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The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1925-04-24
FASTING FOR HEALTH

TASTING, or the voluntary abstain.
l. ing from food for a certain period
or certain number of days, is an old
custom. Whether it originated through
necessity or choice, it is usually found
as religious observance. 1t is prac-
tically universal.
Savage tribes have certain days on
which food is taboo. The remains of
ancient civilization, such as Assyria
and Nineveh, Babylon and Egypt.
show that fasting was a part of the
religious life of these early peoples.
The jews tasted often, as the Old
Testament shows. The early Chris
tians considered fasting an important
part of their religious duty. In the
Middle Ages, fast days were frequent
ly ordered by rulers or priests to pre-
vent or check pestilence, wars, floods
and other calamities.
Practically all the religious orders
of monks and nuns required fasting
as a part Of their discipline. Fasting.
meditation and prayer" were the three
duties which the young candidate for
admission to any of these orders had
to assume.
The observance of Lent, forty-day
period of self-denial by all good Chris
tians, includes partial fast in the
form of a greatly reduced diet, with
occasional days of complete fasting.
Catholics observe Friday by abstain
ing from meat, which is merely sur
vival of the earlier custom of marking
the day of Christ's death by COM
plete fast.
Fasting is common in all religions.
Buddhists and Mohammedans fast
oftener and more rigidly than Chris
tians. On certain fast days, the pious
Mohammedan will not only go with
out food and water but will not even
swallow his own saliva, from sunrise
to sunset.
The object of fasting as religious
observance is to purify the soul. But
many men for many centuries have
claimed that fasting was also a valu-
able method of curing disease, that
ROlER NllHOul lOOO lI6
body, increased its power of resist
ance and made it possible to cast off
certain accumulated poisons. What
ever truth there may be in these
ideas, it is probably true that, barring
cases Of extreme poverty and malnu-
triton, most of us eat too much and
eat as a habit rather than from neces-
sity. But the difficulty in proving
anything on these questions is that
most of our views are based on per-
sonal opinion rather than impartial
evidence.
And now comes the cold, imper-
sonal verdict of the scientific student.
Two assistants of DR.. A. ]. Carlson,
professor Of physiology at the Univer-
sity of Chicago. say that they have
proved, by carefully conducted expert
ments, that during reasonable period
of fasting the body metabolism Is
increased and that the cells actually
become younger and more active.
Maybe there is something after all
in the age-old custom Of fasting. May
be it's just as good for the body as
1t Is for the soul.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1925-04-24
Scraps

The Pilgrims Progress" has been
translated into more than 200 lam
guages and dialects.
To remain young refrain from talk.
ing about anything much that hap
pened before yesterday.
An automatic stabilizer has been
perfected in France for airplanes. The
appliance consists of an automatic ad.
justment for planes rudders by use
Of feeble electric current from a
small battery and Of compressed air
from small aerodynamic compressor.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1925-04-24
MINNESOTABRIEFS

st. Paul twenty-five thousand
Minnesota motorists are subject to
arrest for failure to buy new license
plates, Secretary of State Mike Holm
estimates.
lie Sueur Center - A purebred sire
campaign in LIE Sueur county will be
launched here by farmers, breeders,
bankers, business men and editors of
theScounty.
Minneota- T. Franklin Dahl, a
member of the village council and for.
mer mayor of Minneota, was killed
when the automobile in which he was
riding overturned
ST. Cloud - Sister Domitilla of
Rochester was elected president at
the final business session of the an.
nual conference of Catholic Hospital
Association Of Minnesota and North
Dakota.
FaribauIt -. The Faribault Cooper.
alive Dairy Association has estab.
lished a new record for production,
having manufactured more than SO,
900 pounds of butter in the month OF
March.
Minneapolis = The general contract
for the completion of the T. B,
Walker art gallery at Lyndale avenue
and Vineland place, to house the lum
bermans S5,0OO,000 collection of art
was awarded.
Ellsworth The largest business
deal in this section for many months
is the sale of the three Porter Lum
Der Company yards, at Ellsworth and
Luverne, Mimi, and Ocheyedan, Iowa
The purchasers are the Botsford Lum
Der Company of Winona, Mimi.
Minneapolis - The Shenandoah
giant navy airship, will come to the
Twin Cities for the Norse-Americar
centennial celebration if navy depart
ment officials can arrange the trip
according to assurances received in
Minneapolis from Washington.
New Uim - With new initials and
a new date carved on it's shell, the
monster swapping turtle which was.
caught in Clear lake, has been re
turned to the water after having been
on exhibition here for several days
The turtle weighed 102 pounds and
measured 21z feet in diameter. Or
the shell of the turtle was found
carved some initials and the figures
1852"
Minneapolis - Physicians from Min
nesota and nearby states will gather
here to attend the 57th annual meet
ing of the Minnesota State Medical
Association, to be held at the Univer
sity, and the various clinics to be con
Quoted at the hospitals. National
speakers at the meeting include: DR.
w. G. Haggard, president of the Amer
lean Medical Association; DR.. Franz
Billings, past president of the organ.
ization and known as the dean Of the
American Medical Profession" DR.,
w. C.. Woodward, chairman of the ju
dietary committee of the national or
ganization, and DR.. w. ]. Mayo, Roch
ester.
New Ulm - C. M. Babcock, commits
sioner of highways, has worked out
tentative plan for the relocation oil
trunk highway No. between New
Ulm and Springfield for which Brown
county has issued $250.000 reimburse
ment bonds.
owatenna - The Steele county farm
labor bureau, aided by several farm
ers, is conducting countrywide ex.
pertinent to disclose the value OF
phosphate and potash on soil near
here.
WiIImar Mr.. and Mrs. Gundei
Kambestad, of New London, observed
their seth wedding anniversary here
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1925-04-24
SO JAPANESE SEAMEN DROWN
Half Gale of Raging Waves Make
Rescue of Crew Impossible.

New York-Thirty-eight Japanese
seamen, the entire crew of the Japan
csc steel freightsr Raifuku Maru,
were drowned in the raging North At
lantic seas when their ship sank as
the Cunarder Tuscania and the Ho-
meric of the White Star line, stood by,
unable to help because of the heavy
seas.
Regret unable to safe life," read a
laconic message wirelessed to the
White Star offices here by Captain
John Roberts of the Homeric a few
minutes after the Raifuku Maru sank.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1925-04-24
chaliapin sues Opera Company.

Chicago Feodor Chaliapin, basso
last season with the Chicago Civic
Opera company, filed suit for $4,000
damages against the company. His
lawyers said the suit was the result
of an injunction obtained by the COM
pany against the appearance of Chali-
apin in concert in Washington pre-
vious to his appearance there with
the opera company. The Injunction
was later changed to allow Chaliapin
to appear in concert If his appear
ance were not advertised.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1925-04-24
SAYS PILES ALL GONE
AND NO MORE EczEMI

'T had eczema for many years on m,
head and could not get anything to stol.
the agony. I saw your ad and got on,,
many thanks for the good 1t has done
me. There isn't blotch on my head now
and I couldn't help but thank Peterson
for the cure is great"-Miss Mary Hill.
81 have had itching piles for Is Year.,
and Peterson's is the only ointfnen'
that relieves me. besides, the piles seen
to have gone."-A. B. Ruger liz"
Use Peterson's Ointment for ole
sores, salt rheum, chaf1ng and all Skin
diseases. IS cents. Druggists recon.
mend 1t. Mall orders filled by Petersen
Ointment Co., Buffalo. N. z.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1925-04-24
Fewer Left-Honded Women

FeIDeT LeTt-f7 On0ed w omen
Prof. June E. Downey of the Uni
versity of Wyoming after studying the
results of the examination of 400 men
and women, selected from the Amer-
can Psychological society, has come Ia
the conclusion that fewer women are
left-handed than men and that the
ambideXterous ones are of superior in
telligence. Furthermore, the distinc-
ton between left and right is nos
nearly so strong in most people as
their sense of up and down.
If thou wouldst be borne with. bear
with others.-Fuller.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1925-04-24
One of Them

Dinah was a product of New Or
leans, big, plump ''yaller GAL" who
could cook the finest dinners for
miles around. One day new butter
appeared upon the scene, and Dinah's
mistress noticed that she took a great
interest in the man. At last her mis-
tress asked:
"Dinah, do you know that new
MANI"
Dinah took another long and scru-
tinizing look and then slowly and remi-
niscently replied:
swell, / dunno, Miss Alice; but I
think he was my fust husband"
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1925-04-24
TROOPS LAND IN HONDURAS
Detachment of 165 Protect Property
At Ceiba After Consuls Request.


Washington-A detachment of 165
officers and men from the United
States cruiser Denver was landed at
Ceiba, Honduras, to protect foreign
lives and property. The landing was
made at the request of George P.
Waller, American consul at Ceiba,
and local authorities of the port. The
revolutionary movement in Honduras,
reported to be headed again by Gen
eral Gregorie Ferrera, defeated can
didate for the presidency of that coun-
try and leader of several revolution
airy juntas in the past, already has
been marked by fighting in the vicin-
ity of Ceiba and disorders along the
Salvadorean border.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1925-04-24
DISCUSS FRENCH WAR DEBT
Treasury Officials Believe U. S. Ac-
ton Will Follow British Discussions.

pouncement that zone of the smaller
debtors" had begun conversations
looking to war debt funding settle
ment, the view was expressed at the
treasury that if France undertakes
funding negotiations with Great Bri-
tain she should also discuss settle
ment terms with the United States.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1925-04-24
LOS ANGELES MAKES TRIP
Dirisible Carries Big Personnel and
Mail for Island.

Lakehurst, N. J.-Carrying the
largest personnel in her history, the
dirigible Los Angeles left for Ber-
muda with prospects of fair fight
throughout the journey.
Besides the regular crew Of % men,
there were aboard number Of extra
army and naval afficers as observers.
Eight sacks of mail also were carried.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1925-04-24
Brevities of Worlds News Sent by
Cable and Wireless.
Highway Bin 10 Amended.

The house amended the highway
traffic code to provide for 20 patrol
men to police the state roads. The
senate had already disapproved pro-
visions for such patrol system. The
measure will go to conference com.
mittee. AS the bill came to the house
from the senate it did not contain the
patrol provision. Opponents Of the
amendment claimed that 1t would
start state police system. AS adopt
ed 1t provides that the commissioner
OF highways is authorized to appoint
executive officers, division engineers,
and regularly employed maintenance
men or patrolmen Of the state depart
ment 1t further gives the highway
commissioner authority to appoint not
more than 20 additional men, who will
be known as state traffic officers. The
traffic code changes the speed limit
to 10 miles an hour in congested city
districts, 20 in residential districts
and IS on the highways. An amend
ment introduced by ]. r. Masek, ST.
Paul, adopted by the house provides
thoS any pOloOu ullfluk q SdI WhltC
intoxicated shall be guilty of mis-.
demeanor. Any person convicted of
driving car while intoxicated will be
prohibited from driving for three
months.
Ask Care Of Indian Funds.
Steps looking toward the assump-
tion by the state of some responsible
ity for the relief of Indians in Mime
sofa were taken when the state sen.
ate passed a bill providing for a COM
mission to ascertain whether funds
now held in trust by the federal gov
eminent for the Indians cannot be
transferred to the state.
There Is now held In trust in
Washington about s5,000,000 belong
ing to these Indians" Senator A. ].
Rockne said. sit is currently report
ed that when these funds are gone
the Indians will have to be cared for
by the state:
The bill merely provides for com.
mission Of three, appointed by the
governor, to negotiate with the fed
eral authorities and report at the next
session of the legislature whether the
fund can be turned over to the state.
A bill to allow the University of
Minnesota to erect one dormitory
costing not more than 100000, for
the housing of freshmen girl students,
was passed by the house and sent to
the senate.
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1925-08-02
TENNIS EVENT
FOR KIDS
PLANNED

Boys and girls of the city will en-
gage in a tennis tournament on the
Lions Club. courts in Breckenridge
Park as the principal event of the
coming weeks various contests and
games outlined by r. c. Oliver, play
ground supervisor. Entries will be
received Monday and Tuesday at the
clubhouse.
A silt contest will be staged Mon
day and Tuesday, and for the girls
there will be a jack stone tournament
beginning Monday afternoon. Base.
ball and playground ball teams will
be organized and games played every
day during the week.
Mr.. Oliver will have two assistants
to aid him in carrying out the in.
tensive program he has planned. Mrs.
Joe W. Atkins will have charge Of all
activities for girls and will also be
secretary to Mr.. Oliver. NJ. s. Mar
tin, formerly a member of the corps Of
athletic and recreation directors of
the San Antonio public schols, will
be on the field in the afternoon to
take charge Of the activities for
boys,
A system of athletic and honor tests
whereby all boys and girls attending
the field can attain a special Lions
Field emblem or letter, is being or.
ganized by Mr.. Oliver. Awards will
be made on the point system, with
points being given for ten forms of
efficiency and service to the play.
ground.
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1925-08-02
PETER MAHER KING
OF 'KAYO' ARTISTS

Peter Maher, leading contender to
the crown of Bob Fitzsimmons during
the years the freckled one ruled the
roost, boosted the greatest string of
one-round victories ever collected by
a heavyweight.
The record book credits him with Is
first-round knockouts, n great ma
jority of them against recognized bat
tiers.
Maher fought FitzSimmons three
times but was defeated upon each
occasion. In their third battle he
had the champion knocked out in the
first round but could not get his arms
disentanglcd in time to let Bob drop
and be counted over. Fitzsimmons
came out of the coma and knocked
Peter for a row of ashcans with his
first blow.
In another fight, Fitzsimmons went
down under a terrific right but was
saved by the bell. 1t was always
charged that one of the champions
hackers had charge of the instrument.
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1925-08-02
TUNNEy-W WILLS
BOUT PLANS
PROGRESS
Arrangem ents About
Ready for the Grand
"Smokeup"
By SAM HALL

NEW YORK, Aug. 1.-The most
important news item to be plucked
from a mess of boxing feathers today
is that a Gene Tunney- Harry Wills
fight is approaching the "smokeup"
stage. Promoter Tex Richard and
Matchmaker Frank Flournoy have the
idea on the fire and already have been
buzzing with Billy Gibson, Tunney's
manager, about battle between Jack
Dempsey's two leading challengers at
the Yankee Stadium in September.
According TO Flournoy. Gibson has
said Tunney will fight Wills and that
he will be willing to come down TO
brass tacks on such a match provided
Dempsey is ruled off or declared tenn
porarily out Of competition Mt next
Tuesdays meeting Of the boxing com.
mission.
Gibson all along has said that Tun.
ney is one challenger who does not bar
Wills, that hc thinks Wills much soft.
er than Dempsey. But of course he
would grab the champion first II he
could get him.. Jack is two years with
out fights, and has had only two fights
in four years.
Commissioner William Muldoon,
talking after the boxing commission
meeting, said he did not think Demp.
seq would fight for a year.
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1925-08-02
iris SPEAKER HAS
TVS ERROR SHADED

NEW YORK, Aug. 1.-Joe Villa
says that for making a huge blundcr,
Iris Speaker, manager of the Clevc.
land Indians, has taken the play
away from Ty Cobb, leader of the
Detroit Tigers. Cobb traded Howard
Ehmke to the Red Sox several years
ago only to learn that he had lost a
pitcher who might have put the III.
gers into the world series. But COBB
now has replaced Ehmke and the III
gers again are in the fun in the
American League race.
Minus Stanley Covcliskie, who was
traded by Speaker to the world cham
piOn Senators last winter, the Cleye-
lands have dropped to seventh posi-
ton. CoveleSkie's superb pitching for
the Senators not only has driven them
ahead Of the Athletics, but also has
placed Speaker in an awkward predic.
ament in the Forest City.
Why did Speaker let Covclcskie 20
for practically nothing? 1t is hard
to answer this question after studying
the famous spitball pitchers record
with the Cleveland team. Coveleskir,
VINO was % years Olu OH July 10,
joined the Indians in 1916, having
been purchased from the Portland
Club of the Pacific Coast League.
The records show that Covcleskie
won a total of 1T3 games and sus.
tanned 120 defeats up to the end Of
last season. Until the campaign Of
1923, he finished each year with more
victories than defeats, while in 1928
and 1924, he won 2S and lost 30,
backed by a disorganized team. Al.
though Coveleskie won 60 per cent IF
his games rs the Cleveland's star box
man, Speaker turned him adrift while
under the impression that the veteran
was nearly through. But supported
by the world champions and properly
handled by "Bueky" Harris, Cove
leskie won ten games and lost one,
which places him ut the head of the
American League pitchers.
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1925-08-02
UTILITIES FACE
EMbATTLED
HEARTS

Sacred Heart Athleti, Clubs base
ball team, disbanding next week for
the season, will make one last bold
attempt TO cut n swath in the City
League race before hanging up uni
forms. Everything it has will be
put into an effort TO NOW down the
Public Service Utilities, league lead
ers. in their double-hcader on Utility
Field Sunday afternoon.
By taking n pair of games from
the leaders, Sacred Heart not only
can cut their lead until they are
easily accessible TO the second place
Pittsburg Water Heaters, but they
also figure that the confidence of the
Utilities will be shattered as they
enter the final struggles for the league
championship.
Manager Browning has been putting
the Utilities through strenuous prac-
tice sessions for Sundays double bill
and anticipates that his boys will
have the City League bunting sewed
up by nightfall. Jesse James Trimble,
former utility man with the Alamo
Peck Indians, will play with the
Utilities for the first time Sunday.
Pittsburg Heaters, who were 10
have played the leaders, but who gave
way in order that the Hearts might
complete their schedule, have arranged
to 20 to Kerrville for game with
the Kerrville Athletics Sunday after
noon.
First Heart Utility game will start
at . o'clock. Del Gotten and Johnnie
Dunsmore will umpire the two
games. Utility Field is adjacent TO
the Public Service power plant on
Conception road.
The Gulf Refiners will take on the
Morgan. Woodward Motors at Gulf
Field in an exhibition game outside
the City League. The umpire will
call "play bail" Mt 3 o'clock.
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1925-08-02
MOTOR RACES HERE
OFF INDEFINITELY

Inability to line up the group of
race drivers who have been barnstorm-
ing through Texas and the southern
states during the summer months has
caused the San Antonio Automobile
Racers Association to indefinitely
postpone the race meet which it had
planned to hold on the Somerset
speedway September @. 1t is thought
that the event may be staged the lat
ter part of September. At any rate,
the local body will continue in its eff
forts to provide track thrills for San
Antonio fans.
After having requested official sane
tion of the A. A. A. for its races here,
it was found by the local promoters
that Houston had lined up all Of the
drivers for a meet in that city on
August 80. Inquiry then disclosed
that the drivers we're dated up for the
first three weeks in September. ap-
pearing through North Texas and Ok.
lahoma.
J. W. Draper, vice president of the
San Antonio Automobile Association,
intends TO pilot his "Autopart Spe-
cial" in the coming Houston meet. His
creation is declared by experts to be
one of the fastest ever built in San
Antonio. He not only expects to bring
home some of the prize money. but
also believes that he will be able TO
line up the drivers for a race in this
city.
Jimmy Lawrence probably will be q
second entrant in the Houston races
from San Antonio. He pushes a Law
renee Special.
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1925-08-02
SATURDAY LOOP
RACE NECK
AND NECK
Elks and Statesmen Bat
ting Hard for.
Top.

Elks and the Craftsmanship Club
continue neck and neck in the Sat
urday league race us the result of a
pair of wins in their games at
Schwab Field Saturday afternoon.
Elks made it three straight wins
since the second half started by
trampling the Hartman Place Chris
tians, IS to Z, in the first game of
the double bill. The Statesmen up
set the dope and kept their slate
clean with two straight wins by de-
feating the American Legion, to
3 in the second game.
Laurel Heights Methodists defeated
the fast De Molay club. 4 to =, in
their came at Breckenridge Park. The
win puts the Methodists close behind
the league leaders. Mckinley Ave-
nue. Mcthodists had an off day.
1t was the smuggling Of the Elks
which spelled disaster to the Chris
tians, three hurlcrs being pounded for
Is hits. Both teams fielded raggedly.
The score.
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1925-08-02
BATTER
HEADED FOR
ZOO HITS
Bears Team Average
Shrinks, However. and
Waco Moves Up.

The batting rampage Of Daniel
Curran Clark, San Antonio larruper,
is the chief feature of the Texas
Leagues offensive entertainment at
the present moment. Dan1 holds his
league leadership with an average of
.4O3 and in making it, through We'd
nesday, be had hit safely in % con-
secutive games and had failed TO
smash out blow in only one of his
last 20 encounters.
Clark is the first league scorer to
pass 100 runs and leads with 100
against the even century of Mullen
Of Fort Worth. Clark also leads in
hits made with 1874, lead~of 16 in
the race to be first to tap 200.
After two weeks home-run
drought. Ed Konctchy of Fort Worth
came through with his thirty-first
Wednesday. Bodie, Galloway and
Clark have each made 81.
McGaffigan of Shreveport is the
leagues leading base-stealer with 1o.
WACO TIES BEARS.
The Waco Cubs tied San Antonio
for the league hitting lead for til.
first time this year. Both clubs are
batting .304. Houston is back in
the 800 class with 1903. The Dallas
Steers are only off point. Waco
now leads in hits made while Sar
Antonio tops in runs, homc-runs and
stolen bases.
Roberts of wichita Falls was hold
ing an unbroken string Of five wins.
Goodwin of Houston is really the
leagues leading winner with is vic
torie, and an .S1S average. Johns
of Fort Worth has 162 strike-outs.
Pate Of Fort Worth has pitched the
most complete games, 20.
Averages Of batters hitting 800 or
better and pitchers winning half or
better of their games through Wed
nesdny: