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Girl Babies Far Healthier Than Bows

bureau, said 1t emphasized that eff
forts to reduce the infant mortality
rate must be directed equally to pre-
vention of specific infectious diseases,
to proper feeding for reduction of gas,
trio and intestinal diseases, and to
counteraction of prenatal and natal
causes.
The latter causes, with the mothers
health a controlling factor, were said
to have accounted for 36.1 per cent of
the deaths in the cases studied, with
gastric and intestinal diseases caus-
ing 32.4 per cent; respiratory diseases
1915 per cent and epidemic and other
communicable diseases IL per cent
Seasonal conditions were shown to
have caused variation in the rates.
In the racial classification, Jewish
babies were shown to be the health
lest. The order Of increase in the
death rate was given as native white,
German, Italian, colored, Polish,
French Canadian. and Portuguese"
Irrespective of all other factors"
the report said, sit was discovered
that the infant rate varies inversely
with the earnings Of the father"
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1925-06-05
Is Good Old Summer Time" to Be Cool?

wild guessing, Henry ]. Cox, district
weather forecaster here, said in COM
menting on predictions by others that
the next two summers would be cold,
and that 1925 might duplicate "sum-
merless" 1916.
Maybe the next two summers will
be cold, or they may be hot" said
Professor Cox. sit is hit-or-miss
proposition, and If the guesser hits it,
he then can say, I told you so.'"
The federal government does not try
to forecast more than week ahead,
recognizing the impossibility of it,
Professor Cox pointed out, and then
the data are called outlook" and not
forecast"
Nothing had been seen In solar
radiation or reports of ocean temper
atures to indicate to him that the COM
ing summer might be cold, with no
summer at all next year, the forecast
er declared. The year was starting
off well above the normal for the en-
tire country, he added, and in Chicago
an excess Of approximately 800 de-
grees of heat above the 30-year aver
age had been recorded since Janu-
airy 1.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1925-06-05
First Lady of the Land Likes to Walk

room, and takes little time in making
her selection.
Another walk in the afternoon
usually finds her enjoying the freedom
of one of the numerous parks, but the
strolls are not confined entirely to
Pathways There are few streets in
the wide neighborhood about the
White House, settled by every class
of people. which she has not trav-
ersed
On these walks Mrs. Coolidge usual
ly Is accompanied only by secret
service man. Jim Haley, who has
been assigned to look after her pro-
lection ever since she entered the
White House. is tall and naturally
takes long stride, but Mrs. Coolidge
apparently never finds the pace too
fast.
1t takes extremely severe weather
to deprive Mrs. Coolidge of her walk.
Unless there are guests at the
White House, Mrs. Coolidge seldom
uses her private limousine. 1t has
stood in the garage for weeks at a
time.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1925-06-05
Maybe Pearl Harbor Needs Improving

r LEGISLATION designed to make
Hawaii the strongest military
outpost In the world will be Of
fered to congress in December,
according TO Representative Thomas
w. Butler of Pennsylvania, chairman
of the house naval committee.
The members of the house naval
committee will visit Hawaii next
month, sailing by way of the Panama
canal on the transport Henderson,
which will carry the Annapolis grad
uating class to the Pacific. Naval Of
ficials expressed the belief that follow
ing this visit several defense bills
would be introduced in congress.
Representative Butler said he was
going to Honolulu to collect data that
would aid him In the legislation for
building up the Hawaiian defenses.
He declared that, in his opinion, there
was state of unpreparedness in that
region that should be remedied by
congress at the earliest practicable
date. He stated that naval officers
would accompany the house committee
to Honolulu for a tour of inspection.
Naval officials said that congress
already had authorized improvements
in the channel at Pearl Harbor that
would cost about $5,000,0OO. The first
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1925-06-05
VlaS1,ir1S tory
Si(3<,1iD1pfS
Congress and Tax Exempt Securities

w WASHINGTON. - Futility of
M any further effort In behalf
wv of constitutional amend
ment prohibiting the issuance
OF tax-exempt securities is conceded
by the administration. 1t Is reported.
President Coolidge and Secretary Of
the Treasury Mellon. while continuing
to advocate such an amendment, have
become convinced that there is no i'm
mediate prospect of action and will
center their efforts on obtaining reduc-
lions in the higher surfaces to a level
which will offer no incentive to invest
ments in tax-exempt securities.
Secretary Mellon virtually admitted
the abandonment of any serious eff
fort to obtain the adoption of a con-
stitutional amendment In his recent
speech at a bankers convention at
Jackson, Miss. His opinion as to the
impossibility of obtaining results
through the constitutional amendment
method during the present administra-
tion comedies with that of congress
sional leaders who have canvassed the
situation in the light of the personnel
Of the new congress.
resolution proposing q constitu-
tional amendment prohibiting the fu-
ture issuance of tax-exempt securities
by states and municipalities will be
refntroduced In the house In next win
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1925-06-05
Thousands Have Kidney
Trouble and Never
Suspect 1t
Applicants for Insurance
Often Rejected

Judging from reports from druggists
who are constantly in direct touch with
the public, there is one preparation that
has been very successful in overcoming
these conditions. The mild and healing
influence of DIR. Kilmer's Swamp Root is
soon realized. 1t stands the highest for
its remarkable record of success.
An examining physician for one of the
prominent Life Insurance Companies, in
an interview of the subject, made the as
tonishing statement that one reason why
SO many applicants for insurance are re-
jected is because kidney trouble is SO
common to the American people, and the
large majority of those whose applica-
tions are declinede-do not even suspect
that they have the disease. DIR. Kilmer's
Swamp-Root is on sale at all drug stores
in bottles of two sizes, medium and large
However, if you wish first to test this
great preparation send ten cents to DIR.
Kilmer & Co., Binghamton, N. Y, for a
sample bottle. When writing be sure
and mention this paper.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1925-06-05

dred and fiftieth anniversary Of the
Battle of Bunker Hill by providing
for the united States Bunker Hill
Sesquicentennial Commission" Of II
members, appointed by the Presi-
dent, by the president of the senate
and 4 by the speaker of the house, and
the appropriation of $4,000 in con-
nection Herewith.
! And Bunker Hill Is worth celebrat-
! ing. 1t was the first battle Of the Rev
olution. The Americans lost it. But
If ever defeat was a victory 1t was
Bunker Hill. And what fight 1t was.
with all Boston on the housetops to
watch it!
You remember, of course, the Sc
quence of those first sensational days
of actual hostilities in 1775. 1t was
the night of the 18th Of April that
Paul Revere and William Dawes rode
| from Boston to warn the Minute
| Men" in advance of the British ex-
petition. The next day took place
the Lexington and Concord affairs"
| and the militia chased the British back
into Boston. The morning of April 20
found Boston practically in state of
seige. Provincial troops kept coming
in and by June 16 there were thou
sands behind entertainments all about
| Boston.
The morning of June 1.-THE very
| day that Washington was appointed
commander in chief by the Second
| Continental congress in Philadelphia
the astounded British in Boston dis
covered about one thousand Americans
digging themselves in on Breeds Hill
on the Charlestown peninsula, which
overlooked the north part of the city.
British vessels Immediately opened
fire and Gage mustered troops for at
tack. At noon the British moved
| across to the peninsula In barges un-
der Gen. William Howe. At 8 D. m.
under cover of a cannonade the Brit
! ish attacked in force, expecting an
easy victory. The Americans held
their fire until the British were within
few rods. Their volleys were then
so deadly that the British veterans
broke and ran. Reinforced by fresh
troops, the British attacked second
| time, under cover of the smoke from
Charlestown, set on fire for the pur-
pose. Again the deadly vOlleys; again
disorderly retreat to the shore. A
third attack. Again deadly volley
or two. But this time there was no
| British retreat-for the American am
munition was exhausted. Followed
then close and fearful hand-to-hand
| fight. And in the end the Americans
retreated from the field.
So the British won at cost of al.
most a hundred officers and about
| 400 men, killed and wounded. The
American loss in killed, wounded and
captured. was $50. 1t was an Ameri-
can victory in defeat. Bunker Hill
destroyed forever the bugbear of the
| invincibility Of the British regulars.
Hence our American saying, "a Bunk
er Hill defeat"
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1925-06-05
Wife's Old Lope Affair

Nothing will ever convince me that
husbands do. not hate old love affairs
in the history of their wives. Hus-
bands have been trained by wives to
say they do not care, but they do. If
a woman has been engaged to two or
three men before she finally lands
one, and submitted to their endear-
ments, it is bad start.
In Sacramento man quarreled
with his stepson because he ate so
much butter on his hot cakes, and
the row ended in a divorce.
The man didn't object to the but
ter; he disliked his wife's former
history; her former husband, the
boys father.-Designer Magazine
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1925-06-05

- OCIETY leaders of the capital,
accustomed to patterning their
ways after those of the first lady
of the land, are stumped by the
form of diversion selected by Mrs.
Coolidge.
Four to six miles of walking daily
is the program of Mrs. Coolidge, and
this schedule stands, so far as the de-
mands on the time Of Presidents
wife permits, rain or shine.
Mrs. Coolidge has refused to be
tailed" in the White House. She re-
CARDS the executive mansion as a
home, and she has maintained the sim
pie habits of life she accustomed her
self to as the wife of Massachusetts,
lawyer. Social functions she disposes
Of with grace and ease, and she enjoys
them, but they are kept at minimum.
Two walks a day is the favorite
program. The morning stroll is con-
fined usually to shopping. Mrs. Cool
idge is well acquainted with the stores
here,- and makes her way about
quickly. She knows pretty well what
she wants before entering sales
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signifies purity and innocence; the red,
strength and valor, and the blue, Wig
lance, perseverance and justice.
The Star-Spangled Banner was first
so called by Francis Scott Key In
THE Star-Spangled Banner which by
common consent has come to be re
garded by the American people as the
national air of the United States of
America. Congress has never so des-
ignated 1t or any other air, but Army
and Navy regulations so recognize 1t.
The air is an old one. The poem was
written during the War of 1872, In
the night hours of September 13, 1914,
while Key was watching the lombard
ment by the British fleet of Fort
McHenry in Maryland.
The British campaign of 1914 con-
sisted of expeditions from the North
and South. Sir George Provost COM
ing from Canada, and combined fleet
and army coming from Bermuda under
Admiral Cochrane and Maj. Gen. Rob
ert Ross. Ross captured Washington
and burned the Capitol. Thereupon
the British moved upon Baltimore. But
the land force of 1900 men was beat
en- off and General Ross was killed.
The fleet bombarded Fort McHenry
unsuccessfully and departed.
The congress Of 1914 made appropri-
alton for handsome monument to
Key and to the soldiers and sailors
who beat off the British army and
fleet. This monument was dedicated
June ii, 1922. President Harding
made the dedicatory address and said,
in part:
Here the patriotic sons OF the early
republic crushed one of the most am
bilious invasions ever aimed against
our nation. Here, during the rage of
combat. was born the swelling anthem
of American patriotism.
It is wholly fitting that Flag day
should be chosen for this commemo-
ration and rededication, because our
hymn of patriotism is an apostrophe
to the flag we love. Yea, 1t Is apostro-
phe and invocation as well, born of a
patriotic and poetic soul in the travail
of a sublimely heroic night.
An American citizenship of the high
| and simple faith of Francis Scott Key,
afiame for defense, and no less devoted
in meeting the problems of peace, will
add to the luster of the Banner he so
proudly acclaimed. Every glittering star
! is fixed, every worthwhile procession is
the more impressive for its bearing, ev-
cry passion for country is refined by its
unfolding On ships Of mercy or vessels
of war, in the armed camp or at the
memorials of peace, in rejoicing process
, sion or flying from the staff over the
simple temples of the schooling youth of
America-everywhere 1t pleases the eye,
and treasures the heart and stirs the
soul, until we sing in all confidence with
the poet-patriot-
, 1.-THE Star-spangled Banner In triumph
shall wave
Ger the land of the free and the home
of the brave.
Now the scene Of this glorious VIC
tory and song is further to be hon.
ored. The Sixty-eighth congress, in
its closing days, passed an act provid-
ing for the restoration of Fort Nc
Henry and its permanent preservation
as national park and perpetual ma
| tional memorial shrine as the birthplace
of the immortal 'Star-Spangled Ban
ner'" and made an appropriation OF
$4,000 for the purpose.
! Congress has recognized the one hun
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1925-06-05

A ONE-FOURTH higher death
~ rate. among boy babies than
girls before the first year of
age Is reported by the chill
dren's bureau as one of the facts es-
tablished in the most comprehensive
study Of infant mortality 1t has yet
made in furtherance of its efforts to
reduce the rate in the United States.
The variation In the sexes was said
to be explainable only by difference
in natal vitality.
The health records within their first
year Of $4,000 babies In eight cities
served as a basis for the report,
which cited that most recent statistics
indicate that $4,000. infants under
one year die in this country annually
and that $4,000 of these fail to sur
vive the first month. The cities in
which the studies were conducted
were Jamestown. Pa; Manchester, N.
H.; Brockton. Mass; Saginaw. Mich. /;
New Bedford, Mass; Waterbury,
Conn.,. Akron, Ohio. and Baltimore.
In an analysis of the data obtained.
DR.. Robert NJ. Woodbury.. former d.
rector Of statistical research for the
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1925-06-05
StUiss Leaving Home

Emigration to America is emptying
many an Alpine village and district
in the canton of Tienio, Switzerland.
In some places only the young and
the aged are left, all the work peo-
pie having gone to the United States,
especially to California. Out of &c
young men called to the colors to per-
form their military service in this can
ton, only five could be found, all the
others having emigrated.
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was surely the right thing for me:
took four bottles then and in the fall
of the year took three. ] had been
treated by doctor but he gave me an
iron tonic and that did not help me. 1t
seemed that the tonic did not have in it
what the Vegetable Compound did. That
gave me the strength and ambition l
needed and / have gained in weight.
This year before started to clean house
I got four bottlesof the Vegetable Com
pound and am taking it right along. /
tell all my friends about it and how much
good it does me. They can notice it be-
cause have gained in weight. weigh
118 now and do all my work myself
again. Mrs. EMIL o. BRANDENBURG,
651 9th Street, Milwaukee, Wisconsin.
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Children and Music

Most little children respond to
bright, joyous music, with activity.
This should be encouraged. If the child
tries to dance or clap or march or In
any other way attempts to interpret
the music he hears, allow him freedom
to do it. He should not only be per-
mitted, he should hear fine, rhythmic,
melodious music daily and through his
hearing and interpreting he will culti-
vate his taste, his imagination. his self
expression and his creative art.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1925-06-05
BY JOHN DICKINSON SHERMAN

JUNE IA is Flag Day-the
h day of the oldest Flag, the
sH Flag that has never known
>EE defeat, the Star-Spangled
IAvEH Banner, the Stars and
w Stripes, Old Glory!
Yes; the oldest Flag. Sc
old that 1925 is the Sesquicentennial
of 'Paul Revere's Ride and of Lex.
ington and Concord; of the capture
of Ticonderoga by Allen and Arnold
Of the Second Continental Congress
of the Mecklenburg Declaration; OF
Daniel Boone's Boonesborough; OF
Bunker Hill; of the taking command
by Gen. George Washington OF the
Continental Army; of the making OF
Esek Hopkins commander in chief OF
the Navy; Of the siege of Boston.
No; 1925 is not the SesquicentenniaI
of the Flag. That is for 1927. But
what of that! The Flag is what we
have made it. And the Flag stands
for Bunker Hill just as surely as II
stands for Yorktown and Fort Nc
Henry and Monterey and Gettysburg
and San Juan Hill and Chateau
Thierry. So there will be many Flag
Days in 1925.
June IA is Flag Day because June
IA, TIT, the Second Continental Con-
gress resolved:
THAT the Flag of the thirteen Unit
ed States be thirteen stripes alternate
red and white; that the union be thir-
teen stars white in blue field, rep
resenting the new constellation"
That was the Flag under which In
dependence was won. If there were
American flags flown at Lexington and
Concord, they were the flags Of the
local militia. At Bunker Hill was
flown the New England flag-a blue
ground, one corner quartered by the
red cross of st. George, with pine
tree in one section-and various regi
mental flags. The Union Flag that
Gen. George Washington raised Janu
airy /, 1776, over his headquarters al
Cambridge was made up of thirteen
red and white stripes, quartered with
the British union jack in token Of the
TACT LnaC the =SOlUuldlS WERE lighting
for their rights as Englishmen.
Whether the Flag Of June Ia, 1777
vas designed by Betsy Ross under
Washington's direction or by Francis
Hopkinson, delegate to congress from
New Jersey, band of patriotic young
women tore up dresses to make the
Flag that was thrown to the wind
July 4, 1777, over Portsmouth harbor
Maine.
The Flag received it's baptism OF
fire August 8, 1777, when st. Leger
with British and Indians. unsuccess-
fully laid siege to Fort Stanwix (Rome
N ". September 4, 1777, Capt
Thomas Thompson ran up the Flag
on the Raleigh upon going into action
on the high seas.
Congress, in 1894, made blunder II
ordered the addition Of two stars and
two stripes to the Flag to mark the
admission to the Union of Vermont
and Kentucky. In 1918 it eliminated
the two stripes and decreed the add.
ton of a star for each new state.
Now the new constellation" con
sists of 48 five-pointed stars in six
horizontal and eight vertical rows
each star with one point upward. II
Is generally accepted that the white
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1925-06-05

ture can quite supply. There are
many things beautiful and inspiration
al In the fora Of old earth. from tiny
Towering plants whose beauty only
the magnifying glass can reveal to
great trees Of the forest and Jungle.
But the tree is the regal tribute, from
the savage who goes to its spreading
branches for wood for his bow to
those to whom the blessings of civill-
cation have brought the greatest en-
lightenment. and who utilize the prod
ucts of trees in thousand useful
wayn"
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1925-06-05

UNLESS scientific signs fail,
says Lieut.. Com. George e.
Brandt, aid to the naval hy-
drographer, this summer will
be cold one and the summer Of 1926
even colder
A study of solar radiation and ocean
temperatures has convinced him that
next year Summarizes" 1916 may be
duplicated.
Lieutenant Commander Brandt points
out that cyclonic disturbances are the
unknown quantity in the weather
equation, and that while the present
outlook is for decided temperature
drop actual conditions at the time may
be far different because of factors
that are now unknown.
He believes, however, that ocean
temperatures greatly influence the
weather and that the 1925-6-7 weather
already has. been largely determined
by the heat of the sun that was stored
up in the ocean during 1922-3-4, when
solar radiation was below normal.
Chicago.-An effort to forecast
weather over period Of year or
two years would be nothing more than
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1925-06-05
European Playground

Riviera Is the name given to a mar
row strip of coast In France and Italy,
bordering upon the Gulf of Genoa.
Strictly speaking. it extends only from
Nice to Spezzia; but, as generally I'M
derstood, it includes the entire coast
from Cannes to Leghorn. 1t Is divided
at Genoa into the western coast, or
Riviera di Ponente, and the eastern
coast, or Riviera di Levante. The for
mer is the milder, and L. consequently
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1925-06-05
Nonbatiiing BoIsheuik

The late August Belmont hated the
Bolsheviks. Talking one day to re-
porter about Bolshevik agitator who
was fleeing from state to state to es-
cape arrest for arson, Mr.. Belmont
said.
1.-THE fellow Joasts that he never
takes a bath; but he's been showing
the world of late remarkably clean
pair of heels"
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Good Producer

The famous California quicksilver
mine, located in Santa Clara county.
near San Jose, recently celebrated its
hundredth anniversary. 1t is from this
mine that Indians are said to have pro-
cured their war paint century ago.
Since its inception, quicksilver to a
total value of $75.0O0,000 has been
obtained.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1925-06-05

July 25, but, instead, that she will In
woke the law to maintain her rights
under that license and to secure the
reimbursement of 10000 francs she
paid for 1t.
Mile. Bolland, who was licensed In
1920, holds the woman's record for
1900 hours flight.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1925-06-05
Women Aviators Barred

French aviation authorities have
barred women from the pilots corps.
despite the traditional gallantry OF
Frenchmen toward the fair sex. The
French Federation of Aeronautics has
even requested that Mile. Adrienne
Bolland, Frances only professional
SAGE" surrender her license. Mile. Boil
land, who has fighting blood In her
veins. declares she will not surrender
her license, since it is paid for until
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1925-06-05

RcI WCch opCllo nAiO
terrible headaches
/ felt so badly last
year that I could not
do any houseclean-
ing. The minute I
would lift or stoop
it seemed as if /
was going to fall to
pie ce s. / told a
neighbor how l felt
and she said that
Lydia E. Pinkham's
VepetahleC compound
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Radio Plumber

There was something wrong with
the radio, and Tompkins had called In
friend, an amateur wireless expert,
TO advise him. 1t did not take the
latter long to discover the seat of the
trouble.
Its quite an ordinary fault" hs
Informed Tompkins. "Your aerial rs
leaking"
Leaking" repeated Mrs. Tompkins.
who was taking an intelligent inter-
est in the proceedings, "What a pity
we didn't know yesterday, when the
plumber was e!"-Tit-Bits.