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The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1904-02-05

roams the red deer, the moose, the black
bear, the timber wolf, and many less
er animal. 1t is these that interest my
friend Moore, for scholar and refined
gentleman though he is, he is yet a
woodsman who has spent the great ma
jority of his more than Go years in the
forest, pitting his cunning against that
of the wild animals.
Been a bear here this morning" said
Moore, as we stood on top of little
mountain of granite which l had been
surprised to find him climb over rather
than walk around.
l waited for explanations, for had
learned in the school of experience that
it hardly paid to display too dense an
ignorance by asking fool questions, and
for aught knew the bear might then be
in sight. If It was the presence of Moore's
rifie-in his hands-gave me an assur-
ance of comparative safety, and pre-
vented my knees from shaking.
THAT old log must have yielded a
goodly supply of ants for his breakfast"
and he walked over and kicked at the
remains or rotten tree.
The log told the story. When exam
ined closely even novice could find the
print of bruins teeth where he had
chewed into bits to get at the dainties
which it contained and the dampness
which the rotten wood still held, despite
the warm sunshine, was sufficient evil
dence that Bruin had Toasted not long
before. Still l kept still. To hazard a
wrong opinion was worse than asking
questions. 1t doesn't pay to appear too
knowing with these experts.
Five minutes later, when we broke
into the bush at the base of the little
mountain of granite we reused Brdin
from his after-breakfast nap and sent
him crashing through the underbrush
ahead of us, but out of sight, and Moore's
81 thought So" was the only evidence
| had that he realized the correctness of
his previous statements.
Moore is not typical of the guides of
that North Country as whole, though
he is typical of a class. To be exact,
Moore is not guide, but woodsman, a
trapper and hunter, a lover of the gran
deur of nature. He will paddle no mans
canoe for matter of dollars and cents
only, nor is he generous in the matter of
imparting the mysteries of woodcraft
to those who pay in coin only. But once
you know Moore as friend things are
different He will charge you fair rate
for his services, to be sure, for 1t is by
such services that he earns the bacon
and bread that constitute the menu at
his cabin home in the forest when game
is out of season. But his charges are
small in comparison to what he gives.
The morning Of the Bruin incident
was one of my first experiences with
Moore in the bush. To be sure l had
known him about our camp, where he
was the presiding genius. and where he
served us meals the chef OF an Astor
could not have equaled in our estima-
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1904-02-05
MINNESOTA NEWS.
DR.. Aues Wins.

DR.. A. A. Ames, eX-mayor OF Mime
apolis, is free man.
The supreme court of the state has
decided that he was not proven guilty
of having accepted the bride charged
in the indictment, which was returned
by the famous Hennepin county grand
jury.
To the surprise of the majority OF
those who looked for a reversal OF the
lower court the supreme court holds
that the Indictment on which the may
or was tried was all right.
The opinion of the court, which Is
concurred in by the majority OF the
members, is that the Indictment was
properly drawn and specified certain
crime, but that the evidence in the
trial did-not prove DIR. Ames guilty OF
the crime charged.
That the case has been hard one
for the court to decide is shown by the
fact that the five judges found it i'm
possible to agree upon the same
grounds
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1904-02-05

ton. l had followed in the wake OF his
canoe through lake and river, sweating
and putting to keep my own bark in
sight of his propelled by long, easy
strokes of his noiseless paddle. l had
crossed the portages with him, wonder
ing at his easy swinging stride, as with
boat swung lightly over his shoulders,
he piloted it and himself through the
dense underbrush, always sure of where
he was going, never guessing, never
missing, though not sign of path OF
footprint could 1 see. But it was not
until came under Moore's tutelage as
trapper and hunter, and became classed
among his friends of the bush, that
really knew him. And it was not until
this time that he displayed any patience
with my ignorance or my inability tc
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1904-02-05

highway Of commerce. Millions OF
bushels OK wheat, corn, oats, rye, barley,
potatoes. millions of pounds of tobacco.
cotton, sugar, millions of tons OF hay.
thousands and tens of thousands OF live
stock, valued away up into the billions
of dollars, is what these states border
ing on the Mississippi produce every
year. And of this amount the present
river traffic, which is largely local
in charcter, there being only one
through line of steamers between
st. Louis and ST. Paul, and only
one or two between st. Louis ana new
Orleans, amounts to less than $4OO,ooo,-
900 a year. And when it is remembered
that this amount includes the large lum-
Der interests, which use the river almost
exclusively for the rafting OF their logs
and lumber down the river, 1t is not
large sum, as it might at first glance ap-
pear.
The industry of log-raft towing on the
upper river is the one interest which the
railroads have failed to win away from
the river Into the everyday rant
enough logs are bound and sent down
the river to load mile or two OF rail-
road fiat cars. Hundreds of millions OIL
feet of these logs find the river the cheap
est and best method of transportation,
and during the spring, when the water
is high, the business is rushed. A month
or two later, abyMoau,t NIB i,OlL( acl
or two later, about May, when the warm
winds begin to stir through the valley,
other classes of craft emerge from their
winter quarters, and by midsummer the
navigation of the upper river has be-
come a veritable spectacle. The follow
ing description of these scenes is given
by a writer in Scribner's:
"St. Louis liners-to the river what
the limited express is to the train ser
vice-straining every fiber to make their
500 mile run in eight days, stopping at
none but important landings. and then
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1904-02-05
Fire at state School.

Fire which broke forth in the roof
of the main building at the state pub
lie school at Owatonna destroyed the
interior of the north wing and part OF
the central portion of the structure.
The flames are believed to have ORR
ginated from defective furnace hue
and probably had burned sometime be-
fore they had been discovered.
Facilities being poor for fighting the
fire help from the city was called by
telephone. The message was misun-
derstood, and a run was made to the
eastern part of the city, mile and
half away. When finally reached the
fire was beyond control.
The south wing, children's dining
room and the kitchen were damaged
by smoke. All the school furniture
was saved, tho Engineer Balch and his
wife lost all their property.
Nineteen babies dorniciled in the
south wing were removed safely.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1904-02-05

low and he had waded out a considerable
distance when l slipped in between him
and the shore with my canoe from
around the point. He gave me hard
fight when he found himself cornered,
but he never got to shore until dragged
him there"
And so the modest little stories of his
own exploits, mixed with bits of wood
craft, went on for half an hour or more,
after we had clambered down and
stopped for a rest on rock near the
waters edge. 1t was half hour that
was typical of many have spent with
this friend of the North Country. Ip~
letters from him now and then, and IN
them is always hint Of the same things,
for he writes me of what he Is doing,
of the familiar places, of the hooks and
crannies of the primeval forest and its
mysteries that are as Greek to the nov
ice, but are as primer in the hands of
learned scholar to him, and these let
tiers come as a ray of sunshine through
the long winter that must be passed
away from that paradise-the Ontario
forests
WRIGHT A. PATTERSON
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1904-02-05
Butter Contest.

A large number of buttermakers OF
Minnesota have agreed to enter a ma
tional butter scoring contest which
will be held in Chicago under the di-
rection of the dairy division Of the
United States department of agricul-
ture and the National Dairy associa-
ton. Commissioner Mcconnell of the
state dairy and food commission re-
ceived word from Secretary E. SUDDEN
dorf of the natioaal association that
500 buttermakers in the United States
have agreed to enter the contest and
that Minnesota contri butes the largest
number of entries of all states.
There will be six scoring tests, the
first two of which will be held at Chi
cago and the last four at louisiana
Purchase exposition at ST. Louis The
first two scorings will be held in Feb
uary and March. Minnesota has won
three national butter scoring contests
in succession.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1904-02-05

only to touch and go, promenades gay
with tourists, lounging crew of black
deck hands chanting down-south songs
on the forecastle, troop of white-jack
eted walters fitting about the cabin;
trim Burlington night boats black with
passengers, and asking no favors Of any
railroad; rival fleets Of down-bound
raft-boats pushing forests of wet, glis-
tening logs, and sometimes tow Of
sweet-smeffing sawed lumber; raft
boats and consort bowboats, dashed
abreast, hurrying north after fresh
loads; new-painted, gaudy excursion
boats with brass bands and dancing
barges; heavy-laden small-fry packets,
main deck guards in the water; million
aires Households, gorgeously furnished.
dainty gas and steam launches, bright
with brass work and blazing awnings.
This is the upper Mississippi in summer
time, wonderful land of painted hills
and great sweeps of ,gilded water, land
of warm sunshine and lazy breezes,
happy highway of gala pleasure traffic
and rollicking commerce"
But with the river improved in &C
cordance with the latest plans and hopes
of those who have never abandoned
the Mississippi to its seeming fate,
the traffic on the river would
assume a more dignifed and Sc
rious and important aspect. In 1864
the Mississippi touched the lowest mark
in it's known history. Taking this as
basis, it was decided with an easy non
chalance, to establish and maintain a
channel between st. Paul and New Or
leans in which even at low water mark
of "a there should be sufficient water
to float steamboats, of the type and
draught in use on the rivers several di-
visions. What sort of a labor it has been
and will continue to be, to persuade the
Mississippi to accept the governments
plan, only the commissions and army
engineers who have coaxed and fought
her these many years can tell adequately.
1t is the opinion of Gen. j. H. Simpson,
of the United States engineers, in charge
of the Mississippi from the Illinois
river to the mouth of the Ohio. that
seven appropriations of 81 100000 each
would accomplish as much as 20 of $780,
900 each. IF appropriations" he says,
"are limited to 100000 or Whereabouts
per year, it could not bring permanent
improvements toward deep water
channel" The weakest link in the st.
Louis and New Orleans trade is found
in the 200 miles below the former point.
Here much deeper channel is required
to accommodate the increased steam
boat draught necessary to lower river
traffic. Although over this 20O-mile
stretch there is seldom a time when
light draught steamers are not able to
navigate, there are periods when steam
ers loaded according to the demands of
their traffic have been forced to tie up
because of obstructing shoals. This il
one of the important sections of the river
which would require attention to make
complete the deep water channel from st.
Paul to the Gulf, and that which as been
SO often proposed may yet become a
reality, instead of an attractive dream.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1904-02-05
Indian Killed In a Row.

st. Paul, Mimi, Feb. l. = A Helena
(Mont.) special to the Dispatch says:
According to report just received from
Camas Prairies, Blackfoot reservation,
an Indian by the name of Anton Nikolo
was shot twice through the body by an
other Indian named William and died
almost instantly. The Indians were
having a spree, and it is alleged they be-
came involved in quarrel over squaw,
and shooting followed.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1904-02-05
THROUGH THE BUSH
Mysteries of the Forest Explained
by an Ontario Guide.
SKETCH OF A CHARACTER
A Man Who Loves the Forest and It's
Anfmals-His Little Exploits In
the North Country-TypI-
cal of u Class.

It4lIOuil HE LINE or least resistance
:: : !: :: ): :: :: !:
- long wanderings to save
climbing over a fallen tree or an unu-
sually large granite bowlder, but it was
the gist of his remarks.
Young fellow"-and he didn't say
''feller," either, for Moore is scholar
and speaks the kings English, being
Canadian, to PARLIAMENTARY you have
tramped through the bush as many
weeks as have years you will learn the
quickest way is the one that will get you
there easiest"
The place was the heavy timber lands
lying between the MusEoka lakes and
Georgian bay in Ontario. The time was
last summer. The occasion was lit
tie fishing expedition Moore had pre-
pared for my benefit which led us from
our own camp on Kah-pee-kog lake to
Gympsim lake, some three miles dis
tant.
Moore Is not an angler, though he
catches fish when he needs them, and to
do 1t he uses one-cent hook, bit of
slender sapling, and piece of linen line
that has already passed several seasons
away from the store where it was pur-
chased. 1 was rather inclined to laugh
at the outfit when l first knew Moore.
and compare it with my own split bam-
boo, my jeweled reel, my expensive
hooks and silk lines, but on our first ex-
perience together Moore caught the fish
while l was casting for strike"
1t is a wild country, that primeval
forest land. Through it's bush there
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1904-02-05
Experiments Are Successful.

st. Louis, Feb. 1. = Successful expert
ments with wireless telegraphy have
been conducted between st. Louis and
Chicago this week by George S. Piggott,
a young man living in Chicago. Pig
gott established his crude instrument in
the kitchen at the home of his friend,
R. M. Gillespie, here. The instrument
in Chicago was located at his home al
Chicago At a certain time his mother
in Chicago, was to send specified sig
nails. The test was successfully made
Young Piggott has returned to Chicago
but intends to return here and conduct
further experiments.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1904-02-05
Charged with Counterfeitinx.

New York, Feb. Three men were
arrested and counterfeiting machinery
and dies were seized at a houseiin the
Greenpoint section of Brooklyn Satur-
day by United States secret service de-
tectives. The men in custody gave their
names as James Smith, William Smith
and Frank Marshall. 1t is alleged they
were turning out United States half
dollars from Mexican coins of tbs same
denomination.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1904-02-05
RECOVER 1SO Bodies.

Pittsburg. Jan. 30.-When the work
of recovering bodies was stopped Fri
day evening the remains of $50 vic
mated that 20 more are buried under
the extensive fall of slate brought
about by the explosion, and 1t will be
several days before they caa be recov-
cred.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1904-02-05
Will Not Hang.

The Nelson boys will not hang.
Their sentence of death was COM
muted by the state board of pardons
TO one of life Imprisonment, and they
are now at Saltwater.
The crime for which Henry and
Charles Nelson must spend the remain
der of their lives in prison was the
brutal murder of Henry Krier at Owa-
tonna The boys have little to say re-
garding the Communication of their SEN
tence, but are glad to be allowed to
live
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1904-02-05
Rewarded.

You'll die if you close that safe
door" said A. Thompson, janitor of the
College Inn, Minneapolis, as he point
ed revolver at Miss Edith Brown,
cashier and bookkeeper of the Inn.
ethan I'll de-" replied the plucRy
maiden and she slammed the door and
threw the combination.
The janitor who resumed the role
of safe cracker, fed, and now the
plucky maiden is wearing a beautiful
500 diamond ring which was presented
to her by Slattery, Lubby and COM
pany, proprietors of the Inn, as mark
of appreciation of her bravery.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1904-02-05
A NEW MISSISSIPPI.
Renewed Effort to Secure Deep
Water Channel from St. Paul.
PANAMA CANAL REEVES TOPIC
Money Which the Government Has
Already Expended in Improving
the Waterway - Insignificant
Nature of Traffic of To-Day.


z1SA ties of the mighty Missis-
sippi river as it threads it's
AWEK way from the great -four
.sI&zs making city of the north
west to the gulf port of
New Orleans is ever fascinating sub
ject of contemplation. The hope of re-
covering from the staggering blow
which the railroads dealt river naviga-
ton years ago has never been aban-
doned. And now that the Panama canal
is practical certainty Of the near future,
1t has stirred to renewed activities those
interested in the Improvement of the
Mississippi, for the interoceanic canal
will make more accessible the vast mar
kets of the east, and with a six-foot
channel in the Mississippi from st. Paul
and Minneapolis, ocean-going steamers
could load at those points and an i'm
mense saving be made in shipping
rates.
An association known as the Upper
Mississippi Improvement association,
representing the five states bordering on
the upper Mississippi, has been organ
lied for the purpose of agitating the
project. A delegation representative Of
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1904-02-05
Never Too Late.

1t is never too late to learn that you
may be too preyious.-Chicago Daily
News
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1904-02-05
Butter Scores.

The state dairy and food depart
ment announced the following prize
winners in the third monthly butter
contest:
First prize, Ssh. j. Rosenau, Meri-
den, Steele county; score, 81.
Second prize, SIN. G. Koepsell,
Ridgeway, Winona county; score, 96H.
Third prize, $2-F. w. Steinke, Com
frey, Brown county; score, 964.
There were 10 contestants, and the
average score was about 90. G. j. Bang
of Elmore got a score of 90, thus being
a close contestant for the third place.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1904-02-05
News Notes.

Chicago, Great Western earnings for
the second week in January show an
increase of S11,s73.
Carl Miller, cashier of the Bank of
Dierz, is missing, and his friends are
unable TO find him. His books were
checked over prior to his leaving and
found to be right
Martin Kueblcr has been appointed
special officer of the Humane society
at Winona, to succeed Mr. Schwegel.
The Clay county bank, at FELTON,,
has closed its doors under peculiar cir
cumstances. 1t is estimated that the
assets are about $50, 900, with liabilities
of only $4,000.
The Lydia Cooperative Creamery as
ISOLATION held its annual meeting and
elected the following officers: Presi-
dent, w. j. Casey; treasurer, Edward
Dubbe; directors, o. r. Borchardt, o.
w. Mueller and Aug. Zimmerman.
Owing to the decrease in the bicycle
craze, the receipts of the city clerk of
Minneapolis have fallen off during the
last year to the extent of SO, 900.
Spicer is to have new bank. The
safe and fixtures have been purchased
and a location secured. j. L. Brown
will be president, William Olson,
vice-president, and B. f. I1uchman,
cashier.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1904-05-13

Englishmen, at least the more pro gressive among them, are finally awakening to the absurdity of the old law which establishes what are known as ancient lights says an exchahge
 Under this law windows which have been in existence for nineteen years or more cannot be deprived of light by the construction of neighboring build- ings without due compensation having been made to the owner. Tn other words. an owner of land cannot erect a building which will shut in any or the windows Of neighboring buildings, providing the latter have been in ex- istence for nineteen or more years, without making himself liable to ex- tensive damages. Moreover, the dam aged owner can prevent the erection of any such building which will take away his light if he wishes to do so. The light. by virtue of the time he has enjoyed it, has become part of his property. Efforts are now being made to have this relic of past ages repealed. It is this more than anything else that has prevented tne erection of high buildings in London 7atIl 4t18 #
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1904-05-13
MUST WRITE HIS
 NAME 37. .OOO TIMES.

Mayor Mcclellan yesterday made a discovery which made him sick at heart and bids fair to give him writer's cramp The bidders for tic recent issue of $37, 100000 of city bonds have exercised their legal right and demand ed coupon bonds. That means the bonds must be signed separately, the mayor and comptroller's name having to be written 37,0OO times each.
 "The comptroller grinned and gave ternoon.,' said the mayor. that a thou sand signatures a day is a fair day's work. That means thirty-seven days. not counting Sundays He also added that the law authorizes him to let his two deputies divide the work. But in my case no one is authorized to sign for me unless I fall off somewhere.
 ''So I'll have to start in tomorrow and begin to sign. I will sign and sign and sign until I get writer's paralysis and then I'll take a little vacation. President Fornes will become acting mayor and he can sign and sign and sign. When he gives out lie can go out into the country and rest up and Vice President Timothy F. Sullivan will be. acting mayor. He can sign some more. and by that time I'll be rested up and come back.
 Just think of sitting here hour after hour writing George B. Mcclellan during this beautiful springtime. TI1ir- ty-seven thousand signatures, and all mine. can see the looks of some of them when I get along in the stretch
 New York Press
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1904-05-13
TIP.

One Of the Washington Dotetakers sums up the talk he is now lleariug from veteran democratic politicians ill this way: Parker has killed off Hearst; Hearst will kill off Parker at St Louis; then we'll nominate the right man." Tuesday he asked one of these veterans to give him q tip o1 the right man. s'Keep your eye oil John Sharp Williams was the tip he got.
 Williams himself, who is a Parker man at present, says that talk Of tHis sort is nonsensicaI. He may be right about it; we don't know What VIC dc know is that he's q very attractive gentleman and that if le lived ii Au- rora, III. or Terre Haute, Ind, instead of i'll YaZoo, Miss, he'd very dan gerous rival under the actual condi- tions for any democrat yet mention ed" He was only eleven years old when Grant and Lee had their talk at Appomatox, but he's the son of q con federate colonel who fell aG SLiloh. Besides practicing law and politics, he plants cotton. His leadership in the house has delighted his party. Though he's roofing for Parker this spring, Hearst is said to have liking fer him. He is to be temporary chairman at St Louis, unless the slate is revised. That means that he is to make the first speech i'll the convention. If he tickles
 the ears and warns the '1nnar(ls'' of the assembled democrats as he's capa- ble of doing, and if under the two thirds rule an impatient convention presently finds itself taking ballot af- ter ballot without getting candidate there's no telling what will happen Most likely the nomination Of John Sharp Williams will not happen; his locality is big handicap, though it ought not to be. But all the same be might as well take out political acci- dent insurance policy before starting fer St Louis. Hartford Courant.