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The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1925-12-04
Good Winter Production
Obtained by Right Feed

Too many poultrymen rely almost
wholly on grain feeds during the win
ter. Green food, beef scraps, milk by
products and mineral matter are too
often omitted altogether or fed too in
frequently and sparingly. Oyster shell,
prepared grit and charcoal, ready for
the fowls at all times, provide mineral
matter. Cabbage, beets, mangles and
sprouted oats make excellent green
foods; hung an inch higher than the
head compels needed winter exercise.
Any fresh vegetables, even raw pota-
toes, are whole lot better than moth
ing Of the kind at all.
For animal food, beef scraps serve
the purpose splendidly. Milk by-prod-
ucts, when low priced, are used with
excellent results and probably with
greater returns, comparatively, than
when fed to farm animals.
The more the birds eat, the more
they lay, If the rations are properly
compounded and fed skillfully.
Good winter production means I'M
questioned success. Now is the time
to house comfortably and feed skill
fully.-A. G. Smith, Chief of Poultry
Division, University Farm.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1925-12-04
Body Type in Fowls Is
Quite Desirable Point

A bird of good body type must be
deep and broad and show great length.
She should be well developed in the
breast and abdomen Great length Of
back and keel is especially desirable.
The bird should not be too loose
feathered. This is generally shown
by loose thigh feathers such as are
shown by the Cochin The under line
should be fairly straight and long.
The back should be long and horizon
tai QeveD. This of course, varies
with the breed. The Rhode Island
Reds have the most level back, while
the Leghorns have the most erect. The
most desirable top line is the one
which is the most horizontal.
The carriage of the bird should
show maximum amount of activity.
The legs are generally placed behind
the central portion of the body and
are straight and wide apart.
A poor-producing hen generally
stands erect. There are several out
standing types. These birds may be
very shallow and cut away at the
breast and abdomen. In the case of
beefy individuals, the abdomen ap-
pears to be mainly made up of hard
fat Another type Is commonly known
as ''bagging down" This is generally
due to short keel. Most birds with
a deformed back are generally poor
producers.-Universit Of Illinois.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1925-12-04

AS cheap as that? Good. You're let
ting me off easily"
She had known that little owl was
wise the minute she had seen him. He
could solve problem in so simple a
manner.
"I'm going to marry you, Billy" she
said that next evening. "The owl de-
cided me-"
He laughed at that He thought she
was joking. But he did not laugh at
her decision. He took her in his arms
and was at loss for an adequate
speech-dear, talkative, noisy Billy
could think of nothing to say.
But Ann had been right about the
owl. That absurd little candlestick
had enabled her to make a swift, sure
decision. Billy appreciated the little,
inconsequential moods that were of
such great consequence. Just once in
awhile 1t would be so wonderful to
know that ones husband could be so
sympathetically absurd!
(@, 1925. Western Newspaper Union1
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1925-12-04
ANNArQA6) n
Way to Have Christmas:
Make 1t for Others

There Is only one way to have
Christmas-and that is to make it for
someone else.
If there is so little of the child left
in you that you scorn Christmas and
flout Santa Claus-if there is so little
love and sympathy for those who
suffer (for suffering makes the
strongest Of us as little children)
then find some excuse to go away
on Christmas. Enjoy your gloom all
by yourself. You will know then
what you have lost. You will prove
what is left in life-your life-ma-
terial facts, and doubt of all else
This Is the dross of life. The gold
Is in the hands of little children. and
of the men and women who bind their
souls to that indefinable, mysterious
something in man that lifts him above
the beasts.
Santa Claus Is a part of that spir-
ttual side of us; Santa Claus-witb
his RENDERS, his sleigh-bells. his
round little belly and red coat we
almost glimpsed I'm our Childhood
who never failed to conquer all OBJ
stacles of storms and roofs and mar.
row chimneys-and no chimneys nj
all Even In war, when gray death
put her black finger on the heart of
the world Santa came down from the
nowhere to the little children
Delineator.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1925-12-04
[ 1l[I[l[Pll
SELECT BREEDERS
FOR NEXT SPRING

Now is the time to select the breed.
matter Is often neglected until 1t is
too late, and when the mating Is
made, mistakes are liable to be made.
In the poultry business, success or
failure starts in the breeding pen. If
you select your birds for your breed
ing pen, you will have better stock
next year. If they are mated with no
| selection, you cannot and will not
make progress in the poultry business.
The object of the breeding pen Is to
get good, healthy chicks, in the opin-
| ion of D. III. Hall, extension poultry
husbandman at Clemson college.
In picking the males to breed from,
remember that the male Is one-half
the flock. The male should be of the
best type, and have vigor and strength.
He should also stand up well on his
| legs, and possess. the characteristics
of his breed. For instance, your bird
may be Rhode Island Red in color,
| but may have Wyandotte shape, and
would not make good breeder, be-
cause this Wyandotte shape would be
undesirable In Reds.
Do not purchase a fine male and ex-
pect him to do all In the flock. Select
| the very best females to mate with
him. In the poultry world at least,
the females are as important as the
males. A good female breeder should
possess well-proportioned body, and
should be deep, broad and long. She
should never have the appearance
Of an undeveloped male, but should al
ways look feminine. The best type
shows constitutional vigor and char
acteristics of the breed.
In selecting the breeders, the breed
characteristics should be strong in
both males and females. You will
never be able to obtain a perfect
breeder. Every fowl will have some
| defects and we must make up for
these defects by selecting fowls that
are strong where the other one Is
| weak.
Do not expect all the chicks to be
up to the standard. According to the
laws of breeding, at least one-fourth
will be of inferior grade and should
| be culled out
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1925-12-04
POINTS ON
KEEPING WELL.
DR.. FREDERICK r. GREEN
Editor of "HEALTH"
TREATMENT OF CON-
SUMPTION
%. 1875. WESTERN Newspaper Union.

THE treatment of tuberculosis In
= special tuberculosis hospitals is
comparatively recent idea. The en-
tire sanitarium movement in this coun-
try has developed in the last forty
years. Prior to that time consump-
tives were generally treated and cared
for in their own homes, the long
drawn-out character of the disease be-
ing such that few patients reached the
hospital except in the last stages OF
the disease.
Two evils resulted from the pres
ence of consumptives in private
homes: the patients themselves did
not receive the treatment they needed.
and all the other members of the fam
lily were exposed to infection.
The death rate for consumption in
those days was very high. In 1880.
according to DR.. Arthur T. Laird. SUI
perintendent of the happening (Minn.)
State sanitarium, the death rate for
the United States from tuberculosis
was 326 per 100000. From 1881 to
lOCO, tifC uCoth IdtC
was 1854 per 100000. Even this was
marked decrease from the death
rate in the same state In 1860, which
was 40 per 100000. This awful
death rate has gradually been reduced.
until the tuberculosis death rate for
the entire country in 1920 was only
ia.
How much the sanitarium treatment
has had to do with this reduction is
a question.
Open-air treatment of consumption
was first used by DR.. George Bending
ton of England in 1889. The first san
itarium was established in Germany
in 1859 The first tuberculosis SAM
tarium in this country was founded
by DR.. E. l.. Trudeau at Saranac Lake
In the Adirondacks in 1884, where
Doctor Trudeau, himself consump-
tive used the treatment by which he
had cured himself.
Special hospitals for consumptives
are now found everywhere. The
methods used are largely the same
They include rest, good food, fresh air
and sunshine and outdoor life with
such special treatment as the individ-
ual patient needs.
Not only is the consumptive patient
much better off in special sanitarium
where he can have such care as he
needs, but he has also a far better
chance to recover, and he is in no
danger to his family and friends.
But the most valuable feature OF
the sanitarium treatment is that the
patient learns from experts who have
given their lives to the study of this
disease how to take such care Of him
self as to guard against relapses and
to protect himself and other members
of his family against fresh infection
SO the present-day tuberculosis san
atorium is really college in which
one learns how to fight this disease
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1925-12-04

lily liked them both. She liked rnem
both. How strange II was that one
could like two men-could not know at
once which one of them was the one
with whom she wanted to spend the
rest of her life.
recently made up her mind to make uE
her mind!
Norton was coming to see her at
four. Billy at seven.
And then her thoughts wandered
from both of them once more and she
was completely fascinated and inter
ested by the shops.
She loved every Christmas touch.
She loved every single decoration.
Oh, there was little table right
at the entrance of one of tho shops
into which she had just come. 1t was
| filled with novelties, ornaments, odds
and ends Of possible gifts.
Something on the table took her eye.
1t was little candleslick made of
green and made in the shape of an
OWL
There was something particularly
| appealing TO her in the expression of
| the owl. He lookedlso amused at all
this. He almost seemed to be amused
that he was here. as Christmas nov
city. He looked as though he would
| always cheer a person-there was
something so droll about his express
sion as though he wanted to Say that
he found life, even in his candlestick
form, very amusing, very simple. and
certainly not worth any worries.
She had no need for the candlestick.
She seldom, hardly ever, used a can
die. And they had several old candle
sticks at home anyway. Still she could
| not help wanting the owl-wanting 1t
absurdly. She was never like this
wanting useless, pointless ornaments.
But she did want this owl. She asked
his price. 1t was not high.
And then, funny idea came to her.
She went to telephone and called up
Norton. "Tm down town shopping" "
she said. "Yes, you knew the hour was
for four tomorrow. I'll be home. And
oh, Norton, just saw the most adora-
BILE little candlestick It's an owl
with such funny expression. No, II
hasn't any real value. oh no, not an
antique. No, no need of it at all. Yes,
I'll see you tomorrow"
She called up Billy. The conversa-
ton, on her part was much the same.
But Billy's had been different. Norton
had not been much interested in that
| absurd owl about which she had
spoken. He had not detected the note
in her voice of eagerness for the funny
little owl, and all the funny little
things he stood for. Had he been of
value, Of actual beauty, Norton would
have thought she had wanted it. He
did not understand. But Billy's an
swers were different.
"Why don't you get him? Never
mind if he is absurd and if there isn't
any value to the thing. You want it.
don't you? Get it as a little extra
thing from me. Promise me you will I
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1925-12-04

there was Christmas in the city just
the same.
The very air was like Christmas. 1t
was cold and clear, crisp and vigorous
Even the scent of Christmas was in the
air. Outside the grocery shops were
piles of Christmas trees ready to be
sold, and there were great bundles of
Christmas trimming.
Every shop wore Christmas look.
The windows were decorated with red
ribbons, wreaths, toys, calendars,
cards. brightly decorated boxes filled
with candies, tempting gifts.
People were hurrying, crowding into
the shops, jostling each other, but in
good-natured Christmas shopping
fashion.
Children were about. The Christ
mas holidays had commenced.
Ann had finished her Christmas
shopping. Yet she could not stay
away from the shops.
1t would be pleasant, she thought, to
walk through them. watching the
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1925-12-04
HOW OLD ARE FLAPPERS

THE fiapper is not recent product.
= She has existed for hundreds Of
years In an old book written in 100
and recently republished by the Ok
ford University Press, the author has
this to say about the fiappers of 800
years ago.
"Alas, how miserably maidenly mod
esty has fallen off. In the behavior of
young girls of today nothing can be
noted but unseemly mirth, wherein
are no sounds but of jest, with wink
ing eyes and babbling tongues and
wanton gait and most ridiculous man.
ners. The quality of their garments is
so unlike that frugality and decency
of the past that in the widening of
their sleeves, the tightening of their
bodices, nay, in their whole persons
we may see how shame is cast aside"
This is what 1850 thought of 100,
just what 1875 thinks of 1925. Every
generation thinks that the next gen.
Grafton Is going straight to perdition.
Yet the poor old human race keeps
grinding along and somehow gets a
little better every year, even If skirts
do get a little longer or shorter or
sleeves get loosen or tighter.
The Camp Fire Girls of America,
made up of 100000 American girls,
have asked Colleen Moore, the we'll
known moving picture star, to lead a
movement to wipe out the term flap
or,S 70 IL
''moderns" instead. AS Miss Moore is
known in screen circles as ''the per-
feet flapper," she is probably better
fitted than any one else to lead such a
movement.
But whether you call the young girl
of today a f1apper or modern is
merely matter of name. When 1t
comes to real accomplishments she
is far ahead of any previous genera
ton. She swims she rides, she plays
golf and tennis. She is larger, stronger,
healthier and better developed. so
much so in fact, that the Camp Fire
Girls which formerly did not admit
girls under twelve years of age, has
recently reduced this TO eleven because
the eleven-year-girl today is larger,
stronger, more intelligent and farther
along in her studies than the girl of
twelve used to be-
Watch the girls coming out of
school in any of our schoolhouses
today. There are fewer bowfegs.
crooked backs stopped shoulders, pale
faces than there used to be. The girl
of grandfather's day used to faint If
mouse got in the room. Today, If such
a thing happened. the girl would be
In no danger But God help the mouse.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1925-12-04

SCSiHS
crowds, seeing the novelties that kept
coming In for sale, joining the gay
hurry of the nearC Christmas period.
She walked along quickly. Not be-
cause she was in hurry, but because
she could not help hurrying Christ
mas hurry was in the air.
1t was splendid experience to have
all her Christmas shopping finished
and to enjoy the shops in this fashion.
Perhaps, since they were so crowded
anyway, she should have stayed at
home.
But she did not think that was nee
essary. She did not take up the time
of any of the sales girls, nor did she
push her way in to stand by the coun-
tiers. She simply walked along the
streets, going from time to time into
the shops, walking through the aisles,
seeing everything, and thoroughly en-
joying herself.
All those presents that she was send
Ing by post had gone off. All those
presents she was going to deliver were
wrapped up and written on and all
ready for Christmas Eve, when she
went to call on her friends in the city.
They lived, many of them, far apart,
but she began her rounds early Christ
mas Eve, and stayed out until late.
Friends she hardly saw during the
year because the city kept her so busy
and kept them so busy, and because
the distances were so great, all had a
hurried Christmas call from her on
Christmas Eve.
They expected her on Christmas Eve
some time or other. No one went to
bed early. 1t did not matter how late
she called.
The next day would come quickly.
No day came more quickly In the year
than the day of Christmas came after
Christmas Eve.
She would see Billy and she would
see Norton on Christmas Day. She
wondered what they would give her.
Norton always gave her beautiful pres
ents. OF course he had more money
than Billy, but his presents always had
more reason for being than Billys.
But she almost liked Billy's presents
best-impulsive, perishable kinds of
presents were the ones Billy chose.
Yet Billy's impulsiveness was not of
perishable variety. There was great
stability about Billy and loyalty and
steadfastness, too.
But, then again, Norton was so de-
voted, so constant, so brilliant. She
admired Norton Immensely and thought
great deal of him. She admired
Billy, too. Billy was just "a dear.
They had both asked her to marry.
She had promised she would have her
mind quite made up by Christmas.
That was why she had asked them
both to see her that day-though
usually she never saw people from
the outside world on Christmas Day.
Usually 1t was a day exclusively for
the family.
1t was strange, she thought, as she
walked through the shops, that she
had so much to decide and yet she
was spending her time like this.
She should be home. or off wheresit
was quiet somewhere, deciding.
She had always imagined when she
had been young that marrying would
be so simple a matter, with scarcely
any thought attached to 1t.
AT the age of thirteen she had pic
tqred to herself wonderful man who
combined all attractions, asking her to
marry him. And she would murmur
very sweet, very shy. very loving
"Yes."
And now at the age of nineteen It
was quite differents There were Billy
ard Norton-both Of them. Her fam
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1925-12-04
Green Feed Essential

Notice how nice the yolks of the
eggs you are using appear Did you
obtain eggs with nice rich, strong
orange-color yolks last winter? If so,
there were plenty of green foods fur
nished the hens. If the yolks were
the watery, pale kind, It's certain
that your hens failed to have green
material. During the summer months
pillow up some of the yards about the
sheds and plant rye and oats. The rye
will always be accessible when the
snow Is Off the ground
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1925-12-04
Frost in Henhouse

While all hen-houses should be made
warm and comfortable. within a rea-
sonable limit, there Is no such thing as
keeping the frost 'out." because 1t
comes from within the house and not
from outside In most cases. 1t Is
caused by dampness in the air Of the
house. Making the house reasonably
warm and providing sufficient ventila-
ton to keep too much moisture from
accommodating in the air, are the only
ways of preventing this frost on the
walls
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1925-12-04
snow l Am Well
and the Mother
of Two Children"
Just
Another
Story
About
the
Goodness
of
PE-RU-Na


Mrs. Anna Under, R. F. D. No.
I, Box a., Dassel, Meeker County,
Mimi, writes: "For two years /
suffered with that terrible disease.
chronic catarrh. Fortunately I
saw your advertisement and took
Pe-ru-na. Now l am we'll and the
mother of two children. I owe it
all to Pe-ru-na. ] would not be
without that great remedy for
twice its cost, for / am well and
strong now. cannot speak in too
high terms of its value as a medi-
cine"
For more than half century DR..
Hartman's Pe-ru-na has been per-
forming just such wonderwork as
this.
Pe-ru-na is sod everywhere in
both tablet and liquid form. In
sist upon having genuine Pe-ru-na.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1925-12-04
The World Over

Teeth made from enameled steel
have been added to the products of
the Krupp plants at Essen.
Nine states now require that the
Bible be read at stated times In the
public schools.
Puffballs are the safest OF all the
edible fungi, for none of them are
poisonous
Two STRAIGHTFORWARD chairs and one
with arms that can be nested together
when idle have been designed for
porch use.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1925-12-04
Adversely makes firm friendships.

Stop wasting money on big shoe
bills! No need for it.. Tell your repair
man to put USKIpE Soles on your
shoes. USKIDE-the Wonder Sole fol
Wear. Wears twice as long as best
leather. Made by the United States
Rubber Company. USKIDE is comfort
able, healthful, waterproof, cookbook.
ing. Protects against slipping. Fol
hard workers and hard walkers. Moth.
ing can faze USKIDE. A Vermont mar
wore a pair rs months. Ask your shoe
dealer for new shoes with USKIDE
Soles. He either has them or can gel
them for you.-Adv.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1925-12-04
Ereshen a Heavy Skin

With the antiseptic, fascinating Cuti-
cura Talcum Powder, an exquisitely
scented, economical face, skin, baby
and busting powder and perfume.
Renders other perfumes superf1uous.
One of the Cuticura Toilet Trio (Soap,
Ointment, Talcum) Advertisement.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1925-12-04

The Princeton University Press says
it usually costs more to repair the
binding of book than it does to do
the whole job over
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1925-12-04

If it be true that pretty girl at
tracts only silly men, sensible men
must be as scarce as hens teeth.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1925-12-04
Three Kinds of chr;.tm..

There are three kinds of Christ.
mas. climatically speaking: White
green and plain messy.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1925-12-04


H r l S T NJ A S had
come TO the city.
There was no snow
on the ground, nor
did any icicles
hang from the
caves, nor were
any ponds COW
cred with ice. But
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1925-12-04
Most people love platitudes.
DEMAND "BAYER" ASPIRIN
Aspirin Marked With "Bayer Cross"
Has Been Proved Safe by Millions.

Warning! Unless you see the name
"Bayer" on package or on tablets you
are not getting the genuine Bayer
Aspirin proved safe by millions and
prescribed by physicians for % years.
Say "Bayer' when you buy Aspirin.
limitations may prove dangerous-Adv.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1925-12-04

Sooner or later the crooked man will
find himself in straits.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1925-12-04
"But constipation is serious, Grace"

"Not so long ago ! was like
you-headaches good deal
Of the time, sleeping badly,
and the least bit Of house
work tired me out My COM
plexion too, was bad.
Finally, ] went to see DR..
Farman. He showed me thar
It was constipation that was
back of my troubles. He said
that It was a very serious
thing because poisons from
clogged waste matter we're
picked up by the blood and
carried to every body organ.
And If ! didn't correct it in
time ] might become a
victim Of one of those ter
rible organic diseases.
HE made me drop laxatives
altogether, changed my diet,
and put me on Nujol. ! don't
think I've eyer felt hetter
| sleep we'll, my
headaches have MI
disappeared, and - :: :
you can see for rAu .~rras
yourself what an For Co,
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1925-12-04
Eases Quickly When You
ApoIv a Little Musfercte

Many hungry man wishes that he
was outside the soup.
Experience is good school, because
the pupils can't play truant.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1925-12-04

improvement there is in my
skin. Nujol has done won
ders for me-"