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The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1938-04-21
BY PALMER ELDER
Social Security Board, Duluth


Minnesotans who have worked in
certain kinds of jobs after December 81
1886, and who have reached age IS
since that time, may file claims for
cash payments under the Federal old
age insurance plan. The types of en-
ployment in which they must have
worked are, generally speaking, indus
trial and commercial. This includes
jobs in stores, hotels, factories, garages,
business offices, and other kinds of
such employment.
Claims must be made on certain
Government forms and filed with the
nearest office of the Social Security
Board. These forms and assistance in
filling them out can be obtained, at no
cost, at the Board office at 212 Post
Office building, Duluth.
These claim forms are very simple
There are two separate forms.
One is known as the "Wage-Earner's
Application" This paper asks for the
workers name, address, his social Sc
eurity number, and the date and place
Of birth. It also requests the name Of
the employer or employers for whom
the wage-earner has worked after Dec
ember 81, 1896, and the amount of
wages earned in each case.
The second form is called the State
ment of Employer" This will show the
amount which the employee earned and
the period that he worked for a given
employer. This Statement" signed by
the employer, is needed to verify the
wage-total of an employee because his
cash benefit depends upon this wage
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1938-04-21
Sir-HOur Sale
For AuctiOneer

Cokato-ShOuting from ten o'clock in
the morning until $50 p. m. without as
much as cup of coffee, was the record
set by Auctioneer N. w. Peterson at the
local community sale declared to be the
largest ever cried in Cokato. More
than $500 worth of goods was sold
at the auction according to "Wallie,
who finally took time at $3.50 in the
afternoon for coffee. A large number
of cattle proved a big attraction and
the sale lasted until $50 o'clock in the
afternoon. Despite cold, windy weather
crowds thronged the auction lot during
the entire day.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1938-04-21
Identical Cars in
Similar Accident

Pipestone-When two cars Of an
identical make, model and color collide
on the highway in such way that
both are damaged in almost the same
manner, the accident is worthy of a
place among the seasons best believe-it-
or-not items. Such an accident oc-
Cured northeast of here on highway 80.
A third car crashed into one of the
automobiles later as it stood on the
highway after the first collision but
no one was seriously hurt in either &C
cident. The two cars involved in the
original crash were 1885 Pontiac
coaches, gray in color, and in general
appearance were practically Identical.
Both were damaged on the front left
side when they collided and both had
one left window shattered.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1938-04-21
|&&t5!; e.; ! T.: 81

Spring housekeeping time is here.
What kind of equipment do you use
when you wash windows in your home?
Thoughtless housewives too often climb
up on rickety ladders and dangerous
stools and even teeter on rocking chairs
in order to reach high places.
The only wise practice is to use a
good, sturdy step ladder which provides
a place for the water container.
Falls cost $4,000 lives in 1887!
And word about home dry cleaning
Despite countless warnings of danger
people persist in using naptha, gas
oline, and other cleaning fluids indoors
in inadequately ventilated rooms. Ex-
plosions and fires caused by faulty
handling of these cleaning fluids have
caused severe injuries and have cost
many persons their lives.
Do all your home dry cleaning out OF
doors.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1938-04-21
STITCH FOR STYLE.

Again the fashion sheets display rows
and rows of stitching as an effective
trimming detail.
Here are two tricks that should give
more tailored effect to stitched
trimming:
First, the section that is to be
stitched may be mounted upon tissue
paper. This gives firmneSs and adds
to the ease in stitching straight. 1t
also does away with the tendency for
stitching lines to appear too tight;
and second, use the wider edge of the
pressure foot as a guide in making the
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1938-04-21
MIX Mainstay Of Farm Income
EARM CASH MILK INCOME NlloN pouAesl
1873, 0OO0000O0@aa
1884 999O99D0990Qn,,
1888 G9909G0@00O09ra
1896 100000 90000@0Ddn
1887 100000 GO @@4,,
A BILITY Of the dairy industry t

A BILITY Of the dairy industry to
N maintain cash payments to
farmers for milk and employee pay.
rolls is evidence, says the Milk In.
dustry Foundation, that this 49,
billion dollar industry is a main
stay of agricultural and industrial
purchasing power during periods of
recession.
Milk, the largest source of farm
cash income. was also the only
major farm commodity except cot
ton to return farmers more cash in
January than the same month of
1897. Farm cash income from milk
Of 1882, 100000 for January was the
largest for the month in eight years
and 14.S per cent greater than in
January 1887 Total farm cash
from marketings of all other farm
products was down 10 per cent.
Total farm cash income from milk
for the twelve months Of 1897 was
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1938-04-21

SLATE, 100000. an increase Of $685..
O0O.OOO over 1886 and $490.000,0O0
greater than the low Of 1892. An
important factor in the steady in.
crease Of dairy farm income results
from the axiom that farmers benefit
most from milk sold in fluid form
to homes, stores. hotels. restau'
rants.
Foundation reports from 1876 mar.
kets throughout the country show
that payrolls Of milk companies
were 4.3 per cent higher and EN-.
ployment down only Is per cent in
January 1888 compared with Janu,
airy 1897.
Further evidence OF the impor.
lance Of fluid milk distribution to
economic stability is that despite
curtailed business activity during
the last quarter Of 1887. milk com.
pany payrolls increased 4.S per
cent and employment z per cent
over the last quarter Of 1886.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1938-04-21
IaAhionA
By MARJORIE ELLIS McCRADY
Fashions Editor Of
THE MINNEAPOLIS JOURNAL


skirt. Take your beige or pastel
colored three-quarter length last years
coat and cut it to hip length and then
add big patch pockets, one, two or
three Of them. Turn last years spring
coat into a colIarless redingote. From
your dark wool dress make a skirt and
bOlero jacket. to wear with sheer white
cotton blouseS and with or without q
wide and striped gypsy sash.
The great variety of fashion permits
you to use your own taste in creating
a truly individual wardrobe
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1938-04-21
Distributes More
Bird Houses.

Howard Lake-W. F. Volkenant Of
Minneapolis, bird enthusiast, was in
Howard Lake again Monday. He has
distributed over $500 bird houses to the
various schools in Wright county.
Howard Lake has received better than
200 of the houses and when here Tues
day he presented the Herald office
with a large Martin house, pole and
everything complete to put it up.
Building bird houses is hobby of Mr..
Volkenant and according to him he has
worked every day during the winter
and many nights in order to give those
who like birds a chance to put up his
houses. All of the houses are donated
to the school children and others who
will put them up.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1938-04-21
Fulton Had Fertile Mind

Robert Fulton, whose sailing OF
the Clermont up the Hudson in 1898
revolutionized navigation, had a
fertile mind which made him not
only a great inventor but writer
and painter as well. His claim to
primacy in steamboat progress has
been questioned, but it was Full
tons boat which proved practical
BILE. Fulton spent the first seven
teen years of his life at his birth
place, earning some attention from
his schoolmaster at an early age by
fashioning his own lead pencils. he
moved to Philadelphia in 1872 and
took up his residence as painter
of miniatures and portraits. He also
drew plans for machinery and de-
signed carriages.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1938-04-21
Skipping Rope No
Game for Father.

Hawley-Life may begin at 49," but
not so athletic activities, according to
Orville Hanson who has been limping
around since last week and consoling
himself with that old song, THE Old
Gray Mare Amt What She Used to Be-
Orville had bought a skipping rope for
his small daughter and then proceeded
to demonstrate to her the intricacies of
the well known rope jumping sport. He
wound up with sprained knee and
little Mariel is still wondering how
skipping rope goes since father can give
no more lessons.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1938-04-21
Grief Real With Dogs

Grief is as real with dogs as with
humans; often causes death. So
called "one-man dogs" are espe-
cially afflicted when separated from
their masters. In an Edinburgh,
Scotland, cemetery for humans is a
monument to a collie. The dog, the
famed Greyfriars Bobby, lay on his
masters grave for IA years. Leg
end has it that Argus, dog of the
famed Greek soldier, Odysseus, died
of joy when his master finally re-
turned.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1938-04-21
65-Year-Old Workers Can
Apply for Old-age Insurance

| total. This benefit amounts to 31a per
cent of the workers earnings in COM
mercial and industrial employment be-
tween December 81, 1886, and his 65th
birthday.
Social Security Beard offices are glad
to help any wage-earner in getting these
forms completed. When the forms are
ready, they should be submitted to the
nearest Office of the Social Security
Board. In this district the Office is
located at Duluth.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1938-04-21
Clerk Licenses
Adolf Hitler.

Redwood Falls-"Adolf Hitler" a
German dachshund, gave F. B. Forbes
local city recorder, the only laugh in
the grim business of collecting dog Ii
censes recently. HE is a dog with a
long wheel base" explained Krause,
youthful owner, in applying for his
permit. Until that time only 81 dog
owners had taken out licenses, but ap-
plications were expected to reach the
14O mark of last year.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1938-04-21
Origin of Word "Duncs"

Duns or dunsman was name ap-
piled by their opponents to the SCOT
lists, or followers of Duns Scotus,
the great schoolman. When IN he
Sixteenth century the Scotists sp-
posed the new learning the term
duns or Ounce became in the mouths
of the reformers term Of abuse,
a synonym for one incapable ot
scholarship
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1938-04-21
Child Finds Egg
Bearing Initial.

Thief River Falls-While gathering
eggs recently at the home of her
parents, Mr.. and Mrs. Erick Johnson of
Hickory township, two-year-old Eileen
Marie found an egg bearing in relief
well-formed reproduction of her
initial, "E." She is wondering if it is
the work of the Easter bunny. The
same day she found a miniature egg
shaped like peanut. Both eggs have
been on display in a local shop window.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1938-04-21
WeH-DriILer, II,
Rescued From Pit.

Belle Plaine-"It's all in the life of a
well-man," says Henry Berandt, IL
year-old well digger from Arlington
who will soon be on the job again after
being pulled in an unconscious state
from a 72-foot well, Is inches in
diameter. The veteran well-driller was
at work on the Martin Meierbachtel
place in Blakeley township. Using a
machine that drills a circular hole 10
inches across, rock was struck at a
depth of Y feet. Barandt pulled up the
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1938-04-21
First to Use Word "Novel,

The word "noveP' in English was
used first in the Sixteenth century,
when the italian novelle, a new or
short tale. became popular in Eng
land.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1938-04-21
OYSTERS Produce Fast

Olympia oysters in Puget Sound
produce about 100000 to 100000
young to a brood, and some oysters
produce two broods per season, the
bureau of fisheries reports
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1938-04-21
First Instrument
Exhibited at BuhL

Buhl-The first piano accordion made
is owned by Henry Staffaroni, local &C
Gordon manufacturer, and is being dis
played at his studio here. The instru-
ment was manufactured by Abate in
Vale, Italy in 1910. 1t is black with
inlaid pearl designs, the makers name
being inlaid in the same manner as the
balance of the design. The whole
shows extreme care in its manufacture,
although it apparently has seen a great
deal of use during its % years of SER
vice. The contrast between this fore
runner of the present day instruments
shows marked improvements.
KEEP ABREAST OF ELY NEWS
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1938-04-21

successive rows Of stitching uniformly
spaced.
Ewes Whitfield.
The Coolidge examiner. [volume] (Coolidge, Ariz.) 1930-current, 1938-04-14
Relief in Athens

In old-time Athens those unable
to earn their own living, the blind,
the lame and crippled, received
daily subsidy from the state lest any
bring shame upon the city by beg
ging for the necessities Of life. In
Rome of emperor days the poor
were more numerous in proportion
to the population than in modern
cities. 100000 males being listed at
one time. as getting some form of
bounty. without which relief they
could not exist
The Coolidge examiner. [volume] (Coolidge, Ariz.) 1930-current, 1938-04-14
Porcupine Can Kill Bear

Though it's unusual for a porcu.
pine to kill larger animals, it's by
no means rare. Bears have been
laid low by the needle-Fke spines.
A porcupine kills only in self
defense. When in danger, it erects
its quilts which are sometimes 10
inches long. The quilts are not shot,
but are so loosely attached they
come free at the slightest touch, and
barbed so that once imbedded in an
enemy's flesh they can hardly be
removed.
The Coolidge examiner. [volume] (Coolidge, Ariz.) 1930-current, 1938-04-14

Where Is She?
Daughter-The girl who hesitates
is lost.
Father-Nonsense. she's extinct!
The Coolidge examiner. [volume] (Coolidge, Ariz.) 1930-current, 1938-04-14
PURSUIT OF HAPPINESS

Judge - And not satisfied with
stealing a baby's banks, you took a
fur coat and a diamond bracelet.
Defendant-Let me explain, your
honor. From childhood up was
taught in Sunday school that money
alone does not bring happiness
Farm Journal
The Coolidge examiner. [volume] (Coolidge, Ariz.) 1930-current, 1938-04-14
NOT WHAT THEY SEEMED
An Apple a Day


Customer - Here, what do you
mean by selling me these ivory
carvings yesterday-I now find they
are nothing but the cheapest of imi-
tations.
Dealer-I can't understand it.
Maybe the elephant they came from
had false teeth. Farm Journal.
The Coolidge examiner. [volume] (Coolidge, Ariz.) 1930-current, 1938-04-14
"The Doctor and the Killer
BY FLOYD GIBBONS
Famous Headline Hunter

IIELLO EVERYBODY:
L You know boys and girls, doctors life is full Of
adventure It's full of inconvenience too. They never
what hour Of the day night the telephone might
ring and send them rushing along a sick call
Adventures club today with the story OF his
wracng experience Dr. John A Manger OF Brooklyn
N. Y, his
though want to tell you first unlng
evening melodrama The packed
particularly thrilling moment when suddenly
from the audience
house?"
actors stopped
their lines little with serious face was standing
with beard got next to me He
called toward the the aisle.
Yes be a DOCTOR"
looked the while all watched with
he waved his hand:
Hello said And sat down!
all law. Don't
so?
Called Out at Two in the Morning.
Doc call had to
a when that bloom
of lis outo Of of Morpheus
glanced at the clock Two o.
Swell time anybody to get sick, he
1t luck Probably acct
Well Doc dragged his limbs out of bed the he had
single staggered down
the door Doc praccng medicine at that time the Bath juno
The Coolidge examiner. [volume] (Coolidge, Ariz.) 1930-current, 1938-04-14

pretty and lie
pal i begged
admits he didn't like the looks the
clothes
stepped to make the call
stranger
he decided safe.
I'm follow yOu," Doc said and climbed into his
Evil Looking House in Bad Street.
the coed doctor didn't know where he was Finally the cab stopped
evil locking street Doc the
The house they had evil looking 1t
Obddng looking without lights showing.
As the cab drove Doc escorted the rickey steps by
The Doc looking
They the with latch inside.
dim light burned low in the hall.
Without of the led the the while the
wondered they attack him. They
bed fully third
Ordered Treat a Wounded Man.
And Doc understood The the bed had been shot His
hands he grpped his stomach red with blood Doc
bad There law that fOrbids bullet
without Immediately reporting them police
strict doctor in the Dngr case is jail now for treating the
realized he'd have do something OR ELSE! One of the nudged
Get busy Doc" he gowled
Doc did quick thinking The he knew
police gangsters
would back him for that He stalled
his stethoseope the They let him
a A policeman passing Doc
wounded
70 60 pack But ne told the policeman that ne wasn't out In 20 minutes
after him. Then Doc he entered left the latch off
Police Came at the Right Moment
His patient Doc found had been shot in the stomach His friends
operation
exhausted Doc any minute to his head in One
the thugs raised cenched fist
Can that hospital stuff"
And just at that moment, like the policeman
radio reinfOrcements
day in papers patient and
pals were held in Jail for wholesale murder
That before the Omen made it safe for
''D'1 . cop s1 p1VTS Service
The Coolidge examiner. [volume] (Coolidge, Ariz.) 1930-current, 1938-04-14
No Home Work

She-My sister is going to marry
the cashier in bank. Is it steady
job?
He-Yes if ne doesn't start bring
ing home samples.
The Coolidge examiner. [volume] (Coolidge, Ariz.) 1930-current, 1938-04-14

o Thank our lucky stars-that Pepso-
dent now contains remarkable Irium!
For this wonderful new cleansing agent
found only in Pepsodent promises
your smile new beauty
For Irium makes Pepsodent extra
The Coolidge examiner. [volume] (Coolidge, Ariz.) 1930-current, 1938-04-14
Iriurn contained in BOTH Pepsodent Tooth Pouder
and Pepsodent Tooth Paste

effective -. enabling it TO gently brush
away unsightly surface-stains. restor-
ing teeth to their full natural radiance.
Pepsodent with Irium is thorough...yet
utterly SAFE. 1t contains NO BLEACH.
NO GRIT, NO PUM1cEl Try it'll
The Hardin tribune-herald. [volume] (Hardin, Mont.) 1925-1973, 1938-07-21
The Low Down
On Hickory Grove

I do not often get steamed up
and froth at the mouth or get
excited about what is going on
or not going on.
Most stuff being done, you
forget about it anyway by to-
morrow, and all you get out of
stewin' around, is a bad stom-
ach. And I want to preserve
my stomach for things like
baked beans, etc., which my Su-
sic, she is a champion at fixing
up.
But once in a full moon
something happens that gives
me a halfway pain in the neck,
and the latest, it is this talk
about helping the farmer-like
1t used to be the fashion to
get elected by poppin' off about
electric lights.
But farmers, I would feel more
like envying them, than being
sorry. You don't see any farmer
who is worth a boot, going
hungry like people in the city.
He just WaltzeS out there and
digs a few potatoes and carrots,
and his wife pops a chicken in
the skillet - and depression
number one or depression num-
The Hardin tribune-herald. [volume] (Hardin, Mont.) 1925-1973, 1938-07-21

sion and japanese affair he was
with the Legion of death, then
adds that he rushed half way
around the world to join Ted
dy" and the famous Rough Rid
ers down in Fair Park at San
Antonio when the Spanish AM
erican affair "broke."
AS Lloyd tells it, in all his
travels, he has had more people
speak well of Theodore Roose-
welt than any other man that
ever governed America and he
adds as far as he is concerned.
freddy" vas one of the finest
men he ever met, fought with.
or kneW-and he commented
Whine here, that Teddy" always
spoke the highest praise for his
neighbors out in Western North
Dakota.
Revolutions?-W Well here are
some down in Mexico he
was with Pancho Villa for 3
years, and he says that Pancho
was a real fellow; down in Mic
aragua he was with Augustine
SANDING for several months in
the banana" revolution; Cuba
has seen him fighting many
times, and then he adds that he
has taken part in so many Lat
in American revolutions that he
can't remember them all at one
time.
If this aged long haired vet
eran, who wears the garb of
the old days from COW boots to
the old style plains hat, car
rled a gun it would have 81 not
cheS on it., for that is the num-
Der of men who we're too slow
on the draw against him as he
rambled the plains of the old
west.
Lloyd maintains that the ia
nous Billy the Kid still lives
but says that the crowd should
forget 49,.
why bring those who have
been dead for better than go
years back to life?" ne asks.
This is the first time since
1922 that Burning Daylight has
visited here, and he expressed
great surprise to see the great
change that has been made in
16 years.
Captain Lloyd said he had met
several Indians with whom he
became acquainted at celebra-
lions at various places years ago.
The Hardin tribune-herald. [volume] (Hardin, Mont.) 1925-1973, 1938-07-21

But to get back to cards: In
siders in Washington are plan
ming to seek extension of the
Social Security Act to the farm
err. He can then add this card
to his collection OF White or
Red production cards.
The Hardin tribune-herald. [volume] (Hardin, Mont.) 1925-1973, 1938-07-21

'% JAMES Preston

Webster's definition of the
simple old word CARD must oe
rewritten. 1t used to associate it.
self with such words as poker
bridge, the souvenir postal
Those unblessed with the more
abundant life, which phrase
was coined about the time re-
lief rolls came into existence,
thought of card and the penny
postal as synonyms.
Gradually Use of the word
CARD has expanded. Restaurant
walters hand out vitamin caris.
Head walters will bring calorie
cards. The government gives
out Social Security Cards. And
now Mr.. Wallace, the Secretary
of Agriculture, is handing the
cotton farmer production cards.
For some reason the cotton
card issuance has not been pub
licized. Two kinds of cards were
issued. Cotton farmers comply
ing with the AAA provisions
(set forth in 22,56O technical
words were given a white card.
Cotton farmers refusing to COM
ply land continuing farming as
Individually received red cards.
No one in Washington has ex-
planned why the color red was
chosen.
The Capital now is wondering
if other farmers corn, wheat,
tobacco and rice) will be carded.
and if so what will Papa with
a federal funk mark, say in
blowing, do to his son who
comes home from school with a
funk in English?
But the card idea continues
to be the official fad. Govern
mental economists mot House
Members and Senators elected
by the people, are toying with
some kind of carding for all
business. In other words the De-
partmental Group of the Mon
opoly Committee think business
should be controlled Cor carded)
by a program approaching the
AAA regulation. If carried to it's
ultimate conclusion, it could be
that you'd ask your grocer, be-
Tore buying a pound of sugar,
the color of his card issued