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The Adair County news., 1920-02-18
POLISH WOMEN CARRY OUT
A. R. C. HEALTH PLANS
TNOLLOW1NG exhaustive reports
X from its various Commissions
to European countries, the

"HE American Red Cross is
now conducting operations
in seventeen European coun-
tries. In Poland the gov
ernment Is taking over certain parts
of the American Red Cross activitieR
30 that the Red Cross can move into
new fields Of relief work. The policy
of the American Red Cross is to estab-
lish relief activities wherever great
need exists, then to encourage local
agncies to take over the established
work and carry it on.
With a personnel Of hundred, the
Red Cross has been making great in
roads on the typhus epidemic and has
enlisted the aid Of 800 Polish person
mel, mostly young women who have
been taught the rudiments Of Ameri'
can ideas Of hygiene. After a few
months, the Americans In many places
were able to leave the work Of santa
ton to Polish units. The American
Red Cross has supplied modern steam
sterilizers, 80 mobile laundries, $1,000
nat irons. portable baths and many car
loads of clothing, bedding. and hospt
tsl supplies.
The Adair County news., 1920-02-18

THE Ne VS. is Sl.50 an
$500 per year. Send in
your subscription at once.
The Adair County news., 1920-02-18
SMALL Y. w. c. a. IS
COMMUNITY CEMTEF

Recreation for Girls Is Important Fea-
ture of Work.
Ffty-two young women In the Unit
ed States are known as Y W. @. A.
town secretaries" Ali Of which
means that the f1fty-two are organizing
recreation work for girls and for the
community at large in towns of less
than 10000 inhabitants.
The Z. W. G. A. may be in one rent
ed room or more. 1t may be whole
building, but at any rate there Is a rec
reation room and II possible kitchen.
reading and writing roems. II the z.
W. c. A. has a building Of its own II
becomes community center, where all
women's organizations may meet
The Adair County news., 1920-02-18
Leave Record of Existence
~, On EVer-Enduring Spirit

80
1t is then obvious that if we desire
to live wOrthily, If we wish to fulfil
the great purposes for which we were
created, we must leave the record Of
our existence inscribed on the ever-en
during spirit. The impression there
can never be effaced. Time, which
obliterates nations and the record Of
their existence, only renders the Inca
ments which we trace on mind deeper
and more legible. From the very prin,
ciples of our social nature, moral and
intellectual character multlplies in,
definitely its own likeness.-Francis
Wayland.
The Adair County news., 1920-02-18
MiIIloWn.

Plenty of mud and water at
present.
M. Mercer is on the Green's
burg Loose Leaf this week.
Hix Johnston and Jim Wright
are in Louisville this week SELL
ing tobacco.
Mr.. and Mrs. Ira Powers have
returned from Akron, Ohio.
]. R. Tut, W. S. Hindmau,
and ]. T. Mercer were in
Columbia last Wednesday to
see the income tax man.
People are preparing for the
largest tobacco acreage in history
R. L. Caldwell bought four
mules from S. M. Burdette, Of
Columbia, one day last week.
R. S. English is in Greensburg
this week selling tobacco.
]. R. Tut Jr., and F. D.
Cobb are preparing to build a
large tobacco barn on their
farm near this place.
Mrs. J. W. Townsend gave a
birthday dinner one day last
week to her nephew, Rollin
Caldwell, it being his oath birth
day. Those present were: Mr.
and Mrs. R. L. Caldwell, Mr..
and Mrs. Robert Caldwell, Mrs.
]. R. Tut Jr., and children,
and Miss Catherine Mercer
J. R. Tutt was in Gradyville
last Monday!
Aunt Betsy LeftWitch, one of
the oldest residents of our town
is very sick at this writing.
B. 81. Gilpin, Campbellsville,
was calling on our merchants
this week.
Mrs. Noel Thomas and sister
are at the bedside of their grand
mother.
Geo. Coffey, deputy Sheriff, /,
was here. this week, collecting
taxes.
The Adair County news., 1920-02-18
Hardy Small Fruit.

Currants and gOoseberries are very
hardy and withstand extremely low
temperatures; in fact, if windbreaks
are provided, most varieties are able
TO Withstand the severe conditions in
most parts of the upper Mississippi
valley and the northern Great Plains
area.-Agricultural Department.
The Adair County news., 1920-02-18
BABIES NEVER TASTED MILK

HOLITICAL and economic trou-
E les are not the only obsSa-
cles that face the new repdb-
lie Of Czecho Slovakia- In
attempting to build UP a democracy,
fashioned after that In the United
Sthtes, one Of its most serious prob
leHs is an alarming mortality rate,
especially among women and children.
Statistics Of the American Red Cross
show that in Bohemia, Moravia and
SiIesia deaths in 1917 exceeded births
oy over 10000 Figures for 1918, not
yet completed, will show larger NOR
taIity.
"This whole condition" the Red
Cross commission reports, "is due to
under-nourishment Of mothers and
children. In its investigation the Amer
lean Red Cross found that many chill
dren have never tasted milk-not
even mothers milk, as the. women
The Adair County news., 1920-02-18

we're 100 weak 10 nurse CneT DaD1eSe
Seven year old children have the ply
sical proportion Of five, and ten year
olds have the growth Of q normal
seven year Old"
The Red Cross has organized sys
tenn of soup kitchens throughout the
country, through which it hopes to
save the lives of thousands Of moth
ers and children. The rumor Of q sign
with the American flag and tn Red
Cross over an ole shack or haasily
constructed hut is enough to mike
women of these foreign countries wtIlk
miles for a ration of soup.
The Adair County news., 1920-02-18
Y. C. A.PLANS
WORLD PROGRAM
Mrs. John D. Rockefeller, Jr,
Heads Associations 1920
World Service Program.
$4,000, 900 NEEDED FOR WORK.
Leader Calls Association "stabilizins
Influence" in Outlining Postwar
Program for Women-Federal coun-
ell Of Churches to Announce "Y. w,
c. A. Sunday -szFzEs, -

Mrs. John D. Rockefeller, Jf., chair
man Of the National Educational Cam
paign Committee of the 1920 World
Service Program of the Young Wom-
ems Christian Association, has made
the following statement:
"Since the war we are more than
ever aware Of the economic, industrial,
educational, social and religious difa-
The Adair County news., 1920-02-18
Christians mUade
h The Holy Land
Southern Methodists Send First Work
il ers To Palestine for Bible and
s. Literature Distribution.
Especial Correspondence

Nashville, Tenn.-The Methodist
Episcopal Church, South, has the dis
tinction of being the first Christian
denomination to send workers to Pales
tine since the free regime inaugurated
under the occupancy of General AL
lenby.
The Centenary European Commission
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1920-02-13
MARRIED men
LOSE GAME
MARRIED MEN FAIL TO BEAT
THE SINGLE FELLOWS.

The unexpected happened sure
huff last evening when the unmar-
ried basketball shooters took the mar
ried shooters into camp on score of
35 to Is. Everybody said the mar
ried fellows would win in a walk in
the battle last night owing to their
being constantly in practice for any
kind of a scrimmage but the dope
went awry. When seen after the
game by the sport writer one of the
benedicts made the remark that she
thought his team had been over
trained and had during their married
life lost so many scraps that they
were scrapless and should be scrap
ped" This fellow probably was
sour, fact not developed during the
game which was enjoyed by large
audience.
John Gerzin of the high school
team did the referee work in a very
satisfactory manner. The proceeds
of the game went to Frank Lozar
Post. Those who participated were !:
Married Men-Thos. Murn, Fred
Mokros, John Gianotti, Henry Mer-
dink and Ernest Hanson.
Bachelors-Ray Hoeffier, M. ST.
monson, Owney Hegman, Elmer
Maxi and Jack Lampi.
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CHIPPEWA MINE.

F. w. Farnsworth of Cincinnati,
vice president and general manager
of, The Chippewa Iron Mining Com
pany, was in Duluth this week, says
Skillfngs' Review. This companys'
property on the Vermilion range has
been developed to a depth of 325
and further development work is in
progress, in the way of drifts and
crosscuts. Two shifts are employed.
The company has very encouraging
showing of ore considering the rather
moderate depth.
Mr.. Farnsworth is also interested
in the ATLAS Iron Company which
controls the Sullivan forty on the
Vermilion range. The Atlas is sue
cessor to the Algonquin Iron Com
pany organized one year ago.
Mr.. Farnsworth announces that a
working shaft is to be sunk on this
property and work will be begun
soon. Diamond drilling has been
done for information to help in the
decision as to the shaft location. A
surface plant will be installed, which
will include steam power plant.
Mr.. Farnsworth is director of the
Atlas Company, and his associates
are nearly all Cincinnati people.
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where THE STATE
GETS INTO IT
UNDER TONNAGE TAX LOW
GRADE ORES WOULD NOT
MINED.

The strongest argument TINS iron
section of the state has against
tonnage tax is the perfecting of the
Swart- Woodbridge process of re-
claiming low grade magnetic ore.
Why is this so? Where is the interest
in this of all the people of this state?
The story is as thrilling as a novel
and the moral as plain as in the old
Sunday school books.
Several years ago Dwight Wood
bridge discovered a process of re-
claiming these ores. There is an un-
told quantity of them in rock as hard
as trap rock and much the same color,
Interests in Duluth owned large
acreage Of these lands which were
wholly valueless even as a goat pas
ture. With other capital the work
of commercializing this process was
undertaken.
Here w.. G. Swart came in. An
engineer of high standing, the job of
working out practical method of
applying the process mechanically
was turned over to him. He built
small plant on the bay front in this
city and for three years has devoted
his entire time to the mechanics of
the process.
The financial hackers of the project
gave him an open purse. He spent
$750,000 before he was ready to
make his final report with plans for
a definite production mill large
enough to operate at a profit. This
was last fall.
The News Tribune only two weeks
ago was authorized to announce that
such unit plant would be built this
year on the property on the eastern
Mesaba range. It was also announced
that this would be but the first of 10,
such units. The first one will cost,
So, 900, 900, the total investment will
be $50, 100000 for the ten.
This ore bearing rock runs from
nearly nothing to about Is per cent
or 80 per cent Of magnetic iron. This
rock will be crushed and, by the use
of magnets strong enough to pull the
roof off house will be separated.
The work of separation begins with
good sized chunks of rock. Those
of too low iron content to pay for
continued crushing, will be thrown
out and so on as the crushing con-
tinues. This separation will con-
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been established to all. Miss Keable
has handled the situation very salts
factorily under the supervision of
Health Commissioner Parker and the
City Board or Sanitation composed Of
Aldermen Maxi, Strachan and Jenko
with Mayor Knutson as ex-officio
member. To the efficient nursing
of Miss Keable and her assistants,
Miss Wilson, Mrs. F. Jenko and
Messrs. Ray Coffey and Clarence
Chinn is attributed the speedy re-
covery of many of those at the emer-
gency hospital. Mrs. Paterson also
comes in for much commentator,
she having had the school children's
homes to supervise and instruct in
the care of affected ones. The ex-
perience of last years disastrous ep-
idemic was also a valuable factor in
the outbreak this year.
In another column will be found
notice from the Board of Health re-
garding vaccination for influenza and
These vaccinations are
given free and the physicians only
ask that the stated hours be observed.
While the epidemic seems to be on
the decline at present, there is no
telling when it may make fresh
start and the utmost care should be
On the first symptoms,
call the doctor, get to bed, keep
warm and get plenty of fresh air,
say the authorities. They know.
That's why they are authorities.
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I TO SINK SHAFT
(skillings' Mining Review.)

A accompaniment shaft is to be
sunk to depth Of 500 feet on the
La Rue iron property, Vermilion
range, and preparations are now be-
ing made to get in the necessary sup
pies and to inaugurate the work. 1t
is understood that new interests
have taken an option on this property
which already has been developed to
some extent. The fact that a A.
compartment shaft is to be sunk in
dicates that the new interests have
very much faith in the ultimate out
come of the further exploration
which is about to be made.
The La Rue property, named after
w. G. La Rue of Duluth, who con-
trolls it, and who with a number of
associates have spent considerable
money in exploration and develop
ment is described as the South " Of
the Southeast u of Section z, and
the South " of the Southwest X Of
section 8, 62-14. The property
lies four miles Northeast of the Sou
dan mine.
The La Rue gives much promise Of
developing into an important pro-
Queer of high grade iron ore. The
development work already done ap-
pears to forecast it. The develop.
ment work done by Mr.. La Rue and
his associates consisted in part of
tunnel 140 feet into the outcrop, and
a wirfze 1T feet in depth. At a
depth of 104 feet in the winze ore
was encountered and crosscut dis
closed 60 feet of ore averaging so
per cent metallic iron. The product
is hard ore, with punches of soft
hematite.
The announcement that this i'm
portant shaft improvement is about
be undertaken will attract fresh in
terest in the Vermilion. This range
is doubtless going to attract men in
their search for high grade iron ore.
There is no other district that offers
greater possibilities.
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uals seeking profit for themselves.
But that is another story though this
one shows concretely the absolute
folly of legislation on a subject as
to which the average legislator has
and can have no expert, technical
knowledge.
Any tonnage tax inevitably means
waste of low grade ores. The only
sane policy Of the state must be con-
servation and retaining of low grade
ores, as through that it will gain un-
told wealth for itself beside which
the returns from any tonnage tax is
Observation-Disclosures News-Tribune.
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tinue, until finally, when pulverized
finer than cement, the ore, washed
clean of the rock powder, will cling.
to the magnets and be removed from
them as iron powder.
twill not only be very high grade,
but in the process the phosphorus
content is removed to a negligible
percentage making it the highest
known grade of bessemer. This will
give it exceptional value on the mar
ket, for mixing, for ease in smelling
and for making the very toughest
quality of steel. A trial cargo was
shipped from the experimental plant
before the war closed. It can be
shipped not only to our own steel
plants, but to Europe.
Now, how this is of especial in
terest to the people Of Minnesota and
how doesEit hook up with tonnage
tax? Of course the bringing to the
state of such an investment and a
wholly new industry is one thing.
But this is only an incident. What
comes home to all the folks is this:
First, the state owns thousands of
acres underlaid, or with outcroppings
of this ore. Through the discovery
of the process and its application, this
ore becomes feasible and the state
will be many millions Of dollars rich
err. The ore which was valueless will
be conserved.
This has come through the invest
ment of private capital that took
the $750,000 chance, which the state
never would have done. Private
capital seeking profit for itself has
enriched the state by millions upon
millions of dollars.
But private capital never would
have made this investment had there
been tonnage tax such as any one
that has been proposed to any legis-
lature. Had the bill as passed the
house at the recent special session be-
come a, law, this enterprise would
have had to be dropped and the
| $750,000 would have been lost, and
with it the millions now assured to
1.-THE state.
| AS it was, Mr.. Woodbridge was
able to have it amended at thu
eleventh hour by showing this at the
hearing. Moreover, as finally passed
and vetoed by Governor Burnquist
it would have stopped other like dis
coveries and investments. 1t woult
have stopped all private investment,
for ore developments.
1t would have killed the goose tha
lays the golden eggs, the future in
itiative, the skill, the vision, tn,
Icourage, the daring of other individ
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1920-02-13
LERsTAD CONCERT co.

The Norwegian Nightingales"
pleased large audience at the Elco
Theatre last week and furnished the
finest kind of entertainment. Agnes
and Melvina Lerstad who have at
tanned the title of the Norwegian
Nightingales" are musicians in every
sense of the word. Their selections
were well chosen and with the harp,
violin and piano accompaniment pro-
duced an effect that was pleasing in
the extreme. Miss Hazel Byrngel-
son gave several readings during the
evening. Her style is especially
adapted to the o. Henry stories and
her dramatic ability is surpassed by
few.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1920-02-13
FLU" PEAK
KNOCKED OFF
NO NEW CASES DEVELOPED
YESTERDAY-SIcK ONES
RECOVERING.

According to physicians the peak
of the flu epidemic here was passed
Friday last and the disease this week
has been constantly on the decline.
While it is the opinion of the au-
thorities that the worst is over and
hat the wave has passed, the people
are requested to obey the health reg
ulations just as stringently now as
during he past month to prevent a
repetition of the wave.
While it is estimated by some that
there were several thousand cases
of the flu here and at Winton during
the past three weeks, the physicians
state that only 225 cases were re-
ported and treated. About 80 have
been given care at the emergency
hospital in the Community Center.
One death occurred at the emer-
gency hospital, that of Jos. Grahek
who died Sunday night after having
been at the hospital since noon the
same day. Grahek had been i'll for
several days before being taken to
the hospital. The nurse in charge
gave him drink of water shortly be-
fore 10 o'clock and when Miss Wilson
the night nurse went on duty at 10
o'clock the man was dead. He leaves
a widow and five children. The
funeral took place Tuesday.
4
from the flu epidemic since it be-
came prevalent three weeks ago.
Gust Hill at the Chandler location
and the two-year-old son of Mr.. and
Mrs. Arthur Wiki which died Sat-
urday while being taken to the Com
munity hospital with its mother. Mrs.
Wink was released Wednesday aid
ON Wednesday evening gave birth to
a baby girl.
The schools reported many alb
sences among the children owing to
suspicious symptoms among them
and at their homes. School Nurse
Paterson has been kept on the move
investigating suspicious cases. She
has had as high as 800 out at one
time. Several of the teachers have
also been flu sufferers and substi-
tute teachers have been at a prem
ium. The teachers are all on the
conyalescent list and doing finely.
The position of City Nurse has
been no sinecure during the epidem-
lie and the value of this official has
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1920-02-13
KING SAUL AND THE WITCH OF
ENDOR.

At the Methodist Church next Sun
day morning the subject will be
"The Peace of God," and in the even
ing, "King Saul and the Witch (Me-
dunn of Endor." There will be a
selection by the choir. All invited
to come and worship with US.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1920-02-13
INCREASE OF WAGES.

The United States Steel Corpora
tion has announced that wage in
crease becomes effective Feb. 1. The
increase affects the mining division
as well as the steel plants. The basis
it is understood is an advance of 10
per cent for day labor. Other wage
rates will be equitably adjusted.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1920-02-13
CHIEF cOFFEY SICK.

Chief of Police, Barth Coffey has
been confined to his residence the
past week with the flu. He is i'm
proving. Sergeant Ellefsen has had
charge of the police department dur
ing the illness of Chief Coffey. AL
derman Jenko has been added to the
force during the illness of the chief.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1920-02-13

William Hill was reelected mayor
OF Tower last week defeating Arvid
Anderson on vote of rs to 62. R.
E. Schmid was elected treasurer
against William G. Smith. J. B.
Pearson was reelected recorder with
out opposition and T. H. Wheeler
carried off the honors of municipal
judge receiving 103 votes to 10 for
his opponent, j. M. Hicks. G. C.
Carlson was named special judge
and Walter Tufander, Elmer Gus
tafson and 81. T. Olson aldermen.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1920-02-13
TRIAL BEGINS.

Several of our people are at Hib-
bling where the trial of Toney Startz
indicted by the last grand jury for
assault in the second degree was be-
gun in district court Wednesday.
Startz is charged with having carved
up friend with a knife here sew
eral weeks ago.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1920-02-13
HERE SUNDAY.

Miss Mary E. Stillwell, county
demonstration agent was in the city
Sunday on official business and while
here she addressed a meeting of the
Finnish Temperance Society at the
K. R. Hall. In addition to the adj
dress of Miss Stillwell, musical and
literary program was given.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1920-02-13
DR.. SUTHERLAND ILL.

DR.. H. N. Sutherland and family
have been flu victims the past week
and the genial DIR. has been inca
pacitated from his work at Winton
and Section Thirty. Late advices
are that all are recovering.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1920-02-13

the middle part of the month, has
been postponed indefinitely on &C.
count of the "fu" epidemic, accord
ing to an announcement received here
this week. Many of the teachers
had planned on attending the con-
vention.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1920-02-13

On the last page will be found the
proceedings of the last meeting of
the city council.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1920-02-13
CONVENTION POSTPONED.

The Minnesota Educational conven-
ton which was to be held at Duluth
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1920-02-13
COUNTY NURSE HERE.

Miss Leskinen county nurse ap-
pointed to this territory is here and
has begun her duties of visiting the
outlying settlers. She will have Off
ces here and Ely will be her head
quarters. She was accompanied by
DR.. Lamson of Nopeming who is ar
ranging for her.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1920-02-13

w. E. Trezona and family have
been flu sufferers this week.
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