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The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1932-12-30
Blind Inmate of County
Farm Elected to Office

Pierre, S. D.-Among the yagarieS
of the Democratic landslide in Bon
Homme county of this state was the
election to the post of states attor-
ney of a man who is blind and has
been an inmate Of the county farm
for a number of years. His name was
put on to fill out the ticket, and he
won. He was at one time practicing
lawyer, but after he lost his sight he
repaired to the county farm, and had
been there since.
In Badlee county resident of Iowa
was elected to the position of coroner.
After filing his candidacy he left the
state and established residence in
Iowa, but as no withdrawal was en-
tered the name went on the ballot and
was voted for along with the other
candidates of the nominating party.
In many South Dakota counties
names were placed upon the Demo
cratic ballot "just to fill out" as the
party had never been known to carry
counties in which no really strong can
didate came forward. But this year
the landslide carried them in, weak
and strong, and the old-time Demo
Gratis who always had desire for
office, but who declined to have their
names presented, are now wishing
they could have looked little further
into the future.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1932-12-30
STICKYTOES TELLS
JOHNNY CHUCK A SECRET

WHILE Johnny Chuck was stuff
w ing himself in order to make
more fat before seeking his bed to
sleep the long winter away he did a
lot of thinking. You know one can
think and eat at the same time very
nicely. What was Johnny Chuck think
ing about? He was thinking about
the coming winter and the curious
ways in which his friends and neigh
bors would spend 1t. When other peo-
pie do things in different way from
the way we do them we are very apt
to think that their ways are curious,
quite forgetting that to them our way
may seem just as curious.
To Johnny Chuck there Is only one
sensible way of spending the long
months when rough Brother North
Wind and Jack Frost roar and howl
and pinch and squeeze, and that is to
curl up comfortably way down where
rough Brother North Wind and Jack
Frost cannot reach him and there
sleep until they have gone back to the
far Northland. Johnny Chuck always
thought of it as the only sensible thing
to do. He sometim quite forgot that
it was the only thing he could do and
so took credit for sense and wisdom
which really didn't belong to him. You
see, Johnny has no choice in the mat
ter. He has to sleep that way be-
cause in the winter there is nothing
he can eat.
But this Is not so with many Of
his neighbors. Some of them eat things
which can be kept for long time
without spelling, like nuts and seeds,
and those who eat these things pack
them away into storehouses or hide
them where they can find them. Then
in the winter they sleep in bad wealth
er and come out to play a little and
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1932-12-30
SURVEY PROVES YOUTH IS
NOT "GOING TO THE DOGS

A summary Of surveys of delin-
Quency shows that certain personal
factors such as race, nativity. sex, age,
intelligence, and physical condition
have bearing upon delinquency.
There is larger proportion of negro
children appearing before the courts
than might be expected. Homes in
which one or both parents are foreign
born seem to supply more than their
share of juvenile court cases. Boys
who face the juvenile Judge outnum-
Der girls more than five to one.
Any delinquency is recognized as too
much. The study shows that the fol-
lowing efforts among others, are being
made toward a still further reduction
of delinquency. State laws provide
for 24-hour-a-day parental schools;
special day schools for truants and in
corrigibles are being established in
many cities; special classes, behavior
clinics, mental hygiene, educational
and vocational guidance, education in
the wise use of leisure, and in char
acter, are now part of the regular
routine In hundreds of schools where
the objective is the prevention Of de-
linquency rather than the cure of 1t.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1932-12-30
STORY FOR THE CHILDREN
By THORNTON w. BURGESS

to get food from their hiding places
in pleasant weather. Happy Jack
Squirrel and Chatter the Red Squirrel
do this. Striped Chipmunk pops up
for breath of fresh ,ir on warm,
sunny days in winter. Jimmy Skunk
is another who sleeps only part of
the time. He does not store up food
in stOrehouses. but like Johnny Chuck
himself stores it up in the form of
fat. But he does not depend on this
wholly as does Johnny. He likes to
come out and prowl around little
when the snow is not too soft and
deep.
Then there are others like Reddy
and Granny Fox, Old Man Coyote,
Billy Mink, Shadow the Weasel and
Little Joe Otter, not to mention Peter
Rabbit, who always manage to find
enough to eat through the winter and
so do no more sleeping then that they
do in the summer. That is why they
are provided with thick, warm coats.
The same thing is true Of the feath-
cred folks, except that none Of them
sleep all winter. Those who cannot
find food fly away to the sunny South
land where they~can find it.
Johnny Chuck was thinking of these
things as he ate and ate and it seemed
to him that his way was far the best
way. 1t saved a great deal Of work
and worry. He never was cold. He
never was hungry. 1t made no differ
be. He wondered that everybody didn't
do the same thing. He knew that
wise Old Grandfather Frog does and
Old Mr.. Toad does. Thinking of Old
Mr.. Toad reminded him Of Stickytoes
the Tree Toad, WHO had spent the
summer in the apple trees of the Old
Orchard. He and Johnny had become
great friends, being such near neigh
bors. At the thought Of him Johnny
stopped eating.
Il wonder" said he right out loud,
where he spends the winter.
"Where who spends the winterY
asked a small piping voice. It was the
voice of Stickytoes himself and there
he was almost under Johnny's nose.
"Why, your exclaimed Johnny
Chuck. IT was just thinking Of you
and wondering if you have as much
sense as your cousins, Old Mr.. Toad
and Grandfather Frog. They do as !
do, sleep all winter, and was won
dering if you do the same thing"
Stickytoes chuckled. 1t was
throaty little chuckle. II think" said
he, that / have got quite as much
sense as they have. In fac / think
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1932-12-30
u. S. Downs Ice Cream
in More Than One Way

Washington.-Gallon and gallons of
ice cream went down last year, but the
rub is they did not go down the outlets
of the American public. AS conse-
quence a tabulation by the, census
bureau discloses the industry in 1881
slumped downward 1T per cent in
quantity and 1879 per cent in value as
compared with the business carried on
in the preceding year.
And just because too many citizens
abandoned the good old American ice
cream standard in wholesale groups
they caused re per cent of all the
establishments engaged in the man.
ufacture of fee cream in 1929 to go
out of business the following year,
threw 20.S per cent of their brethren
employer in the business out of work
and prevented SS,5O1,324 In the coin
of the realm from being put into cir
culation via the annual pay roll route.
But despite the depression's eco
nomical dictates and the universal cru
SADIE against the fat physique, the
American public demands its ice
cream, and in 1881 the total produc-
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1932-12-30
BANANA DISHES

NOVEL recipes are always well
l Y coined by the housewife who is
constantly looking for appetizing dishes
to please the tastes of her family.
Banana Marmalade.
"Peel and slice bananas, using two
pounds of bananas and the same
amount of sugar and the juice of
lemon. Put into an earthen dish and
let stand one hour. Turn into a pre-
serving pan and cook gently. stirring
constantly as soon as 1t thickens. Test
by dropping little on plate; if It
sets it is ready to pour into jars.
Serve with toast at tea.
Bananas Cooked in Cranberry Juice.
Wash a pint of cranberries and
cover with a cupful of cold water.
Cook quickly ten minutes and press
through sieve. Halve six large
bananas lengthwise and cover with the
juice of half lemon. Add one and
one-half cupfuls Of sugar to the hot
berry juice, stir well and pour over
the bananas. Place in hot oven and
bake until the fruit is tender. Remove
to a glass dish and cool. The cram
berry Jelly will make thick, rich
sauce for the bananas.
Banana Pie.
Bake a shell and fill with thinly
sliced bananas which have been lightly
sweeteRed. and teaspoonful OF
lemon juice added to them. Cover with
a rich, thick eEstard, cooked and
cooled, and top with few spoonfuls
of whipped cream. Serve well
chilled.
Fried Bananas With Bacon or Sausage.
Cut each banana into halves cross
wise, then lengthwise, roll in -four,
cook In hot bacon or sausage fat and
serve around the bacon or sausage.
q by Western Newspaper Union.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1932-12-30
Members Already Lay Plans
for Next Summer.

New York.-New jerseys more or
less famous Sky farms nudist colony
an aggregation of "the original. non
commercial nudists of the United
States"-has shut up shop for the win
ter-going into Information. rs 1t were.
Officials of the organization want 1t
known, however, that whatever capitu-
lation the news may suggest to biased
minds the reason is the rigors of the
new season and not to the convention
alities of society. Indeed, the men,
bers are just as much nudists at heart
and by inclination rs ever, it Is stat
ed, and the new spring will find them
holding forth in their original birth
day suits as defiantly as ever at the
same old stand.
Some attempt will be made to carry
on through the winter-in fact, a Man.
haitian gymnasium has been rented by
the society and here a half a hundred
men and women of the colony plan
to gather two nights week to swim
and work off by calisthenics the avoir-
dupois that mars a perfect nudist.
viii Wear Bathing Suits.
Because at is no use taking any
chances" according to Carl Becker,
founder ard secretary of the organi-
Zation, they wear bathing suits. But
Sky farms, their 30-acre camp near
Liberty Corners, N. j.. Is open all
year, and though members go there
through the winter chiefly to get out
in the country, on warm days the
harder ones do little nude sun bath
ing.
The Sky farms nudists are incor-
pOrated in New Jersey as the Ameri-
can League for Physical Culture.
They have only pity for the rival mud
lists of the Olympian league, and al
though Camp Olympia, which -four
ished last summer near Highland, N.
Y, had 400 acres and it's own private
lake, they consider that it was "com-
mercial from the outset"
1--WE are the oldest and the biggest
nudist organization" said Mr.. Becker,
a German in the importing and ex-
porting business. "We are a private
club, equally for the benefit of all
members. Nobody makes any money.
We don't admit the press even when
reporters are willing to go nudist. too.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1932-12-30

members built themselves on plots
they rented from the league for from
$40 to $25 year, and several jobless
nudists ore living in their bungalows
all winter. Next year they plan a
social hall, tennis courts, an archery
field and other facilities for sports,
and restaurant At present cooking
is done camp fashion.
Would-be members are looked over
by membership committee which is
so adept that in three years only four
persons have been expelled. "They
did not do anything. they were just
uncongenial." Mr.. Becker said, and
the rules are even stricter now. No
one is admitted to the camp until the
membership committee has approved,
then the applicant is taken out to
Sky Farms for weekend, and If he
likes 1t his membership is assured.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1932-12-30
PRESIDENT
BY DOUGLAS MALLocH

VXIHEN was just youngster, then
w They used to say, the Older men,
That any boy. they used to say.
Might yet be President some day.
His father might be rich or poor,
But one thing. though. was certain
sure,
They used to say, and what they
meant
Was that he might be President.
And that today is just as true;
This later generation, too,
That famous title, too. may wear,
Sit In the Presidential chair.
The very youngster that you meet
Right now upon the village street,
Just as my elders used to say,
May yet be President some day.
Some day the youngsters task
may be
To bring US back prosperity,
To keep at peace with other lands,
And have a congress on his hands.
Yes, any boy, no matter what
His present fortune, present lot,
Although the future may be dim,
May yet-but why discourage him2
q. 1892. Douglas Malloch.--WNU Service.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1932-12-30
NUDIST CULT SHUTS
]. DOWN FOR WINTER

Naturally we want our idea to spread.
to educate the public. but we also
have to look out for the privacy of
our members"
The group has 900 members in the
metropolitan district. Mr.. Becker said
it would be more than 500 IL the de-
preston had not caused many to drop
out. Asked why the depression would
affect cult which means less wear
and tear on clothes. Mr.. Becker
laughed gently and said there were
dues to pay and the matter of rail-
road fare to Liberty Corners.
"Our purpose is the promotion of
cleaner relations between the sexes
by eliminating perhaps the greatest
evil of western civilization, sex curl
osity," he went on. '"r'lis can be done
by bringing both sexes together in a
perfect state of nudity, providing the
proper place can be found-a secluded
farm where all kinds of sports, swim
ming, and general camp life can be In
dulged in. t
Build Own Quarters.
Mr.. Becker founded the league three
years ago after a visit to Germany,
where he got the idea" That sum-
mer the nudists camped out in the
Catskills. Since then they have had
rented farms In New Jersey and in
Rockland county, N. Y. Police de-
scended on the latter. but the nudists
were freed In court.
Last winter, with the treasury COM
fortably full. they bought the plot of
dense woods, with running brook at
Liberty Corners. In May they moved
out in tents; by July they had built
with their own haLds most of
dormitory with sleeping accommoda-
lions for As. Now they have just
finished swimming pool ed archi-
tect and several carpenters among the
membership led in the building opera
tons. A plumber member put up an
outdoor shower for use until the pool
was finished.
There are also II bungalows which
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1932-12-30
London Drug Turns
Sap Into a Samson

LOndon.-The age of the super
man is near, according to research
workers at a London hospital who
have discovered a new drug for
which they make the following
claims:
1t will prolong life, eliminate
fear, breed courage and stimulate
the intellectual and physical
strength.
1t will make sheep as strong as
oxen and cats as ferocious as
panthers. Already sheep and cats
treated with the drug have fought
and killed dogs.
1t will add ten years to the av-
erage span of life and produce q
race of supermen.
"We are afraid to contemplate
the ultimate physical and social eff
fects," one of the experimenters
said.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1932-12-30
Figures Show Juvenile Delin-
quency Decreasing.

Observation-Disclosures do not justify
the conclusion that juvenile delin-
Quency is on the increase, according
to a recent report of the National Edu-
cation association which has just COM
pleted an investigation of the truth
of the oft-repeated assertion that youth
is "going to the dogs"
Reports from several Of the large
cities including Chicago and New
York do not indicate that delinquency
has grown faster than the population.
In fact, the number of delinquent boys
per thousand population has decreased
by one-half during the past twenty
years in New York, where there were
$1,000 boys brought before the Chill
dren's court from 1902 to 1911, and
only $4,000 in the decade just closed.
The total number of juvenile delin-
quents brought before courts each year
in the United States has been esti-
mated at approximately 100000.
Juvenile delinquency seems to be
closely associated with certain environ
mental and hereditary factors, though
no agreement exists as to the relative
weight of them in contributing to the
waywardness Of youth. The economic
uncertainty and lack Of control In
broken homes, are very frequent fac
tors. Older children who are delin-
quents often lead younger children
into crime. NeighborhoodS in which
the population frequently changes
seem to lose those social controls that
reduce delinquency. Street trades and
other employments of juveniles either
tend to attract or develop delinquent
children.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1932-12-30

Pve got little more. Can you keep
a secret, Johnny Chuck?"
Certainly i en-" replied Johnny
Chuck. "Just try me and see"
Stickytoes hoped little nearer to
Johnny Chuck and whispered.
Johnny Chuck's eyes grew round with
surprise. do you really mean that?"
he asked as If he could hardly believe
what Stickytoes had told him.
every word of it." replied Sticky
toes, "but remember it is secret. Now
I must hurry or / shall be too late"
Stickytoes wished Johnny Chuck a
long sleep with pleasant dreams and
started on.
g 1882. by T. W. Burgess.-wNU Service.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1932-12-30
THROUGH
EWOMAN'S
I EYES . s sKzW sTos
HERE'S A JUDGE WHO
THINKS FIVE YEARS OF
"SCRAPPING" is JUST
NOTHING!

&c \ YOUNG married couple don't
a know how to live together until
after they have scrapped for five
years."
That was the amazing declaration
of a Judge of the Domestic Relations
court In Atlantic City, N. ].
The occasion for the statement was
a case In which a woman was suing
her husband for separation and main
tenance for their child. The judge at
tempted strenuously TO effect a recon
Citation, which she declined.
II appears that her life with her
husband for several years past had
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1932-12-30
Forgotten Coat Saves
Kansas Farmers Life

Aurora, Kan.-Lady Luck certainly
is on good terms with Med Cote these
days.
Cote, farmer living near here, saw
dark clouds approaching as he worked
in the field. Deciding to quit work,
he started driving his team home.
Suddenly he remembered leaving his
coat in the field. He went back for it,
leaving the horses. In his momentary
absence lightning bolt struck the
team. Three horses were killed. Cote
received only a slight shock.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1932-12-30
Laundry Work at Ohio
Prison Is Quite a Job

Columbus, Ohio.-Ohio penitentiary
has a big cleanup" each month.
Twenty inmates. operating the prison
laundry, cleaned 186,4S4 articles re-
Gently and use 675 pounds of soap In
the doing.
The mountain of garments and
household" linens included 56,3S6
sheets and pillow cases; 24,47O pieces
of table linen; 1920 shirts, 1890
pairs of socks; 1890 suits of under
wear; 25.S55 towels; 1853 white shirts !;
1918 articles from the hospital; 3,OO2
blankets, and 24.245 miscellaneous
articles.
The prisoners get change of gar
ments and bed clothing once a week.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1932-12-30

been anything but pleasant. And right
there the ingenious Judge offered his
consolation In the statement that
scrapping for five years is just a test
or preparation for happy married
lifel Before that period is over" he
said. "it is not often possible for them
to adjust themselves to each other!"
One is impelled to wonder whether
he knows what it means to scrap
for five yearsi"
Because. except with people of
whom scrapping is just another indoor
sport from which they derive some
peculiar pleasure-and ! believe they
are rare-most married people will
agree that there are few joys on earth
the attainment of which is worth five
years of scrappingi
And 1t seems to me that the judge
who makes so little of five years of
scrapping with ones life partner Is
either a bachelor or one of those
thrice blessed mortals who has no
idea what scrapping Is So he is hard.
ly qualified to encourage others to live
together and scrapl
G. 1882. Bell syndicate.-wNU Service
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1932-12-30
Glass Rooted Houses
Future Landing Fields

Philadelphia. - Glass-roofed houses
will cover the cities of the future, in
the opinion of Joseph S. Picker, an
engineer who has been associated with
Harold F. Pitcairn in the American
development of the Autogiro. and will
provide convenient landing fields for
autogiroS.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1932-12-30
More Go Than Come

Observation-Disclosures continued
to leave this country at the rate of
three for every one who entered dur
ing August, the Labor department re
ported. While 2,715 immigrants were
admitted, 8.7S3 departed. This just
about reverses the figures of two
years ago.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1932-12-30

Mike Gibbons, the former phantom
of the ring" Who has been appointed
physical director of the st. Paul po-
lice department, and whose duties now
are to keep the men of the force in
the well known pink" He will in
struct them in boxing, wrestling, dis
arming, running, kicking and other
tricks of the game.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1932-12-30

My daughter is dying of a long
name in her stomach.
The English government is divided
into two things called the lords of
God and the men Of God. The lords
Of God are not inherited.
who lived on an island.
The metric system refers to kilo-
grams, centigrams, kilograms. etc.
The Monitor was an ironclad ship.
1t whipped the other ships because
their bullets could not go through it's
clads.
&c. Bell syndicate.)-wNUs Service
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1932-12-30

The wolf is at the door as a result
of too much serving Of the fatted calf
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1932-12-30
The three dramatic unities were
Dante, Petrarch and Boccaccio.

BONERS are actual humorous
tidbits found in examination papers.
essays, etc., by teachers.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-03-22
FOUR ARE HURTIN
TRAFFIC ACCIDENTS

juries, and Patrolman Dan Slope.
1877 Ewing street, was bruised.
Harold Marshall, %, R. R. l, Carmel.
driver of the automobile, was ar
rested on a charge of failing to have
a drivers license. Marshall and two
persons riding with him escaped in
Jury.
Injury Of leg was suffered by
Mrs. Marguerite Harter, 26. of 1856
Carrollton court, when she was
struck by a taxicab at Thirteenth
street and College avenue. after
alighting from street car.
Virgil Yates, SO, of 644 South
Illinois street, driver of the cab.
was arrested on a charge of failing
to give pedestrian right of way.
Russell E. Gunther, BIT Mark
wood avenue, faces a charge of
drunken driving as a result of an
accident at Central avenue and
Twelfth street. A car driven by
Gunther collided with one driven
by Clyde A. Valley, 81, of 119 East
Twelfth street. James H. Goble, %.
Of 1926 College avenue, riding with
Gunther, is charged with in
toxication.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-03-22
Greenfield Woman Badly
Injured When Autos
Crash, 0verturn.

-Four persons were injured in au-
tomobile accidents Monday night,
when streets, slippery after heavy
rain, made driving hazardous. A
like number Of persons face charges
today as a result Of the accidents.
Mrs. Nellie Kinnaman. Green
field, who suffered a pelvic frac-
tnre, is the most seriously hurt.
She was injured when an automo-
bile driven by her husband, T. E.
Kinnaman, collided with one driven
by Ellsworth Evans, 81, of 1866
Adams street, at Wallace and East
Michigan streets. Both cars over
turned.
Severe injuries were suffered by
two policemen when their motor
cycle and side car collided with an
automobile at Forty second street
and Carrollton avenue.
Patrolman Nolan Hill. 90, of 4219
Sangster avenue, suffered ankle in