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Indiana daily times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1914-1922, 1921-12-12
HARDING NOMINATEs OHIAN.

WASHINGTON, Dec. 12.-President
Harding today sent to the Senate the
nomination of George W. Upton of Ohio,
to be a member of the Federal Trade
Commission.
Indiana daily times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1914-1922, 1921-12-12
WEATHER

Forecast for Indianapolis and vicinity
for the twenty-fOur hours ending at
D. NJ. Dec. 13. 1921:
Unsettled weather tonight and Tues
day; probably rain; not much change in
temperature.
Indiana daily times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1914-1922, 1921-12-12
HIGH COURT TO RECESS.

WASHINGTON, Dec. 12-The Supreme
Court of the United States today an
nounced it would take recess from
Dee 10 until Tuesday, Jan. 3
Indiana daily times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1914-1922, 1921-12-12
THE WEATHER

Unsettled tonight and Tuesday. Probably
rain.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1921-06-10
WASHINGTON
SIDELIGHTS


monty known as the Weeks law, es-
tablished forest reservations especial
ly for the purpose of protecting the
watersheds of the great navigable
rivers which have their source In
the Appalachian mountains by pro-
tecting the forests and restoring the
deforested areas. The commission has
purchased something short of 2.0O0,-
600 acres in those mountains, and the
title is now vested In the United
States and under the control of the
Agricultural department. OF these
100000 acres some 100000 acres are
located in New Hampshire. 1910 IN
Virginia, $4,000 in North Carolina,
100000 in Tennessee, 163,0 900 In
Georgia, 10000 in West Virginia.
10000 in Pennsylvania, $4,000 in Ala
bama, $4,000 in Arkansas, $4,000 in
Massachusetts, and $4,000 in South
Carolina. Eventually some 100000
acres will be purchased.
These lands, while primarily pur-
chased for the purpose of protecting
the watersheds of navigable rivers,
are also intended as recreation
grounds for all the states lying east
of the Mississippi river.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1921-06-10
A Creed for Good American Citizens

This creed is being distributed by
the Constitutional League of America,
an organization of citizens throughout
the country.
Ihls league proposes to remove any
excuse for ignorance of the Constftu-
ton or of its workings and what it
has accomplished and may bring forth
so long as it remains the keystone to
American government. The forewori
to the constitution states:
America is the happiest and most
prosperous country in the world to-
day, largely because it has been able
to use the ballot longest and the bull
let least. Although a young nation
among the great powers of the earth.
the United States Of America has the
Oldest form of government; or, more
accurately, the one which has lasted
longest without destructive change. 1t
must be matter of the highest inter-
est to every American citizen, native
born or adopted, to know how such
a government was created, how it op-
crates, and how it may be made the
means of further progress in promot-
ing human happiness"
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1921-06-10
States for Reclamation

Eve will, of course, use every
means to secure the fulfllment of
the platform pledge of reclamation.
Both of the big parties were pledged
to the program. Our efforts probably
will be conferred on the Smith-Mc-
Nary BILL"
The Smith-McNary bill is known as
the Cooperative reclamation act' and
provides for the establishment of a
S250,O00,000 revolving fund for the
construction of new irrigation projects
and the completion of those already
under way. One Of its provisions re-
quires the employment of former serv-
ice men on reclamation projects
erected from the fund. 1t also gives
preference to service men on any
lands made available.
In addition the governors ask the
early passage of a bill authorizing
the appointment of a federal sam
bassador" to participate in the COM
pact proposed between the Colorado
river basin states. This movement
has the backing of the League of the
Southwest. 1t is hoped to settle the
long-standing disputes between the
states over the use of the waters of
the Colorado river for irrigation pur-
poses. Settlement will save thousands
of dollars to taxpayers in court litiga-
ton.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1921-06-10
BOY FIGHTS LION IN CAVE
Merry Montana Youth Wins Consider
able Fame as Result of Battle
With Mountain Cat.

Helena. Mont.-Daniel went into a
lions den some centuries ago over in
Babylon, and came out with whole
skin, thereby winning considerable
fame. A few days ago Otis Synnes
went into a lions den in Montana
and went Daniel one better. He came
out with two whole skins-his own
and the mountain lions.
Synnes is twenty-five years old and
has big reputation as hunter. Re
Gently he went on hunting expedi-
ton, and soon picked up the trail of
a deer. Then, all at once, he discov-
cred that he was not the only one
trailing the deer.
The Montana youth said there was
a big mountain lion ahead of him.
He had never shot one Of these dam
gerous cats, and decided that this was
his opportunity. He trailed the noun
tain lion for several hours. Finally,
he came to big cave on the side of
a mountain. Synnes went into the
cave. He heard the cat snarling. All
he could see was the cats eyes. Syn
mes fired and killed the animal The
mountain lion measured 81 inches
from tip to tip and weighed 140
pounds.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1921-06-10
REDUCE LOSSES IN SHIPPING
More Careful Handling in Harvesting
and Packing Spinach Is Urged
by Specialists.

Losses in long-distance shipments
of spinach can be greatly reduced by
careful handling in harvesting and
packing together with effective re-
frigeration in transit, according to
specialists of the bureau of markets
of the United States Department of
Agriculture. Decay and deterioration
in transit caused by the development
of Shiny soft rot cause serious losses
to shippers in some sections.
This decay develops rapidly in
transit when temperature conditions
are favorable" say investigators of
the bureau. TT starts at places where
the leaves have been bruised or
wounded, and it very frequently fol-
lows attacks of blight or other field
diseases. Other causes of deteriora-
ton in transit are following and wilt
ing of the leaves. Prompt handling
and shipment at a low temperature
largely reduce losses from these
causes"
When barrels are used, it is advis-
able to scatter crushed ice in several
layers through the container, large
layer being placed on top of the spin
ach next to the barrel head. Holes
bored in the bottom of the barrel pro-
vide drainage. Shipments in baskets
or crates carry best with a layer of
crushed ice in the center of the con-
tainer and another layer on top of
the spinach just under the cover.
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the horses and the men can handle
about 80 per cent more hay.
Save Labor on the Stack.
The push rake furnishes the most
economical method of hauling hay to
the stack, barn, or hay press if the
distance is not much more than one
fourth of a mile. One man, or a boy,
with a good push rake and a team
used TO the work will handle three
times as much hay as two men with
small rack on high-wheeled wagon,
Stacking hay with a push rake and
an overshot stacker mounted on wheels
eliminates nearly all of the back
breaking work of the old pitchfork
method. With yield of one to one
and half tons to the acre, two men
on the stack can easily handle all the
hay brought in by three push rakes!
accomplishing a vast saving in labor
and hay over the pitchfork method.
Another method not so good but still
vastly better than the pitchfork method
is stacker equipment with double
harpoon fork. The outfit can be made
at home and Will cost very little COM
pared with the labor it saves, but
harder work is necessary to get the
hay on the stack than with the over
shot stacker.
When hay is to be baled from the
field, one man by working in the after
noon, can round up enough hay which
has been punched by push rakes to
keep the press going next morning
until the dew is gone from the hay IN
the windrow. When the hay is not
thus rounded up the crew will lose
two hours or more on mornings when
there is a heavy dew.
Carelessness in setting the press may
result in loss of labor. When the press
is properly set two men can get
plenty of hay to it from the stack.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1921-06-10
Commerce the Likelihood of a Nation

THE old axiom that Commerce is
i the Iifeblood of a nation" could
be amended to read 'and of its
courts" according to attorneys OF
years experience before the United
States Supreme court.
Inquiry of a number of experts on
constitutional law as to the section
which has been productive of most
litigation brought the unanimous re-
sponse: article 1, section 8, para
graph g." This section, one of the
shortest in the Constitution, declares
that congress shall have the power
to regulate commerce with foreign
nations and among the several states"
From that brief clause, however,
have arisen all the rate cases, those
involving public utilities, the inter-
state commerce commission, child Ia
Dor, federal employees liability act,
the lottery laws, the white slave act
and, more recently, the numerous pro-
hibition statutes preceding the amend
ment itself.
Chief Justice Marshall asserted in
judicial opinion that commerce"
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1921-06-10
Mandate: New International Rel

WHAT is a mandate? The man.
w date is asserted by international
lawyers to be new principle in in
ternational relations. In theory a
mandate is an order from a league of
the civilized nations of the world to
one of those nations, making it re-
sponsible for the welfare of a certain
nation or piece of territory consid-
cred to be less civilized.
In practice mandate is permits
sion, given by the powers which won
the late war to one of those powers,
TO supervise the affairs of some back
ward country. The mandatory ma
ton enjoys certain advantages in that
territory, but it also has certain re-
sponsibilities to the League of Ma
tons, which, If enforced, would raise
the development of backward coun-
tries to higher level both from the
economic and the humanitarian point
of view. OF course, in this matter,
everything really depends upon what
the council of the league wants to do
and is able to do
The mandate also seeks to keep
one nation from exploiting exclusive
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Relation

ly a backward territory, and to give
the other members of the league GER
tain rights in it. But it does not do
not members of the league.
The council of the League of Ma
lions acknowledges three chief kinds
of mandates. The A class mandates
cover former Turkish possessions, in
Guiding Mesopotamia. The B class
mandates cover islands of the Paci-
fic, south of the Equator, and the G
class mandates cover islands in the
Pacific, north of the Equator. The
Palestine mandate is in a sense a
fourth kind.
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must be interpreted to mean ''inter-
course" and lawyers say his wide in
depreciation was the progenitor of the
whole family of legal battles turning
upon the commerce section.
Be that as it may, under recent de-
cisions of the Supreme court, "com-
merce" has been interpreted to cover
not only the movement of goods, but
of men and women-as in the white
slave act.
Within the last few weeks, no less
than a dozen cases involving in some
way the commerce section have been
docketed in the Supreme court.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1921-06-10

the doomed men. 1t was almost like
a scene from the light opera, 'The
MikadO," for the throng of spectators,
who had followed the grim parade to
the rivers edge, giggled and laughed
and jostled about in their bravest holt
day manner.
The executioner welded great two
handed sword. He squared his Shout
ders. Then his arms rose, his terrible
sword cleaned and Swished in the
early sunlight and a head rolled along
the embankment. One after another
the outlaws paid the penalty. AS each
head was severed the crowd shrieked
their approval When the task was
completed, the executioner went his
way, beaming on the applauding spec
tators The soldiers returned to the
barracks At dusk the soldiers cast
the bodies and heads into the river.
Brutal as it may sound, the authori-
ties have found that these methods
are necessary to check piracy and
banditry on the upper Yangtse.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1921-06-10
FELT LIKE AN IRON
BAND AROUND HEAD
Mrs. Osborne Says She Shudders
When She Thinks How
She Suffered.


"For years." said Mrs. v. 3. Osborne,
Of us Lancaster Ave. Lexington Ky..
81 have been in a rundown condition;
nervous, weak and dizzy. l was ac-
tually so nervous that any sudden
noise or excitement would produce
palpitation of my heart that fright
ened me. / absolutely could not climb
stairs, for to attempt such would thor
oughly exhaust me.
Il had nervous headaches and when
they came on it seemed that an iron
band was drawn tight around my head.
l now shudder when think of those
headaches. My stomach was weak
and l could not digest the lightest
LIQUID food. Any food of solid ma
ture caused nausea and the sickening
sensation remained for hours.
My misery was almost unbearable.
My sleep was never sound and | was
worn out all the time. My condition
was indeed very deplorable one. i
finally sought treatment in Cincinnati,
but nothing helped me one particle
l was on the verge of giving up in
despair when a neighbor pleaded with
me to try Tanlac. l obtained bottle
of the medicine and began its use.
81 began improving at once and soon
felt my nervousness and dizziness dis
appearing. Then my headaches left
me and I realized my strength had re-
turned. My appetite and digestion i'm
proved and / am now so much better
in every way. This Tanlac is Won
derful medicine and the only one that
ever really helped me. l hope every
poor woman who is suffering as 1 did
will try it."
Tanlac is sold by leading druggists
everywhere.-Adv.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1921-06-10
Eight Western

OVERNORS of western states,
" after a preliminary discussion in
Denver of irrigation and reclamation
legislation have presented to- Presi-
dent Harding and members of con-
gress the result of their conference.
In the party were Gov. Thomas E..
Campbell of Arizona, president of the
League of the Southwest; Gov. u. w.
Davis of Idaho, president of the
Western States Reclamation associa-
ton; Gov. Emmett D. Boyle of Nevada !;
Gov. Charles R. Mabey of Utah; Gov.
Louis Hart of Washington and Gov.
Joseph B. Dixon of Montana. Cover
nors Shoup o. Colorado and Mecham
of New Mexico participated in the
Denver conference.
"We present a solid front to the
powers in Washington for the first
time in IS years." said Gov. Davis.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1921-06-10
CHIEF CAUSE OF SWARMING
Lack OF Ventilation and Space for
Queen Bee to Lay Eggs En-
courage Restlessness.

The main causes leading to swarm
ing are lack of ventilation, lack of
space for the queen bee to lay eggs,
insufficient room for storing honey,
and over-abundance of drones or a
queen bee that has become too old.
To prevent swarming therefore, these
conditions must be avoided, suggests
the Extension Service beekeeping
specialist The queen alone is normal
ly capable of laying eggs, and for
this reason swarming is necessary to
make new colonies and perpetuate the
race. The old queen always comes
out with the first swarm.
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prepared by the United States Depart
ment of Agriculture.)
The hay crop, even when the labor
supply is normal, causes more worry,
anx;ely, and disappointment than any
OF -r crop. The time for harvesting is
comparatively short. Other crops re-
,.uire attention at the same time. And
the weather is to be reckoned with.
A great deal of labor is wasted every
year during hay harvest, say special
lists of the United States Department
Of Agriculture, not because Of actual
idleness on the part of the workers,
but because labor is expended unnec-
essarily on operations that do not
utilize ii TO the best advantage. If an
old method can be superseded by a
new one that will enable the same
number of men to accomplish more
work in the same length of time, or
fewer men to accomplish the same
work in the same length of time, it
will mean more hay saved, more
profit to the farmer, and q better con-
dftiOn for the country.
Shift Burden from Man to Horse.
Although there is a scarcity of man
labor, there are still plenty of horses
on most farms, and herein largely lies
the solution of the problem. On farms
where considerable hay is grown
methods must be adopted by which the
greater part of the heavy labor is done
by horses. This will necessitate the
general use of certain types Of labor
saving machinery, some of them not
so common In the East, which have
been thoroughly tested and proved
satisfactory in the western part of the
United States. The small hay grower,
however. need not make a very heavy
investment in new haying apparatus,
for by rearranging the working of his
crew and using a little more horse
labor for the hard work he can add
considerably to the efficiency Of his
crew.
Here are some suggestions made by
the specialists for avoiding of labor
in haymaking.
Do not run two or more mowers
close together. If the front mower has
any trouble that causes it to stop, all
of the mowers usually wait while re-
pairs are made on one. There is a
tendency, also, for drivers to waste
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1921-06-10
A Four-WheeIed Push Rake.

= too much time talking when they stop
occasionally to let the teams rest. A
good practice when two or more ma
chimes are used is for each driver
to lay off a "land" for himself and
work independently, so there will be
no interference from other machines.
Side Delivery Rake Is Best.
Do not turn hay by hand 1t is too
costly. The cheapest and most efficient
way of stirring hay in the windrow is
with a two-horse tedder. One man
with a tedder will do more work than
II men stirring with hand forks. 1t
Is not even necessary to have a man
TO run the tedder. A boy big enough
to drive a team will do just as much
work.
A one-horse rake operated by a man
makes raking very costly. A two-horse
suIky rake is better, but the side-de-
livery rake is best. When curing is
done in the swath and a hay loader
is used, the crew can start taking the
hay from the windrow as soon as the
side delivery has made one double win
drow across the field If the sulky
rake is used, the crew will have to
wait until the rake has gone several
times across the field. In this matter
the extent of the haying operations has
TO be considered, of course On very
small farms the use of the side-de-
livery rake might not be economy.
If the weather is clear and the hay
Is in proper condition, there will be
no necessity for hay caps or for
further labor till the hay is hauled.
But hay caps win pay for themselves
in one year when the weather is bad.
They are more especially needed with
clover, alfalfa, and pea vines, all of
which cure slowly.
If hay is to be punched, the hand
method is too expensive A two-horse
sulky rake can bunch 80 acres or mere
a day and boy can drive it just as
well as man. Even more labor can
be saved. however by using the push
rake TO bunch hay after it has been
raked into the windrow It is a good
plan to have two men working together
TO round up the punches, since more
can be accomplished than when each
works alone
1t is a waste OF time to pitch hay
onto a small hayrack on high-wheeled
wagon. Use a large hayrack on a
low-wheeled wagon.
Loading hay with pichforks is the
hardest, slowest, and most expensive
way. The men are working constantly
but the horses are doing nothing most
of the time. If loader is used, the
hardest part of the work is done by
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1921-06-10
Easy on Them.

A battery of big guns had just sent
its message of destruction into COM
pany of Germans at st. Mihiel, and
when the debris had settled all to be
observed We're a few scraps of gray
cloth scattered about.
''Wow," calculated the supply Off
Ger, ''but there sure are lot of dead
ferries over there"
Il wouldn't go that far" replied the
conservative medical major, suspi-
ciously like all of his ilk. But if
they were my men and came to me, /
admit / might mark them for light
duty."-American Legion Weekly.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1921-06-10

NTASHINGTON.- Shields
Wv of Tennessee has introduced a
bill in congress TO establish a sane
tuary or sanctuaries for game ami
mails and for birds and fish in the
national forest reserve. In introduc-
ing it he said, among other things:
Mr.. Shields-There are a great
many sanctuaries for game, or game
preserves, established in the national
parks of the United States in the
Rocky Mountains and the Middle
West which are accessible to the peo-
pie of the states lying west of the
Mississippi river and lying adjacent
to the great Appalachian range. The
act of congress passed in 1911, COM
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1921-06-10

BELIEVE in the United States
j of America as a government OF
the people, by the people; whose just
powers are derived from the consent
of the governed; a democracy in a
republic; perfect Union, one and
inseparable; established upon those
principles of freedom, equality, justice
and humanity for which American pa
trfots sacrificed their lives and for
tunes. 1 therefore believe it is my
duty to my country to love it; to sup
port its Constitution; to obey its laws !;
to respect its flag, and to defend it
against all enemies.-William Tyler
Page.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1921-06-10
CHINESE PIRATES
HEADS CUT OFF
Powerful Executioner AppIauded
by Admitting Spectators Who
Witnessed Spectacle.

Hongkong.-A murderous gang OF
80 Chinese pirates no longer will make
life and property on the upper Yangtse
river valley unsafe. These Oriental
highwaymen recently were captured.
A file of soldiers escorted the pirates
to the banks of the river, where they
were executed in real Chinese fashion.
The prisoners knelt on the bank of
the stream, which had been the scene
of their most outrageous depredations.
A giant Chinese stepped in front Of
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1921-06-10
Wildcat in Boat
and Scrap Ensues


Punta Gorda.-A full-grown
wildcat tried to cross the
Charlotte Harbor bridge, but, as
it was not ready for traffic, the
cat got into trouble at the draw
and he descended into row.
boat moored there. After a
while Perry King, engineer in
charge of construction, came
along and sought to use the
framework of the draw. The
engineer and his crew made a
lariat with which they lassoed
the cat, after which they Gagged
him, and are now trying to do
mesticate him.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1921-06-10
CALLING Teacher.

"Yes," said the teacher, "the egg
represents all that is gentlest in crea-
tion-the cooling doves, the tuneful
ny, what other gentle things are
Matched from eggs?'
Snakes, alligators, sparrow hawks
and eagles" said JOHNNY Edinburgh
Scotsman.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1921-06-10
Freshen ! HEAVY Skin

With the antiseptic, fascinating CUT
cura Talcum Powder, an exquisitely
scented convenient, economical face,
skin, baby and busting powder and
perfume. Renders other perfumes SUI
perfuous. One of the Cuticura Toilet
Trio (Soap, Ointment, Talcum) .-Adv.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1921-06-10
Battle Relics in seedIinns

Salt Lake City. Utah.. Cloth of ali
kinds and descriptions interviewer
with the roots, also bits Of bones,
leather, rubber and buttons were found
in the sprouts of nursery stock fruit
trees which arrived here recently from
France. The trees were evidently
grown on the battlefields of Frarce,
and in the roots Of one of the sprouts
was a strip of bIoodstained bandgge.
One of the trees had grown from the
seed through the link of a large watch
chain.