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The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1913-04-18
LAND SALE
Enormous Prices Secured for St.
Louis County Land

The sale of state and school lands
conducted at the court house in
Duluth Wednesday by State
Auditor Iverson and his assistant,
Mr.. Nelson, was we'll attended and
I'll, 12O acres were disposed of at
an average of $12.02 an acre.
Several from this city attended
the sale and secured the parcels
they were after. The BURNSIDE
portage proposition was bid in by
M. R. Nyman of Minneapolis at
S60.5O per acre. There were 80
acres in this tract and the state had
appraised the value of the property
at $50 an acre. The place is only
valuable for camping place and
there is some speculation as to
where the auditor secured his basis
for the appraised valuation.
The highest price paid for land
was by Mr.. Pratt of Chisholm who
paid $40 an acre for one tract,
sos an acre for another and $50 an
acre for another piece securing in
all $50 acres.
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are to thoroughly test the property
under one of the best mining en-
gineers to be obtained.
The Mutual Iron Mining com
pany is composed of people well
known in this region. James Car
die is president, A. H. Boyer, vice
president, ]. L. Dorsey, secretary
and Tilton E. Lewis, treasurer.
The board of directors in addition
to the officers named is composed
of L. H. Smith, John Kelly and
Geo. E. Rowe. The company is
capitalized at $35O,OOO.
The company has secured long
term option and a fifty year min
ing lease on the property. Those
who are familiar with the ground
in that vicinity are of the opinion
that mine will eventually be
shown there. 7. H. Rogers, form
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Will Organize

The following call for a meeting
has been circulated in the city and
those who are behind the move say
it means business providing suf-
fcient take part in the arrangement.
Ely needs a good band and it is
the opinion of many that one could
make it a go. What we need here
is band stand and a musical or
ganization that is capable of fur
nishing Saturday night and Sunday
concerts for the benefit of the
people and no doubt an organiza-
ton of this nature would receive
due support from the city council
and the business men of the city.
The notice reads:
NOTICE
All persons. musicians or other
wise, interested in band are in
vited to meet at the City Hall on
Sunday afternoon, April 20, at 2
O'Clock for the purpose of talking
matters over and if possible, or
ganize what is to be known as a
City Band.
COMMITTEE.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1913-04-18
FACULTY WINS
City Team Goes Down to Defeat
ON a Score Of g to II

The Faculty put one over on the
City team Saturday evening at the
Lincoln gymnasium when they
emerged from the basketball fracas
with a score of 80 to IL. The
game was well played and up to
the end of the first half honors
were about even the score showing
to8.
In the second half however
things happened in rapid succession.
The City boys seemed to be wind
ed and lacked pep. Their mani
ton cost them dearly and "a scores
were chalked up against them in
the half while they succeeded in
annexing three more to their own
score. The City boys seemed to
lack practice and while they had
excellent material in their team
they failed to connect at moments
when it was necessary.
Those composing the teams were
the following:
City,. Gianotti, Wilson Carl
son, A. Garvey, A. Anderson and
Albert Prisk.
Faculty-S. Adkins, w. Eng
lund, Sig Williams, Fred Mokros
and Philip Schweickhard.
A preliminary game between the
Freshmen and the Grammar grades
was won by the Freshmen on a
score of 10 to s after hard skirm-
ish. The little fellows put up a
good game and many promising
Youngsters for the future were
noticed among the two teams. AL
bert McMahan refereed both games
and his work was satisfactory.
This was the last game of the
season. The winter has produced
some fine exhibitions of the lively
game and the ones Saturday even
ing were fitting climax to a sue
cessful season.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1913-04-18
QUITTING BUSINESS
N. WGinziGrI After g Years in
Business viii Retire

On another page of this issue will
be found the announcement of the
retirement from business of the old
established business house of M.
Weinzierl. The retiring sale starts
tomorrow morning and everything
will be sold.
Mr.. Weinzierl was one of the
first to settle in this city and his
excellent business has attained the
age of 80 years. In all these years
Mr.. Weinzierl has forged steadily
to the front and at the present time
is considered one of the stable
merchants of the city. His going
out of business is based on his
desire to rest. That he has deserv-
ed rest is apparent. Thirty-two
years is a long time to be in one
place. Up to a year ago, Mr..
Weinzierl managed his business
personally but at that time secured
the services of Louis Bauer who
has been in charge since. Nc
future plans on the part of Mr..
Weinzierl have been given out.
The sale is in charge of the T
<. Kelly Sales Co. and the prices
have been made attractive enough
to insure speedy disposal of the
large stock.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1913-04-18
TINE CHANGED
Duluth & Iron Range Makes
Change in Running Time

Beginning last Tuesday morning
change went into effect on the
Duluth & Iron Range giving in.
creased train service but COM
plicating business conditions in Ely
and Winton. The morning train
leaves here now at $50 instead OF
7:2O and the noon train leaves at
100 instead of 1:2O as heretofore.
The noon train arrives at 1900
and the evening train at SIS. The
arrival at the other end of the line
is 80 minutes earlier and the
departure is 80 minutes later. In
addition, train has been put on
leaving here at S o'clock every day.
All trains run to Winton and their
time is 10 minutes earlier and 10
minutes later than the Ely time as
the case may be.
The change was made by the
railroad company to accommodate
the Vermilion CD range people
who wished to shop in Duluth and
one hour is added to the time in
Duluth for this purpose. The
demand for this change was Sc
insistent CD on the part of the
Vermilion people that the
company was forced to make
the change. A strange part of the
proceeding is that the insistent
clamor" for the change was I'M
noticeable in this vicinity. in fact
our opinions in the matter cut
about as much ice as the traditional
SNOWFALL in hades, as far as the
company was concerned. The
solution to the mystery of the
change is probably found in the
statement of one in authority who
remarked that 1.-THE Duluth depart
ment stores and the people of Two
Harbors were mostly concerned. "
Ely has been insistently clamor-
ing" for an earlier service, and
not later. The people of this end
would like to do business during
business hours and not in the night
time or before daylight in the
morning. Of course, the railroad
officials will say again that Ely is
always kicking"
A demand has been considerably
voiced for a morning train out OF
here on Sunday giving through
connections with points on the
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1913-04-18
Vhginia Slapped

Some sport dope artist on the
Youngstown, Ohio. Telegram, took
a hard slap at Virginia few day:
ago in vicious assault on the
ability of a ball player. by saying
that Virginia was "a place where
the great white way consists Of
four sawdusty saloons, drug
store, general store and a shoot
ing gallery"
The Virginian in commenting or
the deal defines the writer of the
scurrilous attack as ''pinhead. "
Youngstown, Ohio, oh yes, that is
the state where the upper storie:
were covered in water. 'Saphead'
is probably better word to use OF
this fellow. And just think, sucf
fellows are allowed to write stuff
for newspapers, in Ohio.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1913-04-18
HERE YESTERDAY
Agricultural Special Visited BY
Many

The St. Louis County Agricul-
tural special arrived in the city
Wednesday evening and remained
here until IL o'clock yesterday
morning. The train comprised
twelve cars and is made up of the
best agricultural exposition that
has ever visited here. Experts in
the various lines were with the
train to explain knotty questions.
The doors were opened at 9
o'clock yesterday morning and
from that time until the departure
of the train at II o'clock constant
stream of people went through the
cars. Owing to the large crowds
lectures were impossible but the
attendants were at all times willing
to talk on various subjects.
The Kid" band from the High
School enlivened the occasion by
making their appearance and play
ing. The various rooms of the
schools were given an opportunity
in company with the teachers to 60
through the train. All the farmers
from the White Iron and other
districts were in the city.
Each coach is especially fitted to
give needed information on some
one particular department of farm
work, the idea being to so handle
the different subjects that the farm
ers can seek information on only
those which they desire knowledge.
R. L. Griffin, of Hibbing, secre-
tary of the County Fair association
who is accompanying the special,
is organizing the different farmers
clubs into a federation in order
that more and bigger exhibits will
be made at the county fair. Fred
Ward, county agricultural expert,
is also boosting the farmers club
idea, as he hopes by this plan to
bring about a more uniform use of
seed varieties.
Prof. A. J. Mcclure superinten-
dent of the Northeast Experiment
farm at Grand Rapids, joined the
train here yesterday. Others with
the train are:
Director-Prof. Nathan E. Chap
man, head of the poultry work of
the extension department of the
state agricultural college.
SUPPLEMENTARY. A. Dickin-
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To WORK McC0MBER
Mutual Iron Mining Company to
Take Charge Of Property

As soon as the ice goes out of
Lake Vermilion, the machinery of
the Pine Island company will be
moved to the McComber property
at Armstrong Lake and active work
will begin to open up this property.
Much work has been done here by
various concerns il the past and it
is said there is a dump at the mine
containing a thousand or more
tons of ore. This ore was en-
countered in the process of sinking
a shaft. 1t is not known whether
the new company will work the
old shaft or not but the intentions
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1913-04-18
e. The Aurora and

Mesaba range. The Aurora and
Virginia end is working on a
scheme to put stop to that long
tedious wait in the morning at Allen
Junction for travellers from this
end. It is to be hoped that some
thing will be accomplished along
this line thus giving the people
here a chance to get acquainted
with their Mesaba neighbors on
Sunday without spending the day
at Allen Junction.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1913-04-18
Licenses Issued

Abraham Pietikainen and Miss
Mary Luoma secured marriage
license Saturday.
A license was issued to Johan
Stublar and Miss Mary Deslich
Monday.
Peter Svetich and Miss Rosa
Barich secured license today.
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son, agricultural superintendent
Duluth & Iron Range railroad.

son, agricultural superintendent
Duluth & Iron Range railroad.
Home Department-Mrs. M. B.
Baker, Mary L. Bull, Bess Rowe
state agricultural school.
First Aid-Miss Delilah Pierce,
trained nurse, state agricultural
school extension department.
Libraries-Miss Helen J Stearns
librarian, state public library COM
mission.
Boys and Girls department-N
A. Young, superintendent OF
schools, St. Louis county; A. 7,
Erickson, c. H. WEIGH, state agri-
cultural school; assistants, Arthur
Mcdonald, J. T. Volk and r. c,
Dorm.
Livestock and Farm-A. B.
Hostetter, w. A. McKerrow, A,
]. Mcclure, Mark Thompson.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1913-04-18

Full line of wall paper to select
from at Henry Jokela's. Call on
him or leave orders at Ronka &
Hirvivaara's tailor shop. ADV.
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erly of the Section 80 Development
Co. will have charge of the work.
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OUR WEATHER

Temperatures for the past week. The max
imum of heat and cold is given as shown by the
government thermometers as follows:
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BASE BALL
Season Opens Sunday With Game
Between Local Players

Should the weather permit, the
base ball season will begin next
Sunday with a game between Sera-
phine's Warehouses" and the City
team. The game is primarily
gotten up for a test of several
players and to furnish amusement
for the army of fans in the city and
will be as an opening wedge for a
successful season of base ball in
Ely.
Jos. Seraphine is managing the
old stagers and has surrounded
himself with bunch of players
that will give good account of
the intricate phases of the great
game. The City team, we all
know, is of as good material as can
be found in the city. The game
promises to be a good one and you
should not miss it. The names of
those taking part are as follows:
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A. WULoTz, Observer.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-11-30

Future quotations were as follows:
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-11-30
Wisconsin Drug Harvest

Wisconsin has large and unde
yeloped resource in crude drugs, bot
wild and capable of cultivation, ac
cording to Louis Sulzer. a member OF
a firm which deals in crude drugs sayf
the Pharmaceutical Era.
wisconsin and adjoining states" ac-
cording to Mr.. Sulzer, "abound n
crude drugs; hundreds of thousands y
dollars could be dug out OF the earth
each year. Few people know that tn,
obnoxious Jimpson leaf and also the
seed which abounds around the barn
yard and are considered a nuisance
are worth cents a pound and arr
used in certain remedies; also the bur
dock, which is such pest to tn.
thrifty farmer. Is salable--both the
root and the seed. Mandrake, common
1y called Mayapple. also has a CONNER
cial value; in fact. podophyllin man
ufactured from Mayapp1e root is the
body of many pills, and we handle eacl
season from 10 to 10 carloads of l.
tons each of the dry root In Madison
Blood root. called by the digger re
puccoon, is also salable at 4~to 3 cents
per pound, and is very plentiful T.
Wisconsin. Slippery elm, which ~
some sections of this state is used H.
poultices, etc, and is worth from
to 10 cents per pound.
II could go on and enumerate r
hundred or more different roots bark
and herbs which are salable Our spe
cialty has always been golden seal
commonly called yellow root Twenty
five years ago this article was sellin
at 15 to 20 cents per pound, and q
Kentucky. Tennessee and West Virgini
the digger took 1t to the country stolt
and traded 1t in for groceries and 9th
er necessaries of life. The demand
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-11-30
Cop Is Artist

Gotham's millionaire cop" Patrolman
Cahill. coyly and no doubt correctly dis
claims the millionaire" soubriquet, and
no less modestly pleads guilty to the
possession of natural artistic talent that
would do credit to one who had devoted
lifetime to the study of art, says a
New York special to the Louisville Her.
aid. Though the father was an artist of
pote and his sisters paintings grace many
homes of culture and wealth and always
find ready sale. Cahill has never had
instruction and has indulged his painting
fancy only during the past two or three
years, having previously made etchinss
and carved in wood as a pastime. Artists
who know the value of paintings say
Cahill has rare talent and have urged
him to exhibit some Of his work, but
so far he has not done so. He works
rapidly, once a. subject is decided upon.
has wonderful memory and has repro
duced on canvas a number of fine
landscapes when far distant from hts SUBJ
jectS.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-11-30
Weekly Cotton Review

New Orleans, November 29-This
was a dull week in the cotton market.
Tho principal feature In the small
amount of trading was the liquidation
from both sides. Early in the week
longs We're tightening their loads of
contracts but from Wednesday on
shorts We're the heavier traders and
bought covers for much cotton. This
was supporting influence of impor-
tance.
The net results of the weeks trad
! ing were a decline of points on De-
cember and an advance of to IL points
on the other months. The high prices
were made on Friday and the low price
Were scattered through the week. Al
the highest the trading months We're 4
| to Ia points over last weeks close; at
| the lowest they We're 6 to % points
under. The range of prices was 19 tc
| rs points.
| Tuesday was first notice day for De,
cember deliveries and notices for about
5000 bales were issued
| They had the effect of driving out q
large number of holders of long Decem-
Der contracts and put the price of De-
cember to 1272 On Wednesday the
selling continued, but not in large
volume and the price went to 1870.
This was the lowest level touched by
any month in many weeks.
w edlHer coHulIlOnS Tor the week
were favorable, on the whole, and re-
ports from the belt were that picking
and ginning were making fast progress.
They caused some selling on the belief
that favorable conditions had length
ened the picking season and added ma
terially to the total number of oales.
Statistics of the week attracted con
siderable attention, chiefly because mil
takings were so large. Takings for the
week were put by Hester at 4S6, ,0p0
bales, against 47s,000 this week last
year, and 100000 this week two years
ago. This showing increased the dis
position of shorts to cover on the week
end.
In the spot department prices lost
Lice, middling closing at 13c against
l. 1-16c last week, and 12A C this week
last year. Sales on the spot amounted
to 1894 bales, against 1853 last week,
and 5000 this week last year. Sales to
arrive amounted to 1898 bales, against
11,76O last week, and 4450 this week
last year.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-11-30

has increased for over a quarter OF
century until the wild root became
almost exhausted. Values increased
steadily until the fall of 1911, when
We We're paying sI25 to s4.75 for clean
and dry dug root.
However. Uncle Sam has not been
asleep, but has been advocating the
cultivation of this valuable drug ard
We lind the cultivated root as good as
the wild.
We have also found market for
the herb, or top. which has always been
considered worthless until last sea-
son. We received the first order ever
placed for this article and this season
renewed the same, which means quite
good deal to the hundreds of grow
ers of golden seal In replanting gold
en- seal growers can save the fibers.
which are worth almost half as much
as the whole root All roots should be
gathered in the fall, as then they have
fully matured and have attained their
medicinal virtues. Herbs and leaves
should be gathered early in the spring
and the stems should be thrown awav
''All bark should be peeled early IN
spring while the sap is up. Wahoo
bark can best be peeled by beating
lightly with a mallet, which will loosen
the bark very easily; for Slippery elm
n drawing knife should be used In
peeling all bark care should be ex-
ereised lest wood be cut with the
bark"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-11-30
COTTON MARKET
DULL, But STEADY
Moderate Amount of Fresh
Buying for Long
Account =

New Orleans, November 29.--The eotton
AT times there was a moderate amount Of
fresh buying for long account, but the de-
mand was chiefly from shorts who wanted
to cover over the weekend. Price changes
were narrow and unimportant.
On the opening the tone was steady and
prices were 2 points down to points up.
Cables were lower than due on futures
and were disappointing on spots, but no
attention was paid to them. Brokers had
a good volume of business buying orders
to fill from shorts even on the first call.
The weather over the belt took a turn
for the worse and Increased the dispose
tion to buy. The market was held down
for tie by profit taking on the part OF
sealping longs, but the sag was only mo-
mentary Late in the morning the tratl-
Ing months were to points over yes
terday's last quotations and the close was
steady at a net gain OF 2 to points.
At one time 1t looked as II the market
would weaken under rumors of heavy gin
ming returns from a private bureau but
the rumor was denied quickly and befol G
it had much of any effect. Dispatches
from New York stated that the average
guess on the crop of the members of me
cotton exchange there was 143O3,O00 bales.
This was considered bullish In this mar
ket and led to more or less buying
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-11-30
COTTON MARKET IS
QUIET SATURDAY
Prices Generally Steady
With Short Covering and
Scattered Buying

New York, November 29.-The cotton
market was quiet today but prices ruled
generally steady with short covering and
scattering buying, with the close firm
at a net advance of to 5 points.
The opening was steady at a decline of
to I points In response to lower cables,
but prices quickly rallied on denials of
rumors that partial returns to one of the
southern statistical bureaus indicated a
ginning of 12,100,O00 bales to December l.
Some scattered buying also seemed to
be encouraged by expectations that the
annual crop estimate of New Orleans
authority, to be issued on Monday, would
make a bullish showing, while bullishly
disposed traders appeared to be some-
what impressed by reports of an increase
awaiting clearance, as compared both
with last year and two years ago.
The demand was not aggressive or gen.
eral but proved sufficient to send the
active months about 5 to points net
higher. Closing prices were within a
point or two OF the best on January
and later positions.
Members of the New York cotton ex-
change estimated the crop at 14,303O
bales. The government estimate of the
crop Is scheduled for publication at 2
p. IN. on December H. and will be pre-
ceded on December s by the next re-
port of the census bureau giving the
amount of cotton ginned to December l.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-11-30


The small village of Lerwick claims
the distinction of having the only tree
to be found on the Shetland Islands. II
also has but one street; but to make
up for other DEFICIENCIES, seagulls flock
to the place in great numbers.
The seagulls are the sparrows of
Lerwick; and as such they have a
great share in the towns life. In the
morning seagull may be seen sitting
on every chimney pot. Seagulls swoop
and hover over every roof In town.
The air is full of their strange, high.
plaintive, haunting cries. says the
Fruit Magazine.
Every house has It's own familiar
seagulls. But they never mix. The
children in each house have a pet
name for their own particular sea
gulls; and, having called them by
those names, they feed them every
day.
Each seagull knows what is meant
for him. No bird attached to one
house ever seeks to eat the food scat
tered from the house next door. He
does not dare to do. so. So all day
long theN seagulls hover and call over
the roofs of Lerwic1l.
The people of the town IL they come
across a little pile of rice laid upon
the roadway step over 1t with care.
They know that it has been placed
there for some seagull. And at night
the seagulls leave their appointed
chimney pots and fly gracefully away
to their resting place on the rocks OF
the Isle of Moss.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-11-30
A Propressiye Youth

From the Louisville Herald.
Il had always hoard that New Eng
landers were SMART a young phy-
sician who has graduated" from A
village practice remarked the other
day, but ] hardly thought it deyel-
oped at such an early age"
He smiled reminiscently then con-
unued
Just after 1 settled down in Dobbs
Corners a 12-year-old boy called on
me one evening.
Say Doc, l guess I got the measles,
he remarked but nobody knows It
'cept the folks at home, an they amt
the kind that talks, If there's any
good reason to keep quiet
I was puzzled, and I suppose I
looked it.
'Aw, get wise, Doc my visitor sug-
gested. What will you give me to go
to school an spread it among all the
kids in the village?"