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The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1914-12-03
LIBERAL REWARD OFFERED.

LIBERAL REWARD OFFERED.
The following described steers e.
trayed from Minot, Sunday, Nov. 9Th,
and last seen were east Of the city,
travelling east:
One light red mooley steer, weight
about 1900 lbs; one dark red steer,
with horns, weight about 1900 lbs.
Think there are no brands. Liberal
reward. City Meat Market, Minot, N.
D. 11-10-H
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1914-12-03
A Weak Roof Wastes
Lots Of Coal.

A visit to your attic If it is un-
finished-will quickly prove to-
you that a lot of cold gets in
through the roof, especially if the
shingles are getting old, warped,
cracked or loose, perhaps a few
gone.
Just place your hand near some
of the cracks or weak spots and
FEEL the cold coming in.
An old, weak roof is like a
sieve in cold weather and that
cold air settles all through the
house and you have to burn a
great deal of coal just to heat
that UNNECESSARY cold air.
If you can't put on a new roof
at this time, fix up the weakest
spots anyway and stop some Of
the cold from getting in.
Get bunch or two of our Ex-
ira a Red Cedar shingles for the
job,
And get your storm sash at the
same time.
J B0vEY-SHUTE LUMBER COMPANY
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1914-12-03

ID s L, i. . /. / I . " .
In guarding your financial in
terests, Union National Bark
checks challenge errors, thsfts,
disputed payments, and Other
foes that would stealthily ap-
proach you.
With q check-book as your
body-guard, and your money
strongly safe-guarded in this
bank, you can go about your
business with sure knowledge Of
protection. Better start your
checking account this week.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1914-12-25
F|SHANDCAME
Development Association on the
Wrong Tack in Our Opinion

The resolution on the game and
fish laws of the state as adopted by
the Northern Minnesota Develop
ment Association reads as follows:
The State of Minnesota has in
the past with considerable pride
held out to prospective settlers,
tourists and especially to those who
enjoy the recreation of hunting
and fishing, that the State with its
ten thousand lakes and Northern
woods, contained vast quantities of
fish and game, but the policy of
our legislation during the past few
years seems to have been such that
the conservation of game and fish
has been seriously neglected.
We recommend to the ensuing
Legislature that the game laws be
so amended as to provide a closed
season of at least two years on
cartridges and ruffled grouse, or
prohibit the hunting of these birds
with dogs, and that thereafter the
open season during which these
birds may be killed shall be limited
to thirty days, and as to the open
season for deer and other large
game. it is the sense of this As
ISOLATION that only antlered deer
may be killed and that the open
season for large game be limited to
the last ten days of November of
each year.
We further recommend to the
Legislature the ACCESSIBILITY of
amending the law so that licenses
for the killing of any kind of game
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1914-12-25

ONE of our subscribers has dis
his paper because he
said the EDITORS name sounded
German. The Miner is still being
published however and will con-
tinue to furnish news for those not
too narrow minded to read news
papers. If we felt as bad over the
unpleasantness in Europe as does
the party in question, we would
renounce our allegiance to this
country where every man IS a king
and every woman a queen, shoulder
our gun and go to actual war and
not remain at safe distance and
insult our friends. BE a good
citizen of America or get tell out
of here.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1914-12-25

time angling and then he is liable
to run afoul of the warden if each
and every fish taken is not measur-
ed and weighed. He cannot buy
fish caught fresh from the waters
his taxes help to maintain. He is
by necessity compelled to buy from
the fish trust or catch his own.
We maintain that the laws should
be amended to allow fishing with
nets with a mesh large enough to
take the large fish in all inland
waters under the supervision of a
warden. We are of the opinion
that this would conserve the fish
in these waters besides furnishing
an inexpensive article of food to
hundreds of people who have not
the money to buy the high priced
imported trust fish and no time to
angle for them. 1t is a we'll known
fact that large over-grown pike
or pickerel yearly eats about twenty
times his weight in small fish.
Besides this, at the spawning sea-
son, the large fish devour an i'm
mense amount of spawn. Until
the young fish gets large and old
enough to protect himself he is
constant bait for the big fish.
Would it not be better to get rid of
the big fellows and give the little
ones a chance to grow and by the
continued evolution conserve the
fish food supply of this country?
1t certainly is not fair to the settler
or the residents of the state and the
only way to be fair to the resident
and settler is to give him a chance
to fish or chance to buy fish if he
wants them. Likewise the tourist.
Many will not fall in with this
view of the matter but we have put
in about 26 years in this country
and speak from experience. We
also think that illegal netting
would be done away with as soon
as people were enabled to buy fish
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1914-12-25
These articles are presented by the Education
Commission of Minnesota.


Distributing the income of the
trust fund among the school dis
tricts on per capita basis, and Of
fering the state school tax as a help
to poor districts and a premium for
good schools, the state goes still
further in helping out schools that
do more than their stunt.
There is state aid paid from the
general fund, for rural schools, for
graded and semi-graded schools,
for high schools, for consolidated
schools, for schools that train teach
ers.
The education commission be-
lieves that aid should be given as
now but somewhat differently adj
justed. The amounts given each
district have been fixed largely by
guesswork The education COM
mission believes they should cor
respond to the effort of the district,
or its expenditure for special pur-
poses, or to the results accomplish
ed.
The education commission would
have the state say to the districts
that have one room schools and
in the common school districts
there may be these local schools for
the smaller children-if you will
keep open seven or eight months
instead of five and put in teacher
with first or second grade certif-
cate and provide certain other
things like maps and fresh air, the
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1914-12-25
Make Our City Prosperous

The most prosperous cities in
any state are those where the
people are loyal to the home mer-
chants. Sears, of the great mail
order house of Sears Robuck, has
recently died and left an estate
valued at S17,OOO,OOO. Quite a
snug sum gathered up from the
hundreds of thousands of patrons
who sent in their money from this
and other cities to enrich Mr..
Sears. He is not to be blamed
for his success. He was not re-
sponsibls for it. Was you? Yes,
you were, if you patronized the
firm at the expense of the home
merchant. If you received sup
erior class of merchandise at a
better price than the home mer-
chant could offer you, then you
were not to be censured. But you
did not. The home merchant
carries dependable goods. His
existence depends upon his hand
ling that class of merchandise.
And his prices must be right in
order to retain his custom. Put it
on the ground of an even break
with the mail order house, the
local dealer is entitled to the bust
ness. He is the man who pays
the home taxes, he is the man who
pays the taxes that supports the
schools, the churches, the NUM-
cipality; he is the man who contri-
butes to every public enterprise
and to charitable movements. He
is the first man that responds to
the appeal for help. If he is pros
porous he can contribute more. If
he is prosperous he can enlarge
his store, he can carry a larger line
of merchandise, he can go farther
to meet metropolitan competition
in the amount ond variety of goods
carried. Don't you want those
kind of stores? Don't you want
those kind of merchants? You
can have them by buying at home.
Cut out the peddler and the mail
order house and bring prosperity to
your own business men. The
peddler is here today and gone to-
morrow. What if your article is
unsatisfactory? Where do you get
redress? The home merchants sare
here to make good. The peddler
has your money and left the city.
There isn't a single argument in
favor of the peddler for the mail
order house as against the home
merchant an opportunity to reel
procate in many ways. Money
sent away is lost so far as reciprocal
benefit is concerned. If you want
to see snappy, lively and prosper
Gus retail city make your resolu-
ton to trade with home business
men and you will see change that
will astonish you. They are
entitled to your most loyal support.
Give it 10 them.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1914-12-25
SCHOOL EFFICIENCY

state will contribute 500 or $50
toward the extra expense. That is
about the same as now.
The state would also say, this
aid is given to equalize the burden
of good schools. If the burden on
your district is less than the
average school tax over the state,
you don't need any help.
The average school tax over the
state in the rural districts happens
to be S mills. So that condition
would be added. If the local levy
is five mills, the state will give
special aid for maintaining a first
class one room school. If the dis
trict is rich enough to keep up that
sort of school without its costing
more than five mills, the help is
not needed. There is no sense in
collecting money from district
that may be paying fifteen or twen-
ty mills for its school tax to help
out district that is so fortunate
that it doesn't have to levy five
mills.
State school aid should be given
to equalize the burden of furnish
ing good common school educa-
ton to every child.
AS for semi-graded schools,
where there is two-room school,
give twice as much; where there is
a three-room school, give three
times as much. If there are four
rooms or more, it is called a graded
school.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1914-12-25

shall only be issued to actual resi-
dents of the State and that the
penalty be made more severe for
hunting without license or upon
the license issued to another.
I'VE believe that the law that
permits commercial fishing with
pound nets or gill nets in the Lake
of the Woods, the Rainy Lake and
inland lakes of the State should be
repealed.
1t is we'll known to those who
have made any investigation during
the past couple of years, that our
lakes and particularly those on the
Northern border of the State, are
becoming depleted of fish by reason
of commercial fishing; that hun
dreds of thousands of pounds of
wall-eysd pike, white6sh and stur-
geon are shipped out of the State
every season and that the COM
m ercial fishing is largely mono
polized and controlled by the Fish
Trust. 1t is not fair to the resi-
dents of this State or to the settlers
and tourists whom we are en-
couraging to come to the State,
that commercial fishing should be
permitted and we urge upon the
Legislature that these matters be
given careful consideration in order
that our game and fish may be con-
served"
The resolution reads very pref
tily and in all probability will
appeal to many who actually be-
iieve that the only way to conserve
anything is to absolutely prohibit
anyone from having it. We beg
to differ with the resolution in re-
CARDS to the wording of the last
paragraph. Insofar as we can
make out, there is no scarcity OF
fish anywhere with the exception
of near the places where the fish
are caught. We admit that the
netting of fish in international
waters will in time deplete the
fish in these waters. We also adj
NIT that the laws are wrong in
allowing the netting of fish in these
waters as at present being carried
on. The fish companies working
these waters take everything from
sucker to a whale. 1t is all fish
that comes to their net. These
fish are all shipped out of the state
Other states reship them for the
market III Minnesota and the con-
sumner is forced to pay two prices
for the article his state and district
has produced.
The lakes in the immediate
vicinity of Ely have fish enough to
supply all of three states. Fish in
Ely are luxury with the excep-
ton of two or three months in the
year when a hook and line will gel
you a few or many as the case may
be. All the balance of the year il
is impossible to get fresh fish right
here where fish should be a drug
on the market and the principa
article of diet to the poor man at {
small cost. All the surrounding
lakes are filled with large and sue
culent white-fsh which cannot be
caught with a hook. What use
are these fish to anyone living il
this country?
The Miner maintains that fishing
in inland waters should be allowed
with nets for domestic purposes
We also maintain that the laboring
man has a right to have fish if he
desires. In order to get it at pres
ent he is compelled to put in much
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1914-12-25

OSCAR LAFRANCE, who answers
to the title of the best printer on
the ranges certainly proved his
title with his Christmas number
last week. The paper was all
home print and showed excellent
hustling on the part of Oscar in
both the ads and the text. The
paper was also model of typo
graphical neatness.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1914-12-25

THE Buhl Miner made its APP
pearance on our exchange table
last week and we must say the
paper has all the attributes of a
6rst-class newspaper. A. c. Doyle
is the man at the head of the new
paper. He is good man and the
paper is printed in a good town.
This combination should be a
winner.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1914-12-25
THE CAUSE OF WAR

A man over in New York who
devotes few minutes daily to i'm
proving his mind by reading news
papers, in letter to the editor of
the Globe, says: l suppose that
you people down in Boston know
that European war is in progress,
but you may not know the real
causes that led up to it. If not
here is the story. 1t was publish
ed in the Battlesville, Ok, Daily
Enterprise, thus:
We don't like to take the space
here for such lengthy item. but
recently this department asked
what the present war in Europe
started about. Now comes a read
er and asked this department the
same question, remarking that : as
you are so darned smart in other
things, perhaps you can answer
this question yourself" We can.
We will be as brief as possible.
In the first place Servian social
ist got drunk and killed an Austrian
nobleman and his escort Cor may
be it was his consort). Anyway it
was some sort. Austria then got
hot under the collar over the Incl
dent and said to Servia: See
here, now, we don't want any of
that rough stuff. 1 want to be a
father to you; come into the wood
she'd" Russia was peeping
through the fence when she heard
the conversation, and seeing what
was going on, said to Austria,
Don't you dare touch that child;
he's my kid and, anyhow, you'd
make hell of a lookin daddy"
You've got another think
comm answered Austria. Il
don't like the color of your eyes,
anyhow. and your feet don't track
besides, and l can lick you with
one hand tied"
Bully boy" says Wilhelm to
Austria. If you can't lick him
L can, and by gosh I'll do it. 1
can lick anybody; 1 can lick every
body. Well take him on to-
gether. ,"
So Germany slipped up on
France when she aim looking and
lands with both feet in the middle
of Belgium.
Get off'n my belly. says Bel
GUM, or I'll bite your leg off. "
OUCH" says Germany, but I'll
get off when l get ready"
That's not fair" SAYS France.
Take that, you slob, handing
Germany hot one on the snoot.
Il hates a scrap, says England,
but l can smash the jaw of the
guy that slaps my friend"
You don't hate it worser than !
do" says Japan, as she squares off
for hand in the game.
We'll 1 guess you started it,
anyhow, says Wilhelm to Nick.
Just then everybody begins to yell:
You started it YOURSELF" and
each one sticks out his tongue at
the other fellow and they all clinch
and the little fellows begin to dance
around watching for chance tc
get in punch and run; and there
you are. -Boston Globe.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1914-12-25

at reasonable price. The indus
try would also furnish employment
and little ready cash to a large
number of settlers who need just a
little something to pull them
through until their farms become
self supporting. Think it over.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1914-12-25
FOR SALE!

"A dining room chairs and three
leather arm chairs will be sold
cheap if taken at once. Inquire OF
Frank Church, Ely, or A. J. Stein,
Winton. If.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1914-12-25

TRADE MORAL - Advertising
prominence in this paper is to
you, Mr.. Hons Merchant, what
steam Is to an engine.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1914-12-25
Entered at the post Office at Ely. Mime
sofa as second class matter.

The columns of the MINER are open to the
pubIic for the dicussion of affairs of public
nature. Anything tending towards the personal
or slanderous will not be published under any
condition. We invite communications OF a
public nature and only request that you sign
your name-not necessarily for publication Du'
as a guarantee of good faith. Write ana get tito
this Office not later than Thursday noon
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1914-12-25

copyrgh BY
exposition city
~ This marvel Of
Seasons 1t Is designed
International Exposition
setting
it's interior
of
O. he and
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1914-12-25

This paper is on file at 3e-South 3rd street.
Minneapolis. MINI. at the exhibit room OF The
Immigration Commission. of The Northern
Minnesota Development Association"
Scranton Wochenblatt. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1865-1918, 1914-10-29
SC6(eli(6es 9tmme(reiC6.

S9leiif9ss Simmelrsid 1T elm 9e'
ri9t. BON bem i6pn man9er Nidts
i9leIier 9eb0rt bat, obne es senohen
su babsn. Ulan iou auf Reiien tpobI
bic 2anogeribte nidt aber bic 2ans
beseeridbte um9eben, unb per bur4
S9leiien reiIt, ii9 selesentlid uud
sinmaI ~SGIeIiT6es SimmeIreid" pOr.
Ieben Ia6en. SO beitebt aus 9Grms
tI0Ben, oie nit 9adObf unb biden
Speditiiden suIammen seto9t perben.
Das lit etipns fir rfeine S9meder" /,
tpis Der 8erliaer Iagt, unb Inert mag,
ber mae't pobl mDsen". Sretlib lit
bas Gfen babel leibter aIs bas Grs
langen bieier 9immelsIpeiie; benn auf
ber SpeiIetarte Der 9aItbGuIer ftnbet
man Iie felten perSeidnst. Sa tbront
nod INNER tpie Dor Sobraebnten oas
e9te &oIbsi9nibel bon S9pein. Man
Ipnte rubig aud einmol bic 2anoesges
ri9te auf Der Speiietarte erf4einen
laTIen. Wer m69te i'm Wtiin9ener
SofbrGu Utild unb i'm StiftsielIer gu
Salsburg 9amiIsntee trinfen2 @Hen
mir aITo getroit etnmdI in SirOl bic
rSiroIer 4nDoeI", in 3Snissbers ben
rsslsd" pber beFer ben .Slad" uno in
S9leiisn .SdIeiI8ss SimmeIreid"
Scranton Wochenblatt. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1865-1918, 1914-10-29
lttabs M6ucu.

Der 5remoe, Der bic Mormonens
Itaot Salt 2afe GitD beIu6t, piro
Fortan nit einiger 8erpunberuns elm
sigenartiges 9entmal betrd9ten, bas
ieit tur5em Die Staot am Salaiee
s9midt. gtuf elmer itattliSSn unb
babel onmutigen groben GranitiGule
rubt cine Salbtugel, auf Der ii4 Spei
srobe MDpen aus pergolOeter 8ron5e
niebergeIuFen baben. Sritt man nGber
an Die SGuIe beran, 70 setpabrt man
am Piebeital sine Reibe bon So4s
reliefs, 8auern unb 8duerinnen, bic
ipeinenb unb perspeifelt uuf pertpiiitete
SeIber bliden, oann cine Riefenpolfe
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belaoene @rntetpagen, bic bon fr6b'
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Stein unb 8ronse brineen bier bi,
Mormpnen ben beiligen WtOpen, Die
einit bic erite RieoerlaFung Der Wtors
monen por benz Sungertobe %?pabrten,
cine Gbrung.
gs mar i'm Sabre 1847, bob ii9 bic
erften Mormonen an ben Dben llfern
bes grpBen SalSfees nieberlieben; Dor
ben beftisen relistDien @erfolsunsen,
benen bic 4nbGrser bes Mormonens
glaubens in SGinois ausgeIebt paren,
flii9tetsn lie bierber in bic Gtniam>
teit. SIM Sriibiabr 1848 paren bic
IeBten tiimmerIi6en RsTfe Der mitses
fiibrten Rabrungsmittel erId0pft, unb
forgenbou perfplsten Die 9niiebler Die
Gntpidlung ibrer Suuten, aIs pIDBli9
glei9 elmer dsbptii9en plage unges
beurs Seuf9redenI6pdrme bonn SOds
gebirse nieoergingen unb ii9 iiber Die
iunsen Sel6er ergoFen. $40 ite bins
tamen, mar bic iunse Soat Tofort pers
ni9tet, unb bic 4u1iebler ipGren benz
Sungertpbe anbeim sefalIen, lpenn
nibt ole auf ben snIeln bes giadbars
lees baufenoen M0pen au ibrer Rets
tuns berbeiseeilt pGren. glls bic nab
pielen Sunberttduienben Sdblenbsn
bi6ten MDbeni9pGrme it9 iiber bic
5elber nieberientten, sIaubten bic
MOrmpnen. OuB ibr llnsIDd nun pOIs
tenbs beiiegelt iei. llmfo grOber mar
Die Greuoe. oIs man pobrnahm, bob
bic MDpen nur Die Seui9reden ans
griffen. 0a iab man in ben ipeibsn
unb erauen @OseIn bonn SimmeI ges
Ionbte Retter, bic setommen iparen,
bic neue Stride gu fdiiben. Wtit einem
&pitenaufpanb BON iiber ca. $4,000
bat mon nun ben beilisen MOpen ibr
9entmal sefeBt. Das Monument
tpurbe bon einem iritgsn Retp gorter
8ilbbauer, einem Gntel bes Mormos
nenpropbeten. Brigham goung ents
tpprfen uno geI9affen.
Scranton Wochenblatt. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1865-1918, 1914-10-29
Semuiratii9er &anbibat fur 8epra;
ientaut In BEN britten 9esislatib
9iftrift, Warbs s, 8, 10, II,
IL, IL unb 10.
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eurem Dtfrift. Sstt ben IsBtsn sIf Sabrrn babe
Id fir ben 6Urti&rtit BON SrraniOn starbsitsi
bur1 be Spalien bts Boarb Of 1rabt SpurnaI,
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litsnals ~ sinem amt erp6blt pbrr srnannt
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unb cine sinlise Sttuecffrs ausfprab, nit si.
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fperbt. ptuu rrp6bIt lcI6r 8prlastn sinlsi@sn
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faunt ju ptrbtn. .iOsaB ibr mid pafonli6 fsnnsn
Ifrnt uuo artbeilen fDnnt. oh 10 eurtr nntrIfiiB.
ting triirbts biz. NttuuespOqf
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Smmer 8eqaent.

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Hs 8 nbr. $1.O0 ruHnst cine SparsiHIast !,
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ldmmtlt&tu Sc SransatlaniilHfni une Riffta
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ius rtrlHttbens etisBli&s Documents Ia alltH
,iarppdtfttn Spra&su an. 8dprst p6Ht fir
Burger BON ben Der. Staatsn. @tlbltubunstn
nin aIltn SbtiIsn bn Wslt.
Slan 8anfin8 $Dnfe,
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Scranton Wochenblatt. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1865-1918, 1914-10-29

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