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The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1938-10-06
HOUSEHOLD
QUESTIONS

Lengthen Life of Towels.-Ma-
chine piece of tape along each
side of your roller towels before
you use them.
A Bit Ahead.-Can the children
for their meals a little before
time so they have an opportunity
of washing their hands and faces
without holding up the dinner.
Sun Ruins Mirrors.-Place mir
rors in a position where the sun
will not shine on them for any
length of time. Heat causes the
quicksilver on the back of a mir
ror to crunble.
Hand Powder.-Hot hands can
be refreshed with a powder made
of two parts talcum powder mixed
with one part borax.
Stiff Curtains.-To stiffen net or
marquisette curtains take S cents
worth of gum arabic, soak it in
three quarts of water overnight
and use instead of starch.
Frosting Windows.-An inexpen-
sive way of frosting the cellar
windows to insure more privacy
is to dissolve one-half pound of
EPSON salts in two pints of water
and paint over the inside of the
window with this liquid.
Washing observation-disclosures
kitchen utensils should be washed
in warm water to which just a
small quantity of soap or soap
flakes has been added. Dry thor
oughly as soon as they are
washed. If allowed to soak or left
to stand about while wet the wood
will become discolored.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1938-10-06
Planning the Future

Thus, though in a jubilant mood
over the reductions achieved.during
the past year in traffic, public and
occupational accidents, delegates
will turn aside from their celebra-
ton of the councils twenty-ffth
birthday to chart a future course.
What will safety bring in the next
quarter century? How far can it go
toward cutting still further our an
nual sacrifice of lives to accidents?
What new things will it bring into
our work and our daily habits?
Farms and small businesses will
receive more attention in the future,
the council believes. If accident pre-
vention had been given the same at
tention in agriculture and in all
small businesses as it was given by
the railroads, public utilities and
larger manufacturing plants, the to-
tai of lives saved would have been
very much greater.
Last year, 4,500 farmers were
killed in accidents. Machinery was
responsible for more than a quarter
of these-tractors, circular saws,
combines, discs, etc. Almost as
many were killed by animals.
No other industrial group except
the trade and service industries &C
counted for so many fatalities; in
all manufacturing there were only
$500 deaths.
The accident record for farmers,
in relation to exposure, is not so good
as that of workers in manufacturing
industries. Farmers work about
half again as many man-hours dur
ing the year but they have three
fourths again as many deaths. Al
though exact calculations are out of
the question, it is estimated that the
occupational death rate is about Is
per cent higher for agriculture than
for manufacturing.
The geographical spread of farm
ers and their comparative isolation
makes slow work of safety educa-
ton in agriculture. How to reach
farmers with safety information,
with reminders on the safe use of
machinery and the safe handling of
animals, will be one of big prob
lem for the congress.
Similarly with small business
men. 1t is harder to convince small
operators that safety pays - that
money invested in safety instruction
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1938-10-06
''Does the Widow Jones live

"Does the Widow Jones live
here?"
That was the way he put it,
this bungling fellow who broke
the news of a husbands acct
dental death.
In a way, it's a joke. But
it's one of those jokes when
we laugh out of sympathy be-
cause the joke grows out of
bitter reality. Telling a wo-
man her husband has just
been killed in an accident is
a heart-breaking job, as anybody
knows who's ever had the assign
ment.
Twenty-Five years ago, in the fac
tory and on the farm, it was COM
mon story
"He was caught between the
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1938-10-06
The accomplishment

Before them will rise a 13-foot
birthday cake, but behind them will
stand a greater monumental rec
ord of 285, 900 lives saved in those Is
years-a cityful of human beings
who would not have been alive to-
day had accidents continued at the
1913 level. Considering industry's
tremendous growth since 1913 and
the probability that increased tech
nology would otherwise have
brought an even greater accident
rate, this figure of 285,000 seems
very modest indeed.
And this campaign against acct
dents has not been confined to in
dustry. Gradually the work has
spread into every department of hui
man life. Once it was understood
that accidents could be prevented
by a common-sense safety program,
people realized that what was being
done in industry could be done in
the home, on the streets and high
ways and in other public places.
This development was FASTENED by
business mems realization that quite
as many of their men were losing
time from injuries at home and 60
ing to and from work as from acct
dents in the plant.
Traffic deaths - around 1000 in
1918 - doubled the following year,
tripled the next, and reached a peak
10 times as great before preventive
work could pull the curve down.
ward.
Farm accidents mounted by leaps
and bounds to the point where near
ly one-fourth of all occupational
deaths happened on the farm.
The which we think of as
a haven of safety-became one of the
worst accident locations of all,
threatening even to surpass traffic
accidents in annual fatalities.
And so the safety movement grew
into one of the vital forces of Amer
lea, entrusted with the responsibility
of conserving human life.
But still it has only begun. Mem
bers of the council are quick to say
their work has only scratched the
surface. Last year alone, they point
out, accidents took 100000 lives in
America-one in each 800 families,
on the average.
The cost of these accidents aver
aged Sis for each family in the
nation-a grand total of S., 500, 000,-
600! And the pain and suffering in
volved in 100000 deaths cannot be
expressed in any mathematical fig
ure. While accidents continue to dis
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1938-10-06
Bread Versus Pastry Flour

Different types of wheat differ
in their proportions of protein and
carbohydrates, and that accounts
for the difference between bread
and pastry fiours. Bread -four is
made from wheat containing a
large amount of gluten, which
gives elasticity to a dough and
helps to make well-piled loaf.
Pastry -four contains less gluten
and more starch and has lighter
texture that produces fne-grained
cakes. All-purpose fours, as their
name implies, are usually a blend
of different types of wheat and
are designed for general house
hold use.
1t is tribute to American en-
terprise that the worlds largest
flour mills are now to be found in
this country, and that tremendous
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1938-10-06
Questions Answered

Mrs. F. b. L.-Flour should be
stored in a moderately cool, dry,
well ventilated place, and should
be protected from vermin and in
sects. 1t should not be exposed to
excessive heat, nor to freezing
temperatures.
Miss F. B.-You are right Rye
-four is next to wheat in populari-
ty, though it is usually mixed with
wheat in making bread. Flours
or meals are also made from po-
tatoes, bananas, soy beans, lima
beans, buckwheat, barley and
rice, though the percentage is
small compared to the amount
made from wheat.
@-WNU-c. Houston Goudiss-1s38-31.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1938-10-06
Jiu-Jitsu Expert Knows Body

Jiu-jitsu is an ancient japanese
art of overpowering brute strength by
skill alone. An expert in it knows
many parts of the body which, when
struck lightly, cause temporary pa
ralysis. The expert does not try to
stop an opponents rush, but turns its
direction, throwing the opponent off
balance and dislocating or breaking
a joint. In Japan it once was taught
only to men and women of the best
character, because it can cause serious
injury. To kill an opponent meant
disgrace. "Middies" at Annapolis and
our Omen are two groups which
study jiu-jitsu in the United States.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1938-10-06

and safety equipment will reduce
costs and increase operating eff
cheney, just as it has been proven
in larger industries. This, too, will
be a puzzler for delegates.
Other jobs for occupational safe
ty: More research into the causes of
occupational accidents and diseases;
education of manufacturers to in
sistence that safety be built into ev-
cry piece of machinery before it is
used; and more safety courses in
engineering colleges and vocational
schools.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1938-10-06

stats of technicians and research
chemists supervise every step in
the preparation of the -four which
may pass through as many as IL
grindings and be subjected to $50
separations.
Experts begin by checking the
quality of the grain while it is in
transit to the mill. But their work
does not end when the flour
emerges pure white in color and
unbelievably fine in texture, after
having passed through silk boiling
cloths of 100 mesh or finer. After
that, there are baking tests, day
after day, to be sure that every
sack which is sold is of uniformly
high quality.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1938-10-06
Self-Risinq Elours

An interesting development OF
recent years has been the self-ris-
ing fiours and other ready-to-use
mixtures. Some of these contain
only a leavener; others include
dried milk and eggs; fat; and bak-
ing powder, so that only liquid
is needed. All are planned to save
the homemaker's time and main
tain her family's interest in their
most important energy food-the
products of wheat-the foremost
cereal grain.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1938-10-06
Relief in Athens

In old-time Athens those unable to
earn their own living, the blind, the
lame and crippled, received a daily
subsidy from the state lest any bring
shame upon the city by begging for
the necessities of life. In Rome of
emperor days the poor were more
numerous in proportion to the popu-
lation 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 Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1938-10-06

we do know that
for thousands o I
years, it has been
one of the m ost
important crops in
the wOrld-S0 nee
essary to m a n S
well being that the
supplication, "Give
us t b i S day our
daily Bread" has
sum m ed up his
m o S t fervent de-
SireS.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1938-10-06
Marconi's First Patent

Marconi (1874-1937) was twenty
two years old when he got his first
patent for practical system of wire
less telegraphy in England, his
mothers country. In 1899 he i'm
pressed Europe by spanning the chan
mel to establish Franco British con-
tact without wire. His successful ex-
pertinent of sending the letter s
across the Atlantic came in 1901.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1938-10-06
Death at the Wheel

Traffic, of course, has become our
principal national accident problem.
Last year, $4,000 lives were lost in
traffic, and an estimated 100000
other citizens of the United States
were injured. Council statisticians
have estimated that motor vehicle
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1938-10-06
Food for the World

Today, nearly three quarters OF
a billion people use wheat as food.
And modern methods of milling
have developed fiours of such SUI
perlative quality that breads are
more appetizing and more attrac-
tive than ever before; special
fiours make cakes and pastries
light as the proverbial feather;
and there are prepared mixes
available for biscuits, wafles,
mullins, griddle cakes, pie crust
and gingerbread.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1938-10-06
Illustrated here are t,oo com.

illustrated here are t,UO CON-
mon accident causes, one agri-
cultural, one industrial. Left:
STOPPING in front of mo,Uing
machine, hoping the horses
don't run a,Uay and cut off your
legs. Right: A rasor-sharp paper
cutting machine, which iUOuld
nip off workers fingers in a
spIit-second.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1938-10-06

CeIeu az IIIe IUp UI SUIlIe WdV-
ing grasses, observed that
they had a nut-like taste, and
passed along the far-reaching
discovery to his fellow-tribes-
men.
The beginnings of wheat cultiva-
ton are lost in antiquity. But
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1938-10-06
What to Eat and Why
c. Houston Goudiss Relates the Romance
Of Wheat and Discusses Flour
The Basic Food
By c. HOUSTON GOUDISS

story of wheat flour the story of civilization Before
learned to cultivate this golden grain he obliged
to from place to place. with the in search of
food to sustain and nourish his body.
Then, happy and momentous OCCASION perhaps
5000 years ago. inspired noad pucked the kernels cus
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1938-10-06
Nail Marks Boundary Line

A hotel near Maidenhead Bridge
England, has a nail driven into tht
center of its counter. This marks til
boundary between Bucinghamshir
and Berkshire.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1938-10-06

able one member of every fourth
family in the country in one year,
there's still big job for safety.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1938-10-06
The Purpose and Effect of the Proposed
Amendment

The purpose and effect of this amend
ment Is 20 confer upon a commission
consisting of the governor, the attorney
general, and the state auditor the power
to exchange any of the public lands of
the state, Including lands held In trust
for any purpose, for lands of the United
States and lands privately owned, such
exchanges to be made In such manner as
the legislature may provide. In the
case of certain trust fund lands ex-
changes cannot now be made because the
State Constitution does not permit the
legislature to authorize the sale of said
lands except by public sale. This amend
ment will make II possible for the state
to acquire compact areas of land for for
estry and other conservation purposes by
exchanging land outside of state forests
and other conservation areas for lands
of the United States within such areas
and for privately owned lands within
such areas.
The amendment requires that all MIN
eraI rights and water power rights in
lands so transferred by the state shall
be reserved. The land so acquired will
become subject to the same trust, II
any, as the land disposed Of. For exam
pie, II school land Is given In exchange,
the land received will become school land.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1938-10-06
PROPOSED AMENDMENT NO. 2

By the adoption of Chapter 493 of the
Laws of 1887 the legislature has proposed
an amendment to Section SO of Article 4
of the Constitution of the State of Min
nesota.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1938-10-06
Proposed
Amendments
to the
Constitution
Minnesota
To be submitted at 1888
General Election
STATE OF MINNESOTA
LEGAL DEPARTMENT
WILLIAM S. ERWIN
Attorney General
st. Paul, Minnesota, June 8, 1888
To be submitted at 1888
General Election
STATE OF MINNESOTA
LEGAL DEPARTMENT
WILLIAM S. ERWIN
Attorney General
st. Paul, Minnesota, June s, 1888
Honorable Mike Holm,
Secretary of State,

In compliance with the provisions OF
Section 46 of Mason's Minnesota Statutes
of 1927, l herewith furnish you state
ment of the purpose and effect OF all pro-
posed amendments to the Constitution
of the State of Minnesota. which are 10
be submitted to the electors OF SAID
state at the general election in 1888 IN
accordance with certain acts adopted by
the 1887 legislature.
PROPOSED AMENDMENT NO. I
BY the adoption of Chapter 492 of the
Laws of 1887, the legislature has pro-
posed an amendment to Article OF the
State Constitution. The proposed amend
ment if adopted, will not alter the form
of any existing section of the Constitu-
ton but will add a new section to be
known as Section of said Article 8.
The proposed section reads as follows:
Section s. Any of the public lands
of the state, including lands held IN
trust for any purpose, may, with the
unanimous approval of a commission
consisting of the governor, the at
torney general and the state auditor,
be exchanged for lands of the United
States and/or privately owned lands
in such manner as the legislature
may provide, and the lands so ac-
quired shall be subject to the trust,
if any, to which the lands exchanged
therefor were subject, and the state
shall reserve all mineral and water
power rights in lands so transferred
by the state.
Evening star., 1938-02-10
Stock Averages
Compiled BY the Associated Prsss.)
BY VICTOR EUBANK,
Associated Press Financial Writer

NEW YORK, Feb. 10.-A recovery
push in todays stock market en-
countered sufficient last-hour profit
realizing TO pare or cancel extreme.
advances running to or more points.
In dealings that were even slower
than yesterday, rails, coppers and viz
tually all industrial groups had their
moment in the buying limelight. but
some closed we'll under best levels Of
the day.
The proceedings were notable for
the exceptional "thinness" that ex-
listed. wide spreads being frequent be-
twen bid and asked quotations.
Some speculative forces shifted to
the buying side in the morning when
it was discovered offerings dried up
appreciably on declining periods.
Brokers also found imitation psychol-
ogy was bit more pronounced.
With the ticker tape barely crawl
ing on the afternoon trek, transfers
were around $4,000 shares.
There was further talk of "some-
thing" coming out of Washington to
bolster market spirits. but the prin-
cipal news of the day from the Capital
was the request of President Roosevelt
for an additional appropriation by
Congress of s25o,Oo0.o0O for relief
purposes.
Up substantially the greater part Of
the session were shares of Santa Fe.
Great Northern. Northern Pacific, At
lantic Coast Line. Anaconda Kenne-
colt. American Smelling. Cerro De
Pasco. Du Pont. Westinghouse, Chrys-
Ter, General Motors, Douglas Aircraft,
United States Rubber, Montgomery
Ward, Sears Roebuck, j. 1. Case, Home
stake. Loews. AlliS Chalmers, j. c.
Penney, Bethlehem Steel, National
Steel, Crucible, youngstown and Howe
Sound
st. Joseph Lead and National Lead
loitered when the price of the staple
was nipped S. ton, the second slice
this week
Evening star., 1938-02-10
U. S. Steel Reports
January Volume
Well Below 1897

NEW YORK, Feb. 10.-Shipments
Of finished steel products in January
by United States Steel Corp. subsidi-
aries totaled 5l8,322 tons, compared
with 489,070 in December and 1.149.-
918 in January, 1887, the company
reported today.
Showing the first month to month
increase since early in 1887, the Janu-
ary shipments ran 29,252 tons above
December. They were however. down
63l ,596 tons from January, 1887.
The decline in shipments from
January. 1887, was the sharpest loss
from the comparable period of the
previous year in some time. In De-
cember the tonnage was down 578,-
295 tons from the same month of
1896. November shipments dropped
295,402 tons from the like month
1886.
Peak shipments reported by the
corporation in 1887 were 1,4l4,399
tons in March.
Evening star., 1938-02-10
MUNSlNGWEAR EARNS
$193,I01 NET IN YEAR
Special Dispatch to The Star.

Special Dispatch to The Star.
NEW YORK, Feb. 10.-Munsing-
wear, Inc, reports for the year ended
December 81, 1887, net profit OF
$19310l after all charges, including
Federal, State and local taxes. This
is equal to s1.28 per share on the
100000 shares of capital stock out
standing.
In his letter to stockholders, Ernest
L. Olrich, president, states in part:
met sales for 1887 were s5,576,169,
as compared with $5.536.86 for 1886.
Until the general business recession
in September, sales for 1887 exceeded
our planned sales as well as actual
sales Of the corresponding period OF
1896"
The company continues in excellent
financial condition. The ratio of cur
rent assets to current liabilities is in
excess Of 18 to /.
Evening star., 1938-02-10
MONON PLAN FILED
BY BONDHOLDERS
Committee Proposes Wiping Out
Common Control of L. & N.
and Southern.
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
A Bondholders' Protective Commit
tee proposed today a reorganization
plan for the Chicago. Indianapolis &
Louisville (Monon) Railway Co. un-
der which the Louisville & Nashville
Railroad and the Southern Railway Y
would lose control of the line.
The two roads now own II per cent
of the Monon preferred stock and 93
per cent of it's common, as vel, as
most of its unsecured obligations.
The committee. holding Monon first
and general mortgage gold bonds, Sc
ries A and B, submitted to the Inter-
state Commerce Commission q plan
which would wipe out both classes OF
stock.
The Monon's unsecured creditors,
principally the L. & N. and the
Southern, also would be deprived of
participation in the reorganized COM
pany.
Present Monon stockholders, the
committee said, have no right to
participate in the reorganized COM
pany."
Evening star., 1938-02-10
WOOL GROWERS CHEERED
BY REPORT FOR YEAR

BY the Associated Press.
BALTIMORE, Feb. 1O.-Maryland,
Virginia and North Carolina wool
growers were cheered yesterday by
a report by Manager K a. Keithly of
the United Wool Growers Association
that 1887 was the finest year we have
had and prospects for this year are
even better"
Keithly of Harrisonburg, Va, said
the group shipped more than a mil
lion pounds of wool in 1887 and figures
show a $50 per cent increase in VOL
ume in four years.
The delegates elected IL directors:
j. w. Jones, Olney, Md, president:
Charles I. Boyle, Centreville, Md; w.
L. Kirby, Richmond, Va; w. H. Fer
guson. Curles Neck, Va; c. v. Smith
and G. M Harnesberger, Harrison
burg, Va; John A. Keyser, Washing
ton, Va; c. T. Barnes, Chatham Hill,
Va; T. S. Robinson. Thesselia. Va,
and Will S. Moore. Lexington, Va.
Evening star., 1938-02-10
STOCK DOLLAR GAINS.
NEW YORK Feb 10 (snecial

NEW YORK, Feb. 10 Especially. -
A moderate gain in common stock
levels during January, accompanied
by slightly lower commodity prices,
increased the purchasing power of the
dollar held in stocks. The cash dollar
was up slightly as result of some
what lower commodity prices The
bond dollar, however, declined from
year-end levels, according to the Ad-
d Research Corp.
Evening star., 1938-02-10
CHICAGO GRAIN
BY the Associated Press

CHICAGO, Feb. 1o-Despite ad-
vances Of securities, the Chicago wheat
market showed downward trend most
of the time today. and finished near the
days bottom price level
Trade specialists said 1t certainly
looked as though Europe would buy
only moderate quantities Of United
States wheat this season. One leading
authority stated that the United States
was the sole country which possessed
an important accumulation of wheat
not likely to disappear within the year.
At the close Chicago wheat futures
were p to l cent under yesterdays
finish. May 95-951s, July e1-sl1s;
corn unchanged to Is up, May 5s7s so,
July sos, and oats unchanged to Ia off,
Evening star., 1938-02-10
FROZEN FISH TOTAL
WELL BELOW YEAR AGO
BY the Associated Press.


The Commerce Department reports
cold-storage holdings of frozen fish
in the United States totaled 72,629,000
pounds on January Is, compared with
87,576,000 pounds on January Is,
1887, and a five-year average for SINH
lar dates of 61,183,000 pounds. Hold
ings of herring, mackerel, whitefish
and whiting declined in the last year,
and all the other major varieties in
creased
Evening star., 1938-02-10
new YORK COTTON

By the Associated Press.
NEW YORK. Feb. 1O.-Cotton
turned easier today under realizing.
liquidation and hedge selling. promoted
by nervousness over Senate opposition
to some features of the farm bill
May reacted from 88l to 874, and
in midafternoon was selling at 8.77,
when the list was 9 to l3 points net
lower.
Evening star., 1938-02-10
NEW YORK LIFE PAYS
1871 MILLIONS IN 1897
By the Associated Press.

NEW YORK. Feb. 10.-Thomas A.
Buckner, chairman of the board Of
New York Life Insurance Co., said
yesterday at meeting of directors
that policy holders and beneficiarics
OF the company were paid over $751;
100000 in 1887, bringing the total Of
such payments in the last 10 years to
over $4,000 100000.