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The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1940-10-03
Pioneer Press
HelpedConquer
u. S. Frontier
By ELMO SCOTT WATSON
Editor The Publishers AUXILIARY.


The little group of backwoodsmen,
lolling In the sunshine IN front OF
log cabin on the river bank, lazily
speculated on who was polling a
clumsy raft IN midStream currents
and why he was aiming for their
side of the shore. As the traveller
succeeded in reaching his objective
"a large stump handily by mar
row strip of sand, the idlers sat up
to take inventory.
There was crude little handpress
of wood and iron, a stronghold tied
with leather thongs iingling with
the sound Of metal type; two ink
ers," (deerskin balls stuffed with
wool and attached to wooden han
dles) and bundle after bundle of pa
per. The onlookers gazed at the
cargo, then at each other. I'VE are
certainly goin' to have us news
paper" Old Settler drawled.
That's just what we've been need
in here for right smart spell"
On tributaries of the great Mis-
sissippi, or IN boom-towns border
ing the Great Plains; In mining
camps or the cattle country the ad-
vent of the printing press was the
symbol of civilization. Dismantled
into packs for mules to carry, or
crowded on the bed of a Conestoga
wagon-the press arrived, with the
types and paper, and the owner
thereof was a westward-faring from
finr odffnr uarI - A1.I-
rule, came the pioneer preacher,
together with the school master.
The Press helped to conquer the
wilderness. Dixon Ryan Fox, pres
ident of the New York State His
torical society, has written:
''The printing press is social
instrument, especially when IN
the regular production of
newspaper it keeps the diary of
the community, maintains
forum for its discussions and
provides an exchange for its
commerce. 1t is a public insti-
tuition and yet, at the same time,
private industry.
Seldom In those early days, or
later, was a printer called to a
community with general and re-
sponsible assurances of support,
as a minister, or teacher Is
called Each risked not only
his time and effort but the cap
ital tied UP IN an extensive and
cumbersome equipment. No
pioneers needed more courage
to face disappointment than this
vanguard of editor-publishers
moving on their own frontiers
just behind that of the home
makers Heroes of the civil
state no less than of the battle
field, these men bore close re-
lation to the American progress
and they worked in the citation
Of public service"
The frontier era of American his
tory is long since erased. But IN
villages and cities today there are
editors who are carrying on the ira
ditions of the pioneers in journalism.
Examine the country press for evil
dence that there are newspapers
which keep the diary of the COM
munity," the day-by-day report Of
life, death, love, business-the in
tensely human and simple accounts
of American energies.
These editor-publishers, like their
forerunners who risked lives and for
tunes in the westward march, still
work in the citation Of public serv-
ice."
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1940-10-03
America Scene of Many 'Firsts' in Printing Histor

Although printing was invented
and used long before America was
colonized, many ''firsts" in the his
tory of printing occurred in this
country.
The first training school for print
ing and other mechanical arts was
founded in Harmony, Ind, In 1926.
The first typecasting machine was
invented by William M. Johnson of
Philadelphia In 1928.
The first successful newspaper to
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1940-10-03
CHAPTER v

The policeman no longer guarded
the Morello vestibule. Walters, the
night doorman, kicked his feet to-
gether and blew on his fingers as I
passed into the street toward the
service entrance.
One man still waited before the
Morello front door. He followed me
down the street. wondered wheth-
er Shannon was having me shad-
owed and then forgot about him. !
had not eaten since morning. Hunger
drove away even thought of allegro
Paget's beauty in the clinging light
blue gown and the ribaId gaiety of
her passage with that amazing old
| woman.
I turned into the first lunch room
I passed. As I gave my order, a
man sat down opposite me at the
white-topped table.
Coffee and butter cakes,' he told
the waitress. He was plump and
mild but the eyes in his wind-red-
dened face seemed drowsy. I met
his stare and that made him speak,
though he cleared his throat several
times first.
You're Mallory" he asked.
Mailman at the MoreIlo?"
I had been right then. 1t was an
other detective.
$50 what?" I asked, and he
grinned.
I'm Cochrane, Jerry Cochrane
of the Press. Larry Duke was speak
| ing about YOU"
The bowl of soup before me was
more interesting, but as it's warmth
spread inside me, looked up and
told him:
"Get your dope from Shannon. I'm
out of newspaper work."
He slipped his coffee and said at
| last:
''It might mean something for you
on the Press if you and I could bust
this case wide open"
He waited while 1 abolished ham
and eggs and, when I had finished,
asked: "Got time to listen to me
now"
At my sulky nod, he leaned across
the table and spoke rapidly. Duke
had cursed me in his hearing. II
had given Cochrane an idea, which
he had carried to Milligan, his city
editor, who had approved it.
''You know yourself" the chubby
man said bitterly, what chance a
reporter has at the Morello. Those
stuffed shirts have hearts as hard as
their arteries. If you'll work on the
inside for us while / do the outside,
the Press will have this story by
the slack of the pants and, if we do
break it together, there'n be nice
piece of change In it for you"
ST keep telling you," / said, that
I don't want a piece of change.
Stool-pigeoning isn't my line could
use a newspaper job, but otherwise
it's out"
Agreed" he said so calmly that
he took my breath, you're working
| for the Press from now on. You're
on the payroll at twenty-five week.
| IF you and I can beat the town on
this yarn, it'll be fifty and a perma-
nent job"
He misread my stare.
"rm not kidding" he told me.
"Milligan will write you a letter
confirming it. Only you're to keep
your present job and say nothing. "
Excitement that had burned me
for the Press had been a newspaper
when the Sphere still had been trees
in a forest-died and left nothing
but ashes. ! did not feel Like laugh.
ing but did.
ITO BE CONTTNUEDI
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1940-10-03

mains the same. It's the increase
that brings the profit. Go out after
that additional 10 per cent"
Storekeeper or Merchant?
This man was not merchant.
He was storekeeper. There is a
vast difference. The storekeeper
puts a "sign" in his local paper and
whines about its being charity or
unnecessary expense. The mer-
chant spends time in preparing each
week on paper what he would say
to 1000 prospects if he called upon
them personally. He makes it the
first item on his weekly calendar.
As definite a chore as opening UP
in the morning or sending out his
bills on the first of the month. And
the cost of sending this personal in
vitation into the homes of possible
customers he includes not as an ex-
pense, but as an investment as i'm
portant and necessary as the same
amount invested in goods on the
shelves.
Many successful business men are
called, but few are chosen. The
buying public stands ready to re-
spond to personality, real service,
expert buying. The opportunity
may be there. The storekeeper is
there, waiting, but the public doesn't
know and is woefully Indifferent to
finding out. The storekeeper takes
too literally the Emersonian fiction
that the people will learn in some
mysterious way of the better mouse
trap, and he waits. The merchant,
on the other hand, loses no time in
telling the people about the bet
ter mousetrap, for he realizes that
time is money.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1940-10-03
Early Type STYLES

Important contributions to typog-
raphy were made while printing was
still young. Nicholas Jensen pro-
duced roman-face type in 1470. The
first italic type was designed by
Aldus Manutius in 1901. Garamond
of France, about $40, Caslon and
Baskerville In England, about ITO,
and Bodoni In Italy about 1853, each
designed type of lasting distinction.
To these names should be added
that of Frederic w. Goudy who is
still at work IN America.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1940-10-03

sell for penny was the New York
Sun, which was started September
3, 1883.
Thomas Edison, when Is, printed
the, first newspaper ever produced
on moving train In 1858.
In 1772 the first successful type
foundry was established in Ger
mantown, Pa.
The first electrotype plates from
type forms were made IN Boston IN
1886.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1940-10-03
T0DAY'S
H EALTH
COLUMN

age for the general
population and this
was believed to be
due to the fact that
every soldier was
checked over daily
and those with infiu-
enza were placed in
hospital a day or two
sooner. It was this
getting the patient
into hospital "a day
or two sooner" that
brought about early
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The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1940-10-03

was in a position
to watch the effect TODAY
of different types ucRl,
of treatment-the ".n.l
use of fever re COlUh
ducing drugs, the -
use of various heart stimuli
the effect of getting patient
bed the first day of the at
land also three or four
after the attack first occurr
the effect of removing b
from patients who had re
cred and injecting it into otf
particularly those with a
temperature or where there
a complication of bron
pneumonia or pneumonia.
Our records showed that our
rate was much lower than the
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1940-10-03
False Teeth

George Washington wore false
teeth. They were made of ivory
and fitted with gold springs.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1940-10-03
Rest in Bed
Important in
Influenza Cure
By DIR. JAMES w. BARTON

DURING the 1918 and 1919
- flu epidemic I happened
to be senior medical officer of
a large military hospital and
Imperial Valley press. (El Centro, Calif.) 1907-current, 1940-05-19
POST PRESS
IA RIM PAGE
McLochlon Tells History
Of Flax Industry in w.;
Lists Crops Advantages

from tests and experiments con-
tinuously being made.
Market Independence
one other matter should be dis
cuSsed. and that is the independence
of marketing which flax growers in
Imperial Valley have maintained
throughout the life of the industry
thus far. An independent position
in marketing his products is thor
oughly healthy and strong position
for grower 10 have: he should re-
tain his right to trade. Irdepen-
dence of this sort has been secured
by the growers from the fact that
he finances with local banks or
with the Production Credit aSSo-
citation which institutions are not
interested in the value of the prod
act further than that it be sold
at profitable price. SO that when
it comes to the sale of the product
the grower is his own boss. We be-
lieve that this strong position of
independence should be maintained
by flax growers in Imperial Valley.
The value to growers of trading
under independent financing has
been thoroughly proved by a ma
jority of growers in Imperial Valley
who formed and have maintained
the Southwest FlaxSeed association
throughout the flax development in
the valley.
Bonus Prices
Independently financed and trad
ing as a group, they have been able
to secure bonus prices for their
superior Punjab flaxseed based on
high quality of the seed and on
other trading factors. However,
whether flax growers are members
OF the Southwest Flaxseed asso-
citation or not, we urge that they
maintain themselves in a financial
position that will enable them to
trade freely for sale of their product
at its premium value.
Progress in flax culture in I'M
perial Valley has come gradually
and must continue in all depart
mentS of the flax business here.
The Southwest Flaxseed aSsocia-
tons interest in this industry is
that all growers understand the
principals of growing and market
ing flax SO that the best possible
yields and the best possible mar
kets may be produced. We believe
that flax has proved that it has
definite place in the agricultural
program in Imperial Valley and we
wish to see it continue to make for
all flax growers fair and reason
able profit.
Imperial Valley press. (El Centro, Calif.) 1907-current, 1940-05-19
Farm Price EeCieL0S
lEefUs - Features
Spot Agricultural
Narket Surveys
June so FINAL
DATE TO SAVE
BARD STATION

Action to save the Bard expert
mcnt station must be taken between
now and June 50 thC date congress
adjourns Frank Beyschlag. county
farm advisor declared Saturday.
Bcyschla1 vas among those who
represented Imperial Valley in q
meeting with Bard district Leaders
Tuesday 10 discuss ways and means
OF continuing the activities of tho
/ farm at Bard S. II. Hastings.
agronomiSt of the division Of West
ern irrigation agriculture of the
United States department Of agri-
culture, informed the Group that
continuance of the United States
farm al Bard was not included in
the agricultural appropriation bill.
In reviewing the situation tho
valley committee found that sup
port for the station as we'll as for
another experiment station in Ore
gon was omitted in a bill passed
by the house of representatives.
Later the senate restored the apDrO-
priation to the Oregon station but
provided no funds for the Bard
station.
The Bard ranchera reported that
similar meeting oi Yuma county
ranchcrS on the previous day dc
termined to make every effort to
secure inclusion of funds for the
Bard station in a deficiency appro
priation. The Imperial county group
decided to follow the same courS =
as it was agreed that public senti-
ment in this county. is strongly i'll
favor of continuing the work of
the station. Accordingly it was dc
cidCd that such organizations as
Imperial county farm bureau, I'M
perial Irrigation District. county
supervisors, Bard Irrigation District
Ell Centre chamber of commerce
Associated chamber of commerce
county Democratic Central com
mittee and others would ask Cali
fornia senators and representatives
to include funds in a deficiency
bill. These organizations had pre-
viously asked California senator's for
support in the senate agriculture
appropriation bill. and at that time
received assurance of such support
as the senators could give.
Three principal lines of investiga
ton as well as several miscellaneous
activities of the station were briefly
outlined by Tasting and superin-
tendent. E. G.. Noble. at the request
of the group. These included crop
rotation experiments now underway
for seventeen years which involve
tests of crop sequences and fer
tllizerS. Recently recognizing that
alfalfa is no longer either as pro-
ductvc or as long lived as formerly
here in the southwest, the station
has begun studies OH this serious
problem. Early indications are that
the problem III the main is some
thing other than fertility. Studies
thus far can only eliminate certain
factors relating to the alfalfa prob
lem without as yet pointing to def
mite solutions. A third line of work
is investigation of the amounts OF
water required by various crops
Among other activities arc variety
trials of grain sorghumS, winter
grains and forage crops
Imperial Valley press. (El Centro, Calif.) 1907-current, 1940-05-19
Rice Growers 10
Plant 2500 Acres
In Valley

Prospective rice growers IN I'M
perial Valley plan to plant the Blue
Rose variety IN The county this
year, according to an announce
ment from the FL Centre chamber
of commerce Saturday.
Several growers have already be-
gun preparation of land and one
japanese organization recently map
ped a program which includes the
planting of $500 acres of rice this
year, the chamber reported.
Arthur Holman, of San Francis
co has stated his willingness to
erect a rice mill in Imperial VAL
ley, II a total of five thousand acres
are planted this year, or if total
acreage not reached to market the
crop for Imperial Valley growers.
Rice has been grown internationally
IN this area for quarter of a CEN
fury and it has been we'll demon
Stratcd that rice admirably adaptS
itself to the Imperial Valley en-
vlronment. However, the lack of
a mill and marketing facilities in
past years has initiated against
any considerable acreage and with
the prospect of mill in time for
this fall crop, those who have seen
future in rice growing in I'M
perlal Valley, are planning how to
plant rice and perhaps eventually.
according to the agricultural de-
partment of the Ell Centre Chamber
OF Commerce, establish another
major crop for Imperial Valley.
ANY land owner or rancher who
Is lntereSte: in the growing of rice
communicate with chamber head
quarters regarding any additional
information about securing rice
seed and about the rice mill to be
erected in time for the fall harvest
1t was stated by Manager Robert
HAYS
Imperial Valley press. (El Centro, Calif.) 1907-current, 1940-05-19
Ldtin Americans
Move to Shutter
SubVersiVe Units

BUENOS AIRES. Argentina. NAV
IL. tUP) Latin American countries
today intensified q roundup of sub
verSlvc clements and pseudo ma
tlOnalS, adopted STRINGENT meas
urcS guarding against fifth COL
llmnS and unanimously agreed to
protest Gcrmany'S invasion of Hol-
land Belgium and Luxembourg.
One nf the principal reactions to
the German march came in the form
% increased demands for greater
coastal dcfcnScS, particularly in
cast coast countries, In Argentina.
the marine and war ministries pre-
pared special requests for congress
for emergency funds to strengthen
national dCfCnScS. The request was
based on a special commission S
study of fertilization of Argentina S
1,800-mile coast stretching from
the mouth of the Rio De La Plata
IT, the Straits of Magellan.
Tho Argentine government con-
sidered building two and possibly
three new naval bases along the
southern coast: at Puerto DcSeado
to defend the oil fields at COmOdOrO
Rvadavia. another at Puerto Mad
ryn. halfway between Puerto DeSea-
do and the naval base at Puerto
Belgrano. and third at TERRA Del
FuegO as a defense for the Straits
of Magellan Argentina also was eX-
pcctcd to add $50 pursuit planes to
hcr a fnrpr
In Montcvidco, the Uruguayan
government WAS ready 10 project
new national dcfcnScS, and the con-
gresS had before it a bill which
would obligC all able-bodied males
between 10 and 80 to take a course
in craftsmanship.
A number of countries took Wig
orous steps to stamp out Naz or
anti-Nazi demonstrations. In BuenoS
Aires. police arrested several al
legcd leaders of a "pseudo-natlonal
group which planned a demonstra.
4j5n to demand the resignation OF
Imperial Valley press. (El Centro, Calif.) 1907-current, 1940-05-19
SeeIey Chamber to
Reorganize at
Meeting Monday
SEELEY NOTES
(By Mrs. S. T.. RObinSOn)

ScClcy chamber of commerce vii
be reorganized Monday night at a
meeting in the Sceley Community
hall.
WeStside is not securing its share
of road improvement, one SpOkeS-
man said, and it is necessary that
we unite to obtain action.
Mr.. and Mrs. Clyde Womack and
little daughter have moved to FL
Centre from the Vogt cottage.
Miss Mariana StGarnS Of San
Diego arrived at the home of Mrs
A. r. Ferguson Thursday to spend
two weeks or more.
The picnic held at the church
Sunday for the Sunday school chill
dren was we'll attended over one
hundred children and a number
of grown ups.
Mrs. G. H. Mccain was called to
San Bernardlno last week on aC-
count of her sister passing away.
Mr.. and Mrs. S. T. Robinson. Ted
Robinson and son Douglas and Mrs
Ada Schultz were visitors at Ra
mona, Sunday. Also took in the
Wild flower show at Julian.
Mrs.. Resale Oftelic and Mrs
Marie Williams entertained the
Woman'S club Thursday at tho
home of Mrs Oftelie.
All enjoyed the tasty dinner. the
main dish was Italian Spaghetti. A
business meeting followed the dim
ncr, rlanS were made for an eve
ming CT entertainment May 3Oth for
members and their families.
Present were McSdameS Mary
Cook, Olivia Ferguson, Marguerite
Graham. Robert Little, Alice Pip
penger, Elizabeth PcarSc, Louise
Robinson, Mary Smith, Demar
Trammell, Jay Trammell, 10 Tram
nell, Marie Williams, Ruby Wo-
mack and Rosalic Oftelie. Guests
for dinner were J. P. Williams and
j. T. Oftelie.
Imperial Valley press. (El Centro, Calif.) 1907-current, 1940-05-19

terman, has maintained a crop OF
flax on one parcel of his land for
four successive years and in the
current year the field is still free
of weed growth.
Other individuals have improved
he cleannesS of their fields in sue
cesSive paintings of flax; but the
other and moro general fact that
flax fields become more and more
infested with weeds as flax planting
is continued on the ground makes
it imperative that flax growers
throughout the valley become pro-
ficiCnt in methods of weed control
if the popularity of flax as crop
is to continue. In view of the vital
Importance of weed control L. G..
Goar is considering round table
discussion of this subject for all
flax growers at the Experimental
Farm at Meloland sometime in July
this year.
The state agricultural extension
service has in mind to hold some
where in the valley this year, flax
institute for the purpose of general
discussion of all matters pertaining
to the flax industry and it is pos
siblc that the two plans may be
Joined into one meeting with special
emphasis to be placed on the matter
of weed control.
Grower Attention
OF n 81, II
the attention of new flax growers
is the irrigation practice during
blooming time; which is that irriga-
ton should be applied more fire.
quently after flax plants begin to
bloom since the forming pods draw
water from the soil much more
rapidly than the growing plants
prior to blooming. These are pub
lished matters thoroughly covered
in bulletin prepared by L. G.. Goar
and A. c. Dillman which bulletin
can be secured from the expert
mental station at Meloland or from
the farm advisor. New growers
would do we'll to secure this bull
letin as we'll as another which we
understand is soon to be published
by the state agricultural expension
service.
Flax harvesting has seen great
improvement, especially in the last
two seasons, by the installation of
rolls ahead of the cylinder in prac-
tically all makes of combine har-
VeStcrs. Harvesting machinery COM
paniCs have gradually come to rec
OgniZC that the flax industry in
the West has opened up field for
the sale of harvesterS especially
adapted to harvesting flax and
without exception all of these con-
Germs are doing their utmost to
provide machinery that will thresh
flax more efficiency. Prior to the
installation of rolls some flax was
cracked in threshing and in some
cases of poor adjustment in the
harvester flax was ground to fine
particles which doubtlessly occa-
stoned a loss over the tail of the
machine and such loss was very diff
ficult to estimate.
Since the installation of rolls in
front of cylinders in thresherS. this
grinding of flax has apparently been
done away with. but there is still
some splitting of seeds which will
doubtleSSly be rcmedied this season
since the Improvement of threshing
with the rolls is progressing rapidly