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st. Paul, Mimi, March 12.-The
senate passed a bill introduced by
| Senator Peterson of Moorhead which
requires that the governor shall reap
| point all old soldiers holding office
under the state unless such office
| holders are declared incompetent by
commission consisting Of the COVER
nor, lieutenant governor and attor-
ney general The vote on passage OF
the bill was 35 to Is.
The Nolan bill, to place all street
! railway lines under jurisdiction of the
state railroad commission, was the
subject of a lengthy debate in the
house. Nolan, Lennon and l.. H.
Johnson ably defended the bill;
Campbell and Washburn opposed it..
1t was finally recommended to pass.
DR.. Graham of Duluth introduced
bill in the house today providing that
counties may build county institu-
| lions for care of their chronic insane;
or that two or more counties may
join in such an enterprise; that the
institution shall be in charge OF a
commission Of three, elected by the
county commissioners, and to first
serve one, two and three years, re-.
spectively, and thereafter to serve
| three-year terms. The state shall al
| low such institutions aid Of So a
week. The three special commission.
| ers shall receive the same pay as
county commissioners.
W. A. Nolan introduced bill CIV
ing the governor full power to re-
move a mayor or president OF vii
lage council, for nonfeasance or mall
feasance in office.
Drug and confectionery stores are
more or less hit by bill introduced
by J. A. Haugland, providing that
malt drinks shall only be sold in
/ public drinking places. Sulerud pre-
scented measure appropriating $780,
900 for the state university to make
an investigation of drainage and SUBJ
(, jugation of peat lands.
The senate this afternoon killed
the Brady house bill, which aimed to
permit each legislator to draw his
entire two year salary Of $1,000 from
! the state by the conclusion of this
session. The existing law says they
shall have $500 each year. Senators
Alderman and Calhoun were for the
bill, and Senators Thorpe, Wilson,
and Sagepg opposed it. On roll call,
It was indefinitely postponed.
The senate committee of the whole
recommended for passage the Pugh
bill to establish scale of service
pay for men of the state naval re-
serve, and fixing the rank of various
officers.
/ The house chamber was given over
this afternoon to public hearing on
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st. Paul, March 13.-The Vail bill,
to exempt from inheritance taxation
a large bequest the Children's Home
of Duluth some day expects to re-
ceive, had somewhat hard shedding
in the senate committee of the whole
today, and but for good work in it's
behalf by Senator Laybourn of Du-
luth Tin the absence of the author
of the bilD it would likely have been
amended to death.
Senator Laybourn, however, sue
ceeded in getting the bill progressed
without any changes. Senator Dur
ment of st. Paul led the opposition.
The woman suffrage bill was on
general orders today, and its author,
Ole Sageng, caused laugh by re-
marking he supposed there was no
opposition to it. On suggestion of
Senator Seward Of Lyon the bill was
progressed until a larger number of
the senate membership could be
present.
Other bills recommended for
passage by the senate committee OF
the whole today included the Wilson
bill, to allow city officers to expend
$500 for appropriate observance of
Memorial Day; the bill by the labor
committee, requiring public service
corporations to pay their employees
at least twice month; the health
committee bill authorizing the state
board of health to establish sanitary
regulations for all wage earners in
their places of employment, and the
Durment bill for S250,000 for extern
sion of the capitol grounds.
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Srreedinn ~ cosneI.

A missionary deaconess in Liberia
has edited in native dialect a book
containing the Ten Commandments,
the Apostles Greed, the doxology and
number of the best known hymns.
The book is not only the first book
published in the dialect, but the first
successful attempt to make 1t writ
ten language.
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Announcement

Ny friends have asked me 10 become
IA candidate for Judge OF the Munici-
pal Court, and | have consented 10
make the run, hoping thal | viii lave
n support Of NY frlend> in this cam
pttyu, | remain
Yours Ry>py,
GiiAS. \. RDfilOFF.
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PROCEEDINGS OF THE
SCHOOL BOARD
DISTRICT NO. Il.
Ely, Mimi, March l, 1909.

LILY MILL, MAJ Gil L, Ivy.
Regular meeting of the school
board called to order by the chair
man, all present except M. E. Glea-
son, he being absent from the city
at the hour of converting the meet
ing.
The minutes of the last monthly
meeting read and approved as read.
The resignation of Mr.. Porter,
manual training teacher, to take
effect Feb. 26, 1909, was read and
resignation accepted. A petition
from F. B. James asking that his
son Fred be excused from attend
ance from school was presented
read and referred to the committee
on schools. A communication
from F. L. Young with reference
to the Savoy school building was
read and referred to the committee
on buildings and grounds.
The committee on finance Wa
directed to make an inventory OF
the policies of insurance on the
buildings and other school property
and make an estimate of valuation
and present to the next regular
meeting of the board with a view
of adjustment of such matters.
Communication from Supt. New
berry relative to the purchase OF
supplies for new Lincoln school;
purchase of rubber discs for valves,
and the purchase of some books for
musical entertainments were APP
proved and the clerk ordered to
purchase the articles mentioned
The cleaning of the Lincoln school
building was referred to the com
mittee on buildings and grounds,
as was also a communication from
Mr.. Daley with refer ence to the
Winton school building basement
Report on the absence of teachers
from the Supt. was referred to the
committee on schools. A conmu-
nication from Henry Chinn relative
to his claim for services as witness
In case of Smith and Vokes was
laid on the table indefinitely.
A contract from the D. &. I. R.
R. Co., to be signed by the dist
riot for telephone in the Lincoln
school was presented and the prop
er officers instructed to execute the
same on the part of the district.
A request of Miss Patterson and
Miss Nickerson with the action of
7. E. Miller and Matt Spreitzer,
authorizing the same for the use
of the auditorium on March %,
1909, for entertainment to be given
by the Carleton College club was
approved.
A request from Miss Garrick to
be excused at close of school each
week on Thursday to take music
lesson before the hour of four
O'Clock was refused and the clerk
instructed to so inform her of the
action of the board.
A request of Mrs. Bartlett to
send her child to school at the
Winton school of this district, she
being resident of Lake county,
was refused. A report of the sixth
monthly meeting of the teachers
was read and ordered filed.
A report was presented and read
from Mr.. Torinus of the buildings
and grounds committee to the eff
feet that they had inspected the
we'll at the White Iron Lake school
and found it satisfactory and advis-
ing the purchase of a pump and
the clerk was instructed to purch-
ase pump for the well and have
it installed.
The 6napce committee reported
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Everything that happens in the next
twelvemonth will be blamed by the SUI
perstitious on the fact that the year
began on Friday. Still, it's being an
odd number may even with these, help
to counterbalance the bad luck.
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JAMES w. BORN E
MUNICIPAL JUDGE
Candidate for
REELECTION.
To the Voters

| take thus meiliud ut lrnautclir TO
he voters Of Ely. hal | am II candi-
date for Mas"r ~ he coming tieci i"n
aud so lct NuIlr >upp"r ~ he pri
aarles and eleci ion IF elected, WI
DO he hesl in ny power I" give the
city a good administration
LOUIS EI>EN
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To the Voters

| annouuce mvself as Candidate
f n he Office of assessor III The forih
primaries and elect ion and So
licit the support for he place If
elected will ill the duties of The office
80 The best Of my abilih
HARRY A SIEIN
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NeeaIeIess COMPASS.

To avoid the trouble besetting COM
passes on steel ships, the metal OF
which defects the needle, a German
inventor has devised needleless one
in the form of a gyroscope, the axis
Of which always adjusts itself par
allel to the earths axis.
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Progressive Arizona.

Very soon railroads will be so thick
In Cochise county that you can't step
out Of night without catching your
foot in frog and getting run over
Tombstone Epitaph. :
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New York is trying so hard to be a
noiseless city that it has even taken
off the gongs from its ambulances.
After all, civilization is realizing that
progress is not din and that slowness
is not necessarily the synonym for
quiet.
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She KnoWsl

Even If you don't tell girl she is
pretty when she isn't she knows it's
because you are bashful.-New York
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MINNESOTA SOLONS
SENATE KILLS RESOLUTION TO
ABOLISH RULES SUSPENSION.
Another Nail Driven in the PROPOSE
ton to Hold Down the Eleven
O'clock Lid.

st. Paul, March 1.-THE house de-
cided today to indefinitely postpone
the Ware and Johnson female stuff
rage bills. The house also knocked
out the Kneeland bill for a conven.
tion to revise the state constitution
62 votes for to 40 against.
Two drainage bills were also put
to sleep by the house. One was to
permit the state drainage commits.
sion to survey and improve as it saw
fit for drainage purposes, such
streams within the state as are not
under federal jurisdiction. The Sec
ond bill appropriated $4,000 of state
money for improvement of water
courses in Sibley county. Represen-
tative Opsahl of Beltrami, as chair
man of the drainage committee, gave
a majority report for adoption of the
bills A minority report was adopted
for indefinite postponement.
A. L. Hanson had a bill to appro-
pirate $4,000 for a hospital at the
state agricultural college, ST. An.
thony Park.
An important reform bill was in
PRODUCED by Senator Sullivan of
Saltwater. 1t requires the governor
to appoint one member of the board
of control, who with the warden of
the state prison and the superin-
tendent of the state reformatory,
shall visit the various states where
indeterminate sentences for punish
ment of all crime are in effect, and
report as to the advisability of adopt
ing such a law in Minnesota. The
bill appropriates $500 for the actual
expenses of the commission.
The railroad committee of the SEN
ate has taken unexpected action, in
voting to recommend for passage the
Vail bill, prohibiting transportation
rates for non-bessemer ore to be more
than 60 per cent of the rate on bes-
semer; and also the eastman bill for
a distance tariff.
The house this afternoon, in COM
mittee of the whole, voted to recon-
mend the White bill for passage; linn
fling saloons in future to one for each
500 of population, and voted to indefi-
nitely postpone the so-called mid
night lid" bill, to permit saloons to
remain open till twelve instead OF
eleven p. m.
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Notice for Publication.
Department. of tbe Interior
Jnlted States Land Office, Duluth,


Mimi.
July Ith. 1858.
No'lcc Is hereby given tnaL Anon
HeafS"n, uT superior, MIS-, WHO, on
Juiy IN, 1903. made Application los ii
Timber aud Stone owurn stat, meat
No O9S. for he E4 ~ : E4 see 10 &
w II SA4 SC. 20 tp.6O n K ii V F..
4ih L. mas filed notice of Intent .o,,
% make Finai Ptouf, 10 establish
claim 80 he aud dpuv de,,.tiDs4d, be.
Tore tie REGISTER aud Receiver IF tt,e
Quilted SAFES Ltud Otlic,. a. Duutll.
Minn on lie l3Ln day ct Nay 1869.
tidltna", nauI' : WI ness, =: JanIi
tstIck>un, .i"h' Gtiili il. ~ uu1mti,II-
II u ana Oi''i . ~"n, an 81 sup. flul
WIS.
]. c. HERMAN ENGEL,
Register.
} u 81
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the following accounts as audited
by them and recommended their
payment which was approved and
the accounts ordered paid: S
Orr & Locket, supplies, &c., $40. 40
Chas Scribner & Sons,-- @ 3 90
D. Appleton & Co., - 4.S0
A. c. McLurg & Co., text
books @ 800 23.1S
American Book Co., text
books 400
German Electric Co., Sup. -. o.25
ST. Croix Lumber Co.,
hanging window blinds,
etc., Winton school - 600
D M Kinear Venetian blinds 1920
Oliver Iron Mining Co., sup. $40
Hammacher- Schlemmer Co.,
supplies 23.O5
e. L. Robbins. tuning
pianos ...... ..... 1850
E. G. Hslliard & Co., rub
Der mating .............. 1oO.99
E. G.. Hilliard & Co., door
mats ......... 1880
Ely Miner, printing 5000
Jos. Weed, draying ..... 1.5O
Luther Ford & Co., supplies 1850
Standard Oil Co., gasoline 1872
]. D. Lowe, Boiler inspector 600
St. Croix Lumber Co., sup. 80
Henry Chinn, Agent, rent
Miller building 26.65
City of Ely light and water o4.31
John Bedford, drayage and
freight $500. =. ............... 1857
A. A. harrington, transcript
evidence ......... ........ ........... 10000
Frank Veranth, fuel Jan. $3.50
John Bedford, drayage and
freight, Feb. ................... ......... 1864
John Bedford, transportation
Feb. .......: ...... ........ $500
A. ]. Thomas, kilograms -. ITS
Frank Veranth, Fuel, Feb. SS.71
c. J. Anderson, Laundry
work -. COL
John Johnson, Labor. ............. LOO
Ed. Takkunen, Labor ......... =. LOO
Ed. Nixon, Fuel, 500 90 and
$500 141.OO
The committee on schools re-
ported that they had procured the
services of Harry ]. Scharr to take
the position of Manual Training
Teacher to be made vacant by the
resignation of Mr.. Porter at a
salary of one hundred dollars per
month for the balance of the school
year, the report of the committee
was approved and the proper Of
ficers directed to enter into a con-
tract with Mr.. Scharr on the terms
stated.
The committee on teachers re-
ported the names and recommend
ations thereon of the present teach
ers employed for reelection which
was approved and the clerk was in
structed to notify each person
elected of such fact and notify
them to inform the clerk within
five days after notice received by
each of them of their acceptance,
and in case of no acceptance or any
communication from them within
the time, that it would be con-
sidered refusal to serve and that
the position would be open for fur
ther disposition.
On the adoption of the report,
M. E. Gleason having arrived
home came to the meeting and all
members of the board were present
and voted on the approval of the
report which was carried.
The question of hiring teachers
having been acted upon, motion
was made that.we proceed to act
upon the question of retaining
Supt. Newberry for the next school
year, which was carried.
Supt. Mewberry then stated to
the board that he wished to with
draw his name and resign as can
didate for the position of Supt. for
the next school year, whereupon a
motion was made and carried that
the board accept such withdrawal
and resignation.
A THOM C1or1
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TIMBER LAND. ACT JUNE 3. 1879.
Notice for Publication.
United States Land office
Duluth Mimi.

Dec 30th 1907
Notice is hereby given that in com
pliance with the provisions of the act
of Congress of June 1873 entitled
An act for the sale of timber lands in
the States of California Oregon Ne
vada and Washington Territory" as
extended to all the Public Land States
by act of August 4. 1892
Andrew Turing OF Moprhead. County OF
Clay, State Ell Minnesota. has this day
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HARRY A STEIN
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1909-08-25
Publicity Prevents Graf.

The tendency among officials of the
nation, state, county, city and school
district is to make their proceedings
as secret as possible. Such moves
are in the interest of graft and hood
ling and are against the best interests
OF the taxpayers and people in gen.
eral. The more public the acts of all
officials are made, the less likely will
there be graft in public funds.
We have yet to find taxpayer who
objects to the publication of acts of
public officials because of the expense.
In every case the objection has
come from state officials, legislator,
a county official, councilman or a
school director, who is interested in
covering up something. They sud-
denly become greatly interested in
saving something for the dear tax
payers. The cost of making the acts
of officials public is very small COM
pared with the good it does in keep
ing officials straight, not because of
desire for doing right in many
cases, but from fear of being found
out.
We need more publicity. The tax
payers want it and they should have
it, Why should public officials OBJ
ject, so long as the people do not?
Every council and every school board
should be required TO make monthly
publications as to their expenditures
and other acts. If this were done
there would be much less money
squandered.- Journal.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1909-08-25
WEDDING TOMORROW.
Mr.. Olaf Qually of Mahnomen.
MINI. and Miss Stella Neseth of
Ridgeway to be United i'm
Marriage.

Tomorrow Thursday, at the
home of the brides parents, Mr. and
Mrs. o. A. Neseth at Ridgeway. will
occur the marriage of their daugh-
ter, Miss Stella, to Mr.. Olaf Qualley
of Mahnomen, Mimi, Rev. o. j.
Kvale of Orfordville, Wis, brother
Of the groom officiating. 1t will be
quiet home wedding, attended on
ly by immediate relatives. After the
ceremony the newly married couple
will come to DEBORAH to spend a few
days, thence to Minneapolis, and
from there will go to Mahnomen.
Mimi, where their home will be.
The bride is charming young lady
of grace and refinement, who is held
in high esteem by all who know
her. She will make splendid
helpmate for her chosen husband.
The groom was for a good many
years bookkeeper at the Ben Bear
clothing store in this city, and a
few months ago went to Mahnomen,
Mimi, and associated himself with
the Security Savings Bank. He is
man of excellent character, ability
and pleasing disposition, and readily
makes friends wherever he goes.
Their many friends in DEBORAH
join us in wishing them all the joys
of happy welded life.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1909-08-25
Married i'm Minneapolis.

Last Thursday morning, at St.
Stephens Catholic church, Minneap-
oils, Rev. FIR. Reilly officiating, oc-
Cured the marriage of Mr.. Thomas
X. Kelly of Minneapolis to Miss Ma
belle Agnes Weldon, daughter of Mr..
and Mrs. Thos. Weldon of this city.
The bride is a charming and &C
complished lady of rare grace and re-
finement, who grew up to woman
hood in the city respected and ad-
mired by a large circle of friends
and acquaintance. The groom is a
prominent young business man of
Minneapolis, being proprietor of the
T. K. Kelly sales system, mercantile
brokers, with offices in Chicago.
Minneapolis and Winnipeg, and is
a young man who stands high in the
Twin Cities and everywhere he is
known. They will live in the Ken
saw apartment house, Minneapolis.
Decorahians generally will unite
with us III neartiest congratulations
and best wishes.
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was a splendid exhibition, the dar-
ing acts thrilling the spectators.

was splendid exhibition, the dar-
ing acts thrilling the spectators.
In the afternoon there was a
good crowd at the fair grounds. At
the opening of the afternoon pro-
gram Mayor F. w Daubney in a
fine speech introduced Congress
man G. N. Haugen of Northwood,
an old time Winneshieker who spoke
for a half hour, delivering an adj
dress that greatly pleased his audi
tors. He was given close attention,
and was heard again with much
pleasure by his old friends in this
county.
The free performances by the
Velde Trio, the Bottomley Troupe,
the Trick House Act, and Arnaldo's
wild animal show were all witness
ed with great pleasure by the visi-
tors. We have never had anything
in DEBORAH that even approached
them. We regret that we haven't
the space to describe each at length.
The ball game between the Chica-
go City League teams, Galatians
Logan Squares and Anson's Colts
was won by the former, score s to
3. 1t was fine game and delighted
the big crowd. Their games today
and Thursday will be big features of
the days programs.
On account of going to press Tues
day afternoon instead of Wednes-
day as usual, we can make only brief
mention of the Home Coming pro-
gram, but we are assured that ev-
erything advertised will take place
except the addresses by Senators
Dolliver and Cummins. A great
program has been prepared, great
crowds are here, and the people are
having a great time.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1909-08-25
Home Corners Meeting Friday
Morning.

Don't forget the Home Corners
meeting at the Grand opera house
at $50 O'Clock Friday morning
This will be one of the most enjoy
able gatherings of the week, when
everyone who is here visiting. and
the citizens as WELL are invited to
assemble at the Grand opera house,
for an old time Renaissance meet
ing. There will be short addresses
by Senator Martin N. Johnson of
North Dakota, Hon. Jesse A. Gregg
of st. Paul, Rev. DR.. H. H. Green of
this city, Hon. A. F. Anundsen of
Detroit, Mimi. and several others.
Come prepared to say something
yourself. 1t will be general camp
meetin' of old timers, just for a
good time, and things will be as in
formal as possible.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1909-08-25
Canadians Win and Lose.

ball team spent few days here last
week, on their trip through the
northwest under the management
Eof Fred Schoonmaker, formerly of
this city. In the game here on Tues
day they defeated DEBORAH II to 1.
Wednesday the DEBORAH team was
victorious to 4. Friday DEBORAH
won by the score of II to 2. All
three games were witnessed by small
crowds.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1909-08-25
HOME COMING IS ON.
DECORAH'S GREATEST WEEK
OPENED AUSPICIOUSLY
ON MONDAY.
Hundreds of Former Residents and
Great ThrOngs of Nearby PeO-
pie Come to the Mecca of
Northeast Iowa to Help
Celebrate Great
Event.

In a blaze of electricity, a maze
of flags and bunting, and with ideal
weather, the Winneshiek County
Home Coming Festival and Fair op-
ened with suspicious surroundings
on Monday The elimination of the
efforts of the citizens of DEBORAH for
weeks past to get a large crowd
here and to give them the greatest
program of amusements and attrac-
lions ever seen in a town the size
of DEBORAH seem to be a great sue
cess, and the first two days give ev-
cry indication that the hopes of
those who have had the matter in
charge are to be realized.
Hundreds of Home Corners are
here, from east, west, north and
south, from city and hamlet and
rural community, all joining to-
gether in the big program offered
them by the people of DEBORAH.
The decorations of the city are
more extensive and elaborate than
we have ever seen in a city the size
of DEBORAH. From one end of the
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1909-08-25
Complete New Account Systems.

MIR. Wallace c. Porter, represent
ing the McCaskey account system,
has been in the city for three or
four days. On recent visits here he
sold McCaskey systems to N. II.
Croft, Adolph Gjevre and George A.
Lomen. Each credit customer re-
ceives a duplicate slip of the charge
accounts are itemized and footed
at all times, and there is complets
check upon every account, thus
greatly lessening the liability to err
ror. They are fine systems and
their customers will appreciate them
as much as the owners.