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The Ely miner., 1940-04-25

What can 1 do to stop my chickens
from losing their feathers around the
neck and vent? We are feeding wheat,
oats, barley and corn. They were laying
most of the winter.
This is commonly called a neck molt
and usually occurs when hens can lay
no longer and go out of production.
In addition to the grains you are
feeding, hens should receive a protein
supplement like meat scraps, alfalfa
meal and COD liver oil. Birds will lay
for some time from their own reserves
but when these become depleted, as they
often do at this season, they go out of
production and begin to lose feathers.
The better ration will cost more but will
give much better reSults.-H. j. Sloan,
poultry division.
1 have an 8-acre tract of timber.
Last year 1 sold S110 worth of timber
products, cut from this land. Can i
earn conservation payments on this
tract under the 1910 AAA program, by
carrying out approved wOodlOt practices
this year?
Yes. Because under the provisions
of the 1910 AAA program, conservation
payments may be earned on any farm
which includes at least three acres OF
farm land and from which during the
past year a gross income of at least
S100 has been realized. However, you
must first execute a farm plan, before
you are eligible for payment, just as yor
The Ely miner., 1940-04-25
YOUTH HIT BY
TUBERCULOSIS
Over Half of Deaths in u. S.
Occur in Age Period of
Is to As Years.

Over half of the tuberculosis deaths
in the United States occur in the age
period of IS to As years, the main ages
at which the individual is economically
most productive and socially important
to his family and the community.
tuberculosis strikes down those who
are young and those in whom their
| elders have isvested long years OF
cherished care. This popularity, that
it kills in the young adult years, makes
tuberculosis far greater social evil
than those illnesses which take lives at
later years when family responsibilities
are less heavy.
Because of this, the tuberculosis and
Health association of st. Louis county
is joining 1000 similar organizations oil
America to conduct an early diagnosis
campaign during April and familiarize
the people of the county with the
dangers of the disease
Although tuberculosis is the seventh
leading cause of death at all ages, ii
ranks first in number from Is to As
In 1887, of the more than 250,OO0 deaths
from all causes in this age group, tuber-
culosis accounted for Is per cent, heart
disease II per cent, pneumonia per
cent, cancer per cent, kidney disease
per cent and cerebral hemorrhage 2
per cent.
1t is interesting to note that between
the ages of Is and As the tuberculosis
death rates for both male and female
colored population are three to six times
those found among the white.
An unusual characteristic of tuber-
culosis in the Is to 80 age group is
that in the early years it is of greater
danger to the young woman than to
the young man. During these years it
kills so per cent more women then
men. After this age the number of
male deaths exceeds that of the female.
tuberculosis creates the greatest
havoc among those least able to afford
prolonged illness and results in a
lower standard of family life.
Statistical studies show that the
highest tuberculosis rates are found
among the lower economic groups. If
the patient is dependent, it means
hardship to parents to bear the heavy
expense of prolonged periods of in
validism.
The tangible effect is reflected in
the fact that there is a curtailment of
earning power during the years when
under normal conditions this earning
La
For those in the younger age group it
brings about a drastic alteration in
the manner of living, as the entire
social aspect of life must be abruptly
reversed. Preventable tuberculosis
deaths among young people are a de-
vastating and unnecessary blow to
social morale.
The Ely miner., 1940-04-25
SEEKS STATUS
In Volunteers
Rod and Gun Club to Discuss
New Conservation Group
at May Meeting.

The Ely Rod and Gun club, at its
May meeting, will discuss applying for
membership in the Minnesota Conser-
vation Volunteers AN organization being
promoted by DR.. w. L. Strunk, con-
servation commissioner, to "kindle pub
lie consciousness in conservation" ac-
cording to Archie BONNER, club presi-
dent.
Last week the Fergus Falls Kiwanis
club became the first to apply for
status in the Volunteers. Members
pledge themselves voluntarily to abide
by the laws governing Minnesota's nat
ural resources. The department of
conservation in turn tactily obliges it
self to dispatch honorably and with
the public interest always its first con-
Germ the responsibilities imposed upon
| it.
Organization of the Volunteers, the
fifteenth objective of the program an
nounced by Commissioner Strunk when
he was appointed to head the COM
mission by Governor Stassen, is now
being vigorously pushed. It's purpose
follows:
l. Develop a broad public interest
in all matters relating to conservation
and in the six department divisions
forestry, drainage and waters, game anc
fish, lands and minerals state park!
and the tourist bureau
2. Invite the cooperation of in
tereSted persons in program of con
Servation and nature education which
we hope to develop in the near future
Steps to membership are the mailin!
of a request, usually through an or
ganization, for a specified number o
Conservation Volunteer application
cards. Upon return of these applica
tions, properly filled out, the depart
ment said it will forward membership
cards.
Persons joining the conservation vol
unteers sign the following pledge:
II will voluntarily do what 1 can t
conserve and improve the natural re
sources of my state. will abide by tn
conservation laws. I will not hunt O
fish with others who do not abide b
the conservation laws. will be alert t
prevent forest fires and will try t
keep informed on conservation in Min
neSota, and will help make my friend
and associates conservation minded"
The Ely miner., 1940-04-25

would on any other farm.-E. j. Felvey,
extension agricultural conservation
specialist.
Do you have information on use of
wheat germ meal in cooking and
baking?
I am sending you several recipes re-
quiring use of wheat germ. Wheat
germ may be added to cereals before
cooking, or sprinkled over dry cereals
One authority states that it may be
substituted in amounts not exceeding
one-half of the flour, in most batter and
dough mixtures with a slight decrease
in liquid since wheat abSorbs less
liquid than most flours.-Emma Shepek,
instructor, home economics division.
Should / encourage early spring
lambs to eat grain until pasture time?
Yes, give them grain as soon as they
will eat A little pen containing
trough should be provided. Keep oats
in the trough and make the entrances
to the pen only large neough for the
lambs to enter-W. E. Morris, extern
sion animal husbandman.
The Ely miner., 1940-04-25
Kansas Preparedness

Kansas could be evacuated of al
it's citizens in less than four hours
using only automobiles. The popu'
lation size in relation to the number
of automobiles would make it neces.
sary for each car to carry only
three passengers. But if every Kan.
san had to take bath at once, 1f
would have to line up for turn al
the tub while seventeenth splashed
around
The Ely miner., 1940-04-25
Robin Gets Cold Greeting.

Bertha-The first robin of the season
was reported seen by Ed Noeske early
one morning recently. We wonder what
the robin thought during the heavy
snowstorm which he encountered dur
ing his visit. It's a good guess that
he was pretty disgusted with himself
for leaving the sunny southland so
early. Hope that when he writes home
to the folks he mentions that the
weather is getting nicer in Bertha
The Ely miner., 1940-04-25
Ask University Farm

Staff members will gladly give
what help they can with regard to
farm problems. Address inquiries
to University Farm, st. Paul.
Here are few questions answered
recently.
The Ely miner., 1940-04-25
Watches PrOULer as
He Rdnsacks House

A prowler entered and ransacked the
home of Mrs. Albert Neidt, while her
daughter-in-law, Mrs. Glen Neidt, was
alone in the house and watched every
move of the prowler, but was unseen
knowing that he was discovered, the
prowler fled. Mrs. Neidt was unable to
identify the man and is is possible that
he was a transient, the Neidt house
being so close to the c & N w tracks.
The Ely miner., 1940-04-25
E1joi'ull.e ,eels71eIs.eS
Helps women in Minnesota homes, prepared by the
II Home Demonstration Staff, Extension Division,
H University Farm, ST. Paul Mimi.

but the finishes are a help against
wrinkles and save much pressing. Alice
Linn, clothing specialist, University
Farm, st. Paul.
The Ely miner., 1940-04-25
Canada'S War Steps

Registration of women for war
service, if the need arises, is in
progress at go polls throughout the
province of Manitoba. Canada.
The Ely miner., 1940-04-25

The MINER SELLS Every Thursday
At the ELY NEWS STORE!
The Ely miner., 1940-04-25

. It's more than mere luck that this young mans
"check-up" has won him an o. K for physical
fitness. Day to day he has needed the wise counsel
of Natures wise physician Moderation.
0 Moderation in all things, in work and play, in
eating and drinking, promotes physical good health
That is why beer, the beverage of moderation,
is preferred by those who cherish physical fitness.
1t is this sensible use of beer as mild beverage
which the Brewers of Minnesota seek to promote.
Like all good things its benefits are best distri-
buted through wise regulation. The Brewers of
Minnesota are cooperating with law-enforcement
officers to make the retailing of beer as wholesome
as beer itself.
Published in behalf othe following Minnesota Bre.vere
BOHEMIAN CLUB fITcER FLEcKENSTEN . cLUEK GRAIN
BELT HAMM HAUENsTEN JORDAN KARIsHRAu KATo
kiEWEL PEOPLES PETER BUB SCHMIDT YoERc
Evening star., 1940-01-18
Vandenberg Seeks
To Learn i Russia
Has Kept Promise
Requests Senote to
Ask Roosevelt About
Recognition Obligations

Senator Vandenberg, Republican,
of Michigan today asked the Senate
to call on President Roosevelt to re-
port whether the Soviet government
has lived up to the promises on
which American recognition of Rus
sia was based in 1888.
His resolution was referred to the
Foreign Relations Committee for
study before being considered. It
read as follows:
Resolved, That the President is
requested to report to the Senate,
If not incompatible with the public
interest, whether the Union of Soviet
Socialist Republics has fulfilled the
obligations of the Litvinoff agree
ments of November 16, 1888, upon
which our diplomatic relations with
the Union of Soviet Socialist Repub-
lies were then and are now made
wholly contingent"
Asked in an interview If his reso-
luton was intended as a move to
withdrawing recognition, Senator
Vandenberg replied that draw your
own conclusions. He pointed out,
however, he had placed in the Con-
gressional Record along with, the
resolution an article he wrote re-
Gently, in which he called recogni-
ton of Russia "a colossal blunder"
and suggested it be withdrawn.
The agreements referred to were
embodied in correspondence between
the President and Commissar
Litvinon In 1888. In the statement,
Senator Vandenburg, recalled that
the agreements included a promise
by the Russian government to dis
own any efforts to stir up world
revolution in the United States and
also to pay an old Russian debt to
this country of $435, 100000 The
article contended that Russia has
kept none Of these promises.
When Russia began its recent at
tack on Finland there was wide
speculation for several days over the
possibility that the administration
might withdraw recognition. Con-
flicting opinions were expressed by
members Of Congress on the pro-
posal, however, and 1t died down.
The vandenburg resolution reopened
the discussion.
Evening star., 1940-01-18
Auto Association Held
To Be Practicing Law
Without Authority
Court Soys Attempts
To Adjust Small Claims
Should Be Bonned

Justice Jennings Bailey, in an
opinion on file today In District
Court, condemned certain alleged
practices Of the American Automo-
bile Association, which, he ruled,
constitute the unauthorized practice
of law.
The opinion was the result Of an
action filed against the association
by Richard L. Merrick, chairman of
the Committee on Suppression of
Unauthorized Practice of Law of the
Bar Association Of the District, on
behalf of himself and his colleagues.
An agreed statement Of facts was
submitted to the court in November,
following stipulation entered into
In July, 1887, and Justice Bailey said
that the associations practice Of at
tempting amicably to adjust without
court action claims for property
damage to automobiles for or
against member of the association,
where the amount in controversy is
less than 500. should be banned as
constituting the unauthorized prac-
tice of law.
Justice Bailey declared that the
filling out of blank complaints to be
filed In the Small Claims Court con-
stitutes the practice of law, as does
the conducting Of the association s
Departments Of Claims and Adjust
ments. He said, however, that he
thought the practice Of the associa-
ton in employing counsel should be
encouraged.
The jurist ruled that the obtain
ing Of a name and address of any
motor vehicle owner or arranging
to deposit necessary collateral for q
member who has received q ticket
for violation of minor trafnc regu-
lation do not constitute the unau-
thorized practice Of law.
Evening star., 1940-01-18

The disturbance that was central over
nSed To- move sapdy
centered this morning about 800 miles
south Of Nova Scotia with lowest pressure
about 1.00s millibars t29.76 inchesl. and
trough extends thence west-southwest-
ward to the lower Rio Grande Valley. La
redo. Tex, 1:O0s millibars (o977 inches).
and spartanburg, s. g. 1.O142 millibars
developing over the southern Plateau re-
and asd g spartsnbSrs ,nssaN c.: 1;o142 millibars
Of abnormally hieh pressure and accom-
panied by temperatures from 25 degrees to
the area from the Rocky Mountain region
eastward to the Mississippi and lower
Ohio Valleys and the upper Lake region
The hishest pressure reported this morn
ing was .04S.1 millibers t2Oa5 irches).
ct Hayre. Mont. and the lowest tempera-
Dakotas Pressure remains relatively high
over snd east Of Flcrids. Jacksonville,
mostly lirht. has fallen IN the Rocky Noun
tam region and the southern plains States.
and from the lower Missonri Valley east
ward to the middle Atlantic coast.
Evening star., 1940-01-18
Congress in Brief


Votes on $1,1o1 ,0oO, 900 independ-
ent ofices appropriation bill (late
afternoon).
Naval Committee hears admirals'
testimony on Navy expansion Go
am).
Ways and Means Committee hears
Assistant Secretary of State Henry
Grady on reciprocal trade pacts (l0
a.m).
Special committee continues hear
ing N, L. r. B. trial examiners Go
ann.
Senate:
Considers routine bills on calen-
dar (nooh). May take up Federal
mine inspection proposal.
Elections Committee considers
bill to extend Hatch Act curtailing
political activities by Federal en-
ployes.
Evening star., 1940-01-18

frontier except perhaps in the south,
On the other hand, will Great Brit
ain and France ever be able to de-
tach enough air power from the
triple obligation of home defense,
the Western front and imperial de-
fense to make such a great diver
sion in the north worthwhile? A
weak effort. doomed to defeat be-
fore it begins, had far better never
be made.
The same observation applies to
premature moves on the chessboard
of war. Time and space factors
were never more important in war
than they are today, when war
moves so swiftly and when the con-
sequences Of error may 50 quickly
become irretrievable. OF no human
activity more than modern war may
1t better be remarked, There is a
tide in the affairs of men which
taken at its flood leads on to for
tune"
Nazi Air Attack Must Succeed.
The seizure Of opportunity, the
swift concentration Of superior force
at the decisive time and place-in
word, the well-calculated taking
of risks and the willingness to take
them when opportunity beckons-
this is the soul of modern tactics
and of modern strategy.
Germany, weighing the chances
OF a great air attack against Great
Britain, knows that she must win
with 1t, for if she loses the greater
part Of her air force, exhausts much
OF her precious war reserve of avia-
ton gasoline and fails to achieve
victory In the process she is de-
feated indeed.
The allies, weighing the chances
OF offensive as against defensive
war, OF eccentric as against con-
centrated operations, know that
they, too, cannot afford undue risk
or bad timing and must carefully
balance the risk Of allowing Ger.
many to have time to open up Rus
sian supply sources against the risk
of military defeat as q consequence
of too great dispersion of force or
of ill-considered actions.
Whatever they do must be done
as the result Of thorough and
competent estimate Of the situa-
ton, not as the result of impatience
or unbridled energy on the part Of
civilian ministers or the public.
The consequences Of being at war
are didicult enough to bear; the
consequences Of defeat would be Ear
worse.
tceDyrisht 1910. by New York Tribune.
Inc)
Evening star., 1940-01-18
Allies Plane Orders
Offer Problem 10
j. ). Officials
Taxotion, Coordination
And Financing Reported
Discussed at PorIey
(Story on Page ALL
BY the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
Government authorities had under
consideration today problems arising
out Of British and French proposals
to triple their present orders for
American-made war planes.
British and French officials have
notified this Government, reliable
sources have said, that they con-
template ordering for speedy de-
livery 5000 or more planes and an
even greater number of aircraft
motors. Such orders would call for
further expansion of an aircraft in
dustry already working overtime on
Army, Navy and foreign orders, and
would raise numerous problems OF
taxation, coordination and financ-
ing.
The problem involved were re-
portedly discussed at a conference
yesterday by President Roosevelt.
Secretary Morgenthau and officials
OF the Army, Navy and other de-
partments.
Welcomed as Defense Aid.
Officials have indicated strongly
that a further expansion of manu-
featuring facilities, If orderly, would
be welcomed as an aid to the ma
tional defense.
Provided difficulties already evi-
dent can be ironed out, some manu-
facturers have expressed confidence
the vastly-increased orders could be
completed in 18 months or less With
out delaying requirements Of the
expanding Army and Navy air serv-
ices.
Supplying the engines was re-
ported to be the "bottleneck" of the
problem. They take longer to make
than the planes themselves and ma
terial expansion Of existing plants
promises to involve foreign flnanc-
ing, which in turn would raise tax
complexities With the Treasury.
Allies Trail Germany.
Despite substantial expansions of
their own output, Britain and
France are understood by official
experts to trail Germany materially
in air strength. The Nazis have
stepped up their production to more
than 1000 planes month, accord
ing to reports accepted as reliable
in official circles. This compares
with possibly $500 monthly for the
allies combined.
Field Marshal Goering is credited
also with some 5000 first line war
planes ready for action, and prob
ably as many in reserve. British
and French strength is believed to
be less, but figures are secret.
Evening star., 1940-01-18
u. ). Bureau Predict,
Slight Downturn in
Industrial Output
Small Effect Is Seen
On Domestic Demand
For Farm Products
By the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
The Bureau of Agricultural Eco
nomics reported yesterday that an
industrial downturn was expected
during the first half of 1910, but
that it was not likely to be pro-
longed or severe.
officials emphasized that COM
modify prices appeared to be LESS
vulnerable" than on some other oc-
casions when the industrial situa-
ton was similar. They pointed out
that commodity prices had failed to
respond to the 1889 recovery in
industrial activity and consumer in
come until the outbreak of war in
Europe.
Had the advance in general prices
since August been superimposed
upon a prolonged cumulative RISE"
they said, "the danger of SUBJ
stantial relapse might be serious"
The bureau said the domestic
demand for farm products during
the next few months might not be
affected much by the downturn in
industrial production. which ap-
parently began, it said, in the latter
part of December.
The Federal Reserve Board rated
December's industrial production on
a seasonally adjusted basis at 128
per cent of the 1923-1925 average
the highest index figure ever esti-
mated by the board.
Officials said, however, that the
record peak was statistical illusion,
adding that actual production of
goods was greater in the spring and
early summer of 1929. but did not
scale as high in the index because of
seasonal factors.
The previous high for the board
index was 125 reached in June, 1929,
but ohcials said present figures
should not be compared with those
of 1929 unless allowance was made
for the increase in population, fac
tory capacity and factory efficiency
since then.
A decline in the index was pre-
dicted for January. Although pro-
duction increased somewhat this
month, the gain was not as great as
is expected seasonally.
The Agricultural Bureau reported
that the war had reduced total ex-
ports of American farm products
below the normal amount. 1t said
this situation was likely to continue
through much of this year, at least.
The bureau said the direct effects
Of the war on farm exports were not
uniform. The principal products
which were likely to be hurt, 1t
said, were wheat, cotton ultimate
ly), tobacco and fruits. Those which
may be helped include hog prod
ucts. fats and oils and evaporated
milk,