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The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1939-11-23

HERE'S A FORTUNE in chin.
chilIa peIts. The turs pictured
here are UaLued at about $4,000,
and 70 of the little animals had to
give up their Hues for this prize to
be made into fur coat.
to come. More than a century be-
fore Columbus discovered America,
Incas wove warm cloth from the fur,
even domesticated the animals, and
ate their flesh after shearing the
fleece. Some 40 years ago, chinchilla
fur provided an important industry
for Chile. Today, chinchilla farms
are spreading throughout the United
States, and even to lands across the
Atlantic ocean.
First and foremost chinchilla farm
in the United States was established
because of an American mining en-
gineer's enterprise while. in Chile.
Interested in preventing extermina-
ton of the animals, and not blind
to the potentialities of a fur bust
ness, the American dispatched %
Indians to bring back alive all the
chinchillas they could find. After
combing the province of Atacama,
in north Chile, for three years, the
natives returned with only II chin
chillas. 1t took another three years
to transport the rodents to sea
level slowly enough from an altitude
of II, 900 feet to allow them to be-
come acclimatized.
In her native habitat, a female
chinchilla bears from one to two
litters year; but in mild Califor-
MIA, mama chinchilla. can have three
litters with an average of two young
in each. After less than 20 years,
the original IL chinchillas from
South America have multiplied to
more than 1000 on a farm at Ingle-
wood, Calf.
Other farms in Idaho, Wyoming,
Utah, Pennsylvania, Wisconsin, and
New York began with breeding stock
from the California farm. Idaho S
colony expanded in few years from
one pair to go chinchillas, valued at
100000.
A single pair of chinchillas for
breeding purposes has been sold for
as much as $1,000. Single pelts,
however, usually cost between $85
and $3.50, depending upon their quail
ity. 1t takes approximately 140 skins
to make full-length coat which sells
in some cases for $50, 900 or more.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1939-11-23
DOMESTIC:
NeutrnLity

Disappointing to would-be U. S.
profteers was the reaction to re-
moval of embargo restrictions
against belligerents. AS expected,
orders for motors and aircraft in
creased, but purchase of war sup
plies was not large in terms of ag-
gregate export volume. Some quar-
tiers expected orders to pick up lat
er, but any hopes for boom were
nipped in the bud. Spectacular trade
gains of September and October
were no longer apparent. At New
York, Federal Works Administrator
John Cafmody warned that only
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1939-11-23
DEFENSE:
Army e Macy

From Director John c. Gebhart
of the National Economy league,
the U. S. got as good a reason as
any why it should stay out of war.
Whereas our participation in the
World war cost "a billion dollars at
the time, Gebhart figured the cost
to date was 81 billions. Moreover,
any future war would cost at least
80 billions year and would prob
ably bring Imitation and ruinous
taxation (Which would) probably
mean lower standard of living for
generations to come"
One good way to avoid war is to
arm against it, which will be No.
on the congressional agenda Janu-
airy 8. Defense is making news
these days on both army and navy
fronts:
Army. Having become an expert
by travelling $4,000 miles visiting
army establishments, Alabama's
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1939-11-23

the merchant marine. Since U. S.
boats cannot sail in combat areas,
New York ports soon became jammed
with jobless sailors and idle boats.
Among the first to cry out was c. I.
O.'s Joseph Curran, president Of the
national maritime union.
Within a few days the President
began ironing out this mess. Follow
ing conferences with Joe Curran,
Maritime Commissions Emory
Land, and A. F. of LIS Joseph Ryan
and Matthew Dushane, the White
House outlined three tentative RENE
dies: (D Extension of social security
to provide seamen with old-age pen
sions and unemployment insurance;
(2) absorption of beached seamen
in a maritime training program; (3)
absorption of others in vessels con-
voying strategic materials from non
belligerent ports, under the govern
ment's $10,0O0,000 program.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1939-11-23
Squirrel-Like Rodents Pelt
Is Highly Valued
By Furriers.
Prepared by National Geographic Society,
WASHINGTON. d. C-WNU Service.

Prepared by Nati0nal Gs41SgTIa7phi sv Society
The chill winds of winter
bring about the sale of thou
sands of fur coats. But among
them will be very few garments
fashioned from chinchilla fur,
for the very good reason that
chinchilla pelts are strictly linn
tied in number. So few are the
chinchilla coats in existence
that leading fur dealers know
pretty accurately their number
and their ownership.
Little larger than a mans hand,
the chinchilla - rodent - weighs
about 20 ounces when full grown. Of
squirrellike appearance, the valua-
BILE little creature has dense, soft,
pearly-gray fur; and in its native
habitat, protective coloring enables
it to lose itself among rocks.
In community burrows on the
eastern slopes of the Andes in Chile,
Peru, and Bolivia, chinchillas live
at attitudes between 5000 and $4,000
feet. Nowhere else have they been
found in a wild state. Emerging to
feed at dusk and dawn, they take
their roots and grasses sitting down
like a squirrel with a nut. Although
they prefer night life, the inquisitive
rodents pop up for any vital day.
time happenings. Gun shots or 9th
er disturbances strange to the re-
gion bring them to their front
doors" to find out what it's all about.
Hunted for Many Years.
Hunted since ages past, chinchillas
still offer hope to furriers for years
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1939-11-23
Tunnel Half Inch OF.

NEW YORK.-The center lines of
the tubes of the Queens Midtown
tunnel under the East river here
were just shade over half an inch
out of line when the project was
"holed through" recently, the New
York Tunnel authority disclosed.
Reginald H. Keays, project tunnel
engineer for the S57, 900, 900 PWA
project, agreed that the close align
ment of tubes was in accordance
with past tradition, which allows for
three-fourths of an inch.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1939-11-23
i,ssyeYs

/. Shortly before Al Capones release.
henchmen in his old Chicago organiza.
ton assassinated E. J. O'Hare, who had
been entrusted with managing the gam
bling syndicate while Capone was In Jail.
and who refused to let go of it.
2. False. Morgenthau said neither he
nor the President. but congress, must
take the initiative. Present debt: Over
SAL 900. 000. 900.
8. Because of the huge carryover from
last year, much of 1t now under seal on
farms under government loans, and soon
to be dumped in the governments lap.
4. (B) is correct. AS result of his
refusal. de Valera was threatened.
s. False. He deplored the lack OF re-
ligious teaching In U. S. schools, the
spread of divorce and birth control.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1939-11-23
Human Polar Bears
Lack Sweat Glands

WASHINGTON. = Human polar
bears" who revel in winters SUBJ
freezing weather and have to spend
summers hottest days immersed in
tub of cold water were described
recently in the Journal of Heredity.
Such persons have difficulty in
keeping cool enough, said L. c.
Glass and Darrell H. Yost of the Uni
versity of Idaho, because they have
no sweat glands. Thus they might
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1939-11-23
DUTCH-BELGIAN FRONTIER

DUTCH-bELGlAN FhONIlER
BLacked-iH areas OF the Netherlands
could be flooded; arrotUs shot0 probable
routes Of inpasion. Netherlands Would be
used for aerial operations bases against
Britain; Belgium ,Oould furnish neto path
to France.
and Belgium, like that of Poland,
Czecho-Slovakia and Austria, will be
decided by a victory of the British
and the French ;"
Only an hour earlier all hopes for
the Dutch-Belgian mediation offer
(made week before) went glim-
mering when Britain's King George
sent a long and polite message ac-
knowledging the peace move but
pointing out that any further pro-
posals must come from Germany.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1939-11-23

take snow bath in the nude and
be comfortable.
Precipitation is the principal meth
cd of keeping the body cool in hot
weather and maintaining the nor
NAL body temperature. When these
glands Go not function, the tempera-
ture of the body runs dangerously
high, even high enough to cause
death. The critical temperature of
life is about LOT degrees and above
that point the cells of the body burn
themselves up the writer's pointed
out.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1939-11-23

Despite a German-Dutch border
incident and Nazi flights over Bel
GUM which were repulsed by anti
aircraft guns, the little nations re-
manned cool. After agreeing that an
attack on one would be an attack on
the other, they took pains to point
out that "our mobilization stands as
"a guarantee to all belligerents that
our neutrality will be maintained"
Military experts meanwhile point
ed out that Nazi invasion of the
Dutch lowlands would be foolish.
Only possible advantage, and that
minor one, would be to bring Ger
man air bases so miles nearer
Britain. But by the same token
Britain could also violate defunct
Dutch neutrality, flying straight over
the lowlands to German industrial
strongholds instead of taking a
roundabout route to avoid Dutch
soil.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1939-11-23

100000 of the
5000, 1000 I'M
employ d
could expect
jobsfronn the
w a r t i m e
b u S i n e S S
pickup.
A m Or e
serious prob
lem was the
depre S sion
f a cling a t
e a S t on e
branch of
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1939-11-23

The Reich,
for her part,
w a S silent
except for
ne paper
a t t a C k S
charging the
Netherlands
and Belgium
w e I e e II
dangering
t h e ir n e u
tr ality by
submitting
to the Brit
iShblOckade.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1939-11-23

channel to Switzerland. That night
they made raids along the frontier.
A weekend of intensified activity
was climaxed when air raid signals
began screaming in Paris. When it
was over, the French admitted Nazi
reconnaissance planes had reached
within % miles of the city before
anti-aircraft guns sent them scurry-
ing for home out of formation.
Though still spasmodic and unortho-
dox, western front warfare showed
precipitous gains which observers
attributed to two blasts, one at Mu-
mich and the other from Winston
Churchill.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1939-11-23
Var at Sea

Most noteworthy maritime news
was the temperance of German
merchant vessels in the North sea,
defying Britain's blockade. Two
such boats were sunk and their
crews rescued by a British war
ship. Off Singapore, in the Far
East, 20 were killed when a mer-
chant ship struck mine, sinking
in Is minutes. Nazidom's only con-
tribution to the warfare was
pointless 1,200-mile bombing flight
to the tiny Shetland isles off Scot
land, where a few bombs did no
damage. Reason: There was moth
ing to damage.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1939-11-23
DON'T SQUEEZE SURFACE
PIMPLES

Don'trisk soaring your skin and spread
ing infection by squeezing unsightly
pimples and blackheads. Just apply
powerfully soothing Zemo-amazingiy
successful Doctor formula which quick
ly relieves itching soreness and starts
right in to help nature promote FAST
healing. Results from few days use Of
Zemo should thrill you! Its marvellous
medication has long been approved by
leading skin specialists. So clean, dainty
yet so EFFECTIVE. Ointment or
Liquid form. Used in best homes yet
costs only 35t, Coz, 81.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1939-11-23
HOW SEW su! ss: :; Sxs1H

have these patterns FREE with
your order for four books. Price
of books-10 cents each postpaid.
Set of three quilt block patterns
without books-10 cents. Send or
ders to Mrs. Spears, Drawer 10,
Bedford Hills, New York.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1939-11-23

Quick to Speak
The rushing flow of speech and
their own eloquence is fatal to
many.-Juvenal.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1939-11-23
Feel Out-Of-Sorts?

La Crosse, Wis. - L. II.
Lewiston, 2l14 Charles St,
says 81 did not feel right,
had no pep, and my appe-
tite was very poor. I didn't
sleep well and felt generally
out-of-sorts. DR.. Pierce's
Golden Medical Discovery
certainly toned me up. Ny
appetite improved, ! slept
better and / felt fine" Buy
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1939-11-23
WEEKLY NEWS ANALYSIS BY JOSEPH ". LaBINE
Netherlands Invasion Foolish,
Say Critics of Nazi Strategy;
Churchill Blasts Peace Hopes


necessarily this newspapr
eeasedb
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1939-11-23
UseWEED
American Bar Reinforced
TIRE CHAINS

With WEED AMERICANS you can
start easier, drive safer, stop quicker.
And you get more than twice the mile
age. Ask for the chains with red end
hooks. American Chain & Cable Com
pany, Inc, Bridgeport, Conn.,, also
makers of tractor chains and chains
for all farm uses.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1939-11-23
MISCELLANY:
SPANISH Custer

In Madrid it was limited that
Spain's Dictator Francisco Franco
insists on removing Catholic Cardi-
nal Vical y Barraquer and several
bishops because he believes them
hostile to his regime.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1939-11-23

Knop your netos? One hundred is
perfect score, and deduct 20 for each
question you miss. Any score above
90 is good.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1939-11-23
Phantom Radio

q In Mexico City the government
played hide-and-seek with a mystic
rious German radio station which
repeatedly sent information on ship
movements from mountain strong
hold, probably located in Chiapas
state.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1939-11-23
Western Front

Twenty-one years to the day after
Armistice was signed in the last
war, German planes swarmed over
northern French territory from the
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1939-11-23

All for Fame
The desire for fame is the last
desire that is laid aside even by
the wiSe.-Tacitus.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1939-11-23

Il In liquid or tablets at your drug stor
today. New size, tablets so cents.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1939-11-23

1Bar-reinforcements on Made Of weedalloy-a
cross links more than stronger, tougher metal,
double the mileage.
81 s44 Side chains hardened to
Patented Lever-lock End Tresist curb and rut
y Hooks-easy to use and -increases cross chain
positive fastening. mileage.
Worcester Democrat and the ledger-enterprise. (Pocomoke City, Md.) 1921-1953, 1939-02-17
CITIZEN OF REVEL,S NECK
DIED THURSDAY, FEB 9

Walter James Bozman, well known
resident of Revell's Neck, died Thurs
day evening of last week at his home,
following an illness of some length.
Death was due to complications.
Born at Revell's Neck in 1875, he
was "a years old and the son of the
late Mr.. and Mrs. Thomas James Boz
man.
He was a waterman by occupation
and was held in high esteem by his
neighbors. He was a member of Mt.
Olives Church where the funeral SER
vices were held Saturday afternoon at
200 o'clock with the pastor, Benjamin
L. Lewis, officiating. Interment was
in the Mt. Olive Cemetery.
The pallbearers were: c. o. Farrow,
James Warwick, F. r. Nelson, John
Blevin, E. w. McDorman, A. P. Mill
gan. ~
Worcester Democrat and the ledger-enterprise. (Pocomoke City, Md.) 1921-1953, 1939-02-17
Wife OF FORMER PASTOR
DIED in MILFORD, DEL.

News reached this city this week OF
the death of Mrs. Bailey, wife of Rev.
J. T. Bailey, former pastor Of Bethany
M. p. Church, this city.
Mrs. Bailey was taken i'll on Thurs
day of last week with what was
thought to be Grippe. She was taken
to the hospital in Milford, her home,
where she died on Tuesday of this
week. Funeral services were held to-
day friday in Milford, burial taking
place in Georgetown, Delaware.
Mr.. Bailey was appointed pastor of
Bethany M. P. Church at the 104th
session of the Maryland Annual Con-
ference and came to Pocomoke in June
1882, succeeding Rev. A. w. Ewell.
He served as pastor Of Bethany during
1882 and 1888 and in 1884 was ap-
pointed to Milford, DEL, charge. Both
he and his wife were highly esteem
ed not only by his church but by the
community at large.
Worcester Democrat and the ledger-enterprise. (Pocomoke City, Md.) 1921-1953, 1939-02-17
BADGES GIVEN
TO THOSE WHO
ESCAPED HARM
Accident Prevention Meeting
Held At The AccOmac
Court House, February 8

At an Accident Prevention meeting
of the employees of the Virginia De-
partment of Highways for the coun-
ties of Accomack and Northampton,
held at the Accomack County Court
House on Wednesday night, February
8, 1889, attractive badges were award
ed to the following employees in a
supervisory capacity who had not had
an accident to themselves, employees
or equipment under their charge for
the period of two years from July 1,
1886 to July 1, 1888: George Curtis,
Hall K. Drummond, Tom Mason, John
H. Milliner, L. Douglas Milliner, B.
A. Reekes and Sam T. Rowe.
For the period of one year from
July 1, 1887 to July 1, 1888: Claude
Nelson, Bruce Northam, Harry C.
Parks, Herbert L. Taylor.
Badges were also awarded to in
dividual employees who had not had
an accident to themselves or their
equipment as follows-for the period
Of two years from July LIST, 1885 to
July LIST, 1888: James Aydelotte, Sid
ney T. Barker, Jr., w. r. Butler, Jas.
Byrd, M. s. Carter, w. J. Coley, Lloyd
Custis, E. M. Gourley, W. B. Gray,
Warner Harrison, j. Milton Jones,
Amereus G. Lewis, Elijah B. Lewis,
Clyde w. Mariner, Lewis Mills s. R.
helms, Ohio R. Shrieves, Russell
Sims, Charlie Taylor, Oscar Taylor,
Roy Walls, Estee E. Waters, Fitzhugh
Worcester Democrat and the ledger-enterprise. (Pocomoke City, Md.) 1921-1953, 1939-02-17
/. Watson and w. M. Gose.

L. Watson and w. M. Gose.
For the period of one year from
July 1, 1887 to July 1, 1888: Andrew
Gilliken.
Employees of the Concrete Patching
Outfit which is temporarily on the
Eastern Shore were awarded individ-
ual badges for no accidents to them
selves or their equipment for the per-
iod of one year from July /, 1887 to
July 1, 1888: T. F. Blair, G. q. Clary,
w. G. Morisette, A. T. Poole, II. F.
Rice, r. L. Turner and II. o. Wright.
Due to the large attendance Of ap-
proximately 100 employees, 1t was
necessary to hold the meeting in the
large court room, and the Department
hereby expresses its thanks and ap-
probation to the Amer. Legion and it's
Worcester Democrat and the ledger-enterprise. (Pocomoke City, Md.) 1921-1953, 1939-02-17
brethren, be pitiful, be courteous"

brethren, be pitiful, be courteous"
Among the citations comprising the
Lesson-Serlnon will be the following
from the Bible-Psa. 25:15-"Mine
eyes are ever towards the Lord; for
he shall pluck my feet out of the net. :"
The Lesson-Sermon also will in
clude passages from the Christian
Science textbook, Science and Health
with Key to the Scriptures" by Mary
Baker Eddy, among which is the fol-
lowing, page 259-"1 Immortal ideas,
pure, perfect and enduring, are trans
mitted by the divine Mind through
divine Science, which corrects error
with Truth and demands spiritual
thoughts, divine concepts, to the end
that they may produce harmonious
results"
Services: Sunday, II a. M, Odd Fell
lows Hall, Pocomoke.
Worcester Democrat and the ledger-enterprise. (Pocomoke City, Md.) 1921-1953, 1939-02-17

Ladies for their courtesy and coopera-
ton in moving their meeting down.
stairs to the Trial Justice court room
The meeting was called to order by
w. M. Gose, Resident Engineer, on
the Eastern Shore, and the presenta-
ton of the badges was made by Mr..
J. M. Hagan, District Engineer of Suf
folk, Va, who complimented the 70
cipients for their good records, re-
questing their sincere individual and
collective efforts towards still better
records in accident prevention. Mr.
Hagan quoted some very interesting
statistics, proving that since the De-
partment had organized in Accident
Prevention there has been q very
gratifying, definite reduction in acci-
dents.
Worcester Democrat and the ledger-enterprise. (Pocomoke City, Md.) 1921-1953, 1939-02-17
PEOPLES COLUMN
Centreville, Md.
February 9Th, 1889

February 9Th, 1898
To The Editor:
Dear Sir:
A worthwhile Farm Bill is again
before Congress. At the insistence OF
farmers throughout the U. s., that the
A. A. A. be scrapped and replaced
with a good law, eighteen Senators
and eight Representatives, with the
help Of some Farm Organization
Leaders, drafted Bill, H. r. 1912,
and on January 18th, 1889 offered
the Bill in Congress. The Bill "guar-
antees cost-of-production plus reas-
enable profit to farmers for practical
ly all farm crops, including live stock
and poultry; does not control acreage;
keeps SURPRISES out of our markets
and provides for their disposal; will
not materially increase food prices;
provides for the administration Of the
law; curtails importations of farm
products and gives the American Mar
kets to the American Farmers; This
Bill does not affect the present Con-
servation Laws, which laws will be
continued.
The Roosevelt Administration is
fighting this Bill. They want the
A. A. A. continued, in spite of the fact
it is wrecking Agriculture. Secretary
Wallace in 1887 and since, has stated
over the radio that: "he cannot see
much better prices for the next ten
years." Then, the New Deal has no
right to expect farmers to put up
with the A. A. A. any longer. Both
Mr.. Roosevelt and Mr.. Wallace seem
to forget the disastrous crop prices of
1888. The outlook is no better for
1889 under the A. A. A.
One Of the sponsors of the new Bill
has asked me to contact our farm
ers and ask them to write or wire our
Congressman and request them to work
for and pass this new Bill, H. R. 1912.
So take this method of doing this.
Our Congressman are: Hon. Mil
land Tydings, Senate Office Bldg,
Washington, D. c.; Hon. George L.
Radcliffe, Senate Office Bldg, Wash
Worcester Democrat and the ledger-enterprise. (Pocomoke City, Md.) 1921-1953, 1939-02-17
REMARKABLE
RECOVERY OF A
VIRGINIA MAN

: Three months ago, William A. Da-
Wis, son of Mr.. and Mrs. J. w. Davis,
Of Greenbackville, Va, and one of the
leading members of the Camden, N
j., Lodge of Elks, was given a 1000
to 1 chance to live.
Victor over the long odds, he ID
recuperating at his home, $40 Erie
Street, Camden, N. j., and doctors
believe he soon will be recovered.
In midi October, Davis was stricken
ill with a rare form Of meningitis
which, physicians said, proves fatal
about 959 times out of 1000.
Specialists sent him to the Nation
al Stomach Hospital, Philadelphia.
when his right side became paralyzed.
His life was in the balance for weeks,
but he responded so well to treatment
that several physicians have asked
Davis for permission to write his case
history for the Journal Of the Ameri-
can Medical Society.
Davis was discharged from the hos
pital January 81 and is now able to
talk and move his side.
Davis is the esteemed leading
knight of Elks Lodge No. 293 and is
scheduled to ascend to the seat of
exalted ruler in April. He has long
been active in the lodges work for
crippled children. He is associated in
business with William F. Huff, in the
Dock Street Fish Market, Philadel-
phia. @.sae1 =