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The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1930-04-11

serves the urine, which contains ap-
iproXimately SO per cent of the nitro
lgen and 10 per cent. of the potash in
the total eXcreta from cattle. CD The
peat litter is itself fertilizer, adding
nitrogen and organic matter to min
eral soils. "a When used literally it
may double the manure output from
the barns go It takes the place of
straw, leaving the straw to be fed
This is substantial gain when the
market price of straw runs from So to
$12 per ton.
Litter has been prepared from peat
in several ways. The first method was
similar to that used in European
countries where peat is cut with tile
spade and piled in bricks for drying.
When the blocks of peat are suff1-
GENTLY dry they are put in storage and
pulverized as needed for litter In
Europe hand grinders are used for
this purpose. At this station the dry
blocks were put through the silage
cutter and blown into bin in the
hay loft This operation made very
finely pulverized litter, rather OBJ
jectionable on account of dust Pre-
pairing litter in this way was also ex-
pensive, as much hand labor was
needed.
The method now followed at this
station eliminates a great deal of hand
labor and is as follows: An area on
a drained bog is stripped of leather
leaf and other shrubs. Most plants
on peat boys have shallow roots and
are easily removed. The bog is then
plowed in July or August and the fur
rows are left open to dry. When the
furrow slices are sufficiently dry the
peat is pulverized by disking. This is
usually done on dry windy day and
the stirring of the peat by the disk
hastens the evaporation of the moist
ure. The dried pulveriZed surface of
the bog is then put into storage. The
storage building may consist merely
of a roof on posts with slat walls. sim
liar to a corn crib. These open walls
allow the drying to continue after the
peat is in storage. BY having the peat
storage built near the bog, the peat
can be transferred to the storage house
by means of a sluSher, or better still
with fresno. A fresno is particularly
suited to this kind of work, as it takes
a wide swath and the depth can easily
be regulated. In this way the dry
surface only may be moved, exposing
the less dry litter underneath for fur
ther drying With two teams and nee
essary men, enough peat litter for
hundred cattle can be put in storage
in two or three days. If sufficient
storage room is provided at the barn,
the peat can be loaded into wagons
and hauled direct.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1930-04-11
IMMENSE AMOUNTS
PAID IN GAS TAX
ALL THE STATES OF THE UNION
NOW HAVE A GAS TAX RANG
ING FROM 2 TO CENTS PER
GALLON-MINNESO TAX WAS
OVER S8,0OO,OO0 LAST YEAR.

The 48 states and the District OF
Columbia collected $431 $50, 454 in gas
taxes last year on the sale of 13,400,-
180,062 gallons of motor fuel in 1929,
reports received by the Bureau of Pub
lie Roads of the u. S. Department of
Agriculture show. This includes q IL
month collection in 46 states and the
District of Columbia, five-month
collection in Illinois and the collection
of eight months in New York. Illinois
and New York were the last states to
adopt this method for part payment
of the highway bill The pioneer
states, Oregon, Colorado. North Dakota
and New Mexico, led the way in 1919
Now all the others have followed, but
the tax did not become effective in
New York until May and in Illinois
until August /.
The average fee per gallon was 3z2
cents as against cents in 1928 In
the course of the year 20 states in
creased the rate of taxation either one
or two cents. The highest tax per
gallon was six cents; the lowest two
cents. At the close of the year, three
states had q six cent tax; eight a five
cent tax; 10 four cent tax; one,
Utah, a 31s cent tax; 10 three cent
tax and seven states and the District
of Columbia two cent tax
In the report it is shown that Min
nesota paid 3 cent tax on 1913, 631 TIL
gallons of motor fuel consumed,
amounting to 1892, 125. Pennsylvania
was the heaviest consumer of gas fol-
lowed closely by California and Ohio.
Pennsylvania paid nearly SO millions
in gas taxes, California and Ohio over
"a millions each, Texas over % millions
and Michigan over 81 millions New
ada paid the smallest amount, $685.
301.00.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1930-04-11
PAINT PRUNING WOUNDS
TO AVOID TREE DAMAGE.


Orchardists and tree owners who
prune their trees and neglect to give
the wounds proper treatment are in
viting trouble, warns Parker o. And
erson, extension forester, University
Farm, st. Paul. The later growth of
the trees is apt to be impaired, he says,
while scars resulting from pruning
may not heal properly and will offer
ready entrance to fungus or rot dis
eases.
Wounds caused by the removal of
limbs should be painted over to aid
nature in the process of recovery, he
says. For wounds less than one-half
inch in diameter, shellac has proven
suitable in preventing drying of the
live tissues beneath the scar Larger
wounds should be painted with shellac
and, in some permanent preparation
such as tar or a good grade of lead
paint.
The right kind of shellac to use can
best be prepared by dissolving gum lac
in alcohol. This has been shown by
government investigations. Solvents
other than alcohol should not be used
as they are likely to kill or burn the
live tissue or cambium layer, instead
of giving the desired protection.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1930-04-11
Reserve Officers to Meet.

The Iron Range Reserve officers
Conference School will meet in the
Council Room, City Hall, Virginia,
Minnesota, from 7:30 to 900 P. M,
Monday, April IA, 1880.
Major James E. Slack, Cavalry, of
Duluth. will give an address on Mil
itary Courtesy, Discipline and Customs
of the Service"
End Lieut. Charles F. Gundry, CA
Res, of Coleraine, will give a talk on
won Moltke VS.. Jaffe, August IA, 1913"
He will also illustrate with maps the
important tactical and strategical
features of that great battle. This adj
dress was originally scheduled for the
March oath meeting at Hibbing, but
was postponed till April 18th at Vir-
ginia.
All reserve officers, former officers
and former Citizens Military Training
Camp students are invited.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1930-04-11
DELPHIANS CONTINUE
WITH ROMAN PROGRAM.

The Ely Delphian Chapter will meet
Thursday, April 18th at the Memorial
High School at 7:30 P. M. when "The
Rome We Inherited" will be the gen.
eral theme of discussion.
Mrs. Bruce Strachan will have
charge of the meeting and will give
the preparatory discussion on 1.-THE
Significance of Rome
The Delphian Travelogue "Monu-
ments of Imperial Rome" will be given
by Mrs. Owen w. Parker. Topics for
report will be as follows:
"The Family of Caesar as Emper-
ors," Mrs. Leino
1.-THE Flavian Line" Mrs. Gallagher.
Give Good Emperors," Mrs. Schaefer
Pagan, God and Christian Emper-
orr Mrs Mitchell
1.-THE Barbarianizing of the Empire"
Mrs. B. Richards.
Current events will be "Mr Smoots
Fight on Tainted Books" by Mrs.
Gianotti and Taking Care of our
Lepers' by Mrs. McMahan.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1930-04-11

through New England and other north
eastern industrial states, and one
through the southern and southeastern
states.
The tentative program for the west
ern party provides a trip by train
from Washington to Chicago, a bus
ride to Madison, Wisconsin, train trip
to Duluth, then bus trip through
Minnesota, continuing through Iowa,
Missouri, Illinois, Indiana and Mich
igan, to Detroit, where the three
parties will meet and visit the auto
mobile factories.
More time will be spent in Min
neSota than in any other state, due
partly to the fact that Minnesota has
a reputation of having done much
pioneer work in highway planning and
engineering. Minnesota also has q
greater variety of highway problems
than some of the other states, due to
the diversity of its topography and
industries. Paved roads, oil and tar
roads, gravel roads, road built through
level country and roads among high
bluffs, roads through clay, sand and
swamp, will all be inspected, and the
visiting engineers will be given de-
tailed information on the costs of con-
Struction and maintenance and the
durability of the various types of sur
facing. The. iron mines in northern
Minnesota, portion of the lake
region, the industrial centers and the
agricultural regions in central and
southern Minnesota, will all be visited
Arrangements for the tour are being
made by the Highway Education
Board, Washington, D. G. Stephen
James, extension director of the board,
spent several days in Minnesota call
ing on c. M Babcock, commissioner of
highways, and various civic organ
izations, mapping out the program for
the tour through Minnesota.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1930-04-11
LEGION WILL SPONSOR
All CLUB FOR ELY

Frank Lozar Post of the American
Legion decided at it's last meeting to
sponsor All club for Ely in response
to an address recently made to the
Commercial Club by Director Aase Of
All club work in the county.
Mr. Aase's recommendation at the
time was that assistance be given sew
eral young people in organizing calf,
turkey and chicken clubs. Turkeys
will probably be the beginning of work
in this section.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1930-04-11
LOVELY SYMBOL OF EASTER
HAS MANY LOWLY RELATIVES

The lily is the one perfect symbol
of Easter. It's snow-white purity is
the living emblem of both the relig-
ious significance of the day and the
manifestation of Nature which pro-
duces it. When we admire it's beauty
it is difficult for us to believe, per-
haps, that as a member of certain
plant family, it has some lowly rela-
tives which are distinctly more useful
than ornamental. Yet such is the
case and If you will read the illustrated
feature article. Easter Lilies" by
Elmo Scott Watson in this issue of
The Miner you will learn some sur
prising facts about the lily and its
humble relatives.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1930-04-11
PROBATE COURT
HERE WEDNESDAY
PROBATE JUDGE w. ]. ARCHER
WILL CONDUCT A TERM OE
COURT HERE NEXT WEDNES-
DAY-FIFTEEN CASES ON DOC
KET

A term of the Probate Court of st.
Louis county with Judge VIM. j.
Archer presiding, will be held in the
temporary court rooms at the Com
munity Center on Wednesday, April
10Th. The docket contains fifteen
cases. The cases listed and their
classification are as follows:
Administration Mary Kovacic Oak-
ner); Laud Hodnett; Frank Allaire.
Proof of Will-John Merhar.
Descent of Land-John KoSki.
ClaimS-Frank Bracun.
Inheritance Elizabeth Smrekar;
Frank Bracun.
Final Account-Johan LinderoS;
Samuel Tabell; Sarah Van Blarcom;
A. D. Ellefson; Beatrice Mitchell;
Emilia Penttinen.
Appointment of Guardian Mary
Anzich.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1930-04-11
ELY WILL PROBABLY
BE NAMED ON AIR ROUTE

The directors of the Ely Commercial
Club had proposition presented at a
meeting held Wednesday evening to
send delegate to Wausau. Wisconsin,
where it was proposed to organize an
air route for service between Detroit,
Michigan, to Winnipeg, with stop
station in this city and eventual in
clusion into a route from Spokane,
Washington, to Montreal, Canada.
It was decided that the time was too
short to send delegate as the meet
ing takes place next Tuesday. The
secretary was instructed to write to
promoters of the route and request the
inclusion of Ely into their route map
and also to ask for more details in
regard thereto.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1930-04-11
INTERNATIONAL ROAD
DELEGATION COMING.

Minnesota will be one of limited
number of states which will act next
October as hosts to delegations of
leading highway engineers and off,
Gals, representing all of the principal
nations of both the eastern and west
ern hemispheres. The visit to Min
nesota will be made following the
sixth International Road Congress,
which will be held in Washington, D.
c.. Oct to IL.
Nearly 800 delegates representing Sc
nations in Europe, Asia. North and
South America will attend in congress.
At the close of the meeting they will
divide into three groups, one making
a tour of the west central states, one
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1930-04-11
JUNIOR COLLEGE DEBATE TEAM
WINS OVER COLERAINE FRIDAY.

The Junior College debating team was
given the decision over Coleraine Jun
ior College here Friday afternoon on
two to one vote by the judges, Prin-
cipal Powers of Gilbert, Supt Noyes
and Principal Satterfield of Tower
The subject was Resolved that the
United States Adopt a Policy of Nat
ional Disarmament" and Ely had the
affirmative side. An exceptionally
large audience listened to the debaters
set forth their several points in the
argument.
The Ely team was composed of
Misses Florence Thompson, Mildred
Roterus and Margaret Mitchell with
Miss Velma Saari as chairman
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1930-04-11
CHILD DRIVERS TO FEEL
HAND OF STATE PATROL

Children under age driving motor
vehicles will be one of the matters to
have attention of the new State High
way Patrol during the coming summer,
according to c. M. Babcock, commits
sioner of highways. Mr.. Babcock has
received number of letters from diff
ferent sections Of the state complain
ing that the section of the law cover
ing the age of drivers is being violated,
and has turned them over to the high
yay patrol for appropriate action.
The law covering the age of drivers
reads as follows:
"No person shall operate or drive
a motor vehicle on any highway in
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1930-04-11
WORK ON NEW RESTAURANT
BUILDING BEGINS MONDAY.

Contractor Bill Eye will begin work
on the new 22x18 restaurant building
to be built by Chas. Walsh, better
known as Hamburger Charlie" on
Monday morning. The present build
ing will be moved to the rear and
used as kitchen and new cement
and stucco front building built as a
main room for the new eating place
to be Established
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1930-04-11

j. j. Weyenberg and H. j. Andrews
who have conducted the Eveleth News
for the estate of Con. Hedeen since
the latterS death, have purchased the
business. Mr.. Weyenberg has been
associated on the business and edit
orial staff of the News for the past
six years. Mr.. Andrews has been with
the composing room for the past
twelve years and will continue as fore
man. The Miner wishes them success.
Since March Is, when 19-year old
Ely girl was sentenced to five years
in the House of Correction at Tay-
cheedah from Milwaukee for doing
away with her unwanted child, several
have written the Miner of the occur
rance under the assumption that the
facts were unknown and that they
were putting us in touch with val
liable news item. We knew all about
it all the time even if the Sordid de-
tails were not printed-not because
we did not think it was news, but be-
cause we desired to protect relatives
from the unwholesome publicity for
which they were not responsible.
While we thank those who sent in the
items or any items, we feel that too
much publicity already had been given
this girl We would also ask, sup
posing it was your daughter or sister
who was the subject of the news item,
would you seek to have us print it?"
Somewhere, there is someone ac-
countable for the plight in which this
girl was placed. She evidently was
more human than this fellow, who
ever he may be- She refused to give
his name and took the rap" He let
her do it and is in all probability
still looking for other worlds to con-
quer instead of coming out ike man
and getting his share of the blame,
In the face of facts, it is our candid
opinion she made more mistakes than
the first one The greater one of the
two is, she killed an innocent party
while the main one went free and
through her refusal to tell is un-
known.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1930-04-11
CLARENCE MOTT SAID
TO BE AN OIL BARON.

We are told that Clarence Mott has
an oil well of his own which he re-
Gently developed. We do not know
the details, but we hope that it is a
5000 a day barrel gusher. Mr.. Mott
was formerly superintendent of the
Trout Lake Ore Concentrator, and
when he resigned his job to go to
sunny California we all felt sorry for
him, and thought that he was making
the mistake of his life. However, oil
wells are not picked up every day. If
you want to get rich or famous, all you
need to do is to make success of your
work in Coleraine, and then go outside
and conquer the world.-Coleraine
News
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1930-04-11
STUDENT GROUPS TO TOUR
ARROWHEAD THIS SUMMER.

Tours of the Arrowhead are being
arranged for this summer for groups
of students in Alabama, California
and Illinois, it was announced by
George A. Perham, executive secretary
of the Arrowhead association Among
them will be a group of 80 boys from
the Birmingham Alabama university
school, 80 boys from the Iona Linda
district of California, and 80 students
from the State Teachers College at
DeKalb, Illinois. Inquiries received ~
Mr.. Perham indicates there will be
more summer camps for out-of-state
boys in the Arrowhead this season
than in any previous year.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1930-04-11
PEAT FOR BARN LITTER
BEST KIND OF FERTILIZER.

Peat has been used for several years
at the North Central School and
Station at Grand Rapids, Minnesota,
for bedding and as an absorbent in the
cutters. From our experience with
peat as litter we can highly recon-
mend it for this purpose on any farm
where it is, available. Some OF the
advantages are: I'd 1t helps keep the
stock clean, serving as both an alb
sorbent and a deodorizer. Cd 1t con-
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1930-04-11

this state who is under Is years of age
unless such person is accompanied at
the time by duly licensed chauffeur,
or by the owner, or by a competent
person over is years of age authorized
by the owner of the motor vehicle
being operated, provided that such
owner must be Is years of age or over"
The Minnesota law covering age of
drivers are more liberal than the law in
most other states and Mr. Babcock be-
lieves that it should be rigidly enforced
especially on the trunk highways and
on other streets and highways where
there is any considerable traffic.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1930-04-11
e. H. STARKMAN FILES
FOR COUNTY COMMISSIONER.

E. H. Starkman of the White Iron
district last week threw his hat in the
ring and filed for the Office of County
Commissioner for the Fourth District
There are now three candidates in the
field, viz: Jacob L. Pete the present
incumbent, Jack Gianotti and E. H.
Starkman.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1930-04-11

The Redwood County Sun has an
idea that the Democratic party might
go farther and fare worse than by
nominating Harry Wheelock of Fergus
Falls or Jim Landy of Olivia as their
candidate for governor. Being per-
Sonally acquainted with both of these
highly respected personalities, we be-
lieve the Sun is right but would hate
to see them used as a pawn in the
lost cause they would represent and
as target for the 81 varieties of pol
itical mud let loose just as soon as
their candidacy is announced. The
remaining ten or twelve members of
the party not nominated, would run
true to form and negotiate coalition
with the FL forces and the results
would create about as much enthus-
iasm for them as is being created for
the candidacy of some of the others
who have filed.
Both being newspaper men and be-
levers in advertising we will say that
for the small filing fee they would get
considerable publicity. We will also
remark that neither Wheelock or
Landy need publicity They are well
known by a host of friends and ac-
quaintances throughout the state.
Both are good Americans and we don't
believe either would change his hon.
ored name and the name by which
he is known, even to be elected
governor. From the beginning their
labels, both personal and party are
against them.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1930-04-11
:On This
!: Occasion
Just a few thoughts by the Editor
on things Material and Immaterial.

The county commissioners are GER
tainly up against it with the Auxiliary
Forest proposition. On the one hand
they have the Cloquet woodworking
industry clamoring to have many acres
set aside with reduced taxes from 16
cents an acre at present to 5 cents an
acre with an additional cents an acre
for fire protection until the maturity
and the cutting of the timber when 10
per cent of the price of the timber Is
to be paid. On the other hand, the
farmers in the territory to be des-
ignated, fear a reduction in available
operating funds in their townships.
Between the two the commissioners
are having a merry time picking out
the merits and dement's of the con-
troverSy.
On the side of the lumber conn
pany, this means an expenditure of a
million and a half dollars for taxes
and fire protection within the next 25
years before a disable crop of timber
can be grown and harvested. From
then on timber would be yearly crop
and with the 10 per cent of its value
paid in taxes, means considerable.
Should the offer not be accepted by
the board, the Cloquet company makes
the statement that it will allow the
lands to become tax delinquent and
pay nothing. This is not the worst of
it. Unless the company can be as
Sured of a timber supply in future
years, their expansion. program is out
and operations be curtailed, with the
attendant losses of labor and supply
payrollS.
Here is another suggestion (Our
suggestions heretofore made to the
county commissioners have been
promptly carried out-by the janitor.)
From what has been said, both sides
are right. Our suggestion is that the
matter be compromised by giving both
sides what they want. Let the Aux
iliary Forest embrace lands fit only
for timber culture and exempt from
the laws operation all agricultural
lands. Tax delinquent lands are be-
coming altogether too numerous in the
northern counties. We can't for the
life of us see where the settler Is
going to gain anything by having these
lands revert back to the state for
taxes. Industrial development must
go hand in hand with agricultural de-
velopment. Farm products are use
less unless there is a demand for them.
Industry and its employees make this
demand, and we have heard the re-
mark made that the farmer is the
producer and if he didn't produce, the
centerS of population could not live.
The centerS furnish the market or the
farmer could not live. Neither are
philanthrophiStS. Business is the
motive.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1930-04-11

James s. Arneson, candidate for the
Office of Clerk of the Supreme Court,
who personally called on many friends
in Ely today, is a former resident of
the Mesaba range, having been pub
Usher of the Chisholm Tribune Herald
for a number of years. Mr.. Arneson
is a brother of the late Oscar Arneson
who served as chief clerk of the Min
nesota House of Representatives He
served as Commissioner of Immigra-
ton under Governors Burnquist and
Preus. He is seasoned campaigner
and says he will land the nomination
at the primaries.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1930-04-11

Now comes the belated tale of Amer
lean soldiers taking the potato bug to
France and this is being laid up
against them. The varieties of bugs
they brought back will surely COM
pensate for this one pest. Besides,
isn't France the birthplace of Paris
green?
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