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The Ely miner., 1929-04-05
CLASSIFYING GRADE CROSSINGS
PROPOSED.

Classification Of railroad grade
crossings on an economic basis Is propos-
ed in report made by E. w. James of
the U. s. Bureau of Public Roads,
chairman Of the grade crossing COM
mittee Of the American Road Builders
association. By computing the time
lost at crossings and comparing this
with the cost Of eliminating each
crossing, he shows that it is possible
to classify the crossings and work out
a rational program Of elimination.
The problem cannot be approached
by q money valuation of the crossing
hazard, the report points out If each
crossing death cost the railroad $10,-
600, the total in year would be $23,-
10000. To eliminate all the grade
crossings in the United States would
cost $17,500,00 900. Six per cent in
terest on this investment would be
fifty times as great as the annual dam
ages, even after allowing a liberal sum
for injuries In addition to death losses.
Neither can the accident hazard be
computed on a traffic basis, the report
shows. Some of the busiest and ap-
parently most dangerous crossings
have surprisingly good records" the
report says, "Other innocent appearing
crossings Of single track jerk-water
branch lines have records that are ter
rifytng." Records Of several states are
quoted showing that relatively more
accidents occur on local than state
roads.
Mr.. James cited figures on seyera.
crossings where counts had be,1 made
Of both the highway and the rail
traffic, and stop-watch records made
Of the time cars stopped. This time
loss totaled from 18 to SO hours per
day at the crossings checked, or from
6.570 to 24,185 hours in a year. Esti-
mating the time of the average driver
and car worth 81 per Lour, he figured
that each clossing elimination would
pay per cent interest on investments
ranging from $110,1O8 to $419,750. The
crossings checked had traffic ranging
from 4,372 to 1920 cars per day. The
report points out that the time loss
did not vary directly with the traffic,
but must be checked separately. The
crossings were protected by gates or
signals and the time loss might be
greater at crossings where all vehicles
are required to stop, even If traffic is
less.
'Mr. James report confirms our be-
lief that money spent in eliminating
grade crossings Is money well spent" :"
C.. M. Babcock, commissioner of high
ways Of Minnesota says. 1--WE believe
that the saving of lives would alone
justify every dollar we have spent to
remove grade crossings, but this saw
ing cannot be computed in dollars
and cents If the saving In time justi-
fies spending $419,750 for single sep
aration, as Mr.. James report shows,
the saving in time on the heavily trav-
eled trunk highways justifies every
relocation or separation we have ef-
tected, and the saving In life and limb
The Ely miner., 1929-04-05
FARMERS RULE
LOWER HOUSE

Farmers predominant in the Mime
sofa house of representatives, while
professional men are in the majority
in the state senate, as shown by the
brief biological sketches in the 1929
Legislative Manual, just issued.
In the lower house are 81 members
who list farming as their chief oc-
cupation, and several others own and
operate farms in connection with other
business. There are only 20 attorneys
in the body out of 131 members, an
unusually small number, while 16 are
merchants in various lines. The other
occupations given are scattering.
Out of the 81 state senators, 20 are
active attorneys, while others have the
right to practice but are engaged in
other lines. There also are two ply
SicianS, one minister, two newspaper
proprietors and an architest among the
senators. Only IL are actual farmers.
Various lines of activity in the house
membership are represented as fol-
lows: Insurance, 5; real estate, 4; con-
tractors, 3; railroad engineers, g.; bank
ers, 8; housewives 8; mining engineers,
g. teachers, 2; newspaper menu; pub
lie utilities, 2; and there also is one
physician, manufacturer, salesman,
nurseryman, student barber, cigar
maker, labor organizer, hotel operator,
dentist, timber scaler and retired
farmer
The senate has three bankers, three
merchants and three contractors, two
each of physicians, newspaper men,
statesmen and real estate men, and one
minister, one manufacturer, an archi-
tect, hotel proprietor, postal clerk,
railroad engineer, housewife, forester,
and retired business man.
Nearly half of the members of each
house are natives of Minnesota Many
fail to give data as to their nativity
and of 113 house members accounted
The Ely miner., 1929-04-05

for, SO are Minnesota born, % are
natives of other states Of the union
and 26 are foreign born. OF this class,
II are natives Of Norway, six of Swed-
en-, two each from Germany, Denmark
and Canada, and one each from Switz-
erland, Holland and Czechslovakia.
In the senate, 20 give Minnesota as
their birthplaces out of So who give
facts on this point. There are IA listed
as natives of other states and Is as
foreign born. OF these three were
born in Norway, four in Sweden, four
in Canada, three in Germany and one
in Denmark.
The Ely miner., 1929-04-05
WHITE IRON NEWS

Mrs. Henry Filson entertained the
Happy Hour Club at her home We'd
nesday. The Club has taken up the
clothing project No. l. Mrs. E. H.
Starkman and Miss Erma Dyhr are
the local leaders and the following are
members taking their first lessons at
the meeting. Mrs. Fabian Maenpaa,
Mrs. John Maxi, Mrs. John Huhta,
Mrs. Taito Ojala, Mrs John Kosola,
Mrs. Waino Starkman, Miss Julia Fill
son, Mrs. o. E. Koivunen, Mrs. A. r.
Imhoff, Mrs. Emil Maxi, Mrs. John
Dyhr, Mrs John Riikola, Miss Lola
Starkman, Miss Ellen Ojala, Mrs. E..
c. Fairbanks, Mrs. j. w. Hernessma.
Miss Julia Filson spent her Easter
teaching at Esko's Corner.
Miss Emily Starkman who teaches
at Pike Town spent her Easter vaca-
ton at the home of her parents at
White Iron.
Miss Dorothy Koivunen entertained
at birthday party Monday. Easter
decorations were used.
Mrs. Waino Starkman entertained a
large gathering at whist party at
her home the past week.
Rev. Aho of Ely conducted church
services at the home of Mr.. and Mrs.
Henry Anderson this week.
The Ely miner., 1929-04-05
Oceans Temperature

II is not hot on the bottom of the
ocean. There is rapid decrease In
temperature of the ocean until depth
OF about 400 fathoms is reached. after
Which there is gradual lowering to
the bottom Here the temperature re-
mains practically uniform at from 80
to 81 degrees Fahrenheit. and Is In
dependent of latitude.
The Ely miner., 1929-04-05
WHEN IS A TAX NOT A
BURDEN?

, When 1t begins making a known
, profit the minute it Is paid.
, Money spent for road building is
. certainly no burden. AS the
. average person feels towards
. tax, the gasoline tax is not a
= tax but an investment.
. No man is compelled to pay
. the gas tax. If he does not be-
. lieve in building roads, he does
. not believe in using them, so he
= simply walks or stays at home.
. The beauty of paying for roads I
. with the gas tax is that only I
. those pay who use them.-Wis- !
. consin Highways.
The Ely miner., 1929-04-05
RELAY TEAM LEAVES
TODAY FOR MINNEAPOLIS

Bobby" Nicholas, Matt Gouze,
Archie Riikola and Urho Keranen,
the High School Relay Team with
Armas Hill as substitute and Coach Ed
Buckley leave today for Minneapolis,
where the team will take part in the
state relay contest.
The Ely miner., 1929-04-05

$1,543,351 $241,150
Deducting the refunds leaves a net
income for the four months of ST.
302 ,201, of which the trunk highway
fund will receive $868,134 and the state
aid fund $434,067.
If any increase in the gas tax is
voted by the legislature it will prob
ably be July Is, under the collection
system provided by law, before any of
the increased revenue will be avail
able.
The Ely miner., 1929-04-05

A few of our citizens are shocked
out of their shoes because the papers
mentioned Baudette in connection with
Tim Hoban's arrest We don't care
how often they mention Baudette as
long as they spell the name correctly.
The Ely miner., 1929-04-05

Under the new Jones law q soft
drink operator who forgets what he's
supposed to sell can be put behind
the grating for five years. It's get
ting harder for the boys every year.
The Ely miner., 1929-04-05
is clear gain.
NOONANETTES.

(F'rom the Baudette Region)
It's all right to go over to take a
look at the oil well in Ontario, but If
your hip pocket gurgles coming back
don't tell the customs officers that it's
q sample of the OIL
The Ely miner., 1929-04-05
GAS TAX DIVISION
IN EFFECT DEG. q

One third of all gasoline tax re-
ceipts since December 20 will go into
the state road and bridge Estate add
fund and two thirds into the trunk
highway fund, according to an opinion
by the Attorney General. He rules
that all gas tax money received by
the state treasurer after the date the
Governor filed his proclamation an
nouncing that the amendment had
been adopted, shall be divided, re-
gardless of the time the tax was as
SeSSed
The tax is assessed by the State Oil
Inspector on or before the 18th of
each month, upon the previous
months in shipments, and must be
paid before the 18th of the following
month. Taxes on gasoline received
during November were assessed in
December and paid in January, and
the state aid fund gets one third Of
the proceeds.
The gross tax ON inshipments and
the refunds for agricultural and in
dustrial purposes, as reported by the
State Oil Inspector for the last four
The Ely miner., 1929-04-05
The True Partisan

You aren't good partisan unless
,uu see unqualified evil In any good
thing done by the oppcsition.-S
francisco Chronicle
The Ely miner., 1929-04-05

An exchange says that Governor
Christianson is a fine, keen states
man. He's all of that. Nothing ever
goes over his head except the bills he
vetoes.
The Ely miner., 1929-04-05

If city peddler tries to talk you
out of your money issue him an in
sulting invitation to get out.
The Ely miner., 1929-04-05
WHY WE SELL BETTER
MERCHANDISE FOR LESS.

We are a member of a group of
more than Five Hundred, $500 hard
ware and furniture stores whose year.
ly buying power is tremendous. We
are associated with the Hall Hard
ware Co., wholesalers, manufacturers
and jobbers, whose warehouse in Min
neapolis contains 100000 square feet
Of floor space.
The retail sales volume of these
stores in 1923 exceeded Twenty Mil
lion Dollars, (2O,000,0000 This dem
onstrates the gigantic buying power
possessed by such an organization as
ours and is the reason we are able to
buy for Less and Sell for Less.
CITY HARDWARE.
Exclusive dealerS:-Duco Paints and
Varnishes, Atwater Kent Radios, May
tag Washing Machines, Johnson Out
board Motors.
The Ely miner., 1929-04-05

The Big Sale at Agnew's Variety
Store is now on.-Ady.
The Ely miner., 1929-04-05

Several fliers will try their luck
crossing the Atlantic this coming sum-
mer. It's their own business of course,
but we prefer to do our flying where
the filling stations aren't 5000 miles
apart.
The Ely miner., 1929-04-05

A bill in the legislature provides for
the manufacture of the states auto
plates at the st. Cloud reformatory
The author evidently wants the plates
to come from where many of the reck-
less drivers are going.
The Ely miner., 1929-04-05

Manitoba is figuring on trying out
the thirteen-juror plan, the extra one
to be used in case a regular juror be-
comes i'll. It's the same principle as
the spare tire.
The Ely miner., 1929-04-05

above which causes palpitation Of the
heart on the part Of wild life conser-
vationists and a feeling of unholy glee
on the part of the hunter. These fig
ures also prove that the hunting sea-
son Is long enough. 27,3S5 deer in ten
days means that each day saw kill
of 2,734 deer or nearly 35 per hour
for the eight hours of daylight per
day during the hunting season. These
are only those reported and the hun
ter who forgot to send in his card or
the venison used in the hunting camps
of the deer section are not counted.
The Ely miner., 1929-04-05

Scrub cows produce profits about as
often as a hen sprouts teeth. Get
goods ones
The Ely miner., 1929-04-05

With spring near at hand and sum-
mer not far behind, you soon will be
able to get out on the open road and
get your lungs full of air and your
nose full of grease looking for the
knock in the engine.
The Ely miner., 1929-04-05

Sunday cowcatcher tossed an auto
driver 40 feet, but he wasn't injured.
He landed on his head.
The Ely miner., 1929-04-05

The ranges can show Duluth sew
eral things even if they will not di-
vide the county Ely has already done
so. After our basket ball team de-
feated the pick Of the Zenith City,
along comes an Ely boy who grew to
manhood in our public schools and
beats out Commissioner Phillips by
one OF the largest majorities ever
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1929-01-17
FEED ACCORDING TO
PRODUCTION

Indiana Experiment Shows 1t Pays
Feeding all cows in dairy herd
the same amounts of feed regard
less of their individual milk produc-
ton is costing dairy farmers in
every state thousands of dollars
each day, declares the Blue Valley
Creamery Institute. All cows are
not alike in their ability to pro-
duce milk, and as the milk cow
gives is made from the feed she
eats, heavy yielding cow natural
ly requires more milk-making feeds
than one of lower production. For
largest and most economical milk
production, the amounts of feed a
cow receives each day have been
found to be fully as important as
the kinds of feeds she gets.
A Good Feeding Rule
AS hay and other roughages are
the cheapest source of milk-making
materials, successful dairymen
give their cows all the feed of this
nature they will clean up thor
oughly at each feeding. Usually a
COW will eat from a pound to a
pound and half of hay day for
each 100 pounds of her live
weight. The best roughage is a
combination of a legume hay and
corn silage. Where silage is not
available, greater amounts of hay
will be required.
When good roughageS are fed,
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1929-01-17
It Pays to Feed Each Cow According the Amount She Gives Daily

a welllbalanced concentrate or
grain mixture is fed to each indi-
vidual cow according to the amount
of milk she gives. A good rule is
to feed one pound of grain day
for each three pounds of milk pro-
duced by a Guernsey or Jersey
cow and one pound of feed to each
four pounds of milk produced by a
Holstein. The grain requirements
of cows of other breeds come in be-
tween these allowances.
The economy of feeding each
cow individually according to her
dairy production was shown re-
Gently in an Indiana COW testing as
ISOLATION. The cows in one herd
of this association were fed alike
on roughages and grain for one
month. The profit over feed cost
for the herd for that month was
$24.77. The following month the
same amounts of roughage were
fed each COW and the same ration
was fed, but each day during this
month each individual was fed the
exact number of pounds of grain
she should receive according to the
number of pounds of milk she pro-
duced. The result at the end of
the second month was an income
above feed cost of $63.29, or
$38.71 more than it was the month
before when each COW was fed the
same number Of pounds of grain
regardless of whether she produced
an average of 20 or 80 pounds of
milk a day.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1929-01-17
Increasing Line Of Office
Seekers Follow Hoover
President Elect Silent AS Sphinx
About His Intentions Florida
Far Away

Washington, Jan. 15-President
elect Hoover will face a long line
of people today-with the end not
in sight.
He came here to stay week or
10 days. He has been here 10
days. It will be nearly two weeks
by the time he leaves for Florida,
the date Of departure for Miami
Beach now being set at Friday OF
Saturday.
Hoover returned to Washington
to consider matters such as his
cabinet and policies, only to find
that while these are important mat
tiers to him, there are other mat
tiers far more important to other
people, such as who will be patron.
boss in certain states, who will
get this or that minor federal post.
He did not intend to be drawn
into these things at this time but
he has found it unavoidable. A
conference with an important pub
lie figure often leads to another
with a lesser light who happens to
be a friend or a protege.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1929-01-17

OK team. In the special anniver-
sary of the Herald issued in June
Frank graphically described this
trip.
After his retirement from Con-
gress in 1901 Mr.. Eddy purchased
the Sank Centre Herald from
Charles Hendryx. A little later he
took over the Sank Centre Ava
lanche. The latter paper was en-
tirely submerged by the Herald af-
ter a hectic existence of several
years. While Frank was editor of
the Herald an editorial syndicate
tried to interest Mr.. Eddy in an
editorial service. They were in
formed that the Herald had editor
ial ability to sell, and that was
very true.
In 1907 Mr.. Eddy retired from
the Herald disposing of the proper
ty to A. M. Welles who retired
Aug. l, 1913, when Asa M. Wallace
acquired the property.
For a some time after he retired
from the Herald Frank conducted
weekly department in the Mime
apolis Tribune. He was a free
lance and his statements often
times were entirely out of line with
the editorial policy of the Tribune.
His writings were always unusual
and strikingly interesting.
About 1912 Mr.. Eddy travelled
over the states of Illinois, Indiana,
Iowa, Nebraska, Kansas and Mis-
souri, with a special car showing
the productivity of Minnesota. He
delivered daily lectures which were
classics. He knew Minnesota and
its possibilities possibly better
than any other man in the state.
These trips were sponsored by the
immigration department and re-
suited in bringing many desirable
citizens to the state.
June "a, 1886, Mr.. Eddy was
united in marriage to Frances
Fraser, at Washburn, Ill. Mrs.
Eddy was employed in the postof-
flee at Glenwood when the romance
started. She was a splendid help
lIldCC dIu IllC ullAOI was uldlly
happy until she was called to her
reward in November, 10, 1916.
Five children were born to Mr.. and
Mrs. Eddy, as follows: Joyce, sec
rotary of the Y. w. C. A., Provi-
dence, R. l.; Mrs. Ruth Blanding,
Detroit Lakes, Mimi; Jesse Eddy,
Detroit Lakes, Mimi; Richard Ed
dy, Shelton, Wash, and Frances
Eddy, Minneapolis. AL of the
children except Richard attended
the funeral held Wednesday after
noon. There are three grandsons,
Henry and Richard Blanding, and
Walter Eddy. There are five sur
viving brothers: Howard Eddy,
Hancock, Mimi; George, Los An
geles, CAL; Louis and Volaney,
Reiner, WASH, Bige, Yelm, Wash.
The remains were brought to
Sank Centre Tuesday evening ac-
companied by the daughters Misses
Joyce and Frances. They were
were taken to the Funeral Service
chapel where they remained for
the night, Wednesday morning they
were taken to the Masonic temple
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1929-01-17

to stimulate the circulation, the
Health Committee of the Minneso-
ia State Medical Association an
nounced today as the result of
many requests as to how to handle
these Affections.
'There are several degrees Of
reaction to cold depending on the
amount of damage done to the It's
Sues" says the bulletin. '"The
least damaging is chilblains, where
there is merely slight swelling
and reddening. The other types
are known as frost bite and are
seen in all varieties from swelling
and blisters with subsequent peel
ing to actual destruction of the
part by gangrene. The first sign
of trouble is numbness and pallor.
Treatment should consist in
improving the circulation of the
nipped area gradually. Care
should be taken not to apply too
much heat at once or to stimulate
the circulation too vigorously. The
time-honored remedy-rubbing the
affected part with SHOWS said to
be condemned by Arctic explorers,
and they certainly should be in a
position to know something about
: frozen fingers and toes. 1t has
been said that the late Admiral
Peary lost all of his toes except the
great toes through freezing. The
simplest method is to subject the
nipped part to body heat as by the
applications of a warm hand and
very gentle friction. After circu-
lation has been restored, the part
must be kept warm and dry. II
should be wrapped in cotton or
wool, loosely bandaged and not
used. Greasy preparations should
be avoided. Dry dressings should
be applied. Blisters should not
be opened except by a physician.
GAS soon as first aid has been
rendered, a frost bitten person
should have the attention of COM
petent physician. Once the part
becomes gangrenous, surgical pro.
| cedures are essential.
UNFORTUNATELY a part once
frost bitten is rendered more liza
BILE to future attack. If you are
one of those who is susceptible to
chilblains you may be able to ware
off this trouble next year by start
ing preventive treatment in the
fall before cold weather sets in
The basis of this treatment is te
accustom the blood vessels to sud
den changes in temperature. Il
consists inbathing the parts alter
nately in cold water and in water
as hot as can be borne for fifteer
minutes each day. The treatment
should be continued for severa
weeks. Do this next year and you
will probably pass through the
winter much more comfortably"
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1929-01-17

where simple services were held at
2:30 p. M, attenued by many Ma
sonic brethren and old friends of
the family. The casket was liter
ally buried with floral remem-
brances from TIE state Capitol, the
family, of courses and friends frcxl
all parts of the state. Past Mast
err J. H. Hansen conducted the Ma
sonic service, and Chaplain of Star
in the West Lodge, and pastor Of
the family when they were resi-
dents of Sank Centre. Rev. C. S.
lSparkes, gave short obituary of
the deceased and followed by a
simple, sincere and beautiful
eulogy. The remains were laid to
rest beside those of Mrs. Eddy in
Greenwood cemetery, the pallbear-
ers We're Masons, and all old
friends: E.. A. Richards, R. R.
Kells, John McGibbon, G. HiHerud,
V. G. Wedge and Ed Hansen.
Mr.. Eddy was raised to the sub
lime degree of Master Mason in
Valley Lodge, Glenwood, Aug. 10,
1895. He later Identified and be-
came a member of Star in the West
Lodge, of this city. He was also
a member of Sank Centre Camp,
M. WI A. and an Elk. He requested
that the services should be held
at the Masonic Temple in his old
town.
Elsewhere in this issue the editor
has attempted to pay personal
tribute to our deceased friend.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1929-01-17
Charles A, Demro

Charles "A. Demro, whose death
was mentioned in last weeks issue
of the Herald, was born in Ger
many Sept. II, 1854. He came to
this county with his parents when
a year old.
His boyhood days were spent in
and around Dover, Mimi. His early
manhood was spent in Garden City,
S. D.
In the spring of 1892 he was
united in marriage to Alice Tyler.
A few years following their mar
riage they moved to Willard, Mimi,
where they lived for a number of
years, then coming to Sank Centre.
Mrs. Demro passed away on July
1, 1909.
Mr.. Demro continued farming in
this community until about eight
years ago and has since made his
home with his sister, Mrs. Rose
Rank.
The deceased was member OF
the Modern Woodmen lodge OF
Willard. He was a good husband
and a loving father. He leaves a
host of friends for he was beloved
by all.
Mr.. Demro leaves to mourn his
passing a son, Arleigh, of st. Paul,
and son and daughter-in-law, Mr.
and Mrs. Leo Demro, of st. Cloud
He also leaves four sisters, Mrs
Rose Rank, of Dover, Mimi; Mrs,
julie Gardiner, of Baker City, Ore.
gon; Mrs. Gussie Rank, OF
Gresham, Oregon, and Mrs. Emma
Prizes, of Evansville, MINI.
Funeral services were held from
the Harry C. Knapp home at Sauh
Centre, where he was a frequent
visitor. Rev. T. B. Shorts con.
Quoted the service. The pail bear.
ers were: Arthur. Lloyd, John
Wolf, Joe Determan, Allen Wilcox
E. A. Richards and Frank Tank
Jr. Interment was made in Lake
Amelia cemetery, Willard beside
the remains of his wife.
Out of town relatives and friends
who attended the funeral were
Arleigh Demro, of st. Paul, Mr..
and Mrs. Leo N. Demro, of St.
Cloud and Mr.. and Mrs. v. B.
Knapp, Of St. Paul.