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The Ely miner., 1915-10-29

REV. Cyrus Townsend Brady oi
New York worked himself into q
spasm recently over the suffrage
question during which he brought
forth the following:
Woman is creature of i'm
pulse. man of judgment. This is
the mental basis of the sexes.
History proves it. We laugh al
the nose ring, the flattened fore
head, the tattooed cheek, the
feathered head of the savage. Nc
savage woman ever wore a corset,
high-heeled shoe, or stuck on
her head the atrocities for the con-
coction of which you pay great
prices. Can you imagine Venus
so adorned? Woman must break
these shackles before she should
vote"
Cyrus is somewhat vague in his
metaphors. 1t is very evident
that some men are also creatures
of impulses. An exchange
pertinently remarks that women
The Ely miner., 1915-10-29

the clothing of the suicide, the car
fridge having ignited his shirt. Cor
oner Cook found Skalla first shot
himself through the body and then
the head.
Skalla's message reads:
'"This is my statement: My wife
treats me no better than a cow, and
my children no longer love me. My
wife makes faces at me, and my chill
dren are not kind to me. l am TAX
ing this terrible way to get out OF
it all. There is nothing for me to
live for, and | am tired of it all
When my friends are not kind to me
I want to die"
There were other lines scrawled on
the paper to the same purport, and
County Detective Gribben said Skal.
la was probably mentally unbalanced
from real or fancied troubles.
The Ely miner., 1915-10-29

to the grand stand. Then along
comes a reformer, and exposes"
beneath the nose OF
the police. He INDUCES IN
hyperbole for the benefit of the
newspapers. Conditions are
shocking" "Vice is rampant.
Morals have gone to the eternal
bow-wows. He parades his dis
coveries before the eyes of the
public. He gloates over the
naughtiness he has found. He
revels in it. and is glad that he, at
least, is above temptation, and can
unearth cess pool without soiling
his fingers. 1t is an old story to
the police. Where the police
might have dealt with the situation
nationally. the reformer, nine times
out of ten, merely spills the beans.
The work of the police is undone,
The expose becomes a nine days
wonder, then is forgotten while the
reformer plans another coup
Meanwhile, however, confidence ii
the police is lessened. The police,
sensing this lack of confidence, be-
come Indifferent and don't care
The reformer has not remedieC
things in the least. He has, il
anything made them worse.
The Ely miner., 1915-10-29
OPINIONS OF OTHERS

The requirements of the
country teacher are not many.
She must be a primary, inter-
mediate, grammar grade, high
school teacher combined; she must
be able to build fires, adjust fallen
stovepipes, put in window panes.
sweep, dust, split kindling, drive a
horse, keep out of the neighboring
quarrels. know how and where to
whip a bad boy, understand the
school laws, raise money for
Libraries, keep all kinds of records,
plant trees on Arbor day, be of
good moral character and pass an
examination in the branches of
modern education.
For these accomplishments she
receives between $50 and $45 per
month. Out of this she pays her
board, buys her clothes, attends
summer schools, buys educational
papers and books, attends county
conventions and furnishes slate
pencils for the pupils. What is
left she adds to her bank account,
or starts a bank if she prefers.
Unless something is done to reduce
the wages, school teachers will
have monopoly of the country
and we will find in our midst a
labor organization which will
menace Our free institutions and
enslave our taxpayers.-Bayfeld
Progress.
The Ely miner., 1915-10-29
might have the vote and thus get a
chance to break the shackles.

If subscribers want to bawl out
anybody-the EDITORS the goat.
If the town is tagging behind
and people won't get out and
make things hunts because the
town paper is on the bum.
If business is bad-it's because
the editor wants too much money
for his advertising space.
If business is good-advertising
hasn't anything to do with it, but
conditions are right.
If we print what pleases people
that is our duty and we deserve
no credit.
If we print what is displeasing-
we are crouch and a crepe-hanger
and don't deserve the patronage
of the public.
If we print the news as it is
actually-people call us over the
phone and tell US to stop theiI
paper.
If we garble it-they tell us we
are subsidized by the corporate
| interests.
The Ely miner., 1915-10-29

make these wrecks of war produc-
tive members of society is a prob
lem that is engaging the attention
OF experts. Just now there is a
great deal of sympathy for them,
but as time wears on they will be
in many cases forgotten, neglected.
What a life to contemplate.
There are many tales that come
from the front of battle that wiring
the heart, but war bequeaths to the
world no more pitiful spectacle
than the manned and incapacitated
man in the prime of life and there
are two million of them in Europe,
according to late and authentic
advices. Virginia Enterprise.
The Ely miner., 1915-10-29
MIXED BLESSING.

A gallant Tommy, having received
from England an anonymous gift OF
socks, entered them at once, for he
was about to undertake a heavy
march. He was soon prey to the
most excruciating agony, and when.
a mere cripple, he drew off his foot
gear at the end of a terrible day, he
discovered inside the toe of the sock
what had once been piece of stiff
writing paper, now reduced to pulp,
and on it appeared in bold, feminine
hand the almost illegible benediction.
"God bless the wearer of this pair OF
socks !-Punch.
The Ely miner., 1915-10-29

THE other day an excited In
dividual rushed into newspaper
Office in a neighboring town with a
choice bit of scandal burning his
tongue. 1t made no difference to
this person that the scandal affected
the daughter of his neighbor-that
the mother of the girl was seriously
ill-that the brother was just enter
ing what promised to be success
full professional career. The scandal
was rich in flavor, and he wanted
to see it in the paper. He told the
editor about it, with every evidence
of the keen relish of the scandal
connoisseur, but impressed upon
the newspaper man that the source
of his information must be kept
inviolably secret. When the paper
came out, the man returned to de-
mand why the story hadn't been
printed. Short, sharp words fol-
lowed, and the visitor called the
editor a coward and left, vowing
that man who was afraid to print
the news had no right to be an
editor. To our mind, that editor
was a brave man. The informer
who demanded that his name be
kept secret, was the coward. The
editor ran a paper in small town.
So closely related were the lives of
the inhabitants, that the editor
knew every detail of the story be-
fore his visitor called on him. But
he could see no profit for himself
nor glory for his paper in printing
an item that would bring sorrow to
the gray hairs of father, disgrace
to a brother and probably serious
consequences to a sick mother. If
the news appetites of his readers
were so voracious, he thought, as
to demand this costly food, he
would refuse to pay the price.
The editor was right. Many things
he has to print which he would
rather leave unsaid, but the scandal
which has only its spice" to re-
commend it should have no place
in the columns of self-respecting
paper.
The Ely miner., 1915-10-29
ed with the progress being made.

ed with the progress being made.
M. B. Roy of Duluth, repr esent-
ing the Westinghouse Co., was
here Wednesday and went through
the mine.
James Cardle, president of the
Mutual company spent several days
here this week in the interests of
the company.
The D. & l. R. Ry. Co. had
large force of men here this week
putting in platform for the accom-
mediation of passengers. The
platform built is 100 feet long.
Master Mechanic J. F. Turner
left Monday morning for Two Har-
bors to consult DR.. Burns on ac-
count of throat trouble.
Bert Merritt was here Tuesday
night and looked through the mine.
The drift on the 200 foot level is
being pushed towards the ore and
good progress is being made.
The Ely miner., 1915-10-29

BEFORE the war, Germany, with
64,eO3,245 inhabitants, owed 49,.
S95, 900, 900, or $72 per capita, says
the Saltwater Gazette. Italy, with
32,475,273 people owed $2,669,.
74s, 900, or $50 per capita. Great
Britain, with 45.216,741 people
owed $3,527, 100000, or ST. pei
capita. France, with 38,961, ,945
inhabitants, owed Sc, ,2SO. .6O7 900,
or $3.50 per capita, and Russia,
with 16O,O95, 200 people, owed
81 1907 900, 900, or S2S per capita
Fourteen months of war has, ac-
cording to official statistics, doubled
the debt of Great Britain, and it is
safe to assume, has added IS per
cent to that of the other nations,
so that Great Britain would now
owe $154 per capita; France, $3.50
Russia, 500; Germany, $13O;
Austria, S126, and Italy, whose en-.
trance into the war was more
recent, about 500. The fright.
fulness of these figures will be
better comprehended by comparing
them with those of the nations oi
the western hemisphere. The
national debt of the United State:
is about $40 per capita. Of the
Latin American nations, Chile
owes $40 per capita; Brazil, $32
Honduras, S24; Nicaragua, $17
Mexico, $16; Venezuela. $12;
Ecuador, S14; Argentina, 800
Guatemala, $40; Panama and Para.
quay, each So; Peru and Bolivia,
each Sc; Costa Rica, 81, and
Colombia, less than s.. Is it not
probable that millions of the i'm.
poverished and war-weary people oi
Europe, especially of the younger
generation, will, if they can get to.
gether the cost of a passage to the
New World, seek its shores?
The Ely miner., 1915-10-29

THE total valuation of all the
iron ore of the state is fixed by the
tax commission at $268, 1884, ,988.
Good authority has it that the
Great Northern Ore properties
figured in deal with the Steel
corporation on a basis of $8OO,OO0.-
900. The Great Northern was
only small part of the ore values
of the state and yetit was almost
four times as much all the iron ore
of the state was worth according to
the tax commission. Who is the
goat?
The Ely miner., 1915-10-29

WE have heard of no new in
functions at Hibbing this week.
The repart now is current that the
Taxpayers Association is behind
the Indian treaty saloon closing
deal and that thereby it is expected
to depress the price of much pro-
perty in Hibbing so that it can be
purchased for considerable less
when the ore, which underlies the
city, is to be mined. This under
lying ore" is also given as the rea-
sons for the persecution Hibbing is
being subjected to.
The Ely miner., 1915-10-29
BOON TO RUBBER INDUSTRY
Will Mean immense Increase
in the Output.

Something of interest to the crude
rubber handlers is contained in a
recent report received from a con-
sular representative of this country
in Ceylon comprising some data
aborS the use of cocoanut water as
a rubber coagulant. This new meth
cd, if as successful as experiments
would indicate, should prove great
boon to the Ceylon rubber industry.
Millions of gallons of cocoanut wa
ter, which now run to waste on
estates in copra-drying and desicca-
ton mills, can be utilized as profit
able by-product, besides producing
q superior coagulant in making rub
Der. The possibilities of this new
process for Ceylon can be realized
when it is stated that in 1913 rubber
to the value of about $22, 1000, 900
was exported from Ceylon. Of this
amount 5000, ,167 went to the Unit
ed States. Details of the process are
not now available, but it is under
stood that the cocoanut water is al
lowed to ferment for four or five
days, after which it can be used inn
mediately for coagulating latex. One
to two ounces of the fermented
liquid will coagulate one pint of pure
latex. 1t is said to produce better
rubber than that procured from the
present method of using crude acetic
acid, especially so far as color goes,
and clearer than that obtained from
the cocoa-fermentation acid treat
ment. Experiments are being car
ried on to determine how long, the
liquid will keep and how practicable
it will be to transport it from the
cocoanut plantation to the rubber
estates.
The Ely miner., 1915-10-29

ACCORDING to Robert E. Crow,
former states attorney for Illinois
and recently appointed attorney for
the police trial board of Chicago,
So-called reform organizations do
more harm than good. They create
suspicion and interfere with the
cooperation which should exist
between police and public" In
other words, community pays
taxes to maintain a police force.
This organization does its work
effectively and quietly. 1t does
not aim to be spectacular or to play
The Ely miner., 1915-10-29

THE case of Frank c.. Harris,
editor of the Chisholm Tribune
against Mayor Fugere and Chief OF
Police Bergeron of Chisholm for
$40, 900 damages comes up at the
term of court which opened in
Hibbing Monday. Editor Harris
is suing for false arrest and i'm
prisonment and those conversant
with the facts in the case are hop
ing he wins.
The Ely miner., 1915-10-29

A FIEND on statistics has fgur-
ed that there are 100000 saloons
in the United States and that it
costs for annual expenses for run
ming these places total of
3.O34. 100000, or nearly equal
to all the money the American
people have. Also, that there are
100000 teachers in the United
States who preside over $4,000, 900
persons in educational institutions.
The school expenses as compiled
by the federal bureau of education
amounts to $3.50, 100000.
The Ely miner., 1915-10-29
Notice to Hunters

l will skin your legally killed
deer and moose free of charge.
am prepared to do all the taxi
dermy work l can get this coming
season at reasonable prices.
All work guaranteed to be as
good az human skill can make it.
JOHN SCHAEFER,
Ely, Minn. The Taxidermist.
The Ely miner., 1915-10-29
WAS TREATED LIKE A cow
So Writes Suicide in Really Pathetic
Note Which He Pins to
Apple Tree.

Writing statement as to why he
did not desire to live longer, and
pinning the paper to favorite apple
tree in his orchard, Frank X. Skalla,
a hotel keeper at Fishers Station,
Camden county, Pa, stood beneath
the branches and shot himself
through the head. Persons in the
hotel saw the smoke curling from
The Ely miner., 1915-10-29

Up Tower and Ely way there are
many people who have paid little
attention to the game and fish laws
in the past, and with their friends
they make quite a following. Re-
Gently these people have started a
hue and cry about what has become
of some of the goods that were con-
iscated by Game Warden Geo. E.
Wood, alleging that it was not
offered for sale when confscated
goods were disposed of. If some
of the confscated goods were i'm
properly handled it is not the pur-
pose of The News to uphold any
one in the matter, but it appears to
be altogether too easy to raise
sympathy for the poacher and the
pot hunter. or even the sooner who
does more to exterminate the game
than the others, as he kills off the
young game from which future
breeding stock must come. In
every community there are habitual
game law violators, and when they
are caught they are able to create
quite stir over alleged wrongs.
The sooner we abandon such a
course, and let the guilty parties
know that their acts are heartily
disapproved of, the sooner we will
have respect for our laws calculated
to protect the game. Aurora News.
The Ely miner., 1915-10-29
Ma and the Motor Car

Before we take motor ride pa says
to ma, MY dear.
Now just remember I don't need
assistance from the rear;
If you will just keep still back
there and hold in check your
fright
I'll take you where you want to
go and get you back all
right,
Remember that my hearin's good
and also I'm not blind
And I can drive this car without
suggestions from behind"
Ma promises that she'll keep still,
then off we gayly start,
But soon she notices ahead a
peddler and his cart.
You'd better toot your horn,"
says she. to let him know
we're near,
He might turn OUT" and pa
replies: Just shrek at
him, my DEAR
And then he adds: "Some day
some guy will make a lot of
dough
By putting horns on tonneau
seats for women folks to
blow
A little further on ma says: He
signaled for turn"
And pa says: Did he?" in a
tone hot enough to burn.
oh, there's a boy on roller
skates" ma cries, now do
60 slow,
I'm sure he dosen't see Our car. ="
And pa says: Il dunno,
I think don't need glasses yet,
but really it may be
That 1 am blind an cannot see
what's right in front of me-"
If pa should speed the car a bit
some rigs to hurry past,
Ma says: Now do be careful!
You are driving much too
fast"
An all the time she's pointing
out the dangers of the street
An keeps him posted on the
roads where street cars he
will meet,
Last night when we got safely
home, pa sighed an said:
My dear,
I'm sure we all enjoyed the
drive you gave us from the
rear"
Edgar A. Guest in the Detroit
Free Press.
The Ely miner., 1915-10-29
McCon1ber

Mr.. and Mrs. Grosbeck were in
Tower between trains one day this
week.
Several of the mine officials were
here Sunday looking over the prop
erty. Amongst them were H. o.
Johnson, Virginia; Tilton E.
Lewis, Duluth; A. H. Boyer. St.
Paul and Thaddeus Scott, Mime
apolis. All went away we'll pleas
The Ely miner., 1915-10-29

SEVERAL of Our exchanges want
Billy" Sunday to come to their
cities. It is said that down in
Omaha where the noted evangelist
conducted a revival, subscribers
who were in arrears have been
coming across" with their dues
and apologising for not coming
sooner.
The Ely miner., 1915-10-29

AND now comes a prominent
physician of New York with the
statement that the modern dances
are more conducive to health than
almost any other kind of exercise.
He recommends three minutes of
maxixe, tango, tao-tao, Lulu Fado,
half and half or the new waltzes
with intervals of five or ten
minutes between and two half
hour intermissions during the
evening.
The Ely miner., 1915-10-29

Congressman Lindbergh, who
lifted himself by his own boot
straps on to the gubernatorial cam
paign last week, says, L have
never been candidate for Office in
a personal sense" Of course not!
Why should one be personal or
have any thought of self in asking
the people of the state to hand
over one of the biggest gifts in
their possession? The personal
touchless politician has long been a
dream of ours-and now he has
arrived!-Redwood Gazette.
The Ely miner., 1915-10-29

VOLUME of Fin, Feathers and
Fur arrived this week and is as
usual filled with good stuff for the
sportsman. The sheet is issued by
the State Game and Fish Commis-
sion.
The Ely miner., 1915-10-29
THE UNEXPECTED.

Hobo-Say, gimme dime for E
bite to eat?
Smart Citizen-Can you change 6
twenty?-Cleveland Plain Dealer.
The Ely miner., 1915-10-29

Two million cripples as heri-
tage to society is one of the results
of the war to date in Europe.
Two million men manned, blind,
incapacitated, who must go
through life deprived of their nor
NAL faculties, to a large extent
dependents or society. How to
The Ely miner., 1915-10-29

KELLY LAKE, Stevenson,
Taconite and Marble have received
orders this week to close their
saloons under the Indian treaty of
1855.
The Ely miner., 1915-10-29

MINNEAPOLIS has joint" i'm
provement association and accord
ing to some of the city's news
papers, the association is necessity
In more ways than one.
The Ely miner., 1915-10-29

A ST. PAUL man has applied for
divorce on the grounds that his
wife chews snuff, smokes cigar
cites, drinks, has a mania for fine
clothes and hops about every even
ing with other men. What a par
ticular cuss this fellow must be?
The Ely miner., 1915-10-29

A number of towns have rock.
piles for automobile speeders. and
the idea is not bad one at all.
There is such a thing as sanity in
driving. The speed maniac not
only endangers his own life, but
places the lives of all others on the
road in jeopardy. A great many
otherwise fine fellows cannot resist
the temptation to open her up"
when they strike a straight piece
of good road, but in doing so they
are courting death and disaster.
A nice rockpile where they could
spend several days making little
ones out of big ones" would be a
most effectual cure for speed
mania. Winnebago City Enter
prise.
The Ely miner., 1915-10-29

A fellow residing in Duluth, a
short while ago. pointed a gun at
his wife just to scare her. The
gun was discharged, killing her,
and the husband is held to the
grand jury on charge of second
degree manslaughter. In speaking
of similar occurrence recently, an
exchange says: When a man
playfully points a gun or pistol at
you, knock him down. Do not
stop to inquire wheather it is load
ed or not, knock him down. Do
not be particular what you knock
him down with, only see that he is
thoroughly down. If coroner's S
inquest is held, let it be on the
other fellow. He will not be
ed.-Bayfeld Progress.
The Ely miner., 1915-10-29

A dead man has been nominated
for clerk of court in county in
Maryland. That S nothing. Here
in Minnesota we have a lot of
political corpses who desire to be-
come candidates for Office, all the
way from United States senator
and governor down to dog catcher.
Gilbert Herald.
The Ely miner., 1915-10-29
Subscription $2per Year

Entered at the post Office at Ely, Mime
sofa as second class matter.
The Ely miner., 1915-10-29

This paper is on file at 39-South 3rd street
Minneapolis. MINI. at the exhibit room of The
Immigration Commission. of The Northern
Minnesota Development Association"
The Ely miner., 1915-10-29

The columns of the MINER are open to the
public for the dicussion of affairs of a 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 but
as a guarantee of good faith. Write and get it to
this Office not later than Thursday noon.-Editor
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1915-03-03
MIKE GIBBONS WINS
FIGHT ON POINTS
By Sam p Hall.

HUDSON, Wis, March 3 - Mike
Gibbons did not run backward Tues
day night on the contrary, he legged
it forward so rapidly that he won over
Eddie McGoorty in the best 10-round
middle weight fight seen in this sec
ton of the country since ketchel and
Papke boxed at Milwaukee in 1908.
Mike was on his mettle. He was box
ing before a mob of his nome folks
and wanted to show them something.
He did. He showed McGoOrty some
thing too and got his revenge for the
night Eddie made him look like a
sprinter in the Garden arena at New
York
The battle was so fast and so full Of
hot work and pretty exchanges that il
sent a crowd IF close to 5000, mostly
Gibbons fanatics, from the twin cities,
home deliriouS over the phantOm's
great showing. They hailed him as
the champion of the middle weights
as he left the ring. And certainly
they are right if the title is to hinge
on 1O-round fights. After watching
the Gibbons party tonight we are
convinced that he is the king over the
short route.
Mike made good on his word to
make a fight of it. He did not beat
up McGoorty by any means, but he
scored point after point as fast as one
could count them mixed it when Ed
die wished the mill that way, landed
plenty of telling blows and finished q
bit tagged, but undisputable victor
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1915-03-03
C0RBY AND BROWNSON
MEET NEXT SUNDAY

Corby and Brownson hall basket
ball teams will clash next Sunday
afternoon at NOtre Dame for the
championship of the interhall basket
ball league. Director of Athletics
Harper yesterday named Sunday as
the time for playing off the deciding
contest.
The teams have already met twice
In the first game Brownson nosed
out Corby in the last few minutes
of play In the second battle between
the fives COrby turned the tables
The teams are now tied and Sundays
game will decide the championship.