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The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1938-08-18
Forester Experiences Many Problems
in His Efforts to Use Denuded Lands

ground and completely covered with
soil the chances are the tree will
die. Freezing also contributes, as
well as snow damage. Insects, rust
and fungus growth often wipe out
plantations, and this is a problem
for which no satisfactory means OF
control has been uncovered. During
the winter when SHOWS cover all
but the tops of the small trees rab-
bits and mice often girdle the term.
inal branches, dwarfing the growth,
and if completely girdled farther
down the tree will die. In some in.
stances the young trees are de-
stroyed by persons wandering aim.
lessly over the plantations and step
ping on the seedlings.
Unlike planting around the home
where water, shade and protection
abound, the forest-planted seeding
must shift for itself, and if the ele.
ments are unkind it's life is short.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1938-08-18

cause we lost so many critters and
we had to make the loads light,
and he was young and stout. I'd
admire to have him here, today,
looking down like am. Well, for
evermorel If that's all Mt. Hamil-
ton amounts to, and the way I've
been looking up at it for eighty-odd
years! My, but the airs nice up
here, Sairy Lynn! Awful light and
thin +. Makes body drowsy -"
The fiier looked back and saw her
nodding. 1t was too bad to let her
lose an instant of this thrill. She
executed a mild side slip and the
old woman sat up with a jerk and
grinned at her.
"Hey, Sairy Lynn! What you up
to? Trying to spill me out?" She
looked down with renewed ANNA
ton but very soon she was sleepy
again.
Sarah Lynn waited until she had
her full attention and then she in
quired, both by words which she
knew could not be heard and by
unmistakable gestures whether she
was ready to descend.
She shook her head violently.
"No! No! I don't want to go down!
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1938-08-18

way. And you'll know you can't
have 'em. Well, I'm obliged to you
for the wish"
'I'm sorry" Sarah Lynn said.
ooh, Great-granny, I wish there
was something I could dol"
"Well, there is" the nonagenarian
said briskly. "That's what I'm get
ting at. That's why I sent for you.
I know you're getting married and
putting out, quick's ever you can,
Sairy Lynn, and that's right. I
want you should. But there's a
favor you could do me first"
"Anything!" she said gladly.
Anything I can"
81 should admire to have ride in
your flying-machine, Sairy Lynn"
"Of course, Great-granny! I'd
adore it."
'Weu, there's plenty that won't"
she said grimly. when the folks
hear of it there'n be the devil to
pay and no pitch hot, but I don't
care. I've got laundering to see
what it's like. I want to ride up in
the sky and look down at birds
Tapping their wings that I always
envied, and want to look down
at Danavale and all the foolish
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1938-08-18

Those unfamiliar with the many
problems besetting the forester in
his efforts to reforest denuded lands
often wonder why there should be
a high mortality on many hand
planted plantations. In some in
stances this has run 100 per cent,
and the entire area must be re-
planted. Usually foresters expect
from 20 to 80 per cent mortality and
are happy with survival of 70 to
80 per cent. In fact, writes Albert
Stoll, Jr., in the Detroit News, they
plan on this when the first trees
are set by over-planting the land
at least 80 per cent. If fortune
should smile on the efforts and all
the trees lived eventually the stands
would have to be thinned out.
In recent years drouth and ex-
IRENE heat have raised havoc with
many pine tree plantations. The
seedlings didn't have much chance
to survive, and those that did were
stunted.
Frequently the choice of the plant
ing site brings failure, particularly
if it happens to be in a frost pocket
or on extremely sterile soil. Poor
planting perhaps runs second to
drouth and heat. If the Seeding
roots are not properly placed in the
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1938-08-18
AT EVENING
TIME

The "Briny Toyshop" was closed
for the day. It's tiny show WIN
dow still displayed an enticing ar
ray of delightful playthings, but
the latch was hard down on the
door, and its little lady propri-
etress had retired to her favorite
low rocker by a rear window fac
ing the sea.
The most persistent youth in the
small sea-faring village ratified
the door, but in vain. Miss Ma
tilda Bell did not even hear.
There seemed more than ordi-
nary magic in the glowing spell
cast by the sun at this close of
day. The old-fashioned garden
sloping to the rocky shore seemed
fairy place. The sea was many
hued, dusky, wondrous, and its
melody came pleasantly to Miss
Matilda. There were dreams in
Miss Matilda's eyes as she
watched; not the happy, hopeful
dreams of youth, but the deeper,
sadder dreams of one who has
lived long.
Miss Matilda was so much a
part of her surroundings that she
had ceased to notice them in de-
tail. Her mind had flown back
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1938-08-18

I don't want to have it over. I
want to keep on going up and up
and up!"
Gail right" her great-grand-
daughter said, and set the Hermod
to climbing. After while they en-
countered soft sea of pink clouds
and rose over it. It was an exquis-
iteley lovely thing to see, but the pas
senger's sharp chin was resting on
her breast and she appeared to be
sleeping soundly. Sarah Lynn
thought it pity; there would be
time enough and to spare for nap
ping down in the little old Dana
house when she and Gunnar were
far across the sea, so she did an
other sharp slip to rouse her, but the
small figure in the thick wrappings
did not stir.
Sarah Lynn looked at her for a
long time. Then she pulled off a
glove and tossed it back. 1t struck
the shawled shoulder smartly, but
the head did not lift. Then the
pilot headed for the coast, over the
Santa Cruz mountains to the Pacific
and flew low along the shore. After
a while she shook the tears out of
her eyes and looked into the sunset;
she thought she had never seen one
so lavish, so jubilant
She rose and climbed and set out
for home and when she circled the
field at San Jose she could see the
diminished descendants of Sarah
Ann Kittredge Dana, pioneer, in an
anxious huddle, gazing up. When
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1938-08-18
By
Madeline A. Chaffee
g Mcclure Newspaper Syndicate.
WNU Service.

nearly so years, to the time when
she had not the faintest thought
of ever being a little, elderly,
sweet-faced lady sitting by her
self in the twilight.
To the time when she was a
young, adventurous girl pledging
her troth to a dashing young naval
officer. Even now her eyes grew
dim as the memories came drift
ing in on the breeze. Dream pic
lures blotted out the garden, the
rocks, the sea. itself, and Miss
Matilda felt herself in the arms of
her young lover, so tender. so
dear
And he had sailed away, full of
hope and happy anticipations of
the day when he should return to
make her his wife. Miss Matilda's
eyes blurred. That day had never
come. There had been a fire
aboard the ship-and the young
officer, who belonged heart and
soul to Matilda Bell, had given
his life for another.
Years had taken away that first
tragic grief, but Miss Matilda had
loved too deeply to forget. How
she wished she had been with
him! Sometimes he seemed to
speak to her in the voice of the
sea, and she would say that she
was coming-some day soon, very
soon-coming to be with him.
Dreams like theirs could not die.
Surely, somewhere, somehow,
they would come true.
On the rocks below Miss Ma
tilda's cottage two figures were
silhouetted against the dull red
sky.
"But, dear girI-the mans
voice was tender, serious-"you
don't know what the life is. I
do-and I wouldn't condemn any
woman to it, least of all-you. 1t
will be a torture without you
but it wouldn't be fair to take
YOU"
The girls straight, sweet gaze
held his steadily.
"But, Tom, don't you see I
want to go? 1t may be years
before you come back. Our mar
riage-that-is-to-be is going to be
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1938-08-18
Animal Needs Wheels

In Asia, Barbary and South At
RIGA there is found a sheep which
grows an amazing fat tail. The
enormous tails are due to an ac-
emulation of fat carried there.
They may be as long as the ami
NAL itself, and often weigh up to
80 pounds.
The natives greatly esteem the
tail as a delicacy, and to pro-
tect it from injury by dragging
along the ground, as well as to re-
lieve the poor sheep of its weight,
the tail is fastened to a small troll
ley, and as the animal grazes it
trundles its tail along behind. In
times of drouth when food is
scarce, the fat from the tail is
slowly absorbed into the body, and
in this way acts as a store of food.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1938-08-18
Statistical Father Kept
Count-Vowed Enough

Mother wanted to spend Satur-
day afternoon shopping, and ia
ther-a statistician-reluctantly
agreed to abandon his golf and
spend the afternoon with the three
small and energetic children.
When mother returned father
handed her this:
Dried tears-9 times.
Tied shoes-13 times.
Toy balloons purchased-3 per
child.
Average life of balloon-12 Sec
ondS.
Cautioned children not to cross
street-21 times.
Children insisted on crossing
street-21 times.
Number of Saturdays father will
do this again..
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1938-08-18
CHAPTER XII

It was a pretty day. Gunnar ap-
proved the weather, and he warmly
approved the project. It was ex-
actly what he wished he might have
done for Grandmother Gudrun.
Lynn Dana was deeply pleased.
"She gave you your wings; right to
share them with her." he nodded.
The colony came, the protestants,
at least, anxious, indignant, an
noyed, and the harried Emma Wa
tiers kept saying, Nov, Mis- Dana,
where's your handkerchief? Mis-
Dana, you went and took your knit
ted jacket off"
Wrapped like little old royal
mummy, she was finally lifted into
the cabin of the Hermod in Gun
mars long arms.
'I'm obliged to you, young fell
ler," she thanked him. Sand I'm
real pleased about you and my
child. I've set store by Sairy Lynn
from the first minute I laid eyes on
her in the cradle. / believe you're
going to make her a good husband. I"
ST will make her good hus-
band" he told her gravely, fasten-
ing the seat belt about her, getting
out again, passing through the
group of disappearing faces.
The matriarch raped on the win
dow with her lean knuckles and
waved at her elderly daughters, her
middle-aged granddaughter, and
gave her shrill, cackling laugh.
"Now, go on home and, don't
fret" she admonished them, ''you
poor old things!"
Then Sarah Lynn Dana took her
ship away from the pleasant land
scape into the calm skies, carrying
the ninety-seven-year-old pioneer
who had crossed the plains in a
covered wagon to found the dynasty
of Danava1e.
Sarah Lynn looked back at her
often and every time she smiled all
over her small parchment face and
waved a claw.
"I'm having the best time ever
had in all my born days, Sairy
Lynn" she chirped, unaware that
her wavering treble did not carry
over the sound of the motor. beats
everything. Even the first day in
the wagon-train, and the day we
knew we was in Californy. My land,
what would your Gre gramper think
of this?" She gave little crow of
triumph. "Wen, poor Hank! When
I think how he come acrost the
continent, most of the way a-foot,
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1938-08-18

true partnership, Tommy boy, and
it must begin by my going to
South America with you now. I
can face anything-with you'll"
The two silhouettes suddenly
eonverged into one as Tom said
huskily:
"Bless you, sweetheart, you're
coming with me. Well play the
game of life squarely-together."
And up in the little dusky win
dow above the garden, with the
sea still grooming low love song,
Miss Matilda had come into her
own.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1938-08-18
s TRAIT GATE
BY RUTH COMFORT MITCHELL
APPLE CO

she set her ship down gently her
head was high.
Gunnar opened the door, looking
closely at her, and the rest came
hurrying up. She got out slowly,
without speaking, and they stared
at her. She wasn't crying, but they
could see traces of tears on her
face.
"Mother!" some of the elderly
daughters called, and "Oh, Grand
NAL" middle-aged granddaughter
cried out shrilly.
Then there was wild clamor of
talking and weeping, of questions
and reproaches. Sarah Lynn stood
quietly in the midst of them, trying
to keep remembering how the sun
set had looked. "Great-granny," she
steadied her voice, "Great-granny-
didn't-come down."
Gunnar comforted Sarah Lynn in
the difficult days which followed.
''Do not listen to the wailing," he
admonished her.
'But they say I killed her, Gun
mar"
'And I say you gave to her life
again. Not choking in blankets but
boldly in the sky, as she would wish,
that small grandmother. Age closed
her in like a trap, you opened the
door,"
"Oh, I know! But, I keep dream
ing of her, huddled down in her
seat, swinging over the belt"
'That is folly. Think of her look
ing down with pleasure.
eyes. Only I did so want her at
my wedding. lit isn't going to be
a very nice wedding, Gunnar."
He shrugged. what matter? It
is wedding. That is enough. Then
we go!"
They were walking back to her
house from an evening with Lynn
Dana.
"Gunnar, I promise, I'll stop
grieving about Great-granny."
THAT is well. Death in age, in
sickness, in helplessness is good. All
such should be put away"
She came out of her mood of exal-
tation with a cry of protest. sob,
Gunnar-no! That's horrible!"
man." he persisted, must learn
from Nature. To let survive-how
do you say it?"
''The survival of the fittest, but
who can say, who can judge and
decide who is the fittest? Don't you
see what frightful danger it would
be? How wicked people could bribe
and corrupt-And some of the fin
est minds and spirits are in frail
bodies. Do you want a world full
of prize-ighters? Think"-she said
holly think of my Uncle Lynn!"
He shrugged. "You speak now of
the exception. That would be bad.
But in the end, after five hundred
years, would not the race be greatly
improved?"
Sarah Lynn wasn't interested in
the state of the race five hundred
years ahead. She was disturbed.
Gunnar had aired those ideas be-
fore, but never so vehemently.
She had to put herself to sleep
that night resolutely, remembering
the thrilling beauty of the plane
against the moon.
But she kept her promise to stop
mourning over the death of the an
cestress. All her loyal cohorts
helped, and a long, understanding
cable from Sally Ann, and most OF
all, the man in the wheeled-chair.
Lets put a period to it, Sarah
Lynn" he said. "You were privi-
legged to pay back in an hour what
you had owed her all your life. She
gave you your freedom; you gave
her hers"
So peace came back to Sarah
Lynn for her last days in Dana.
vale. She said to her father, dad,
I'm to be married in Great-granny's
parlor Monday morning at nine, and
then we're flying east. wanted you
to know. I'm telling Bill, too"
ITO BE CONTINUED)
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er forms of humor that start the
slow smile, the quiet chuckle or the
pleasant glow of genial humor.
1t is worth consideration. II the
high school is to train young people
for life in this Twentieth century
world, development of ability to rec
ognize the ridiculous, to smile at the
silly, and to gain pleasure from
playfulness, should be as important
assay, course in cooking or In
algebra.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1938-08-18

A laugh seems to direct from the
heart, so natural and sponstaneous
that the thought of school course
In humor is itself amusing.
What has intelligence of educa-
ton to do with laughter? A great
deal, it would seem from an expert
ment reported by Miss Winifred H.
Nash, of the Boston Memorial high
school for girls in the Journal of
Education.
Pupils with high intelligence rat
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1938-08-18

ing show much keener apprecia-
ton of humor than do those of low
10, she found from her study of SOB
students.
But even the brightest are woe
fully lacking in enjoyment of the
more subtle types of humor. Mark
Twain, American laugh laureate,
seemed funny to only SO per cent
of those tested. The delicate whim-
sicality of Charles Lamb appealed
to only n per cent.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1938-08-18

The pupils, in general, appear to
appreciate only the short, sharply
pointed joke that. starts roar of
laughter at once, reports Miss Nash.
Humor of a gentler, more subtle
type makes little appeal to the
youngsters.
Education in humor is needed,
she concludes, in order that high
school students may understand the
humor of satire, whimsicality, puns,
delicate playing with ideas, and 9TH
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1938-08-18

houses the folks built and the road
your Gre-gramper and I come over
in the covered wagons, dirty and
dog-tired and snailing along with the
half-dead critters hauling us. I want
to do that once before I die"
"And you shall, Great-granny,
DEAR" she told her. 81 promise
cross my hearth" Gunnar would
loan her the Hermod for this ritual.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1938-08-18
Wise and Otherwise

ga child must have a chance
to express its IDEAS" says a
psychologist. Yes, but not on
plain wallpaper!
"Girls were quicker In their
movements eighty years ago."
says writer. They got a bus
tie on then.
"And they call America the
land of free Speech" said the
disguised Scot when the tele-
phone operator told him to put
a nickel in the box.
The best husbands are those
who marry young. If a man
waits till he has money it hurts
more to pay it out.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1938-08-18
Arctic Fox Snow-White

The Arctic fox, in the northern
part of its range, is snow-white the
year round. Farther south, it IS
white in winter and bluish-brown In
summer, while in the southern part
of its range, it is dark the entire
year, and is known as the blue fox
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1938-08-18

Listen THE VOICE OF FlRESTO featuring Richard
Symphony Orchestra under the direction of Alfred Waenstei
La gaceta., 1938-02-07

Perez Y esposa, Oscar Mijares,
Jose Diaz Yanez y SUI esposa /;
j. b. Lopez y espoSa, Mauricio
1orre, Sewerino Quintanilla,
IManuela Fernandez, Restituto
Gallon, Adolfo Diaz Y esposa,
Manuel Garcia, jr., Maxine E.
chegaray y espoSa, Angelo Gre
co, Piacido Fernandez, Carmen
Rodriguez, S. Villadonga y su
hermosa hija Josefina; Jose Me
nendez Lopez, Hip6lito de la
Parte, Salvador Sanchez y espo-
Sa, Manuel Duran, Francisco
Fuentes, Joaquin 'Echevarria:
esposaS de los ORES. Angulo, Mi
nardi y loretta; Francisco Els
calante, uno de los socios mas
enthusiasts G. Santana y espo-
sa; Manuel Fernandez Pendas
Y su esposa, Jose Pasada, V. r.
Oolmenares, sonora de Noises
Bustillo, Lydia Morales, Con-
chita Cigaman. Alicia Case,
Consuelo Roel Olga pardo, Oil
va Fernandez. Mary Galan, Gle
mentina Duran, Esperanza Pc
rez y otros.
(Pasa a Ia Ia. puG.)
La gaceta., 1938-02-07

tecci6n Y Auxilio; Patricia
Brockway, por la de recreo y a.
dorno, Y la Srta. Olivia Fernan-
DEE, por la Recreativa de West
Tampa.
A~dmirables Y elocuentes brin
dis sc pronunciation, siendo to-
dos muy aplaudidos.
La orquesta del Columbia
cumpli6 su cometido a ~satisfac-
ci6n de todos, habiendo aplausos
Y slogioS para los mdsicos.
Todos los asistentes Sc tras-
ladaron desde ell restaurant a la
sala del Centre, donde Sc veri-
ficaba la matinee bailable de los
domingos. ia
Asistieron q la comida, ade-
mas de las personals va mencio-
nadaS, los SreS. Mariana Alva-
rez, Jose VazQuez, segundo vice
p~residente Y su hiia Lucy Sra.
de Rail Vega, Sabine Martinez,
Gerardo Cigarran " su bella
esposa; Manuel Fernandez Ru-
bio. ell popular Parruca; Alejan
dro Inclan, p~residente de Ia Cul-
tural del Centre Obrero; M. O.
tero, Armando Escalante Y es-
posa, Sra. de Jose Gutierrez,
Sra. de j. Gonzalez; Domingo
La gaceta., 1938-02-07

te 10 arduo del problema, la Sc
iecci6n del tema que ha de pre-
sentar a los ninos DE su clase.
Sc lie We, en- la pelicula, regis
trando las gavetas de su archi-
vo; examinando fotografias de
los temas, consultando ~tarjetas
V folletos, al fin, encontrado 10
que deseaba, una sonrisa de
triunfo ilumina su precioso
rostro, y para la clase con los
rollos de pelfculas que la van a
servir en- explicar la lecci6n.
Muchos de los mas celebrates
pedagogos del mundo afirman
que cinco minatos de ensenan-
"a objetiva valen por una bora
de explicaciones, y despues de
habsr visto las peliculas proyec
tada sen la pequena pantalla de
la Feria qued6 completamente
convencido de esa aserveraci6n.
ST fuese possible, creo que to-
dos los colegios grandes del con-
dado de Hillsborough debian pc
seer una de esas proyectoras.
Seg1n me inform6 ell Sr. Bur-
guet. ell DEPARTMENT. de ms
truccion Pdblica de Estados u
nidos facilita esas peliculas a
todas las instituciones que las
solicitor. 81 Sc quieren algunas
esp~eciales, pueden aIquilarse
por un insignificante exfipen-
La gaceta., 1938-02-07
NOTAS SOCIALE

Beneficencia; Jose Gutierrez,
presidente de la secci6n de pro-
paganda; ell secretario general
FermiR Souto, siempre active
Adalberto Ramirez, uno de los
socios fundadores, junto con ell
Sr. Souto; DR.. Santiago Panic
Ito, que hablo a nombre de los
medicos asistentes, Sres. Win
ton, ISmael Angulo, loretta Y
Minardi ell tesorero Raul We
ga; los directories Gle los peri6-
dicos locales, Sres. Jose Cortes,
Antonio Fernandez, Pedro Ra-
mirez Moya y Victoriano Man
teiga; Jose Arauna, nuevo
miembro de la directiva; Ra-
mon Samperio, secretario del
IComite que dirige La Benefica;
Alfredo Gonzalez, presidente de
"a Secci6n de Protection y Auxi
Ito; Noises Bustillo, uno de los
apoderados del Centre; Angel
Alfonso, encargado de la fabri-
ca de Corral; Jose r. Colmena-
res, miembro de la directiva, y
las presidentas de las Secciones
de Damas. Sra. Maria Sanchez
de Greco, por la SecciSn de Pro-
La gaceta., 1938-02-07
RECORDANDO LA E r
POr Jose r. Sanfeliz

Muchas y verdaderas cosas
aamirables observe en- los dife-
rentes departamentos de que Sc
componia la "Feria-Exposici6n
del Sur de Florida. Pero una
qued6 r~egistrada en- mi mente
con profundos caracteres, la
que Sc encontraba inStalada en-
TN pequeno local de uno de los
edificioS, donde los iHermanos
Burguet, fot6grafos comercia-
les y verdaderos artistas con las
camaras fotograficas, presenta-
ban al publico peliculas educate
vas de Is milimetros.
La maquina proyectora esta-
ba en- una pequena GAIA portatil
manejada por ell Sr. Jean Bur-
guet, y la paptalla, un pequeno
cuadro de "a So pulgadaS de di-
mension, para ser usada por ell
dfa. De extrema sencillez, TODD
el conjunto puede ser usado por
uR nino, sin tenor a ser estro-
peado; TODD ell mecanismo es a
prueba de equivocaciones, fabri
cado en- los talleres de "Victor".
Ell Sr. Jean Burguet, presen-
taba al pdblico, que Sc aglome-
raba delante del pequeno espa-
clio de que disponfa, pelfculas
parlantes de genuine valor e.
ducativo, entire elias contemple
extasiado Como Mace y Greco
una Planta", otra sobre ell ira
fico de los que manejan ell vo-
lante; los milagros efectuados
en- ell campo de los transportes
de correspondence, pasajeros y
productos de la santa madre tie
ira, y los problemas de una
Maestro para seleccionar ell me-
jor medic de i%nstruir a los pc
quenos alumnos de su clase
La Maestro que sirvi6 para la
impression de esta pelicula, pu-
so en- ella toda su alma; sc refle-
ia en- ell fruncimiento de su fren