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The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1921-12-02
DARKENED CELLAR is URGED
FOR STORING OF POTATOES
SMALL HOUSE FOR CHICKENS
New Lumber Will Make Best Appear.
ance, but Packing Boxes Will
Answer Purpose Well.

In building a poultry house, new
lumber will of course make the best
appearing structure and will also be
somewhat easier to work up because
it can be bought in lengths most
advantageous for the purpose. Houses
for a few hens can sometimes be
constructed from packing boxes, while
used material or secondhand lumber,
if it can be purchased cheaply and
is close at hand, will sometimes lower
the cost Of the house materially.
Occasionally, also, where a. high
board fence is available, the house can
be built in the corner of the fence.
thus saving the construction of the
back and one side of the house. Care
must be used to cover or batten the
cracks, either by means of strips or
by the use of roofing paper. Construct
the building Sc that the front of your
henhouse will admit the sunlight.
Send to the Division of Publications.
United States Department of Agricul-
ture, for bulletins containing plan and
Illustrations Farmers Bulletin $50 Is
a good one to have on hand.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1921-12-02
Resemble Old Fashioned Stomachers

ly related to the old-fashioned stom-
achers. They give the appearance of
covered metal frames ornamented
with all sorts of unusual embroidered
or chocheted motifs, interesting tub
ings and cordings, jets and metals,
strings of pearls and various beads.
Lanvin uses little shells massed on
frames to make girdles which are wide
at the front and taper at either side.
The shell idea Is one she has also
carried out in dress trimmings and
it, therefore, may be said to be dis
tinctly Lanvin feature.
Gone are the days when one paid
any consideration to the size of ones
waistline. 1t is far cry from the
days of the >hourglass figure, snugly
belted so as to appear as small as
possible, to the present day corset
less figure wearing a girdle of fur or
one consisting of great puffy silk
roses that are stuffed to make them
appear even larger.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1921-12-02
HENS THAT DO NOT MOLT UNTIL
LATE ARE BEST EGG PRODUCERS

dozen eggs from 81 pounds of feed,
and Leghorn pullets laid the same
number from 4.8 pounds.
Simple mixtures are usually the
most desirable. AS the fall advances
and the days grow shorter the birds
should be encouraged to put away as
much feed as possible during the day
so that their bodies will have plenty
to work on for all Of the "a hours.
A good handful of scratch grain for
each bird at night will fill the crop. 1t
is not desirable that the hens be made
to work very hard for this feed. Be
sure that the hens go to roost with a
full crop.
In making up rations 1t is necessary
to adhere to standards within certain
limits, but some feeds may be sub
stttuted for others, as barley, wheat,
and oats for corn. However, meat
scrap and other animal-protein feeds
can not be replaced by high-vegetable-
protein feeds All changes should be
made gradually, as sudden changes
may decrease egg production.
A great many poultrymen and live
stock feeders now believe that If the
animal has free choice 1t will select
the ration that is most suitable. At
the government farm at Beltsville, Md,
the following mash was made up by
keeping account Of the amounts of
the different feeds laying flock con-
Sumed:
Samples of Balanced Rations.
Mash Scratch Mixture.
16 lbs. corn meal lb. cracked corn
61h lbs. meat scrap lb. wheat
ID. bran ID. oats
1 h. niddlings
Here is a simple ration that has
given very good results with Leghorns,
but that has proved too fattening for
Rocks and Wyandottes. Meat scrap,
it will be seen, makes up over % per
cent of the mash.
Mash Scratch Mixture.
lbs. corn meal lbs. cracked corn
ID. meat scrap l lb. oats
For birds that are made too fat by
the preceding ration, the following,
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1921-12-02

Many strange things have been done
In the name of fashion, and almost
every material Incorporated in dress
at one time or another. There have
been clothes Of paper and clothes of
wood, but it remained for the design
er of the present day to make wearing
apparel from tin and steel. Tin Is
in high favor and has met with ready
acceptance, judging by the amount Of
it worn.
It was the Paris creators who first
thought of using this metal Many
of this winters French hats show a
tin trimming in the form of large
leaves with the metal slashed to rep
resent veining. Sometimes a single
leaf Of this sort Is used on a simple
black plush hat Maria Guy is one
maker who favors such trimming.
Steel fringes are used profusely in
the new girdles. Strings Of glistening
steel beads are formed into fringes.
Fringes of jet beads are also plenti-
fully used. Then there is the cable
girdle made Of steel beads, the beads
being sown to canvas to give the eff
feet of heavy chain.
Some of these girdles are very close
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1921-12-02
Establishment Provides Excel
lent Means of Reiuvenating
Last Years Garment.

The girdle shares with the sleeve
the distinction of being the only strik-
ingly new feature of this winters
clothes. Honors are about evenly divid-
ed between the two, according to Paris
fashion correspondent. Perhaps the
sleeve has been more talked Of than
the girdle because the majority of the
new girdles are so elaborate and so
costly that the woman who Is averse
to plunging into heavy expenditure on
clothing feels that she can exist with
out one of these girdles, whereas
sleeves she must have.
But, as the season is still young, it
is likely that less expensive copies Of
these costly affairs will be made and
that these will be seen on the less
exclusive frocks. At present all of
the firms showing exclusive models
are putting great stress on girdles.
These are, without doubt, a very inn
portant part Of the costume, and, al
though elaborate, they suggest many
simpler ways of girdling dresses. The
addition of a new girdle is an excel
lent means Of rejuvenating last
years frock.
1t may safely be said that girdles
never have been more important than
they are in the present fashions. Paris
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1921-12-02
Eyrosure to Light Quickly Injuries
Quality of Tuber.
temperature Best Suited for Proper
Preservation Is One Ranging
From 80 to As Degrees-Large
Piles Are Not Favored.

The object of storing any product
is to preserve its quality during as
long a period as may be necessary or
possible in order to permit its dis
posal at the most advantageous time.
Investigations by the bureau of plant
industry, United States Department
of Agriculture, show that the temper
allure best suited to the proper pres
ervation of potatoes is one ranging
from 80 to 40 degrees. In regions
where the powdery dry rot occurs a
temperature of 33 to SO degrees holds
the disease in check better than a
higher one.
1t is found best not to store pota-
toes in large piles when they are moist
or covered with moist earth, as they
quickly develop sufficient heat to in
lure the vitality of the tubers. If
through unfavorable weather condi-
lions it becomes necessary to store
potatoes when they are wet and dirty,
they should be spread out in thin
layer until they have become dry,
after which they may be piled up. 1t
is not desirable to store potatoes to a
greater depth than six feet.
Potatoes intended for table use
should always be stored in dark
ened cellar or storage house. Elk
posture to light quickly Injuries the
quality of the potato for food pur-
poses.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1921-12-02

youngest national commander the Lee
gion has ever had He is thirty -four
years old.
''He is a natural leader Of men,"
say his friends, who have watched
him plug his way through Harvard
university and who later saw him
come out of the World war a lieuten-
ant colonel with three citations and
several decorations.
His military record begins with his
service on the Mexican border in 1916
as a first lieutenant with the Second
Iowa infantry. When the United
States entered the World war he en-
rolled at the officers training camp at
Fort Smelling and was sent to France
as a provisional second lieutenant in
the regular army. In France he was
with the Ninth infantry of the Second
division. He was wounded at st.
Mihiel.
Mr.. MacNider is an investment
banker at Mason City, Ia, where he
was born. He has been an active Lee
gionnaire and has served as COM
mander of the Iowa state department
Of the Legion.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1921-12-02
New Fabric Has Lacquered Surface
but Is Much Heavier Than
WeIl-known Gre.

The newest and smartest effect in
the cired materials is bagatelle satin,
the bulletin Of the Retail Millinery
Association of America says. Just at
present 1t is said to be very hard to
keep in stock in the black and negre
brown shades. The bulletin continues !:
'aThis new satin has lacquered
surface, but it Is very much heavier
than the well-known cire satin. It's
surface also carries much higher
sheen than the latter. Mirror-like in
effect, the new satin is still sufficient
ly pliable to allow charmingly soft
treatment, though it does not take
kindly to creasing.
"The colorings are another source
of its charm. There is the shade the
French call caramel which is a night
yelIowish tan. Golden brown Is
charming-a rich bronzy finland
Nane blue. one of the royal family.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1921-12-02

prepared by the United States Department
of Agriculture.)
Hens that devote too much attention
early in the season to the fall styles In
feathers are not the kind that please
the flock owner. 1t costs too much to
support them and they demand too
long vacation period. But the hen
that wears her old clothes until
autumn has almost passed is the best
of the flock, for she has kept on lay
ing since the previous fall or winter
So now when you see bird that looks
shabbier than the others, do not con-
clude that she is of the no-account
kind and that her smartly dressed
sisters are the ones to keep.
Take Short Vacation.
OF course some of the hens that
molted earlier, say in August and Sep
TENDER, are profitable enough to keep,
but the cream of the flock is made up
of hens that do not change their
feathers until October or November.
Their mOlting will require only few
weeks and they will probably be laying
again ny lle ISL VI JdHuuIg. Lie
poor ones, the early-molting loafers,
will not begin until about this time,
even though they have been resting
since the middle Of the summer. 1t
takes one about two months and the
other twice that long to get back into
production.
The poultry keeper who has an eye
for business will not neglect this worm
looking late layer, for she is the best
croft maker he has She needs a
highly nutritious ration if she is to be
in the best condition to start on
another year of high production. When
she quits laying and starts to mott she
has as much need for a ration strong
in protein as she has when she is
Smelling out the eggs, as feathers are
highly heterogeneous in their makeup.
They use the materials supplied by
beef scrap, gluten feed, and oil meal.
The oil meal is very effective in keep
ing the feathers in healthy condition.
Hens that lay eggs late in the fall
and in the winter are really producing
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1921-12-02
CEMENT FLOOR FOR FEEDING
Farmer Should Remember to Give
Slope to One Side TO Insure
Necessary Drainage.

Farmers who build cement feeding
floors should remember to give the
floor a good slope to one side. This
insures good drainage, facilitates
cleaning and makes it possible for the
feeding floor to completely fulfill its
function of providing a clean place to
feed hogs. Some farmers have so To-
Gated these floors as to get a large
amount of rainwater from roofs of
nearby buildings, which f1ushes the
floor after each rainstorm and helps
materially to keep them cI.an and
sanitary.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1921-12-02
FuIIer's Earth,

Fuller's earth obtains its name from
its original use in fulling cloth, but
only a little domestic earth is now
used in this country for that purpose.
1t is used principally in bleaching and
in clarifying or filtering fats, greases,
and oils. 1t is also used in the manu-
facture of pigments for printing wall
papers, in detecting certain coloring
matters 10 some food products, and as
a substitute for talcum powder. About
$4,000 tons of fuller's earth are pro-
duced annually in the United States.
United States Geological Survey.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1921-12-02

an Out-of-season crop, for it is normal
for the hen to lay for time in the
spring and early summer and rest for
the remainder of the year. Profitable
hens are really those that have the
capacity to force their egg-making
machinery, but they must have the
right sort of feed with which to do 1t.
That means feeding well-balanced ra-
tons designed for the particular class,
and sometimes for the particular
breed. A balanced ration is combina-
ton of feeds which furnish just the
necessary amount of nutrients to pro-
duce the highest and most economical
egg yields. The amount of feed needed
to produce dozen eggs varies with
the kind of birds. According to eX-
periments conducted by the United
States Department of Agriculture
general-purpose pullets produced a
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1921-12-02
HEAD OF LEGION AUXILIARY
Mrs. Lowell F. Hobart of Cincinnati
Is the New President of the
Women's Organization.

Mrs Lowell f. Hobart of Cincinnati,
the first national president of the
American Legion Women's auxiliary,
is one of those "war mothers" who
served in the great second army"
When her son joined the colors and
was sent to Camp Zachary Taylor,
Kentucky she went with him. There
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1921-12-02
O IHE O!
AMERICAN
LEGION
Copy for This Department Supplied BY
the American Legion News Service)
MACEIDER, NEW LEGION HEAD
Mason City Ua.) Man Is Chosen Ma
tionai Commander of the Ameri-
can Legion.

eve must build this Legion of ours
so big and fine and strong, keep it so
clean and straight and American, that
when we ask for things for the ex-
service man, for the disabled man and
for those who are financially disabled
our communities will say, IF the Lee
giOn is for it. we are for it,"
This was the first message Of Han
ford MacNider to members of the
American Legion, following his cleo
ton as national commander of the or
ganization Mr. MacNider is the
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1921-12-02

Helen Fiske was
born at Amherst,
Mass, Oct. Is,
1881. She was the
daughter of Pro-
fessOr N. w. Fiske,
She was twice
married, first to
Major Edward ID,
Hunt of the United
States engineers
he died in 1868; 1T
was while living
as a widow nj
Newport that she
made her PEN
name of "H. H"
(Helen Hunt) well
k n O w N. Years
later she married
w. s. Jackson, a
banker of C0IOra-
do Springs.
She was a PEN
woman of great
industry and suc-
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1921-12-02

dressmakers have united on this fea-
ture. Every dress and every suit car
ries some sort Of girdle, ornament or
trimming or is worn with belt, near
ly every one Of which is placed at a
low waistline.
Models of Ancient Inspiration.
AS the new dresses are Renaissance
In style, so also are the girdles. Many
of them are developed in perforated
metal, and the Paris dressmaker gets
no less than $50 for one of these
nickel or steel girdles. The former
are sometimes silver washed, all beau
tifully worked in perforated designs
after the style Of metal workers of
that period.
One will recall that starting in
about the Seventh century the gold
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1921-12-02

she worked daily as Red Cross SUI
peryisor and at night she instructed
class In Red Cross work.
Today Mrs. Hobart is at the head
of one Of the largest organizations Of
women In the world. The Legion aux
Hilary has membership of about 1885,
600, having grown from 5000 in the
last year. The organization is COM
posed of mothers, wives, sisters and
children Of ex-service men.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1921-12-02
Solved.

@Papa," called Willie excitedly:
there's big black bug on the cell
ing!'
''All right" replied the parent en-
crossed in his newspaper, "just step
on it and don't bother American
Legion Weekly
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1921-12-02
Laces From France

French made filet and ChantiIly
laces are being purchased In large
quantities by American buyers. France
is also sending us wonderful style
of hand made drawn work for win
ter resort blouses and frocks.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1921-12-02
cbiIe,s Coast Line.

Chile, the southernmost of the South
American west coast countries, has 4
coast line of some 200 miles, but a
maximum width of only 185 miles.
The population is 100000. or about
1850 inhabitants to the square mile.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1921-12-02
Practice Makes Perfect.

Burns That grocer certainly gives
'isht weight I bet he was profiteer
.ring the war.
.Stern-Oh, no, he was mess sergeant
my outfit American Legion Weekly.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1921-12-02
Some Hawks Are Useful.

Unless the hawks on a farm are
catching chickens, they should not be
shot. A hawk that is catching mice,
gophers and rabbits is doing good
work for the farmer.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1921-12-02
Apple Crop Is Smaller.

The estimated apple crop the coun-
try over is less than half of what it
was in 1920. The Northwest has a
greater proportion of this than the
Fast ANA South.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1921-12-02
Wanted to Know.

Little Helen said to her mother the
other day: 81 know that two babies
born together are twins and three are
triplets, but what are four? Quad
rupeds Y'-Boston Transcript.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1921-12-02
BAGATELLE SATIN IN LIMELIGIIT

is generally conceded to be a spIen-
did trimming color. The fuchsia tones
in light and dark shades have dis
tinct appeal, but black and brown are
considered the best Sellers"
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1921-12-02
Mandarin Effects in Goats.

There will be mandarin effects In
evening coats, having loose, flowing
sleeves and collars springing from
deeply cut necklines to high up about
the ears.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1921-12-02
Pastry.

If your pastry is not as flaky as II
should be, perhaps you do not have
your oven hot enough when you put
the pastry in. 1t should be hot.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1921-12-02

Cleaning Toastef.
A small soft paint brush is just the
thing for cleaning an electric toaster.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1921-12-02
Advantages Of Manure

Manure makes lean farms fat and
fat farms fatter.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1921-12-02

containing only 16 per cent of meat
scrap but having considerable pro-
tein in other feeds, has been found
good one.
Mash. Scratch Mixture.
1 ID. corn meal lbs. cracked corn
lb. bran 1 lb. wheat
1 Id. meat scrap lb. oats
1 lb. middlings / lb. barley
l h. ground oats
Poultrymen resort to every possible
means to get their hens to eat a great
deal of feed, especially in the winter
when the days are short One way is
to cut the morning scratch feed to
about half. The hungry bird then
goes to the mash trough and gorges
on the dry mash. Then to increase
the consumption of mash some of it
is fed wet at noon and the hens will
eat it when they would take no more
of it dry.
Evening star., 1921-03-07
Expected President to Order Allies
to Accept Their Proposals.
BY GEORGE WITTE.

By Gable to The Star and Chicago Daily News
Copyright. 1921.
BERLIN. Germany. March THE
Germans We're disappointed in Prssi
dent Hardins'S Inauguration speech
With misplaced faith they had based
their hopes on the new American
executive, expecting him right after
taking Office to deliver a thunderous
ultimatum to the allies to keep their
hands off Germany and 50 accept her
counter-proposals
When the reports of President
HardingS address. printed here on
Saturday. showed that he had never
even mentioned Germany nor the
London conference. Germany came
back to earth with a thud
But the disappointment is already
wearing off. the newspapers having
graspcd the fact that the new Presi
dent cannot change the whole policy
of great nation like the United
States the very first hour after he
has taken up his new duties. Several
of the daily papers have printed in
terviews with American business men
in which now era of friendship be-
tween the United States and Germany
is predicted under the new admins
tration in Washington.
The neral feeling hero is that the
new Ambassador to Berlin should be
Il business man who is able TO ap-
prcciste Germany's capacity to work
her way through again TO the front
rank of the worlds producing coun-
tries and who can give expert advice
to American capital as to the safety
of American investments in Germany.
Evening star., 1921-03-07
BY EDWARD PRICE BELL.
BY Cable to TIn star and Chicago Daily News
Coprrisht 1921

! By Cable to Tne star and Chicago Daily News.
| Copyright 1921.
! LONDON. England. March He
! speaks like Z good world citizen.
| said a member Of the British govern
! ment to the writer today in discussing
| President HaIdiHSs inaugural ad-
, dress. Similar remarks are heard on
; every hand in ministerial. parlia-
| mentary and diplomatic circles. Just
at present, too. London has many
| visitors whose vocation is Statecfaft.
The French. Italian. Belgian and even
| the German delegates to the peace
conference pay tribute to President
Harding's statements touching inter-
ma tional affairs.
But every commentator ends with
the question. How will the new
President translate his sentiments
into action
Await Concrete Action.
British editors almost without eH-
ception join with the statesmen ana
politicians in praise of the form and
the tone of Mr.. Hardng's Grafton.
but they await with lively interest
some concrete expression OF the ne"
American policy. Different opinion
are entertained as to the President 5
meaning. Some say he d"clar un-
eauivocally against the league of ma
tions. Others say that his idea OF CO.
operation of unimpaired sovereign
ties is the basic idea OF the league OF
nations.
concerning what the Versailles cove
nant really means. 7 would cite the
following remarks from one OF the
delegates who represented Great
Britain in the making OF the cove
nant:
ITO say that President Harding is is
against the league of nations Is
nonsense. He is against super
state. So are we and 80 is France
and so is every sovereign nation. III
YOU would cause an uproar i'll the
house of commons, for example. say
there that Great Britain has entered
into an International arrangement
that deprives her Of her sovereignty.
IL | read President Harding's Ian
guage Alright he means exactly what
We mean-the free nations of the
world cooperating voluntarily and III
the exercise of their sovereignty to
spread international understa nding
and establish peace"
Breathes Friendly Spirit.
Business men and financiers are de-
lighted with the inaugural address.
They remark that it .breathes the
1pirit of friendly enterprise and es-
scntial prosperity everrwhere.' They
also call its conception of wealth
sane There is a chorus of approval
of the Presidents attitude toward
violent revolution. 1t is fel, by
thousands in Great Britain that the
feelings on this question in the United
States are. perhaps. healthier and
more resolute than those of almost
any other nation.
Sound hearted Britons rejoice in
wfat they consider the sound heart
edness fof President Hsrdng's polit-
iCal and social creed. How they feel
about 1t may be judged from how
the red London Daily Herald feels
This sheet does not honor President
Harding with editorial comment. but
throws over his speech black head