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The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1921-12-30
Economic Conference May Meet in 1922

THE conference on ornaments will
be followed by an economic con-
ference to be held in the spring
of 1922, inquiries among the foreign
delegations indicates. Informal con-
versations on the subject already have
taken place between representatives
of the governments participating in
the present conclaye, and the idea has
met with tentative approval. The ex-
changes of views have not proceeded
TO the point where the time and place
of the meeting or the nations to receive
the invitations have been determined.
1t is not unlikely that, if the pres
ent conference is successful, an. agree
ment to meet again for the considera-
ton of commercial and financial ques-
tons may be proposed before the
Washington gathering adjourns.
The three-year period over which
interest payment on the S10,000,000,-
700 owed the United States by the
allied powers was spread expires at
that time, and there is no effort to
conceal the fact that the European
nations want a general discussion of
economic conditions before taking up
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1921-12-30
New Record in Slaughter Will Be Set

uANY an oratorical and political
MI gem of purest ray serene, Is
buried in the Congressional Rec
ord. If you don't believe it, read these
extracts from a speech by Representa-
tive b. G. Lowrey of Mississippi on the
maternity BILL"
MIR. Lowrey-Mr. Chairman, humor-
Gus friend of mine says that mans
mind is like woman's hair The less
there is in 1t the harder it is to make
up. Uaughter.) My mind is often hard
to make up. Ergo
1t is strange to me that some gen.
tiemen seem to think that the activity
OF women in support of this bill gives
ii presumption against it. In my opin-
ion, while ii is not a fine argument,
il is strong argument in its favor.
oh, woman, in our hours of ease.
Uncertain, coy, and hard to please,
When pain and anguish wiring the brow,
\ ministering angel thou.
In an old book which used to read
occasionally before | got into politics
found an interesting little story
about an unjust judge, who feared
not God. neither regarded man." but
when woman got in behind him he
came across. With all his reckless
ness he was at least wise enough to
regard the Widows might. If any of
you politicians get the woman folks
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1921-12-30
OCEANS HARD TIC IMAGINE
People of the Middle Ages Found lk
Difficult to Conceive Extent
of Waters.

Eratosthenes was right; the earth
was a globe. But what philosopher
ever imagined that 1t was so Target
Homer was right when he sang of ths
mighty food" but he was thinking
Of the Insignificant Mediterranean.
What poet had imagination enough to
picture the vastness of the Pacifici
Many had surmised the truth, but none
had realized it's extent. When the
caravels Of Columbus had sailed and
returned the wise ones Of the Renais-
sance were astonished by the story
brought home. 1t seemed impossible
that there could be so much water.
And still the girth of the seas was
uncomprehended. 1t was only when
Magellan's Santa Vittoria had circum-
navigated the globe and dropped an
Choir in the Bay of San Lucar that a
realization Of the world of water be-
gan to dawn. The Atlantic was as
tonishing enough in all conscience
but the Pacific was overwhelming and
dumfounding.-John @. Van Dyke.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1921-12-30
WHY DRUGGISTS RECOMMEND
SWAMP ROOT

For many years druggists have watched
with much interest the remarkable record
maintained by DR.. Kilmer's Swamp Root,
the great kidney, liver and bladder medi-
cine.
1t is physicians prescription.
Swamp-Root is a strengthening medi-
cine. 1t helps the kidneys, liver and blad-
der do the work nature intended they
should do.
Swamp-Root has stood the test of years.
1t is sold by all druggists on its merit
and it should help you. No other kidney
medicine has so many friends.
Be sure to get Swamp-Root and start
treatment at once.
However, if you wish first to test this
great preparation send ten cents to DR..
Kilmer & Co.. Binghamton, N. Y, for a
sample bottle. When writing be sure and
mention this paper Advertisement.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1921-12-30
How Sand Ounce Travel.

In the desert of La Joya, Peru,
there are thousands of shaped
sand dunes, formed by the winds. and
slowly advancing across the level sur
face. One investigator measured one
of these dunes, the points of whose
crescent were 100 feet apart, while the
length round the convex side was ATT
feet. The width at the widest part OF
the crescent was more than 100 feet.
The weight of the sand composing the
dune was estimated at 5000 tons, yet it
moved 125 feet in a year. All the
dunes have the same form, and all
have the convex side toward the pre-
vailing south winds.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1921-12-30
Decreases Tax Collections

were from distilled spirits, fermented
liquors, tobacco, oleomargarine. can
ftal stock tax, war excise tax and doc
umentary stamp sales by postmasters.
all OF which aggregated 81, 1866, 1853. 900.
1t cost the government 81 cents to
collect each 500 paid to the govern
ment as against So cents per 500
the preceding year. Increased cost OF
collecting the revenues. Mr.. Blair said.
was due mainly to reduced collections
and increased expense In enforcing
many new regulatory laws, including
the Yolstead act.
The commissioners discussion of the
governments control over liquor man.
ufacture and sales disclosed that the
distilIeries continue to pile up big re-
serve stock of whisky for the possible
emergency demands of the future.
The whisky plants made Sc 1856 600
gallons of distilled spirits during the
year. This. however. was decrease
of 100000 gallons below the pre-
ceiling year. There was withdrawn
from bond 34.000O00 gallons, an In
crease of 100000 gallons.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1921-12-30

in your district deeply stirred against
you. you will come to sympathize with
him. Instead of quoting Sir Walter
Scott you will be quoting a certain
William Tecumseh Sherman. Uaugh-
ter.)
The gentleman from Nebraska (Mr.
Reayis) spoke the other day of pros
pectiye casualty list on the Repub-
lican side that would look like war.
Some of us remember the slaughter of
Democrats in November a year ago.
when you Republicans slew Democrats
as recklessly as Sampson slew the
Philistines and with the same instru-
ment. Uaughter) But all previous
slaughters will look like children's tea
parties when the politicians really in
cur the righteous wrath of American
womanhood.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1921-12-30
Japan's Universal Compulsory Service

tillery, cavalry, engineers, and other
technical branches and six months In
divisional supply trains.
The active or first reserves must
undergo two periods of instruction,
each of q days in the five years and
four months following the completion
Of their service in the active army.
In addition they may be called, if for
any reason there is need of reserv-
lists to bring up the strength of the
active army even in peace. The sec
ond reserves must undergo one or two
periods of instruction of two weeks
each during the ten years they are in
this reserve following their completion
Of service in the first or active re-
serve.
In time of war the active reserves
are Immediately called to bring the
standing army to its war strength.
The second reserve is available for re-
placement of casualties.
An army put in the field by Japan
in case of war will consist of thor
oughly trained soldiers from the be-
ginning and for considerable period
thereafter.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1921-12-30

A good AmerIcza can help just now
by putting his respect for the law
strongly in evidence. For the law is
the law. If it is a poor law, it should
be changed. But until it is changed,
it should be obeyed-whether it re-
lates to the shooting of game birds or
to the use of liquor or to the speed
of automobiles or to murder or to
anarchy Many people who would
holly resent the charge that they are
(. anarchists take delight in evading the
laws and in making sport of the laws.
Every thinking man must realize
that this Twentieth century civiliza-
alton is too. complex to be sane, safe
and sober. Medical philosophers are
unanimous in declaring that we Amer
leans live too hard and too fast; that
our rapid ways are harmful both to
the individual and to the race; that
we should slow up. We are, to use the
homely old phrase, burning the candle
at both ends. Men try to succeed In
business, to rule in politics, to be So
cial leaders-all at the same time.
To crowd dissimilar things together
has become national characteristic.
Our avocations are often as wearing
as our vocations; we play even harder
than we work. Thus to crowd two
or more lives into one is to borrow
Of nature. She is hard creditor and
she always exacts payment.
One cannot, of course, indict whole
people. There are still millions of
sane, safe and sober people in Ameri-
ca. But a society that demands or
even countenances such recklessness
is in need of reformation. 1t would
be interesting-and startling-to know
how many men and women put them
selves in an early grave by going the
pace that kills.
"Of all sounds of all bells, most
solemn and touching Is the peal which
rings out the old year. never hear 1t
without a gathering up Of my mind to
a concentration of all the images that
have been diffused over the past
twelve-month; all have done or suf-
fered, performed or neglected, in that
regretted time. / begin to know its
worth as when person dies. 1t takes
a personal color; nor was it poetical
flight in a contemporary poet when he
exclaimed: I saw the skirts of the
departing year.
Every first Of January that we ar
rive at, is an imaginary milestone on
the turnpike track of human life; at
once resting place for thought and
meditation, and a starting place for
fresh exertion in the performance Of
our journey. The man who does not
at least propose to himself to be bet
ter this year than he was last, must
be either very good or very bad indeed.
And only to propose to be better Is
something; if nothing else, it is an
acknowledgment of our need to be so,
which Is the first step towards amend
ment. But, in fact, to propose to one
self to do. well is in some sort to do
well, positively; for there is no such
thing as stationary point In human
endeavors; he who is not worse today
than he was yesterday, is better; and
he who is not better, is worse"
So wrote Charles Lamb. Therefore
let US make New Year resolutions
duly to prize and diligently to i'm
prove time for the blessed end it was
given for"-even if we break them.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1921-12-30
WASHINGTON
SIDEI> LIGHTS
How w. j. Bryan Takes His Hard Liquor

ents. Some one told waiter when
Mr.. Bryan wasn't looking, that the "faf
mans glass Is empty" 1t was an In
nocent looking water glass, and gin
looks like water. While Mr.. Bryan
was looking elsewhere the waiter
filed it with gin cocktail, permits
sible. of course, on the premises or
foreign envoy. Presently Mr.. Bryan
was athirst and he took swig.
Wow! Dashed to the floor went the
liquor, glass and ALT
But the Prince of Peace did not lose
his temper. He knew he had been
tricked and enjoyed the laughter or
his weaker brethren"
And of course the staggering cor
respondents present had to send the
story out to all parts of the world
though it is not absolutely certain
that Mr.. Bryan sent it to his Com
moner."
And of course some Of the corre-
spondents had to embroider the story.
One asked how Mr.. Bryan knew 1t was
gin. He didn't, Of course. He simply
knew it wasn't water.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1921-12-30

r. SSENTIAL difference exists be-
- tween the army which Japan can
put in the field in time of war
and the one the United States can
produce, SO says Gen. Henry ]. Reilly.
This difference is that Japan's army is
based on universal compulsory serv-
ice and training in time of peace and
that the war army of the United
States has no such basis.
All Japanese young men between
eighteen and twenty-one are called up
for examination for service. Those
physically fit, up to the number need
ed to maintain the standing army,
serve two years in the case of in
fantry, three years in the case of ar
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1921-12-30

the debt problem with the United
States.
Sterilization of exchange, with par
ticular reference to the German mark.
would be an important matter to be
worked out
Unless the exchange problem is
solved France will ask a further de-
fernent of interest on her debt to the
United States, but, it is asserted, has
no intention to ask that her debt be
cancelled.
If the United States goes into the
will do so on the understanding that
there be no consideration of debt can
collation..
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1921-12-30
Few Gas Blowers Now.

A great many glass articles and par
ticularly the finer grade commodities
are blown by hand. In the past the
glass blower was an essentiaI and an
indispensable employee in the glass
plant. but today he has lost great
deal of his Importance. The lung
power of the blower is being re-
placed more and more by compressed
air IN the glass-blowing machine.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1921-12-30
Defatior1

ID war caused drop of $812. 579, 4S6
In taxes collected by the govern
ment in the last fiscal year, Revenue
Commissioner Blair announced in his
annual report
There was paid into the treasury.
through collectors of revenue. 1885,
100000. as compared with $5,4O7, OO0.-
600 the preceding year
Most of the 100000 taxpayers are
meeting their tax obligations on an
installment basis. Blair said.
Income and profits faxes raised S.
22S.OOu,0O0. Other revenue sources
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1921-12-30

W7ASHINGTON-William Jennings
w Bryan takes drink of gin.
Some story, what? Some
headline for the pink sheets. You said
It'll
And Washington newspaper star
tied the natives and arms conference
delegates by printing that very aston
ishing headline clear across the top
of its evening edition, but with this
added line:
by mistake"
1t happened at reception given by
the Netherlands conference delegates
one night TO newspaper correspond
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1921-12-30

have any grudge against are doused
with the peas, while they shower the
wheat upon their friends. A curious
custom also is festooning the hand
soonest horse and leading him to the
house of nobleman. The pea and
wheat shooters follow In droves. Both
guests and horse are admitted to the
parlor of the lord and the guests re-
ceive presents.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1921-12-30
New Year Gifts

As to the New Years gift custom, it
Is supposed to have been derived from
the Romans, but is probably much
older. Suetonius and Tacitus men
ton it. Claudius issued a decree for
bidding the demanding of presents ex-
cept on New Years day. The Roman
colonists In Britain found that the
Saxons kept New Years in the same
fashion. Surfing as pleasant,
friendly custom. 1t rapidly became an
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1921-12-30
Hioh Prices.

The night cashier overheard a Pc
culiar conversation in Beaver Cross
ing the other day. A farmer was in
a store buying some groceries. want
any fiour?' asked the grocer mo,
fiour's too high. l can git along with
out it." After a while the grocer
said: "Sold your wheat, Bill?" "Nope 3
I'm going to hang onto mine; they amt
payin' nothin' for it yet."-St. Louis
Globe-Democrat.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1921-12-30
Baby's Big Cigar

A traveller IN South America writes /:
$50 far as we observed, the landlords
four-year-old daughter had not ac-
Quired taste for rum, but she had
already laid the foundation of habit
which Colombian women, at least the
tank and file. have acquired in all
vance of their northern sisters. Sit
ting cross-legged on a bench chatter
ing baby-taik. she contentedly smoked
large black cigar. around or partly
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1921-12-30

Watch Cuticura Improve Your Skin.
On rising and retiring gently smear
the face with Cuticura Ointment.
Wash off Ointment in five minutes
with Cuticura Soap and hot water. 1t
is wonderful what Cuticura will do
for poor compilations, dandruff, itching
and red rough hands.-Advertisem
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1921-12-30
eoIdenrod Our National Flower.

Mexico has adopted the nopal cac-
tus, or priekly pear, as its national
flower, and Canada the leaf of the
sugar maple, remarkable for its beau
tiful coloring in the fall. BY popular
vote the goldenrod has been chosen as
the national flower OF the United
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1921-12-30
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Time in l9Z2-i1 we
fvNT@a keep on drawing checks
Gg2%LSIk through the year?
>.-..zz There's nothing new
under the sum-" according to a very
old saying. It's true, too, in sense.
But in another sense it most certainly
isa't true. For there is something
new every time New Years day comes
around.
There are several things that are
new at New Years beside the New
Year. There's a new chance. There's
a new responsibility. There's new
balance in the Bank Of Time. There's
a new bank book. So, what will the
check stubs show at the end Of the
year?
Rev. John Sherman had a right to
make his reasonable request" If prac-
ticing what one breaches gives that
right. His three score and ten" were
busy years. He was born at Dedham,
Essex, England, and before he was
twenty-one he was an A. B. and A. M.
Of Trinity college, Cambridge, a min
lister Of the Church Of England and a
Puritan on his way across the Atlantic
to the Massachusetts Bay colony.
There was no church for him, since
the only three in existence-BostOn
Salem and Watertown-had efficient
ministers. So he was one Of the orig
- inal planters" Of Wethersfield. Conn.,,
and watcher" 1634-40. Then he
was one of the founders of Milford,
New Haven plantation. Next he was
a magistrate representing Milford in
the New Haven colony and also
charged with the duty of dividing land.
Meanwhile he preached wherever op-
portunity offered.
In 1647 he became the minister Of
the WATERFOWL church. There he
preached till his death in 1856. Church
and state were pretty much the same
thing in those days, so the village af-
fairs kept him busy man. He found
time, however, to publish for many
years an almanac, for which he made
all the astronomical calculations and
wrote the text. He was also the first
fellow and overseer of Harvard uni
versity. Incidentally he also found time
to marry twice. Cotton Mather in his
"Magnalia Christi Americana" says he
had 20 children :; this is a misstate-
ment, but he did have 16. His cpl
taph In Latin on the tombstone in East
walthsm, Mass, thus sums up his
life:
Sacred to the memory of John
Sherman, a man distinguished for pi-
ETY., character and truth; profound
theologian; as a preacher veritable
Chrysostom: unsurpassed in his knowl-
edge of the liberal arts, particularly
mathematics; faithful pastor of the
Church of WATERFOWL in New Eng
land; an overseer and fellow of Har-
ward college. After a life of faith
full service to Christ in the church
for upwards of 10 years in the full
ness of time he passed away and
received from Christ the palm Of vic
tory, in the seventy-second year Of his
age, August 8, A. D. 1885,"
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1921-12-30

J around which her tiny foref1nger
coiled in stereotyped form. Her moth
er gave her a light and seemed un.
feignedly proud of her offspring's ac-
complishment.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1921-12-30
FEAST DAY FOR RUSSIAN
CHILDREN

In the country towns of Russia New
Years is the great feast day for the
children. Boys I'LL their pockets with
dried peas and wheat and go in bands
from house to house People they
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1921-12-30

abuse and nuisance. The kings and
feudal nobility of the Middle Ages
practically levied on their dependents
for gifts. The presents varied accord
ing to sex and rank.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1921-12-30
Famous London Street.

Grub street, London has been re-
named Milton street. 1t was street in
which many writer's lived who had not
yet arrived" so, because general
name for the haunts of needy writer's.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1921-12-30

Let us hope that the reasonable
TO himself was to him externally prof
table" In any event, he stands forth
as fine sample of sturdy American
pioneer family that has given four
lmmortals to the nation-Roger Sher-
man, one of the trainers of the Dec
laration of Independence; General w.
L. Sherman; Secretary Of State John
Sherman; Vice President James s..
Sherman.
Certainly his request is one that
is always reasonable. And it Is one
that was never more reasonable than
now. The year 1922 is a year when
every good American should endeavor
duly to prize and diligently to i'm
prove time" 1t is a. year with chal-
lenge. 1t is year with a promise.
Though In folly and in blindness
And in sorrow still we grope.
Yet in mans increasing kindness
Lies the worlds stupendous hope.
And 1t is a reasonable request to ev-
cry red-blooded, thinking, patriotic
American. Such a man knows that
nobody can stand still; that he has
either to progress or fall back. The
progressive man accepts responsible
ties as the measure Of his capabili-
ties. He never shirks them, for he rec
ognizes in them the price he must pay
for advancement.
Competition is going to be keen this
year. The dollar is going to be hard
to get. Men who have been getting
twice what they were before and have
had lots of money to spend are going
to feel the pinch. 1t looks as If ev-
erybOdy who works for q living will
have to work little harder 1t may
be that life will seem hard. But what
Of it? Life has always been hard
perhaps it was meant to be. Anyway,
it is something that has got to be lived
and mastered. It's the business of men
ito greet the unseen with cheer" and
ito advance on chaos and the dark"
F.. OF course all of us cannot have a
hand in the big things that must be
done in meeting the challenge of 1922.
But if all of us do the little things we
may, 1922 will indeed be the Happy
New Year" of our greetings.
To save a little money,
To praise little more;
To smile when days are sunny.
And when the tempests pour:
To pay less heed to SHINING
And more to kindly thought;
To see beyond the winning
Just how the fight was fought;
To be a little kinder.
A little Drawer, too,
To be little binder
To trivial things men do,
To give my hand to labor.
Nor whimper that / must:
To be a better neighbor
And wortiiier of trust.
To play the man. whatever
The prize at stake;
God grant that l shall never
These New Year pledges break.
Anyone looking for something to do
in the way of helping along can help
bolster up the morals of his communi-
ty. The war has done what all wars
do. And the leeches on society are al
WAYS active at such times. just now
we are facing all sorts of loose liv-
ing and the public at large apparently
feels little concern. Any man or wom-
an can at least help by setting good
example.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1921-12-30
Two Minds Think as one.

Husband-"It's no use! We must
get a separation" Wife-"That's what
say. Isn't it beautiful how we
agree? 2"
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1921-12-30

Berlin is to erect Europe's first sky.
scraper along American lines, build.
ing q stories high.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1921-12-30

A true friend is the hope of the
heart.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1921-12-30

1t keeps hypocrite busy trying to
convince himself that he is honest.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1921-12-30
Big Lose

"Time is money"
"You realize that when some plug
makes slow time in a race"