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The Ely miner., 1911-06-30
OFFICIAL PROCEEDINGS
OF THE -
CITY COUNCIL,
CITY OF ELY.
Ely. Mimi. June p, 1911.

Ely. MIMI. June ~, l9l1.
The adjourned regular meeting of
the city council was called to order at
8 O'Clock by Mayor Knutson.
Roll Call:-Present, Aldermen Luh-
tanen, Toms. Banovetz, Seraphine
and Harri. Absent, Alderman Math-
eson.
Moved by Alderman Toms support
ed by Alderman Banovetz that the
minutes of the previous regu-
lar meeting be approved as published
Carried.
The resignation of Alderman Peter
Matheson of the second ward was
read
Moved by Alderman Seraphine
supported by Alderman Harri
that the resignation be accepted.
Carried.
The following liquor license bonds
were read, to-wit:
Louis Larson, for 100000 with the
United States Fidelity & Guarantee
Company as surety.
John Gianotti for $4,000 90 with the
Bankers Surety Company as surety.
M. f. Skala for 100000 with the
Bankers Surety Company as surety.
Steve Agnich and Matt Agnich for
$4,000 90 with the Bankers Surety Co.,
as surety.
Lizabeta Smrekar for $4,000 90 with
the Bankers Surety Co., as surety.
John Gouze for 100000 with the
Bankers Surety Company as surety.
Moved by Alderman Harri support
ed Alderman Banovetz that the liq-
uor license bonds be approved;
Carried.
Moved by Alderman Seraphine sup
ported by Alderman Toms thai the
matter of building bath house at
the City Light and Water plant be
referred to the buildings and grounds
committee to report at the next reg
ular meeting; Carried.
On motion of Alderman Toms sup
ported by Alderman Seraphine 1T was
voted that the clerk be directed to
advertise for bids for the construction
of the proposed sanitary and storm
sewers, laying of about 800 feet Water
mains and erection of sedimentation
tank according to plans and specifica
tions on file in the Office of the City
Engineer, and that the bids be accom-
panied by certified check for I per
cent of the proposed contract price.
Moved by Alderman Harri support
ed by Alderman Luhtanen that the
City Clerk be instructed to advertise
for bids in the Duluth Evening Herald
Ely Miner, Minneapolis Journal and
one insertion in the Engineering
Journal: Carried.
Moved by Alderman Seraphine sup
ported by Alderman Harri that the
Buildings and Grounds Committee be
instructed to secure a place suitable
for pound. Carried.
Moved by Alderman Toms support
ed by Alderman Banovetz that the
City Engineer be instructed to fur
nish figures showing the possibility OF
connecting the Pioneer School build
ing with the City sewer: Carried.
Moved by Alderman Toms sup
ported by Alderman Banovetz that
the council adjourn. Carried.
I. visited, JR.,
City Clerk.
The Ely miner., 1911-06-30
Married

Stephen Medved and Mrs. Eliza
beta Smreker were united in mar
riage Monday morning at the
Catholic Church by Rev. Father
Buh. A large party of invited
The Ely miner., 1911-06-30

read and on motion duly carried
ordered filed and the cash turned
over to the treasurer.
A report from the librarian
showing text book fines of $40
and general library fines $1O.95 for
the year and presenting cash of
$15.65 was read and on motion duly
carried the report was ordered filed
and the cash turned over to the
treasurer.
A communication from Supt.
Barnes relating to the Office work,
library, and asking that system of
interphones be placed in the High
School building was read and on
motion duly carried the part relat-
ing to Office and library was re-
ferred to the committee on schools
and the matter of interphones was
referred to the committee on build
ings and grounds to report at next
meeting.
A communication was read from
P. 7. Brownell withdrawing his
acceptance as a member of this
Board and on motion duly carried
same was accepted and ordered
filed.
The finance committee presented
a form for issuing orders for
supplies to be used in this district
and after some discussion same was
referred back to them with power
to act.
The committee on schools pre-
sented the following report
Your committee on schools to
whom was referred the matter of
checking over the various bids
would recommend that on the
general supply list. those of the
lowest bidders be accepted, in
amounts as follows; all F. o, B..
Ely:
A. Flanagan, Chicago $344 20
H. Niedecken Co., Milwau-
kee-. ......--..... -..--- 1919
Northwestern School sup
ply Co., Minneapolis 277.4O
Peyton Paper Co., Duluth 57.85
E. w. A. Rowles, Chicago 1O1 .29
St. Paul Book & Stationery
Co., St. Paul ...-..... ,,..,-. 61.63
Total $1O2O.S7
We would further recommend
that a 125 pound Bohn Syphon re-
frigerator be purchased from the
White Enamel Rig. Co. at St. Paul
at 5000 and in view of the
evident difference in specification
on bids for local supplies that same
be purchased from the different
local dealers from time to time as
needed, in amounts as nearly equal
as possible. Signed by the COM
mittee on schools.
On motion duly carried the
report was accepted ordered filed
and the recommendations approx
1
ed.
Supt. Barnes presented the
following report.
Ely, Mimi. Jure 81, 1911.
Board of Education
Ely, Mimi. \
Gentlemen:-For your inforna-
tion 1 am submitting the following
statistical report covering the
school year 191O-1911.
1. Number OF pupils enrolled
during the year, city schools 1 ,O70.
2. Number of pupils enrolled
during the year outlying schools,
25S.
8. Total number of pupils en-
rolled 1928.
4. Number of pupils entitled to
apportionment city schools l, 1,O37.
S. Number of pupils entitled to
apportionment outlying schools
ESQ.
s. Total number drawing ap-
The Monte Vista journal., 1911-12-02

Rbese 6iDltssi sol
The Monte Vista journal., 1911-12-02
"ALL IN YOUR EYE"

In a lecture on medicine fakes
DR.. Bernard Fanlus, professor OF
materia medica and therapeutics at
the medical college of the Univer-
sity of Illinois, is quoted thus by
the Chicago Tribune of November
10, 1911
~ have here a bottle of MUIR
ine.' It says on the label it is a
reliable remedy for sore eyes, 1t
makes stronger claim in the cir
'cular around the bottle. You will
find this is true throughout the
business. The circular claims the
remedy will cure 'scaly eyes and
children's eyes'-everything but
glass eyes. This marvellous rem
edy is nothing more than three
per cent solution of borax and
water with a slight coloring OF
golden seal. 1t cost five cents q
gallon to make it. 1t is SOLD at the
rate of $1.2s a gallon"
The Monte Vista journal., 1911-12-02
SECOND CLASS CITIES

Towns having a population Of
1000 to 5000 are entitled to be-
come cities of the second class.
The census Of 1910 gave Monte
Vista 2543 population and the state
officials have declared the town to
be entitled to advance to a city OF
the second class. The town coun-
Gil 10 now authorized by law to
pass an ordinance to that effect
and to publish the same In one Of
the local papers.
Monte Vista has been getting on
very well for 20 years as a town
and it is discretionary with the
counca whether to adopt a city
government to to allow the town
to remain as it is. The council
will be governed by the wishes Of
the citizens in this mater.
The Monte Vista journal., 1911-12-02
CHANGES IN RETAILING

As great changes are occurring in
the retail business Of the nation as
occurred In the manufacturing de-
partments during the last twenty
years. Go where you will, in vii
lage, town, or city, and you will
find an Increasing number of va
cant store buildings.
1t 10 not because there is de-
creasing business, for there are
more sales, of a greater amount,
than At any other period OF the
world, but there are better meth
DDS employed and more sales are
made to the square feet OF room
than ever before. Where before
there was more profit in the retail
business and the goods were ham
died in bulk and done up for each
sale, now the trusts have made the
goods in packages ready to hand
out, the price is put on them, the
retailer can handle thrice as many
sales a day in the same space with
the same number of clerks, and the
retail profit is made by the pro-
ducer of the goods instead of by
the retailer.
There are enough vacant build
ings in New York to take in all
the business of st. Louis, and st.
Louis has in its business center
hundreds of vacant rooms await
mig the tenants that will never
come. There is no business for
them. And this is true of all the
cities in all parts of the country.
The great department stores are
doing most of the business in our
large cities.
The Monte Vista journal., 1911-12-02
TEXAS RENTERS UNION

On the 4th day of November,
1911, at the city OF Waco, Texas,
there was assembled the first con-
vention ever held in the history of
the world which had for its object
the organization of tenant farmers.
There are 100000 tenant farmers
in Texas according to the census of
1910. The most OF these are cotton
laisers and their net annual income
after the payment of the landlords
share could, in the vast majority
of cases, be denominated in less
than three figures. Every year the
landlords have been raising the
rent and becoming more exacting
in their demands.
The tenant farmers have at last
teen forced to unite for mutual
protection, and to resist further
exactions.
Census figures show that during
the past ten years farm values
have increased from $4,000 900 to
$2s,oo0,0 900 or have more than doub-
led. Not an acre of land has been
created, nor has the power OF pro-
duction OF the land been materially
increased. The increase il one of
prices, due to the presence of
more people and the scarcity of
land. 1t is not an increase of val
ues but of prices. Yet 1t has made
thousands rich without doing lick
of work. This ratio of increase in
the price OF land cannot continue
for any great length OF time and
1t is probable that as a general
thing lands have reached the
limit.
The Monte Vista journal., 1911-12-02

The first attempt to recall a
Judge recently failed in Oregon.
Here was n case in which Judge
made unpopular rulings during a
very exciting murder trial, capped
the climax by giving certain in
structions to the jury, which re-
suited, m the people thought, in
the acquittal OF q man whom a
great number believed had COM
mitted deliberate murder. Law.
yers admitted that the Judge had
been exceedingly unwixe, but the
people refused to sign the petition
In sufficient numbers to even bring
about recall election, because
they felt that while the Judge might
he incompetent. still he was not
corrupt. The people as a whole
are always conservative.
The Monte Vista journal., 1911-12-02
PENSIONS FOR MOTHERS

Under the Illinois Law, any poor
mother may now receive a pen
sion to aid her in bringing up her
children. She il under no obliga-
tion to amiable persons of philan-
thropic instincts and means, nor to
charity societies or church or'oth-
ter private associations. The pen
sion is paid to her for bringing up
her children at home, a. money ID
paid to teachers for bringing them
up at school. The families of dead
workers and those of poor con
victs will not any longer be doom
ed to destruction where this law
applies. The family home, not the
charity institution, 10 the ideal OF
this law.-Exchange.
The Monte Vista journal., 1911-12-02

Cole Briscoe, appraiser for the
State Land Board, was in the city
this week doing business for the
state. He has the land situation
we'll in hand and 10 now looking to
sell or lease the foot-hill lands so
that the state may derive some In
come therefrom. State land lying
idle and being held for future gem
erations does not benefit the pres
ent and unless occupied there will
be no future generations to benefit.
It should be the general policy Of
the U. 3. Government, ~ well -
the state, to have settled and de-
velop the country. But this does
not argue that the agents for the
general public should allow dis
honest schemers to swindle the
general public.-Del Norte Pros
pector.
The Monte Vista journal., 1911-12-02


The Woodrow Wilson Demo-
cratic Club Of Colorado has been
organized for the sole purpose Of
promoting the candidacy Of the
man whose name it bears for the
exalted office of President Of the
United States. It 10 neither fac
tional nor exclusive. It both seeks
and welcomes the membership md
the cooperation of every man and
woman IN the state who believes
In the cause of modern democracy,
and who desires to secure its su-
premacy, by placing its most dis
tinguished exponent 1t the head Of
the nation.-The Co-Operator.
The Monte Vista journal., 1911-12-02

The Monte Vista sugar factory
has already demonstrated that the
San Luis valley 10 = sugar beet
area, and next year there will be
at least twenty times the amount
OF bects produced that were Of
fered by the experimenting farm
ers this year.-Alamosa Courier,
The Monte Vista journal., 1911-12-02

Harry Ford Of Geneva. Neb., hes
bought half interest In the Moats
Vista Monumental works Of Hrick
Johansso who has been here .
year a1d has shown the people that
he 10 master Of the trade.
The Monte Vista journal., 1911-12-02

W. Il. uingrich VIII sell at the
Cheney ranch 2 1-2 miles north Of
Monte Vista on the Gunbarrel road,
on Tuesday, Dec. 5, commencing at
I O'Clock, 8 head OF horses, Is head
of Poland China brood sows and
shoats; also farming implements
and household goods. For partic-
ulars, sec large bills.
The Monte Vista journal., 1911-12-02

J. =. Wells, ". ?. Evsrist snd
". y. vastiss. Of the U. Q. lnveet-
ment Co. mads . businsss trit 20
Del Norts Hoaday.
The Monte Vista journal., 1911-12-02

Miss Matte Stewart Of Csate,
)sft Saturday for . visit Will
friends n OUavoe.
The Monte Vista journal., 1911-12-02

Mr.. L. ". Castle returned Sun
day from . short visit With rsla
tlvss In Del Norts.
The Monte Vista journal., 1911-12-02

". r. Smith. OF College visk
Nebr. arrived Sunday for Q shorl
stay IN the valley.
The Monte Vista journal., 1911-12-02

corbia Wright lsft 0fsdsy for
business trip 70 AissourL
The Monte Vista journal., 1911-12-02

Supervisor Lee 8weitxer, former
ly Of the San Juan forest, we un-
derstand has been transferred to
the Rio Grande forest with head
quarters at Monte Vista. Mr..
Sweitser fills the position made Va
cant by the resignation (nIcest way
Of saying III OF W. J. Morrill,. We
take pleasure In recommending Mr..
Sweitser to the users and employees
Of the Rio Grande forest a. 10 de-
serving Of the successful adminis-
tration OF his duties, both here and
at PaGosa Springs. He 10 . good
man.-Durango Democrat.
Well Drilling outfit for sale, aear-
ly nsw-Bargain. Address c. p,
Pressy. Canon City, Colo.
W. R. Smith. OF College visk,
Nebr- arrived Sunday for Q short
The Colorado statesman., 1911-10-28
SPORT.

work AS fundamental necessity in the
of recreatve
system
general opportunity for
absorbing feature OF excitement
commercially interested In
finally, foil for work. relaxa-
tionf siren
a believer but
his business He
well established business warrants
relaxa ion and res
In general desire
He
that recreatve pleas
necessity for the sake of the
of ardent
entirely
large when compare our business
in which the colored man is not
which he has
ball all the
white
he will not let us do we are
blood the
of and admirers The course we
We have large
o should
The Colorado statesman., 1911-10-28
THE SLEEP OF NATIONS.

e with all their relative
they their day OF a
death Their lives OF different
another Not thus sur
all but those most wonderful
yir their day by strenuous regulation OF their
administration ecuperatve poons sucn
injection new
DEATH is only delayed and Is newt
awaits the development Oh ne
miraculous
the Ayan race in different stages
the brightest days OF national lie ever
developing in other quarters Oh e
Nations that long been asleep are mnng lie anu
Here is nation which for centuries
civilized OF
With vast territory and many
and inscruabe past
had designs upon its pu
dangerous aouss on their part
Imperial
otherwise obsolete laws and ed was the
this selsranghn power But IN
nations waited
planned and directed adequately
the prime objects OF which are the
and the establishment OF repupc
is shaking the Empire and Whatever e
modernzaon and rejuvnaton OF China
the world another new mighty and
regarded its coming
is Chnaman, we know him. Will
which, under modern
astrde of us if it does not sur
qualifications for such development
survival against possible
compuson the existing ethics Oh
The respect compelled by the
of of China
its the
IT'S second day
final and inevitable awa
ening of striving and arrogant
Christendom cannot avail
The Colorado statesman., 1911-10-28
Ancient
Idea of
Real
Home is
Passing
By N. X. KILBERG

odasoned while today she presdes modern flat of
concatoy while that of her neghbor the
next flat is domineerng.
but the spirit of the latter dis
of friends wife y home this little flat
she said the writer s full of eternal hade but what
moved three times already account of unnegh
nebo the change has been for the instead of the
trouble appears lie in the fact that many people
forget cheapest of displaying wisdom find fault
The Colorado statesman., 1911-10-28

81 am going home," was the remark
made to me by friend and Immediately
responded by asking: ''Where is your
home?" And the reply came: 'In fiat
building" But homes are few and flats
are many.
The old idea of a real home is fast dis
appearing. Clearly, the change has come
10 stay; it may be worse as time goes by,
but improvement is beyond hope.
What is the remedy? Simply to make
the best of the situation instead of the
worst.
The wife of my friend was reared in an
The Colorado statesman., 1911-10-28

This kind of girl becomes rather a nuisance to
the "boss himself in time for she is always ready to
take offense at anything which she considers slight
Many girls undergo real suffering by having GER
tain work they in the habit of doing given to
some one ese when it should have been regarded as
relief and kindness done to them.
The girls who think of nothing but clothes,
and who will suddenly break into any conversation
with some irrelevant femark to tucks gathers
box plas and demand that you shall give your opin
ion regarding the same is pretty bad perhaps,
than the girl who thinks too much of her work, but
the latter is nevertheless bad enough
The Colorado statesman., 1911-10-28

To illustrate the power and beauty Of
mathematics 1 have proposed the following
problem What is the amount in cents from
the year 1 till 1910 of one cent compound
ed annually at six per cent. interest?
The problem is easily solvable by means
of logarithms, using the well-known form
ula for compound interest.
The number of cents is approximately
e.1es, SOC, ,ooo, 900 900, ,oOo, 900 ,ooo,-
900 ,oOo, 900, ,oOO, 900, ,oOO-a figure with 49
numbers in it.
If all of these cents we're made into one
solid sphere it would have radius of ap-
ance of the earth to the sun, j. e., $40 times
miles
The Colorado statesman., 1911-10-28

The papers have lately published the
season for shooting quail and prairie chick
ems in Illinois.
There should be no season for destroy
ing these friends of the farmer.
Our Legislators do not read the agricul-
tural reports of the university at Cham
paign, which show that our various birds
feed largely on the injurious insects so de-
structive to the crops of grain and fruit
everywhere.
The birds are the scavengers of the
fields and the orchards
Instead of granting season of privi-
The Colorado statesman., 1911-10-28
Little
Quail is
True
Friend of
Farmer
By w. w. DAVIS
Chicndo

ge hunters law should make the shooting of all br
a fnable ofense.
notices fences and N
shooting penalty and the rascas persist intrusion
them off.
services of the Birds and let hunters wi
are hungry kind of meat raise Plymouth Rocks
The Colorado statesman., 1911-10-28
Some Girls
Take Much In
tereSt in Labor
Work
Alone
By JULIA REED

Fz~HH7 MAY SEEM paadoxcal that
take much her work. but it nevertheless
OF course the class of girl (and she might be
called who merely poised
= :: :; ::
va husband and but there also
&u-xG horizon that bounds
She works early and late until she practically
is imposed a matter of
OF that she who wishes succeed must her
whole heart her work This is selfevident
level between negctng ones work and
living for that and nothing else.
good the good player and above all she
she leaves the Office schooom
workshop something outside her
little base of operations
People quickly get avoiding if she pestene
girl constantly quoting the os Dragging of the quantity
o quality of the work she does
amusing things happen the office legitimate subjects
welcomed when ounted at home the
boarding the purely business details contain rule not the
leasp mmer Of for the outsider
The Colorado statesman., 1911-10-28
What
Compound
Interest
Really
Means
By CLARENCE OHLENDORf
Park RIDGE. Ill.

of the earth to the $40 tim
92,5OO,000, "a 225, 900 miles
Indeed think that the interest
would be great
The Colorado statesman., 1911-10-28

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The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1911-05-25
IN THE PALMETTO STATE
SOME OCCURRENCES OF VARIOUS
KINDS IN SOUTH CAROLINA.
State News Boiled Down for Quick
Reading-Paragraphs About
Men and Happenings.

Gary Gist, negro nineteen years
old, is to be hanged in Spartanburg
tomorrow for attempted assault
upon a white woman in that city
some months ago. The negro was a
driver for a grocery delivery wagon
and stopped at the house in the day
time and made the attack. He says
his crime was brought about by
whiskey, but says he does not re-
member attacking the woman
Prof. Earl C. Houck, vocal direct
or in the Wittenberg College, at
Springfield, O., who is blind, has
been given season pass to the Ohio
State league baseball games to be
played in that city. Prof Houck en-
joys hearing" baseball games. The
umpire's calls on balls and strikes,
the sound of the batsman hitting the
ball, the shouts of JOY or groans of
the spectators all tell him how the
game is going He has to be told
the result of some plays, and especi-
ally when bases are stolen.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1911-05-25
Midway Musings.

The ice cream festival and box
party given at the school house Fri
day evening was quite success.
Had cream and cake in abundance.
We appreciate the cakes presented
by Misses Hutto and Strong. The
cream being furnished by the ladies
of the church. There was good
crowd and the presence of every one
was highly appreciated. There was
a box and cake won by Messrs. Rubin
aid Peskin, presented to Miss Daisy
Murphy. Also a box and cake won
by Mr.. P. C. Baxley, presented to
Miss Georgia Anderson. The pro-
ceeds will go towards paying for the
organ. in the Baptist church. Miss
Georgia Anderson, the teacher, will
leave for her home Friday, to the re-
gret of her many friends.
Miss Pauline Phin, of Norway,
spent few days last week with Miss
Daisy Murphy.
Mr.. J. B. Smith, of Reesville,
spen Sunday in town:
Mr.. N. C. Kline, of Branchville,
visited Mr.. A. J. Hunter Sunday.
There was services at the Baptist
church Sunday. A very impressive
sermon being preached by Rev.
Hughes.
Messrs. Rubin and Peskin, of
BamDerg, honored our little town
with visit Sunday afternoon.
Mr.. E. w. Duensing, accompanied
by his wife and Mrs. H. R. Duensing,
will leave in few days for Colum-
bia, and will also visit Sumter on
their return home.
We are expecting to hear wedding
bells in our town soon. M.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1911-05-25
Jones Not a Convict.

John J. Jones has been at the State
pepitentiary for several months, not
as prisoner. He is being detained
Jones was convicted in Orangeburg
county on the charge of killing Abe
Pearlstine and was sentenced to ten
years and 80 days in the peniten-
tiary. He is an attorney and for
merly resided at Branchville. His
attorneys several weeks ago filed no
tice of appeal with the supreme
court, but his case has not yet been
docketed.
1t will be impossible to- argue his
appeal at this session of the supreme
court. The next session of the su-
rreme court is in November.
Should his case be filed with the
supreme court, it will not be heard
until November. This will mean that
Jones will have to remain at the
State penitentiary for at least one
year before his case is finally pass
ed upon by the court.