blue
A m erican, one who stands
squarely on all subjects that are
American.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1918-05-31
ONE DAYS DIARY
IN LIFE OF FLY
Little Pest Graphically Portrays
Doings During Few Short
Hours of Daylight.
REPORTS ONE ROUND OF JOY
Starting Gally From Beginning In
Manure Pit, the Pest spreads Filth
and Disease Wherever Busy
Wings Take it.

Transcribed from "a F1y's Diary" BY
Thornton w. Burgess)
Five A. M.-Have just come out from
sort Of trance during which much
must have happened. have no mem
DRY Of my past. Perhaps 1t Is best
so. I am told that was once one
Of these white crawling creatures
called maggots, Of which thousands are
all about me. I refuse to believe 1t. /
feel strangely weak.
$40 A. M.-Stronger now and my
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1918-05-31

The tightwad has a sorry time
Of at just now. The patriotic
donations are coming regular and
the tightwad is up against it for
fair.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1918-05-31

Just now, when opportunity
knocks, some of the "never had
a chance" fellows are holding
down a soap box telling how the
war should be conducted.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1918-05-31

Tell us? Why is it that a man
who has been eating garlic al
ways edges up close to tell you
something.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1918-05-31
True and False Freedom.

There are two freedoms-the false,
where a man is free to do what he
likes; the true, where man is free
to do what he ought.-Charles Kings
ley.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1918-05-31
HoIderIess Pen.

A European inventor has devised
metal blank with four clamps which
carries pen at the end. This device
clamped around the forefinger is said
to make writing much easier than
when penholder is used.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1918-05-31
Both Were Satisfied.

A Missouri livery stable keeper put
his hand in a mules mouth to see how
many teeth the mule had. The mule
closed his mouth to see how many
fingers the man had, and the curiosity
of both man and mule was satisfied.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1918-05-31
Produce Artificial Silk.

An original method of producing ar
tificial silk is claimed by japanese
inventor. The chief ingredients are
vegetable essence and mulberry tree
bark.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1918-05-31

1t is said that as long as Eve
was with him, Adam did not
know that he had been turned out
of Paradise.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1918-05-31
Sanitary Surroundings.

Filth, such as flies breed In, should
be carefully removed. and, in addi-
tion, flies should be kept from carry
ing germs from unscreened closets,
open spittoons, or uncovered garbage
cans, into the houses
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1918-05-31

Sheriff John R. Meining is can
didate for reelection, and in max
ing this race he, as on previous
occasions, asks the support of the
voters of St. Louis county, not
simply because his name is Mein-
ing, but he asks your support on
his record as the sheriff of St.
Louis county. He has held the
keys to St. Louis county's bastile
since 1911. and although he has
been opposed by good men in sue
|cessive elections, backed with
strong lists of deputies, he has
been reelected each time by SUBJ
stantial majorities. The voters of
the county know that he apprec-
iates this generous support of the
past, and that he will appreciate
your support again in the primary
of June II. 1918.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1918-05-31
Mans Steady Progress.

Men no longer scratch matches on
their trousers, because it leaves a
mark. 1t will occur to the men some
day that matches will do the same
thing on a wall-Kansas City Star.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1918-05-31
Lumber in New Zealand.

Most of the better furniture and in
dustrial lumber used in New Zealand
is imported, such as oak, ash, hickory,
etc., and comes largely from the Unit
ed States, United Kingdom and japan.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1918-05-31

Diogenes and his lantern are
not necessary to find people who
know more about running the
Miner than the editor.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1918-05-31
Birds of Nehraska

Although 400 different species of
birds have their home in Nebraska, it
Is said that no more than 200 are to
be found In any one locality.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1918-05-31
Rule Without Exceptions.

People differ in their opinion about
jokes, but here's rule that can be
depended upon: A joke you tell your
self is alwe"s a good ne.-BostOn
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