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The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1926-01-15
1SxrSnxxrtxtz{y Observation-Disclosures
POINTS ON
KEEPING WELL
DR.. FREDERICK r. GREEN
Editor of "HEALTH"
CLOSING IN ON YELLOW
FEVER
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(& 1926. Western Newspaper UnIon.l

THE real pessimist is not the man
4 or woman who has lost faith in hui
man nature or who believes that
every one else is selfish and dishon-
est. There is still hope for such a
person, If he can see some way out
The real pessimist is the hopeless per-
son who has lost faith In any possible
Improvement.
This type is especially gloomy as
far as health progress is concerned.
What's the good of all this fuss
about health?" he says. las far as
can see, everybody's got to die some
time anyhow, and there's just as many
people dying now as there ever was"
ALI true. But here is the difference.
There are fewer babies dying in in
fancy and more living to grow up.
There are fewer people dying at
twenty and thirty and forty and more
living to be fifty-five and sixty-five and
seventy-fye In a word, there's less
loss of life in the valuable and pro-
ductive years.
This has largely come about through
tory of Yellow Fever" the most COM
plete work on the subject ever print
ed, George Augustin of New Orleans
says that this disease was never abb
sent from Cuba, Mexico and Central
America, from the time of Columbus
until the present; that it has ranged
from as far north as Quebec to as far
south as MOntevideo in Central Amer
lea; and that from 100 to 1900 there
have been 90 distinct epidemics, COW
ering large areas between these points.
These epidemics, which no one could
check, cost hundreds of thousands of
lives and millions of money You don't
have to tell any middIe-aged person in
our Southern states about it. They
know. Anyone whose memory goes
back of 1900 can remember the terror,
the panics, the decentralization of bust
ness almost every other year, all over
the South.
Then Major Carroll and Reed and
LaZear and Agramonte found that this
dreadful plague was carried by the
female mosquito of certain kind. At
once yellow fever became controllable
and harmless. 1t has disappeared from
the United States, Cuba, Canal Zone;
in fact there are only three places in
which it can be found There are
few cases in the remote parts of Mex
leo, few in Bahia on the east coast
of Brazil, few on the west coast of
Africa, where it was carried hun
dred years ago by slave traders. In
all these places it is under control and
the Rockefeller foundation may an
nOunce any day that it has ceased to
exist. For when the last yellow fever
patient on earth is found and sur
rounded with mosquito netting then,
with his death or recovery, yellow
fever will cease to exist and the yell
low fever germ will join the dinosaur
and the mammoth and the pterodactyl.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1926-01-15
Sheep Husbandry Is Best
Adapted to Small Scale

Sheep husbandry is well adapted to
operations on small scale and fits
In well with permanent and produc-
tive plan of farm management. as
serts G. G. Filing, extension animal
husbandryman at Kansas State Agri-
cultural college, who keeps tab on the
results secured by great number of
Kansas flock owners.
A farm flock of 80 to 60 ewes on
the average farm In Kansas adds
nice annual income in practically
every section of the state where the
management has been adapted to the
farm-fock plan. The flock has wide
variation in size but should be large
enough to justify the attention nee
essary for success, experience of Kan
sas shepherds has shown.
good plan is to start In with
grade western ewes, Filing believes.
They are usually rugged, good rus
tiers, band together well, and make
successful mothers. In both mutton
and wool production they are sus-
ceptible to rapid Improvement by the
use of good rams. AS a rule western
ewes are quite free from parasites,
but 1t is well to guard against and
be on the watch for development of
scab, grub in the head, and a dam
aging number of ticks. These pests
may develop and cause losses the first
winter.
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& l.lDE
STOCkM
SEX AS FACTOR IN
BEEF PRODUCTION

prepared by the United States Departments
OF Agriculture.)
Half of the beef calves dropped each
year are heifers. Out of this number
only % per cent are needed for re-
placements in the breeding herds.
That leaves three-fourths of the heifer
calves for the single purpose of beef
production. Unfortunately the dis
posal of these females has represent
ed the most losing proposition with
which the ranchman has to deal.
Furthermore, he has not had the bene-
fit of as much experimental work in
the feeding of heifers as with steers.
In view of the need for more infor-
nation concerning the feeding of heif-
ers for beef, concerted effort is be-
ing made this year by number of
state experiment stations, cooperating
with the United States Department OF
Agriculture, to conduct investigations
which will aid the ranchman and farm
er in more profitable disposal of the
heifer calves in the beef herd. This
is one of the many problems In beef
production that are being undertaken
comparatively by the department and
state stations in the recently launched
movement for studying the factors
which influence the quality and pala-
liability of meat
AT the present time light heifers sell
fully as high as steers of similar bi eed-
Ing, condition, and weight. Heavy
heifers are never wanted except at a
discount, and there have been times
In the past when all heifers have been
severely Disseminated against. Pack
ers are frequently accused of being re-
sponsible TO a large extent for this
discrimination. As near as can be as
certained, part. of this discrimina-
ton is due to prejudice and a part
to actual inferiority of heavy heifer
beef. Heavy heifers frequently carry
too much external fat, great deal Of
kidney suet, and make carcasses which
need considerably more trimming than
those of steers of similar weight.
Although there is often no discrimi-
nation against lightweight heifers, and
not fnfrequently premium is paid
for them as compared with steers of
similar weight, those In charge of ex-
perimental work feel that trials should
be conducted with all classes of heif-
ers in comparison with steers.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1926-01-15
Black Teeth in Little
Pigs Are Not Harmful

Many pigs are born with sharp lit
tie tusks which are either black, or
soon become black They are shed
eventually like any other animals
baby teeth. The only harm they do
is to scratch the faces of their litter
mates in fighting for the best place
to nurse. or sometimes make the teats
of the mother sore Little trouble is
experienced except in the case of
large filters when, for a few days
while they are finding their proper
places at the udder. there is stiff CON-
petition. In this case 1t is good prac-
tice to cut them off with a small pair
of nippers.
The theory that black teeth. cause
pigs to do poorly is not well founded,
and Is based upon superstition rather
than common sense. The teeth are
but natural part Of the pig; but II
he Is not doing well, the shedding of
them will no doubt be delayed Black
teeth should, therefore, be considered
the effect of unthriftiness rather than
the cause.
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Acted Merely as
"Friend to Goat"

Mr.. Don Marquis. who has finally
turned to philosophy In his writings,
has not dismissed humor entirely
from his life. He was travelling on
Long Island train lately, which
stopped at the Port Washington sta
ton.
Looking out of the window he saw
goat. of the Billy persuasion, stand
ing about-but, surprisingly, it had no
beard Near the goat was an elder of
the village, literally bewhiskered.
The situation was too much for the.
gay Don.
He opened the window near his
seat and shouted:
"Give that goat back his beardl''
The bewhiskered elder started at
this gruff command. Then, as filters
among the people around grew to GUT
flaws, he became indignant.
Say, who are your he riposted.
"a friend of the goat" said Mr..
Marquis calmly.-New Yorker.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1926-01-15

OF the voyaging in the Pacific of this
famous English navigator. For this
Importance is large. Captain Cook set
In motion forces which had much
greater influence on the early develop
ment of America than a casual read
ing of our history reveals.
Here is brief chronology of the
Hawaiian islands useful in connection
with this story: ar
The islands were probably known to
Europeans as early as 1927, but were
put on the map by Cook In 1878. He
was killed there by natives the next
year. The natives were a semi-civi-
lized people of Malayo-P olynesian
stock under a feudal system of gov
eminent, with king on each of the
eight habitable islands. In 1870 King
Kamehameha of Hawaii subdued his
rivals and founded kingdom that
lasted until 1894 Christianity was In
troduced from America in 1920 by mis-
sionaries. In 1910 Kamehameha Ill
promulgated a constitution establish
ing civil rights. In 1852 came suf-
frage and legislature. In 1894 there
was a successful revolution against
Queen Liliuokalani and a republic was
proclaimed In 1895 the queen abdi-
Gated. August II, 1893, Hawaii was
annexed to the United States. June
IA, 1900, 1t became a territory.
Cooks Several Voyages.
Capt. James Cook 172S-79) was the
son of Yorkshire farm laborer. He
volunteered in the Royal navy in 1853
and four years later was In command
of the Mercury at Halifax. The Royal
society selected him to command an
expedition to the Pacific to observe the
transit of Venus.
This first voyage to the Pacific was
In 176S-71. On his second, 1925. he
sailed 10000 miles and encircled the
Antarctic region from New Zealand to
Cape Horn.
On Cooks first voyage he had a
mortality Of 46 per cent. On his Sec
ond he had made such excellent and
radical arrangements for health that
he lost only one man out of 11S. For
this service he was made captain and
the Royal society gave him the Copely
medal "for service to humanity and
the maritime world
Upon the offer of reward of $780,
600 for the discovery of northwest
passage from the Pacific Cook volun-
teered to take command and sailed
with the Resolution and Discovery in
1776 by way of Africa. In 177S he dis
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1926-01-15

covered an island of the Hawaiian
group. Then he surveyed the Ameri-
can coast until stopped by ice in Ber-
ing strait The winter of 1779 found
him back in the islands, where he dis
covered Hawaii and Maui. He named
the archipelago Sandwich islands,
after the Earl Of Sandwich.
Cook was killed in small affair
with natives on Hawaii over the theft
of boat. Cook landed February 13 In
Kealakeua bay with lieutenant and
nine marines to seize the king, take
him aboard and hold him hostage for
the return of the stolen boat. The
obelisk which marks the spot of his
death was erected in 1874.
Now we jump from Captain Cook,
the officer of the English navy, to John
Ledyard an American soldier of for
tune.
Soldier of Fortune.
John Ledyard (1751-SS) was born In
Groton, Conn, studied law, went to
Dartmouth for missionary training,
passed several months with the Iro-
quois and in 1873 went to Gibraltar as
a common sailor, enlisted In British
regiment, was discharged and as Il
corporal of marines accompanied Cook
on his last voyage. In 1882 he de-
serted from a man o. war at Long
Island. Thereupon he published from
memory his journal of the Cook expe-
dition, the British having confiscated
the original. He tried in vain to In
terest American officials and mer-
chants In trading expedition to the
northwest coast of North America.
They did not believe in his Journal
or in him. In 1884 Ledyard was in
England and France, vainly endeavor-
ing to organize a similar trading ex-
petition. In 1856, with the assistance
of Sir Joseph Banks, he set out on
foot from Stockholm, ostensibly for
Arctic exploration. He arrived in st.
Petersburg early in 1857, but at
Irkutsk was arrested and deported,
reaching London with difficulty He
died under mysterious circumstances
about 1870 at the head of an exploring
expedition of the African association.
The truth was that Ledyard had
big thing triangular trade-New Eng
land to the Pacific Northwest with
trinkets and notions; to China with
furs; back home with silk and tea.
For Cooks last expedition had this
experience: The sailors bought furs
to keep them warm from the natives
of the northwest coast They traded
trif1es for seal skins and sea otter
skins. Touching at China, the furs
commanded extraordinary prices, the
Chinese having no heating in their
homes and no wooden cloth. A vermin-
infested sea otter skin was worth
hundred dollars. The sailors were
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1926-01-15
THE HOTTEST PLACE
ON EARTH

HAS your doctor told you you need
IL warm, dry climate? And would
you like to know the warmest and
driest place on earth? You'd probably
say ii was in India or the middle Of
the Sahara desert, the center of some
tropical jungle or some place in the
tropics. Well, you'd be wrong. The
hottest and driest place on earth, as
proven by ten years of careful OBJ
servation and comparison, is Death
Valley, California
You might know it would be in
California, where all the superlatives
in climate are found. As soon as the
Florida boosters hear about this. they
will probably hasten to file evidence
that there's a hotter and drier place
down there.
But Death Valley is hot enough for
all reasonable persons. Anyone that
isn't satisfied with Death Valley will
probably have to wait for something
hotter until the future life.
Death Valley is in southeastern
California, near the Nevada line. 1t
is about one hundred miles long and
from two to eight miles wide, long,
narrow, deep valley, between two high
mountain ranges. 1t lies far below
sea level, being from two to three hun
dred feet lower than the ocean. The
floor is an almost perfectly level
stretch of sand
About forty years ago the Pacific
Coast Borax company, widely known
for their "20-mule team borax," estab-
lished 65-acre ranch on the east side
of the valley. Water from the warm
springs in Funeral mountains was
piped to the ranch and under irriga-
ton such luxurious crops grown that
the ranch soon became known as
Greenland.
A United States weather bureau sta
ton located at Greenland has made
constant observations for over ten
years. On July 10, 1913 Death Valley
broke the record with a temperature
of 1874 degrees. This is said to be the
highest air temperature ever recorded.
As to dryness practically no rain
ever falls in Death Valley. The total
annual precipitation is less than two
inches and the air is so dry and hot
that this small amount is at once
taken up By the air.
So if you want the hottest and
driest spot on earth, consider Death
Valley. There is plenty of land down
there that has not yet been subdi-
vided.
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TT3 @RMTezAN7s

with difficulty restrained from Selling
vessels for another trip to the Ameri-
can coast for full cargo of furs, in
stead of returning to England.
In 1884 Cooks own journals were
made public. And then the New Eng
land merchants who had set Ledyard
down for q liar sat up and took no.
tice. Boston, Salem and New York
merchants put in $4,000 and Septem-
Der 80, 1877, two vessels sailed from
Boston; the ship Columbia, Capt. John
Kendrick; the sloop Lady Washington,
Capt. Robert Gray. In August Of 1870
the Columbia sailed back into Boston.
She was under Captain Gray Captain
Kendrick had chosen to trade ships,
was making Canton trips and was try
ing to buy up all the Northwest from
the natives.
"HaiI to the chiefl"
Gray was received like a conqueror
He was marched up State street in a
procession, side by side with Prince
Attoi in helmet and cloak of scarlet
and yellow feathers-the first Ha-
waiian ever seen in the United States
Gov. John Hancock gave a dinner to
sixty, to whom Gray related his adj
ventures. Yes, things were as Led
yard had said. And the Columbia had
been the first American ship at the
Hawaiian islands and the first Ameri-
can ship to saif around the world.
And, quite as important to the New
England merchants, the voyage had
paid!
So, as John Ledyard lay dying In
Africa, his Pacific Northwest dream
had come true. For the Columbia was
sent right back. And thus began this
triangular trade that was to enrich
the seaboard of the new nation.
Consider now some of the results Of
Captain Cooks last voyage and let
your Imagination run free.
On the second voyage of the Colum-
bia Captain Gray discovered the Co
lumbia river. Figure the effect of that
on the Oregon" question of half a
century later.
The Americans had a practical
monopoly of this triangular traffic.
The Russians were barred by Chinese
law. The English were kept out by
the conflicting privileges of two great
monopolies: The East India company
held the exclusive right to trade with
China but could not send its ships to
the American Northwest for furs and
would not allow the South Sea COM
pany to do any trade with China. So
the Americans combined with the Rus
slams and the Russians worked south
along the coast until the Monroe Doc
trine of 1923 was necessary to stop
them.
John Jacob Aston, financial and
commercial genius, attempted to found
a city at Astoria in 1910 to cut out of
this triangular trade the long and dan
gerous voyage around the Horn. Fig
ure the influence of this advance
guard on the march of the American
people across the continent; on the
Mexican war and the occupation of
California; on the building OF the
transcontinental railroad: on the dig
ging of the Panama canal.
And, finally, figure what the posses
sion of Capt. James Cooks Sandwich
Islands" means to the United States
in the Pacific, as naval base and pro-
lection to the coast of the mainland
With it-and a feet-we are safe.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1926-01-15
Fair Play

Little Richard lives with his grand
father in Pasadena, but he also has
another grandfather who is an artist
with studio at Carmel-by-the-Sea.
In saying his prayers the other night
he surprised his Older sisted by say
ing:
And pweas bwess my grandfathers
the one who paints pictures an the
one who doesn't Los Angeles Times.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1926-01-15
Moisture in Space

The weather bureau says that the
amount of water vapor that can exist
as an invisible gas In given space
increases with temperature up to the
boiling point Hence warm air can
contain more moisture than can cold
air. AS a rule, therefore, there is
more moisture in the air in the sum-
mer time than during any other sea-
son. During the winter, however,
the air. though having less moisture
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1926-01-15
Great American Poet

Sidney Lanier was one of the fore
most American poets AS young
man. he entered the Civil war and
served until taken a prisoner. The ex-
perience of war affected his health
and caused tuberculosis. Much of his
mature life was spent in Baltimore,
where he was connected with the Pea
body institute and lectured at Johns
Hopkins university Probably his
greatest poem Is 1.-The Hymn to the
Marshes"
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1926-01-15

dome-shaped and as much as two feet
In height Lest their beautiful homes
be destroyed by enemies, the ants take
stringent precautions when retiring
for the night. Sentinels are posted
all around the dome, ready to give
the alarm at the approach of an
enemy. The entrances are blocked
with great pipes of twigss. SO that the
occupants cannot be surprised. The
job of cleaning away the twigs in the
morning is a strenuous one, but the
ants do not mind it, they believe
in safety first.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1926-01-15
Scrubs in Pure BREEDS

The average farmer or breeder who
aspires to pure breds, should be will
ing to admit that there is some one
who is able to advise him, and unless
he is willing to learn and grow into
the business gradually. he should
leave hands off. No one should for a
minute think that just because an ami
NAL is pure bred and carries the pa
pers of registration, II cannot be
GULL There are culls in pure breds
and there are culls In grades.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1926-01-15

Even if cross, feverish, bilious, con-
stipated or full of cold, children love
the pleasant taste of California Fig
Syrup" A teaspoonful never fails to
gently clean the liver and bowels and
sweeten the stomach.
Ask your druggist for genuine "Cali-
fornia Fig Syrup" which has directions
for babies and children Of all ages
printed on bottle. Motherl You must
say california" or you may get an
imitation fig syrup.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1926-01-15
Museum Worth Visit

Mummies of ancient southern Utah
cliff dwellers, weapons, agricultural
and other relics, declared
by some psychologists to be among
the finest specimens in existence. are
housed in a small museum OF the Nor
mon church, located In Temple block
in Salt Lake City. The museum, Wis
tied annually by thousands of tour
lists, also contains many relics Of Nor
mon pioneers. such as spinning wheels
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1926-01-15

than during summer, has more near
ly all it can contain. Its relative hui
mildly, as 1t is called, or ratio of
moisture present to all that would be
necessary to produce saturation, is
large. although its absolute humidity
actual amount of water vapor per
unit Volumes small.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1926-01-15

Different fluids were used In the old
type of lamp at different periods. Fish
oil, including crude, heavy whale oil.
was employed. and later lard oil was
substituted in certain OF these lamps.
The lamp-burning petroleum and kero
yene came In considerably later.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1926-01-15
Fairly Warned

A salesman, attempting to sell mo-
tor car, emphasized the pay-as-yo u-ride
plan of installments. Finally the pro-
spective purchaser was won over "TlI
take it," he said, but remember, ride
very slowly"
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1926-01-15
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 25 years.
Say "Bayer'' when you buy Aspirin.
limitations may prove dangerous.-Adv.
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and health. which am still enjoying. 1t
is wonderful tonic for weak women"
Mrs. w. L. Young, 1872 Capitol Ave.
Obtain Dr. Pierces Prescription now,
in liquid or tablets, from your druggist
or send 10c for trial pkg. of tablets to
DR.. Pierce's Invalids' Hotel in Buffalo,
N. Y. Write for free medical advice.
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Second Huguenot Colony

Laudonniere, who was sent by CO.
ligny, in 1864, with aid for the Hugue-
not colony founded by Ribault, at
Port Royal, S. c., finding the settle
ment abandoned, built Fort Carolina
on the st. Johns river in Florida.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1926-01-15
Social Evolution

"After they became prosperous
enough to begin to think about teas
and Dances" writes Eph Kelljoy, Of
"a hired girl becomes
servant. Harrisburg Telegraph
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and household implements. What ia
said to be the finest house built In
Utah, it is nearly one hundred years
old-stands just outside the main mu-
scum building.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1926-01-15
Busy Pianist

Often applying 5000 pounds of
pressure to the keys in minute, a
pianist in the same time reads 1900
signs and makes 1000 finger move
ments.
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Wood Ants Acfiue

The British wood ants build such
large houses that their homes seem to
be almost as big as some apartments
in American cities. The dwelling is
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The Reason

Blake-What makes that police
man so fat?
Drake-Too much traffic jam.