The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1925-02-20
BILLY" NOONANETTES.
(From the Baudette Region

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Some of the new skirt designs
look as if they were invented by a
girl seeing mouse, says an ex-
change.
January has slipped away, and
February is here. Now for March
winds, then April showers and May
flowers. Yessir, spring will soon be
here.
The Governor is to call in Mr..
Babcock to ask him what he thinks
of a reduction in his road program.
That's like asking turkey what he
thinks of Thanksgiving.
The legislature should think twice,
maybe three times, before it cuts
Mr.. Babcock's program. Good roads
and prosperity are as inseparable as
ham and eggs.
A woman south of town has
chased her husband out of the house
three times in the last year. If
she keeps it up the neighbors will
ga. the idea that she doesn't care
for him as she should.
One of the delights of living in
Minnesota is that you are never
called upon to entertain floods
cyclones, earthquakes or any Other
of natures roughouse capers. OF
course we get few months of cole
weather, but they only serve to fill
you with vim, vigor, vitality ano
pep" Maybe there are better
places to live, but we can't think
of any of them.
A new Inspector has made his ap-
peagance on the payroll of the tax.
payers-he is the bee Inspector who
visited Thief River Falls recently
Along with this we learn that Thief
River Falls has deputy bee in.
spector. We presume the duties OF
these bee inspectors is to inspect the
bees knees, so that the knock-kneel
and bow-legged bees may be KEEP. il
separate swarms.-Red Lake Falls
Gazette.
Representative Starkey has intro
duced bill in the Minnesota legis-
lature to make a public holiday OF
October twelfth in honor of the dis
covery of America He has the
right idea. There are still severa
days in the year that are not holi
days and we might just as we'll util
Ize them. We are in favor of {
holiday in honor of the guy who dis
covered pumpkin pie, and the fellow
who introduced buckwheat cakes to
maple syrup should not be passed
up, and lot of grateful bootleggers
would like a day in honor of the
scientist who discovered what coulc
be done with combination OF
raisins, sugar and water.
Get ready for the next solal
eclipse. 1t will arrive at 1905
noon on October 26, 2114.
The Region starts its twenty.
second year this week, and is still q
couple of jumps ahead of the sheriff
''The worst of the winter is over
says an editor, who evidently has
forgotten that income and personal
property taxes are due in March.
An autoist who runs down pedes-
trians is almost as bad as a man
who runs down his home town.
The town that most closely re-
sembles total loss is the one where
the citizens think it necessary to
feed the big mail order houses. Give
the local business men a crack at
your patronage and make your com
munity live one.
A Baudette man told US the other
night that he saw twenty deer
swimming between the shore and an
island lying about three hundred
yards away last fall. There is some
suspicion that the island wasn't all
| that was lying about three hundred
yards.
Be careful about investing your
money in oil stock and Florida fruit
lands. A promoter is guy who
thinks your bankroll would buy him
swell auto.
Do you believe that cross word
puzzles benefit women in increasing
their vocabulary, or are you mar
ried?
Diplomacy should be used in
raising naughty children" says a
writer. In the old days diplomacy
applied to the seat of the trousers
got pretty good results.
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