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The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1929-12-27
KEEP MILK AND MEAT WHERE
REFRIGERATOR is COOLEST

Some sections of the household re-
frigerator are colder than others
Locate and reserve these for milk
meat and other exceptionally perish
able foods, advises the Bureau of Home
Economics of the United States De-
partment of Agriculture. Any spoil
age in fruits and vegetables can US
ually be detected by the changes in
appearance or odor, but this is not
always the case with milk or meat.
1t is therefore important to store
these two foods in the coolest part of
the refrigerator, and let fruits veg
etables, and other foods take second
place.
You can locate the coolest section
in the refrigerator by leaving a ther-
mometer for an hour or two at time
in each part of the box, and recording
the temperatures for comparison.
You can use two thermometers and
test two places at once. Then you
would be sure of comparable con-
ditionS. /,
Cold air deScendS warm air rises
Hence, a current of cold air moves
steadily downward from the ice
chamber or the refrigerating unit
AS the air passes on its course through
the refrigerator and takes up the heat
leaking into the box and from the
various articles stored, the temper
allure is raised. Consequently the
coolest spot is that reached first by
the air as it leaves the refrigerating
compartment and is usually immed-
lately below it.
Study the construction of your own
refrigerator, and look for the cold-air
duct that guides the circulation in
many boxes. This will help to find
the coolest place. Other parts of the
refrigerator may have temperatures
sufficiently low for ordinary food stor-
age, but it is better to be on the safe
side with meat and milk and put them
in the part that has been proved the
coolest
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1929-12-27
The Changing Industrial World
The March of Events Semi-Monthly Review.
BY ].

finance monopoly will be credited with
approximately 80 per cent of all new
financing.
20 Million Farmer Grain Coop Now
In Operation.
The new Farmers National Grain
Corporation, with capital of 2O,00O-
000 has gone into operation with a
program approved by the Farm Board
for handling 500O00,0O0 bushels of
grain annually This means the Farm
Board has actually approved chain
distribution because the National
Grain Corporation is the first of a
chain of such organizations sponsored
by the Farm Board for the distribution
of agricultural products
Anti Trust Laws to be Enforced
United States Attorney william D.
Mitchell recently told the American
Bar Association that "the antitrust
laws are founded ON the proposition
that avenues of industrial opportunity
must be kept open as far as possible
to the initiative of the individual cit
izens." The Attorney General stated
further that there will be no anti
trust law exception in the enforce
ment of the laws. We anticipate the
chief law enforcement officer of the
federal government will have a busy
administration
Live Stock Coop Formed
The Farm Board has given it's APP
prevail to the formation of million
dollar National Live Stock Marketing
Association. The tentative plans of
organization, MANAGEMENT and oper-
alton are to be developed by the live
tn,.
and will affect an industry now con-
shutting about one fifth of the entire
national income from agriculture.
Unit Banking Essential to Community
Growth.
The local unit bank can best main
tain the close and intimate relations
with its patrons essential to the growth
of the local community, Whatever
weaknesses the unit bank may have
they can be easily remedied. No right
thinking man can possibly delude him
self into believing that chain and
branch banks, primarily established as
dumping ground for low grade Sc
curity issues peddled by the great
banking institutions of the larger
cities, will loan him money under the
same conditions as his local unit bank
w SCFCiOP iho pllFdIS ulItIcSUS dIlu
encourage the growth and expansion
of the local community.
Decrease in Industrial Disputes :.
In the Is year period since 1916 in
dustlial disputes before boards of arb
itration and other special tribunals,
decreased from 81 ,789 in 1916 to ST. in
1928. This is favorable commentary
on the progress made in bringing
about better relations between cap
ital, industry and labor.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1929-12-27
american business Decentralizing

American Business Decentralizing
The big city no longer holds its own
in the Capitalization of industry. Inc
small cities and towns now comprise
the new industrial frontier" In 1920
there were 1928 small towns and VII
lagos with less than $500 population.
Their total population represented less
than 1913 per cent of the entire pop
ulation of the United States, or about
42,O73, 900 people. They lived mostly
on farms and in the villages, with
little or no industrial life. Now these
same towns and villages have become
the dynamic market of the future. I"
as Mr.. Martin insult, outstanding
utility executive, puts it Electric
power has reached these small places
and they are taking on industrial life.
Industry is leaving the larger cities
and setting up in the smaller COM
munities, where the advantages of
power transmission, transportation
and communication may be profitably
enjoyed, and where the local pop
ulation is less out of plumb with the
new opportunity than in the congested
dirty and noisy metropolitan centers.
Suckers Price Psychology
The recent slump(s) in the stock
market proves once more the price
psychology" of the stock specializing
sucker. This type of Spectator buys
quotations" instead of earnings, as
sets and outlook. Stocks should be
bought only afer careful study of the
industry and thorough knowledge OF
the financial position, earnings, pros
poets, and management of the partic-
ular business concerned. Experience
is always a cruel teacher.
Auto Upkeep Amounts to Billions
In 1923 the average cost of main
tenance and operation of automobiles
in the United States was $4,000 per
car. With 100000 automobiles
owned and operated by the American
people, the 1928 auto bill amounted to
close to 9 billions of dollars.
Research Laboratories Maintained by
Big Corporations.
With the government Soundly asleep
at the post, research and experiments
to develop and exploit the resources of
the country are in the hands of the
great industries like the General
Motors, Standard Oil, U. S. Steel, and
other large corporate interests, with
the results secretly guarded by them
and monopolized for their own private
gain.
Investment Trusts Assume Alarming
Proportions.
The general public is poorly in
formed of the rate of growth of the
investment trusts during the past year.
During September the investment
trusts offered practically 81 per cent
of all new issues of securities, and
during the year 1929 this new form Of
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1929-12-27
"ConvsrsationaI" Dinner

One night at the White House dur
ing the Presidency Of Theodore
Roosevelt there met at dinner John
Hay (then secretary Of state), Sir
Martin Conway, Walter Wellman,
James Ford Rhodes, the historian,
and, of course, President Roosevelt.
Next day Hay and Rhodes met again
and the following conversation en-.
sued:
Rhodes-That was a nice converse.
tional dinner we had at the White
House last night.
Experimentation do you call It?
How long were we at the table?
Rhodes-About two hours.
Hay-Well, Wellman talked min
ute, Sir Martin minute and a half.
you minute and I not more than
that, and Theodore talked all the rest
Of the time. Do you call that con-
Observation-Disclosures Public Ledger.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1929-12-27
Wizard Of Electricity
on Starvation's Verge

A story is told about Charles p.
Steinmetz that, true or not, illustrates
his peculiar temperament. writes
Jonathan Norton Leonard In Worlds
Work. A friend who had known him
at Yonkers came to see him soon aft.
er he had gone to Lynn, Mass, with
the General Electric. He found him
In a sad state. His clothes showed
frantic signals of distress, his face
looked pinched and thin. It wasn't
easy to get at the root of the trou-
BILE, but at last the friend induced
Steinmetz to talk.
By some clerical mistake Stein.
metz's name had not been entered
on the pay roll and he had received
no money at all In the four weeks
he had been at Lynn. His own mea-
ger savings had nearly run out and
he was too proud to complain. There
were men at Lynn who were work
ing for nothing, glad Of the expert
ence which the job gave them, and
Steinmetz concluded he was In this
classification.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1929-12-27
DID YOU EVER STOP
To THINK?
By
Edison r. Waite, Shawnee, Okla.)

Henry w. Shoemaker, publisher of
the Altoona Pa) Tribune, says:
Whenever I see a crowd of people
standing at a railroad station or bus
depot going to some distant town to
shop, it seems to me that they are
not only subjecting themselves to
great loss of time and inconvenience
but are removing the greatest incen-
tive to local merchants to be pro-
greSSive or up-to-date.
Why some place at a distance has
a larger assortment or later styles OF
better taste or markets Is only be-
cause the demand at home is not
sharpened by local calls.
Shopping at home is community
building in its most constructive sense
The home town that has the buying
support of it's own people becomes the
shopping center for the district. 1t
becomes celebrated for its progress
and its enterprise, and the time and
money saved by buying at home
creates an invisible savings bank OF
local wealth and happiness.
The effect on town where the
stream of buying goes elsewhere is
gradual retrogression or discourage
ment. Outside enterprise is not at
tracted there, due to the dull appear
ance of the shops and the deserted
appearance of the streets
Buying at home is providing a
sinking fund for the improvement OF
every local business and every citizen"
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1929-12-27
DIR. SPEARS CALLS NAGURSKI
MOST UNSELFISH PLAYER

Bronko Nagurski, the University OF
Minnesota's great football player, and
All-American, was called tine most
unSelfish football man I have ever
known" by his coach, DR.. g. w. Spears,
at the annual M" banquet on the
campus last week, at which letters
were awarded to the athletes and
class numerals TO the freshmen.
81 have a feeling that Bronko will
still be with us, after he has gone as
a person." DR.. Spears said. HE will
be there as a kind Of spirit to en-
courage us and make us give our best"
Another distinguished player who
has completed his period of play at
Minnesota is Bob Tanner, who has
won nine letters in athletics, one more
than any other athlete ever won at
the university. Tanner won his letter
each of the three years he was eligible,
in football, basketball and baseball.
He comes from Minneapolis.
Other football men who are finish
ing this year and whom DR.. Spears
praised highly were Wayne Kakela
of Eveleth, Les. Pulkrabek of Glencoe,
Arthur Pharmer, whose family now
lives in Pittsfield, Mass, Bert Ola Of
Gilbert, Harold Barnhart of Pascoe,
Washington, Lloyd Johnson Of Alex
andria, and George Langenberg of
Whittlesey, Wisconsin.
Other players who won letters were:
]. P. Somers, International Falls;
Win Brockmeyer, Mankato; Bob Bard
WELL Minneapolis; Paul Perry, st.
Paul; Bill Brownen, Minneapolis;
Harold Anderson, Owatonna;' Clint
Riebeth, Minneapolis; Russ Leksell,
Ironwood, Mich; Allen letter, Mime
apolis; Leroy Tinlm, Arlington; Bob
ReihSen, Benson; Royal Hoef1er, Pine
City; Phil Gross, Minneapolis; Har-
old Emlien, Sioux City, and Clarence
Num- Minneapolis.
DR.. Spears announced that spring
practice would begin in April.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1929-12-27
Perfect Mother.in.Law

She has a marvellous talent for TIM
ing her visits. She always arrives the
day you need her and never stays a
day too long. She always brings cheer
and helpfulness and big basket Of
things from the old farm. She gets
along beautifully with her sons and
daughters-in-law. She knows how to
please her grandchildren without spoil
ing them and running their digestions
She knows how and when to write a
check and when to make beaten bis
cult and fry chicken. She has per-
feet health and a young mind. She Is
the perfect mother-in-law.
There is always the chance that you
will get her 1t you marry often enough
Kansas City Star.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1929-12-27

SIT may be complex, phobia, or
q neurosis," said the street-car rider.
"but there's just one thing on my
mind when take an open car. usu-
ally sit on the back seat, or on an In
side end seat. In either place have
q good view at the slot which pro.
tects the live wire in the street
below. I've been tossing my ciga
rette butts at the slot, wondering
II they'd ever go in. It's really be-
come an obsession, since they never
seem quite to make 1t. I'm meditating
getting of and pushing one in some
time. 80 I'll be able to get my mind
on other matters while I ride
New Esrk Sun.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1929-12-27
Words Handed Down

In the word magic we have a remi-
niscence Of the Pension "Magi,"
mighty prophets and interpreters Of
dreams, of whom three were said to
have found their way to Bethlehem.
Words which come to Us from the
Roman religion are cereal, genius.
fete, fortune, fury, grace, June, mint,
money, Saturday, vesta, contemplate,
sacrifice. temple, augury and auspice.
Vampire is an unpleasant Slavonic
word brought back from the East by
travellers in the Eighteenth century.
Taboo, tattoo and kangaroo came to
us with Captain Cook from the Pa
cific.-Exchange.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1929-12-27
Net Such q Big Success

The late Walter Kingsley, one Of
the last of the old time press agents,
once released an elephant in the
streets of New York while doing pub
licity for "The Circus Man." He tele-
phoned his '1oss" to the police de
partment and a squad Of officers
went out. They found the elephant
all right and had they but known
it, the animal would have followed
them peacefully with the offer of a
few peanuts.
Instead, they frightened the ele-
plant, which dashed into an Office
building, wedged itself in the door.
way and half the building had to be
torn down In order to release 1t.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1929-12-27

A foolish man would have waited
to win the grand prize. Not so with
the owner of the ticket.
He organized lottery of his own,
sold 1900 shares in his dream ticket,
and made big profit.
Fifty-nine men found dead in an
Oklahoma coal Iuine. The world will
never know their names. printed only
In local papers. Only coal mine
Islands," excepting one engineer, their
going Is a minor incident in industrial
development.
However, the fifty-nine deaths may
cause sympathy for moment, feel
ing that men running such risks
should be better paid and safety de-
vices developed, in spite of cost.
The air mail brings to President
Hoover a petition signed by the presi-
dents of seven Haitian political organ
izations asking him to keep our ma
rines in Haiti and supervise the presi-
Dental election coming in April.
This year little Haiti has 100 can
didates for the presidency. They are
all fighting men, and their followers
are fighting followers. They want
the marines to stay and keep them
from doing to each other things that
they might do.
How many times do you breathe
In one minute? Guess, offhand.
Many that know about the revOlu-
lions Of an airplane propeller, or a
steamship screw. take little interest
In their own machinery.
The breathing question is suggested
by the case Of Miss Margaret McIn-
tyre, Plainfield IN. - school teacher,
who breathes only five times minute,
twelve seconds to breath. Scientists
call her q physiological miracle"
You, probably, breathe fifteen to
eighteen times per minute. the aver
age for adults.
However, Miss Mcintyre has one
advantage. She breathes very deeply.
Experiments show that she takes in
three pints of air at breath. The
average adult takes in only one pint.
We all inhale too little oxygen. That
is why we need exercise, making Us
breathe more rapidly and deeply.
Just before the war, Northcliffe Of
fered $4,000 for a fight across the
English Channel, less than fifty miles.
The other day, Coste. French flyer,
set a new record by flying nearly
5000 miles without stopping or TAX
Ing on fuel.
Great progress in few years, from
fifty miles to 5000 Who doubts that
ten years hence flying across the Pa
cific, at any point, will be pilots
"child's play" and flying the Atlantic
for student flyers?
By that time this country will have
to think seriously Of hostile air visits
from Europe or Japan Even our
greatest Statesmen" will get thei2
minds of archaic 6attlesnips.
e, 1929. by King Features Syndicate, Incl
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1929-12-27
Nation's Fur-Bearers

Among the states producing the
most fur-bearing animals 1t is prob
able that Louisiana ranks highest on
account Of fits large muskrat catch.
Martens appear most plentiful In
Northwestern states. Minks are plen-
tiful throughout the wooded areas of
this country where trapping has not
been carried on extensively. Blue
foxes do not occur wild in the United
States. Red foxes are common
throughout the greater portion of this
country, most Of them being In the
Northern wooded regions. Fishers
are found almost exclusively In the
Northern states where civilization has
not disturbed their haunts.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1929-12-27
'e11pjs((klGN
by Arthur Brisbane
Mellon Knows How
He Might Kill Some One
Wanted, More u. S. Prisons

So Dead, So Unknown
In one day, in this prosperous coun-
try, there was a turn over" of one
billion eight hundred million dollars
In tax payments and treasury financ-
ing alone. Not ripple on the surface
Of the financial waters.
Interest rates didn't go up. "Call
money" the kind used for Wall Street
speculation, remained at Az per cent,
with unorganiZed lenders ION the out
side" offering to lend at 4 per cent
Secretary Mellon knows how to
handle big finance smoothly, To him
billion dollars is only billion dol
lars. Perhaps that's because he has a
billion or so of his own.
A mother with baby handles other
babies easily.
Camera, the italian giant, weighing
269 pounds, six feet ten inches tall, il
forbidden to box again in England
They like the good natured Italian,
but are afraid he might kill some man
IN the ring, and hurt the mobile sport"
What an advertisement that will be
for the Italian prize fighting giant
when he arrives in America.
Here, If you knock a man down
on the sidewalk, with no gate receipts.
that's crime.
If you knock a man down and even
kill him in the prize ring. with big
gate receipts, and a rakeoff for the
right politicians, that's sport" and
perfectly legal.
Mr.. Mitchell, President Hoover's
Democratic attorney general, wants
100000 to build new prisons for the
United States. He says the problem Of
prisons is the major one before the
Department of Justice.
In Great Britain they are closing
prisons, renting prison buildings for
other purposes, because crime Is d.
minishing.
At Linares, Spain, woman dreamed
that lottery ticket with certain
number would win the grand $780,
600 prize In the forthcoming lottery.
In Spain the people are encour-
aged to buy lottery tickets. as they
once were in this country. People
don't like to pay taxes, but are will
ing to contribute to the state by
gambling.
After the lady dreamed, the crowd
broke In and wrecked the store Of the
man that owned the ticket, and po-
Nee rescued him.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1929-12-27
Destructive Locusts

When agriculture began to be es-
tablished generally In the great plains
region of the United States lying west
of the Mississippi river and east of
the Rocky mountains, during the dec
ade 1S70-SO, migratory species Of
grasshopper, commonly known as the
Rocky mountain locust, frequently
swooped down from its breeding
grounds on the benches of the noun
tain range In such great swarms as
to destroy practically all cultivated
crops over vast areas Of country, re-
ducing thousands Of families almost
to starvation.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1929-12-27
Ne Easx Task

English is one Of the most difficult
languages In the world to master, &C.
cording to q young Frenchman, who
Ii studying auto mechanics In De-
troit factory. american tourists
Goroad protest against the 'unreason-
ableness' Of the French language but
consider your own" he said. 0rdi-
narily you pronounce the sufix 'ough'
with a long % sound. But when you
place an r. before 4, getting rough,
you say 'ruf.' Then when you make
IL through you say thru It's al
most too much for me-"
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1929-12-27
Work Ia Everywhere

"You can get job Il you have the
will to do It." says social uplift
speaker. Maybe that's so. Just see
how "Ai." the three-toed sloth, got
permanent job In the crossword puz-
zle after centuries of neglect.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1929-12-27
HURRY! BONUS TIME
LIMIT is JANUARY 2ND.

The American Legion warns world
war veterans who have not applied for
their government bonus federal adj
justed compensation insurance. that
Jan. 2, 1890 is the last day on which
they can do so. Records show that
thousands have not applied. Any
Legion post will furnish blanks and
assistance; or they may be had from
Minnesota Legion Headquarters, Old
Capitol, st. Paul; or Soldiers Welfare
Bureau, New Capitol, st. Paul.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1929-12-27
Radium famine

Radium releases about ten million
times as much energy per gram In dis
integrating as carbon does in burning.
but there isn't enough of II nor Of any
radioactive substance to do more than
keep q few popcorn men continuously
going. Wonlan's Home Companion.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1929-12-27
Uniform Hat. In Persia

Every Persian today from the king
to the schoolboy, Is forced by law to
wear the same form of hat known.
after the kings name. as the Pahlavi
hat. Any person wearing any other
hat is arrested and fined.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1929-12-27
Hope for Rare Bird Specimen

The Abyssinian expedition of the
American Museum of Natural History
hopes to obtain specimens of the lam.
mergeyer, rare bird like both the
eagle, and the vulture In some re-
spects, which attains wing spread
Of ten feet.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1929-12-27
John Did Not Eat Insect.

The locusts eaten by John the Bap-
tist were probably not insects, but
the fruit of the. carob tree, the dried
pods of which are the locust beans
sold as food for cattle. The carob
tree is sometimes called the honey
tree, from the sweet pulp contained
In its pods while they are fresh.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1929-12-27
Episode Of War Of 1912

Gen. William Hull. in command Of
United States troops. invaded Canada
at Sandwich, near Detroit. Mich, on
July IL. 1872. he attacked Fort Nal
den in Canada. but was turned back
The invasion was q failure.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1929-12-27
World,s Biggest Tree

A cypress tree In The Mexican vii
lage of Tula is said to be the largest.
though not the tallest, tree discovered
by botanists. II has trunk liza feet
In circumference and Is hundreds of
years old. possibly Thousand or two.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1929-12-27

Money In itself means nothing. It
IN only a medium Of exchange How
much you get In your pay envelope
each week depends on what you have
to offer and are willing to give In
exchange for 1t. You are your own
paymaster.-Grit-
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1929-12-27
True Forgiveness

Il can forgive. but | cannot forget"
In only another way of saying 81 win
not forgive" forgiveness ought to
be like Cancelled note, torn In two
and burned up, so that 1t never can be
shown against the man. -Beecher.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1929-12-27
United States Pensions

The pension bureau says that some
pensions were granted for disability
as early as 1776. An act granting pen
sions to invGlids was passed in 1875.
but the first service pensions were
granted by the act of March IS, 1918.