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The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1930-09-12
LESS SUN SPOTS MEANS LESS
DUCKS, BABIES AND STATIC

There will be a shortage of ducks,
matrimony, babies and radio static
this fall on account of the decreasing
number of sun spots, according to
scientific prediction made at the con-
vention of the International Associ-
alton of Game, Fish and Conservation
Commissioners at Toronto, Canada,
last week. The duck shortage of less
than so percent of the usual crop is
already proven by survey. The short
age of matrimony, babies and radio
static is already indicated by tabu-
lation, based principally on the raising
commodity prices.
Simplified, the scientists declare that
the minimum number of sun spots
produce less heat, less Ultraviolet rays,
less cloudineSs, less ionization of at
mosphere, therefore less rain and less
rain produces driught, which, in turn
produces higher commodity prices.
These, because Of the higher cost of
living operate to reduce the number
of marriages and babies. The less
number of atmospheric disturbances
produce less static.
DR.. Ralph DeLury, of the Dominion
Observatory at Ottawa, and others,
figured out this theory and facts are
now beginning to prove it.
1.-THE duck crop is definitely known
to be less than so percent of the usual
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1930-09-12
GOOD NEWS FOR
DUCK HUNTERS
STATE GAME AND FISH COM
MISSIONER MCCULLOUGH RE-
PORTS DUCKS ON THE INCREASE
CONTRARY TO PREVIOUS RE-
PORTS.

Reports that the summers prolonged
dry spell has greatly reduced the
number and slowed the development
of wild ducks is practically the reverse
of the truth when Minnesota is viewed
as unit, George w. McCollugh, state
fish and game commissioner, indicated
this week.
Many of the smaller waterholes have
dried up and the level of water in
some swamp feeding grounds was re-
duced during the summer, but there
is and has been enough feed to supply
many times the number of ducks who
spend their summer in Minnesota, he
said.
Because of lowered water levels,
many swampS and lakes have had
greater growth of feed than ever, he
said, while lack of rainfall and floods
served as protection for eggs and re-
suited in a good crop of young.
There is, however, wide variance in
communities. There are fewer native
ducks generally in Western and South
ern Minnesota, but great deal larger
number in Northwestern Minnesota,
Mr. Mccullough believes, on the basis
of reports from state game wardens
The Western and Southern Minnesota
decreases, outside of large water bodies,
is not special condition this year, but
it is an annual decrease since drain
age and other reclamation efforts have
practically eliminated sloughs and
other favorite dining spots of ducks
MIR. Mccullough said that the proper
time to open a duck season is a highly
controversial question, and so far as he
is concerned the present opening fixed
by law at Sept. Is will stand.
Thief lake, in Northwestern Mar
shall county, once among the greatest
of the states duck shooting centers,
will be active as hunting ground
again this year. Some years ago the
shallow lake was drained and it's old
bed planted to flax. But floods came
and the reclamation effort proved
worthless, and so now the artificial
outlets have been damned, and this
year ducks returned to the lake in
great numbers to breed. The lake
bottom aboundS in natural food.
However, except for persons &C
quainted with local conditions, it will
be almost impossible to get to the lake,
as there are few roads leading to it.
Once there, the hunter will have a
hard time because the lake is eSpeci-
ally shallow now and on much of it
boat can be handled only with the
greatest difficulty.
The lake is being restored for hunt
ing by the fish and game commission
and after this year certain restrictions
may be worked out in an effort to pre-
vent too great inroads on it's fowl
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1930-09-12
DULUTH ORGANIZES
EMERGENCY CORPS.

Duluth Legionnaires recently organ
lied an American Legion emergency
and safety corps to function when the
Duluth area is threatened with forest
fires, storms or sudden dangers.
Similar emergency corps are being
formed by each of the Legion's 10000
posts the nation over, according to
Edwin L. Lindell, Minnesota. state ad-
jutant.
The Duluth corps will have at its
call, 900 Legionnaires, ready to re-
port at any point on short notice, &C
cording to a pre-arranged schedule
designed to avoid confusion and put
each man to the best use, whatever the
emergency. Commander George Sjo-
selius and adjutant Forrest Huyck will
serve as the contact men.
Ely Legionnaires have been organ
lied for emergencies for the past sew
eral years and have rendered valuable
services at fires, after drownings and
other accidents.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1930-09-12
BICENTENNIAL OF THE BIRTH
OF GEORGE WASHINGTON

Beginning on February %, 1892, and
continuing until Thanksgiving Day of
the same year, there will be observed
throughout the United States COM
memoration of the Two Hundreth An
niversary of the Birth of George
Washington. The celebration is spon-
sored by the United States Govern
ment, and Congress has created a COM
mission charged with the RESPONSE
bility of formulating and putting into
operation plans for the event. This
commission, officially known as the
United States Commission for the cele-
bration of the Two Hundreth Ami
versary of the Birth of George Wash
ington.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1930-09-12
ROUTING THE DEPRESSION.

Union Labor Bulletin, MinneapoliS0
For the first time in the history of
business depreSsions, the United States
has started to drive away the gloom
and fight strenuously back to normal
times In previous crises of this type,
the country has adopted an attitude
of resignation. merely waiting for
things to improve. This time, however,
at the first crash of the business dive,
the government, under the leadership
of President Hoover, launched a power
full counter attack upon the forces of
economic house wrecking.
In previous crashes, the country was
held down for period of years. This
time due to gigantic enterprises already
under way the period or recovery will
be of unparalleled brief duration. In
stead of cutting wages and frightening
hours of work, industry for the most
part has maintained wages and even
shortened hours. When reverses of
this kind threatened before, all sorts
of expansion was simply forgotten
Today we have set in motion public
works program that will cost seven
billions of dollars.
The tariff also played its part, and
in spite of its critics, the predicted in
crease in the cost of living has not
come. Instead of hitting the bottom
and staying there, we have stopped the
downward rush and are climbing back
This is the picture which James j
Davis, secretary of labor, paints of the
United States today, after one of the
worst collapses of business in our his
tory.
Mr.. Davis makes no Eighty state
nientS. He has the facts to prove
them. He described conditions ano
listed improvements in a recent radio
address. This is what he said:
The contracts let for public works
and bettermentS by national, state anC
local governments during the first six
months of 1880 exceeded by more thar
$200,000,000 the figures for the first siz
months of 1929.
You will get the real meaning Of
this when add that many state legis-
latureS did not meet this year. There
is the further fact that as a rule
public works show a marked decline
following stock market crash such as
that of last autumn.
Take these construction works in de-
tail. The PhippS-Dowen bill, passed
by congress and signed by the Presi-
dent on April 4, increased the federal
contribution to state highway projects
from S75,000,O00 to S125,OOO,OOO. And
this will go on for the fiscal years OF
1881, 1882, and 1888.
The Rogers bill was passed by con-
gress and signed by the President on
December %, 1929. 1t authorized an
APPROPRIATION of SIS $50 900 for hospital
facilities for the World War veterans
This building of hospitals got under
way Immediately after the bill was
signed.
b The Keyes-Elliott bill was passed
by congress and signed by the Presi-
dent on May 81. 1t increased by $780,
100000 the program for post offices
and other structures in cities and
towns throughout the United States.
The rivers and harbors bill was
passed by congress and signed by the
President on July 3. 1t authorizes
the expenditure of $130.0O0,OOO for the
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1930-09-12
DELPHIAN CHAPTER WILL
MEET NEXT THURSDAY.

The Ely Delphian Chapter will meet
Thursday, September 18th, at the
Memorial High School. Mrs. Henry
Berg will be leader and will direct the
study of Giotto and his age. The
topics will be given as follows:
"Giottos Career" by Mrs. Chas.
Smith.
His Work and His School," rus
kin's Estimate of Giotto," by Mrs. Peter
Schaefer
His Life and Times" by Mrs. B. S.
Richards.
Progress of Art" by Mrs. o. w.
Parker.
"Giotto's Qualities as an Artist" by
Mrs. w. D. Haynes.
The current topics will be given by
Mrs Gust Maxi and Mrs. William
Mitchell
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1930-09-12
SURPRISE PARTY GIVEN
VISITOR TO THE CITY

E. E. Jarvis, former Ely resident who
has been visiting here, was rendered a
surprise party last evening when forty
of his old friends gathered to bid him
farewell before his departure to his
home in California. Mr.. Jarvis, who
is the brother of Mrs Emil Ahola of
this city, lived in Ely 10 years ago and
since has resided in California. He
had recently been on a trip to his old
home in Finland and stopped off here
to renew old acquaintance. Among
the guests at the party were several
persons from Tower and Virginia who
were old friends of Mr.. Jarvis. A pro-
gram consisted of vocal solos by Mrs.
Oscar Hakko and Miss Christine Her
ranen and piano solo by Miss Aune
Palmgard. A delicious lunch was
served by several of the ladies.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1930-09-12
ON THIS OCCASION
Continued from First Page

his burning cigar, cigarette and match
stubs into the inf1amable brush along
the roads. In this section of the U. S.
the coffee cooker, trout fisherman and
berry picker and his camp fire furnish
by far the most pronounced forest fire
menace. Passing laws will not cure
the evil unless these laws are enforced.
Education as to the part the cigar,
cigarette, match butt and camp fire
plays in the fire hazard will eventually
remove the hazard but not until untold
damages have been done and until ex-
perience has taught the 'unwary of its
evils. We will say however, that the
enforcement of laws is a great al
though expensive teacher for those who
are caught in the legal net.
News note: Many families lost
everything they had in a garage fire
in Brooklyn which destroyed more
than 100 autos.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1930-09-12
SEPTEMBER u, 1890.
Tennessee's Distinction

Tennessee is bounded by more states
than any other state in the Union,
says an article In Pathfinder Maya.
zine. 1t adjoins eight other states
Missouri, Arkansas, Mississippi, Ala.
bama, Georgia, North Carolina, Vir.
glnia and Kentucky. Kentucky,
bounded by seven states, is Its nearest
rival in this. respect. Maine is sep
arated from the rest Of the Union by
single state.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1930-09-12
Improved Illustration

The fiftieth anniversary Of the first
half-tone reproduction of pictures in
a newspaper has passed, the initial
appearance being in the New York
Daily Graphic in March, 1880, Stephen
II. Horgan being the inventor.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1930-09-12
Distinctive Land

Salt marsh land is land which is
either constantly or at intervals COW
cred with sea water or brackish water
from estuaries so that normal upland
vegetation will not flourish, and dis
tinctive salt-resisting plants can grow.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1930-09-12
Simultaneous Action

Our spontaneous action is always
the best. You cannot with your best
elaboration and heed come SO close
to any question as your spontaneous
glance shall bring yOu.-Ralph Waldo
Emerson.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1930-09-12
By Gum!

Then there is the Dumb Dora who
wanted pyorrhea because four out Of
five of her friends had it.-Pathfnder
Magazine.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1930-09-12

yearly CROP" Carlos Avery, president
of the American Game Protective
Association said. "This is directly
traceable to the sun spots and con-
Isequent drought"
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1930-09-12

Our hat is off to two more real men
the Frenchmen that flew from Paris
to new York last week.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1930-09-12
Locust Pest

The 17-year locust is about one inch
long when full grown and is marked
with black and yellow.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1930-09-12
A WISH FULFILLED
Bug-Gosh. I've always wanted II
see boxing match
Drains Vast Territory

The Black sea, which is one-sfxth
the size of the Mediterranean sea and
five times as large as Lake Superior,
drains nearly one-fourth of the sur
face Of Europe.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1930-09-12
II Won't Work

To endeavOr to work upon the vul.
gar with fine sense is like attempting
to hew blocks with a razor-Swift.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1930-09-12

The main reason for the late de-
preston was that something or other
was wrong with something or other.
However, whatever it was, things are
on the mend, and by the time the 1880
calendars are taken down the country
will be hitting on all six.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1930-09-12
Vitamins in Watermelons

Ripe watermelons supply two vi
tamins abundantly and contain two
others in detachable quantities.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1930-09-12
Briefly Told

You cannot step twice into the same
stream. For as you are stepping In,
other and yet other waters flow on,
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1930-09-12

Reports are running around that if
Floyd Olson is elected governor c. M.
Babcock is to be let out. If that's the
case Floyd will never get in to let Mr..
Babcock out.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1930-09-12

If it is true that Chicago gangsters
are coming to Minnesota they should
be chased out as fast as they come.
Minnesota doesn't want any cities
where law and order are completely
out of style.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1930-09-12

It's peculiar old world. The ladies
have short-skirted and silk-stockinged
themselves, but with the approach of
winter it will be the men that will get
the colds.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1930-09-12
"NOONANISMS"

(From the Baudette Region)
A judge has ruled that husband is
the head of the house. It's a good
trick if you can make your wife be-
lieve that you can do it.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1930-09-12

1t is said that within five years there
will be million low priced airplanes
in this country. 1t will be nothing
unusual to look out the window and
see an aviator draped over the nearest
church spire.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1930-09-12

Al Caponi has his fine points, says
a writer. So has porcupine
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1930-09-12
Prolific Breeder

A female muskrat will produce from
Is to so young year.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1930-09-12

profitably than by visit to the local
school, It's good medicine for any
body to watch the pupils at their
studies
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1930-09-12

The COW is the best filling station of
them all. The more we have in this
county the better.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1930-09-12

The governorship of Minnesota is a
big job. Give it to big man, man
the size Of Ray Chase.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1930-09-12

Don't let a city peddler talk you out
OF your money. Most of them are
cheaterS.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1930-09-12

Listing the faults of your neighbors
isn't a nice thing to do. It's always
better to mind our own business, even
if it's bad.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1930-09-12

If you have an hour to spare there
is no place you can spend it more
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1930-09-12

Teachers in the Baudette schools are
paid an average of IA cents a day for
each pupil in class. Your children are
all right, but how would you like to
take care of the neighbors offspring
for IA cents a day?
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1930-09-12

Don't light the fire with kerosene
It's poor fun to look at the kitchen
stove taking it's departure through the
ceiling.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1930-09-12

In the old days if kid was caught
smoking he got tanning in school
and an encore at home, but these
days he goes along the street putting
a cigarette and nobody seems to think
much about it. Times are changing.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1930-09-12

Many brave groom who walked up
the center aisle in June is now helping
his wife with the dishes.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1930-09-12

School children are better at home
nights instead of roaming the streets.
That's where they learn everything in
the world that they ought not to
know.
Milford chronicle., 1930-04-04
SOUTH SEA ISLANDS BECOME
INTERESTED NOVELTIES

Half a hundred Malayans and a
large company from the Paramount
studio watched and took part in the
filming of Nancy Carroll's first star
ring picture, Dangerous Paradise, "
the feature at the Capital Theatre
Monday and Tuesday. The picture
was filmed, all-talking, on the high
seas and on the tropical islands off
the southern coast of California.
The natives who assisted with the
picture included Javanese, Suma-
trans, residents of the Celiges, Ha-
waiians and others of Oceancia and
Malaysia.
The story, filmed in the languid,
tropical setting, is an adventurous
love-drama, written for the screen
from indicents in a Joseph Conrad
novel. Nancy Carroll, girl musi
clan in a waterfront hotel on
South Sea island, is menaced by her
employer and seeks safety on an is
land, nearby, on which Richard Ar
len disappointed in love and embit-
tered with life, lives alone. Thrown
together, Arlen angers Nancy with
his cold scorn. Then three despera-
does appear on the island in pursuit
Of Nancy. They plan to rob and kill
Arlen. But Nancy's love triumphs
over her hate and she wins Arlen's
and love with her heroic
sacrifice.
In addition to Arlen in the leading
male role, Warner GLAND, Gustav
Won Seyfferitz and Francis Mcdonald
are in the cast. William Wellman,
maker of the famous WINGS" di- !
rected Dangerous Paradise"
Milford chronicle., 1930-04-04

| turkeys to run with chickens or to
be exposed to older birds from
flocks that have had the disease, and
on ground that has been contaminat-
ed. That is about as close to tur-
key suicide as you can come.
But even on fresh ground, if the
young birds are allowed to be with
the older birds that are infected
the danger may be almost as great.
Young turkeys have ravenous appe-
tites. They pick at everything in
sight. Fresh contaminated drop
pings contain the blackhead germ
in its livest, most dangerous stage.
To show you how insidiOus the
disease is, turkeys have been known
to contract blackhead when placed
with incubator chicks. Infected
ground that has been plowed and
seeded has been known to carry the
lurking danger. Hens are carriers of
the parasite and when allowed to
roam with turkeys may infect them.
Your boots will carry the germ
from infected ground into the new,
fresh yard.
It is easy to spot the first appear
ance of the disease in a flock if
you are at all observant. When
poults appear lazy and lag behind
the rest of the flock, look out. They
are not lazy at all, but ailing. AS
this weakness grows they take on
a droopy appearance. They walk
with slow, measured tread, head
down and wings carelessly dangling.
Loss of appetite and weight are the
inevitable results.
In the adult turkey the symptoms
are practically the same except that
they do not appear as quickly as in
the young birds. And they die in
a few days after you note they
have it.
taminated ground, clear away from
your other poultry yards. Above all
keep your turkeys away from your
chickens. Don't make the mistake,
for instance, of building your broo-
der house with a cement floor so
that it can't be moved. You want
that brooder house as far away from
the farm buildings as possible. It's
a splendid thing to give growing
turks a change of ground and pas
turage every few weeks. Alfalfa,
sweet clover, or a plot of rape that
is away out on the farm is the finest
thing in the world to prevent black
head during these dangerous early
growing weeks.
(COPwigh, 1929
by DR.. L. D. LEGEAR, V. S.)
Milford chronicle., 1930-04-04

tail or toe picking are likely to
start. One method of keeping them
busy is to supply ample feeding
space - enough feed boxes so that
all chicks can eat at one time. And
then see that there is feed in them
at all times.
Chicks should be supplied with
plenty of green feed each day until
they are let out on range. Probably
the most neglected part of chick
feeding is the succulent or green
feed. Birds raised in confinement
should be given green feed at least
twice each day.
When the chicks are confined to
the house it is a good plan to dark
en- the house on bright sunny days
by covering the windows with dark
cloth.
If chicks start toe picking; first
find the cause and correct it. Paint
the affected parts with coal tar on
a similar material. Picking usually
stops when the birds are on range.
Milford chronicle., 1930-04-04
FOURTH CLASS POSTMASTER
EXAMINATION
Receipt OF Application To Close
April Is, 1880

The date for assembling of COM
petitors will be stated in the admis-
sion cards which will be mailed to
applicants after the close of receipt
of applications.
The United States Civil Service
Commission has announced an ex-
animation to be held at Georgetown
as result of which it is expected
to make certification to fill con-
templated vacancy in the position of
four-class postmaster at Harbeson,
and other vacancies as they may oc-
cur at that Office, unless it shall be
decided in the interest of the SER
vice to fill any vacancy by reinstate-
ment. The compensation of the
postmaster at this office was $785
for the last fiscal year.
Applicants must have reached
their twenty-frst birthday but not
their sixty-fifth birthday on the date
of the examination.
Applicants must reside within the
territory supplied by the post Office
for which the examination is an
nounced.
The examination is open to all cit
liens of the United States who can
comply with the requirements.
Application blanks, Form 1853,
and full information concerning the
of the examination can
be secured from the postmaster at
the place of vacancy or from the
United States Civil Service Com
Washington, D. C.
Applications must be properly ex-
ecuted and on file with the Commits
sion at Washington, D. c., prior to
the hour of closing business on the
late specified at the head of this
announcement.
Milford chronicle., 1930-04-04
OUR SMILE CORNER

AS impermanent as a three-dollar
permanent wave.
AS tickle as a stock ticker.
AS tight as a 1914 collar.
AS grave as a fat woman trying
on a princess dress.
AS interesting as watching an
amateur lobbyist trying to put some
thing over on Senator Grundy.
Milford chronicle., 1930-04-04

from Holly Oak where she spent the
winter with her brother, James J.
Donovan.
J. Casper Jones who has a posi-
ton on the steamship, President
Roosevelt, is home with his parents,
Mr.. and Mrs. John A. Jones, for a
few days.
Milford chronicle., 1930-04-04
CANNIBALISM IN CHICKS
By Prof. H. D. Munroe
Observation-Disclosures:
It is usually

.
found that canni-
balls is rare
where small num-
bers of chicks are
brooded together
and in broode r
houses with tn Q
temperature a n d
ventilation condi-
tions satisfactory.
In order to keep
C h ks f r o m
crowding and to