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The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1927-05-06

push Of the dominant white race. His
tory Is full Of the pioneer fathers, but,
except for a few outstanding incidents
and p~ersonages, 1t has said little about
the pioneer mothers. To trace their
history it is necessary to go back 800
years to the first settlements on the
"stern and rock-bound coast" Of New
England and to remember that every
privation, every suffering from cold
and hunger, every danger from hostile
red men which the Pilgrim Fathers
endured, was also endured by the Pill
grim Mothers.
The first American frontier was the
gloomy woods which fringed the shore
of the Atlantic seaboard and held the
first settlers close to the waters edge.
This first frontier produced the Amer
lean frontiersman, one Of the hardest
types mankind has aver known. And
1t produced, too, the American from
tferswoman who was a fit mate for
such a man. She did her share In MAX
ing a home and when it was necessary
she could handle the rifle and the ak
to defend that home. Who has not
heard the oft-repeated tale Of Hannah
Dustin Cor Dustan) the Massachusetts
heroine Of King Philips war in New
England who proved with her good
right arm the heroic quality Of the
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1927-05-06
DIFFERENTIATION OF ALL GARDEN
INSECTS OF GREAT IMPORTANCE

punctured through the bottoms over
which loose boards are placed so that
when the pals are given a slight ro-
tating jerk the dust works its way
through the perforations and drops on
the plants are often used.
Some farmers have used combina-
lions of calcium arsenate and nicotine
sulphate with gypsum. By this mean
increased efficiency Is secured and
aphids as well as ~leaf-eating insects
are controlled.
Agricultural gypsum serves as an
excellent carrier of various other In
sect poisons. Combinations with paris
green and nicotine sulphate are fire.
~quently used with telling effect, and In
some cases agricultural gypsum is
used alone as a repellant Of worms,
leaf eaters and plant lice.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1927-05-06
External Parasites Not
Hurt by Internal Cures

In the quest for simple means of
repelling or destroying external para
sites of animals, many laymen have
come to put false faith in claims for
internal remedies. So numerous and
usually SO worthless have the claims
been, when subjected to scientific test,
that the bureau of animal industry,
United States Department Of Agricul-
ture, has issued a statement entitled,
"Ineffciency Of Substances Fed to An
imals to Repel or Destroy External
Parasites"
About Is years G the bureau a
ried out experiments In feeding sui
phur to cattle or giving them water
with sulphur or sulphur compound to
ascertain whether such procedure had
any effect on external parasites. No
effect was ever observed. Similar
tests were tried with sheep as far
back as 1908 t~o-ascertain any effect
on sheep scab. The investigators
found that internal remedies were use
less.
At various times the bureau has re-
ceiyed claims that certain drugs given
to animals internally will protect the
animals from flies. The bureau of
entomology likewise has tested prod
ucts recommended for chickens, in
their feed or drinking water, to con-
troll lice, mites, and other parasites.
The results of such tests have been
uniformly negative.
In view Of the many dips and other
effective preparations that will control
external parasites when applied to an
imals externally, much cruelty may be
avoided and best results obtained at
least cost by using only tested and
proved methods. The general rule Is .
External remedies for external para
sites, most of which are worms. In
the use of chemicals and drugs it is
best to obtain the services of a trained
veterinarian or other person having
scientific knowledge Of the products
used.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1927-05-06
Close Scrutiny Needed
to Detect Cattle Mango

Acting on statements from the leath-
err trade, which reports serious losses
In hides owing to demodectic mango,
the bureau of animal industry, United
States Department of Agriculture. has
requested it's inspectors throughout
the country to be on the alert In de-
tecting this ailment.
Demodectic or follicular mango, as
the same trouble is sometimes called.
affects principally cattle, hogs and
goats, though sheep and horses are
sometimes attacked by the mango
mites. One tanner reported that from
4 to 35 per cent of hides from year
ling cattle showed visible injury from
mango.
Since the external LESSONS In live
animals are often small, obscure, and
covered by hair, the symptoms and d.
rect economic losses are not pro-
nounced. This may explain why farm
ers and even veterinarians may not
have become adept in detecting the
LESSONS and recognizing their true ma
ture.
AS a means Of determining the ex-
tent and distribution Of this live stock
ailment, the bureau of animal indus
try has instructed its inspectors sta
toned at public stockyards to furnish
monthly reports showing the number
and species of animals examined and
the degree of infection found. Other
persons interested may obtain from
the department, on request, directions
for detecting demodectic mango In
live stock and for obtaining and mail
ing samples of mites, eggs, and secre-
lions for laboratory examination.
The studies are being conducted by
the geological division, bureau of an
imal industry, United States Depart
ment Of Agriculture.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1927-05-06
Rabbit Economics

Australia is unable to prove by
figures whether the rabbit is a pest
or a perquisite. In four years she
shipped abroad as food frozen rsbbits
reaching a total valuation Of f3,OOO,-
600, and rabbit skins valued at f7,0~s,-
900. But in one province alone, New
South Wales, 10000 miles Of rabbit
proof fence had to be erected to keep
the little creatures from devastating
farms. The cost of that fence was
f6, ,000. Another fence, cost not re-
ported, and surely n of the longest
in the world, was stretched the whole
distance of 612 miles between Bourke
and Corrowa.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1927-05-06
Cornstalks Infested With
Borer May Safely Be Fed
to Live Stock.

prepared by the United States Depart
ment of Agriculture.)
Live stock do not mind a few cater
pillars In their food, especially after
1t has passed through a shredding ma
chine or a silage cutter. One method
Of disposing Of c~ornstalks infested
with the European corn borer, and
thus aiding In the control Of this pest,
is to feed them direct to cattle, or
use them as ensilage. The value of
corn and other plants for fodder is
not materially lessened when infested
by the corn borer, says the United
States Department of Agriculture, ex-
cept under conditions of extreme In
festation.
Cut infested Plants Close.
Wherever practicable the infested
plants should be cut close to the
ground while green, and placed In the
silo, or fed direct from the field. Any
bOrers which escape the silage cutter
are destroyed by the conditions exist
ing In the average silo. The eason
for cutting as early In the season as
possible Is that there Is a decided
movement of the borers to the lower
part of the stalk during the latter end
OF the season. When corn fodder is
fed direct 1t should be shredded:
otherwise this practice aids very little
In the control Of the corn borer. Also
live stock relish corn fodder which has
been shredded, and this promotes con-
sumption Of the fodder. Mature
plants. especially cornstalks too dry
to be used for silage, should always
be shredded or cut into short sections.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1927-05-06
Oystershell Scale

This oystershell scale has as varied
an appetite as most any scale insect
there Is. It occurs on shade trees and
fruit trees ever large sections Of the
country. 1t car be- controlled best by
spraying with OIL emulsion about the
time the scale is Matching or a little
later. When the eggs hatch, small
yellowish insects are produced and
they crawl over the bark. After crawl
ing around for a few hours the young
scale settle down and begin sucking
sap from the bark. The waxy scale
gradually forms a covering owe the
body.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1927-05-06
Cattle Used to
Stop Corn Pest

All uneaten portions left after such
material has been fed direct should
be collected and destroyed, preferably
by burning.
Burn infested Material.
II any stalks. stubble OF other In
tested material remain In the field
after the crop has been cleared by
feeding or burning. clean blowing il
recommended. In New England,
where two generations Of the Euro
pean corn borer occur, fail blowing
is preferable, but in the Middle West
clean blowing at any season is effec-
tive.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1927-05-06

~ W 6SucIdlly ODScI Ncu, uOl ny
Presidential proclamation,
legislative enactment or church dictum,
but because sentiment DEGREES that the
second Sunday In May of each year
shall be the day upon which we honor
the women who gave US birth.
Mothers day this year has a special
significance because Of at least two
distinct projects which are under way
to honor one Of the most heroic types
OF motherhood the world has yer
known-the pioneer mother of Amer
lea. And in both cases the honoring
will be done In memorials of everlast-
ing bronze.
One of them is the announced pur-
pose Of e. w. Marland, an Oklahoma
oil millionaire, of erecting a heroic.
statue of THE Pioneer Woman" on
the famous Cherokee Strip in Okla
homa, the last government land
opened to homesteaders. Twelve of
the leading sculptors of America have
submitted models from which he Is to
select one for the completed work. An
exhibit Of these models is being sent
to various cities throughout the Mid
die West and Far West and the public
is to be given a chance, by popular
vote In each city, to aid Mr.. Marland
in making his selection, by which, 1t Is
hoped, the model best interpreting
the pioneer woman will be chosen.
""The Pioneer Mother Is to be i'm
mortalized in bronze in another west
tern city when the monument by that
name (shown in the Illustration above)
is unveiled In Penn Valley park In
Kansas City this spring. This monu-
ment Is the work of A. Phimister Proc
tor, noted for his statue Of Col. Theo-
dore Roosevelt as a Rough Rider,
which stands in Portland, Ore, as well
as for several other fine pieces of
work In other cities. 1t will be pre-
sented to Kansas City by Howard Van
derslice, who, as a baby, was carried
I'm the arms of his pioneer mother
from Kentucky yer a westward trail
to the Indian lands Of Kansas, in lust
such a manner as that depicted in
Proctor's statuary group.
1t Is especially appropriate that this
memorial should stand in Kansas City
with the face Of the pioneer mother
turned to the great trans-Missouri
West. For the site Of Kansas City is
historic ground. In this vicinity were
the eastern termini of two great high
ways-the Santa Fe trail and the Ore
gon trail-over which the stream Of
emigration poured into the last Ameri-
a wilderness. The Santa Fe trail
was primarily an artery of commerce.,
but the Oregon trail was a homeseek-
er's highway to the gold fields of CAL
fornia and to the rich valleys Of Ore
gon and Washington. The epic of the
Oregon trail has been written many
times and In many different ways so
that the picture of the women of the
Covered Wagon" era Is as clear in
our minds as that of the men of those
days.
But It should not be forgotten that
the mothers Of that perioG were not
the first to be cast in heroic roles In
the mighty drama Of the westward
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1927-05-06
Electrical Heat

The bureau of standards says that
large carbon filament lamps are prob
ably still made In small quantities for
heating purposes. They are used In
so-called "cozy glow" or radiant
glow" bathroom heaters. Wire re-
sistance units are now very generally
used instead of lamps. Such lamps
are called heater Tampa
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1927-05-06
Profit From Cattle

Although the market usually pays
a premium for very fat cattle, the
feeder must remember that the cost
of gain increases during the latter
part of the feeding period. A greater
net profit is often secured from cattle
marketed when they are moderately
well finished rather than holding them
in the feed lot long enough to put on
the extra finish that results in a top
market price. If market quotations
are satisfactory when cattle reach
good condition it Is wise to ship them.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1927-05-06
The Prairie Mother

She came to rock the cradle of
a new empire. Adventure calls
to men, but duty summons wom-
en-. And SO, when the time was
ripe to breed new stars for the
fiag, she set forth from Maine
and Ohio and Killarney's lowell
ness and her Swedish village and
her ford home to mother the
wilderness.
Only God and she knows the
f~ullness of her giving to the
young Northwest.
She lived in sod houses and
~hay-roofed huts, with the newest
neighbor often q days trudge
away.
\ She had no decencies. She did
not rel know the luxury Of
floor or fireplace. Her meal was
ground in a hand mill and her
baking range was a makeshift
oven IN the yard.
She helped In the felds-at the
blowing and the sowing, and she
helped to scythe the crop and
, bind the sheaves.
She watered stock and spun
and knitted and tailored. She
made a garden and preserved the
winter food, MIXED her cows
and nursed her children. The
sleepy-eyed sun found her al
ready ut her tasks, and the mid
moon heard her Groom the baby
to rest.
Her beauty sleep began at
ten and ended at four. Year in
and year out she never had an
orange, a box of sweets or a gift
of remembrance.
She fought drought and dearth
and savages and savage loneli-
ness, her Sunday bests" were
calico and linsey woolsey. She
grew old at the rate Of twenty
four months a year at the grub
bling hoe and the washtub and
the churn.
She bore her BARNS alone and
buried them on the frozen prai-
ries.
But she asked no pity for her
broken arches, her aching back,
her poor, gnarled hands. Or for
the wistful memories Of a fairer
youth in sweeter lands.
She gave America the great
Northwest, and was too proud to
bubble at the cost of the stall
wart o n to whom she willed II.
"She mothered MENi-Herbert
Kaufman in the Minneapolis
(Minn.) Tribune.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1927-05-06

pioneer mother defending her chill.
dren2
When the frontier was pushed back
to the summit Of the Appalachian
mountains the pioneer mother stood
beside her man and looked down into
the fertile Ohio valley and saw with
him the vision Of their future home.
She also faced the unknown terrors
of the Ozark and Bloody Ground" Of
Kentucky and helped him holG 1t
against the frenzied attempts Of the
Indians to eject the white man from
his bestowed hunting ground. In
that dark period Of 20 years-from
the outbreak Of the Revolution to the
time of Mad Anthony" Wayne's vic
tory over the confederated tribes OF
the Northwest-when the fate OF the
white settlement in the Mississippi val
ley hung in the balance, it was the
pioneer woman quite as much as the
pioneer man who decided the issue.
But not all Of the courage Of the
pioneer mother was shown when it
came to a hand-to-hand encounter. So
long as Kentuckians repeat the stories
heard at their mothers knees, SO long
will they tell of the women Of Bryant's
Station. These were the women who,
when the station was surrounded by
Indians, volunteered to go to a spring
nearby and bring the water which the
defenders Of the fort would need so
badly when the battle began. The In
dams were lying low" preparing for
a surprise attack. If the men went for
water the attack would be precipitated.
If the women went as usual, the saw
ages MIGHT refrain from revealing
their presence by attacking the wa
t~er-bearers. Again they might not. 1t
was a fearful chance those women
took. But they took it, walked steadily
down to the spring, conscious all the
time of snake-like eyes ~glittering at
them from the bushes close at hand,
filled their buckets and walked stead
lily back to the safety Of the stockaded
walls. And they didn't spill a drop Of
water! That was the type Of courage
these pioneer mothers possessed.
But hostile Indians were not the only
terror which the pioneer mother faced
and conquered. She faced and con
quered the tcrrors Of loneliness in
isolated cabins. of starvation, of bit
ter winters and sultry summers,
whose stagnation brought sickness and
death to her and her family with no
doctors within hundreds of miles. Too
often vas 1t true that
My mother she was merry and brave,
And so she came to her labor
With a tall green Ar for a doctor grave
And a stream for a comforting
neighbor.
THE Ballad Of william Sycamore
Benet.
When the American frontier crossed
the Mississippi and the last westward
push began, in the forefront of that
long line of historic figures which
make up the splendid pageant Of the
West was the figure which dominates
the group by Proctor-the figure OF
the pioneer mother, her baby In her
arms and her face turned toward the
west. Forgetful of the terrors she had
known in the forests of the East, she
braved the terrors of the great plains
and mountains Of the West. Flooded
rivers, prairie fires, snow-flled noun
tain passes, Indian attacks, hunger and
thirst and sickness could not hold her
back. Her face vas turned to the
west and when she had followed the
"star of empire" to her goal she had
helped build a nation.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1927-05-06
Modern Babes

Bobby, age six, had been quite
naughty, and had received a rather
o~ld-fashioned spanking. Jane, recent
~ started to Sunday school, was hor-
ri1ed at Bobby's quick recovery from
the affair, and, seeking to bring him
to deeper repentance, asked him
whether he were not sorry to have
been so bad that he had to be
spanked.
She said: DADDY will know 1t,
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1927-05-06
Agricultural Notes

A silo is the lighthouse on the farm.

A silo is the lighthouse on the farm.
Weeds need no watering /; they grow
overnight.
The farmer who plants legumes to
build up his soil meets success half
way.
Gardening keeps down the cost of
living on the farm. It's no longer just
a Job.
The home vegetable garden is in
complete unless it contains the peren-
NAL vegetables.
Yes, a good sire is half the herd,
but then the other half is so per cent
and should be well selected.
Some of the farmers who once said.
Il wouldn't milk a COW for anybody"
are now glad to get their timely milk
check.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1927-05-06
busting Has Been Found to
Be Practical.

Among the important tasks In car
ing for the garden is spraying. Com
plicated and bulky cO~ntrivances are
not always necessary. busting has
been found to be practical and a very
convenient way of getting rid of Gu
cumber beetles, potato bugs or worms.
The Ohio experiment station was
the first institution to make known
the fact that a combination of n
pound of calcium arsenate and twenty
pounds of gypsum not only controlled
the cucumber beetle but also made
possible increased yield of cucumbers.
The farmers first used sacks for APP
plying the dust and later improved
on this method. Buckets with holes
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1927-05-06
Uses for Hulless Oats

Hulless oats have been recommend
ed usually for making feeds. They
have also given satisfaction as a sub
stitute for oatmeal, especially for
young pigs. They have not yielded as
high as the hulled varieties, however,
and the problem at the present time
Is to increase their yielding power
and disease resistance. When this is
done. the variety may take a perma-
nent place in agriculture as a feed
especially adapted to young I've
stock.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1927-05-06
Cross-Pollinating Oats

Cross-pollination of oats is done I'M
mediately after the heads appear. At
this time the stamens of the oats
flower are removed and new stamens
of the variety to be crossed with the
parent plant are inserted into the
flower. Pollen from these new sta
mems fertilizes the flowers from
which the stamens have been re-
moved and a hybrid oats plant is the
result. From the progeny Of this ny
brid, various strains Of oats are Sc
lected,
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1927-05-06
Quick Thinking

A woman waiting outside a down.
town movie theater Sunday night
broke a heel from her shoe when she
attempted to push her way into the
lobby. She stood In evident bewilder-
ment for a moment, holding the de-
tached heel IN one hand. Other the
atergoers stood by and wondered what
her next nov would be. Suddenly,
with an enlightened smile, she stopped
down and ripped the heel from her
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1927-05-06

HunnOn IN
LIFE IN FORT MINK

After Mrs. Toofus had kissed her
husband effusively, she promptly
asked for five dollars, which he as
promptly refused.
"Pig! 1 lavish those affections upon
you. 1 kiss you, and yet you refuse
me those five dollars"
Here are those five dollars" re-
sponded the Fort Mink philosopher
and guide. NOW / can't afford any
more kisses just at present"
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1927-05-06
Faces of Crystal

Every crystal has a definite molec-
ular structure and fits outward form
Is bounded by a number of faces re-
sulting from the regular arrangement
of the particles Of the substance
which is undergoing qualification. Al
though the faces often develop un-
equally, the angles between them re-
main constant.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1927-05-06
Babies Should Organize

Everywhere we look we see under
hand cracks being taken at children
The Chart of Table Manners in the
Woman's Home Companion says they
should not be permitted to leave the
table to play or read between courses"
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1927-05-06
Height of Quietude

A silence room so perfectly sound
proof for testing cases of deafness
that the beat Of the heart and the
flick" of the eyelld when quickly
closed and opened can be heard is one
of the features of the new Royal Ear
hospital, London.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1927-05-06
Tempest Brewing

MI. Stinger-Jane, l am going to
take that car out in the yard and fix
it, or bust it.
Mrs. Stinger-Why, John, just think
of the neighbors-and you baptized
only last Sunday morning.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1927-05-06
Oh!

Rod suppose you consider II
quite a triumph to make a fool Of
me?
Jane-Why no. A triumph means
something accomplished that was
very difficult.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1927-05-06

grandmother will know 1t, cook knows
1t, and eve God knows you were
naughty and had to be spanked"
Bobby, showing the first real inter-
est: "Oh, has He a radio, too?"
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1927-05-06
Strange Complaint

Mrs. Smith calling on Mrs. Brown,
who is not welD-And what did the
doctor say was your trouble?
Mrs. Brown-AutO in~toxication.
Mrs. Smith-Indeedl And you don't
ride much either.-Woman's World.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1927-05-06
Paging Mr.. Lincoln

you're fred" stormed the hard
boiled boss.
"Fired? How you talk! !" sneered
the stenog. Il supposed they sold
slaves. "-American Legion Monthly.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1927-05-06
Undertook Mr.. Jones

Jim and Andy were discussing the
death of a friend.
Jim said-Andy, who gwine to bury
Mr.. Jones?
Andy replied don't know who
gwine bury him, but Mr.. Smith under
took him.
(Mr. Smith was the undertaker).-
The Outlook.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1927-05-06
Another Broken Heart

Motorist-I'm sorry / ran wei your
hen. Would a dollar make it right?
Farmer-Waal, better make it two.
I have a rooster that was mighty fond
of that hen, and the shock might kill
him, too.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1927-05-06
Pointed and Headed

81 can't find a single pinl Where
do they all go to, anyway"
sits hard to tell. because they're
pointed In one direction and they're
headed in another