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The Ely miner., 1915-11-05

Yost won't need to look around for
any tackles or ends-and he'll need
Just one new guard.
Yost, however, needs center to
take the place of Raynsford, who was
graduated, three backfield men and
drop kicker. The freshman class OF
1914 probably will send him both and
even if it doesn't he may find the men
he needs among the players who acted
last year as first varsity substitutes
From last years second team, Yost
has, as candidates for the line, Rehor,
Norton, Millard, Neiman, Skinner and
Warner. For backfield candidates he
has Bastian, Roehm, Zeiger, Calvin,
Hildner, Johnson, Mcnamara and
Boyle.
The freshman team OF 1914 will fur
nish the following: Linesmen-HoWe'
Robins, Lambert, Pobanz, Sharpe, Bra
zell, Willard, Biber, Loucks and
Ingham; backfield-Raymond. Smith,
Bixler, Brown, Schultz, Foster and
Johnson.
Rockies Look Promising.
Howe and Probanz look best among
the candidates for the line positions.
If both show up well enough Yost may
make room for them. playing one at
guard and the other at tackle and
shifting Captain Cochran from tackle
to guard.
Some folks feel that with Maui
betsch back of the line. Michigan has
all the backfield that is needed. But
Yost. probably for appearances sake
only, has decided to have the full
quota of backfield men.
Bastian, because of his fine work as
a substitute last year, seems a GER
tainty for one of the jobs. Zeiger and
Hildner, because of their exceptional
kicking ability, may land the other
jobs, although Roehm will give both
of them a real battle.
Smith and Schultz, who hail from
Bay City, Mich, are touted as the best
among the sophomores who yearn to
become varsity halfbacks.
The Ely miner., 1915-11-05
Youthful BURGLAR Confesses

st. Cloud.-Twenty-four hours after
he had tearfully promised the Judge of
probate never to take another persons
property and had been released on a
charge of stealing Sc in cash and a
pair of shoes from merchants, Anton
Schaefer. age 13, broke into and ran
sacked the residence of ]. T. Nc.
Gowan.
Two rings fountain pen and vari
oIs other articles were stolen. Schaef-
er tried to shift his guilt upon com.
rades, but confession was finally Sc
cured and he was sent to Red Wing,
The Ely miner., 1915-11-05
DEBATE KILLING OF VICTIM
Three Men Rob Harvest Hand in Min
neapoIis Hotel and Later Are
Arrested.

Minneapolis. = Robbed by three
men. in a room of the Manhattan
hotel, 81 Second street south, Tom
Kane, harvest hand, listened while
the holdup men debated the question
of killing him. An hour later the three
were locked up.
Dead men tell no tales" argued
one of the men, according to Kane's
story to the police. Lets kill him
quick" another advocated while Kane
begged for his life. The decision was
for Kane. Striking him over the
head, the three men left him.
The Ely miner., 1915-11-05
Bishop Heffron ,mnroves.

Winona.-Rt. Rev. P. R. Heffron. d.
D., bishop of Winona, was expected to
return to this city about November s
to take up his duties as head of the
W;nona diocese. His sojourn in ST.
Mary's hospital at Rochester is report
ed to have greatly benefited his health.
Last week, IN company with DIR. w.
j. Mayo of Rochester, he came to Wi
mona by automobile.
The Ely miner., 1915-11-05
Another Blacksmith PugiIist.

Les Darcy, the Australian, who re-
Gently landed sleep punch upon the
Jaw of Eddie McGoorty, is only nine
teen years old He used to be black
smith, but quit the forge about a year
ago when friends convinced him
that a great future was in store for
him in the fighting game. Darcy's 8
first real ring encounter took place
last January. His rise in the pu-
gilistic game has been meteoric. He
is regarded as a born fighter and Aus
tralians predict that he will rank
soon as one of the greatest middle
weight battlers of all time.
The Ely miner., 1915-11-05
Worlds Record Lowered.

Directum /, champion pacing stall
lion, has just established a new
worlds record of 1:56A for mile
paced without a windshield at the
New York state fair. In so doing he
lowered his own record of 1853. An
other worlds record was lowered
when Capt. David Shaw of Cleveland
drove Peter Mac in 2:05K, new anna
teur mark for a mile track.
The Ely miner., 1915-11-05
Joe Loomis Is Defeated.

Joe Loomis, holder of the Amateur
Athletic union 100-yard dash cham
pionship, was defeated by Irwin Mahl
of the Columbian Athletic club oi
st. Louis in that event.
The local youth won in As sec
onds with the national champion two
yards behind him. The event was
part of the annual handicap and in
vitation track meet conducted by the
Columbian Athletic union.
The Ely miner., 1915-11-05
Senator HeaIy Captured.

st. Paul.-Senator John A. Healy
of Hibbing and a companion ir
an auto were captured by Motor
cycle Officer Joe lie Mire on Summit
avenue. They were taken to the GEN.
tral police station, s<Nator Healy and
and his companion were released, but
the driver, H. Yake, Minneapolis, was
required to put up $25 bail for his
appearance in court. The policeman
said the machine struck 40-mile gait
and that the bursting of a tire did
not cause them to slow 'fown.
The Ely miner., 1915-11-05
Record Busines. at Stock Yards,

So. ST. Paul.-October business at
the South ST. Paul stock yards reach
ed record volume although the total of
7,400 carloads fell slightly short of the
record run in October, 1907, when the
cleanup of many of the big Western
ranch outfits sent scores of trains of
range stock through this market. An
increase of nearly 1000 carloads was
made. Receipts included 12S,000 cat
tie, 10000 calves, 100000 hogs, 165, 900
sheep and 1,400 horses against 1878
cattle, 10,142 calves, 113,490 hogs, 176,.
573 sheep and 1SS horses in 1914.
The Ely miner., 1915-11-05
Auto Bandits Get $35.

Minneapolis, Mimi Two automo-
bile bandits in a stolen car held up a
motor party returning from Lake Min
netonka to the city, about three miles
east of Wayzata, relieving the occu-
pants of about $35. The victims pur-
sued the bandit car until near the city
limits, where they met party of po-
lice. The police pursued a car, sup
posed to be that of the holdups, for
several blocks on Sixth avenue north
then something went wrong with the
engine and they lost the race.
The Ely miner., 1915-11-05
Miaht Destroy Confidence

81 want to see your beauty editor"
said the caller at the sanctum of Q
popular magazine.
Are you following her advice?"
81 am
Got confidence in it?"
81 have"
Then you don't want to see her,
Louisville Courier-Journal.
The Ely miner., 1915-11-05
Interest in Bond Election.

Duluth.-Duluth business interests,
particularly grain men, are deeply in
terested in the outcome of a referen-
dunn election in New York State, when
it will be determined whether 27,O00,-
600 additional bonds will be issued to
complete the enlargement of the Erie
canal
The Ely miner., 1915-11-05
Few Knockout Boys Left.

OF the present fistic champions Jess
Willard, heavyweight champion, is
about the only one who can knock
out his opponent.
Mike Gibbons, generally accepted
as middleweight champion, isn't much
of a puncher for his weight. Fred
die Welsh and Johnny Kilbane haven't
shown a real wallop for ages, while
Johnny Ertle, new bantam champ. is
not such a terror with his maulers.
Fighters have gone out of style.
They're nearly all boxers now.
The Ely miner., 1915-11-05
Johnston and Griffin Win.

At St. Louis William M. Johnston
and Clarence Griffin, national tennis
doubles champions, defeated Maurice
E. Mclaughlin of San Francisco and
Irving C. Wright of Boston, 4-6, 10,
6-2, in an exhibition match. Miss
Molla Bjurstedt, the national turf
clay and indoor champion, defeated
Miss Alice Prendergast, for three years
the local champion, in straight SETS
6-2, g.
The Ely miner., 1915-11-05
Lewis Is After Ritchie.

Ted (Kid) Lewis, the English light
weight, states that he is ready to fight
Willie Ritchie and will agree to box
him at 135 pounds or at catchweights
Richie has not accepted the offer.
The Ely miner., 1915-11-05
PLEA IS MADE FOR
PRAIRIE CHICKENS
HUNTERS REPORT TO STATE
GAME Commissioners SAYS
FEW BIRDS LEFT.
EVENTS AT STATE CAPITOL
Interesting and important Happenings
Of the Past Few Days Selected
and Arranged for the conven-
fence of Busy Readers.


Ducks are plentiful, prairie chickens
are scarce and partridges are few and
far between, according to reports
from Minnesota hunting regions to
Carlos Avery, fish and game commits
sioner. A wet, cold spring is held to
blame for the comparative lack OF
chickens.
''It is shame to kill what few
chickens are left" wrote John Huderle
of Mcleod county.
Ducks are said to abound in Roseau
Pine, Itasca, Jackson, Nicollet, Stearns
and Watonwan counties.
Hunters are more and more i'm
pressed with the apparent passing OF
the prairie chicken. Past activities OF
sportsmen as well as unfavorable
weather for propagation of the birds
are accountable for the defamation OF
these game birds.
North of the Thief river chickens
are reported scarce. Other communi
ties that report few of these birds are
Mahnomen, Pine, Itasca, Renville
Stearns, Lake, st. Louis, Kittson, Mar.
shall, Hennepin and Ramsey counties
X r X
Normal Graduates Eligible. FF
st. Paul.-Graduates of state nor.
NAL schools in the three-year profes.
sional course will be eligible here
after to teach in the ninth year of a
high school system, according to an
agreement made between the State
High School board and representa-.
tives of the normal schools and Nor
NAL School board at the Capitol.
In state graded schools doing high
school work, the normal school grad
yates of the three-year course will be
eligible to teach the ninth and tenth
years. Beyond the tenth year qualifi-
cations of high school teachers in
graded schools shall be the same as
those of high school teachers in regu-
lar state high schools.
The State High School board voted
to reconsider its previous action in
Withholding the annual state aid from
the Mankato school. This action was
taken as the result of the adoption
by the Mankato school board of a
resolution discontinuing Bible and
and prayer reading at opening exer-
cises.
The Ely miner., 1915-11-05
Disciple of Thespis.

Charley Doom, as is known, has put
in several winters as disciple OF
Thespis. He really has splendid
voice, and for other purposes, too, than
debating with umpires.
The Ely miner., 1915-11-05
Minnesota TO Abolish Baseball.

The University of Minnesota will
abolish baseball for the future. No
action to that effect has been taken
as yet, but the students and faculty
are in favor of it. The vote will be
taken by the board of control.
The Ely miner., 1915-11-05

For a really fine coffee at a mod
crate price. drink Denison's Seminole
Brand, 35c the lb., in sealed cans.
Only one merchant in each town
sells Seminole. If your grocer isn't
the one, write the Denison Coffee Co.,
Chicago, for a souvenir and the name
of your Seminole dealer.
Buy the lb. Canister Can for $1.00.
ADV.
The Ely miner., 1915-11-05
Janvrin Once Was
School Track Star

Jamie" Janvrin, the Red Sox
utility infielder, was a champion
athlete before he became a
member of the American league
champion ball club. He was a
track athlete and .he champion
interscholastic hurdler.
The Red Sox picked the
youngster from a high school
baseball team, farmed him out
for a season and then brought
him back and used him in every
infield position, including first
base. He can fill in anywhere
around the diamond.
The Ely miner., 1915-11-05
AIIeued Station Robbers Held

Alleged Station Robbers Held.
st. Cloud.-Arthur Achen, aged 81
years, and Earl Hess, aged 20, are in
the county Jail awaiting trial on the
charge of having robbed the Great
Northern stations at Richmond and
Coldspring, Oct. 49,
The Ely miner., 1915-11-05
271,137 Public School Children.

Public school figures for the fiscal
year 1914-15, compiled under the di-
rection of DR.. G. G. Schulz, state SUI
perintendent of education, show an in
crease in enrolment of 22,246 over
the previous year, making a total of
271,137 public school children in the
state. Two hundred and ninety new
schools were erected, raising the
total number of buildings to 9,254.
There are 221 high schools, 241 grad
ed schools and 143 consolidated
schools, the increase in the latter
class being highly encouraging as it
is only four years since the consolida-
tion movement began in Minnesota.
To instruct the army of children there
were employed 17,138 teachers, an in.
crease of 1,040 over the previous
school year.
The Ely miner., 1915-11-05
Part of Wisdom.

You can't reason with a woman"
jolly her."
The Ely miner., 1915-11-05
His Objection.

His Objection.
I'm a man of high ideals"
THAT may be so, but what object
to is your low practices
The Ely miner., 1915-11-05
Requires $1,000 Checks.

Requires $1,000 Checks.
More than 10000 checks will be re-
quired to apportion the $1,50O,000
state school aid fund which Walter j.
Smith, state treasurer, is distributing
among sc counties. The county au-
ditors draw S,O43 drafts on the state
treasurer, that being the number Of
school districts sharing in the distri-
button, and the county treasurers
draw checks payable to the school
district treasurers. This makes a
total of 1912 checks. The apportion-
ment this year is based on an aver
age enrolment of 421,772 pupils. The
per capita allotment is $3.55.
X X X
| Approves Road Program.
Approval has been given by the
state highway commission, to the Cass
county road program of two roads
with combined length of 100 miles
to cost 1901, ,3S072 One of these roads
runs from Cass Lake to Walker, 20
miles, and the other from Walker to
Pillager, 80 miles. A part of the cost
is to be charged to Hubbard county,
which leaves the state liability for the
two roads at $128,6S493. The liabil.
ity of the state to Cass county is
S233,0S9.20 and the anual allotment
required, s29,136.15.
X X X
Telegraph Company Appeals.
The Western Union Telegraph com
pany has appealed to the supreme
court to aid it in settling difficulties
with the Minnesota tax commission
involving the question whether the
telegraph lines shall be assessed un
der the new classified assessment
law or under the old law applying to
the assessment of telegraph com
panies. The commission fixed the
true cash value of the telegraph ccm
Epany's properties in Minnesota at 81.
5000 and levied rate of 80 mills
in accordance with the old law.
The Ely miner., 1915-11-05
Wants to Be Abolished.


When the new efficiency and econ
omy commission meets it will be con
fronted with a novelty. The Mime
sofa State Board of Barber Examiners
wants to be abolished. The board
through it's secretary, filed with tht
commission its recommendations ant
the chief feature is it's desire to be pu
out of business. The board suggest.
that it's duties can be done just as vel
by the state department of labor. 1t
however, would continue the office o.
it's secretary, who, it says, should bt
given salary 1t is further suggested
that a special BARRIERS examiner b'
created for the Twin Cities becaus,
of the large amount of work which tn,
two cites entail.
Norwich bulletin., 1915-02-08
STATE BRIDGES.

The movement for a new bridge over the Housatonic river between Milford and Stratford to be built by the state 5s revived at this session of the leg stature. It has been previously urged but defeated because of the needs Of economy. Realizing that there should he a better means of communication ar this point and that the present structure is old and narrow, the Bridgeport Telegram says Senator E.varts of Milford believes that there Is good chance Of getting an appro- priation from the legislature for it, but adds: "if it is to be an out and out bridge with no strings tied to 1t, all users Of the highwav will have cause TO he pleased; if it is to be g coII bridge. as was proposed a year ago. tle oilI should be F1it with q 42 certi- meter shell"
 Such indicates the feeling in that vicinity towards participating in q needed public improvement by those communities which are the most con cerned. If economy prohibited such expenditure before there Is no reason why it should not now when the state financial condition is worse
 As to the toll bridge proposition it appears likely that the state might he willing to aid in the financing Of flat as it has in other projects with a toll provision. Such relieves the drain on an overburdered state treasury. and nroVldes q means Of meeting the stead fly increasing oUtgo. How this oper- ates is shown by the recent report of the Seybrook bridge commission where out of a total Of s17,000 received for six months period nearly $120Q0 was turned over to the state. With out such 2. plan 1t seems likely that inc present bridge. though not up to date, may have to serve for a while longer, if state funds are going to be depended upon.
Norwich bulletin., 1915-02-08
CUT THE WASTE, UPHOLD THE
 SERVICE.

From the action Of the post office department in urging Q greater prac- tice of economy and calling upon the various postmasters fer suggestions that will lead to the cutting down of expenses. it is quite apparent that the democratic conduct or this important branch of tine government is not going to maintain the record with which it started out. Economy and efficiency have been urged with much persistency in conn ect5on with goverY1:.1 ent service It IS 8 practice which is 10 be observed in connection with every tSepart1neaJ, but 1t is also to !5e realized that when it comes to making serious retrencil- I1lent there is the important matter of public service to bs considered.
 The poSs office department IS one e the greatest utilities i1 the country. U $ q service for which the people are paying and while waste ,ie59rves to be ezimi natcd wherever u is dis covered # ;s to be realized that such propositions the taking away Of such advantages a.s are now being re- ceived and as are being paid for call for much serious thought before they are actually carried out. This is espe- cially true in view of the fact that the claims are constantly being put forward that the service is not any better under existing conditions than 1t should be. There are obligations which rest upon the government to keep the service up to the standard even though it is net made profit able undertaking. This is what the people are looking for and only what they are entitled to-
Norwich bulletin., 1915-02-08
STATE BUILDING CODE.

It doesn't require much investigation to disclose the great difference in the building regulations Of the various cities Of a state. For the purpose of uniformity 9 commission has been at work in Massachusetts with the idea of establishing 2 code for the entire state. It made 3 study of existing laws, conditions and fire losses of that state and also extended it's investi- gation to the Provisions maintained in other states, with the result that 1t recommends legislation that will re- suit in building laws which will be similar in character throughout the entire state
 The plan is to establish four differ ent classes of districts, the first of which would contain only fire restr:c- tive buildings; the second the less strictly restrictive buildings: the third somewhat protected buildings in tie closely settled suburbs, while the fourth would cover the sparsely set tied communities where the regu1a- tions would correspond with the ds- mands
 The idea, is not so much to dis3r- sanize existing districts as it is to have standard to be upheld in all sec tions, and to insist upon proper respect and efficiency in maintenance. Much attention is paid to fire protection and necessarily to fire prevention, the one great object which is always aimed at in the establishment of such regula- tions. Massa chusetts' commission would have the whole state observina, similar requirements according to the classified ton of the locality.
Norwich bulletin., 1915-02-08
psneuncsa Rruan,s Aotfon.

The Council of the National Civil Service Reform league at it's rnid-Hir1- ter meeting held in New York on Feb. 4. received reports on the federal ser vice from several of it's committees The most important action by the council related to the letter of the sec reetary- of state to the receiver general of customs at Santo Domingo. in which MT. Wick was requested to let MT. Bry- an know what positions 5-cu have at your disposal with which to reward deserving democrats" After thorough sequent justification by the secretary of state, the governing board of the league, representing various sections of the country, adopted the followin g resolution:
 The National Civil Service Reform league profoundly regrets that the sec retary of state appears to have sug- gested and advocated and later public ly justified the use of the customs ser vice of Santo Domingo. constituting a national trust for the benefit of an other American republic and it's cred itors. to reward partisan services in our domestic politics. The National Civil Service Reform league. by it's governing body, declares ths course plainly inconsistent. not only with f. delity to the principles Of the merit system and with the purpose avowed iii the democratic national platform Of 1912 to make merit and ability the standard of appointment and promo ton rather than service to a political party, but with ordinary good faith towards the Dominican republic and it's creditors It hereby publicly ex- presses it's earnest hope that the pres ident will promptly take such effective action as may prevent the practical application of a policy so generally and justly condemned.
Norwich bulletin., 1915-02-08

pelligerent is involved. and yet there are those who are taking a, contrary stand and thereby giving first consid eration, not to their own country and it's position of neutrality, but to one of those participating in the war.
 Such is a. wrong display of American citizenship. As the Brooklyn Eagle well says: Many German Americans arc men who fled. or whose fathers fled, from n1ilitarisn1, over-taxation, in- dustIial depression in their own coun- try to a land of opportunity. Here they or their fathers prospered. America has given them what they have, has made them what they are.'
 The duty of these people is first. last and all the time to the United States. Their syrnpatllies may rest with the land which they left. but they should not take action which places their own country in false light or endeavor to urge it to action which is going to 31udge it from it's neutral attitude. We are bound to suffer from the ef fects of the war, but between coun- try and the hyp1enated citizenship the latter should be thrown overheard.