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u. S. Plans Library Of Crime

up in Washington an exhaustive ma
tional library of finger print records
and other crime data.
Already finger-prints of 100000
male and female lawbreakers have
been secured, classified and filed, and
LOO cards are being added every day.
Over 100000 cards containing names
and aliases of criminals already have
been collected.
Against this unprecedented assem-
bly, of crime records Scotland Yard
is said to have only 100000 sets Of
fingerprints. Under the new plan,
wherever an infraction of the law oc-
ours in the United States, even though
a minor offense is involved, duplicate
fingarprints, with accompanying data,
are Immediately sent on to Washing
ton by the local police. There search
of the files is made to determine
whether identical prints are already
on file under the same name, or some
alias. So efficient is the classifying
and filing system that the average
search requires but from three to five
minutes.
Often the offender is discovered to
have committed a crime in another
part of the country. Out of every 100
sets of prints sent to Washington pre-
vious records are found in 81 cases
and data on the offenders past life
is reported back to the local author
titles within 4S hours.
Beginning July l all applicants for
United States government jobs will be
required to submit to fngerprinting.
Out of 1000 applicants for Christmas
postal jobs the government found that
Ii had criminal records, as revealed
by the fingerprint division. The army
has found So criminals out of 1000
enlisted men.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1932-06-17
She Reduced SO
Pounds The Safe Way

81 have been taking Kruschen
Salts for 4 months and l think they
are wonderful. / am 81 years old
and 5 #. in. tall. / was very fat.
i weighed l65 lbs. and now / weigh
127 lbs. and feel fine. If / let up
taking the Salts one morning i feel
lazy and heavy" Mrs. Florence
Lotus, Boston.
This is just one of hundreds of let
tiers we get every month-Kruschen
not only causes you 10 lose fat but
while you are losing it you gain in
health-in vivaciousness-you lose
fat where fat is most prominent and
at the same time keep stomach. liver,
kidneys and bowels functioning
naturally.
Any drugstore in the world viii
sell you a jar of Kruschen for a
trif1ing sum-take one-half teaspoon
full in a glass of hot water every
morning-go light on fatty meats,
potatoes and sweets. But for your
health's sake demand and get Sru-
schen Salts-imitation are numer-
Gus. It's the little daily dose that
does it
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1932-06-17

war minerals during the World war.
In peace times its decorating uses are
legion. 1t helps to blast tunnels
through mountains and gouge cuts for
railroads and highways, RACES tree
stumps and stones to clear land for
many purposes. loosens limestone,
granite and barble from quarries for
new buildings, and dislodges minerals
from mines.
Radio programs are amplified In
American living rooms by radio tubes
in the manufacture of which mercury
had part, and many electrical de-
vices used in modern buildings were
produced with the aid of mercury. One
of the most outstanding recently de-
veloped uses of mercury is in power
plants. The new plant uses. mercury
vapor instead of steam.
"Now and then mercury Is found in
its liquid metal state but more often
it appears in a red mercury-sulphur
ore called cinnabar, from which the
metal is extracted by a roasting
process.
Mercury is known to exist on every
continent but most of the worlds sup
ply comes from Spain and Italy, with
Spain leading in production. The
mines which give Italy second rank
among mercury-producing countries
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1932-06-17
MERCURY DEPOSITS
FOUND IN ARKANSAS

Washington.-Disc of deposits
of mercury in Arkansas adds another
important metal to that states list of
mineral resources.
New domestic mercury deposits
are important because more mercury
is used in the United States than In
any other country, and more than one
third of the domestic consumption now
must be imported from Europe" says
a bulletin from the National Geo.
graphic society.
Mercury has been known for at
least $500 years, but its wide use is
a development of recent centuries. To
day it is employed in about thousand
ways.
"A thin stream Of the silvery liquid
metal sealed in a glass thermometer
tube has long been mans aid in de-
termining temperatures; in barome-
tiers, weather forecasters depend upon
it to foretell changes in weather; in
altimeters, it aids aviators to deter
mine how high they are flying; and
marine engineers use it in meters to
estimate the flow of water.
Mercury often does its best work
where man least expects it. The life
of many sleeping voyager is guarded
by huge lighthouse beacons that re-
volve on floating mercury bearings,
and many toothaches have been avoid
ed by gold or silver amalgam teeth
filings made possible by mercury. The
life of dry batteries is prolonged be-
cause mercury protects their zinc
plates.
The golfer plays on velvety green's
and the farmer harvests healthy crops
because small quantity of mercury,
mixed with fertilizers, kills insects
that attack plant roots. The ship own
er cleans the scale from the boilers of
his ships with mercury and covers
the bulls with paint containing mer-
curry because ii thwarts the rapid
growth of barnacles. When fashion
DEGREES that felt hats should be nap
py.' the hat manufacturer produces the
desired effect with mercury.
in many ways the metal loses its
identity in various kinds of mixtures.
1t is in miladys rouge box and lip
stick case where il is available to
produce synthetic pink cheeks and red
lips. The 'silvered mirror into which
she peers to apply her cosmetics is in
reality, 'mercuried' mirror.
about one-third of the worlds sup
ply of mercury is used in the drug
and chemical industries. 1t helps to
produce soda used in the manufacture
of artificial silk and is an ingredient
of some dyes.
1T is mercury that produces the
green lights and helps to produce the
blue lights in colored light advertis-
ing signs. Because it is dependable
in maintaining even temperature dur
ing oil distilling operations, 1t is an
important tool of the oil industry.
"As safe, dependable detonator for
explosives. it was one of the so-called
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1932-06-17
MOVING SKULL TOO
MUCH FOR SEXTON
Not Even Veteran Nerves
Could Stand That.

The cemetery at Florence. Italy, is
situated on top OF a hill overlooking
the city. with the principal entrance
facing the Piazzale Mickelangelo.
Here rest many generations of by
gone eras beneath lofty monuments,
or in quaint mausoleums.
In this park Of silence was heard
not long ago shrill shrek. And it
was not grief-stricken mourner who
emitted it, either None other than
the gravedigger was responsible for
the cutlery. note of alarm evoked by
an event of truly spectral nature.
Gravediggers are usually not nervous
or timid individuals. Their canstant
association with the departed makes
them Indifferent and callous, but in
this occurrence there seemed at first
undoubtedly something OF the super
natural. The wielder of the spade
had gone into the remOtest corner of
the old graveyard, where the most
ancient of all the tombstones were to
be found. there to perform his Gus
tomary task. He had been directed
to excavate the final resting place
for the late lamented perfume mer-
chant. Signor CYCLIC. whose last re-
quest was to be inferred in the same
plot with his worthy ancestors.
The gravedigger's spade. however.
had pierced the soil to the depth of
scarcely half meter when it began
to turn up bones which our hero
hoped, merely as matter of expedi-
ency. might not have been those of
the great-grandfather. With profes-
sional interest, and without any fear
or hesitancy, he picked up the skull
and began to mediate upon its own
ership and fate. Then he put the
relic respectfully aside again. and re-
sumed his digging. But, few mo-
ments later, when he stopped to get
his breath, he beheld TO his horror
and CONSERVATION that the skull had
begun to move. Propelled and guild
ed. as it were, by an invisible hand.
it started to glide over the area. The
veteran was sure he was not dream
ing, or Dewitched. The skull really
moved.
With degree of haste not often
observed in gentlemen of his pro-
fession, or of so advanced an age,
the gravedigger hied himself away.
He darted out the cemetery gate, for
tunately left open, and before the
Basilica San Miniato. he cried for
help. Several gardeners helpers re-
sponded in alarm. When they learned
from the sexton what had happened,
they armed themselves with mattocks
and stealthily approached the half
dug grave. They could see the skull
continuing IN its mysterious journey.
Was it trying to find another refuge?
Was it protesting the rude. untimely
summons? A bar of iron suddenly
descended upon it, and divided it
into halves. Whereupon it moved no
more!
True to the type of most modern
miracles, the skull now yielded the
secret of it's mysterious machina-
ton. A turtle crawled out of one of
the hemispheres. 1t was this crea-
ture. rather than the great-grandfa-
ther. which failed to approve the un-
seasonable interruption. The incon-
siderate spade had intruded upon its
hiding place.-Berliner Tageblatt.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1932-06-17
Hordes of Monkeys Lay
Siege to City of Delhi

Delhi, India.-A monkey plague dis
rupted Dehli's normal life as thousands
of chattering, screaming monkeys in
vaded the city from outlying districts.
A special monkey officer was APP
pointed to deal with the situation. He
and his aides captured hordes of
screaming prisoners and dumped them
outside the city limits, but the mon
keys returned Immediately.
The Municipal council rejected a
proposal to establish a monkey house
near Delhi, on the ground that it was
impractical. Meanwhile the monkeys
dominated the city.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1932-06-17
New Production Record
Set by Holstein Herd

The purebred Holstein herd owned
by the Cherokee State hospital at
Cherokee, Iowa, has set new national
production record for herd of so or
more cows. According to the Hol-
stein-Friesian Association of America,
this herd completed its year in the
herd improvement registry test with
an average of 1921 pounds of milk
containing 556 pounds of fat. There
were so cows in the herd and Is were
class A cows, MIXED four times day
and 81 class B cows, MIXED three
times day. In the United States
there have been AT herds tested To-
Gated in Al states and the Cherokee
herd exceeds the national average Of
all tested herds by 1SS pounds Of fat
and also exceeds the average of all
herds MIXED three or four times day
by 157 pounds Of fat.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1932-06-17
Giant Airship, Sister
of Akron, Taking Shape

Akron, Ohio.-A giant, gaunt skele-
ton of framework is rapidly shaping
up into what will be the q. s. S.
Macon, sister ship of the U. S. S. Ak
ron, worlds largest airship.
Workmen are swiftly proceeding on
the duralumin skeleton which has at
tanned a length of more than $50 feet.
The sixth main frame has been raised
into position and crews are now en-
gagged in constructing the giant fins to
which VIII be attached the movable
control surfaces.
Crews are making faster progress
on the Macon than was achieved. on
the Akron because of their previ-
Gus experience. Both design and con-
struction are identical on the two
ships. The point of procedure, how
ever, is different. Construction work
on the Akron was carried forward
from amidship to the prov first. On
the Macon, crews are proceeding from
amidship to the stern before construct
ing the forward part of the ship.
The Macon will have three keels. or
Igangways." which are being installed
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FACTS
FEWER AND BETTER
ANIMALS IN HERD
Illinois Specialists Advice
to Dairymen.

approximately $20,000,000 could be
farmers keeping dairy cattle, and no
more milk would be put on the market,
If the 100000 cows in the state were
replaced by 654,239 cows as good as
the average COW in the dairy herd i'm
provement associations, according to
Prof. G. S. Rhode, dairy extension spe-
cialist of the college Of agriculture,
University of Illinois.
Fifty-five of these associations or
ganized in 70 counties by the college
owners increase their net returns. The
associations supply dairymen at low
cost with production and feed records
and give them help on feeding and
management problems.
A COW has to give about $50 pounds
of butterfat year before she returns
enough to pay for her feed. and an
equal amount to cover other expenses,
according to records which Professor
Rhode has tabulated on 1904 Of the
association cows. AS it is, the aver
age COW in the state produces about
$50 pounds.
"This is evidence enough that I'M
der present low prices higher eff
cheney in production and improved
feeding practices are essential for sat-
isfactory returns.
"COws with a production of ap-
proximately 400 pounds of fat re-
turned $149 above cost of feed. A
50-pound increase in production was
good for an additional income of SIG
above cost of feed"
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1932-06-17
Reptile Traveller Welcomed

A young emperor boa constructor Is
making his home in the Philadelphia
zoo after a journey from the jungIes
of tropical Brazil in bunch of ba-
nanas. The snake caused a near
panic when Philip Braverman, who
operates fruit store. unwrapped the
cover from a bunch of bananas he
had bought from Brazil The snake
dropped to the floor and police were
summoned, captured it and turned il
over to G. Emerson Brown. director
of the zoo. Brown said that it was
a rare specimen and that he had never
heard of a boa constructor making
the trip from Brazil in a bunch OF
bananas.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1932-06-17
Milking Thrice Daily

At the Canadian national exhibition
our representative had a chat with
George Innes, the member of the ia
nous firm of J. w. Innes and Sons,
who manages the big farm where the
prize winning Jersey herd is kept. He
mentioned the manner in which the
men were rotated to take care of the
three-times-a-day milking. do you
milk three times day to get higher
records or to increase the commercial
production" he was asked. "Princi-
pally to make better showing in r.
o. P, guess" was the answer. aside
from records altogether, do you think
it would pay to milk three times
daily?" "Yes, believe it would" re-
piled George after a little thought.
The same answer has often come from
other men of experience.-Montreal
Family Herald.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1932-06-17
Dog Who Saved Young
Master Killed bv Auto

Klamath Falls. Ore.-Stubby, the
shepherd dog who, with a canine pal,
sheltered their four-year-old master,
Dale Price, through freezing night
in the open, has been killed by an au-
tomobile here. The dogs dug hole
when Dale became lost. They huddled
over the boy all night. In the morning
Stubby's barks brought rescuers.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1932-06-17
SOUNDED SUSPICIOUS

The laxative old man was deliver
Ing quite lecture on speedy travel
to the young man with whom he
shared a compartment.
"Yes, we travel fast these days." he
said. 'BHt have you ever thought Of
the flight of time-of the fieeting
hours of youth. the golden days that
swiftly pass away? Have you ever
counted the minutes-?"
Look here" said the young man.
suspiciously, Il don't quite get the
hang of this. Are you trying to sell
me a watch?"
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1932-06-17
Paws to Test Cows

The only way to tell how much
cow is worth is to test her with scales
and the Babcock test, states Cow Test
er Martin Swedbred of the Woodford
County Ull.) Dairy Herd Improvement
association. He pointed out that two
Of the cows in his association freshed
within three days of each other. At
the end Of nine months milking one of
the cows had returned a profit over
feed costs of S61.20 more than the 9TH
er, although the profitable cow did not
look the part and would have been the
one selected for sale had the test not
been used.-Prairie Farmer.
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The Poor Cow a Liability

1t costs SO cents for each pound of
butterfat to feed cow that is pro-
ducing only 100 pounds of fat a year.
according to records kept on 1900
cows. If the COW produces 200
pounds of fat it costs only p cents.
For the COW producing 300 pounds
year the feed cost is 16 cents pound.
For the 40O-pound COW it is IA cents.
When labor, housing and other costs
are included the margin in favor Of
the high-producing cow is still larger.
Campers Farmer.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1932-06-17
Impetuous Campaigning

''Do you think you might appeal to
the collegiate vote by making your talk
more classical?'
"Im afraid to try it," answered
Senator Sorghum. My more conserva-
tive constituents might be afraid the
boys would become so enthusiastic as
to 90 further and start one of these
student riots in my behalf. Wash
ington Star.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1932-06-17
Vet of World War Aids
Germans Naturalization

Detroit, Nich.-The way to United
States citizenship was made bit
easier for Mrs. Johanna Nj. Saftig
Schaefer when Capt. James ]. Roach,
the federal examiner, discovered she
came from Mickenich, Germany.
"Why," said Captain Roach. 81 was
once the American mayor of Mick
enich, after the war. And your daddy
was Herr Saftig. Well, well. stabbed
our battalion's mules in his barn."
The reminiscing concluded. Captain
Roach assured the court Mrs. Schaefer
was eligible for American citizenship.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1932-06-17
Cream Farming

1t would be a good thing for dairy
farming if more of the folks engaged
in it were selling cream instead of
whole milk. For several reasons: The
dairyman selling cream keeps on the
farm a considerable amount of fer
tility Gin the skimmilk). The cream
dairyman has lower hauling and ship
ping charges, has fewer board of
health troubles, can arrange his chores
to better advantage, and at present
enjoys a little better income for his
product. Surplus milk at present
prices is not very profitable.-Farm
Journal.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1932-06-17
Statistics Refute
"Weaker Sex" Idea

Washington.-The weaker sex"
idea has been overthrow. Off
cially.
Public health records show that:
Girls have a lower mortality
rate at birth and during child
hood.
They begin to walk at six weeks
to two months before their sup
posedly stronger brothers.
They begin to talk from two to
three months earlier in life than
the boys.
Women can stand more pain
than men.
The statistics came from numer-
Gus searchers and hospital tests
recorded in the health service and
census files.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1932-06-17

are situated near Trieste and In Tus-
cany. The United States is third on
the mercury production list. with Cali
fornia leading the mercury states
which include Oregon, Nevada, Wash
ington, Texas, and Arizona. The
metal also is mined in Alaska. Mexico,
Canada, China, Russia. Czechoslovakia,
Austria, Algeria, Japan, Rumania, New
Zealand and Australia. Peru once was
an important South American source
of mercury, but production ceased sew
eral years ago."
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1932-06-17
Will Not Gull

Some of the best informed dairymen
state that herds of milk cows will not
be reduced these days because of the
low price that is offered for the cows
and the abundance of cheap feed avail
able. Indeed it is difficult, if not impos-
sible, to dispose of much Of the feed
that can be manufactured into milk
and other dairy products and moved
at some price. With normal season
it is even predicted that the number
of cows MIXED will increase this COM
ing summer.-Michigan Farmer.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1932-06-17
Dollar Bills Travels

Just out of curiosity Judge E. P.
Woods and Roy L. Reid. BeIvedere
Gardens, Calf. attached a slip OF pa
per to a dollar bill with note that
every person coming into possession
of the dollar should write his or her
name on it. The bill started out one
afternoon at four o'clock. At four
the next afternoon it was back in
Judge Woods hands bearing 1S2
names.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1932-06-17
Foul Weather Warnings

Hiram" exclaimed Mrs. Corntossel,
shat candidate you don't like is COM
ing up the road. What'll l say If he
wants to kiss the children?"
Don't say anything. just call 'em
back to the kitchen and give 'em plenty
of bread and butter and molasses.
Washington Evening Star.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1932-06-17
Late Stayer Again

virginia, er-what does that young
man doP
What young man, papa?"
"Why, the one that calls three nights
a week and never notices the clock"
"Oh, papa, he has political aspira-
lions. He really expects to be elected
a legislator"
"H'm. Well, tell him not to prac-
tice any all-night sessions around
here"
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1932-06-17

Washington.-The most ambitious
and far-reaching program of scientific
criminal Identification ever undertake
en- is being quietly pressed here by
the bureau of investigation Of the
United States Department of Justice.
Under a new division of identificat-
ion and information of the bureau, a
nationwide campaign, in which 1000
police departments and other agencies
are cooperating, is under way to build
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1932-06-17
State Will Modernize
Historic Arnold Trail

Eustis, Maine.-TO mOderniZe the
historic Arnold trail, running from this
village to the Canadian border. the
will spend SOL 1000.
The roadbed will be made "a feet
wide along the % miles that remain
to be improved. with construction
work starting at once.
Over this trail, back in 1775. Bene-
dict Arnold led his troops in their I'M
successful march to Quebec.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1932-06-17
Ice Cream Hi. Remedy

Rochester, N. H.-For 80 years
Charles Morrison, seventy-eight years
old, has been f1agman at railroad
crossing here. He attributes his good
health to the regular consumption of
huge quantities of ice cream. "a gal
lon a day keeps the doctor away" is
his motto.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1932-06-17
As 1t Looked to Her

Three-year-old Helen followed her
father to the barn and stood for awhile
watching him Oil harness. When she
returned to the house her mother said,
"What is daddy doing at the barn?"
Helen replied in a bored way. "Oh. he's
washing the horses garters. Elk
change.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1932-06-17
No Job for Him

Aint-Do you mean to say that
Sponger who has been out of work for
a year actually refused offer of job?
Itso-Yes, he says he gets more
from charity than he would from the
job.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1932-06-17
Lucky Accident

Leroy Dunakey. of Seattle, never
thought he would like to participate
in a serious traffic accident. but he is
now glad that he was in car that
overturned and burst into flames. He
married the seventeen-year-old girl
who helped pull him out of the wreck
age and took him to a hospital.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1932-06-17
Too Obvious

Mrs. Gabbins-Here is an interest
ing article on what woman should
weight"
Husband-Does it, by any chance,
mention her words?
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1932-06-17

New Caramel Popcorn shops.
Making lots of money now. We out
fit you and teach process. Long
Eakins- (Originators) SO High St.,
Springfield, Ohio.-Adv.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1932-06-17
HARD TO TELL

Don't you think Mrs. Strongmind's
husband is naturally gentle, patient
man?"
Sometimes l think he is and some
times / think he's just plain scared"
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1932-06-17
From the Cell Up

First Prisoner-What are you in
for?
warden, so I thought I'd start from
the bottom.-San Quentin Bulletin.