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The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1912-02-23
A FavOrite Dead

In the sudden death of A Norton
Miller Jr. in Duluth last week,
Northern Minnesota, and this
county in particular, loses a rare
friend.
He was one of the best known
and most popular young men of
this part of the state, having resid-
ed in Duluth since infancy and
being a frequent visitor on the
ranges, where he had many friends
Mr.. Miller spent Thursday in Vir-
ginia, inspecting some of his min
ing properties, returning to Du-
luth Friday morning. He had
suffered with a severe cold for
some time and called a physician
Friday, though not considering
his condition bad. At $3.50 p. m.
his condition became serious and
several physicians were summon
ed, but he rapidly grew worse,
death coming to him at IL
o'clock after only a few hours
illness.
He will truly be missed.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1912-02-23
New Rules

c. G. Schulz, state superintend-
ent of schools, has announced the
new rules of the high school board
relating to high and graded schools.
Beginning with next school year
the minimum salary in any position
below the high school is to be $45,
an advance of S.. The board also
has fixed rule which requires that
all first grade teachers must be
graduates of state normal schools.
This, however, does not become
effective until the opening of the
school year 1915. With regard to
the qualifications of teachers,
Minnesota takes a more advanced
stand than any other Western
state. Fully IS per cent of the
grade teachers in the state are
normal school graduates.
The board has also fixed regula-
ions relating to industrial teachers
in the schools receiving special
state aid of So, 500 or 81 900. The
teacher of agriculture must be
graduated from an agricultural
college and the instructors in
manual training and home econom-
les must have had at least one
years special training in either of
those lines of work. After the
present year, the teacher of agri-
culture cannot combine his work
with that of manual training
director.
The board has decided to limit
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1912-02-23

of the the 80 classes. The asses
sor, not the owner, is required to
determine and fix the true value
of all items of property in such
classes" Even if the owner
should enter the value and verify
the list the assessor is not required
to accept it but must put his own
estimate of value on the property.
If the owner refuse to list. the
assessor shall list the property ac-
cording to his best information. If
he suspect that the owner is not
disclosing all his property he may
put him on oath and examine him
relative to it. If the person refuse
to be sworn the assessor enters that
fact on his book. The law au-
thoriZes the assessor to enter any
dwelling, building or structure
when necessary to the proper per-
Torrance of his duties and view
the same and the property therein.
Under the money and credits"
act of 1911 the assessor shall re-
quire the person making the list to
verify it with his oath. He shall
receive the lift. except as to valua-
ton, as true unless when requested
the person listing shall refuse to
answer on oath all reasonable
questions as to the nature and
amount of his money and credits.
The assessor is forbidden to dis
close, under a penalty of a fine of
not less than 500 nor more than
$500, the contents of any list of
money and credits. If any person
fail to make and give him the re-
quired list the assessor may estimate
the amount and value and add so
per cent as a penalty. He is to
enter the money and credits items
either in separate book or in
supplement to the assessment book.
Ten days before the fourth Mon
day in June the assessor shall post
notices of the meeting of the board
of review. By the the first Monday
in July he must total the columns
of entries in his book of the several
classes of property and make from
the totals a tabular statement of
their aggregate. To his assessment
book he appends his affidavit and
delivers the same together with the
listing sheets to the county auditor
who gives to him a certificate that
the assessment conforms to the
law, if such be the fact. Without
such certificate the assessor cannot
get his pay.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1912-02-23
Jolly Party

Sixteen of Winton's young
people enjoyed a sleighride tc
Bateman's camp last Sunday. An
appetizing supper was served by
Chef Howell and his able assistants
Too much thanks cannot be given
Messrs. Bateman, Doane and
Mudrow for the many kindness
shown the party. With an ample
supply of candies, gum and cigars,
the time on the trip forth and back
was voted the best ever. I" Those
in the party were Mrs. John H.
Jeffrey as chaperone, Misses Gertie
McTaggart, Selma Jackson, Anna
Flynn, Esther Johnson, Sigma and
Gerda Dahlin, Ludie Indy, Mary
Peterson and Messrs. Lehr, Miller,
Johnson, Brooks, Byers, Smuks,
Mack and Smith.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1912-02-23
"YE MODERN MAID"--|N ELY CO

1 met the street one of your up-to-date girls.
With skirts la mode and peroxdized curls,
And where are you going my pretty maid?'
To the moving pictures, SIR she said.
Why aren't you home your good mother wishes,
Darnng cooking or washing the dishes:
Practlcing music or sweeping the house,
Preparing yourself for helpful spouse?"
And she looked me all over with humorous twinkle?
And said Beg pardon but you Rip Van Wrinkle?
You must have been having twenty years snooze
To hold such provincial, purtancal views;
For modern maids not secretly itchin
To serve lifes sentence in anyones kitchen;
Besides recent inventions have lightened the load
That the old thorney way nows prmrosy road
Do you think I'd wash dishes? Why haven't you seen
That these now cleaned with patent machine?
And to the sweeping, am more than surprised,
For brooms have been banished! We're vaccuumzed.
And darning the stocking! Say, you way behind,
For we wear nothing but the hole proof kind.
And the practice of music is in the discard,
For tread it out with our feet by the yard.
So you see my dear sir, your decidedly sow!'
And off she high eeed to the vaudeville show.
MORAL
Now IL add my reflections to this brief interview,
That the old fashioned girl puts it over the new,
Is of the reasons yonr girl on the Street.
And also will add tho it may not be news
That Satan still friendly with nothing to-dos.''
Chicago, Dec. 4, 1911. GEORGE D. ALDEN
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1912-02-23
The Sick

Jacob Maxi was operated on at
the Shipman Hospital for hernia.
Henry Peterson of the St. Croix
camps is at the hospital with
typhoid fever.
F. H. Landon of Wick O'Con-
nell's camp underwent an operation
at the hospital this week.
Mrs. John P1uth was operated
on for appendicitis at the hospital
this week.
Mrs. Ignatz Pluth is recovering
quite rapidly.
Leonard Lashnem of the St.
Croix camps is at the hospital.
John Gilroy, VIM. Darling and
Albin Nelson of the St. Croix
camps are at the hospital.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1912-02-23
FOURTH ARTICLE
Assessment of Real and
Personal Property by
The Assessor

What the keel of a ship is to the
superstructure, the assessor is to
the entire system of taxing real
and personal property. The
humblest official in the system, he
is .he most powerful in producing
its results. A detailed statement
of what the law requires this of
ficia' to do is essential to an under
standing of the system.
Assessors in towns and villages,
except where charters provide
otherwise, are elected in the odd
numbered years, and are entitled
to So day for each day of actual
service, though at any town meet
ing and before officers are elected,
the pay may be increased one-half.
Before entering upon their duties
the assessors are required to file
with the county auditor an oath of
Office and bond in the sum of
$500 conditioned upon the
deligent, faithful and impartial"
performance of their duties.
On the last Thursday in April
the assessors in each county meet
with their county auditor to receive
the assessment books and listing
blanks, and confer with the
auditor relative to the performance
of their duties. On May l they
begin their work which must be
completed by the fourth Monday
of June: This gives them this year
A days, Sundays and holidays ex-
cepted, in which to make the
assessment.
Real estate is assessed every even
numbered year, and personal pro-
perty every year, both being as
sessed and valued as of May L. In
assessing land the law requires the
assessor when practicable, to
actually view each tract and lot,
and to value the land and structures
separately.
Preparatory to assessing personal
property the assessors make a list
of the names of all persons in their
districts liable to assessment. The
assessor is required to call upon
each of them at his residence or
office, present him with a blank for
listing his property and require
him to enter upon it the quantity
of property owned by him in any
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1912-02-23
Elect Officers

Editor Schaefer returned Tues
day from Minneapolis where he
had attended the Forty-Sixth An
nual meeting of the Minnesota
State Editorial Association. The
session was one of the best ever
held and was largely attended
some three hundred editors and
friends being present at the banquet
given the visiting scribes at the
Hotel Raddisson. The following
officers were elected:
II. c. Miller, St. Peter, presi-
dent; G. B. Bjornson, Minneota,
vice president; Peter Schaefer, Ely,
second vice president; M. S. More
Illus, Lindstrom, third vice presi-
dent; Carlos Avery, Hutchinson,
secretary; David Ramsley, St.
Paul, treasurer; Charles Whitney,
Marshall, Frank Meyst, Mime
apolis, and VIM. E. Easton, Still
water, executive committee.
An invitation of the Duluth COM
mercial club to spend a week on
the ranges and in Duluth next
summer was enthusiastically re-
ceived. In his annual address,
Sam Y. Gordon, then president of
the Editorial Association recon-
mended See Minnesota First
trip and c. S. Mitchell of the News
Tribune of Duluth later extended
the invitation to visit us.
In all probability the editors and
their wives to the number of 200
will be up this way, probably in
June, and if possible will be in
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1912-02-23

the summer terms in the normal
Scholastic seven weeks instead of
twelve. A plan is under con-
sideration to lengthen the elemen-
tary course in the normal schools
six or possibly twelve weeks, so as
to bring it closer up TO the standard
now required for completion of an
advanced course, which covers two
years of training beyond graduation
from a state high school.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1912-02-23
Can't Beat The Old Song

Efforts to place in the Chicago
public schools a substitute for
The Star Spangled Banner. )"
have failed.
The board of education, after
reading and passing on several
thousand songs submitted by
authors and song writer's, made the
statement through its president.
DR.. j. B. McFatrich, that no song
had been received which was
worthy of being written into tho
history of the United States as q
national anthem.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1912-02-23
ThOs. Champion Dead

Thos. Champion, one of our
oldest and most respected citizens,
died Monday after alengthy illness
of kidney troubles. Mr.. Champion
had always been of arugged nature
up to about two years ago when he
gradually began to decline upto
Monday when the end came.
Deceased had been resident of
Ely almost since the beginning of
the town following the vocation of
a miner with the exception of afew
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1912-02-23
Will Leave Ely.

News from St. Cloud todayis to
the effect that the school board Of
that district at last nights session
engaged c. H. Barnes as superin-
tendent at a salary of 81 500 Q
year, Mr.. Barnes has been sup
erintendent of the Ely, schools for
the past four years and isrecogniz-
ed as one of the best school mea
in the state.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1912-02-23
Games Tonight

The Tower City team will be
here tonight to play with the High
School team at the Lincoln gym
nasium. This game promises to
be fast as the Tower boys, are
claimed to have an excellent re-
cord and we know our boys are
good.
The game tonight will be Q
double header, the Aurora girls
and the Ely girls teams will also
contest for honors. ~
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1912-02-23
Will Build Spur

Parties were here this week look
ing over the ground on behalf Of
the Duluth & Iron Range who In
tend in the near future to build .
spur to the Lucky Boy mine.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1912-02-23

duced to come to Ely also. After
the itinerary is settled. the Ely
Business Mems Association. and
the citizens in general will be. re-
quested to carry out the entertain
ment part of the program. A visit
of the Minnesota editors to Ely
would mean much to this country.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1912-02-23
Two HarbOrs Victorious

In game that was exceptionally
snappy from the start to finish the
Two Harbors High School basket
ball team defeated the Ely team at
the port city Friday. Those who
witnessed the exhibition claim it
was one of the best played games
of the season. Two Harbors de-
feated the Ely boys here several
weeks ago and up to date, have not
lost game. The score for Fri
days game was AZ to 27. Martilla,
Maxi and Carlson did excellent
work for the Ely team. The line
up of the teams was as follows:
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1912-02-23
HHRIGh,.r
lll 1otes jill

Sunday morning at 1920 at the
M. E. Church, the Pastor will
have as topic, Bones" At the
evening service the topic will be
The Reality of Jesus Christ. f"
There will be special music at the
evening service.
The Epworth League is planning
on giving Cantata either on Palm
Sunday or Easter, at the evening
services of the M. +. church.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1912-02-23

Order your wood from Burns tina
Livery Man.
Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1912-06-22
Christian Church

Lords day school 10: a. IN.
Come and make a report of the
picnic. Communion and Morning
Worship IL; a. NJ. Every member
should be present and bring his
basket full The friends OF the
church are welcome for all the ser
vice. A full report of the work OF
each department OF the church will
be given. Come, answer to the
call of your name at the roll call.
J. Martin Rhodes. Minister.
Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1912-06-22
Mrs. H. Salscheider and children

Mrs. II. Stakeholder and children.
of Couer d Alene, Ida, are guests
this week at the home of Mrs. Sal
cheider's parents, Mr.. and Mrs.
Fred Gleed.
Charles O'Callahan has been APP
pointed by the Kootenai Valley
Boosters club to represent this dis
trict at the meeting of delegates
from over the county which is tc
be held at Standpoint tomorrow
afternoon for the purpose of max
ing plans for the advertising Of
Bonner county at the various land
shows and fairs this fall.
Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1912-06-22
Methodist church

Regular morning service at IL
o'clock, a. m, sermon subject, A
Message From the PAST Even
mig service at o'clock, p, m, SER
mon subject, "A Wonderful
Savior. Service will be held at
the Paradise Valley church at 3
clock p. m.
Rev. John ]. Pacey, pastor.
Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1912-06-22
Additional Locals

Parties having tools which they
borrowed from the Bonner Hard
ware company will please return
the same at once. 2t
OF. Howe and wife. Mrs. H.
Reemer and Fern Wheeler left
yesterday in Mr.. Wheeler's auto
for the Reemer ranch where they
will remain until Sunday.
Sylvia and Weldon Rhodes
arrived here this week from their
home in Standpoint to spend week
or SO visiting with Mrs. Frank ].
Miller.
Be sure and attend the ice cream
social to be held Wednesday, June
26, at the Mccall residence on the
Northside by the ladies of the
Christian church.
An ice cream social will be held
on the lawns of the w. A. Alex
ander and Edward Moore residen-
ces on the evening of June 90, by
the members of the Altar society
of the Catholic church. Everyone
invited.
The editor of the Herald wa:
presented with two fine boxes Of
Strawberries this morning from the
George Jorgensen ranch. The Der
ries were fine, large and we'll flaw
ored and Is of them filled a quart
box. Mr.. Jorgenson has surely
sustained his reputation, this season
of being one of the most successful
strawberry growers of the district
Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1912-06-22
NOTICE FOR PUBLICATION.

Department OF the Interior, u. s. Land ONCE
at CoeIr al Alene. Idaho. June II. 1912.
Notice is hereby given that Charles G. Prell.
OF Bonners Ferry. Idaho, who, on May 4th 1911,
made homestead entry serial No. O7467 for Swk
SEA. Sec. p, NwI< NEIz, Sec. "a, Twp. 62 n.
Range East Boise Meridian. has filed notice
Of intention to make continuation Proof. TO
establish claim to the land above described
before w. d. Baxter. u. s Commissioner, at
Boomers Ferry, Idaho, ON the 18th day OF July.
1912.
Claimant names as witnesses: Frank II.
Bush, Ward II. Duvall, Henry LaFlour, Nike
Fitzpatrick. all of Boomers Ferry. Idaho.
6-22-7-20 w, II. BATTING, Register.
Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1912-06-22
Terrific Dust Storm

One of the worst dust storms
which has ever been experienced
in this district swept over Boomers
Ferry last night at the rate of IS
miles an hour. The storm lasted
about four hours. 1t is reported
that the storm did considerable
damage i'll towns west of here but
no damage was done in this vicin-
ity.
Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1912-06-22
Vaudeville Coming

The management of the Utopia
theater has arranged for the APP
pearance in this city on Monday
and Tuesday, June "A and rs, OF
South and Lavelle in a 20 minute
singing act.
South and Lavelle have just
closed an engagement on the Sui
livan and Considine circuit and
Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1912-06-22

Miss Lavelle was one of the best
known character singers of The
Land of Nod company.
Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1912-06-22

Mrs, c.. w. Bush returned
Wednesday from a weeks visit in
Spokane and Occur d'Alene,
Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1912-06-22
DEMOCRATS
PUT UP STATE
Faction of Party in Harmony With
Hawley's Program Commencing
To Line Up
LEAVE U. S. SENATOR OUT
Sentiment Against Putting Up Csndi-
date--Ms. Iron On
State Ticket

Under thin veneer of party
harmony. the Democrats of Idaho
are at war In every county in the
state, Spells are at the bottom of
the disturbance, of course, but
from present symptoms it will be
extremely difficult for the party to
put up a good fighting front in the
coming campaign,
Those who are determined to re-
nominate Governor Hawley for a
second term are busy at work on a
slate, and in all probability this
slate will be sprung at the platform
convention to be held in Boise
June IS.
Here is the slate as far as now
made up:
Governor James H. Hawley of
Boise.
Justice of the supreme court
Edward l.. Bryan, Caldwell.
Lieutenant governor-A bner c..
Kern of Wallace.
Attorney general "A. l.. Free
hafer of Adams county.
State treasurer-Curtis +. Pike,
| Ada county.
Congressman Edward NJ. Pu g.
mire of Bear Lake county and
Frank l.. Moore of Moscow, Latah
county.
Superintendent of schools
Nell K. Irion of Bonner county
This leaves the secretary of state,
state auditor, mine Inspector and
presidential electors still to be dis
posed of. 1t is limited that one of
these will go to the north, the other
to the southeast, and the mine in
spector will be chosen from some
mining county, either Shoshone,
Owyhee, Lemhi or Custer.
One faction in the party is deter
mined to renominate Governor
Hawley and leave the senatorship
open till after the fall election. II
is natural to assume that the friends
of the governor are in this camp to
man, as this is the program sug-
gested by the governor himself. II
was announced, too, on good auth
ority recently that this faction
was in the ascendency and that
this program had been practically
agreed upon all sides.
On the other side there is, how
ever, determined band of ultra
progtessives, determined to nomi-
nate a candidate for the senate
They are rallying around the
standard of George w. Tannahill
Should this program go through
Tannahill will head the ticket
unless Governor Hawley later
decides to enter the race himself
Democrats in all factions and in
all sections of the state are willing
to concede that Governor Hawley
controls the situation, and what he
is determined to do is to leave the
senatorship open till after the next
Legislature is chosen.
Should Governor Hawley be
over-ridden in this matter, and
should he step aside altogether
which some of his friends say he
has threatened to do, then Tanna-
hill will be put up for senator and
Moses Alexander will be the nomi-
nee for governor.
OF course, if the Tannahill- AL
exander forces come into power
the slate outlined above will be
knocked into a cooked hat. 1t
may be broken in spots, anyhow;
because there is no wild scrambline
among Democrats for places on a
ticket that is understood to be
doomed to defeat right from the
start Boise Statesman.
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1912-12-17
Contested Election.

There was tried today in the Dis
lrIct COurA Judge E. w. Sutherlin,
the ease of w. B. Jacobs, who was
a candidate for justice of the peace
of Ward Eight at the November 5
election.
In that ward there are two vote
ing precincts, one at FOrbing, the
ether at Caspiana. The returns
from FOrbing were received by the
supervisors of election within the
limits of the law In this box, ac-
Cording to the returns, there were
for H. NJ. Sutton s votes, and for w.
B. Jacobs 7 votes. As the returns
from Caspiana were not reported
nor the returns handed to the SUI
pervisOrs of election, the result. ut
the FOrbing box was transmitted to
the Secretary of State and in time
duly promulgated. and soon there
after H. NJ. Sutton was commits
stoned by Governor Hall as the JUS
tice of the peace of the Eighth
Ward.
The contention of W. B. Jacobs
was that he had received Is of the
% votes in the Caspiana box and
was therefore elected, but there
was no official tabulation of this
election nor the list of voters nor
the report Of the commissioners OF
the election, and besides Mr.. Jacobs
had sought relief after the expira-
ton Of the thirty days as stipulated
by law. In briefer words. he could
not sustain his contention legally,
but was too late, and therefore the
title of H. M. Sutton, who has been
duly commissioned and had quail
fled, will not be disturbed in the
holding of his office as the justice
of the peace of Ward Eight.
The plaintiff was represented by
Judge Murff and Attorney Thurber,
and the defendant by E. B. Herndon.
The case is of interest from the
legal points involved.