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The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1909-08-20

THE down-state croakers who
are continually harping to the eff
feet that the steel corporation was
only blufing the people with the
proposed erection of steel plant
at Duluth, will please notice that
the work so far done has cost
$1,000, 900 and that So 900, 900 will
be spent in approaches, grounds
and bridges before the actual work
on the SIS, 900, 900 plant can begin.
But, what is the use of trying to
talk to some of these cheap polite
ians whose narrow minds cannot
concern more than a thousand or
two at the most and whose fore
sight cannot focus anything out
side of their immediate township.
We would advise them to take a
little of the time so industrously
utilized in lodging taxes and come
up and see an expansive country
that through the progressivness of
it's citizens is being rapidly made
the one section of the state that in
a few years will be pointed to with
pride and referred to as the bull
wark of Minnesota. And remember
also that we already pay over 80
per cent of the states taxes in ST..
Louis county alone.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1909-08-20
Notice for Bids

Notice is hereby given that the un-
dersigned will receive sealed proposals.
until Aug. Both at o'clock p. m. of
said day for the transportation of
school children from Winton to the
Ely High and Central schools and re-
turn.
The work to begin with the COM
mencement Of school and continue
through the school year
Specifications of the service TO be
performed may be seen at the Office of
the undersigned or at the office Of the
Board at the High School.
The person to whom such service is
awarned will be required to give a
satisfactory bond for the faithful per-
fOrmance Of the work
/ The right is reserved to reject any
or all bids
All proposals should be marked
"Bid for Transportation"
II. E. MILLER, Secretary,
Board of Education.
School Dist. No. II.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1909-08-20
Notice for Bids


Notice is hereby given that the I'M
dersigncd will receive sealed proposals
until Aug, Both at 2p IN. of said day
for delivering coal from cars TO the
different school buildings in the city
and at the Savoy location. Cars con-
tanning coal for Savoy school will be
spotted covenient to the building and
other cars near depot.
Proposals should state the price per
ton for such delivery.
The person TO whom this service is
awarded will be requested to give a
satisfactory bond for the faithful per-
fOrmance Of the work. All proposals
should be marked, Ibid for deliverin
coal"
The right Is reserved to reject any
or all bids.
Il. E. MILLER, Secretary,
Board of Education,
School Dist. No IL,
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1909-08-20

A Duluth daily comes to the
front this week with an editorial
claiming the Duluth commission
men would rather pay higher rates
for produce in some other part of
the country than give the farmers
in this district show. 1t is also
claimed that a man shipping veget-
ab1es into the Duluth commission
houses would be Iucky if he was
not billed for the freight. The
commission houses however claim
that the demand is so much larger
than what can be furnished that it
does not pay to bother with the
small shipper.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1909-08-20
Applicationfor Liquor
License

State of Minnesota,
County of ST. Louis. %.
Notice is hereby given that applica-
ton has been made i'm writing to the
city council of the city of Ely and
praying for license to sell intOxicat-
ing liquors in the lower front room of
the building situated.on lot 5, block
5, Cranes re-arrangement of lots l to
4 block 5, original plat of Ely, and to
the following named person, to-wit:
FRANK VERANTH
for the term of one year beginning
Sept. 18th, 1909, and ending Sept. 18th,
1910.
Said application will be heard and
determined by said city council at the
council chambers in the city hall in
said city, county and state on Tues
day, the 9TH day of Sept, 1909.
Witness my hand and the seal of
said city this 10Th day of Aug. 1909.
S-20-27 L. j. WHITE, City Clerk.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1909-08-20
PROCEEDINGS OF The
SCHOOL BOARD
DISTRICT NO. Il.

Ely, Mimi, Aug. 18th, 1909.
A special meeting of the board
was called to order by Chairman
Trezona. Those present being
Miller, Trezona, Thomas and Tor
mus.
The minutes of meeting of Aug.
9th, were read and approved.
A communication from Fred
Neff regarding salary was read and
and on motion duly supported was
ordered filed until janitors are
hired.
Communication from John Gouze
requesting that his daught Mary be
excused from attendance at school,
was read and ordered laid on the
table for future action.
Mr.. Moonan here took his seat
with the board.
A communication was read from
the Finnish base ball team asking
for the use of the athletic grounds
on Sept. 5th.
A motion was made and carried
that the above club be granted the
use of the grounds on the date
mentioned, provided the grounds
have not been engaged for that
date, and the matter was referred
to the building and grounds COM
mittee for further action.
1t was moved and supported that
all applications for the use of the
athletic grounds in future be made
in writing and filed with the clerk
who shall refer them to the proper
committee for action, unless such
matter can be taken up by the
board at any of its meetings.
A communication from Miss
Edna Danford enclosing her con-
tract and resignation as Eighth
grade teacher was read.
A motion was made and duly car
ried, that Miss Danford's resigna-
ton be accepted and the clerk mott
fly her of the action of the board.
The committee on finance report
ed that they had audited the fol-
lowing bills and found them cor
rect:
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1909-08-20
is LIKED BY THE MExICANS
American BulIfiqhter Has Earned
Praise from Our Neighbors on
the South.

There is at least one American
bullfghter in existence. His name
is Harper B. Lee. He took part in
a bullfght at Guanajuato, Mexico,
on April 10 last, appearing as a full
fedged "matador," or killer of bulls.
In reviewing the fight City of
Mexico newspaper has good deal to
say about Toreador Lee. Although
he is not of the very best caliber,
AYERS the bullfight reporter of the
said paper, he nevertheless earns con-
siderable applause when he kills his
bulls, owing to the fact that he stabs,
as rule, deeply and accurately. But
with the "capote" or cloak he is not
up to the Spanish standard. In his
handling of the "muleta," the red
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1909-08-20
Application for Trans
fer of LIQUOR License

State or Minnesota. Sc
County of st. Louis. 90
Notice is hereby given that applica-
tlon has been made in writing TO the
city council Of the city Of Ely and
praying for transfer of license grant
ed to Thos. j. Campbell to sell intoxi-
eating liquors in the lower front room
OF the building situated on lot |, block
., Cranes Encouragement of lots l to
4. block 8, original plat of Ely. for the
uneXpired term ending Feb. 18th 1910,
be granted TO
JAM Els JOS. FORTUNE.
Said applicat ion will be heard and
determined by said city council at the
council chambers in tire city hall in
said city, county aud state on Tuesday
the It'll day of Sept, 1909
Witness my hand and the seal of
said city this 18th day of Aug. 1909
S-20-27 l.. j. WHITE, City Clerk.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1909-08-20
Promoted

The many friends of Luther
Brockway will be pleased to learn
that he has been promoted to cash.
Ter at the First National Bank, tax
ing the place of F. L. Cowen, who
leaves the bank Sept. 1, to go into
business in Duluth. Mr.. Brock
way has been assistant cashier for
many years and his promotion is in
line with the sentiment of the ma
jority doing business with the in
stitution. Who his assistant will
be has not been determined as vet.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1909-08-20

THE Duluth & Iron Range has
made a kick to the railroad COM
mission of the state saying the rate
on pulpwood is not large enough
on their line, that the price of
pu1pwood has advanced and that
the shipper is making too much
money on which they cannot get
their mitts very readily. The
shipper on the contrary says the
railroad is getting all but the ex-
perience.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1909-08-20
MOI H!s CONCERN.

"John," said the woman, firmly
s'I am going to buy that hat"
He looked at the maze of wicker
work, horsehair, clustered peaches
sprays of cherries, pumpkin vine
grapes, velvet, beet tops, jet ant
hardware.
"Your folly be on your own head
then" he answered.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1909-08-20

THE poor mans COW" has
been kept off the streets the past
two weeks during the night and
even the poor man. appreciates
the innovation. The cow is tickled
as it gives her a chance to rest.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1909-08-20

A motion was duly carried that
the report of the committee be ac-
cepted and filed, and the clerk draw
warrants to pay above accounts.
Bids for supplying the district
with coal for the ensuing year were
opened and theclerk was instructed
to ask Mr.. Frank Veranth to sub
NIT a bid in accordance with the
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1909-08-20
SHOULD BE EXCEPTIONS.

do you think all luxuries should be
taxed"
Il do. most emphatically. Don't
your"
mo, sir. do not. 1t would work .
great hardship on a great many poor
men If all luxuries were to be
taxed"
Il can't see how you make 1t out"
We'll, take my own case, for In.
stance. Our first baby, yes, and may
say our second, were necessities, but
the other five are luxuries. You can
see for yourself how the rule would
work out"
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1909-08-20
Notice for Publication.
Department of the Interior.
nited States Land Office. Duluth.

United States Land Office. Duluth.
Mimi.
November l6, 1868.
Notice is hereby given that James L. Currie
of Duluth, Mimi. who on November 18th,
1908, made Timber and Stone Sworn State
ment No 13ttl for NWAot sen and Lot 2
lot 3 Section tip. 81 N, II. 10. w. 4th p. m. has
filed notice OF intention 30 make Final Pre- o
to establish claim TO the land above des-
crib d. before the Register and Receiver OF
the q. s. Land Office at Duluth, MIMI. on
the 18th day of October 1909
Claimant names as Witnesses: Charles
II. Stewart. Dan McDonell. David A. Gamer
on. James +. Names and Clarence T.. Barth-
olomew. all OF DULUTH. Mimi.
]. c. HERMAN ENGEL,
Register.
w. H. SMALLWOoD, Attorney.
S-l3 1913
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1909-08-20
Subscription $2per iea''.

Entered at the post Office at Ely. Mime
sofa as second class matter.
The farmer and mechanic., 1909-09-14
HOW PRICES JUMPED
IN LAST TEN YEARS
Some of the Provisions Have Over
Doubled in Price--Hard Prob
lem in Living

going up but have gone up" and
in these days of airShips and high
flights, there is the danger to the con-
sumner that there will be some more
going up. In the meantime the
farmer who '1iVeS at home and boards
there has the best of the argument
for he is now selling his cotton at
Il 1-2 cents as against 6 cents in 1899,
and he can raise everything he needs
with q very few exceptions and live on
Easy street, while the man in the
city must figure hard and live close
in order to keep the bills paid for pro-
visions and get the other necessary
things of life.
Thus as between the farmer and
the man in town the whlrIgig OF
time has brought a big change in the
balance wheel. Two years ago the
farmer was getting low prices for the
things that he raised and the city man
was getting the benefit OF these low
prices in the necessaries that he
bought. Now the farmer is on top
in the prices he gets for his products,
and the city man, whose salary now
is just about the same it was then, or
even if q little advanced, finds i
rough shedding to make ends meet, as
in order to meet the bills, and live
as easy as he did in 1899, it would
require that ne be getting about
double the salary or the income that
was coming his way ten years ago.
The farmer and mechanic., 1909-09-14
FARMERS DON'T SELL YOUR
COTTON
CONTINUED From Page One)
Progress the WatchWOrd.

Nothing in creation, whether
blade of grass, a man, a nation, or an
organization, stands still. 1t IS pro-
greSS or retrOgreSsion.
This law applies to the Farmers
Union, and it is matter of extreme
qualification to me to report that we
have not remained stationary for the
wear lust gone We were strong in
September of 1908: In the Septem ber
Of this year We are stronger, further
advanced toward our great aims, and
I think with better understanding
of those aims.
But / would not hold as the great
est blessing. the most fortunate thing,
a mere increase in physical bulk. The
most important feature of our growth
for the past year, the most significant
development in the history OF the
Farmers Union, is the plain fact that
we are enga ging in less talking and
more action. We have ceased saying
what we were going to do, we are do
ing it instead. We are discovering
every day more clearly that success
does not lie in passing resolutions, in
fruitless dcnunciations, or in fiery
speech ma king; but in aptient, prod
ding labor, in vigilance that refuses
ever to sleep, in Judgment and calm
questioning that does not believe the
honeyed promises of politicians and
S<1lt1UCIS, UIl lISSSo I>-Sii III NAAAIAN
under the microscope and through the
acid bath to test their sincerity and
genuinencss.
Not all of us have yet become
methodical, careful business men, in
capable of being fooled Or swept off
our feet by the enthusiasm of the
moment. Approaching that position
and going i'll that direction at good
speed-and we are getting little
reckless about the speed limit, too.
I'm other words, brethren, we are
hitching common sense and the zeal
of seIf-preservation to the plow. What
| want to stress today, what I feel 1t
my duty to impress upon you as the
ing my service as your president, is
that we need more Of this practical
loval, cooperative spirit in the Farm
ers Union.
"a vast change has come over this
organization since I first became iden-
tified with it's fortunes In the be-
ginning we were largely swayed by
emotion, by favoritism. by personal
liking or dislike for this man or that.
Less Sentiment, More Common Sense.
Every one Of you know that l am
telling the truth. when l say that
in the old days, the man who could
put a feeling on u.s., was the man IN
whom we placed our confidence. II
it were a politician. he could lead
many of us captive by Dragging on
us. calling us the backbone OF the
country telling US how abused we
The farmer and mechanic., 1909-09-14
It Saved His Leg.

"All thought I'd lose my leg" writes
J. A. Swenson, Watertown, Wis, "Te,,
years of eczema. that 1 5 doctors could
not cure, had at last laid me up. Then
Bucklen's Arnica Salve cured it sound
and we'll" Infa1lible for Skin Erup-
tions, Eczema, Salt Rheum, Boils.
Fever Sores, Burns, Scalds. Cuts and
Piles. 25c at all drug stores.
The farmer and mechanic., 1909-09-14
marked the IriShmanA


danger point when the dynamite blast
exploded and who was accompanied
iii his flight skyward by various and
sundry pieces of stone loosened by
DYNAMITE What he remarked when
he landed is not of record, for his re-
mains were scattered in a variety of
places.
Going up has been the condition
of the cost of provisions for the past
ten years in ratio that is startling,
for the rise has been such prOdigi-
Gus one in many articles of food, that
the men and women who have had to
foot the bills have been about gone
up many a time with the inability to
find the necessary change. The pro-
ducer, however, does not complain,
for going up prices of the things he
makes is a delight to him.
How high the prices of the things
for the table and about the place are
going to rise none can say. There
are those who say that this winter We
are going to have butter at fifty cents
pound and eggs at forty cents a
dozen, while just this week eggs have
been selling at from thirty to thirty
five cents a dozen. AS the cost of
provisions is studied the man of aver
age means, whose salary or income
has not kept going up has the
cost of the necessaries, get into
blue funk and wonder how on earth
he is to make both ends meet
The Increase in the price of articles
OF food have been so graded in some
cases that the vast increase in prices
in the past ten years is hard to rea-
3iZe. The economic writer's have
shown these changes by diagrams and
percentages, but none of these have
impressed themselves as has the di-
rect experience of the man who goes
out with the market basket and who
finds that when once he could fill it
up with the things that a dollar
bought, finds that as compared with
ten years ago the dollar will only half
fill the basket. The houSekeeper on
the same allowances as ten years ago
is IN despair as she goes about the
preparation Of meals for the family,
and the young man thinking of the
JOY of wedding bells hears them
change into broken diScord as he fig
ures out what it would cost him to
live with Mary as his partner. The
poor man with a house full Of chill
dren is up against stiff proposition
in this Ammo Domini 1909. Sugar has
proven itself his sole friend, as it is
cheaper now than it was ten years
aSO.
To get at the exact figures Of in
crease, a reporter of this paper yes
terday called on Messrs. DeWar and
Wilder. wholesale grocers of Raleigh,
and asked for memorandum show
ing the cost of things on Septem Der
1st, 1899, and September 1st, 1909.
Both the firm and the reporter were
astonished at the facts given by the
figures from actual sales made in
Wake county on those two days, ten
years apart, for this is what they re-
Vealed, the prices being wholesale,
the consumers in both cases, of course,
paying a higher figure to the retailer.
How Provisions Have Jumped.
The farmer and mechanic., 1909-09-14
THE OLDLIBERTYBELL

A very beautiful song just recently
composed. The words are full Of
patriotism, and the music is catchy.
Just the thing you want for Fourth
Of July; soc. pieces now for % cents.
postpaid. It's a hit Write for it to-
day.
EDWIN J. KNESEK, Composer
MOulton. Texas.
The farmer and mechanic., 1909-09-14
How Provisions Have jumped.

Sept. Sept.
/, 1899, 1, 1909.
c. r. Meat, per ID. IS .05M .13
Pure lard. per lb. ..07 n .13 h
\. G. Ham, per Id. .....1212 .22 II
w. S. flour, per bbl. .4.20 $50
Arb. coffee, per lb. ...102 .14.31
heal per bu. 55 95
Corn, per bu. 55 95
Oats, per bu. ..4O e21a
Hay, per 100 lb. 80 10
Ship stuff, per 100 lb. ..95 $50
Bran per 100 ID. 80 80
Sugar, per 100 h.. .5.63 5.26
Cheese, per 1b. ..12 .171s
AS has been stated. it will be seen
that sugar alone in the list above has
made but little change in the ten
years, and that in place of going up
1t has slightly decreased in cost in the
Zen years. But while this is SO there
are other articles of food which have
Jumped just as big as those noted
above, and here are some of them:
In 1899 In 1909
cutter pound =. ...........2O 80
eSS dozen .......... IL 80
IotatoeS, barrel ..... 25 $2.75
logs. on hoof. pound ..04 .0S15
0n1cfens. pound 90 .1o5
with such figures as these, taken
rom the records, there is no need of
argument to show that prices are not
The farmer and mechanic., 1909-09-14

America, every large and every little
business in America, pays money and
pays it liberallY for the best brains
to conduct it successfully.
Can the farmer. who produces
more business than any set Of men in
America, afford to adopt less sensible
means? Can ne afford to ignore the
principle that the laborer is worthy
Of his hire and then expect to sue
ceed like the great organized interests
and bodies all around him?
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-11-23
At the Majestic.

story of the French revolution is
always an interesting one; likewise d
play which has its setting in that time;
not alone for its historical value but
as well for the way that it paves for
the player to put forth what is in him,
and please not from sheer acting but
from portrayal of life as he 0; able
to reproduce it with his capabilities.
That Genevieve Russell was suited
exactly to the role she played as
Madame Sans Gene was evidenced at the
Majestic last night where during the
play the audience was always with her.
Her cleverness was exemplified at its
best. Likewise when Clyde B. Callicotte
as Napoleon occupied the stage his
audience was one of intense attention.
Richard ST. Vrain, as Marshal LIE
Febre. always holds the audience well
with his soft modulated voice, and
clever parts, and last right was not an
exception. Robert Blaylock Roy N
Hillaird, and Edward Ferguson We're
perhaps the better supports although
support throughout the play was fully
the North Brothers Co has been play
ing here, and without disparagement
might be said to have been even better
Ruth Robinson, although her part
was small one, found in it ample op-
portunity to display her charming man
ner, and as Queen Caroline played 50
well that she detracted from the more
important parts of the cast the atten-
ton of the audience, and claimed it for
her own.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-11-23

ly and seems to have taken a firm hold
on the attendance, while Esther Burns
musical trio was also well received. The
singing was good, and the technique of
the piano player better than usually
seen in vaudeville.
Although good-exceptionally So
Berch and Hall in human interest
playlet entitled 1.-The Turning Point"
apparently did not receive the support
of the audience that they should have
had. In like manner York and CraW-
ford, singers and dancers, deserved per-
haps more applause than was accord
ed them, even though they were not I'M
appreciated.
The Jeunets, head and hand hal
ancers. We're good, and wrung from
those present a hearty reception. Miss
Hazel Kaiser, the Novelty stock singer.
always we'll received, was applauded
more than ever in her song. this week.
Not only that but the Professor Calkins'
orchestra continues to give that same
excellent music with which it has made
a hit with Novelty audiences.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-11-23
TELLS Her LIFE STORY.
Unwrittcn Law Defense of Alma Bell
Who Killed Her Lover.

Auburn, Cal. Nov. % -Testifying
in her own behalf Alma Bell. the
young mountain girl on trial for the
murder of Joe Armes. told the story
of her relations with Armes. covering
period of two years, and their tragic
sequel on June 5. last. when she shot
her lover to death because of his re-
fusaI to keep an alleged promise to
marry her.
She said that her engagement with
Armes had never been broken. but
that he had repeatedly put Oft the
promised marriage ceremony. Finally,
a few days before the homicide, he
had definitely cast her off. basng his
action upon rumors that had reached
him, connecting her name with those
81 other men.
The witness denied that she had
worn a revolver strapped to her knee
or made threats against ArmeS prior
to the tragedy.
Expert testimony introduced favor
ed her four to one. OF five physicians
called to answer a hypothetical ques-
ton tending to bear out the defense's
contention that the girl was tenn
killed Armes, four answered that the
circumstances were such as might
tend to produce temporary insanity.
The question was whether young
woman who believed that she was
about to become a mother and who,
after repeatedly asking her farce to
marry her in accordance with his
promise, found hirself cast off and re-
jected would not have been so
Wrought up as to lose her reason
temporarily, and in such a state of
mind that she might shoot her lover.
1t is believed the case will go to the
jury Wednesday at the latest.