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The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1925-12-25
BOY SCOUTS.

The Boy Scouts of Ely are a live
bunch and always improving. Every
boy ought to belong to the scouts,
1t teaches him to be a good, clean.
and upright citizen, besides squeez-
ing in a lot of fun.
We have been carrying on con-
tests of different kinds to make bet
ter scouts. The achievement con-
test we just had, made many first
class scouts. The first class badge
ought to be the goal for every boy,
because when you receive this you
are able to care for yourself in
many circumstances. You daily come
in contact with something where
you can use scout knowledge. Many
contests are interesting as the wood
carving contest or other inter-patrol
contests.
We received many "tips" from
the scout department at the Older
Boys Conference at Virginia. and
are starting to apply some of them
as matters concerning to meetings
and to scout knowledge.
If you want to know anything
about nature, as animals, trees,
flowers and fishes, or about camping
or practically most any line you
wish can be found in some depart
ment of the Boy Scouts work.
Scouting is not all work, we have
jrst as much fun. Every meeting
night we play some new games. We
often go on hikes into the woods or
take canoe trips. All of these are
interesting.
There ought to be more boys in
terested in scout work. If you are,
come any Tuesday night at 1850 and
see just what scout work is.
They also have a very beautiful
room with it's decorated and
the like. Each patrol has a corner
and they decorate it to the best of
their ability. The beaver patrol cor
ner for instance has a small lake
" it'll forests all around. There are
canoes on the water. At one edge
is a beaver dam with two small
T. echanical beavers at work. Many
real beaver cuttings have been OBJ
tanned to finish up the corner. The
other r just as beautiful.
Come on boys and boost the
scouts. Don't let the Girl Scouts
get ahead of us. By joining you
will learn many interesting and i'm
portant things besides having a lot
of fun. Let's go! Make 1926 a
scout year.-The Cross-Cut.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1925-12-25

Tower, the courageous fnancier to
whom all credit is due for unlocking
the marvellous wealth of Minnesota.
"If not for Mr.. Towers money
and ability, we men likely would
not have been on the Duluth & Iron
Range railroad today. Mr.. Tower
was a brave and brilliant man. He
proved to be one of our best types
Of American citizens, and we as
true Americans do appreciate and
honor him."
William A. McGonagle, now presi-
dent of the Duluth, Missabe &
Northern railroad, was one of the
men on board the Ella G. Stone
during its historic "trip to Agate Bay
with the locomotive in tow.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1925-12-25

The people of the United States
were thrilled on March &c, 1860,
with the following announcement
which appeared simultaneously in
the New York Herald and the st
Louis Republican:
"To San Francisco in eight days
by the Central Overland and Pixies
Peak Express. The first courier
Of the Pony Express viii leave the
Missouri river on Tuesday, April
8, at 500 o'clock a. m, and will
run regularly weekly thereafter,
carrying letter mail only. The
point of departure on the Missouri
river will be in ~telegraphic COM
municatioH with the east and will
be announced in due time"
On August %, 1928, exactly SO
years, four months and 81 days
after the record-breaking pony ex-
press race, the people throughout
the nation were again thrilled by
the announcement in the newspaper,
similar in tenor to the following
which appeared in the San Francis
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1925-12-25
NEAR EAST RELIEF
COMMITTEE THANKS

On behalf of the orphans of the
Near East, the local committee
wishes to thank all who helped to
make the observance of Golden Rule
Sunday a success. We appreciate
the cooperation of the Boy Scouts in
delivering the packets and of the
women who collected the money and
of everyone who made a contribu-
ton to the fund. The total collect
ed to date is $276.06. Thank you.
Mrs. Leino and John l.. Parish
for the Committee
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1925-12-25

Advertising Pays. For weeks he
Saltwater Gazette has been decrying
the lack of a sign on the p~ostofice.
A sign vas put up and a night OF
two after that the Office was robbed,
Now the Gazette is being accused
of being responsible for the robbery
in having insisted on the sign in
order to give the robbers directions
as to where the postofice was locat.
ed. The Miner would rise to re.
mark that the Ely p~ostofice has nc
sign to indicate its whereabouts but
We are afraid to do so as a sign
would likewise in Ely show just
where this very necessary institution
is situated. We don't feel like be-
ing an innocent party to a safeblow-
ing job.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1925-12-25
INCREASE PROPHESIED OF
1000 CARS OVER LAST YEAR

Minnesota will have 635, 900 auto.
mobiles by the end of 1926.
This was the forecast Monday of
Mike Holm, secretary of state and
motor vehicle register, as he made
public motor car statistics for 1925.
During the year, including an esti-
mated number for the last week,
575,262 automobiles, trucks and mo-
tcrcycles have been licensed. This
is an increase of $500 over the
509,662 total of 1924. =
License fee collections for 1925
totaled $9,765,117, an advance of
$1,168,504.
"a conservative estimate of the
increase for the coming year is 10
per cent of the present registra-
ton" Mr.. Holm said. cor approx
mately $4,000 machines. The de-
CT easing prices of automobiles, and
the spread of the good roads move
ment, is bringing a constantly in
CT easing demand for cars.
License tags for 1926 are ready
for distribution, Mr.. Holm said.
They are white on black background.
Shipments totaling $4,000 pairs
Of tags, weighing about 800 tons,
have been received.
Minnesota motorists will pay a
slightly lower rate for their 1926
licenses. The new rates authorized
ct the last legislative session, reduce
the minimum fee of "A" cars from
$12 to $40, and of "B" cars from
SIS to $3.50. The basic license
fee levy is reduced from PTS per
cent to "a.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1925-12-25

An interesting view of the growth
CT cooperative marketing of eggs
and poultry in Minnesota is shown
by the record Of the Minnesota Co
operative Egg and Poultry exchange
for the first eleven months of 1925.
The exchange sold a total Of 678
carloads, made up of 437 cars of
eggs, 1877 airs of poultry, 81 cars
Of dressed poultry and z cars of
Thanksgiving turkeys. The egg
sales amounted to $1,719,543.03;
dressed poultry sales, $192,770.90;
live poultry sales $~417,732.42. In
addition the exchange sold supplies
to the amount of $183,455.39.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1925-12-25
CHURCH NOTES

ELY M. E. CHURCH -Sunday
School at 9:45 A. NJ. Morning
Worship at II 100 A. M. Epworth
League at 6:45 P. NJ. Evening
Service at 7:30 P. M. Come and
bring your friends.
District Superintendent Mckee
will hold the First Quarterly Con-
ference at the church Saturday
evening at 7:30. Sunday morning
he will preach and conduct the Com
munion Service.
The other Sunday services will be
held as usual. Acordial invitation
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1925-12-25

Monday. Dec. 81, marked the be-
ginning of winter on the calendar
but the thermometers hereabouts
registered winter some time ago.
Tuesday was the shortest day in the
year and from then on the days will
lengthen and according to an old
saying, "the cold will strengthen.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1925-12-25

Billy Noonan the very versatile
editor and paragraphist of the Bau-
dette Region is going to Florida for
the winter. He says he is not go
ing to hunt a location but a job and
will be back in Northern Minnesota
by spring-if not sooner-and in
tends to find out for sure if Florida
is a mushroom OF a toadstool. Here's
luck, Billy.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1925-12-25

Help Ely Grow, a slogan to be
adopted by all its citizens. The
slogan is of absolutely no use unless
it is lived up to. The easiest and
most efficient method to do this is
to buy Ely made articles and also
to trade with Ely merchants.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1925-12-25

Way down south in the land Of
cotton, or at least in Georgia, it is
alleged that it is perfectly legal to
whip your wife. A Montana editor
says supposing it is, the average
husband cannot afford to take his
wife down there every two or three
weeks.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1925-12-25

Monday nights Herald brought
the news of the awarding of a medal
to a Duluth girl for saving the life
Of her sister overcome by gas. In
another column was the account of
a nursemaid who quieted her youth
full porteges by sticking their head
in a gas oven to make them sleep.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1925-12-25
PUBLISHED EVERY FRIDAY.

Another weather prophet makes
the prediction that we r to have a
cold winter because the rabbits have
Icing Just as reliable as the
goose bone and musk-rat house pro-
phesy.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1925-12-25

Temperance is usually associated
with the drinking habit. In South
Dakota recently a church put on a
griddle-cake eating contest and the
winner got away with 40 perfectly
good pancakes and the press of the
town hailed him as "The Red Grange
of the Griddle Iron". What's the
difference between a booze party or
e gluttony contest?
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1925-12-25

co Examiner:
pilot ends epochal trip across
the United States. Thousands
greet machine as it drops at Girls
sey Field, San Francisco, ending
speedy voyage from Atlantic to
the Pacific. The average speed
of the plane for the 1850 mile
trip was 80 miles an hour"
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1925-12-25

In another place in this paper
will be found a little item on "The
Christmas Spirit" written for the
Miner by John R. Manella. Mr..
Manena is a travelling salesman for
tie Rust-Parker Co. and besides be-
ing a good salesman is also a writ
er of more than ordinary ability,
the results of his pen efforts being
published in several of the national
M gazines of the country.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1925-12-25
Wegibie Writers

A test in Philadelphia disclosed the
fact that clergymen write the least leg
bly, OF any group Of men. Physicians
'ank next to preachers, and soldiers
write better than sailors or lawyers,
he. repOr; shows.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1925-12-25
Besan Great Poem at Twenty

Alexander Pope, the famous English
poet, was only twenty years old when
he began his famous Essay on Crit
cism," which was published when he
was twenty-three. His first poem,
Solitude" was written at twelve. III
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1925-12-25
Goethe's Belief

The soul is like the sun which to
our eyes seems to set in night but in
reality has only gone to diruse its
light elsewhere.-Goethe.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1925-12-25
Height of DiFusion

Six quarts Of oil will cover only .
square mile Of sea. But have you ever
flannel trousers at a picnic?-The Con-
tinent.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1925-12-25
The Inspired Compositor

ohio Exchange: The ladies Of the
library had a social tea at the church
,;;rlor Wednesday afternoon. Miss Kit
= Black purred.-Boston Transcript.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1925-12-25
Highest Virtue

! There are q great many definitions
OF virtue, but the best is-discretion.-
Anonymous.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1925-12-25

Concentration is placed upon fig
ured silks this season, and Fashion
still hndS many ways of making the
silhouette interesting. This model in
printed crepe has extended shoulders
and long sleeves finished with cuffs
of plain silk. The front is straight
and fiat for its full length, but a
iounce at the sides and back gives an
amusing ripple to the model. Medium
size requires 3T yards 36-inch ma
terial.
Pictorial Review Printed Pattern
No. 1881. Sizes, IA to Is years and
"a to AZ inches bust. Price, As cents.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1925-12-25
Fuel Burned in Water Contact

An internal combustion boiler III
which fuel is burned in actuai con
act with water has been devised IL,
England.-Science Service.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1925-12-25
Mirror for ScuUers

A mirror for oarslnen similar to that
used by Automobiles has been per-
fected.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1925-12-25

Vespers and Benediction.
REV. FATHER MIHELCIC, Pastor.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1925-12-25
8 extended to all.
JOHN L. PARISH, Minister.
PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH,
ST. ANTHONY'S CHURCH.

LIST Mass, Slovenian Sermon)--
A. M.
I'd Mass, English Sermon)----
Evening star., 1925-07-04
The Home Shampoo.

The woman who cannot afford the
time or money to have her hair sham
pooed must make herself an expert in
what is really a fairly difficult accom-
plishment. Few women wash their
hair properly because few will go to
the very great trouble of getting the
hair really clean and freeing it of
soap.
The first thing to learn about sham
pooling is that the hair must be soaped
and rinsed three separate times before
the real rinsing even begins. The first
soaping merely loosens the dirt and
grease that collect on the scalp, the
second Soaping takes most of it away,
the third not only removes any stub
born bit of oiliness, but removes the
soap you have been using and leaves
the hair so soft and clean that the hot
and cold rinsing is not a hard job. If
you soap the hair only once or twice
you can rinse the hair in most elabo-
rate manner, pour buckets of hot water
over it, and it viii make no difference;
it will still be sticky, and a fine gray
film will form over your brush and
comb as soon as you use them
This is the ideal easy home sham.
poo: Beat up an egg, yolk and white.
and rub 1t over the head, rubbing it
well into the scalp, and let it dry on
for at least half an hour. Have ready
the following CASTLE soap shampoo
lotion: Take an ordinary bar Of cas-
Evening star., 1925-07-04
Remodeling the Ounce.

'Is it true, Mr.. Burbank, that you
have produced a ounce that is tender
enough to eat in the raw state and
does not depend on cooking for its
value?" 1 asked.
This may sound almost too good to
be true said Mr.. Burbank, but my
pineapple ounce fulfills this ideal.
and from it's seedlings l have grown a
Variety that is even superior for cook
ing. Though lacking some of the good
qualities of the pineapple ounce, il is
large and smooth and without wool on
the skin. This has been named the
Burbank
us the pineapple ounce a hybrid?"
Yes, it was produced froIs a cross
between Rae'S Mammoth and a Portugal
ounce. 1t is quite large and produc-
tive, the flesh Of the fruit is tender.
while it has a small core and is of a
delicious pineapple flavor. 1t may be
cooked in five minutes, is free from
the usual acidity and when ripe is
equal to many apples or eating raw
THE ounce is descended from an
early species known to the Romans
as Cydonian (Cydon, Crete apple, and
my work consisted in crossing the
most promising varieties of this spe-
cies with each other. From the Or
ange ounce and the Portugal ounce
was first produced variety which was
named Van Deman. 1t is very prolific,
producing sometimes three crops in
each season in California, and has
proved both satisfactory and popular,
but of course is lacking in some of the
desirable qualities of the pineapple
ounce. Yet Van Deman ounce has
proved valuable throughout the United
States.
''In the earlier work l raised and
tested about rs 900 seedlings and the
Evening star., 1925-07-04
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Evening star., 1925-07-04
PERSONAL HEALTH SERVICE
BY WILLIAM BRADY, NJ. ID.

of heatstroke or sunstroke pictured
IN his mind, as contrasted with the
picture of shock or fainting (syncope)
there will be no difficulty about keep
ing cool and doing the right thing in
any emergency.
Everything here suggested as good
first-aid treatment for true sunstroke
would be harmful in the conditions 1
have described as commonly passing
under the name of heat exhaustion"
or being overcome by the heat"
Place the patient in a comfortable,
half reclining position.
Keep ice-cold cloths on the head,
changed every few minutes.
Endeavor to have a breeze blowing
upon his body, or use a fan.
Rub the body slowly with large
pieces of ice, or wiring a sheet out Of
water and apply it to the body, or just
keep sprinkling the body with the
coldest water obtainable (using an or
binary sprinkling can or any kind of
spraying appliance at hand. If only
about half of the body surface is
bathed with ice or ice water or COW
cred with the cold, wet sheet at any
one moment, there is no chance of
OVERRIDING the cold applications. The
object is to lower the body tempera-
ture as quickly as possible, and in
Sunstroke heroic measures are neces-
sary and safe, though the same meas
ures might be unsafe in ordinary
fever.
Sunstroke has neveral names, in
cluding heatstroke. thermic fever, in
ISOLATION and siriasis. This last name
harks back 1000 years or so to a time
when the learned men held Sirius (the
dog starr responsible for the dog
days" He is one of the brightest
stars in the heavens.
Evening star., 1925-07-04
Potted Herring.

Place the herring in a dish of
cold water Do not use knife for
scaling or opening. Take the tips of
the fingers of tn reight hand, scrape
off the scales while holding the her
ring in the left hand by the head.
Insert the right thumb below the
head and open the stomach all the
way down. Empty and wash away
all the contents. Then split the her
ring open by drawing the thumb
right down the left side of the bone,
break the bone quite near the tail and
draw it out in an upward direction.
Take off the head. Cut away the
tail with pair of scissors. Wash
and drain. After all water has drip
ped from them sprinkle over with
very little salt and pepper. Roll UP
the herring, beginning at the upper
part and rolling toward the tail.
Place in a deep fireproof dish and
for each six herring allow one tea
spoonful of butter and half cupful
of white vinegar. Break the butter.
in pieces over the top and pour the
vinegar over all. Cover with
creased paper and bake in mod
crate oven for 40 minutes. Serve
either hot or cold.
Evening star., 1925-07-04
First Aid for Sunstroke.

Naturally the first rule in the emer-
gency care of a victim of the heat is
to keep cool. The next thing is to
make reasonably sure the condition is
Sunstroke fheatstroke and not col
lapse, shock or fainting from some
cause other than the sun or the heat.
If 1t is really sunstroke or heatstroke,
the victims face will be flushed, the
skin hot and dry, the breathing heavy
and probably stertorous (snoring), the
pulse full and strong, and the body
temperature will measure several de
grees above normal. In sunstroke or
heatstroke the victim is quite uncon-
cious. In circulatory collapse, shock
or fainting-too often attributed to
heat exhaustion" or being overcome
by the heat" the victim is rather half
conscious, though dazed; the face is
pale, the skin is cold and clammy, the
breathing is very shallow and quiet,
and the plse is feeble and difficult to
feel
If the temperature is taken with the
thermometer it is usually somewhat
lower than the normal. in collapse,
shock or ordinary faint.
1t is important to distinguish true
heatstroke or sunStroke from these
conditions which are too commonly
attributed to heat exhaustion" for
the proper treatment of the latter con-
ditions, namely, stimulation, would be
exceedingly bad treatment for sun
stroke. Cold water bathing or appli-
cation of ice is good treatment for
sunstroke or heatStroke, but would
be harmful in collapse, shock or faint
ing, for in these weakened states heat
should be applied.
If one has the foregoing description
Evening star., 1925-07-04
DEnTTNTE ST0DTES BY THORNTON
DILL 1YAL ~ OlO1A1LO ". BURGESS

Peter, lis to hurry around until 1 find
some freshly dug sand. Then I'll be
pretty sure of finding Digger some
where about
So Peter scampered from bramble-
tangle to bramble-tangle, all the time
watching for newly dug sand. He be-
gan to get discouraged. The fact is
he had gone too far up in the Old
Pasture. BY and by he stopped to rest
in bramble-tangle down near where
the Old Pasture Joined the Green
Meadows. The moon was up and its
soft, silvery light made the night al.
most as light as day.
A shadowy form appeared. moving
along between the bushes of the Old
Pasture as silently as If it were in
truth Black Shadow. Peter grinned.
He knew who it was. 1t was Old Man
Coyote starting out for his nightly
hunt. Old Man Coyote stopped very
abruptly. Then he f1attened himself
out behind little bush. Peter knew
by his actions that he saw some one
whom he hoped to catch. Peter looked
very hard in the direction in which
Old Man Coyote was looking. And
then Peters heart gave an extra beat
or two. There, moving along in the
most independent way, was Digger the
Badger.
1t was plain that Digger had neither
seen nor heard Old Man Coyote. 1t
was also plain that If he kept on as
he was going, he would pass just the
other side of the bush behind which
Old Man Coyote was hiding. If he
did this without discovering Old Man
Coyote, he would give the latter a
chance to spring on him from behind.
Peter knew very well that Old Man
Coyote wouldn't think of attacking
Digger the Badger face to face.
What to do? Peter didn't know. He
couldn't say that Digger the Badger
was a friend of his, because Digger
wasn't. 1t really was no business of
his if Old Man Coyote did surprise
Digger. If Digger should be caught
and killed no one would mourn for
him. On the other hand, If he, Peter,
should give Digger warning, old Man
Coyote never would forget it or for
give it. 1t would be safer for him to
do nothing. Perhaps this is why just
a little minute later Peter suddenly
thumped the ground hard with those
long hind feet of his. Instantly Dig
ger the Badger stopped.
Copyright. 1925. by T. W. Burgess.)