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The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1928-05-25
Department of Agriculture
Predicts Acute Shortage
in Few Years.

prepared by the United States Department
of Agriculture.)
Horses and mules, which In 1926
were worth relatively less than at any
time in the preceding 40 years, have
ct last begun to advance in price. In
February the farm price of horses av-
eraged S4 head above the price at
the beginning of 1926, and was on a
higher level than in any February
since 1924. The farm price of mules
began to advance in September last.
On January 10 they averaged $92
head, compared with $33 head in
January of 1927. This advance ac-
companied heavy fall movement of
horses and mules into southern mar
Rets. Receipts of horses and mules at
Fort Worth, Oklahoma City, Memphis,
Montgomery and Atlanta for October,
November and December totaled 67,-
469 head compared with 173SS head In
the corresponding period of 1926.
Low Point in Prices.
Although these facts may not suffice
TO prove that the low point in the
cycle of horse and mule prices has
been passed, no class of live stock has
been relatively lower in price since
the war. From 1918 to 1924 the price
Of horses dropped more than 80 per
cent, and low values continued there
after without much change until quite
recently. simultaneously with the de-
Ginning price the production declined.
The census of 1925 showed 70 colts
under two years of age per 1,OOO
horses and mules of all ages, compared
with 49, colts in 1920. This was
reduction of 40 per cent in the ratio.
Data compiled by the Department of
Agriculture show that this downward
tendency in the number of horses and
mules on farms has been in progress
in several states since the early years
of the present century. Thus in New
England, the number of horses and
mules on farms totaled 3SO,0OO head in
1900. On January 1, 1923, the num-
her on New England farms was only
231, 900. In New York and Michigan
horses and mules on farms were most
numerous in 1914, when the total was
100000. In the same region this
year the number was only $4,000.
In Minnesota and Wisconsin the
peak was reached in 1916, with 1885,
600 head, compared with 100000
head on January / of this year. In
Ohio and Indiana 1914 was the high
year, when those states had 1,9210OO
horses and mules on farms. This year
on January l they had only 1,19S,OOO.
Illinois in 1913 had 100000 horses
and mules, compared with 1,045,000
this year. Iowa's peak year was 1913,
when there were 1,674,000 horses and
mules on farms compared with 1,170,-
600 this year.
Decline In Number.
In the South the decline in the num-
Der of horses and mules on farms &C.
CURED later than in the Middle West
and Northeast. Thus Texas and Okla
home had their greatest number of
horses and mules in 1920, when the
total was 100000. In the same
states this year the number was 2,644,-
600. The peak year was 1920 also in
Tennessee and North Carolina, in Ken
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1928-05-25
Milk Supplies Proteins
of Excellent Quality

Milk furnishes proteins of excellent
quality but unfortunately most of us
do not have sufficient milk available
to balance the corn. There are many
good protein feeds of vegetable origin
that will give excellent accounts of
themselves when incorporated into the
ration of the growing and fattening
pig. The proteins in most of these
feeds of plant origin, such as linseed
oil meal, soy bean oil meal. cotton
seed meal, wheat middlings and others
are unbalanced in somewhat the same
manner as the proteins of corn and
the cereal grains. Many of these
feeds may be fed in certain combina-
tons with very good results, both
physiologically and economically speak
ing.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1928-05-25
Horse and Mule
Prices Improving

lucky, Virginia and Delaware, and In
Alabama, Mississippi, Arkansas and
Louisiana. On the Pacific slope and
in Nevada, Arizona and New Mexico
the peak year was 1917.
Substitution of mechanical power
for work animals has undoubtedly
been the most important factor In ac-
counting for the decrease In the lat
ter. Tractors on farms In 1925 num-
bered 100000, or more than double
the number in 1920. The increase was
particularly great in Pennsylvania,
New York, the Lake states, the east
ern corn belt, and California. In these
states industrial competition for the
labor supply seems to have been
factor in inducing farmers to mechan-
ize their operations. 1t is estimated
by the Department of Agriculture that
the decrease in horses and mules from
1920 TO 1925 released for other uses
about 100000 acres of land formerly
required for feed grains, hay and pas
ture.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1928-05-25
Aeronautics Aids Windmills

Aeronautics, after adapting the
windmill to its own purpose, is return
ing it to the farmer greatly improved
as a result of the intensive research
made by the aircraft industry.
Changes in the number of blades and
the pitch of propellers used to drive
electric generators on airplanes at the
army laboratories at Dayton, Ohio,
have resulted in new type Of wheel
for ordinary windmills. This, says
the Popular Science Monthly, in
creases the speed of revolution from
six to ten times that of the old-fash-
toned wheel.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1928-05-25
Shorten Broody Period
by Feeding Liberally

There is probably no best" method
for breaking up setting hens. The
practice has gradually changed to a
problem of substituting kindness and
good feed for rough treatment. Brood
mess is a natural tendency in hens.
Some breeders have been able to pr3c-
tically eliminate it by selecting birds
that are free from broodiness. Broodi-
ness is also caused to some extent by
hens wanting to rest from egg produc-
ton. Therefore, it is believed that
the best method of shortening the
period of broodiness consists in feed
ing the hens literally on good laying
ration. Such a ration should contain
liberal percentage of animal pro-
tein, such as meat scraps or tankage.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1928-05-25
Threw Shoes at Preacher

The sermon of the dean of Peter
borough at the cathedral in Peter
borough, England, praising the flap
per's stern qualities, displeased an ell
derby woman worshiper. She first
protested against the deans eulogy of
the modern girl, but when she found
out that her protests went unheeded
she removed both of her shoes and
flung them at the dean, then she took
off her hat and threw it at the head
of the offensive" preacher.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1928-05-25
Skating Pattern in Dream

That one of his most successful
fee patterns came to him in dream,
was recently revealed by Sidney Charl-
ton, who claims the worlds trick skat-
ing championship. While in SwitZer-
land he dreamed that he was skating
before large crowd who seemed to
applaud all out of proportion to his
act. When he looked on the ice he
found that he had drawn with his
skates a perfect pattern of sun
flower. The surprise awakened him
and he jumped out of bed to jot down
the turns, which he found next day
to be practicable.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1928-05-25
SOUR CREAM TO MAKE BUTTER
SUBJECT TO IMPORT MILK ACT

portation but also the requirements
that such products must be produced
by animals which are shown to be
healthy, and that they must be ham
died in establishments showing a sat
isfactory score as provided in the act.
Although intended for manufacture
into butter or any other food or bev-
arge after importation into the United
States, such products can be entered
legally only under adequate permit OBJ
tanned previous to the time of impor-
tation.'
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1928-05-25
Avoid Cannibalism

After chicks reach a certain size
they sometimes develop brooder vice
known as cannibalism. This eating
of one another is usually the result of
too many chicks confined in too small
quarters with not enough to do. Keep
the chicks busy at all times by giving
them cabbage, potatoes, onions or
some other form of food at which to
pick. DO not cut these up, make the
chicks pick them to pieces. Cannibal-
ism is less common where the chicks
are fed correct ration. The habit
may be stopped by painting the
picked areas with pine or wood tar.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1928-05-25
Here's Speedy Relief for
Tender, Aching, Swollen Feet
Moones Emerald Oil Must Give Complete Satisfaction
Or Moneu CheerfuHu Refunded

time and they just seem to shrivel
right UP. and scale off.
No matter how discouraged you have
been with powders, foot baths or other
applications. if you have not tried En-
erald Oil then you have something TO
learn.
It's a wonderful formula-this COM
bination Of essential oils with camphor
and other antiseptics so marvellous that
thousands of bottles are sold annually
for reducing varicoSe or swollen veins.
Every good druggist guarantees
Moone's Emerald Oil to end your foot
troubles or money back.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1928-05-25
Ambitious Fence Post

The most ambitious fence post In
the world is probably on Pennsyl-
vania farm. 1t has grown into tree !:
The Farm Journal, which publishes
a photograph of the freak, recounts
that the fence was built in 1878 Of new
catalpa timbers. The other posts re-
manned as dead as fence posts should,
but this one put down shoots and at
tanned a height of 6 feet within a
year, Today it is 40 feet high, with
q spread of 45 feet.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1928-05-25
Fame for Girl Musician

The Symphonic orchestra of Vienna
has been conducted by twenty-five
year-old Gertrude Hrdlicaka in an inn
portant concert. Critics highly praised
her work as conductor. A few weeks
before she conducted the orchestra the
girl musician was almost unknown. She
made her success overnight as a
concert violinist.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1928-05-25

Your feet may be so swollen and in
famed that you think you can't go an
other step. Your shoes may feel as II
they are cutting right into the flesh.
You feel sick all over with the pain
and torture. you'd give anything to
get relief.
Two or three applications of Moone's
Emerald Oil and in fifteen minutes the
pain and soreness disappears. A few
more applications at regular intervals
and the swelling reduces.
And as for Soft Corns and Callouses
Q few applications each night at bed
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1928-05-25
Wary

"Say, why don't you get car with
a self-starter?" said a bystander to an
elderly negro who was YEARLY crank
ing his car.
swell, you see, boss, Aid be Won
derin' all de time If she would be a.
startin when All didn't want her to-"
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1928-05-25
Ho-Hun1!

Josephine-Well, did they have
fine program at the movies last night?
Ruth-It wasn't just what would
like. They took up the entire time
showing what they are to have next
week.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1928-05-25
Reform

Although the men are always poking
fun at woman's dress, you never
heard of men banding together to re-
form women, while all the great re-
forms against men have been initiated
and fostered by women.-Atlanta Con-
stitution.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1928-05-25
Use Pedigree Barley

Good pedigree barley can always be
obtained from seed houses and from
independent growers. Yields of so
and GO bushels have been noted on the
fertile clay soils best suited to the
crop
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1928-05-25
Fifteen Billion Stamps

To carry the letters of year the
government sells 15,000,0O0,0OO post
age stamps and 100000 special de-
livery stamps.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1928-05-25
Valuations

Dustin Stax is big man in these
days of railway mergers"
expert engineer?"
Bigger than that. Expert ac-
countant."
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1928-05-25
The Early Worn,

If you get up and start early in the
morning you miss all the traffic ex-
cept those who started early to miss
it-New York Telegram.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1928-05-25
Must

Hell must say I'm glad your moth.
err is coming to visit us.
She-Be frank and say you're not.
He-I SAID. / must say so.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1928-05-25
The Modern Kind

"What do you mean, she has an i'm
promptu complexion
swell, she Sort of makes 1t up as
she goes along"
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1928-05-25

Though the arrogant now may In
herit the earth, they are willing that
the meek help pay the taxes on it.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1928-05-25

If your children are mischievous,
they're probably healthy.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1928-05-25

MOST people know this absolute
antidote for pain, but are you careful
to say Bayer when you buy it? And
do you always give a glance to see
Bayer on the box-and the word
genuine printed in red? 1t isn't the
genuine Bayer Aspirin without it A
drugstore always has Bayer, with the
proven directions tucked in every box:
The Washington times., 1928-09-21
LATEST NEWS OF FINANCIAL MARKETS.
SCHOOLS DROP
Pm. Shit IS

For the first time since the World
War there are no late afternoon
classes at any Washington high
school. The last school to have
afternoon shifts as result of over
crowded conditions was Central.
This year, however. the enrolment
has slackened off, and the late shift
has been abandoned. Business high
school also had late classes for a
short while last year, but was able to
get rid of them before the school
year ended.
Stephen E.. Kramer, assistant SUI
perintendent OF schools, said today
that conditions at Business and
Western were crowded owing to
large increases in enrolment.
At Mckinley High School. re.
placing the old "Tech,'' things are
In better shape, with an enrolment
OF approxImat eIy 1900 and accom-
modatlons for about 1890. There
was practically no increase In en-.
rolIment at Eastern.
kramer said there had been an
unexpectedly heavy. attendance at
the printing courses at the new Nc.
Kinley, and also a big demand for
commercial courses. The latter
have not yet been organized, but
will get under way shortlyN
The Washington times., 1928-09-21
Third Body Discovered
After 1000 Foot Plunge

LOS ANGELES, Calf, Sept. FL.
Found near the scene where the
wrecked automobile In which Albert
la Hubs, retired Michigan banker,
and his wife plunged to their death
August rs, was discovered the body
OF f.. il. Walter. 10 Jolla. Calf,
oil man, was recovered today and
mystery surrounding the fatal
/ .OO0-foot plunge was disoeiled.
1t was believed La Huis and his
wife might have met with foul play
when woman testified that she
heard two shots and q crash tho
night the death car 1eaped over the
emhankment on the Ridge Route
Highway, IA miles north Of here.
The Washington times., 1928-09-21
RAILWAY BOOKS
BEING PROBED

A new element was injected today
into the local street railway mer-
ger tangle. The Interstate Com
merce Commission Is now having
its inning. through the medium of
the Bureau of Efficiency.
Two experts from the bureau of
accounts of the commission today
began searching the records OF the
Public Utilities Commission with a
view to making certain studies re-
quested by Senator Capper. in con
nection with the accounting methods
of the local street railways.
While the I. C. c. experts were
at work in tho commissions offices,
the utilities commissioners were in
Building holding hearings on q pro
posed fare increase for the utilities
involved in the merger.
The accounting methods Of the
street railways was the subject Of
much OF the argument during the
hearings on the merger several
months ago.
Both William Mex. Clayton. chair.
AAAS~h Va tHG utAttAAGS tsUAutDtGlCG OL
the Federation OF Citizens AssO-
Citations. and william A. Roberts.
vice-chairman. laid much stress on
the Question of accounting and prac.
tees followed by the local utilities.
The Bureau OF Efficiency. which
had been directed by the Senate
District Committee to make an ex.
haustive and independent study of
the merger plan and report before
Congress reconvenes In December,
found that it did not have experts
qualified to handle the accounting
question. hence theiS appeal to the
Interstate Commerce Commission.
1t, was revealed today that an in.
dependent and unofficial inquiry into
the accounting %Sthods of the rail-
ways ia being conducted by q local
citizen. who has been close to the
merger fight. His interest IL In the
methods of the companies as regards
depreciation.
The Washington times., 1928-09-21
BALTIMORE LIVE STOCK

UNION STOCK YARDS. BALTI
MORE, Sept. 21.-CattIe. Receipts,
500 head. Market steady. steers
choice, tl661b.sO; good. 314@14.7S
medium, $lS01s.7S; common, 500
II; feeders and stockers, $s012.
Heifers--Choice. 3I2.SO013; good,
s1l7S@12.25; medium, SHOE: com.
mon, $991o.SO; feeders and stockers
x7Q11. Buns-Good to choice, SO
@1o.So; fair TO good, Ss@s.76: com.
mon to medium, $7@S.5O. Cows
Good to choice. $9.5O@10.50: fair to
good. $500: common to medium.
sheep and Lambs-Receipts. 2ON
head. Market steady. Sheep, $2G
$40; lambs, $7G15.
Hogs--Receipts. 800 head. Mar.
ket lower. Lights, $13: heavies,
312.75D13.20: medium. $3.50; pouzhs,
$7.7S@11.S0; light pigs, &7111: pigs.
$3.50. Ohio ana Western hogs 100
zee higher than quotations.
CalVes-Receipts. 80 head. Mar.
ket steady. Calves, S1@ts.
The Washington times., 1928-09-21
RAID VICTIM To
PRESS CASE

Indignant and disappointed at In.
absolution given ]. j. Quinn, deputy
prohibition administrators of rhe
District by United States District
Attorney Leo A. Rover. f. A. Rick
ert, OF the 210O block of Eighteenth
st. n. W., today was considering
what further action he could take
against the men who assaulted him
during a liquor raid on the Ambas.
sador Oyster House two months ago.
Quinn, Rickert charged. grabbed
him while he was standing in a
crowd in front of the oyster house
while the raid was In progress and
dragged him inside where he was
cruelty beaten.
William r. Burke, member Of the
police liquor squad, also was named
by Rickert as having kicked him.
/ RICKETTS, charge resulted in six
weeks investigation by Assistant
District Attorney circuit. q former
attorney of the prohibition admins
stratiOn who was sent to the Dis.
trict Attorneys office especially TO
handle liquor case prosecutions. Or.
cult in his report made public yes.
terday by Rover absoIved Quinn OF
blame on the ground that Quinn's
assault was justified because Rick
ert was melting riot.
Unless action can be had punish.
ing Quinn, Riclsert will not prose.
cute Burke. It was minated to.
day. He does not intend Ito black
one mans character and absolve
another" Rickert said.
1t looks TO me a. IL the prohi.
billion unit il trying to make
tHt NJ 81
Il understand they don't get along
very well anyway. The charges as
made against both men are abEo.
lutely true. but it seems to me the
District Attorneys office Is splitting
hairs
Although Rickert refused to say
fatty that he wouId not prosecute
Burke as he waE invited to do 40 by
Rover. he told newspa per reporters
that "yOn know how | feel about
1t. use your own Judgment
The whitewaShing Of Quinn has
been the subject Of discussion among
lawyers and court attaches since il
was announced by Rover, and there
has been frequent references to the
fact that MIR. koVer'E appointment as
District Attorney il Yet to he finally
acted upon by the President and the
Senate. When Rover's name was
first proposed for District Attorney
IL was said prohibition authorities
and officers of the Anti-Saloon
Leasue strongly opposed the APP
pontment.
Accompanied by his attorney
James A. O'Shea, Burke appeared
before Assistant United States Dis.
trict Attorney Ralph Given TODAY
and Offered to post bond. Given in.
formed them that no applIcs ton for
a warrant had yet been made.
The Washington times., 1928-09-21
POLLY SAILS TO
MARRY GENE
Nv ernatloBaI News Service

NEW YORK. sept. 21-Miss
Polly Lauder. the debutante heiress
TO $50 200, 900 who is engaged to
Gene Tunney, retired heavyweight
champion, will sail tonight for Italy.
it was said in apparently reliable
sources today When she returns
she will be Mrs. James Joseph Tun.
ney.
Her present plans include we'd
ding ceremony at Sorrento, Italy.
and a year.long honeymoon abroad.
!. Miss Lauder passed her last two
days in New York shopping. 1t
liz said that her trousseau includes
a $4,000 mink coat and more than
40 dinner. and evening dresses and
sport costumes and 1000 worth of
lingerie and other accessories.
The greatest secrecy regarding
her sailing plans Is being main.
tanned
Although no confirmation could
be obtained, it IL understood she
win sail on the Cosulich liner
Saturnia for Naples. The most
authentic reports available say that
Polly and Gene will be married on
October in Italy.
1t IL understood that Polly will be
ACCOMPANIED by Mrs. George
Lauder. her mother: her brother.
George; sister. Mrs. Edwin s.
DewinE. OF Hartford. Conn; Mrs.
Percy Rockefeller and Henry c.
Rowland. the novelist.
The Washington times., 1928-09-21
BALTIMORE PRODUCE

BALTIMORE. Sept. 2l.-Poultry
Chickens. old. 4 lbs. and over,
1s9Scc; old. 3 and 311 lbs, 2o@24c;
leEhcrns and other light stock, Is
@22c; old BOOSTERS, 16@1Sc; Young
chickens, sprinRers, colored az TO
size. S0@SSc: springers. leghorns.
az to Eize, 2S@30c. Ducks: White
PekinR. young. lbs. and over. 2S
025c; puddle. young 4 Lbs. and over.
2zW25c: MuHc0vy, young. 4 lbs. ana
over, 2aWz5c; all kinds, old, l51
z0c. Pigeons: Young and old pair,
350S0c. Guineas: Young, large, 81
0bOc.
Eggs-Market steady. One the
Baltimore Butter and Egg Excha nge
there were no offerings toda y
street sales, small lots, nea rby cur.
rent receipts. csndled. 35GD36c; few.
ssc. Receipts: Butter, 1910 tubs
eggs, 1880 cases.
The Washington times., 1928-09-21
RESPITE SAVES
MURDERESS
ny International News s4rvle.

ATLANTA, Ga. Sept. 21.--Mrs.
Eula Mae Thompson, young noun.
tain woman condemned to die in the
electric chair for a holdup a year
ago, went back to Chatworth. Ga,
her native home, for SO-day respite
today.
The respite was granted late yes.
terday by Governor Hardman to give
him more time to study certain as
poets OF the case and decide whether
he should commute the sentence to
life imprisonment, as the State
prison commission recommends.
The young woman's husband, Clif-
ford Thompson, and a negro, were
executed at Middledgeville about
two months ago for the murder OF
Coleman Osborne. Eula was to have
died today.
I'm too happy to say much she
said when brought to Atlanta from
MilIedgeville, en- route back TO her
native Cohutta mountains.
The Washington times., 1928-09-21
COTTON HIGHER

NEW YORK. Sept. 21.-A fore.
noon advance Of 50 cents a bale was
fairly well maintained ia the Cotton
market here today, further hedge
selling and offerings from spot
houses and local spectators were
taken mp in good fashion. At noon
quotations wereG,1I points above
their previous finals. with December
at 17.77c; January. 1880; March,
17.7lc; aud May, l76Sc.
Prices opened Ri points higher
on buying by the trade. Liverpool
and New Orleans. prompted by bet.
ted Liverpool cables than had been
expected. Houses with western wire
connections also bought and while
prices shaded slightly down ward for
time the undertone Of the market
waA decidedly steady.
The Washington times., 1928-09-21
Maharajshs Turbans
Match Dresses Of
Fayorite Wife
RERT .IN. sant 2f---The Mahara

BERLIN. Sept. 21--The Mahara-
JAN Of Patiala. visiting Berlin
with his six wives, has set \
new style for the fashionable
life Of the German capital.
He wears turban Of exactly
the same color as the dress that
his favorite wife il wearing at
the moment.
During d shopping expedition
through Berlin's fashionable shops
he ordered with each dress for
the favorite rance a turban Of the
same color and material for his
own use. But he made 1t a point
to select personally the materials
and colors of the dresses.
Now the fashionable women Of
Berlin are urging their husbands
ITO adopt the same idea regarding
their hats. but they are not so
enthusiastic about having their
husbands choose the dresses.