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The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1932-05-27
Famous English Bridge
Is Auctioned Each Year

Boroughbridge, England. The
rights of the last remaining toll bridge
in. Somerset have been sold by auction,
at a record price, while sand was run
ming through an hour glass.
This quaint auction occurs every
year and the highest bidder holds the
right, for one year, of levying tolls on
all vehicles crossing the bridge span
ming the River Parret;, at Borough
bridge, on the main road between
Taunton and Glastonbury.
The bridge was built in 1921 and is
close to the spot where King Alfred
is said to have burned the cakes in
the shepherds hut The auction is
conducted under special act of parlia-
ment passed when the bridge was
built. The rights include the use of a
pretty ivy-colored cottage for the toll
keeper. When the auction begins, a
sand glass is set working and the
highest bidder, when the sand has run
through the glass three times, be-
comes the owner of the bridge, the
toll gate and the cottage for one
year.
The annual increase in the number
of motor vehicles using the bridge has
served to boost the bidding at the last
few auctions, and the successful bidder
at the recent sale, Charles Miller, a
farmer, paid the record price for the
rights. This was 81 100 more than the
price last year.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1932-05-27
PL]\IL Try
SHOWING HOW TO
CUT DISEASE LOSS
Simple Rules for Guarding
Farm Poultry.

BY following five simple rules In
planning a farm flock sanitation pro-
gram, it is possible to reduce losses
from diseases and parasites to a mini
mum, according to C. NJ. Ferguson. ex-
tension specialist in poultry for the
Ohio State university.
The first rule, he states, consists In
combining the hens entirely to the lay
ing house or to cinder yard II a
yard is used, the cinders should be
removed each year. A system Of TO
tated yards around the house win per-
nit the birds to be on fresh ground
each year and permit cultivation Of the
yards while they are not being used
for poultry.
Rotate the chicks, is FergusOn's sec
ond step in poultry sanitation pro-
gram. Rearing chicks in confinement
has not proven to be adapted 10 farm
conditions except for a few weeks
when the chicks are small. Wire
porches or cinder yards offer a means
of confinement for a few weeks. but
SOOl dS llic are bAl El&t4-A
to be without heat they should have
access to good green range.
Fall house cleaning, another step in
the program. also helps in cutting
losses from disease and parasites The
removal of all contaminated material,
and a thorough disinfectiOn OF the
house is the only guarantee that the
pullets are going to be free Of attacks
from such disease-producing organ
isms as may have been carried over
from the flock during the previous
year.
Careful cleaning throughout the year
and proper disposal of droppings ard
litter are also essential parts OF an
effective plan for guarding the birds
against the ravages of disease.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1932-05-27

climbed to the slightly lower north
peak.
Mount Mckinley lies 34S miles
north of Seward ON the coast, and
1913 miles southeast of Fairbanks,
Alaska's most important inland town.
The mountain is surrounded by the
Mount Mckinley national park, 2,645
square miles in extent, which was
created by congress in 1917 and en-
larged in 1922. The park extends for
100 miles astride the Alaska range,
and includes numerous peaks and
glaciers, forests, meadows, streams,
waterfalls, and lakes. The reserva-
ton abounds with big game, includ-
ing moose, caribou, big-horn mountain
sheep, and brown bears. On the hills
and mountain slopes is a multitude
of birds. The fish that throng the
park streams in summer, migrate to
large rivers before winter, for the
small streams freeze almost solid. Ice
disappears about mid-April, and dur
ing the height of the summer the
region is bathed in sunlight for 1S
hours or more each day.
"The federal-owned Alaska railway
skirts the east end of the park. From
Mckinley Park station graveled
automobile highway penetrates into
the park for 40 miles. This road is
to be extended 80 miles during 1892
From the end of the highway a horse
back trail leads to the foot of Null
drow glacier"
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1932-05-27
Diarrhea

This ailment is common TO chicks that
have been chilled, overheated, crowded
or fed spoiled, sour or moldy feed
The external indications are white
or liquid discharge which adheres in
sticky or pasty mass TO the vent and
abdomen of the chick. This diarrhsa
is not a contagious or infectious dis
ease and is checked by removing the
cause and giving the chicks dose OF
epson salts. Two large teaspoOnfuls
of epson salts put in one quart OF
drinking water will physic the chicks
and aid in cleaning the intestines 50
the good feed supplemented with clean
milk can put the chicks in good con-
dition.-Oklahoma Farmer-Stockman
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1932-05-27
Greatest Consumer of Amer
lean Old Clothes.

Karachi, India.-India is the great
est consumer of American secondhand
clothes in the world.
Every year the men, women and
children of this vast subcontinent
spend about $750,OOO for castoff cos
tunes, coats, gowns, suits, overcoats.
shoes and socks once worn by Amer
ica's millions.
No trousers are worn in India, so
this garment is a drug on the market.
A $75 overcoat that may once have
been worn by wealthy American
business man finds it's way to the
back of an Indian peasant, who wears
it another ten years, but pays only
$1.50 for it.
A rich silken robe that may once
have adorned Washington society
woman finds its way into an Indian
hut, where it gives cover to a fam
ished Indian housewife, who pays
about dollar for it.
An Indian man is not particular
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1932-05-27
Attempt to Scale Lofty Sum
NIT of Mount Mckinley.

Washington.-Clim Mount Nc
Kinley, Alaska, the loftiest peak in
North America, is slow job. Four
men set out from the headquarters
of the Mount Mckinley national park
early in April in an effort to reach
the 20,3OO-foot summit of the south
peak of the mountain, feat that
has been accomplished only once
in 1913. If the present climbers find
the task as arduous as the 1913 party
did, they will not reach their goal
until late May or early June.
Physical form and it's far north
latitude are the two major factors
that rank Mount Mckinley among the
most difficult of the earth's noun
tains to SCALE" says bulletin from
the National Geographic society. 1.-THE
mountains huge bulk rises abruptly
above plateaus only 5000 feet in al
titude on the north and west sides,
so that the crest is more than 1900
feet above the base. All of the other
mountain giants of the world rise
from high plateaus, SO that the por-
ton to be climbed from a base camp
is much higher in the case of Nc
Kinley.
1.-The snow line on such peaks as
Mount Everest and Kinchinjunga in
the Himalayas, and Aconcagua and
Chimborazo in the Andes is very
high; but because of it's near-pOlar
position, Mount McKinley's upper two
thirds is sheathed in snow and ice
the year round. Above six or seven
thousand feet climbers must trudge
through snow or laboriously cut foot
holds in steep ice slopes. The con-
trast between mountain climbing in
Alaska and the Tropics is so great
that one mountaineer who made an
unsuccessful attempt on Mount Nc
Kinley and later scaled 2O,0O0-foot
peak in the Andes, declared that the
latter feat required less eXertion than
reaching the 4,5OO-foot level on Mount
Mckinley.
Piercing the moist skies of Alaska
to such an extreme height, Mount Nc
Kinley catches tremendous quantities
of snow. AS result it gives rise
to numerous glaciers which feed the
Susitna river and some of the head
waters of the Kuskoquim. The larg-
est of the glaciers, Muldrow, is 80
miles long, more than twice the
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1932-05-27
Buffalo Herds in East in Eighteenth Centur

The American bison or buffalo was
at one time nearly as abundant east
Of the Mississippi as on the western
plains.
Remains of bisoEs have been
found in southern Michigan, more
adapted to their grazing habits than
the pine-covered areas Of the north,
and in Wisconsin. In the latter state
a pair Of these animals, killed by
Sioux in 1882, are believed to have
been the last of the species east of
the great river.
In the early history of New York,
bison made so many trails to the
salt springs about Onondaga that
settlers used them for roads. The
city of Buffalo was named after them,
likewise several towns and a noun
tain in Pennsylvania. The last
Pennsylvania bison was killed in 1870
near Lewisburg.
Early in the Eighteenth century.
according to writings Of Jesuits and
explorers. bison were plentiful along
the Sandusky river and In the
territory south Of Lake Erie. In 171S
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1932-05-27
Cleanliness Comes First

In general, the best insurance against
diseases of chickens we know Of is alb
solute cleanliness, not only in the
brooder house, but in all equipment
and every place with which the grow
ing chicken comes in contact Clean
the brooder house every four or FIVE
days so that infection viii not Be
spread through drOppings. SteriliEe
drinking fountains frequently. Rorate
ranges every three years at least and
see that some cultivated crop is sown-
is the advice Of the American AgricUl-
turiSt.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1932-05-27

they were reported as abundant near
Defiance, Ohio. In the latter part of
the century, however, when perma-
nent settlements were being made,
they had dwindled to handful.
A few of these animals were found
in Indiana as late as 1910. The In
diana geological survey, as quoted
by Edwin Lincoln Moseley In "Our
Wild Animals" tells of a migration
from the prairies of the West across
the state to salt ticks and blue grass
meadows of Kentucky. Buffalo were
seen near Vincennes in 1908.
Had the bison been more intelli-
gent and better able to cope with
the settlers, they might have sur
vived the Middle West. They were
very slow in comprehending danger,
and often witnessed the slaughter
of their companions with wonder
and curiosity. While they were ex.
tinct this side Of the Mississippi,
herds Is miles across were being
hunted In the West.-Detroit News
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1932-05-27
Authentic Giants

In the days of Emperor Claudius
(41-54 A. d. there was brought to
Rome an Arabian giant, Gabara,
who is said by Pliny to have meas
ured nine feet nine inches in height.
None Of the giants of more recent
record have had quite such stature,
although the English marvel, John
Middleton, born in Lancashire in the
reign of James /, was nine feet three
inches tall. An Austrian, Joseph
WHITEWATER, who was exhibited
about Europe in the 1SSOs, was eight
feet nine inches tall, and there have
been quite a few others who have
approached this height.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1932-05-27
Extolled Virtues of Tea

In the British museum there is an
old advertisement which recited the
merits of tea and then delicately sug-
gested that it could be bought at Gar
ways coffee house for from 10 to so
shiIlings a pound. Mr.. Garway told
his prospective customers that there
was nothing like tea for the health.
ut maketh the body active and lusty,
helpeth the headache, remOveth OBJ
structions from the spleens 1t is good
against stone and gravel. 1t taketh
away difficulty of breathing" He goes
on to say that tea is good against Zip
pitude Installations" which means that
the cup that cheers but not inebriates
will clear up bleary eyes. Moreover,
says Mr.. Garway, sit cleanseth and
purifyeth hot liver"
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1932-05-27
thought to be about two hundred years

thought to be about two hundred years
old.
AS If to protect those buried there
some one, decades ago, constructed
peaked shingle roofs over the graves.
These shelters are about three feet
high in the middle, the sides touching
the ground.
Built of cypress wood and shingles
these roofs run the length of the
graves, forming their only location, as
no mounds are visible. Some of the
lumber has rotted by this time, but
the form and general shape of this
village of the dead" still remain.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1932-05-27
IJse of Guillotine

The guillotine was introduced into
France at the time of the revolution,
but similar instruments of capital pun
ishment had previously been in use in
Scotland. England and various parts
of the continent Its use in France
was suggested by Doctor GuilIotine
and the first guillotine was erected In
Paris In 1892.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1932-05-27
Season Opens for Air
Flights Over Pacific

Seattle, Wash.-Applications are
now being received by Valentine Gep-
hart, official of the National Aeronau-
teal association, from flyers who will
attempt to span the Pacific and win
a cash prize of $4,000.
Gephart announced that two Ameri-
cans and Japanese flyer had posted
entry fees, the flights to be made
either from Boeing field, Seattle, or
Swan Island airport, Portland, Ore.
Applications can be made until June
1, Gephart stated.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1932-05-27
To Live in Gas Station
for Year to Win Wager

MassillOn, OhiO.-There are bets
and there are bets-but whoever it is
that offers prizes for unique ones
should consider the case of Wilbert
Shilling, nineteen of this city.
Shilling, by reason of $25 bet be-
tween himself and a friend, declares
he will remain ON the premises of a
gasoline station here for one year. He
has until January 26, 1888, to win his
wager, having begun his stay January
&c of this year.
He sleeps in the filling station where
he works, and eats at an adjoining
restaurant. In all, his stamping
ground measures so feet by $50.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1932-05-27

Children were what she missed
most. In her own city, there had al
ways been youngsters about. Spoiled,
undisciplined darlings, who f1ocked
naturally around her. The precociOus
and beautiful children of the theater.
The gay. innocent children of wom-
en- who were gay and far from limo
cent.
Their absence in her life made the
house seem Silly in way that was
terrifying. The voice of a youngster
would have helped. When, as time
went on, it seemed discouragingly OBJ
viOus that Minnie was to have none
of her own, there was talk of adopt
ing child. Tom was all for it, eager
to introduce into the home of this
woman he adored any possible streak
of light and sweetness. Strangely,
after much consideration, it was Min
ME who decided against it. Tom I'M
derstood. One did not draw a child
into the shadow of a cloud.
1t was ironic beyond the telling
and something that was TO take years
for him to be able to bear up under
that Minnie, returning from solitary
walk into town, should have been
killed outright by an automobile, as
she darted in front of it to snatch
back little Dotty Ravenel who had
leaped in front of it after a puppy.
Like a candle snuffed. the lonely,
gallant personality of Minnie went out,
as it were, in flash, dashing Tom into
darkness; dashing life into darkness.
What funeral! For years it was
one of the talked Of occasions of the
town. Six carriages laden with flow
ers followed Minnie's hearse. Crowds
stood upon the lawn and along the
sidewalks as the solitary bitter figure
of Tom Arden followed the white
hearse to its grave.
In bitterness which he was later
to regret, he gave orders that no one,
save himself and two servants, should
follow her to her last resting place.
The crowd stood by respectfully, and
a little cowed. The house next door,
had every blind lowered, and every
flower in it's luxurious gardens plucked
to make up a blanket for Minnie's
grave.
1t was a grim, tragic picture of a
solitary man following a woman who
in death seemed no more solitary than
she had been in life.
In a way, the subsequent behavior
of Lucy Ravenel was pathetic. 1t
might actually be said that she
scratched for admission into that 81
lent stone house, like dog biding his
time. Apparently awed neither by the
bitter black anger of Tom, nor his for
bidding servants, she called daily, the
little Dotty at her side, offerings of
food and flowers in her hands.
For six months that door remained
steadfastly closed to her. One day
she encountered Tom on his steps.
She was a narrow, nervous-lipped
woman and the weeks following Min
MES death had played havoc with her.
"Tom," she said, "aren't you going
to let us atone-aren't you going to
give us the chance to make her mem
DRY a monument in this town? If you
can deny me, Tom, Dotty asks you
Dotty asks you to let her help YOU"
Standing there looking down into
the clear eyes of the child whom Min
ME had snatched from premature
death, it was as if what Minnie would
have said came floating to his ears
and his consciousness.
'"Take little Dotty into your heart
that is what would do, Tom
That is what Tom did.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1932-05-27
Boston Purse Snatcher
Steals Woman's Bible

Boston.-Miss Byrtle Chapman, thir-
ty-eight, was standing on a Roxbury
street curb when a man snatched her
handbag, leaped into parked auto
mobile, and escaped. In reporting the
theft to police, the woman explained
that there was only one thing in the
bag-a Bible.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1932-05-27
200 Year-Old Cemetery
Has Rooted Over Graves

Berlin, Md.-The quaintest cemetery
in the United States is located on the
Mason-Dixon line, at Bethel church.
northwest Of Whaleyville, near here.
Peaked shingle-built roofs instead of
Imposing marble monuments mark the
graves. This unique cemetery is
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1932-05-27
INDIA DRESSES UP IN OUR cAsToFFs

whether the coat is a mans or wom-
ans garment; nor has the Indian
woman any prejudice against wearing
masculine article. All garments look
alike to the destitute peasants.
A common laborer, earning about
ten cents day, may be seen wearing
full-dress suit with top hat, while
an impecunious housewife may be OBJ
served wearing a stunning evening
gown in her tiny smoky kitchen.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1932-05-27
Poultry Facts

Minnesota's poultry business Il
placed at more than S60,0OO,OoO an
nually by the state university.
1t is good business to hatch chicks
early. Pullets must be Matched early
if they are to lay high-priced fall and
winter eggs.
To get the greatest value out OF al
falfa or clover hay fed TO poultry or
rabbits, the hay should be cut In pieces
from one-fourth to one-half inch long
Ordinary washed gravel is very sat
isfactory for grit or grinding material
for the laying fiack.
A hen owned by ]. W. witham OF
Dunstable England, laid 365 eggs In
as many days, but missed on the 365th
day.
Before 1920 only 80 to 20 per cent
were raised. Due to control OF the
diseases which attack turkeys, the per-
centage has been raised TO IS to 80
per cent Of the hatch.
Feed chicks 4S hours after they are
Matched. Earlier feeding is unneces-
sary. and therefore wasteful.
The mash for the poultry flock
should contain 10 to 20 per cent Of
feeds rich In protein. Laying hens
need more protein than chicks.
Sunlight not only aids in improving
the general health Of the poultry flock
but also tends to increase laying and
TO improve the shell strength Of the
eggs.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1932-05-27
Making for Common Good

AS life is made up, for the most
part, not of great occasions, but Of
small everyday moments, it is the CIV
ing to these moments their greatest
amount of peace, pleasantness and sin
cerity that contributes most to the
sum of human good.-Leigh Hunt.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1932-05-27
Mutton Eating Ended

Albany, Ore.-A lamb-killins eagle
was captured alive here. The bird, of
an undetermined species, measured
seven feet two inches from tip to tip
of it's wings. Its beak was two and
half inches long.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1932-05-27
Eaples Steal Lamba

MiIlersburg, Ore.-Lay Wrightman
missed four lambs. He watched, Here's
what he saw: pair of bald eagles
flying down and carrying away three
more lambs.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1932-05-27
PLAYING Cat Sets Fire

Boston.-A cat playing with a ciga-
rette lighter, set fire to the home Of
Mr.. and Mrs. Fred w. Prior. A divan
and the cats whiskers were ruined.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1932-05-27
Black Wolf Caught

Fort William, Ont.-A black wolf,
an animal spoken In ancient Indian
legends, but very seldom seen by hunt
ers, has beer raped near Savanna.
west Of here.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1932-05-27

Quincy, Mass.-A bean that had be
gun to sprout was recently removed
from the lung Of eight-year-old Fred
erick Smith.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1932-05-27
Doing and Not Doing

A man can do what he ought to do
and when he says he cannot It Il
because he win not.-Frichte
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1932-05-27

Victory too often ends unaninity-
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1932-05-27

The mash for the poultry flock
should contain 10 to 20 per cent Of
feeds rich In protein. Laying hens
need more protein than chicks.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1932-05-27
That Is What
| Would Do
By FANNIE HURST
(@ by Mcclure Newspaper Syndicate.)
(WNU Seryicel

wv THEN Thomas Arden brought
x ! home the notorious Minnie
w Dupont as bride to the square
stone house he had occupied
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1932-05-27

Feed chicks 4S hours after they ara
Matched. Earlier feeding is unneces-
sary. and therefore wasteful.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1932-05-27

To get the greatest value out OF al
falfa or clover hay fed 10 poultry or
rabbits, the hay should be cut In pieces
from one-fourth to one-half inch long
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1932-05-27

A hen owned by ]. W. witham OF
Dunstable, England, laid 365 eggs in
as many days, but missed on the 3o5th
day.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1932-05-27

Ordinary washed gravel is very sat
isfactory for grit or grinding material
for the laying fiack.
Imperial Valley press., 1932-12-16
Bears Fouored
To Beat Tech

BERKELEY, Dec. Is. U.P)-Uni-
versity of California ruled a two
to one favorite today to win their
third annual intersectional gridiron
clash with Georgia Tech here to-
morrow.
Each team has won once in
previous encounters. The Golden
Bears were installed as favorites
because of their better seasonal
record.
Coach Bill Alexander announced
several changes in his starting
lineup today as the Rambling Wreck
went through a final workout.
Charley Galloway, who made rs
yard touchdown gallop to enable
Tech to beat Alabama 60, will
start at right half in place of Pat
Barron. Dean will start for Nc
Arthur. regular quarter. and Lac
key will supplant Wilcox at guard.
The Golden Bears will start the
contest with their regular forward
wall, Coach Bill Ingram said, and
with Hank Schaldach and Gus
Castro at the halfback posts, Little
Joe Verducci at quarter, and Milo
Qu:sling at fullback. Schaldach
was largely responsible for the
Bears 1876 victory last year over
Tech.