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The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1924-09-12
Selling Inferior Stock
to Purchase Pure BREEDS

In connection with the Better Sires
Better Stock" campaign conducted
by the various states and the United
States Departme--t Of agriculture,
many farmers are disposing of infe-
rior live stock and are replacing them
with better bred animals. The reaS
sons for the change are believed 10
be of interest to live stock owners
throughout the country.
Texas dairyman who had been
using grade beef bull at the head OF
his dairy herd was readily induced to
obtain a pure bred dairy bull. to quail
ify in the better-sires campaign.
A West Virginia stockman replaced
grade ram with pure bred because
the latter was better individual and
he believed 1t would help him to dis
pose of surplus stock.
Vermont dairyman disposed of an
inferior pure bred bull because he was
unable to obtain satisfactory produc-
ton records and was rather mediocre
as an individual"
An Oklahoman, in qualifying for the
better-sires campaign, stated that he
disposed of "red bull" of unknown
breeding in order to purchase pure
bred
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1924-09-12

| prepared to vote money for the COM
pletion Of the Hudson Bay railway.
The vote was IS to 20 against. The
government treated it virtually as a
want of confidence vote, so it was
probably not a test vote, as some Of
the Progressives voted with the Lib
erals and Conservatives
This is, however, far from being
the end of the matter. Western Pro-
gressive members are strong for the
early completion Of the project. 1t
has been the dream of Western Can
ada ever since it found 1t could raise
grain.
1t should be noted that another road
to Hudson bay is being built. 1t is
an extension from Cochrane north to
James bay of the Temiskaming &
Northern Ontario railway, owned by
the province of Ontario. Its purposes
have to do with colonization, fisheries
and coal from the northwest shore of
Hudson bay.
To the student of American history
this Hudson Bay grain export route
project is of intense interest. Port
Nelson and the Nelson river were the
headquarters and trade highway of the
Hudson's Bay company-ch chartered in
1870 by King Charles II, of England
and the biggest and most efficient
monopoly the world has ever seen.
With power of life and death and
monopoly of trade over all Of British
North America to the Rockies it sue
cessfully barred the way to civilization
for 80 years. III. B. C.-translated
by its enemies, Here Before Christ
was on its flag and the missionary and
teacher were anathema. Pro pelle
cutem-"skin for skin''-was the motto
on it's great seal and it took the fur
from the Indian and skinned him in
the trade, reducing him to slavery
Not even a post factor was allowed
to make a garden, lest he give the lie
to the "inhospitable wilderness" The
"free-trader" in furs was killed off.
1t ignored the exploring obligations of
it's charter, set up trading posts and
made the Indian come to them. 1t
piled up enormous profits in secret
and successfully withstood investiga-
ton. Forced to let go it's grip after
200 years by the British government,
it is now selling it's fertile lands"
and running chain of department
stores in thriving cities-and making
more money than ever.
Had the H. B. G. explored "Rupert's
Land" and opened it to colonization
and settlement, the history of the
North American continent would have
been far different. For one thing,
Alaska would not be ours. The Eng
lish instead of the Russians would
have found it-and kept 1t. For an
other the settlement of the Missis-
sippi valley would have been British
instead of French-with possibilities
and conjectural consequences beyond
our imagining.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1924-09-12
Crop Will Do Best on Warm,
Sandy Loans and Sits
Prepare by Flowing.

Beans will grow on almost any kind
of soil. from adobes to light sandy
loans. They do best, however, on
warm, sandy loans and sandy Sits.
Preparation of the soil for beans
should commence prior to the season
in which the beans are grown. and
should take into consideration proper
rotation and manuring. The soil
should be prepared by blowing. Wher-
ever fall blowing may be done with
out danger of serious fall blowing, the
soil should be plowed in the fall. In
the spring this land should be worked
down into seed bed, making as good
a seed bed as would beN made for
beets or corn. Where. spring blowing
is done i should be done early.
Preparing Seed Bed.
Beans respond to good preparation.
Consequently enough attention should
be paid to disking, narrowing and
compacting the seed bed. In some
sections listing has been attempted as
the method of preparing the soil for
poor practice, except upon soils which
cannot be safely plowed because Of
their cry strong tendency to blow.
Where the land is prepared by listing
there is tendency to slow up the
development of the crop and-delay ma
turity. In addition to these handicaps,
beans planted by the listing method
are more difficult to harvest; espe-
cially if there is damp weather during
the harvest there is likely to be much
damage to the pods by coming in con-
tact with the SOIL The tendency to
pick up adobe soil or stones is in
creased at harvesting time. If listing
is done at all, it should be very shall
low, so as to make the furrow to be
filled abe the growing plants as shall
low as possible.
Pillow in the Fall.
1t is not always necessary to row
land in preparing a bean seed bed.
Where the land was we'll plowed the
year previous and in wheat, a good
seed bed may be prepared without
blowing, provided the wheat stubble
Is disked right after the binder to
keep down weeds in the fall The
spring preparation may consist Of
disking when the weeds start, which
will destroy the weeds and prevent
the formation of a crust, and then
disking and narrowing Immediately
before planting. After cultivated
crop such as corn, which has been
well cultivated, seed bed may often
be prepared by disking and narrowing.
On irrigated lands after sugar beets
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1924-09-12
Second Hindu God

In Hindu mythology Vishnu is the
second god Of the "trimurti." or trim
ity, in which he figures as the pre-
server of the universe, says the De-
troit News. His friendship for man
was manifested in his avatars, or in
carnations, which according to some
authorities number 10. aGd according
TO others %. OF these avatars the
two principal ones were the seventh.
as Rama, the hero of the Ramayana,
and the eighth as Krishna, the hero OF
the Mahabharata. Vishnu is generally
represented as dark-blue man. having
four arms. and is worshiped chiefly
by the middle classes. He originally
figured as a sun-god in the oldest
Vedas, but gradually increased In i'm
portance until in the later Purana he
became the Supreme Deity.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1924-09-12
Ice Drifts Far South

An unusual occurrence of ice In the
North Pacific has been reported TO
the United States photographic office
by the master of the American steam
er West Jessup, who relates having
seen "a large and small pierre OF
drift ice" in latitude Al degrees 80
minutes north, and longitude ia de-
grees 2 minutes east. This is about
100 miles off the coast of Japan. Ice
is seldom. seen in the North Pacific
anything like as far south as this; and
the report Indicates conditions along
the east Asian coast exactly opposite
to those prevailing along the east
North American coast where icebergs
and drift Ice were rarer this spring
than for many years.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1924-09-12

That is because of ice troubles an6
shoal water. The most optimistic esti
mates of terminal costs of construction
are: about $4,5OO,O0O for harbor and
channel dredging; nearly $6,000,0OC
for storage facilities; about $7,0O0,00C
for lighthouses and other marine
equipment along the channel and in
Hudson strait connecting the bay with
the ocean; total, including the 10C
miles of road, $22,500,00O.
The longest open season that can
be expected Is fifteen weeks, begin
ming about the middle of August; in
some years it has been no more than
ten weeks. This short season, suggest
the engineers, will so place limitations
on the capacity of the railway that
large elevator capacity will have to
be provided at the port. They also
suggest that 1t will so affect the avail.
ability of tramp vessels that freight
rates must remain largely conjectural
w. Nelson Smith, in discussion be.
fore the Winnipeg branch of the in.
stitute, said that liberal estimate of
the grain that would move by this
outlet is from 100000 to 24,OOO,OOO
bushels He put the most favorable
conjectural transportation saving at
about ten cents bushel, disregarding
insurance.
incidentally, 1t may be stated that
in 1922 Canada's exports of wheat
Qncluding fiour) were 100000 bush.
els and the total exports of wheat
oats, barley and rye We're 232, S0S,OOC
bushels. @
According to the Railway Age, a
hitherto unpublished report on the
feasibility of completing the Hudson
Bay road project by David w. Mac.
Lachlan, engineer in charge of dredg.
ing operations at Port Nelson, was
tabled in the house of commons al
Ottawa in June. This report was sub
mitted to the department Of railways
and canals in September, 1917. Mac.
Lachlan estimated the average season
of navigation at two months; the rate
on grain from Saskatoon to Liverpool
via Fort William and Montreal at 26.4
cents bushel and the rate from Sas
katoon to Port Nelson, including han
ding charges, at 1919 cents, thus leav.
ing margintof 6.5 cents for the ocean
rate, extra insurance and the inter.
est on the cost of the works. He said
Sthe average rate paid tramp steamers
from Montreal to Liverpool was Z cents
and that they would Inevitably choose
the Montreal route unless there was
higher margin at Port Nelson.
w. d. Euler, Liberal member fol
North Waterloo, asked if there were
reports subsequent TO that of Mac.
Lachlan. Mr.. Graham, minister of
railways and canals, replied that there
were and that they would be submit
ted when asked for. Loud applause
from the Progressives greeted this
statement
In July, according to the Railway
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1924-09-12

Bay railway "a road
planned to connect It's
great western grain fields
~ with salt water at Port
Nelson and open a new
grain export route to Liv-
erpOol?
That is a question that Is stirring
all Canada, setting the West against
the East and provoking all-night de-
bates in parliament.
There is seemingly no doubt at this
writing that the road will be COM
pleted-in time. But whether 1t will
be completed as grain export route
or as colonization and general car
rier road is apparently. an open ques-
ton.
The Hudson Bay railway starts at
The Pas, Manitoba, on the Saskatche-
wan river, at the end of a branch line
of the former Canadian Northern rail
way, and runs to Hudson bay, north
east, almost as the crow flies, along
the Nelson river to Port Nelson near
the mouth of that stream. The length
constructed to Kettle Rapids at cost
of $20,500,00O. The estimated cost of
the remaining 100 miles is $5,000.0O0.
Take look at the map of North
America. Note that Port Nelson, on
the west shore of Hudson bay, is al
The Pas is almost due north of Omaha
Now note the distance from The Pas
Cor Winnipeg) to Montreal, either by
all rail or via Lake Superior and
Georgian bay. In round figures the
saving in mileage by the Hudson Bay
road in respect to certain points is as
follows: Regina, 1850 miles Calgary,
1,150: Saskatoon, 1,175: Prince Albert
and Melfort, 1900. Then figure that
Port Nelson and Montreal are prac-
tically the same distance by sea from
Liverpool-3,00O miles. And finally
bear in mind that the Hudson Bay
road is a government project 1t is a
part of the Canadian National rail-
ways-a system of $4,000 miles which
the World war left on the hands of the
Canadian people. 1t was rushed dur
ing, the early years of the war, but
= work was discontinued in 1917.
Why, then, should there. be any
question about the completion of the
new export route project?
That there is a question is shown
by two facts: The Engineering Insti-
tute of Canada is Investigating
whether or not the project can be
made worth while as a measure of ma
tional economy. Moreover, the house
of commons has refused to make APP
preparation for it's completion.
The terminal for transshipment to
vessels will have to be built 20 miles
up the Nelson river, say the engineers.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1924-09-12
EARNhAN,NQIES


Good hogs and good dairy cows
make good combination.
Cruelty to animals is, after all, the
most extreme form of cowardice.
The management of the farm has a
two-fold aspect, that of business and
that of home.
Growing alfalfa brings profits be-
yond the hay pay, many grow it alone
for the lands sake.
Let US never forget that the cult.
walton of the earth Is the most i'm
portant labor of man.--Daniel Web
ster.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1924-09-12
Betrayed by Mercury

Guilty secrets are said to be barred
unerringly by an apparatus invented
by Or. Albert Schneider, of the Uni
yersity of California The suspect
places the forefinger of each hard
ON contacts from which run minute
wires To a capillary electrometer and
an arrangement of glass tubing.
Through one tube runs fine thread
of mercury, fluctuations OF which are
said To heray the suspect.-London
Answers
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1924-09-12
Show Pure Bred Stock

The breeder of pure bred live stock
will increase his business and profits
materially if he will lit and show
few good animals of his own breed
breeding at community. county or
state fair. Showing this kind of stuff
is the cheapest and most effective way
Of getting prospective buyers inter-
ested in the pure bred live stock one
has to sell. These results are secured
only when live stock is pufoperly fit
ted and properly shown. Keep your
show stock coming during the hot sum-
mer months by providing them a cool
shady place during the day and a
pasture during the night, together with
an appetizing ration.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1924-09-12

Age. there was an
all-night debate In
the house of COM
mons, provoked by
the Progressives. In
winding up the de-
bate Minister Gra-
ham reminded the
house that he HIM
self signed the first
contract and turned
the first sod. And
he said, in part:
"As to the project
itself, someone will
build the Hudson
Bay railway--and i
am not going to
argue the question
of navigation and all
that sort of thing. l
have said time and
time again that the
construction of the
railway as a coloni-
zation road will be
valuable in that re-
spect, even If the
transportation end
were left out alto
gether. But / think
every member will
agree with me that
parliament as now
constituted is not
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1924-09-12

ly stripped bare of antiques by tourists
and collectors.
So few real curios are lett in the
country now, comparatively speaking,
that the Chinese are endeavoring to
emulate the Japanese in turning out
limitations, but so far they have not
been able to equal the work of their
neighbors. Old-fashioned bronzeware
and inlaid porcelain are particularly
scarce now, and one well known col.
lector declares that practically the
only japanese prints available are trni.
tations-
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1924-09-12
Dry Place for Honey

Honey does not deteriorate in quail
ity If 1t is properly cared for after
removal from the hive. 1t should
never kept in a damp place. Put it
where salt would remain dry all the
time. This should be the rule. and
no departure should ever be made
from it. 1t is the nature of honey TO
take up water. and If allowed to re-
main in a damp place the cappings
will soon begin to weep" and it will
not be long till its quality is injured.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1924-09-12
Another Universe

Harvard observatory reports not
only the discovery but also the meas
urement of she most distant object
yet seen by man. 1t is another uni
verse, but smaller than ours. This
faint and nameless collection of worlds
is In the constellation of the Archer
and is six quintillion miles distant
from our globe. 1t takes a million
years for light to travel from there
10 the earth. The new universe ap-
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1924-09-12
Segregating the Sexes

When chicks are eight weeks old, II
is good plan to separate the sexes.
From the fancier's standpoint. the
condition of the plumageS will be bet
ter If the pullets are kept to them
selves until mating time. Then, too,
the cockerels are more active, they
can digest and use heavier diet than
the pullets need. When the males are
pastured out of sight of the females,
they are more contented and make
better use of their food. This is big
advantage.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1924-09-12
Influence of Industry

Industry largely controls produc
ton. In regulating supply it controls
markets and fixes its own prices.
Farmers, unorganized, cannot do this.
Instead of regulating supply and fixing
prices, less cost of production, farm
ers take the other fellows offer, less
all charges.-E. J. Leonard, President
Colorado State Farm Bureau.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1924-09-12
DISEASES OF APPLES FOUND
IN STORAGE AND ON MARKET

Virginia than in those from all other
eastern states, considered as whole.
The, percentage of disease in the box
crop was slightly heavier in cars from
Idaho than in those from all other
western states, considered as whole.
A Copy of this bulletin Department
Bulletin 1851 may be secured, as long
as the supply lasts, from the United
States Department of Agriculture.
Washington. d. C.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1924-09-12
Dad Knew

The family was considering the
plans for the new home while dad con-
sidered finances and wondered where
he could reduce expenses in the new
home plans. Finally he spied the nook
just off the kitchen.
whats that?" he demanded.
"A breakfast room.' his daughters
explained
Dad viewed it minute and, despite
his daughters objections, had 1t cut Off
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1924-09-12
Good Hens to Keep

Keep the hens that are healthy,
vigorous. active, good eaters, with
plump, bright-red combs; large, moist
vents; thin, pliable pelvic bones spread
we'll apart; wide spread between
pelvic, bones and rear end of keel ::
neither NOTED nor Noting in August
large, soft, pliable abdomen; and
or September. In breeds with yellow
legs and skin the hens kept should
also show pale or white legs and pale
or white beaks and vents.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1924-09-12
The First Meistersinger

Heinrich Won Meissen, who died at
Mainz, Germany, in 1913, was the
founder of the first school of Meister-
singers. The women of Mainz, whose
praises he sang, carried his body to
his tomb in the cathedral.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1924-09-12
Discovery of Brazil

Pedro Alvares Cabral. Portuguese
navigator, is credited with having dis
covered Brazil on April %. 1900
With the revision of the calendar the
date became May 8, 1900, and this has
been adopted as the official date Of
discovery.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1924-09-12

pears as a pin-head Of light in the
largest telescopes. 1t was first dis
covered by the late Prof. E. E. Bar
bard but was photographed just re-
Gently. Heretofore the most distant
stars were supposed to be only $780,
600 light years away.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1924-09-12
A Common FouIf

Jud Tunkins says there are two
kinds Of people liable to exaggera:e
the Importance of money; those who
haven't it and those who haye.-wash
ington Star.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1924-09-12
Beans Thrive on
Different Soils

pillow in preparing bean seed bed.
Disking. leveling and narrowing will
be sufficient in these Giro instances
Alvin Kezer, Chief Agronomist. Colo
RADIO kgricultural College.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1924-09-12
China Losing Antiques

Real antiques and curios will be al
most unknown in China in a few years.
have returned from the Orient recent
ly. China, they declare. is being ra ,oid-
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1924-09-12

the plans. for, as he said, nobody but
him and mother got up In time for
breakfast and they could eat 1t at the
kitchen table as they always had
dapa
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1924-09-12
Medal for Dogs

Medal for Dogs
Rambler and Joe. two bioodhounds
that trailed murderer to his death
near Tacoma recently, have been
awarded a gold medal for their eff
forts The medal. bearing the names
of the two dogs and the inscription,
For Faithful Service" was given to
Sheriff Matt Starwich, their owner,
by, Tacoma authorities.
He who sees with the eyes believes
in his heart.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1924-09-12
BY JOHN DICKINSON SHERMAN

II-hI1I4 NuIuuu IIIutCI IuII"O
its dream of a generation
and complete the Hudson
Bay railway "a road
planned to connect its
great western grain fields
with salt water at Port
Nelson and open a new
grain export route to Liv-
erpOOl?
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-09-10

preston for every cylinder. A
slight variation is usually notice
able. But most car owners will
notice that their engines show 9
rather wide variation, a fact that
ties up. with the suspicion that
most engines could profit through a
bit of tuning up. Lacking scien-
tific equipment the motorist Is
forced to test by the 'feeT of the
crank handle as he comes UP on
the compression stroke of the re-
spective cylinder being tested. but
If he goes over the engine several
times the chances are that he will
not be far wrong in determining
whether the engine needs attention.
Open All Pet Cocks But One.
BY opening all the pet cocks ex-
cept the one for the particular
cylinder being tested it is possible
to feel through the crank just
about how we'll the cylinder is
holding the compressed gas and
how long. Whatever cylinders re-
veal high compression las COM
pared with the average for the
engine) may be considered in good
order so far as lung capacity"
goes, but when one or two show
low compression 1t is high time to
determine what's wrong-and to
reach a conclusion by q safe route.
1t IL evident that If pieces of
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-09-10

muffler, another short stretch Of
pipe, and then out into the air.
What it actually does do, how.
ever, may vary according to
the condition of the engine-and
in particular the determination Of
the car owner to have his serv-
ants give him maximum service.
This vapor seems to be deter
mined to skim over certain por-
tons of it's course without doing
its share; and it is here that the
motorist has to be on the alert,
for every time the breathing proc.
ess is not up to standard the en-
CINE will lack power and waste
fuel.
Just as in the case of the hui.
man being, however there are
various ways Of testing for "lung
capacity" In the case of the
automobile engine it is a matter
Of cranking the power plant by
hand with the ignition off. This
tests for compression which is an
index of the inability of the
trapped gas vapor to escape from
its cylinders when the pistons
are in process of COMPRISING 1t.
Stated in other terms, one can
also say that the compression test
is an index of the ability of the
engine to keep the gas vapor
strictly on the job.
Compression Ratios Vary.
1t is important to note here,
however, that compression ratios
differ with different types. of en-
gines, just as there are persons of
the deep breath" and short
breath" type, so are there engines
with high compression and others
with low. The motorist has no
cause for alarm until he detects a
variation. When compression is
high in some cylinders and low in
others he should begin seeking
cause. 1t is just as though a
deep breatherp should suddenly
develop a tendency to be short CT
breath.
1t is also important to remember
when testing for compression that
few engines will show equal CON-