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The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1926-06-11
Daily Dose of Iodine
as Goifer Preventive

Iodine as a preventive of goiter is
no new thing under the sun, accord
ing to DIR. Gilbert d. Harris of Cornell
university. In Science, he quotes from
an old Spanish medical work by an
early French scientist, Boussingault
who wrote in 1926. In one place the
author states that "till now, iodine is
the only specific known for goiter."
Elsewhere he continues, regarding
certain mineral springs in Colombia.
I'm the province of Antioquia no other
salt is used, save that from these
peculiar springs, whose waters / have
analysed and convinced myself that,
though the composition of their salts
is variable, there is in all an appre
ciable amount of iodine. Hence the
reason that there is no goiter in An
tioquia. Each inhabitant takes every
day a dose of iodine with the salt he
consumes" Again: st is a sim
gular fact that for more than a cen
fury these waters have been recog
niZed as a sure specific for goiter."
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1926-06-11
Control Of Bee
Disease Is Seen

cause of its failure to penetrate many
of the cappings; but 1t sterilizes all
open cells In that period
Satisfactory Results.
In view of the cultural results OBJ
tanned, however, 20 per cent solu-
ton of formalin in water was found
the most satisfactory dlsinfectant for
sterilizing infected combs, with regard
both to germicidal action and low
cost, provided the proper precautions
are taken. All honey should be ex-
tracted, all brood cappings should be
completely removed, and the combs
should be treated at least twenty
four hours, or forty-eight hours If it
is found desirable to wash them in
water after treatment.
Care must be taken not only with
the process of disinfecting combs in
fected with American foul-brood, no
matter what solution or method is
used, but equal or greater care must
be exercised in the treatment of the
diseased colonies themselves to elimi-
nate the danger of recurrence of dis
ease from that source. The success
full sterilization of the combs VIII
otherwise be of little avail
A copy of the circular may be Sc
cured, as long as the supply lasts, by
writing to the United States Depart
ment of Agriculture, Washington, D. G.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1926-06-11
ALFALFA WEEVIL CONTROL IS
SHOWN IN NEW PICTURE FILM

vent further spread CT the insect, and
the luggage of automobile travellers is
often examined
Two measures of control are shown
in the picture. busting with powdered
arsenates is still in an experimental
stage, but appears to have promise of
proving effective. The use of poison
Gus sprays has proved its worth and
is particularly recommended Several
types of sprayers are shown, includ-
ing one with very wide boom. Sew
eral scenes showing sprayed and I'M
sprayed fields, side by side, are par
ticularly interesting in depicting the
benefits Of this method of control.
The film is one reel long and is
contribution from the bureau of ento-
mology- 1t will be circulated through
the film distribution system of the De-
partment of Agriculture and the CO
operating state institutions. Copies
may be borrowed for short periods, or
may be bought by authorized pur,
chasers, at the laboratory charge. !.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1926-06-11
One-Third of Limestone
Being Used in Illinois

approximately one-third of all the
limestone used in the United States
for agricultural purposes is used by
farmers of Illinois, according to f. c.
Bauer, chief of soils extension at the
college of agriculture, University of
Illinois. From 1906 to 1925, approx
mately 100000 tons Of limestone
have been used by farmers of the
state, two-thirds of this amount hav-
ing been used In the last five years.
Last year alone more than 100000 tons
were used. The various commercial
concerns engaged In furnishing agri-
cultural limestone have responded to
the growing demand and at the pres
ent time are supplying practically all
of the limestone used in the state.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1926-06-11
FarrnE--IinLltI'

The best grapes grow from pruned
vines.
chinery. Drain the crank case of your
tractor often.
Potatoes may be kept In good con-
dition for late planting by greening
or sun-sprouting.
Sweet clover that was seeded this
spring should not be pastured until
the plants have made a growth of at
least foot.
Sweet clover requires as much lime
as alfalfa on soils tested and found
sour. 1t may be seeded in wheat like
common clover or with oats in the
spring.
The care of trees is quite similar
to the care of domestic animals. AS
a cow must be fed, housed, and doc
tored, tree must be planted in a
well managed soil, pruned and
sprayed.
Few people realize that five eggs
must be set for each good pullet raised
to maturity. In order to have 100
choice pullets next fall it will be nee
essary to set 800 Matching eggs this
spring unless your results vary from
the average.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1926-06-11
American Foul-Brood Can
Be Controlled by Water
Formalin Solution.
prepared by the United States Department
of Agricultural

prepared by the United States Department
of Agriculture.)
Widespread interest has been
aroused throughout the beekeeping in
dustry by the apparent success of
some recently discovered disinfectant
methods in the treatment and con-
troll of American foul-brood. Disin-
fectants such as an alcohol-formalin
solution are being used with fair sue
cess, and eliminate to a great ex-
tent the large losses previously
caused by the necessary destruction
of all combs infected with this dis
ease of the brood of bees.
The use of the alcohol ormalin
solution as disinfectant is step In
advance In the control of the dis
ease, says the United States Depart
ment Of Agriculture, but apparently
there is still room for Improvement
which will eliminate the danger of oc-
casional cases of failure For that
reason, and because of the great in
terest in the subject, the bee culture
laboratory started preliminary work
early in 1924 for the purpose of max
ing an exhaustive study of the eff
cheney of various disinfectants, in
Guiding the commercial alcohol-forma-
lin solution as well as water-formalin
solutions.
Results Of Tests.
A discussion of the results Of the
tests completed to date has been pub
lished in Department Circular 2S4,
which is now ready for distribution. 1t
was hoped that the results of the
investigation by laboratory methods
would form basis for practical work
In the apiary. AS the work has de-
veloped, numerous difficulties have
been encountered which indicate that
the problem of the perfect steriliza-
ton of American foul-brood combs is
neither simple nor yet fully solved.
The results obtained with various
dilutionS of alcohol and of a alcohol
formalin solution as the carrier for
20 per cent of their volume of formalin
are not sufficiently complete to war
rant conclusions as to their relative
efficiency. All Of these solutions are
unsatisfactory, In that they do not
completely sterilize all sealed cells
In 4S hours. A 20 per cent solution
of formalin in water. without alcohol,
Is slightly less efficient than the al
coholic solutions in sterilizing in 4S
hours the contents of sealed cells, be-
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1926-06-11
Grass and Grasshoppers
Good for Young Poults

The Rhode Island experiment sta
ton demonstrated pretty completely
that turkeys could stand all the green
food and milk they would eat, but
should be fed pretty sparingly on
grain, given perhaps half or so Of what
one would naturally think they
needed.
Turkeys should be kept in in wet
weather, at least should not be al
lowed to get wet, but allowed as great
range as possible as soon as they are
old enough to take it safely 1t is
best to feed them around home so as
to have them back every night, but
the greater range they can have the
more natural the food becomes, as in
that case they eat green's and insects.
Where grasshoppers abound, turkeys
usually do well.
1t is important to select healthy
stock.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1926-06-11
General Idea of How to
Combat the Insect.

prepared by the United States Department
of Agriculture.)
alfalfa Weevil Control" a new mo-
ton picture Of the United States De
partment Of Agriculture, gives gen.
eral idea of how to combat the insect
and is of particular interest in the
western states. Alfalfa is described
as the foundation of agriculture in the
West-"a hogs dream of heaven
and as one of the worlds most valu-
able forages. About 1904 or 1905 the
alfalfa weevil, which belongs to the
same family as the cotton boil weevil,
was discovered in Utah. Since that
time it has spread slowly but steadily
until now it is found in seven states.
Because of the Importance Of the al
falfa crop the alfalfa weevil consti-
tutes a serious menace Several states
enforce quarantine restrictions to pre-
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1926-06-11
Probably Wise

The book agent was trying to sound
the stenog.
"Now, what kind of man is Mr..
Whoozis?"
"Oh, he knows it ALL
SIN that case guess I'm wasting
time in trying to sell him an encyclo-
pedia."
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1926-06-11
Autos Destroy Poles

Two telephone poles are destroyed
every day in Los Angeles, Calf, in auto
mobile accidents. So says Carl A. Heinz,
testifying as the chief engineer of the
power system. He was relating the
detailed expenses in operating the sys-
TENS, and the loss of poles in automo-
bile crashes was included as an item.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1926-06-11
Putting IL DeIicdtely

Young Man-Those your parents sit
ting over there?
Young Woman-No; they're my god
parents. They brought me up.
Young Mani see. So you're sort
of cuckoo.-London Punch.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1926-06-11
Clever

"That new girl is the slickest thing
that ever came down the pike" said
Heloise, head waitress of the rapid
fire restaurant.
81 sh'u'd sessol" returned Yvonne
of the same establishment. "W'hy, 1
seen her let cuppa Java fall this
morning. ketch it before it reached
the floor, and never spill a drop
Kansas City Star.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1926-06-11
Just OFF the Wire

"Your fur coat is out of ssym,
dearie," commented the Spanisb
dancer.
"So's your old mantilla," commented
the slack-wire artist.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1926-06-11
Safe From Vengeance

'After my death the world will real
lie what I have DONE"
"Well, don't worry about it. You'll
be out of harms way them Stray
Stories.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1926-06-11

The wages of sin now depends
somewhat on how much the confess
sion magazines are paying Memphis
News cimitar.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1926-06-11

Bran, 20 pounds.
Paris green, l pound.
Cheap strip, 2 quarts.
Three lemons.
Three and one-half gallons water.
The bran and paris green are mixed
dry. The juice of the lemons Is
squeezed into the water, and the peel
and pulp is chopped to fine bits and
added to the water, then dissolve
the strip in the water and fruit mix
ture and stir the liquid into the bran
thoroughly in order to dampen 1t
evenly.
1t is suggested that the poison bait
be applied in the evening, since cut
worms are night feeders, and the bait
will thus be fresher than If it is APP
piled earlier in the day.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1926-06-11
would marry any one?" May-"Any |
one, my DEAR"
Connections

"She talks to the biggest men in
town.
''That so?"
Yes, on the telephone"
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1926-06-11
From, Same Source

Political Speaker-The farmer gets
his living from the soil.
Heckler-And so does the washer
woman.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1926-06-11
Poison Bait Effective
in Control of CutWorm

An inexpensive poison bait is usual
ly very effective in controlling the
cutworms in a newly planted straw
berry plantation. The following
formula is enough for about five
acres and you can make up smaller
quantities according to the same pro-
portion:
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1926-03-12
Coolidge Confident of Future
Prosperity for United States

Washington-Presid Coolidge is
convinced the country faces continued
prosperity and that the recent drop in
security values on the stock market
benefited conditions rather than fore
cast any slump in business and in
dustry.
The break in the market. in his
opinion, had stabilizing effect and
had the tendency of placing the mar
ket on more sound foundation.
Business conditions and the outlook
were discussed at the cabinet session,
the President receiving optimistic re-
ports, particularly from Postmaster
General New and Secretary Davis Of
the labor department
Mr.. Davis advised the executive
that. while strikes were in progress
in some localities, there was prac-
tically no unemployment.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1926-03-12
Brevitics of Worlds News Sent by
Cable and Wireless.
COOLIDGE BOOSTS
BUTTER TARIFF
President Orders Maximum Duty
Increase to Meet N. w. Plea,
Protect Dairymen.

Washington-President Coolidge or
dered the butter tariff increased to the
maximum of II cents a pound. The
action of the President, less than a
week after the tariff commissions re-
port reached him, is equivalent of a
100000 annual gift to the dairy far
mers Of the northwest, In the opinion
OF farm leaders. The increase will be-
come effective April 5. 1t was. hailed
unanimously as 'the biggest thing
that has happened to northwest agri-
culture In years." 1t stabilizes the
butter market, makes possible a price
above the cost Of production, and
promises price for the 450,000,000
pounds of butter produced in Mime
sofa, Wisconsin, Iowa, North and
South Dakota at least cents pound
higher than has been possible in the
past, leaders agreed.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1926-03-12
Bomb ExpIodes As ESQ Flee

Minneapolis-Two hundred fifty per-
theater while Edward Oliver, man.
ager of the showhouse, picked up a
bomb, its fuse already burned to with
in three inches of the explosive, and
threw it into a snowbank in the alley
way back of the theater. AS the last
person ran from the building, the
bomb exploded with crash heard
throughout the loop district, filled the
alley with a shower of snow and dirt
and shattered windows for half a
block in either direction No one was
injured. 1t was the second attempt
to blow up the Wonderland theater in
five months.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1926-03-12

Paris-The cabinet of Aristide
BRAND has fallen. Like five other
ministries in less than two years, 1t
was wrecked on the shoals of the gov
ernment's plan to bring about the
financial rehabilitation of France. In
the chamber of deputies the govern
ment made the sales tax provision of
its financial bill question of conf
dence. 1t was defeated by vote Of
274 to 221, and Immediately after
ward NJ. BRAND rendered the cabinets
resignation During acrimonious de-
bate in the nightlong session, NJ.
BRAND several times made fervent
pleas that the members come to the
aid of the government and pass the
necessary measure to enable it to tide
over the financial crisis.
The fall of Premier BRAND, on the
eve of the negotiations for reconstruc-
ton of the League of Nations council,
caused an immense sensation and
some anxiety here, as he is the per-
manent French delegate to the league,
under appointment from the President
of France.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1926-03-12

kept the mails hot, but that realiza-
ton does not prevent me from think
ing that he should have acknowl-
edged my letter.
had a letter this morning from
man in Kentucky who asked questions
enough that had l gone into detail in
answering them, l should have had
several volumes of correspondence as
a result. AS It was I confined my re-
ply to three pages of more or less con-
centrated information. VIII he &C
knowledge my letter? / shall be very
much surprised If he does, though If
| am mistaken in this I shall always
hold him in grateful remembrance
1t gives one certain sense of sat
fsfaction to receive an acknowledge
ment to a letter he has written 1t
shows thoughtfulness and courtesy,
and good business procedure on the
part of the man who writes the letter.
| like to do business with the man who
acknowledges my letters even IL the
business is only trif1ing.
&c. 1926, Western Newspaper Union.)
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1926-03-12
ACKNOWLEDGING
LETTERS
By THOMAS ARKLE CLARK

by ! F1OmHo fNhTN@. S-SN's'N
r HAVE always been fastidiously
i careful in acknowledging letters,
and especially those which even in the
slightest degree suggest business mat
tiers. l go as far often as to acknowl-
edge duplicated circular letters, and
that seems to me playing the limit as
it were, and l have even replied to
anonymous letters at times when was
pretty sure whence they came.
1t is for this reason, possibly, that
am a trifle sensitive when my own
letters receive no reply, especially
when they have to do with business
of one sort or another.
/ had letter year or so ago from
an editor not unknown to the journal
istic world, asking me to send him
list of the most interesting and prom
inent graduates of the institution with
which l am connected, with little
account of each mans accomplish
ments. 1t took me an hour or two to
get the information together, and l
got neither pleasure nor training from
the process. / sent 1t off quickly as
1 was asked to do.
I suppose the editor received 1t,
otherwise the postal authorities would
have returned the letter to me, but up
to the date of writing this paragraph
he has not said so, nor expressed either
gratitude or chagrin over my action.
Possibly I should not have expected
him to say anything, the fact that my
letter was not returned to me being
sort of receipt for its arrival.
won't you try to get for me a
dozen tickets for the Pennsylvania
game" Ellison wrote me from New
York. "Some of my friends and / want
to sit on the Illinois side, and we are
having difficulty in getting what we
want here enclose check"
don't mind being messenger boy
for friend now and then, for I don't
usually get as much exercise as /
need, so I willingly got the tickets,
sent back my check for the excess
amount that Ellison had enclosed, and
have not heard from him since.
OF course I realize that, II he had
not received the tickets he would have
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1926-03-12
Starving Eskimos to Get Relief

Winnipeg, Mana detachment of
the Royal Canadian mounted police
left Fort Smith in the northwest ter
ritory on 250-mile dog sled journey
into the barren lands to rescue band
of Eskimos from starvation. Word
reached Fort Smith that the band.
commonly known as Caribou Ears"
were without food and in imminent
danger of starvation. Corporal
Blanke, another constable from the
police staff at Fort Smith, and a man
pressed into service as special con-
stable, left with three sleds and teams
driven by Indian dog drivers The
starving band is located $50 miles
northwest of here.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1926-03-12
Mitchell Hits U. S. Air Program

eapolis-Insisting that there
was no excuse for the Shenandoah
being ordered to the Minnesota State
fair last summer, Colonel William
Mitchell, former assistant chief of the
army air service, told an audience at
the Kenwood Armory that 1--WE all
knew she would be lost" Referring
to the Minnesota fair as county
fair" he pointed out that the flight Of
the Shedandoah was unusually
hazardous because the trip had to be
made during the stormy season. "She
was built and commissioned as a naval
craft and her place was at sea-"
Colonel Mitchell declared. The for
mer chief of the American air forces
in the World war delivered his illus
trated lecture; Americas Place in the
Air." under the auspices of the Min
neapolis chapter of the National asso-
citation
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1926-03-12
Market Report
March 10
Minneapolis Closing Cash Prices.

Minneapolis Closing Cash Prices.
No. 1 dark northern, $1.65-$169; No.
1 northern, $1.55-$15S; No. dark
hard, $154-$1.57; No. hard, $1.54-
$156; No. 1 amber durum. $130-$141;
No. 1 durum, $125-$1.23; corn No. 2
yellow, 69c-73c; oats No. 2 white, SIC;
barley, choice to fancy, 60c-62c; rye
No. 1, 8Oc-S2c: fax seed No. /. 1928
$2.27.
So. ST. Paul Livestock.
Steers, cows and heifers, s4.75-
$1O.25; veal calves. S3.50-$12.25; hogs,
$9.75-$14.00; sheep and lambs. $3.50
$1,000.
Minneapolis Produce Market.
Butter-Creameries, extras, 42kc;
frsts, 401ac; seconds, 363ac; packing
stock, fresh, sweet, SIC; grease, lie.
Minneapolis jobbing price:
Country receipts, rots out. per case,
$7.40; extra, candled, per dozen.
27hc; seconds, per dozen, 21c; will
include small, dirties and shrunken
eggs. Eggs should not be washed.
Quotations on eggs include cases.
Checks, per dozen, 21c.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1926-03-12
Munitions Blow Up; Is Dead

Vienna-Twenty-five persons were
killed, at least $50 injured, when an
artillery transport exploded on the
main street of Prague, according to
telephone message from the Czecho-
slovakian capital.
Thirty soldiers and at least 100
civilians were reported to have been
wounded when the force of the ex-
plosion hurled projectiles through the
air for many blocks.
The force of the explosion wrecked
many houses and seriously damaged
the Imperial hotel, according to the
telephone message.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1926-03-12
Farm Leaders Draft Own Relief
BiII-Would Handle Crops

Washington-The Committee Of
o." representing farm leaders of the
Des Moines and Chicago conferences,
called upon by congress to present
some definite plan for dealing with
the crop surplus problem, submitted
their demands to the house committee
on agriculture in the form of bill
of their own. Frank w. Murphy, Of
Wheaton, Mimi, vice-chairman of the
legislative committee of the confer
ence, submitted the demands which
include: A modified form of the Dick
inson bill. Enactment of special
emergency section providing for the
purchase of corn for carryover "as
the initial step in the corn and hog
sterilization program"
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1926-03-12
Tobacco in England

Many authorities have stated that
smoking was unknown in England be-
fore 1884. But 1t is certain that, long
before this period, herbs such as colts
foot and yarrow were smoked for
medical purposes. Pipes have been
found belonging to an earlier date
than the Sixteenth century. There is
a difference of opinion as to whom
belongs the distinction of introducing
tobacco into Great Britain: Sir Wal
ter Raleigh, Sir John Hawkins. Mr.
Ralph Lane governor of Virginia) or
Captains Amidas and Barlow.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1926-03-12

Tanlac is Natures greatest tonic
and builder. Made from. roots,
barks and herbs after the TanIac
formula, it revitalizes the blood,
tones up the digestive organs and
puts the whole system in fighting
trim.
Don't go about your work sickly
and discouraged. Take the ex-
ample of millions who have been
helped by Tanlac. Stop at your
druggists today and get this Won
derful tonic. You'll be surprised how
quickly you improve. For consti-
patton take Tanlac Vegetable Pills.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1926-03-12
% Trapped in Mine Explosion

Eccles, w. Va.-One man is known
to have been killed, % miners were
entombed, and 40 others were rescued
alive, following the explosion in mines
provement Co. near here, according to
a check made by officials. Many of
those brought out by rescue crews
were badly burned and were suffering
from the effect of poison gas. The
one body, recovered from No. 6, was
that of Negro loader. Two of the
No. crew of 40, first reported miss
ing, were taken out alive by the res
cuers. The entire night shift of % in
mine No. were entombed.