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The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1913-10-10
Cost Of DYING Down

While the cost of living seems to
be going up, according to schedule
and with little or no effort, the cost
of dying" with the aid of the new
workman S compensation act, is 60
ing down. With limit placed on
the amount that may be taken out
of a mans estate to pay for his
funeral death looks almost attrac-
tive to the haressed man of family
who has watched the price of beef
steak going up like a monoplane.
He is glad there is something cheap
in this world, anyhow; but at that
he won't be able to stand around
and enjoy it. 1t is is his relatives
who will reap the benefit.
The new act Specifies that not
more than 500 can be taken from
a mans estate in probate court for
funeral expenses. If sorrowing
relatives want to lavish more OH a
funeral, that is their affair, but the
man who has been going through
life wearing last winters overcoat
so his wife and daughter can spend
money for clothes they don't need
can die in peace knowing that they
can't spend more than 500 OH his
funeral and make the neighbors
jealous, unless they pay for it out
of their own pockets.
The undertakes are not worry
ing about the matter. While they
fail to see what right the state of
Minnesota has to interfere with a
mans funeral, or@o of thes1nost in
innate details of his part in the
general cosmic scheme, they know
that funerals which cost more than
500 will be paid for by relatives.
AS one pointed, in cases where it
is necessary to send the body out of
the city, the cost of two railroad
tickets alone would, in many in
stances, eat up the specific amount.
In the long run the entire amount
comes from the heirs anyway, so
the undertakers fail to see how it
is going to affect them.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1913-10-10
of the secretary of agriculture.

Vi luG secretary OF agriculture.
The amount appropriated under
this act, based on the receipts of
the national forests for the fiscal
year ending June 80, 1913; is
1884, 38.68. From the 1912 re-
ceipts for this ten per cent road
item, there is an additional S134,-
831.10, which is still available.
In administering the ten per cent
road fund, forest officers charged
with the actual plans and expendi-
lures in the neighborhood of their
forests have, in almost all cases,
secured an equal or a larger CO.
operative fund from state author
tiles for the building of certain
pieces of .road.
With the money thus expended
many important roads are being
built or put in repair. One on the
Wyoming national forest, six miles
long, makes accessible to farmers a
large body of timber and opens up
a region of great scenic beauty. In
northwestern Arizona, part of the
fund will be used in connection
with the LeFevre-B Bright Angel
road, important because it makes
accessible to tourists the Grand
Canyon of the Colorado. In one
place, the Ocean to Ocean Highway
crosses the Apache national forest,
Arizona, and on this project the
forest service and the local author
tiles cooperated enthusiastically.
On the Florida national forest in
western Florida steel bridges and
graded roads have, under the
stimulus of this fund, taken the
place of corduroy, bog and sand.
This federal road fund is now
available i'll all national forest states
of the west. Just as fast as returns
come in, the forestry officials say, a
similar fund will become available
in states III which eastern national
forests are. being secured.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1913-10-10
Died at the Hospital

Joseph Denis, who arrived in the
city Friday evening from Duluth
was at once taken to the Shipman
Hospital. He was afflicted with
lobar pneumonia and died Monday
evening. The remains were shipped
to Duluth for interrment Wednes-
day morning.
He was "A years of age and has
followed the trade as woodsman in
the northern Minnesota forests for
several years, he I eing for the past
ten years employed off and on with
the Oliver Iron Mining company
logging department. He came to
Ely for the purpose of entering the
Oliver camps. 1t is claimed he had
relatives at Duluth.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1913-10-10
They are Here

After having congratulated our
selves for many years over the total
absence of rats in this city, it be-
comes our painful duty to announce
that the advance guard has arrived
in large numbers slick and fat.
The lumber camps south of here
have been bothered for some time
and Winton and Fall Lake have had
their share. Steps should be taken
at once to stamp out the pests and
rat hunts should be common.
While not many have been encoun-
tered in the city proper, the Chand-
Ter location, we understand, has a
surplus.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1913-10-10
To Distribute Estate

Formal order of distribution in
the Michael Mertel estate was
signed by District Judge Fesler
Monday on petition of Magdalena
Mertel, the administrators. The
widow collected $4,000 from the
Oliver Iron Mining company for
Mertel's death at the mine here on
April 22. The court directs how
the funds shall be distributed and
orders the widow to make a final
report. Under the terms of the
order, the widow will receive $3.50,
the attorney, Leo A. Ball, $500,
and the two children 81, 4o4 40.
The remainder has been spent for
expenses and the settlement of
claims against the estate.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1913-10-10
Nothing to Ii

All efforts to discover any trace
of mysterious meeting said to
have been called at Hibbing Sunday
have failed. Hibbing attorneys
scout the idea of any organized OPP
position to the workmen's CON-
pensation act which was to have
been the object of attack.
There were several damage suit
runners from Duluth who toured
the range at the time the bill came
before the legislature endeavoring
to raise a fund to fight the act, !"
said an attorney, but their efforts
at that time were unsuccessful and
they did not attempt any invasion
of this village, as there are too
many we'll educated laberers here
who understand the law and it's
benefits. If there was any move
for a meeting it was started by these
same people.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1913-10-10
Touching Tale

Fridays News Tribune brought
the following story from Duluth.
Eli Sivetich, age SO, left police
court yesterday railing against the
injustice" because, after having
informed the police of the misde-
meanor of two acquaintance a man
and s~woman, he, too, was arraign-
ed on a similar charge, and, with
them, fined $50 and costs. Ali
paid the fines.
Sivetich came to Duluth Thurs
day from Ely. He went at once to
police headquarters, and demanded
the arrest of Dpka Mikulic and
Tony Marine, age 43. He charg-
ed that the Mikulic woman had
stolen $50 from him at Ely z
month ago. Detectives Schultz
and Irvine arrested the couple. and
also held Sivetich.p
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1913-10-10
HUNTERS To MEET
Opinion Of Hunters Sought on the
Lines Of the Game Country

There will be meeting of hunt
ers at the City Hall on Wednesday
evening, Oct. %, at 1880 for the
purpose of discussing the new
boundaries proposed for the Super
ior Game Reserve as outlined by the
board of game and fish commission
erS.
The Stoney River country and
townships 62-11 and 63-11 are in
cluded in the proposed new bound
aries. The latter two townships
include all of Fall lake east of
township line IL and the same on
White Iron Lake. The other new
townships proposed are those lying
III Lake County and include all of
town COLL, all of town COLO, two
thirds of town 900, one third of
town COS and a major fraction of
town 60-6.
AS these towns in the Stoney
river country are known as the best
moose section of the country hunt
ers will do we'll to come to the
meeting and make formal protest
to the Commission to have these
towns excluded from the reserve.
The removal of the first two town.
ships from the hunting grounds
would also remove a good country
for birds, etc.
In a letter to Game Warden
James the Commission asks Mr..
James to secure the sentiment of the
people here in regards to to the
proposed lines in the following:
1t is possible they will object to
having town 63 and 81 cut out.
wish you would get the sentiment
of the people, and let us know as
soon as possible so that we may
be able to change the lines so as to
leave 90 and 62 to the public for
hunting"
Many are of the opinion that the
two towns mentioned would not be
of such Importance to hunters as
the Stoney River section and if
there would be any likelihood of the
lines being changed and the order
modified, the Stoney hunting
grounds would be preferable to
the Fall Lake townships.
1t is up-to those interested in the
hunting sport to get together and
voice their views, With the enor-
nous amount of land already re-
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1913-10-10
Chance to get AetnaizGd

Mr.. c. w. Woodford, special
agent for the Aetna Life Insurance
Co., is now in the city for few
days. He holds the unique posi-
ton of being the only policy writ
ing agent now travelling, who writes
and delivers youf policy the same
day. Any accident requiring
medical attention or any disease to
which flesh is heir is fully covered
Everything the Aetna has is gilt
edge. ADV.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1913-10-10
To Meet in Duluth

Great things are expected at Du-
luth on the evening of October %,
when Fred Beel the acknowledged
lightheavy weight wrestler of the
world will meet Mike Yokel of
Salt Lake City, Utah, at the Duluth
Curling Rink. Many from the
ranges are looking forward to this
event and will attend
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1913-10-10

moved from the hunting grounds
and the proposed addition of several
miles to the prohibited territory
there is mighty little left for the
hunter.
As the laws are very strict in re-
CARDS to crossing the reserve with
firearms, the hunting grounds for
big game could be reached only by
going in from the south. Last year
the d. & /. r. road run into the
Dunka river south of Birch Lake
and hunters could go in that way.
This year, we understand, there
will be no trains in from there and
those visiting the country will be
compelled to walk in.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1913-10-10
Little Girl Dies

Angela, the two year old daugh-
ter of Mr.. and Mrs. Anton Knapp
died Friday of CASTRO entritis after
short illness. The funeral took
place from the Catholic Church
Sunday, Rev. Father Buh ofhciat-
ing.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1913-10-10
Ma[[tagG License Issued

Deputy Clerk of the Court
Schaefer reports marriage licenses
issued during week as follows:
John Novak to Gertrude Jershe
Matti Maxi to Amelia Maxi.
The couple is from Winton.
George Sletten to Emma Bari
beau.
John Manthy to Ida Elvira
Rytkonen.
Ignatz Pucelj to Maria Stein.
The day book., 1913-10-22
e DOINGS OF THE WORLD BOILED DOWN

i Columbus, O.-Mabet, blonde for-
tune teller, taught William Murdoch,
SO, farmer, tango. Cost him his $500
roll. Had to beg bed from police.
Bowling Green, O.-Although car,
struck and demolished auto truck
loaded with cans containing nitro
glycerin, explosive was not set of.
Washington.-CoI. c. o. Shepard,
Riverside, Cal, sent new $40 bill
from treasury to replace one fed to
his pet white mice by Japanese SER,
want.
vigo, Spain.-Portuguese travellers
coming from Lisbon report that Sc.
rious royalist disorders broke out
Paris.-DecoIette dress shirts for,
men, Viennese Innovation, got cold re-
ception when sprung on Paris by two
youths at theater.
Paris.-Second international chro-.
nometrical conference is considering
plan to unity time all over world,
using Greenwich time signalled by
wireless.
Rome.-Saxony had no need to
suppress '"The Bizarre Princess" play
written by exvCrown Princess Louise.
Piece, not even salacious, failed ut
terly in premiere.
Baltimore.-"come around and
see me when I'm 100 years old and
I'll talk about retiring" said DR. Basil
L. Gildersleeve, professor in John
Hopkins University on 82d birthday,
Los Angeles. from PEN
Gil sellers to organ grinders and 'in-
formation bureaus" have organized
union to fight city order driving them
from street corners.
vermiIlion, S. Dak.-MarcelIus
Dunlap, 13, crushed to death in foot
ball scrimmage.
New York.-lsaac Levy, retired
merchant, awaiting death. result of
bichloride of mercury taken by mis-
- -. L. i ~ Ill
The day book., 1913-10-22

Jonn Burns, 40, recovered from wen
/ in livery stable, Evidently beaten to
death.
Princeton, N. J.-$3, 600, 900 grad
uate college, including Cleveland
memorial tower, formally dedicated.
Pittsburgh.-Prince Paul de Clair
mont, who claims to be last of Yer
lanes who figured as hero in
Elinor Glynn's Three Weeks visit
ing here.
Keokuk, Statue of Chief Keo-
kuk of Black Hawk nation, for whom
this city was named, unveiled yester-
day.
Columbus, O.-Under new. state
law there will be only one saloon to
each 500 population in wet coun-
ties, 2,647 less than now operating.
Monroe, La.--Negro who insulted
white girl taken from jail and
lynched.
Mum, coI.-Forty pretty girls
have organized anti-slang club.
Pledged not to associate with men
addicted to slang.
Portland, ore.-Because Police
Chief Clark would not let MIN lay on
long enough to build house for his
mother-in-law, Patrolman Snyder re-
signed. Let her hire a carpenter"
chief advised.
.Washington-"Daylight dansants"
nifty name recognized, for afternoon
matinee tango parties inaugurated by
swell" society at fashionable hotel.
GAINESVILLE, O.-Rev. A.E. Bruegge-
mann arrested when he started argu-
ment with conductors because he had
to wait half an hour for car.
Columbus, O.-Colunbus Protec-
tive ASSN, organized to fight white
slavery, viii furnish detectives who
will find out what wives want to know
about husbands and will inform girls
fully as to conduct and habits of their
fianceS.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-07-25
HALEYVILLE AFTER
IMPROVED ROADS
Merchants, Doctors, Law
yers and Farmers Agree
to Work Roads

Haleyville, July 24.-(Special )-The
Following pledge has been signed by
the merchants. doctors, lawyers and
others generally as well as by the
farmers within several miles, agreeing
to close their places Of business and
come out themselves and put in two
days work on the roads radiating from
the town. The prospects are that it
will turn out to be the greatest good
roads movement our town and vicinity
has ever seen.
Whereas, good roads are the making
of any town and country, and whereas,
the governor of Alabama has issued a
proclamation naming August IA. 10 and
16 as good roads days for the whole
state. and
Whereas, the secretary of the Ala
bama Good Roads association has Of
fered to shoulder pick and shovel and
has called on Senator Bankhead and
Congressman Underwood and others to
do likewise; ard,
"Whereas. some states have called
upon the shops and stores to close for
two or more days that all may join in
the work.
Therefore, We. the undersigned,
hereby agree to come ourselves and
bring our teams and to use our in
nuence TO have a general cessation of
business in and around Haleyville on
Thursday and Friday, August IA and
15, and to work the roads radiating
from Haleyville for a distance of five
miles, and we request that a meeting
be held that suitable and efficient ar
rangements be made to have the work
carried out successfully. making it a
good roads movement in dead earnest"
A letter has been received by r. L..
Blanton from the state highway engi-
neer saying he will start the work of
surveying the road from Haleyville
TO Double Springs on Monday next
The new brick block of the Doad
Wholesale Grocery company on the site
Of the former Blanton- Curtis company
stores, is nearing completion and will
be a handsome building.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-07-25
FURTHER IRISH
HOME RULE BILL

Boston, July 24-'To devise means of
sustaining financially and morally the
Irish party during the last stages of the
struggle for Irish home rule a special
meeting of the national executive COM
mittee of the United Irish League of
America has been called in this city for
August 3. Friends of the Irish move
ment from all parts of the country and
from Canada will be here, according to
John O'Callaghan, national secretary of
the league, who said also that $40, ,00C
probably will be raised
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-07-25
SESSIONS TENDERS
HIS RESIGNATION
Superintendent of Hunts
vile Schools Accepts Po-
,sition With Book Co.

Huntsville, July 24.-tspecial 1--R. e.
Sessions has resigned the position of
superintendent of the Huntsville public
schools and the board of education has
elected R. C. Johnston as his success
sor. Mr.. Sessions will accept an offer
recently rendered him by textbook
concern. Mr. Johnston has been prin-
cipal of the high school during the
last two years. The hoard of educa-
ton has not yet elected the other mem
bers of the faculty.
Heavy local rains fell in north Ala
bama Wednesday afternoon and night.
Cotton was beginning to wilt from the
protracted drouth and heat, and the
rains came in good time. However. the
rain did not come soon enough to save
a great deal of corn that had been
ruined by the dry winds. In some To-
calities the planters claim that they
will not get more than half of the
yield that they expected. a
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-07-25

New York, July 24.--Not since the
seasons early weeks has such a base
ball hiatus occurred as that of today
when not single major league game
was played and minor league contests
In the east were conspicuous for their
rarity. 1t was an off day anyway for
the American league, the western teams
being on their way east to open new
series tomorrow.
-Four games were scheduled In the
National league, but rain prevented all
of them. as it did numerous minor or
ganizations engagements on the days
programme.
So general was the rain in major
league eastern territory that no at
tempts were made to start games in
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-07-25

without materially increasing its ex-
penses, for the trains are required to
make the regular trips whether they
carry few or many passengers. But il
it be conceded that there was some
loss of income by the change of rate
that fact of itself does not make the
regulation invalid.
Whether Rate Is Reasonable
The ultimate question here is
whether or not the rate prescribed for
intrastate passengers nnder all the cir
cumstances is easonable-reasonabl
for the carrier and the public. The
question as to whether or not, on its
entire intrastate business. the plain
tiff is receiving an adequate return
say + per cent or 8 per cent-on its
entire investment for public use, is
not absolutely controlling The case is
taken out of that rule, because 1t does
not involve general schedule of rates
and by the other particular facts of the
case which have been mentioned.
The question of adequate return on
the entire investment involves merely
one element in the solution of the ul-
innate question of whether or not the
rate prescribed for the subdivision of
the traffic is reasonable. The solution
OF the ultimate question depends on
the particular facts of each case. The
pubic has right to demand that no
more be exacted from it than in view
or all the facts. the services are rea-
sonably worth And the carrier should
be protected in the right to demand
what they are reasonably worth. Rates
that are too low are not only unfair
to the carrier, but worse for the pub
lie than those that are too high. for
they would ultimately prevent the op-
Grafton of existing railroads and for
Did The building of new ones The fact
that only passenger rates are involved
and the circumstanees-to which ref
erehce has been made-that the plain
TN, for reasons which are, perhaps.
commendable, carries a large part of
its freight at cost or at loss, and
mas constructed mny branch lines with
the knowledge that they would not
Immediately be profitable, shows con-
clusively that the test of ADEQUATE re-
turn upon its whole intrastate bust
ness is not controlling in this case
Losses voluntarily incurred in one
branch of it's traffic cannot Justly be
recouped by unreasonable charges In
another branch. Unreasonable intra-
state passenger rates cannot be just
~ maintained to cover losses voluntar-
lily incurred as a matter of policy, al
though the policy in itself may be wise
and beneficial to the public
lhe 1acts claimed by the plaintiff
10 he proved as to values and income,
When taken in connection with other
facts shown by the record, are not
such as to call for the application of
the rule that would invalidate an Or
der fixing rates for failure to produce
adequate return; and if the case is
considered as controlled by the rule
relating to adequate return, the evil
dence is not sufficient to show the
value of the plaintiffs property upon
which 1t would be entitled to a return
nor is 1t sufficient to show the sep
arate cost of the intrastate passenger
service.
The Injunction should therefore. be
denied"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-07-25
.DECATURS BECOMING
VERY DRY TOWNS
Southern Express Co. En-
joined From Delivering
Liquors Into Cities

Decatur July Especial. Judge
Thomas w Vert of the Morgan coun-
ty law and equity court today enjoined
the Southern Express company from
delivering Intoxicating liquors in the
Decaturs
Several days ago Judge Vert en-
Joined the Southern Railroad company
from delivering intoxicants in the De-
caturs. Some time previous to this the
Louisville and Nashville railroad was
also enjoined. Now there is some talk
that something will be done to pre-
vent the steamboats, from delivering
intoxicants in the Decaturs also.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-07-25
PREVENTS ALL
GAMES IN THE MAJORS
Every Game in the National Postponed Day In the Amer
ican-- Pirates Leave New York Without Victory
All Teams Play Today

New York, Brooklyn and Philadelphia,
while in Boston the Braves and the
Reds had played less than an inning
when the downpour came. 1t was the
last day of the current series in each
city and in consequence double headers
are likely to be arranged for, to be
played during the next eastern inya-
sion of the western contingent
Pittsburg had to leave New York
without a single victory, the Giants
having taken three straight In Boston
Cincinnati took two out of three while
Chicago had to be content with one
in three in Philadelphia, Brooklyn and
st. Louis divided the two games played
in the former city.
In the American league, Chicago will
open in Boston. Cleveland in New York,
st. Louis In. Washington and Detroit in
Philadelphia.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-07-25
HEAVY STORM SWEEPS
OVER THE DECATURS
Rain General and VIII Be Worth
Thousands of Dollars to the
Growing Crops

Decatur. July Especial IA
heavy wind and rainstorm swept over
the Decaturs late yesterday after
noon. On Second avenue. New Decatur.
large telephone pole was blown down
across the street car track. delaying
traffic on the main line of the street
railroad more than an hour. There was
a tangle of wires across the street No
one was injured.
Telephones and telegraph were eff
fected seriously by the storm. A num-
Der of shade trees and signboards were
blown down. The rain was a general
one over this section and viii be
worth thousands of dollars to the
growing crops of cotton and corn.