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The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1909-09-10

names of children who do not at
tend school and who have not been
excused by the board, and shall
make a similar report each sue
ceeding month of school.
Any person who Shall fail or re-
fuse to send to or keep in school
any child or children of whom he
has legal charge or control, and
any person who induces or attempts
to induce any child unlawfully to
absent himself from school, or who
knowingly harbors or employs
while school is in session any child
unlawfu1ly absent from school,
shall be guilty of a misdemeanor
and shall be punished by fine of
not to exceed $50 or by imprison-
ment in the county Jail for not
more than 80 days.
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PEONAGE SYSTEM
The immigration Inspector
Charges Violation
of Treaty

The alleged existence of peonage
in northern Minnesota has been
brought to the attention of Gov.
John A. Johnson. John Clifton
Elder, representative of the de-
partment of immigration, who Wis
tied this part of the state recently
and investigated the case complain
ed of, has stated in a letter to the
governor that system of peonage
and white slavery exists in Mime
sofa so pronounced that it may in
volve the federal government in
trouble with Russia.
Mr.. Elder in his letter charges
that foreigners are tricked and beat
en- if they attempt to leave their
employment and that in some cases
the machinery of the law is used to
detain these laborers. He further
says:
Reports seem general in the
northern part of Minnesota and
when laborers owe transportation
and try to leave, they are arrested
and forced to work out their in
debtedness. 1 have found a case
in northern Minnesota of two sub
jects of the Russian government
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School Laws

Every parent, guardian or other
person who resides in any school
district and who has control of any
child or children of or between the
ages of eight and sixteen years
shall send such child or children to
a public or private school in each
year during the entire time the
public schools of such district are
in session. Provided, however
that such child or children may be
excused from such attendance up
on a written application to the
school board, upon its being shown
to the satisfaction of said board:
l. That such parent, guardian
or other person having control is
not able by reason of poverty to
clothe such child properly; or
2. That such chfld's bodily OF
mental condition is such as to pre-
vent his attendance at school OF
application to study for the period
required; or
3. That such child has already
completed the studies ordinarily re.
CURED in the eighth grade; or
4. That there is no public schoo.
within a reasonable distance of his
residence.
A record of such excuses granted
shall be spread upon the minute:
of the board, and a copy of the
same duly signed by two member:
of the board shall be given to the
applicant.
Every teacher within five days
of the receipt of the clerks list Of
children of school age and record
of excuses granted by the boar6
shall (under penalty of a fine o.
not more than $40 or ten days il
the county jaiD report to the coun
ty superintendent of schools thu
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IRON ORE
Eastern Furnaces Reduce
Purchasers of Lake
Superior Ores

AS the buying of Lake Superior
ore for the season ending next May
has about ended, it is interesting to
note that the purchases by eastern
furnaces are considerably smaller
than the average of recent years,
says the Iron Trade Review, of
Cleveland. This is due partly to
the large use of Cuban ores by the
two steel companies which control
the Cuban deposits, and is also due
in part to the fact that Spanish,
Russian and other foreign ores can
be purchased at lower prices than
are asked for the Lake Superior
ores. In some cases in which the
manganese content was high, price
concessions have been made by lake
interests to meet foreign competi-
ton. The extent to which the
eastern furnaces will continue to
buy foreign ores is problematical,
owing to the uncertainty of ocean
freight rates and other conditions
On base ores with the guarantee
of SIS per cent on old range and
Mesaba Bessemer, and 51H pei
cent on old range and Mesaba non.
Bessemer, we quote as follows
Old range Bessemer, S.. so; Mesabs
Bessemer, $500; old range non.
Bessemer, 1910; Mesaba non-Bes.
semer, $3.50.
Inquiry for pig iron for the re.
mainder of this year is not quite SC
active, but buyers are inquirine
freely for delivery during the first
half of next year. On an inquiry
for 5000 tons of basic for the re-
mainder of this year, to be shipped
to distant point, several interests
have declined to quote, and the
general attitude of the furnaces al
this time is one of cautiousness
As coke prices are advancing and
as it is expected that ore prices will
be higher by May 1, furnace men
are very uncertain as to what it will
cost to manufacture iron, and
hence, are slow in making quota
tons. Cleveland furnaces have
advanced for next years delivery
to $17 at the furnace for No. 2.
We note the sale of 800 tons of No.
2 foundry at $17, Cleveland fur
mace, the first quarter of next year.
For this years delivery $3.50
Cleveland is the usual quotation.
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Reception

On Friday evening, Sept. II, at
the High School Auditorium, re-
ception will be rendered to the fac
ulty and teachers of all departments
in School Dist. No. IL, to which
all parents of the children and their
friends and friends of the teachers
are invited for social time and to
get acquainted.
By order of
School Board,
Dist. No. IL.
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BALL DOPE
Two Games for Sunday Be,
tween WintOn and Ely

The Fire Department and the
Finn team crossed bats Sunday al
the High School grounds. Several
of the regular players of the Fire
Department boys were with the
Finn team and the game was more
of practice one than the real
thing, but nevertheless interesting
The Department team won on q
score of 10 to E. Seraphine and
Skala and Harri and Kayute were
the batteries.
The Finn team went to Tower
Monday and came back with the
short end of an 8 to score after
putting up brilliant game. Carl
son did the mixing for Tower and
Harri and Martin for Ely. Sever
al people from here went to Tower
WIFI the team.
Sunday, the long looked for
games between the Fire Department
and Winton team will be played
one game at Winton at $50 and
the other here at $50. Each game
will be for a side bet of $50 and
will be we'll worth seeing. 1t is
understood that new pitcher will
occupy the box for Winton for one
of the games in addition to the reg
ular pitcher, West. This will
probably be the wind-up of the sea-
son between these teams. Ely has
several more teams scheduled for
this month.
Burns and P. Byers, of the Win
ton boys, played with the Ely team
Sunday in the contest with the
Finn team. Both are first class
men.
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employed in lumber camp who
tried to escape and were taken be-
fore justice of the peace and sem
fenced to thirty days.
A letter was received by the State
department and according to an
official in the governors Office was
investigated without anything de-
finite being ascertained. The
charges made were general and
were not specific enough to warrant
making an exhaustive investigation.
The state department was also OF
the opinion that the federal att
thorities had the matter in charge
and had full authority and the
money with which to investigate.
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Continued on page Al
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ANNUAL REPORT
Shows Magnitude of Iron
Industry in This
Country

Mining Inspector, w. H. Har-
vey, at the last meeting of the
county commissioners submitted
his annual report and the matter
contained therein is of much inter
est. According to the report the
monthly average of men employed
in mining in St. Louis county dur
ing the year ending June 80, 1909,
was 8, ISL, and the total amount of
ore shipped from the ranges during
that period was Fl, 662, 675 tons.
The report goes on to say that
the number of cubic yards of earth
removed in uncovering ore bodies
was %, 1898, 113, and for this work
an average of 4,S09 men were en-
ployed every month. This makes
total monthly average of 10, 1850
men.
There are Ill mines in St. Louis
county, IS of which were in opera
ton during the year. The average
amount of money paid out daily as
wages, was $2.52 for underground
labor, and $2.S3 for open pit and
skillful labor, making an average
daily wage per man of $2.6S.
The mining operations resulted
in 81 fatal accidents during the
year, 32 occurring underground
and Is in open pit and stripping
operations. This record is 6 ahead
of that set in 1907. Mr.. Harvey
says that the majority of these ac-
cidents was due to cave-ins, aud
asserts the companies have taken
steps to reduce the number of acct
dents by the construction of sup
porting roofs in the underground
workings. Besides the fatalities,
there were 81 serious accidents dur
ing the year resulting in injuries to
laborers.
The deaths by nationalities were
as follows: Austrians, 20; Firms,
S, Italians, 6; Americans, 6; Swede-
Firms, 2; Swedes, 2; Polish, D;
Norwegians, English and Cana
dams, one each.
The companies used SO, 500, 900
feet of lumber cut during this per-
iod. Lineal feet of mining timber
used, leverage diameter 9 inches, }
was IA, 9SO,329, while 5,515 rail-
road cross ties and 28,592 cords of
six-inch tagging, were used. In
all, the consumption of timber was
$3.50, 700, 100000 feet.
The companies own 1,407 build
ings, ,317 of which are for en-
ployes, As are boarding houses and
As camps. The Oliver Iron Mining
company owns 500, the Shenango
Furnace company, IS, the Hobert
Iron company, 81, the Mahoning
Ore & Steel company, 81, and the
Interstate Iron company, IS.
The shipments by mines produc-
ing more than half million tons
of iron ore during the year were:
Hull Rust, 1926, eO5; Faya1, l.
66o.e19; Burt, 1,595,435; Virginia,
1 ,181, 726; Adams, 1,176, $50; Ma
honing, 1 ,O64 GIL; Morris, $3.50;
Stevenson, 6S2, 345; Shenango,
SAP, 7S9; Genoa, (Gilbert} 53O,226,
and Biwabik, 5OO,6o4.
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$3.50 REWARD

The above amount will be paid
for information that will lead to
the arrest and conviction of the
party or parties who broke into my
cottage, Leisure Lodge" on
BURNSIDE lake two weeks ago
Leave information at law Office Of
J. w. Osborne.
Ely, Mimi, Sept. 8, 1909.
MARTIN PATTIsoN.
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State of Minnesota, IT,
County of st. Louis
Ill. B. BRoCKwAY. Cashier of the above
named bank, do solemnly swear that the
above statement Is true to the best of my
knowledge and belief. L. B, BROCKwAY
Correct AtteSt:-- Cashier.
JOS. SELLwOOD.
X. M. SELLwOOD.
A. j. FHNsKE,
Directors.
Subscribed and sworn to before me this
9th day of Sept. 1909. j. W. OSBORNE
(Notarial Seal. st. LOuis) Notary Public.
County, MIMI
My commission expires Dec. "a, 1915
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1909-09-29
ENGLAND AND GERMANY.

From London Letter 10 the New York
Evening Post
When we had been ln London some
time we began Go compare England
with Germany Long England Ted ln
many wayE But m would saem that
today. in IAN economic way, Germany
IA better on a country always is bet-
ter on when food ia cheaper and more
abundant ln Germany this seems 20
ho che case The prevailing note in the
latter seems to bee rule and regulation.
A. Gar as public utilities are concerned
the comparison would seem to fa-
v0r he continental nation The great
railway stations. for example. at ORES
dom. arc immeaHuraby superior to the
dugV and smoky barns Of tho London
terminate Ventilation, pure AIR. fruit
and flowers. waiting rooms and rcstau-
rants, Information and direction FOR
the public everywhere, and real con-
lr0l of cabs and automobiles, in short,
the prevailing idea "a that the public
must be- served with fairness and good
sense am over Germany. The cities
1f Germany have. No tho main. been
built and designed within the last 35
years Rich ana poor alike share in
the benehconi phenomena OF am This
modornity lu LONDON. YOU may drft
away from oxford street bat few
minutes walk, and you may be- fairly
lost in labyrinth M dingy and sordid
human hahitationH, many indeed,
hardly nt Tor their end, almost black,
ana down an the heel There IS no.
whore in Germany such "a contrast ar
There De- between Mayfair and White
chapel The everlasting tide OF ths
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CONFERENCE NOTICE.

Tho S0th semi-annual general con-
ference OF the church OF Jesus Christ
Of Iatter-day Saints VIII convene IN
the Tabernacle. salt Lake City on
sunday, October ,, at 10 O'Clock q, m
A full attendance Of the officers and
members is hereby requested.
When the Conference adjourns on
Monday Afternoon. It viii be until
Wednesday. oct. 6, at 10 O'Clock a. m.
A general Priesthood meeting viii he
held IN the Tabernacle on Monday eve
ming, October T. commencing at I
o'clock.
A special Priesthood meeting viii be
held in the Assembly Han on Tuesday,
oct. 5, commencing at 10 O'Clock a m.
JOSEPH f. SMITH,
JOHN r. wINDER,
ANTHoN II. LUND.
First Presidency.
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DANGEROUS POISON.

A little child was fatally poisoned a
day or two ago al Logan through
drinking hy poison. made from the
common ny paper As accidents occur
nearly every season through this dan
gerous poison. It's use should be dis
continued entirely. and other harmless
materials substituted. The London
Lancet recently suggested diluted So
luton Of formaldehyde as a most ef-
fcient cxtermiuator Of the fly pest. a
spoonful in saucer Of water is sure
death TO the pestiferous insects and
there IS no danger ia having II about
the house The writer has tested Il
repeatedly and finds it more effective
than the Fly paper poison. The only
objection IS tho odor Of the formalde-
hyde, which Is offensive 70 some.
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REnIEr socIErY coNrERENcE.

The October Semi-annual Conference
OF the Relief Society win be held in the
Salt Lake Assembly Han in this city.
commencing Thursday. October z. 1909.
promptly at 10 a. m. and at D. m. All
officers and members Of the Society are
cordially invited. also the presiding au-
thorities OF the Church, Bishops and
other brethren interested in Society
work; and the General Board OF the
Y. L. NJ. J. A. and OF the Primary Assoc
Citations. II Is desirable there should
be large representation present, as
the conference win be one OF unusual
interest.
An officers meeting viii be held in
the Salt Lake Assembly Hall in this
city on Tuesday, October s, at 2 p. m,
and 4 is hoped all officers Of the So
ciety will attend this important meet
ing.
BATHSHEBA W. SMITH,
General President
IDA S. DUSENBERRY,
Counselor
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caused have kept Utah and Salt Lake
back to an extent few realize What
ever progress has been made g. entirely
due 10 the defenders of Utah and her
people. The victory OF Senator smoot
in the Senate was one OF the f0ctors
IN the progress OF our city, and that
was won after hard conflict with the
American party leaders who now
brag about what they have done FOR
the city.
We hope the American" party win
be showed under In the next election
When that happy event takes place
and harmony prevails here. as On other
American cities then there viii bee an
era Of progress and advancement such
as can never come with strife breeders
and bigots az the head Of affairs.
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THE OPTIMIST'S CORNER


- - AhNANfNH - we W. -
The human body may be- compared
no "a pond with surrounding bank
ms bank ~ not uniform ln strength.
When FOR any reason the prcssuc OF
inc contained waters Is Increased. the
pank viii give way in its weakest part
just SO In the case or the body When
the stomach sends out an amount of
impure material too great % be borne.
mat part ~ the system which Is weak
est Will give way. There are many
men who from abuse OF the stomach
are the victims Of headache. OF mus
cular rheumatism Of govt, of low
spirits, and many other ailments. There
is no man With brain so happily con-
sututed that indigestion will not cast
"a dark shadow over him. n all high
livers. among whom there are red
noses, inhamed eyes sore toes and
feet. headache, rheumatism. bad stom-
ach. torpid liver. stiff back. low spirits.
etc. were 10 change their table habits
and live on the right quantity Of the
best food eaten at the right time and IN
the right manner. they would be re-
stored 20 health. II isn't IN much the
kind Of food as the que1tity eaten that
does the harm The averagc man can
quadruple his force and enjoyment by
a thoughtful management Of his food.
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DON'T BE DONE GOOD.

There Is only one notable feature Of
the so-called American" platform.
and that is the closing sentence. In
the nine words composing IL the entire
platform IL summed up. The aim and
purpose OF the founders OF the party
are fully stated IN those few mono
syllables' "Come with Us and we will
do you good"
II IS recorded that when Balaam went
10 the land OF Moab to curse Israel, ne
was restrained by higher power and
his curses were turned into blessings.
against his own inclinations. and IL
may well he believed that the author
OF that platform was impelled by some
invisible force 10 put I'm that closing
sentence Come with us and we will
do you good"
a majority OF the voters have come
with the so-called American" party
leaders. and as "a result the taxpayers
have been "done." aud that good ="
They were done" IN The matter OF The
expenditure of the one million dollars
borrowed when Mr. Morris was mayor.
IN as much as the money was spent
without regard 10 economy. They were
"done" ln the matter OF tho 5000 900
bond issue. They have been done" in
the matter of street paving and other
Improvement They have been "dono"
20 the extent that salt Lake has re-
qulrcd the reputation of being the most
expensive city Go live ben iu The coun-
try. and as "a consequence travellers DO
not spend any moro money here n tho
stores, than absolutely necessary What
is the nest game OF the American"
party leaders, What Us the umInous
portcnt of these words Como win us
and we viii do you roodT'
Tho remainder of the platform is an
hot air. Tho American party tools
have done very little 90 build up ne
CTS They have spont the money
borrowed by the Morris administration
and can have uo credit for that They
have levied cNorbtant cNuu taxes fol
street paving. and are entitled 90 au 900,
credit f0r bad work at high prices. a,
for building operations, We know ul
none that was undertaken as 3D. result
OF American influence Ihe nl
road depot tho Improvements on th,
street railroad system the magnIncenl
skyscrapers of Mr. Newhouse th.s,
were undertaken without tho alghteH
regard for the so-callcd American par.
ty agitation what largo buudns.
haH the American party 90 lis credit
Ex-senator kearns ara MOI announc,
his intention of building until his party
had been defeated. bon the county clec
ton, Does that prove his confidence
in its principles as "a foundation upon
which to build2 And be- knows th'
party
The American" party agitatorF hl
thelr ,lnncauon of prominent c.uaons
by their slanderous publications con
cernng Utah, hy the strife, the hIitoI
\ feelings, the heart burnings they hay'
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CLEANING PAPER MONEY.
New orleans States.

New orleans states
The bureau Of engraving and print
ing at Washington has devised a
chemical solution which destroys the
bacteria that accumulate on bank
notes without doing any Injury 90 the
paper. and % Is understood that here
after the treasury department win dis
infect an bills that come I'm before
sending them out again. by this pro-
cess dangerous germs will be killed
and the bills so washed and cleaned
that they VIII look like new and will
be just ar easy 20 handle, though lack
ing the crispnoss Of The freshly printed
notes. II Is expected that the process
win prove "a saving one for the treas
urv department because OF the dirty
bills being washed and cleaned and
continued Dob circulation instead ~ be
ing destroyed and replaced with new
ones as has been the custom In the
past
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1909-09-29

Here in tho days before the city
campaign is fairly opened, is good
time for men Of Salt Lake to ask them
selves the question: In what party
can ! do most service TO the city?'
says the Herald Republican. Most SER
vice can be done the city IN the Cid-
zena, ranks.
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population does not seem 20 make for
the amelioration OF that mass. In the
mnss The greater London grows the
sreater the difficulty OF the British
government. the Rrever the potenti-
Hhty OF disaster and misery Ia every
economic crisis
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1909-09-29

"Why should It be considered worthy
Of special remark that a President of
the United States appoints high-class
men az census supervisors" asks the
Chicago Tribune. Because it is a new
departure.
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DEsEREr SUNDAY SCHOOL UNION

The semi-annual conference Of the
Deseret Sunday School Union will con-
vene at the Tabernacle, Sunday eve
ming. oct. 3. at o'clock All are in
vited.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1909-09-29

A little cross fertilization IN politics
would be as beneficial as cross fertili-
zation in the vegetable world Try it
with the Citizens party
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1909-09-29

When President. Colonel Roosevelt
took submarine trip At Butte Pres
ldent TAFT took a subterrenean trip
twelve hundred feet under ground.
Honors are even.
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According to the Nashville American.
champ Clark says that It takes more
brains TO be a congressman than a
President This is important II true,
and the people should know II.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1909-09-29

Anna Held warns young women
against the stage, because she says
theatrical life IL full OF lures and
pitfalls They are the great attraction.
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In The Fashionable suburb.

We'll my little man. what are you
crying for?"
My motor-boo- boo-has broken
down, ana I've got to walk to school
boo-hOo-o-o!" Puck
Every wife ought to know how TO
make good bread" How can she
unless the husband furnishes the
dough ?"-Baltimoro American.
They're rich?" "Middlng" "Ehe
What's that?" well. so rich that she
can dress as well as she likes. but not
so rich that he can dress as badly as
he likes. Puck
Fisherman (chaffing pensioner)-
They tell me- Kenny, that all your
old-agc pension goes in drink" Ken
ny-"NO, man, no a penny o. my pen
sion am 7 spendin' on the drink" Fish
ernan-''Where do you get the money
for whisky them" Kenny-"Just from
real gentlemen like yerser Punch.
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Mr.. Eugene V. Debs says: 1T re-
mains for the American people TO say
whether l shall ever be President And
the American people say, Nay, nay,
Pauline"
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1909-09-29

The government Is also re-claiming
some coal lands that the great coal
combine obtained through false entries
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The chief Characteristic Of the pres
ent administration is the determination
to administer the laws az II finds them.