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The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1924-04-25
Nine Raw Materials Uncle Sam Lacks

lowing commodities" Mr.. Hoover's let.
ter said:
"Sisal for binding Irvine is con.
trolled through a combination of pro.
ducers reinforced by legislative action
of the Yucatan government.
"Nttrates and iodine are controlled
through British selling agency and
reinforced by export duties in Chile.
Potash Is controlled by combina-
lions of German producers.
Crude rubber and gutta percha are
controlled by partly legislative and
partly voluntary combinations Of
producers in the British and Dutch col
onies.
"Quinine is controlled by combina-
ton of Dutch producers.
Tin is controlled by combination of
British producers.
Mercury is controlled by common
selling agency of Spain and Austrian
mines.
Coffee is controlled by the govern
ment of Brazil.
"Quebracho (for tanning purposes) is
controlled by combination of producers
and foreign manufacturers.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1924-04-25
Wa shire
VSie5G,1isS1ptS
U. S. Dollar International Trade Unit

policy of promulgating such informa-
ton hereafter.
Turning to the question of gold
movements, the board says great con-
Germ is manifest because of their prob
able future extent and direction. 1t
says that no future inflow such as that
that has taken place can be expected
because of the restrictive measures
taken by the European powers which
are designed directly to control gold
exports from their territorial jurisdic-
lions.
Then, too, the board asserts that in
international trade gold has main
tanned its conventional position
throughout the decade of currency dis
organization and with the growing ne
cessity for a common basis for calcu-
lating commodity prices there has been
marked tendency to equalize values
on the basis of the American dollar
because of the gold that backs it.
"Thus," the report adds, "the Amer
lean dollar has become the link be-
tween countries on paper currency
basis and the goll standard.
SIN this adjustment the American
dollar, not only because of its converti-
bility into gold but because of its sta
bility and because Of the trade posi-
ton of the United States, has become
increasingly the unit of account in
international trade
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1924-04-25
Mrs. McDole's Experience

Ludington, Michigan. suffered
every month and was very irregular,
had headaches all the time, was thin
and pale, with no appetite. / had
taken all kinds Of medicines, and ev-
cry doctor told me / would have to
face an operation before / would be
well again. Twas doing factory work,
and / had to stay at home so much
that was getting discouraged. My
mother advised me to try Lydia E.
Pinkham's Vegetable Compound, and
did so with good results. 1 am now
feeling fine. have advised all my
girl friends, who have such troubles
as / had, to take your wonderful
medicine. Mrs. THRESSA MCDoLE,
426 S. Rath Ave-, Ludington, Mich.
Los Angeles, California. -" ! was
insuch a condition that was scarcely
able to walk, even to do my house
work. had no energy, was depressed
and often wished to die. ] am chef,
but was totally unable to do any
cooking. A friend recommended
Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Com
pound and have taken it with sue
cess. . After the fourth bottle felt
much better, and after the tenth /
never felt better in my life, as it re-
suited in complete recovery. GER
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1924-04-25
Is British Embassy to Seek New Home?

ment when the houses of Connecticut
avenue could be counted on one hand,
and she erected the finest domicile
which Washington had known at that
date. Possibly Sir, Esme Howard will
follow the traditions, but one of the
most interesting landmarks of the city
will disappear If the old brick resi-
dence from which the Zion and uni
corn" look down on the passing throngs
is to be demolished like its aristocratic
neighbor, the former embassy of Aus
tro-Hungary. Italy and France are to
erect splendid embassy homes on Six
teenth street, and the Spanish, Mexican
and Cuban embassies already are es-
tablished there, together with the le-
cations of Poland, Persia, Czechoslo-
vakia and Venezuela. 1t therefore
seems probable that Great Britain will
seek another locality, possibly near the
great cathedral of IS. Peter and Paul,
where the ground may still be pur-
chased in acreage.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1924-04-25
Ancient AImunocs

How many persons know that the
second item printed in America was
an almanac? Yet so it was. "An
Almanac for the year of Our Lord,
1889. calculated for New England"
by Mr. William Pierce, mariner, was
printed as a broadside" by Stephen
Daye in Cambridge in 1889. No copy
is known TO be extant. There was
printed at the Cambridge Press every
year after 1859 one or more almanacs,
and all of them begin with the month
of March. The almanacs printed by
Stephen Daye for 1910, 1641, 1912,
1913, 1914. 1915 nave vanished utterly.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1924-04-25
wv WASHINGTON. = The United
NIX ! States has taken on a new re-
wv sponsibility in its relation to
world economic affairs, In til

~
world economic affairs, In the
opinion of the federal reserve board,
which In its annual report indicates a
belief that increasingly greater infiu-
ence In world economic progress will
emanate from these shores.
The great influx of gold into the
United States which now has one-four-
teenth of the world monetary stock,
the growing use of the American dollar
with its gold standard as a trade basis,
gradual expansion of American foreign
trade, the adoption by many foreign
interests of American trade and COM
mercial policies-are cited by the board
as showing the responsibility that
must be borne and accounted for by
the leaders in the United States.
Since the federal reserve system is
accepted as charting the business
course at home, its correspondingly in
creased power and responsibility in the
larger field is examined by the board
In Its report, and it has set itself to
the task of explaining the peace-time
functions of the system. 1t indicates a
belief that the general conception of
how the system can give full force and
effect to its chartered powers of aid
Ing commerce and industry is too linn
tied and makes definite move toward
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1924-04-25

\ VINE raw materials essential to
nj American industry and agricul-
u ture, whose principal produc
ton sources are abroad, are
controlled in greater or less degree by
combinations, Secretary Hoover has
written to Senator Capper (Rep., Kan.)
The circumstances affecting each
commodity have been determined by
special Commerce department investi-
cations, and the secretary asserted
that the situation required federal
legislation suggesting particularly
modification of foreign trade statutes
to allow American purchasers to COM
bine in their buying, without regard
to existing antitrust laws. He advo-
Gated the extension of the Webb
Pomerene act, which allows American
producers TO combine for the purpose
of selling in export SO as to permit the
setting up of common purchasing
agencies by American interests which
utilize the monopolized foreign raw ma
terials.
Foreign monopolies or combinations
are potentially or actually in control
of prices and distribution of the fol-
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1924-04-25
Tortoise Shell

Tortoise shell is used as veneering
in fine cabinet work. 1t is cut for
such purpose in exactly the same man
ner as any of the fine woods. There
are two grades of thickness, the saw
cut and the knife cut. The first. aver
aging from one-thirty- to one
sixteenth of an inch in thickness, is
cut with small saw. The knife cut
makes from 60 to 100 sheets to an
inch. The knife is used something
like plane. The object is fixed on a
table and the knife blade works back
ward and forward. Tortoise shell was
formerly cut by hand, about one
eighth of an inch in thickness. and
then planned. 1t may be softened by
gentle heat aud may then be cut read
lily.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1924-04-25
COOLIDGE enter
I|tains some decided views respect
i ing the insular possession of Por-

i ing the insular possession of Por-
to Ric it was made known at
the White House. A bill now before
congress that would give to the people
of Porto Rico the power to elect their
governor, it is said, has the approval
of the President.
A delegation recently called upon the
President to urge change in the man
ner of naming the governor of Porto
Rico. The President, it is understood
told the Porto Ricans at that time that
in his judgment the fundamental ques-
ton involved in the government of
Porto Rico is the difficulty of having
an elective legislature and a governor
who serves by reason of appointment
by the President. Mr.. Coolidge, it is
said, takes the view that an arrange
ment of that kind, even when all par
ties proceed with the greatest possible
tact, has in it necessarily elements that
are quite likely to lead TO some kind of
conflict between the governor on the
one hand and the local legislature on
the other.
At this particular time 1t appears
that affairs are in good shape political
ly in the island, but the President be-
lieves that some means should be pro-
vided whereby governor is elected by
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1924-04-25
Says Joseph Baker of Mem
phis in Praising Worlds
Greatest Tonic-Tells
of Recovery.

"If anybody wants to find out about
Tanlac, just let them see me-" is the
hearty suggestion of Joseph III. Baker,
$50 North Third ST., Memphis, Tenn.
Mr.. Baker went overseas with the
famous Thirtieth Division during the
World War and participated in the
st. Mihiel, Valley of Wovres and Ar
gonne drives, having been cited for
bravery in action in the Argonne He
is now popular member of the Mem
phls Fire Department.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1924-04-25
District of Columbia Asks Own Flag

"HE District of Columbia thinks
it should have flag of its own,
inasmuch as it is the seat of the
capital of the nation. Chairman
Reed of the house District committee
has introduced such a bill. Senator
Ball, chairman of the senate District
committee, has reported bill provid-
ing for commission TO design a flag
for the district.
The Washington Star has reproduced
designs by Charles Dunn and John
Mackaye Dunbar, both of which fea-
ture the shield portion of the coat of
arms of the Washington family-the
reputed source of the idea for Old
Glory. Mr.. Dunbar's design used the
national eolors. Mr.. Dunn's idea OF a
District flag is white field containing
two red horizontal stripes and three
blue stars, both of which features are
contained in tie Washington shield
Like Mr. Dunbar, Mr.. Dunn thinks the
use of this cesign for the flag of the
seat of govsrnment, named after George
Washington, is IAN obvious and logical
idea"
The author has made further draw
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1924-04-25
Neu Zealand Gum Deposits

Many centuries ago large section
of New Zealand was covered with a
heavy forest Of gum-bearing trees,
and the fossiliZed gum is found only a
few feet below the surface, the forest
having disappeared. Scientists have
found the gum deposits extremely val
liable and they are being hunted and
bring ample rewards for the toll when
found, as they supply valuable ma
terial in the manufacture of transpar-
ent varnish. The same sort of depos-
Its is found on the shores of the Bal
tic, where the giant pines once flour
ished, the gum being clear amber In
color and extremely pure in quality
Adventure Magazine
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1924-04-25
Cold Conquers Plague

Prevalence of plague diminishes In
cold weather, probably because the
lower temperatures reduce the fieas to
such small numbers that they are I'M
able TO keep up the transfer of virus.
The existence of plague is roughly linn
tied to zone girdling the globe be-
tween the thirty-fifth parallels of north
and south latitude. In the last %
years 99.S per cent of plague cases
have been from areas with mean mid
winter temperatures of Sc degrees F.
Nations Health Magazine,
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1924-04-25
Color of Cieopatra's Hair

History furnishes no evidence that
Cleopatra had red hair. In fact, his
tory gives us no clue at all as to the
color of the hair of the Egyptian queen
who ''vamped' Mark Antony and Ju-
Illus Caesar. The probability is that
she had light hair. One of her ances-
tors, Ptolemy Philadelphos. is de-
scribed by Theocritus as having light
hair and fair complexion. 1t should
be remembered that Cleopatra be-
longed to the Ptolemies, family de
,scended from Greek stock.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1924-04-25
Greatly Relieved

Jersey City, N. J.-"I took Lydia
E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound
for cramps and fainting spells. do
office work, and have been in this
condition four or five years, having
to stay at home from work day or
two at a time, quite frequently. I
have taken about ten bottles of it,
and have been greatly relieved. /
recommend it myself and you may
print these facts with my full adj
dress. LOUISE ScHoENFELDER, 112
Woodlawn Ave-, Jersey City, N. ].
No matter what your work is, q
great deal depends upon your health.
It is discouraging to be obliged to
stay at home frequently on account
of sickness.
Your trouble may be caused by
some female weakness, and Lydia E.
Pinkham's Vegetable Compound has
brought relief to many women just
as these letters state. For sale by
druggists everywhere.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1924-04-25
Dreams of Amuence

isn't this false report that you have
made sudden fortune going to cause
suspicion among your constituents"
Worse than that" answered Sena-
tor Sorghum. Its going to be ter
rible disappointment TO my family
when they find out it's all an idle fabri-
CATION Star.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1924-04-25
Green's August Flower

The remedy with record of fifty-seven
years of surprising excellence. Ali who
suffer with nervous dyspepsia, sour stom-
ach. constipation, indigestion, torpid liver,
dizziness, headaches, coming-up of food,
wind on stomach, palpitstion and other
indications of digestive disorder, will find
GREEN'S AUGUST FLOWER an effective
and efficient remedy. For fifty-sevenyears
this medicine has been successfully used
in millions of households all over the civil
lied world. Because of its merit and pop
ularity GREEN'S AUGUST FLOWER can be
found today wherever medicines are sold.
80 and 80 cent bottles.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1924-04-25
IF ANYONE WANTS TO
KNOW ABOUT TANLAC
LET THEM SEE ME"

when / came back from over
there" said he, II was In mighty
bad fix. had been gassed and after
getting home 1 got down with pneu-
monia. This left me all in without
appetite, down in weight, liver out OF
fix, and suffering from constipation,
biliousness and headaches without end.
"Tanlac put me to eating as never
before, shot my weight up fifteen
pounds and made strong, well man
of me-and / feel fine even to this day.
can't say enough for Tanlac."
Tanlac is for sale by all good drug
gists. Accept no substitute. Over 40
million bottles sold.
Taka Tan1ac VppatahIa pills
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1924-04-25
The Better Teller

Gypsy fortune teller)-I read in re
ham Eat We have fortunes of much
moneys and many jewels comm to re.
Hunter-Ah, that's very encourag-
ing, but I'd rather hear paying teller
say that.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1924-04-25
Trying to Soue Them

In the courthouse of certain city
is a melancholy attendant who, when
asked to direct people to the bureau
of marriage licenses, inquiries lugubri-
ously: "Do you insist?"
"Well, yes"
Third door to the right"
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1924-04-25
WOMEN NEED SWAMP ROOT

Thousands of women have kidney and
bladder trouble and never suspect 1t.
Women's complaints often prove to be
nothing else but kidney trouble, or the
result of kidney or bladder disease.
If the kidneys are not in healthy con-
dition they may cause the other organs
to become diseased.
Pain in the back, headache, loss of
ambition, nervousness are oftentimes
symptoms of kidney trouble.
Don't delay starting treatment. DR..
Kilmer's Swamp Root, physicians pre-
scription, obtained at any drug store, may
be just the remedy needed to overcome
such conditions.
Get a medium or large size bottle imme-
diately from any drug store.
However, if you wish first to test this
great preparation, send ten cents to DR..
Kilmer & Co., Binghamton, N. Y, for a
sample bottle. When writing, be sure
and mention this paper.-Advertiseme
All is but lip-wisdom which wants
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1924-04-25

Mother-I hope you remembered
what l told you-you didn't ask for
anything?
Little Girl-No, mother, didn't ask,
but every now and then / said,
crumbs / am hungry and they
gave me something on their own
London Punch.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1924-04-25
To Have a Clear, Sweet Skin

TO TaVe OTeaT, sweet SKIn
Touch pimples, redness, roughness
or itching, If any, with Cuticura Oint-
ment, then battle with Cuticura Soap
and hot water. Rinse, dry gently and
dust on little Cuticura Talcum to
leave a fascinating fragrance on skin.
Everywhere 25c each-Advertiseme
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1924-04-25

NC W SSlcCl d SulldUlc
for new embassy. Taking cue from
the versatile NJ. Jusserand, who sold a
site which the French government had
owned for the past fifteen years, at a
figure which permitted the purchase of
another and more spacious piece of
ground and in a more desirable neigh
borhoOd the British ambassador has
been advised that the psychological
moment has come to dispose of the fine
property In Connecticut avenue already
submerged in the rising tide Of bust
ness.
1t is fascinating topic to speculate
on the chances of Sixteenth street OBJ
tanning another stately establishment
or whether the decision will be in favor
of Sheridan Circle, or even the re-
mote heights of Massachusetts avenue,
where it becomes semi-suburban. Great
Britain built her diplomatic establish
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1924-04-25
WOMEN! DYE FADED
THINGS NEW AGAIN
Dye or Tint Any Worn, Shabby Oar.
ment or Drapery.

Each 15-cent package of Diamond
Dyes" contains directions so simple
that any woman can dye or tint any
old, worn, faded thing new, even If
she has never dyed before. Choose
any color at drug store-Advertise-
ment
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1924-04-25
Suited to His Need

Mr.. Bald Knob-Gimme shampoo
and no talk about it,
The Barber-How about a little
scalp fertilizer? got some / put on
myself It'll grow hair on an egg.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1924-04-25
STAYING HOME FROM WORK.
MEANS MONEY LOST
Many omenK Know This byE Experience
Let Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound
Help You AS 1t Helped These Women

tainly recommend It to all / hear
complaining and you can use this let
ter as a testimonial. Mrs. MARY
SULLIVAN, 923 E. 46th Street, Los
Angeles, California.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1924-04-25
Can't See 'En1

Billy-"I tell you, marriage is an
eye-opener." Milly-"And yet many a
married man is blind to his own
faults"
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1924-04-25

Autos in China must wear mud
"splashers'' to protect pedestrians as
well as the car occupants.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1924-04-25
a Purpose

Rastus-What you-all got such
big pocketbook fo'?
Sam-Dat's to encourage me-
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1924-04-25

Don't expect other people TO be to-
unselfiSh.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1924-04-25

Those who have what they want,
want more.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1924-04-25

hrFHlrA Send model or drawing for ex.
UA " animation. Highest references.
N Best results. Promptness as
. III 6tul ~ sured. Watson IL. Coleman,
Booklet FRHH Lawyer e44 ST., washingtos D. G.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1924-04-25
Unsolicited

w. N. u, Minneapolis, No. 17-1e24.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1924-04-25

Every year is leap year for the
pedestrian.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1924-04-25

Wolves lose their teeth. but not
their memory.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1924-04-25

Take Tanlac Vegetable Pills.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1924-04-25
Early Adjournment Unlikely.

Again it seems to be timely
to call attention to the extreme OPP
timism of President Coolidge on the
subject of an early adjournment of
The Rathdrum tribune. (Rathdrum, Idaho) 1903-1963, 1924-01-25

( could be built to connect that point
with the railroad terminals.
! Mr.. Pettibone mentioned also the
foothold that the dairying industry
has obtained in Idaho county and the
possibilities for the future of the In
dustry.
Present Road Costly.
"The government pays contractor
$50 a ton to handle parcel post ship
ments from Sites to Elk City and
gets only about $21.50 q ton In post
age, losing about s28.50 on every ton
handled over the present route by
way of the Mountain House and Mud
Springs"
This startling statement was made
by A. s. Johnson of Golden. He esti-
mated that the cost of hauling over
the present route is 80 cents per ton
mile and that 1t would be only 80
cents per ton mile by the South Fork
route when a suitable road is built
Judge j. IN. Pickerell of Colfax,
president of the Oro-Grande Mining
company, gave the opinion that the
government would make saving by
handling parcel post over the pro-
posed South Fork road which would
more than pay the interest on the
Investment of money for construction
of the necessary "a miles from Castle
Creek to Elk City. Mr.. Pickerell was
applauded when he said:
"Need Road to Last for Ages"
I'VE need a road that will last for
all time, road which will be there
as long as the country which it serves,
The South Fork being the only water
grade route, 1t Is the only possible
route for a permanent road, since all
other roads are soon abandoned
where water grade road is avail
able.
Roads for development such as
this would be must come first. AS
long as there is such great country
as this, waiting only for a good means
of transportation, it would be poor
policy to put money into road such
as the proposed Lolo Pass road, a
tourist road with practically no COM
value, which would connect
Lewiston and Missoula n
while 1t Is true enough that GER
tain proposed roads would open up
wonderful fishing and hunting |
grounds, the time has not come when