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Evening star., 1926-11-26
Woman Governors Widely Differ
On Number of Prisoners Pardoned

Of Wyoming during her entire guber-
material term, Gov. Miriam A. Fer
gusen, Texas woman executive, sig
nalized Thanksgiving eve by extend
ing clemency to 80 prisoners. Twei'.
ty-four were given full pardons and
two were paroled.
The clemency proclamations yester
day came on. the heels of batch OF
u issued Monday. Records. of the
Secretary of State show that since
she took office. in January, 1873, Coy.
Ferguson has signed 2.711 cleIpency
ordinations. She has granted $50
fun pardons and nearly 500 conditional
pardons. The prison population of
Texas. far exceeds that of Wyoming.
Evening star., 1926-11-26
BY the Associated Press

BY the Associated Press.
CHEYENNE, Wyo., November 20
The official clemency record OF Gov.
Nellie Tayloe Ross of Wyoming. made
public, shows that she has pardoned
only nine conricts since taking office
in January. 1925.
Mrs. Ross reduced % prison SEN
women. ~
Two Of those pardoned We're serving
for second-degree murder. Each had
spent 10 years in prison.
AUSTIN. Tex, November 26 P).-
In contrast with the nine pardons
granted by Gov. Nellie Tayloe Ross
Evening star., 1926-11-26
VALENTINO COMES
BACK, Ex-W|FE SAYS
Likes Applause at Theaters.
Miss Hudnut Asserts
After SeanCeS.
By the Associated Press

By the Associated Press
NEW YORK, November 26.-Ru-
,lolph Valentino, one of the greatest
motion picture actors while he lived,
has aspirations TO tread the boards
Of the legitimate stage now that he
is dead. Winifred IIudnut, second
divorced wife asserted yesterday.
Miss Hudnut, known on the stage
at Natacha Ralnbova. arrived on the
Homeric with q medium. who said
lie was associated with the Amer
icsn Society for Psych?cal Research.
The gist Of the screen stars reve-
lations concerning his activities since
his death last August, as confided to
Miss Ranlbova through the medium
shin at her chateau near Paris. fol-
lows:
Valentino is 4 citizen OF the astral
plane.
lie hopes 10 become legitimate
actor there.
lie has mot Errico Caruso and has
heard the late tenor sing.
lie has visited theaters Con the
worldly plane) where his pictures
were being shown ana has been
'''"NA
in the minds OF the audience.
Wants will Carried Out.
Everything in the theater. how
ever, now seems strange to him as
he "can see through all things"
He wishes his will (Which left moth
Ing to Miss Ramboval to be carried out
as executed. and believes this will be
done.
He made 10 mention in his "commu-
nicationS" of Pola Negrl, screen ac-
tress. who announced at his deathbed
that they had been engaged to be mar
ried. Miss RamboVa explained TINS
silence apparently to her own satisfac-
ton by saying that Valentino only
"spoke 70 her of significant things ana
subjects that mean something.D
When Miss Rambova had finished
telling news reporters of what she had
learned directly concerning her
former husbands astral activities. the
medium assumed the burden of conYer-
sation.
He said that Valentino and Miss
Rambova had at one time conducted
many seances, but that the actor .liad
given up the habit when he received
the sacrament of the Catholic Church,
which forbids such practices.
Warned of His Death.
The medium said that while he was
at Miss Ra,nbova's chateau he re
ceived D psychic message that Nalen-
tino was going to die.
Later. he said. he received d; spirit
ual message" from Valentino calling
for Miss Rambova. He said she re-
piled by cable and received a reply by
radio. All this. Of course, prior to
the actors death.
While Valentines body was lying IN
state in the funeral church here, be-
sieged by thousands of admirers, the
medium said he received a "communl-
cation" from the screen star deploring
the fact that he had recognized and
spoken" TO many Of those who filed
past his bier, but that they had not
known he was addressing" them.
Yes, Miss Rambova assented, She
plans to publish Il book about her com
munications with her former husband.
Evening star., 1926-11-26
All Over for Him.

From the London Humorist.
Photogra pher-Now. just look lit.
tie more pleasant. more sniling-one
-two-three. It is done. Thank you,
madam. You can now resume your
natural expression.
Evening star., 1926-11-26

AS a protest against jealousy, which
she declares has made her life intol-
cradle, Mrs. Elliot Lynn, England's
pioneer aviatrix, has abandoned
flying
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1926-01-29
Select Best Layers by
Use of Good Trap Nest

A good trap nest provides the one
accurate method Of determining ex-
actly how many eggs hen has laid
in one year. There is no short cut or
easy way to figure from part Of a
years trap-nest record what the total
for the year will be, nor to Gull care
fully enough to estimate what 1t has
been or will be, say poultry specialists
at the Kansas State Agricultural col
lege.
The highest type Of brooding for egg
production may be secured only by
trap-nesting every breeder throughout
every day of her first laying year. and
every day throughout the brooding
season, as long as she is kept. In
addition, both male and female birds
must be selected which have the abil-
ity to transmit high production to their
offspring.
The best poultry breeders are
searching for the pullet that lays not
only during the spring, but is also an
early maturer and heavy winter layer.
as well as a persistent summer layer.
These characteristics. coupled with
intensity of production, are found only
in the best hens. the poultrymen claim.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1926-01-29
Largest Litters Always
Bring Biggest Profits

"The average size of filters of pigs
for all breeds Is less than FIVE" says
Howard j. Brant, swine extension
man at the Wisconsin College of Agri-
culture. 'The cost for each pig up to
weaving time, according to an ex-
pertinent carried out on a Wisconsin
farm, is 500. If the litter average
could be brought up to eight, the cost
would be $1.57 each.
Since 80 cents may be saved on each
pig at weaving time, 1t would seem a
worthwhile proposition to get at the
causes Of the losses. Figures COM
piled agree fairly well on "a per cent
being lost from birth to weaving time.
The causes for losses are listed
here as given by the United States
Department of Agriculture on farms
in Illinois and Iowa: 8 per cent by
sows lying on them, per cent far
rowed dead, per cent narrowed
weak, 3.5 per cent from intestinal
infection, 3.3 per cent from prema-
ture birth, 2 per cent starved, 1.S
per cent scours, 1.6 per cent chilled,
1.5 per cent eaten by sows, per cent
sore mouth, and 2 per cent other mis-
cellaneous causes.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1926-01-29
RenoDating PillorOs Is
One Task of Homemakey

One of the tasks which confront the
homemaker when the house is being
cleaned and put in order for winter is
the proper cleaning Of the pillows. The
United States Department Of Agricul-
ture considers that the most satisfac-
tory method is to transfer the feathers
to muslin bag two or three times the
size of the ticking. This may be done
easily by sewing the edges Of the open
ings of the ticking and bag together
and shaking the feathers from one to
the other
The feathers and the ticking are
washed separately. To wash the feath-
ers, after sewing them in the muslin
bag, scrub them in weak solution Of
washing soda, using good suds II
necessary this is repeated in second
suds. Rinse in two or three lukewarm
rinses. If an extractor type of wash
ing machine Is available, extract as
much moisture as possible, and then
dry the feathers on a sheet In the SUM-
If one has no machine of this type,
squeeze out as much of the excess wa
ter as possible and dry in the same
way Beat from time to time during
the process.
After washing the ticking, starch II
on the inside with very stiff starch
mixture, applied with a sponge This
closes the pores Of the material and
prevents the feathers from working
their way through. The ticking Is
then dried and reflled.
The pillows themselves may, be
washed without removing the feath-
ers, In much the same way as the
feathers are washed when transferred
to the muslin bag as described above.
A slip cover between the ticking and
the pillow case will prevent the tick
ing from becoming soiled easily and
do away with unnecessary washing of
the pillow Slip covers may be made
of a lightweight muslin. They are
then taken off and washed from time
to time and tackled back In place.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1926-01-29
POINTS ON
KEEPING WELL
DR.. FREDERICK r. GREEN
Editor of "HEALTH"
nnnntanuhhuSzasaSsxsxar u;
&c, 1926, Western Newspaper Unionl
TRENCH WARFARE

TT ALL this stuff about germs is true,
how does it happen that anybody is
alivef
The question Is a perfectly fair one
and its answer makes strange and
wonderful story. If we are, at all
times, surrounded by these invisible
carriers of death, why isn't everybody
dead? Because of the ability to re-
sist and overcome disease which the
human body has acquired in past ages.
But how does the body defend it.
self against its outside enemies? Very
much the same as the nation defends
itself against invaders.
The body, in health, is like a ma
ton at peace. There is no excitement,
no disturbance. The body is made up
or millions of cells, just as the nation
is made up of millions Of people But
when everything is peaceful, each cell
goes about its own business. The red
blood cells go about their business of
carriers of traffic, hauling oxygen into
the cells and hauling carbon dioxide
out to be dumped, travelling on the
main roads and paths formed by the
arteries and veins.
On the roads are found a few POI
licemen, in the form of white blood
cells, sauntering along the roads, keep
ing the peace and watching for the
stray criminal. But the reserves are
in the barracks in the bone marrow,
the spleen and the lymph glands. Any
occasional invader can be taken care
of by the police.
But suddenly an important position
in the lungs is captured by a strong
force of tuberculosis germs. They at
once begin to increase in numbers, liv-
ing off of the surrounding country and
throwing poison gas into the body in
the form of the toxins or poisons
which they make.
Then the order for mobilization is
issued and the reserves rush out of
their barracks and down the roads to
enough, they drag the invaders out,
carry them to the frontier and throw
them out of the country. If they can't
do this, they do just what the Allies
did in Flanders. They "dig in" and
throw up wall around the invading
force to keep them from spreading.
Just the same thing, only in France
1T was called ''line of defense" and
in the body it is called an '.infamma-
tory reaction" Finally, the white
cells build barbed-wire entanglements
in front of the trenches to surround
the enemy, only they are called con-
nective tissue formations.
Then the white-celled troops. like
the French, say: "They shall not
pass"
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1926-01-29
Care of Breeding Stock
Is of Great Importance

Apparently much of the trouble we
have each year with poor incubator
results is traceable to the condition
which the breeding stock has been in
for several months previous. A study
of the results which some of our
hatcheries are obtaining with eggs
from different flocks Matched in the
same machine indicate the great Inn
portance of this factor.
The hens should have plenty Of
grain In addition to the regular lay
ing mash Five per cent of linseed
oil meal may be put In the mash to
help the late moiters in refeather-
ing. Green feed is particularly i'm
portant to breeders. Do not use
lights on the breeding stock.-O. G.
Krum, Poultry Extension Specialist.
Colorado Agricultural College.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1926-01-29
dFfA]RlNk
.S1[|C)NG]E.
WINTER BEST TIME
TO DEHORN CATTLE

Cattle with horns require more
stronger animals hook the weaker
away. 1t is good practice, therefore,
to dehorn cattle put en- feed for fat
tening and because of the danger from
flies and maggots in summer, the win
ter months are best for this operation.
1.-TWO methods are commonly used
for dehorning cattle" says Prof. r. S.
Curtis of the animal husbandry divi-
sion of the North Carolina state col
lege. Some successful growers use
the saw, while others use the dehorn-
ing clippers. The clipper method Is
quicker but has a tendency to mash
the horn and the horn core. Either
method may be used but care should
be taken to see that the horns are cut
off close to the head, otherwise q stub
horn will develop and will not only
look bad but will leave the animal with
the original disadvantage"
Professor Curtis recommends that
chute be constructed, where a large
number are to be treated. This chute
will confine the animal rigidly and the
head is held firmly for the operation.
When the horns are removed, some
feeders treat the stub with covering
Of tar. This is not necessary in cold
months, but the animal should be care
fully watched so that maggots will not
get into the wound. When the ami
mails have been properly dehorned,
hair will grow over the scar, giving the
appearance of a naturally pclled ami
NAL
Professor Curtis states that pure
bred animals intended for the show
ring should not be dehorned. If the
herd is used only for breeding stock,
the horns might be removed with prof
liable results.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1926-01-29
Feeding Iodide to Pigs
Tested by Iowa Station

The results Of three pig-feeding
trials in which the chief objective
was to determine the influence OF
iodide feeding have been reported by
the Iowa experiment station In re-
search bulletin Nc. Sc.
A summary of the three trials shows
that the average daily gain Of the
pigs not receiving iodide was 1872
pounds and the gain Of the iodide
group was 1908 pounds. The feed
required for 100 pounds gain for the
first group mentioned was $50 pounds
and for the iodide group 405 pounds.
The daily gain was increased 9.91
per cent in the iodide group and the
feed requirement reduced 10 per cent.
In the first trial the potassium 10
dide was added to a supplemental
protein, viramine, and mineral feed
mixture at rate of one-tenth Of
pound to 1000 pounds of feed and
this was settled.
In the second trial the potassium
iodide was added to a mineral mix
ture composed of equal parts of fine
ly ground limestone, flake salt, and
bone meal at the rate of one-tenth
pound to 100 pounds of the mineral
mixture. Ten pounds Of this mixture
were added to each 100 pounds Of
supplemental protein feed mixture and
this settled.
In the third trial the potassium
iodide was added to mineral mix
ture which made it then composed Of
1890 parts flake salt; high calcium
limestone finely ground, 1898 parts;
spent bone black, 39.9S parts; and
potassium iodide, .05 pound or 288
grains or g ounce apothecaries
weight; total 100 pounds. This was
settled.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1926-01-29
[ 0(QlllBlY
DIVIDE HEN FLOCK
FOR BEST RESULTS

Separate pullets from hens, say
poultrymen from the New York State
College of Agriculture at Ithaca. Old
er hens dre apt, If allowed, to keep
the pullets from their feed and boss
them around so that they do not get
fair chance to develop as they
should. Separation also lessons the
risk from disease spread.
Skim milk is one of the biggest
known aids to egg production, and
should be used to the limit. Every
pullet should always have all the
milk, sour or sweet, that she can
drink. Cleanliness is a big factor in
handling poultry successfully, and the
college poultrymen suggest not only
washing the milk dish every time be-
fore use, but also cleaning the roosts.
the floors, and the self-feeders fire.
quently. Some men clean the drop
ping boards every day, but this is not
absolutely necessary.
With plenty of milk, the hens do not
need so much water, and few farm
ers claim better results when no wa
ter at all is given If the hens always
have access to milk. The milk gives
them not only water, but also much
needed proteins and minerals.
Whole cabbages hung in the scratch
pens make fine green feed; but other
greenstuffs are also good. 1t Is a Sc
rious mistake to throw any large
quantity of green roughage on the
floor where it is apt to be wasted by
getting moldy and dirty.
For the mash which pullets should
always have before them equal parts
Of bran, middlings, yellow corn meal,
ground heavy oats, and beef scraps
generally give the best results. If
the chickens have all the milk they
can drink, the meat scrap allowance
can be cut In two. The house itself
should be dry and well-ventilated
Every poultryman knows the impor-
lance of keeping his stock free from
lice and mites. Litter in the scratch
pens should not be too deep at first.
as the pullets do not know how to
scratch deep yet Yellow cracked
corn is as good scratch feed as any
one needs, but one-third of any other
wholesome grain can also be added
Add to these aids and precautions
q good culling program, say the state
college men, and any poultryman
should be able to get both pleasure
and profit from handling his fiock.s
The little things count in egg pro-
duction, they say. They believe these
practices, if followed, will increase
the production of every
hen In the state. They are not, Of
course, in favor of a greater total
production of eggs, but less hens and
more eggs is the combination that
means money in the poultryman's
pocket.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1926-01-29

| possible after soaking them, and dry
| between towels. Dasheen chips are
| dried in the same way before frying.
The fat should have a temperature of
400 degrees F. when the chips are put
In 1t and after each batch Is cooked
1t should be reheated to this point be-
fore fresh lot Of chips are put in.
III large quantity of chips is being
made the fat should be strained from
time to time; otherwise any small
floating particles of potato can be
skinned out.
cottonseed Oil Is Best.
High-grade cottonseed oil is the
best fat to use for frying chips. Vege-
table oils or compounds give better
results than animal fats. No fat with
smoking point Of less than 42S de-
grees f. is satisfactory. Care should
be taken not to cook too many chips
at once. The fat should be deep
enough to cover the slices completely
and allow them to lie fiat and be
crusted over quickly in from three to
five minutes. They should be gently
stirred while In the fat.
When the chips are delicately
Drowned, the basket is raised, the ex-
ress fat is drained off, and the chips
are emptied on brown paper to dry
and lightly sprinkle with salt. Chips
cooked In high-grade oil keep sweet
several weeks in cold weather. APP
proxfmately half a pound Of oil will
be required for every pound of chips,
says the United States Department CT
Agriculture. This is not all absorbed
in the chips, but includes fat spat-
tered in cooking and taken up by
crumbs skinned out from time to
time. Even when chips are made
commercially the oil is not used more
than two or three days, and in the
home, If chips are made at intervals,
it is best to start each time with good,
fresh oil, finding some other way to
use the oil that has had chips fried
in 1t. a.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1926-01-29

tFrepared by the United States Department
OF Agrculture)
Potato chips are not difficult to pre-
pare at home with ordinary household
equipment. An accurate vegetable
slicer is needed, as 1t is almost impos-
sible to slice the potatoes thinly and
evenly enough by hand. A deep fry
Ing kettle is best, especially If it has
an inner perforated pan or basket to
fit 1t for lowering and raising the po-
tatoes In the fat. A thermometer
which will register more than 400 de-
grees F. is also advisable for uniform
results. Use mature potatoes, high in
starch, for making chips. Large or
medium-sized, smooth, round potatoes
With shallow eyes are best.
Time for Cooking.
Dasheens, which are well known in
the South, and Jerusalem artichokes
also make delicious chips. Jerusalem
artichokes, however, only REQUIRE
soaking for thirty minutes, and dash
Gems from one to two hours, but the
potato slices are soaked from three
to four hours in cold running water
before being friede The longer pc
Rod of soaking or washing In compar-
ison with dasheehs and artfchokes is
necessary In order to remove the free
starch grains on the cut surfaces,
thereby preventing the adhesion of
one slice to the other, and to chill and
firm them, thus making them easier
to handle. If running water is not
available the water should be changed
every hour.
The vegetables to be made into chips
are first peeled, either by hand or by
a special peeling machine, If a large
quantity of chips is to be made, and
all eyes are carefully removed. They
are then sliced very thin, and given
a bath in cold running water, which
helps to remove free surface starch
grains. They are next soaked in clear
cold water the required length of time.
Shake off as much of the water as
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1926-01-29
CHICKENS AND SUNLIGHT

MUCH has been said in these col
40 umns about sunlight. This is
not strange when one considers that
more attention has been paid to sun
light by scientific men all over the
world in the last five years than has
been given to the subject In the pre-
ceding century. 1t almost seems as
though the sun was a recent discovery
and that no one had known Of its ex-
fstence until recently. Today we are
beginning to realize that the sun, at
least so far as our universe is con-
cerned, is literally and actually the
center and source of all life We can
understand now why the old Persian
magi or wise men worshiped the sun
as the greatest power and source Of
good in the universe.
But perhaps this hasn't interested
you. "All this stuff about ultraviolet
rays Is just another case of those
scientific fellows talking about some
thing nobody can see and that prob
ably doesn't exist" Maybe even the
newly discovered fact that sunlight,
plain everyday sunlight, will change
pale. thin, rickety child into a
plump, rosy, healthy one doesn't in
terest you either. Another of those
doctors fads. Nothing in it."
All right. Then maybe you will be
interested In chickens. Now there's
something parctical If you can raise
90
heavier and that will sell for more in
the market, now that's really talking.
That's practical.
Very well, let's talk about chickens,
then. Prof. e. B. Hart of the Wiscon-
sin state agricultural station took two
healthy chickens Of the same age and
variety. He put them on exactly the
same diet. One chicken was exposed
to direct sunlight for half an hour
each day. The other was kept out of
the sunlight entirely. At the end of
four weeks, the bird that had had the
proper food with sunlight had gained
148 per cent in weight and had grown
proportionately, while the chick that
had had proper food but no sunshine
had only gained % per cent. Half an
hour of sunshine day had made one
bird grow six times as fast as the
other!
Then Professor Hart tried another
experiment. He took two groups Of
chickens of the same size, age and
stock. He fed both groups on a diet
that would ordinarily produco rickots
One group got ten minutes of sun
shine day. The other group got sun
shine all day. AT the end Of six weeks
the ten-minute group all had ricketts,
and the all-day group were all healthy
and averaged so per cent more weight
than the others. The sunshine kept
them healthy in spite of poor food.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1926-01-29
Cause Of Diseases

Most farm poultry, houses lack eff
fective means Of removing moisture
and impure air. Accumulated mois-
ture in the poultry house and an
overcrowded condition are directly re-
sponsible for the colds and roup
which weaken the vitality of the
birds, causing them to easily succumb
to other diseases. To remedy this.
use the open-front type Of house.
which has become universally adopt
ed, and allow at least three square
feet Of floor space per bird.