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Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1924-03-03
Miss Marden Entertains

Miss Elaine Marden Entertained
party of young ladies at her home
on Middle street, February 26. in
honor of Miss Ethel Sanford who
has been passing her vacation in
town. A snow shoe hike of several
miles was enjoyed and upon their
return delicious refreshments were
served by the hostess consisting of
sandwiches, olives, coffee. assorted
cake and fancy cookies. Whist was
played and light vaudeville acts
were much enjoyed. Those present
were Mrs. Sadie McCrillis, Miss
Florence Buxton, Mrs. Lola Hurd,
Miss Iva Farnham. Miss Amy Shat
tuck, Mrs. Constance Brooks. Miss
Bessie Williamson, Mrs. Thelma
Morse, Mrs. Arlene Bray and the
guest of honor, Miss Ethel Sanford.
Mrs. Eliza Shaw of East Newport
has been passing the week in town
visiting her daughters. Mrs. Fannie
Braley. Mrs. Emily Hubbard and
Mrs. Matte Merchant.
Frank Blaisdell was q business
caller in Bangor, Friday.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1924-03-03
LOCALS

.l2mcs IellisCn was the guest of his
hrNthcr. John JellisCn. over the week
cad, He will return to his home In
Wilton todaN.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1924-03-03
Tell Me Club Meets

The Tell Me Club met Friday
evening with Miss Gertrude Long
fellow. Miss Muriel Rollins substi-
tuted. Mrs. Leah Bell won the
highest score. The club will observe
Gentlcmcn's Night this week with a
meeting at the home of Mrs. Louise
Maxim.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1924-03-03
PITTSFIELD

A baked bean supper will be served
in the dining room of the Free Bap-
fist church on Tuesday evening
March IL, at o'clock. immediately
following the supper the farce the
Third Degree" win be presented.
The auxiliary of the American Le-
zion will meet Monday evening,
March 3, at G. A. r. hall. All mem
bers are urged to be present as busi-
ness of Importance is to come pc
fore the meeting.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1924-03-03


The East Somerset Pomona grange
will meet with Sebasticock grange
of Newport March 5. The lectur, r.
Mrs. Emma Parkman, has arranged
the following program: opening
song, Hurrah for Old New England;
address of welcome, w. S. Town
send; response. a. p. Howes; quota
tions from ritual: recess for dinner;
song, State of Maine: address. Gov
ernor Percival p. Baxter; vocal duet,
Mr.. and Mrs. Clicord of Hartland;
question box; community singing.
George Withee was in Fairfield
Friday for the day.
L. f. Marden was a business caller
at the Dexter creamery of D. Whit
ing and Son, Friday.
Hollis Jacobs was a business call
er in Comma Friday.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1924-03-03

Mr.. and Mrs. Albert d. Jaynes
left Saturday for Dayville, Conn.
called there by the death of Mr..
JayneS.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1924-03-03
John Wood

Word has been received here OF
the death OF John Wood. which oc-
Cured at his home in North Hart
land Friday night. His age was 20
years. Mr.. Wood is survived by his
wife, one SON and two dauSntSrs:
The funeral services will. be heid
from F. NJ. Fairbanks undertaking
rooms. Monday afternoon at o.
clock, Rev. Mr.. Wheaton will Of
Lciate.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1924-06-06
Most Farm Cooperatives
in North Central West

More than 40 per cent of the 1O,16O
farmers business organizations report
ing to the United States Department
of Agriculture up to April 1 are in
the seven west North Central states
including Minnesota, North Dakota,
South Dakota, Iowa, Missouri, Ne
braska, and Kansas Over 25 per cent
of the associations are In the five east
North Central states, including Ohio,
Indiana, Illinois, Michigan and Wiscon-
sin, and more than 8 per cent are in
the three Pacific Coast states.
Minnesota leads in number of asso-
Citations, 1870 organizations being re-
ported from that state. Other states
with numerous farmers business or
CARNATIONS are Iowa with 1,039 Wis
consin, $40; Illinois, $40, and Nebras-
ka, AIT. Seven hundred and seventeen
co-operatives are engaged in retailing.
These are mostly stores and large
percentage of them are located in the
following states: Minnesota, SO; Ne
braska, So; Iowa, "a Kansas, IS; Wis
consin, 40.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1924-06-06
The Uhg OF Superstitions
By H. IRDlNG KING

man superstition is phase of it is
evidenced by the fact that in some
sections of Canada and this country
such man is supposed to be able to
"cast spells" The uniting of the
eyebrows gives peculiar look to the
eyes and offtimes sinister one-it
emphasizes the power of the glance
as it were, and thus naturally calls to
mind the "evil-eye." The superstition
regarding i'll luck attached TO cross
eyed persons and mare-browed per-
sons are the two most common forms
in which the evil eye superstition man.
ifests itself in this country; except in
cases where immigrants have brought
with them across the Atlantic the SUI
perstition in it's original form.
20 bv Mcclure Newspaper Syndicate.)
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old Speckled Hen was passing and
Brown Hen called to her to look at
the handsomest eggs she ever saw.
Speckled Hen looked into Brown
Hens nest and then she looked at
Brown Hen second. Don't you
know what those eggs are?" she asked
IF you take my advice, and am old
enough to know. you will peck every
one of them ar1 get them out of your
nest. Then make a nest in some place
that cannot be found until you have
hatched your chicks"
spoil those wonderful eggs?" said
Brown Hen. you are jealous, Speck-
led Hen, and you want me to de-
stroy them. shall do nothing of the
kind" and Brown Hen jumped on
her nest again and looked after Spec
killed. Hen with angry eyes.
You won't be so proud when you
see those chicks" was Speckled Hens
parting shot
One morning Brown Hen proudly
showed herself with five little chicks
in the barnyard. Brown Hen was the
only one that did not notice that her
children's feet were queer.
Madam, | would see DIR. Drake If
were you" said old White Hen, "your
children do not seem to walk as
chickens should. They waddle bit"
"Envious," said Brown Hen to her
self. Then she said aloud. my chill
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1924-06-06

changed to Eleazer and was applied to
Aaron's eldest surviving son.
Following this bit of genealogical
history, Eliza would seem more likely
the feminine of Eleazar than mere
contraction of Elizabeth. The latter
explanation. however. is most general
~ adhered to, due, perhaps. TO the in
fluence of Elizabethan poetry and
drama, which endeavored 10 improve
on the name of the good queen. by
terming her Eliza.
The popularity ald prevalence of
Eliza became widespread early in the
Nineteenth century, and there are fire.
quent instances of both names being
given in baptism to different children
in the same family.
The aquamarile is Eliza's talismanic
gem. 1t promises her travel and
change, and many friends. Saturday
is her lucky day and 2 her lucky num-
Der.
GO by Wheeler Syndicate. Incl
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1924-06-06
MARE-BROWED MEN

0N N ARE-BROWED men are de-
ltl scribed as those whose eyebrows
meet above the nose. In many sec
tons of this country and Canada 1t is
considered unlucky to meet such a
man when starting on journey, going
hunting, or about to engage in any
new enterprise. The superstition Is
patiently form of the superstition of
the evil eye which, having come down
to us through unnumbered centuries.
is as potent now in some countries as
it ever was. In Italy and in the Lee
want, for instance, the belief in the
evil eye is taken as a matter of course
and few there be in those lands who
would question it. The superstition
as whole has already been dealt with
in this series. That the mare-browed
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1924-06-06
One Type of Snake

Perhaps the only snake of impor-
lance that has been recorded in Porto
Rico is Of the boa-constrictor type
This can be partially explained by the
fact that owing to the density of popu.
latiOn many forms of animal life that
once occurred are now extinct. 1t is
known that this fact is true of some of
the forms of bird life.
The manatee or sea cow is found
rarely. and turtles are rare except in
the east end of the island, where the
hawk's-bilI and green turtles are found.
The lizards. ON the other hand. are
very prevalent. There are ten common
types of lizards, ranging from the
small tree lizard to the larger ground
lizards.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1924-06-06
Study Carried on by Depart
ment of Agriculture in Big
Producing States.

(Prepared by the United States Department
of Agriculture.)
Yield per acre is the principal cause
of variation in the cost of producing
potatoes, the United States Depart
ment of Agriculture points out In
cost study. in important potato pro-
ducing sections of Minnesota, Wis
consin, Michigan. New York. and
Maine. The survey dealt with costs in
1919, but the conclusions drawn are
generally applicable to other years.
Farmers who received better than
40 bushels of potatoes per acre pro-
duced them at an average of Y cents
while those who had yield of less
than 20 bushels had an average cost
per bushel of $1.49. The cost per
bushel of potatoes grown on 461 farms
ranged from 80 cents tc $2.45, with
most farms producing at a cost of
81 or less per bushel.
Important Cost Items.
Man and horse labor were the most
Important items of cost in areas
studied in Minnesota. Wisconsin,
Michigan, and New York, whereas
commercial fertilizer was the largest
item of cost in Aroostook county,
Maine. In Aroostook county the
fertilizer cost was larger per acre
than the combined cost of man and
horse labor.
The cost per acre was lowest in
Clay county, Minnesota, being $751;
90, and higher in Aroostook county,
Maine, where the acre cost was $219.-
CO. The yield per acre in Clay coun-
ty, Minnesota, was 103 bushels. max
ing the cost per bushel rs cents. while
yield of 27S bushels in Aroostook,
Maine, resulted in an average cost
per bushel of 20 cents.
Potatoes fitted into a fairly definite
crop rotation in all areas except in
Clay county, Minnesota, where wheat
and oats were not grown in any
definite rotation with potatoes. In
the other areas hay, potatoes, corn,
(where corn is grown) and small
grain seeded to grass constituted the
rotation. The per cent of farm re-
ceipts coming through the sale of po-
tatoes varied from 41.5 per cent in
Barron county, Wisconsin, to 94.5 per
cent in Aroostook, Maine.
Man and Horse Labor.
In areas where none of the picking
labor was contracted for and as
result the hours of picking up po-
tatoes were included, the total hours
Of man labor expended in raising an
acre of potatoes varied from 63.7
hours in Anoka county, Minnesota,
to 92.7 hours per acre in Barron coun-
ty Wisconsin. The hours of horse
work used per acre were the lowest
or 65.7 in Clay county, Minnesota,
and highest in Monroe county, New
York, where 116.0 hours were used.
Commercial fertilizer was applied at
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1924-06-06
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dfen are more graceful than most
chicks. White Hen, that's ALL"
But when old Granny Duck spied
Brown Hen and her family she began
to quack. What do you mean by
strutting around here with my grand
children" she asked. Cant you hatch
out a brood of hen chickens instead
of mixing into our family?"
"What do you mean?" inquired
Brown Hen, so surprised she didn't
know what else to say.
81 mean," said Granny Duck, that
those chicks you are so proudly show
ing around here are ducks"
Il don't believe it," said Brown Hen.
You are jealous because / have such
handsome children. That is ALL"
wait and see.' said Granny, wad-
ding away.
A short time after this Brown Hen
was walking around by the duck pond
and away ran her children and into
the pond they went while poor Brown
Hen clucked and sQuawked in vain try
ing to call them back.
What did / tell your said Granny
Duck. swimming along beside the
ducklings. 81 knew our children the
minute / saw them"
Il told you So" cackled White Hen.
You let the farmer fool you. |
would just like to see him try that on
me. I'd peck every big brown egg
found in my nest before ! would be
seen with brood of ducklings"
Poor Brown Hen, there was no use
saying anything now for there were
her big children swimming out on the
pond. She had been fooled and her
tail feather dropping, she walked sadly
away to hide under the currant bushes,
feeling she could never again hold up
her head in that barnyard.
90 by Mcclure Newspaper syndicate)
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1924-06-06
BROWN HENS PRIDE

Drown HEN was very much sur
priSed one morning when she re-
turned from her breakfast TO find in
her nest, which she had left with three
eggs in it, five very large brown eggs.
Her eyes popped open with wonder
ment for minute as she gazed at the
handsome eggs, but her pride soon got
the better of her surprise and she said
TO herself, Il must have been mistaken.
That is all there is about it, for here
are the eggs and this is the nest l
have been sitting on.
Anyway, why shouldn't the eggs
be brown? Ny feathers are brown
and think it very good taste TO lay
brown eggs and such beauties, too.
But, of course" and here Brown
Hen tossed her head with pride, "of
course, have always laid large eggs.
but somehow these seem to be the
largest 1 ever remember; the chicks
from this batch should make all the
other hens very envious"
Brown Hen could not sit still. She
had to hop off her nest every little
while TO look at those big eggs and
once when she was admiring the eggs
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1924-06-06
Materials and Methods
for Efficient Spraying

In "Some Sidelights on busting and
Spraying Practices" Prof. p. j. Par
rott, entomologist at the Geneva ex-
pertinent station, said:
'The past summer was notable for
the destructive work of the codling
moth. Worm holes in apples were sec
ond in Importance to apple scab, both
being chiefly responsible for the large
numbers of inferior apples produced
in many orchards. Unusual abundance
of side-wormy apples in carefully
sprayed orchards proved that methods
and materials which have been reason
ably efficient in the past did not give
as good control as usual"
Speaking of the double benefits,
Professor PARROT said ii was well 70
keep in mind the fact that customary
treatment given to prevent wormy APP
pies serve two objects, that of keeping
the apples free from worms and of re-
ducing the extent of the carry-over of
the pest in the orchard which largely
determines the degree of infestation
during the following year.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1924-06-06
Have You This Habit?
By Margaret Morrison
JOHN VAN TRIM, JR.

John VAN TRIM, JR., was assistant
y business manager in the big office,
and, when his chief learned that Johns
wife was expecting her first baby he
asked the Van Trims TO spend week
end out of town with him and his sis
ter. The night of their arrival was
hot and breathless. Mrs. Van Trim
appeared for dinner in a simple, fresh
looking dress, open becomingly at the
neck. that set off her pretty fair hair.
Her husband, who had arrived from
the city on the same train, came In
wearing his business suit, his collar
wflted, his trousers needing pressing,
his hair disheveled.
Afterward the chief spoke of charm
ing Mrs. Van Trim, but when his sister
suggested asking out the young couple
again, he was silent She answered
his unspoken comment:
1T wasn't very worldly wise of the
boy to come in so dragged-looking. nv
dear; but there wasn't much time, aad
he must have been hot and tired"
That's just my objection" replied
the chief. IF by this time Van Trim
can't manage, in spite of obstacles, to
be presentable on visit to his boss.
he hasn't the brains Pm looking for"
Nevertheless, the chiefs sister kept
IN touch with the Van Trims One day.
five years later, when her brother
asked her what she knew of their for
tunes, she had TO admit that John had
gone down hill. For she was remem-
bering his baggy knees. his unpublished
shoes, his frayed cravat and soiled col
lar and neglected nails. What might
have bee1 explained as mere" lazi-
ness five years before was actual
slovenliness now.
Then the chief retired and he and
his sister went abroad to live. Years
later they returned for visit One
day the new president of the old coa-
Germ came out to see them He was
distinguished, energetic, courteous gen.
tleman of forty-five or fifty. They re-
membered him as a clerk working un-
der John yan Trim, and they asker
him what he knew of the Van Trims.
He hesitated. "a sad thing" he said.
flal.SS "Van Trim simply didn't make
good. We kept him on as long as we
possibly could. but at last he became
so seedy, mentally and physically. thar
people would stare at him when they
came into the Office. He looked like
tramp. We simply had to drop him
HAVE YOU THIS HABIT7
GO by Metropolitan Newspaper Service,
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1924-06-06
Plan Will Eliminate Bad
Ones or Those Dirty.


prepared by the United States Department
of Agricultural
Eggs shipped in interstate commerce
should be carefully candled by ship
perS, in order to eliminate those that
are bad or that may spoil en- route, say
officials of the bureau of chemistry,
United States Department of Agricul-
ture, who are charged with the en-
forcement of the federal food and
drugs act. Shipments containing eggs
which have yolks stuck to the shell,
moldy eggs, black spots, added eggs,
any any other eggs which are filthy,
decomposed or putrid are in violation
of the law
Federal food inspectors have been
instructed to give particular attention
TO shipments of eggs during the warm
months of spring and summer TO see
that the channels of interstate COM
merce are kept as free az possible
from eggs that do not comply with the
law. Shipments of eggs that are in
violation of the law may be seized and
the individuals responsible for the in
terstate shipment prosecuted under the
federal food and drugs act, say the
officials. Some of the states have spe-
cthc laws requiring the Gambling of
all eggs placed on sale.
Careful Gambling before shipment
Will enable dealers to eliminate the
bad eggs. The elimination of the
spoiled eggs before shipment not only
removes the hazard of violating fed
eral and state food laws. but it is eco
nomical IN that 1t saves shipping
charges on eggs likely to be rejected at
place of receipt.
The United States Department of
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1924-06-06
ELIZA

z LIZA is another of the Elizabeth
cycle of feminine names. With
the single exception of Mary, there is
no other name in the language of any
country which has so many full-grown.
fully Independent offsprings. Eliza.
which at first glance would seem to be
Elizabeth with one syllable removed,
has really an interesting little history
of her own.
The name means, of course. Gods
OATH" The Divine title known to man
before especial revelation to Moses in
the burning bush was the Hebrew
word Ell. which corresponds 10 our
term Deity. This word served as pre-
fix to many Biblical proper names. The
first was Eliezer, the name Of Abra-
hams steward who weE. TO bring
home Rebecca. Later the name
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1924-06-06
Cattle-Tick Eradication
Now Possible Anywhere

Experience shows that it is possible
to eradicate cattle-fever ticks any
where, even on swampy, brushy. free
range land, asserts the United States
Department of Agriculture in an ex-
hibit panel recently prepared for dis
play in tick-infested localities.
To convince the skeptical observer,
the department shows a picture of
such land, where eradication was ac-
complished and which has been free
from ticks ever since. The average
observer might think it futile TO at
tempt tick eradication in a region such
as pictured. The grass often swarms
with young ticks.
Dipping cattle, however, kills the
ticks before they develop to the repro
ductive stage, and ticks that do not
get on cattle die in few months.
Thus the cattle-fever tick becomes ex-
tinct In one season in localities that
conduct thorough systematic dipping.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1924-06-06
EARMA.NLlTES

Plan large acreage of feed crops.
Destroy all breeding places of flies.
Spray. or dust, the Irish potatoes
with arsenate of lead to control the
potato bug.
Plant every acre possible in soil
building crops. such as velvet beans
COW peas, and soybeans.
Any farmer convicted of soil robbine
should be sentenced to the condemna-
tion of his neighbors.
For the striped beetle in the gar
den use Bordeaux-arsenate spray OF
a 2 per cent nicotine dust.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1924-06-06
Top-Dressing Hay Land
Is Profitable Practice

Fertilizer demonstrations conducted
by the Middelsex, Mass, county extern
sion service. during the past year bear
out the evidence obtained in previous
work of a similar nature, namely, that
the proper use of fertilizers on hay
land produces increased crops at good
profit. The returns from both nitrate
of soda or an S-6-6 fertilizer were uni
formly good on the six farms In the
county on which demonstrations were
carried on.
In each test, a fortified plot was
compared with a check plot, the COM
bined average yields for all six being
"a tons and 1.3 tons per acre. re-
spectively. Thus the fertilizer treat
ment, produced an average gain of IL
tons of hay per acre.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1924-06-06
New Crop of Chicks

Practical poultry raisers and farm
ers are relying upon the large hatch
cries more and more each year as a
source of supply for their new crop
of chicks. In other words, each year
sees fewer and fewer chicks Matched
under hens, and the mammoth hatch
cries are taking the place, to a GER
tain extent, of the smaller incubators
which are commonly operated on
farms.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1924-06-06
Wide Variance in
Cost Of Potatoes

the rate of 1880 pounds per acre
upon potato land in Aroostook county.
Maine. None of the other areas
studied approached this quantity Of
commercial fertilizer application.
The amount of man labor and horse
work, together with the cultural prac-
tees for each area, are given in de-
tail in Department Bulletin 1888, Cost
and Farm Practices in Producing Po-
tatoes, copies of which may be OBJ
tanned free upon request to the De-
partment of Agriculture, Washington,
d. @.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1924-06-06
Lineman's ingenious fdea

Albert Cornish, llneman at Bath,
Me-, chased runaway horse TO
trestle where the horses leg went
through. Cornish tried to extricate the
animal and was in danger of having
train come along and perhaps hit him
as well as the horse and sleigh. So
when he had freed the sleigh from the
horse he placed II across the track SO
that the steel runners were resting on
the two steel rails. This made an
electrical connection and set the sig
nal which would have stopped train
entering the block
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1924-06-06
Forest Protection

Next to Russia and the United
States Canada has the largest forest
resources in the world Care is taken
to preserve the timber supply by air
plane scouting, wireless telegraphy.
portable telephones, power pumps, re
planting, prevention of pests, forest
product laboratories, strict legislation
and Dominion and provincial reserves
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1924-06-06
Adopt Community Breed

If farmer is in a community where
certain breed is already established
he should by all means adopt that
breed. He will thus have an adj
vantage in obtaining cattle and in the
use OF sires when he has surplus of
cattle the dairymen will find better op-
portunities TO sell than the isolated
breeder. Buyers are attracted to To-
calities where they can see a large
number of the breed desired.