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The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1923-07-20

terest at the rate of five per centum
per annum compounded annually
from the due date of such premium
and if not paid the amount shall be
in idebtedness against the policy to
be deducted from the proceeds of
insurance in any settlement there
under or from the cash surrender
value when such value is taken in
cash or used for the purpose of pur-
chasing paid-up or extended insur-
ance or making loan, provided,
however, that the unpaid premiums
with interest shall not be considered
such an Indebtedness as it set forth
in paragraph fve-d (5-D) of the
contract of Government Converted
Insurance, to cause the policy to
cease and become void if the
amount (premiums with interest) is
greater than the cash surrender
value, so long as premiums are paid
by the insured or the payment on
the due date is properly waived.
Government insurance will lapse
after the periods covered by the
waiver have expired, if premiums
are not paid on the due date or
within the. grace period of thirty
one DAYS.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1923-07-20
COUNTIES PROFIT
. BY HIGHWAY PLAN.
AUTO TAXES PAYING EXPENSE
OF IMPROVING AND MAIN
TANNING MAIN COUNTRY
ROADS.

The st. Louis county total Of 49,
116 automobiles and trucks is ex-
ceeded by those in two other
counties in the state, according to
a compilation by The Farmer, st.
Paul farm journal.
A highway bulletin this week
points out that machines in this
county at average taxes yielded
state trunk highway funds of $780,
635, or at the rate of $1,000 for
each of the 257 miles of trunk
routes in the county.
Comparisons are given for RAM
sey and Hennepin counties, which
include st. Paul and Minneapolis
making large contributions yearly
to the trunk highway fund although
none of the money is used in these
cities. Ramsey county auto tax
payments were at the rate of s22,-
$40 a year for each mile of trunk
highway in the county. The sum
is almost equal to the paving cost.
Hennepin county auto taxes aggre-
gated $1,215, 200 or $17,246, mile
of trunk route within it's borders.
Minneapolis car owners, it was es-
timated, are paying about $1,000
900 year toward highways in the
rural sections of the state. The
avearge county has 4.633 motor
vehicles and 80 miles of trunk high
ways-the auto taxes average 1898
a mile of trunk route.
Figures are included to show the
steadily increasing Importance of
good roads to Minnesota farmers,
especially in the absence of a bet
ter plan to secure them. Minnesota
farmers bought more than 10000
motor vehicles last year and now
are topped only by the farmers in
five states. They bought more than
1000 tractors in the last two years
and there are now tractors on farms
in proportion to the number than
any other territory in the world.
An increase of Sc per cent last year
in the motor truck hauling of live
stock to the South St. Paul markets
is cited as evidence of the fact that
the farmers are getting more and
more use out of the better high
WAYS.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1923-07-20
GET YOUR MAN"

Evidently that's the working mot
to of the "follow-up" nurses of the
U. S. Veterans Bureau, whose bust
ness it is to visit disabled men wher-
ever they may be in order to give
them necessary care.
There are thrills and adventure
in this seemingly prosaic work of
rendering proper nursing attention
to these men for whose welfare the
Bureau is responsible. This is at
tested by the following extracts
taken from the everyday report of
Veterans Bureau nurse in Mon
tana: =
effort was made to locate de-
ferred case, but was informed he
was out on his run as local freight
conductor, and would not be in un-
til the following night, but that it
might be possible to see him on the
road, which / did next day. !
caught the freight and had quite a
time convincing the head man on
the train that l could ride on the
caboose and interview my man on
the road.
at was necessary to drive about
twelve miles from town to see a
man who suffers from epileptic seiz-
ures. The driver had quite time
locating the place and drove to a
home in the hills where the old
farmer tried to hold me up, think
ing that / was a revenue officer.
He evidently had still. and was
very much alarmed at my appear
ance until / could explain that I
was looking for an ex-service man
by the name of Jones.
"Upon inquiry / was informed
that claimant I was looking for left
for the oil fields at Cat Creek the
previous day. Had quite time
locating someone to drive me to Cat
Creek. Finally coupe was pro-
cured. with driver, and my trip to
the famous oil fields began. Roads
were rough, / had four hours to
make twenty-five miles and back to
get the only train out of Lewistown.
The man was located, / lunched at
the Mid Northern camp and arrived
in Winnett eight minutes before the
train pulled out for Lewistown."
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1923-07-20
GENERAL PERSHING WILL
VISIT TRAINING CAMPS

General John J. Pershing, Com
handing the Army of the United
States, is planning tour of the
country visiting and inspecting the
summer Military Training Camps.
On August 18th, he expects to
visit the Citizens Military Training
Camp at Fort Leavenworth, Kansas,
and on the Goth the Citizens Mill
tary Training Camp at Fort Des
Moines, Iowa.
These camps will be held from
August 1st to 30th (inclusive) for
all young men betwees the ages of
II and "a.
At the Camps everything is PRO
vided free by the Government, in
Guiding railroad fare, food, uni
forms and equipment, and medical
and dental attention.
For full information and applica-
tion blanks apply to the local rep
resentative of the Military Training
Camps Association, the Postmaster
or the Railroad Station Agent.
Major General George B. Dun
can, commanding the Seventh Army
Corps, Army Bldg, Omaha, Neb-
,raska, will be glad to answer all in
quiries. q
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1923-07-20
SOME RULES FOR AVOIDING
FIRE

Ashes, whether inside or outside
the house, should be placed in metal
rcceptacles. Rags or cloths used in
oiEEe floors or polishing furniture
often ignite spontaneously; they
should be stored N metal containers
or else burned after using. If kero-
sine lamps are used, keep them
clean and well filled, for those al
lowed to burn with little oil in
them are liable to explode. Hang
ing electric light cords on nails or
hooks is almost certain in time to
destroy or injure the insulation
this condition may cause a fire.
Kerosene should not be used to en-
liven fire, nor poured into-a range
or furnace even when the fire is out.
An electric light bulb used for
warming beds or for drying clothes
is almost certain to start a fire.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1923-07-20

and the Advanced Red Course, do
not constitute any present or future
contract of enlistment in the Army
of the United States.
The White Course is for gradu-
ates of the Advanced Red Course,
or selected citizens who have had
military service equivalent thereto,
who indicate their willingness to
serve at some future time, an enlist
ment in the Army of the United
States.
The Blue Course provides train
ing for selected Warrant Officers
and Enlisted men of the Regular
Army, National Guard and Enlisted
Mems Reserve Corps, fitting them
for service as second lieutenant.
In signing the application blanks
to attend the camp the young man
makes no contract which will bind
him to attendance. If unforeseen
circumstances render it advisable, he
is at perfect liberty to withdraw his
application at any time. An early
filing of the application will, now
ever, insure his being selected fol
these free summer camps.
The Camps in the Seventh Corps
Area will be held from August 1st
to August 3Oth, at Fort Smelling
Mimi, Fort Des Moines, la. and
Fort Leavenworth, Kansas. Young
men between the ages of II and "a
are eligible and everything is pro.
vided free including railroad fare
food, lodging, uniforms and equip.
ment, and medical and dental treat
ment.
Training, recreation, athletics and
amusements are all provided.
For full information apply 20 the
local representative of the Military
Training Camps Association at your
railroad station or your post office
or write to Major General George
B. Duncan, Commanding the Sew
enth Corps Area, Army Building
Omaha, Nebraska.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1923-07-20
American
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Government insurance shall be
deemed not to lapse by reason of
non-payment of premiums on the
due date, but such payments shall be
waived in the following cases: (a)
Those who are confined in a hospital
as patients of the United States Vet
Grams Bureau for a compensate
disability during the period while so
confined. (b) Those who are rated
totally disabled by reason of an
injury or disease emitting them to
compensation, during the period of
such total disability and while they
are so rated. (c) Those who are
mentally incompetent by reason of
an injury or disease emitting them
to compensation and for whom no
legal guardian has been appointed,
and who allowed their insurance to
lapse while mentally incompetent.
An application for waiver shall not
be required in such cases and such
waiver is to be retroactive to cover
the premiums for the period of in
competency. If the privilege of
waiver of premium payments is de-
sired by persons coming under (a)
or (b) above, is desired, written ap-
plcation must be made by applicant
during his lifetime and such waiver
shall mot include any premiums
prior to the month in which applica-
tion is made.
The waiver shall operate for full
calendar months as follows: ta) be-
ginning with the month of confne-
ment as a Bureau patient for a
compensate disability, and ending
with the month during the half or
major fraction of which the insured
ceases to be so confined. (b) be-
ginning with the month in which
the temporary total disability rating
is made effective and ending with
the month during the half or major
fraction of which such rating ceases.
(c) beginning with the month in
which the rating shows the person
to have. become mentally incompet-
emit and ending with the month dur
ing the half or major fraction there
of in which the person ceases to be
incompetent or in which a guardian
is appointed.
In all cases where the payment
of premiums on government insur-
ance son the due date has been
waived as provided above, the
premiums so waived shall bear in
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The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1923-07-20
Soap for Window sasnes.

Window sashes will run smoothly
and without any noise il the inner part
Of the frame is well rubbed with dry
cake of soap. The same treatment en-
sures the free movement of drawers
which often do not slide in and out
readily. Furniture in rooms that are
covered with linoleum often makes a
good deal of noise when II is moved
about. All this can be avoided by glu-
ing discs of felt or rubber, cut from
an old hot water bottle, on the bottom
of the legs or by attaching silencers
bought ready-made.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1923-07-20
NOONANISMS.
From the Baudette Region.)

(From the Baudette Region)
That 215 Id. sturgeon isn't the
only big fish in the district. There
is the lad who pays good money
for bad liquor.
Duluth autoist who crashed into
a water wagon claims there were no
LIGHTS on it. However the police
claim the autoist was Git up.
The Bemidji Pioneer says it
knows a man who has no troubles
because he is dead, and we're won
dering how the Pioneer got the
inside information. :,
When it comes to curing colds,
Manitoba residents like the sauce
that auinine is served with, judging
by the big wet majority.
Evidently the lads at Mandan, N.
D., are still able to get it. We see
by the papers that hail stones the
size of teacups fell there on Mon
day.
Minnesota has Tommy Gibbons,
and then there is Jim Carley, who
posed as Preus fighter.
When this district gets rid OF
scrub cows, moonshine and few
other liabilities it will make whole
sale leaps toward prosperity.
About the best package OF news
we have received in long time is
the report that the creamery is work
ing overtime.
We gather from reports Of the
ball game at Warroad Sunday that
Baudette would have won if it
had scored more runs.
Don't grab poison ivy by the
wrong end. And remember either
end of poison ivy is. the wrong end.
Every paper you pick up tells
of the death of a speeder, but local
burn-em-up boys refuse to translate
the writing on the wall.
Some of the kids in this, burg are
going to get into trouble unless they
get over the mistaken idea that
everything that isn't nailed down is
a souvenir.
Down in Michigan they have a
humane Judge. Instead of giving
a prisoner life sentence he let him
off with 260 years.
Don't be surprised to see Jury
disagreements at the coming court
term. A man and his wife are on
the jury list.
Some lads are peculiar. Before
prohibition they wouldn't look at
liquor, but now that it is 'agin'
the law they will chase :.round
through dark alleys to get snort
of home brew, one Whit of which is
strong enough to break your rose.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1923-07-20

per cent. In 1880, the entire cap
ital invested in the electric light and
water industry was less than one
million dollars; it is now approxi-
mately $4,000, 100000 an increase
of 100000 per cent. The annual
gross return upon the investment is
about $1,000,00O, 900 and $1,750,-
900 persons own the securities of
the industry.
1t is estimated that 8,500,O00
homes in this country, out of total
of 22,50O,0O0, are wired for elect
rical service, and that this service
is at present available to 100000
additional homes. In 1922, ap-
proximately 100000 new homes
were wired and equipped for the
use of, electrical energy, and it is
expected that 100000 additional
homes will be wired within the next
five years.
There are at present in the Unit
ed States 287 cities of $4,000 or
more each, with a combined popula-
ton of 37,O00,000, forty years ago
it was S,500,000.
This unparalleled growth was
possible only because of the ability
of the utilities to keep ahead OF the
growing demands upon them, says
a bulletin of the New York state
committee on public utility informa-
ton reporting the figures. To house
this increasing population towns and
cities had to expand and build sub
urbs. Suburbs cannot exist with,
out adequate transportation and
telephone service. Houses are not
habitable without electric wires and
ags pipes, thus the electric railway
the electric light and power indus
try and the gas industry served the
growing communities by anticipat,
ing and preparing themselves foi
demands for service in advance OF
the need of it. -. $50.
This demand upon public utility
service to keep ahead OF the de,
velopment of the community II
serves, together with the increasing
per capita use of gas, electric hight
and power, telephone and other
utilities, has necessitated con
slant inflow of capital for lie"
plants and equipment.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1923-07-20
Life Of Government Hunter.

There is a romance and atmosphere
of adventure associated with the life
Of government hunter which is
found In but few of the recognized
professions and walks of life nova
days. For the man who is adept with
firearms, fearless, hardy, robust and
perseverant, the business of prairie
and mountain policeman is made-to-
order job. For the most part, the ma
tional pshooters-msdern minute
men who are ready at minutes no
tice to take up the chase after danger
GUS grizzly bears, ferocious mountain
lions or sly and cunning timber wolves
--are recruited from the ranks of for
mer cowboys, frontiersmen, Indian
fighters, guides, trappers, hunters,
prospectors, foresters, miners, former
soldiers and other Adventures who en-
joy the fascinating life of matching
well sharpened wits with grave dan
gers.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1923-07-20
GOOD PROPOSITION.

Narrow minded individuals are in
clined to fight the organization of
labor banks and cooperative under
takings. This is wrong. These in
stitutions should be encouraged, for
the more laboring men go into bust
ness, the more will they understand
some of the problems faced by an
employer in the financing, operation
and management of industrial and
banking enterprises.
The laboring man who has his cap
ital tied up in bank, sawmill, an
iron mine, shoe factory or pub
lie utility plant, will be pretty sure
to take an interest in maintaining
safe and sound conditions in both
state and nation, in order that the
property may pay fair rate of re-
turn on his money invested, which to
him, the same as to any other in
weston, represents years of toll and
saving.
One safeguard of the nation lies
in educating our workmen to take
greater interest in, and become
owners of, the securities of our
various industrial undertakings.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1923-07-20
SANE AUTO LAWS.

Minnesota may find an example
in the latest changes Illinois has
made in it's automobile laws.
The maximum speed limit on
country roads there is raised to 35
miles sane and safe speed for
a modern car on a good road (sober
drivers wouldn't drive that fast on
bad roads anyway. 1t is a speed
limit reasonable enough so that the
driver doesn't feel he is being i'm
posed upon, and is willing to obey;
it is low enough so that those will
fully negligent can be legally punish
ed.
Drivers must dim, dip or ex-
tinguish their headlights when with
in $50 feet of an oncoming car,
even though equipped with so-cailed
DINNER lenses.
Village authorities are forbidden
to collect more than So court fees
for minor violations when the violat-
or pleads guilty. blow to the al
legged grating officials in certain
villages. 1t takes the kick out of
their ambition to get rich at the
visitors expense.-St. Paul Daily
News.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1923-07-20
GET YOUR CERTIFICATE OF
INJURY BEFORE MARCH 1

Every ex-service man with a dis
ability in the military service of the
United States should obtain a GER
tifcate of injury. If his injury is
shown by the official military OR
competent evidence he is entitled to
one. This evidence must show that
at the time of his discharge he was
suffering from some injury or dis
ease which was incurred in or ag-
gravated during service, and likely
to result in death or disability.
This claim must be filed within one
year from the date of separation
from the service or before March l,
1924, whichever is the later date.
The certificate shall be incontest-
able evidence that the injury for
which the certificate was issued was
of service origin, except in case of
fraud. Such disability may not be
of compensate degree at the pres
ent time but may develop to more
serious degree later, hence the wis
dom of obtaining the certificate now
while it is easy to obtain the neces-
sary evidence.
But such certificate of injury
shall not be considered as finally de-
termining that the injury or disease
was suffered or contracted IN line
of duty, did not result from claim
ants own willful misconduct, or
that the claimants rights to COM
pensation have not been terminated
under Sections 20 or 308 of the
War Risk Insurance Act as amend
ed. It will not establish service
connection as to defects, disorders
or infrmities made of record at
the time of or prior to entrance into
active service, unless the evidence
shows such defect to have been ag-
gravated during service, in which
case the certificate shall show the
nature and extent of such aggrava-
ton.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1923-07-20
Battle of herrinns

There Is In French-English history
an occurrence known as the Battle Of
the Herrings. On the outskirts of the
great forest of Orleans, and not far
from the city of the same name, is a
town known as Rouvray, and it was
here that the Battle of Herrings was
fought In 1929. The English were be-
sieging the city of Orleans, before the
famous heroine, Joan of Arc, arrived
In the preparation for Lent the Eng
lish were bringing in a supply Of fish
to their camp, when the French at
tackled, but were beaten Off, and the
contest hence was called the Battle Of
the Herrings"
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1923-07-20
JUST IRREsISTIBLY LOVELY

New fabrics exalt the blouse from
an accessory to a strangely significant
fashion. Expressing naive youth and
charm is this design in mauve crepe,
worn with a plated skirt of white
flannel The embroidery is done in
mauve and orange, being used to en-
phasize the irregular lower edge and
sleeves of the blouse, as well as the
round neck. A string belt of self
material decides the line of the waist
and controls the fulness at one and the
same time. Medium size requires IA
yards 36-inch material for the blouse
and 81 yards for the skirt.
Pictorial Review Blouse No. 1474.
Sizes, "a to 46 inches bust. Price,
IS cents. Skirt No. 9126. Sizes, 81
to 81 inches waist. Price, 80 cents.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1923-07-20

It seems ridiculous to hear politi-
clans and labor agitators get up and
tear the air expounding on the fight
between labor and capital. To hear
their speeches and public utterances,
an uniformed person would have a
vision of the wealthy men in this
nation hiding behind breastworks
of money bags and fighting off starv-
ing millions who are trying to scale
this wall of gold.
In the next breath, we read in
our daily papers that a rich employ
er in New York has turned over his
clothing business to a few employees.
Automatically these employees must
become the hated capitalistSmand
take their places behind the barriers
Of gold, which in turn the workmen
they hire will strive to tear down.
Is this not the wrong picture to
fash constantly before the eyes of
millions? Is not a capitalist any
individual who has saved fifty or a
hundred dollars and through wise in
vestment, either in peanut wagon,
q bootblack stand or an industrial
or government bond, caused that
money to earn more dollars?
Is the man who saves one humid
red dollars which he puts in a pub
lie utility or a sawmill property,
where, with money contributed by
hundreds of others like himself, it
employs thousands of people at good
wages, a bad citizen? Yet he is a
capitalist just as truly as the man
who invests a hundred thousand or
a million dollars.
When there is removed the in
centive for the man with one humid
red dollars to increase that amount
to one thousand and then to ten
thousand dollars, and so on, there
is also removed the chance Of re-
ward that is the stake for which the
average ablebodied American strives.
The majority of capitalists today
started as hand workers, and yet,
according to the radical politicians
and labor agitators, the salvation of
the country lies in denying to Others
the chance which these men had to
benefit themselves and, incidentally,
humanity in general through the
modern conveniences they have
given to the humblest American citi-
zen.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1923-07-20
Devotion of Parent Crow


Nothing, 1t would seem, is more re-
markable In bird nature than the de-
votion of the parent crow. The com
munity mounts guard over the nest
until the young are ready for flight.
After the young birds have left the
nests the different communities or
tribes domieiled In the same region
assemble with every evidence of sys-
tematic organization. Their meetings
are held before the dawn and the
meeting place is deserted spot where
perfect secrecy can be observed. Dur
ing the session many distinctly differ
ent cries are heard and in them nat
uralists have prOfessed to see the
rudiments of a language.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1923-07-20
May Beat the Witch Hazel.

A supply of artesian water for an
area of 100000 acres of arid country.
southeast of Lethbridge, Alberta, was
located by an officer of the Dominion
Geological survey recently, and the po-
its relation TO Milk river has been
worked out. So that the possibility Of
finding water at given point and the
depth which it will be encountered
are now known within close limits.