The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1938-07-07
{" MARTY Says
Let's Stop That Blasting.
See National Speed Boat Champ.
Youths Inaugurate New Sport
Pioneers Could take It."

The next time you hear some blaStins
at night or early in the morning, dom
always blame it on the mines, give the
poacherS a little thought. Our stoogt
tells us these night-hawks are still
getting in a bit of blasting, despite al
efforts of the game wardens to round
them up. Although the wardens are
on the watch night and day, they cant
hope to cover all the territory and a.
a result there's lot of dead fish, which
the poacherS overlooked in their haste
to get away from the scene, cluttering
the beaches. If you know of any spot
where these law-breakers are doing
their dirty work, by all means notify
the nearest warden.
If you plan on getting yourself
pet dog, cat, canary, or what have
you, select one that agrees with your
temperament, interests, family, and
home space. Then learn how to care
for it, so that both you and your pet
will be comfortable.
With approximately 20 speed-boat
racers signed up, it appears as though
the water carnival, sponsored by the
Eveleth Junior Chamber of Commerce
is sure to be a success. Good speed
boat races are few and far between
up in this neck of the woods and the
public is we'll aware of the fact that
Harry Cooper, national champ, will not
be up this way again for a long time.
Get your water carnival buttons from
the queens as soon as possible and be
prepared for a real thrill on July 10.
In deep jungle districts of Bolivia,
where yellow fever is prevalent, there
is law which requires that all drink
ing water receptacleS contain small
fish, which rid the water of all yell
low fever carrying larvae.
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A reader sends in a request for a
little dope" on the Minnesota Indian.
Records show that the Minnesota In
dian is chiefly Chippewa, for long, long,
ago, the ChippewaS, spreading west
ward to new lands, drove out the Sioux.
Ensuing treaties settled the ChippeWaS
on their own lands within seven reSer-
vationS and today they are numbered
at 1000 on the Red Lake reservation,
8,342 on the White Earth reservation,
2,o47 at Leech lake, 1906 at Fond du
Lac, near Cloquet, 663 at Nett lake,
1853 at Mile Laos lake, $40 at Grand
Portage on the north shore of Lake
Superior and the remainder, to make
up 1900, are scattered outside these
reservations.
The duck stamp for the 1883
season, which went on sale July 1, is
the work of Roland Clark and shows
a pair of pintails coming to a land
ing. The stamps make them look
easy to knock down but We know bet
ter through bitter experience.
There's new outdoor sport in vogue
now and the credit goes to two Hib-
bling youths who got a patent from the
police department of that city, plus a
fine bonus Of a court hearing All you
need to play the game successfully is a
horse, large grassy field, and fairly
good auto. It's important to have a
fast horse because it adds to the fun.
The idea is to drive the car into the
large field, spot the horse a hundred
yards, and then tear after him with the
car and keep going until he drops from
sheer exhaustion. After a hearing in
court the lads found that it wasn't such
a pleasant game after all, particulrly
if they were forced to play the part of
the horse for a couple of hours.
If your pet canary refuses to take
his bath, don't go into Mysteries. Ex-
perts tell us they rarely need one.
When bird wishes to preen or clean
his feathers, he turns around, pOkes
his beak into the little oil gland near
his tail, and draws his plumage
through his beak, oiIing and clean
ing it all in the same operation.
Isn't that nice?
The next time you complain of sore
feet, a corn, or couple of bunionS
give thought to the old-tinle pioneers
who had to walk from Duluth to the
Range in years gone by. We visited
with Hart Hewett of Duluth, recently
and enjoyed his tale of that long hike
and experiences suffered by the pioneer!
of that day. Although the groups usu.
ally had a team and wagon along they
were reserved for women, children anc
baggage and the men were forced tx
walk practically every foot of the way