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The Ely miner., 1915-09-10

/ have been through the mill of
city and country life and the farm
will hold me for the rest of my
days. Six years of semi-slavery in
several different lines of trade,
coupled with boarding house life
in the city, when 1 was between
the ages of 1e and 26, gave me an
ample stock of experience for the
rest of my life. Then I came back
to the farm to stay. 1t was my
father who figured it out, that it
was too expensive to raise children
to the age where they might be of
some value at home and then have
some other fellow coax them away
from him.
1 know more about keeping
young folks contented at home on
the farm than 1 do about the affairs
of our town people. but it don t
require the brains of King Solomon
to discover that a scarcity of young
on the streets of a country town,
especially Saturday night, signifies
town that is on the downhill
road.
One of Our village aldermen
made the boast in my hearing some
years ago, that he had killed a
proposed license for a tent circus
which wanted to show in the town,
and that he had also lust tied a
tin can" to merry-go-round
which had been picking up the
children's pennies in town for some
two or three days. I said to him.
stick to that policy, alderman,
and within few years there won t
be anything between the town and
the graveyard except the fence. "
He refused to take the hint and
the funeral sermon of the village
was printed in the last issue of the
town newspaper when it went out
of business four years ago.
Now then, Mr.. Editor, my
opinion of the problem of keeping
the young folks at home, is to treat
them like human beings. Give
them chance to grow. Let them
spread themselves. Encourage
amusements of everv kind. Don t
worry about merry-go-round, a
picture show or a billiard room
leading your young men astray or
bankrupting a town because of the
pennies or nickels which are attrib-
uted to the support of such places.
That money is not wasted or
destroyed. 1t soon gets back into
The Ely miner., 1915-09-10

Pella, Iowa, 80 pupils.
3rd Grade Mary Erb, Gilbert,
% pupils.
End Grade-Faye Doten, Little
Falls, 81 pupils.
End Grade-Emma Goodman
son, Little Falls, % pupils.
1st Grade = Mabel Smith,
Brainerd, AZ pupils.
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. Horowitz,
Lidgerwood, N. D., so pupils.
Nurse-Marie Broker, Ponsford.
LINCOLN SCHOOL
9th Grade-Elsie Schweiger,
Duluth, IS pupils.
5th Grade-Alpha Stanley, Kim
ball. 81 pupils.
4th Grade-Prin. Adelaide Van
Blarcom, Ely, SO pupils.
3rd Grade = Mae Proctor,
Arcadia, Wis, 81 pupils.
End Grade-Florence Olson,
Duluth, 36 pupils.
1st Grade-Florence Schallern,
Little Falls, 43 pupils.
Kdgn. Rose Buckley, Duluth,
50 pupils.
PIONEER SCHOOL
5th Grade-Lucile Hoar, Duluth,
"a pupils.
4th Grade = Agnes Hobe,
Superior, 36 pupils.
Ard Grade-Prin.- Agnes Proctor,
Arcadia, Wis, "a pupils.
End Grade-Verna Carpenter,
Sauk Rapids, "a pupils.
1st Grade-Ruth Lindell, Crook
ston, 81 pupils.
Kdgn.-Lois Anderson, Mari
nette, Wis, 46 pupils.
WINTON SCHOOL
7th and 9Th Grade-Prin.-
Arthur Selke, Cold Springs, "a
pupils.
5th 9th Grades-Henrietta
Smith, W1nton, "A pupils.
3rd-4th Grades-Nelle Frame,
Berlin, Wis, 46 pupils.
End Grade-Mary LeClair, Sup
erior, Wis, 80 pupils.
1st Grade-Rebecca Olson,
Spicer. rs pupils.
SAVOY SCHOOL
2nd4th Grades-Alice Brown,
Ely, "a pupils.
1st Grade-Ella Carlson, Moose
Lake, IS pupils.
WHITE IRON SCHOOL
5th-8th Grades-Fred Kelly,
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WASHINGTON SCHOOL

WASHINGTON SCHOOL
Principal-Fred w. Mokros,
Bowlus.
Music-Esther Englund, Jordan.
Penmanship-Bess K. Mcdonald
Watersmeet, Mich.
Grammar Dept.-Robin Walker,
Moorhead, IS pupils.
Grammar Dept.-Anna Rudow
River Falls, Wis, 81 pupils.
Grammar Dept.-Julia Erickson,
Fertile, % pupils.
Grammar Dept.-Cecilia Corey
Elk River, % pupils.
Grammar Depr.-Ruth Demul-
ling, River Falls, Wis, "a pupils.
Grammar Dept.-Viola Richie,
Annandale, % pupils.
9th Grade-Charlotte Gianotti,
Ely, IS pupils.
Katherine Ellsworth, Adrian,
"a pupils.
9th Grade-Gladys Simpson
Winton, 80 pupils.
5th Grade-Amy Rose, Duluth,
IS pupils.
5th Grade-Amanda Donaldson,
St. Paul, 81 pupils.
4th Grade-Borghild Sand
Willmar, Al pupils.
3rd Grade-Bertha Grundman,
The Ely miner., 1915-09-10

THE exhibits at the County Fair
at Hibbing were a revelation to
those who had not heretofore at
tended. They were varied and
numerous. The agricultural dis
plays conclusively proved that St.
Louis County produces a multitude
of crops outside of rocks, iron ore
and school pupils. Grains and
root crops shown were equal to any
exhibited at the State Fair.
The Ely miner., 1915-09-10
SCHOOLS OPEN
District No. Il Begins Active
Operations Tuesday

Monday being observed as a
holiday the schools of District No.
IL opened for the fall term Tues
day morning with all the teachers
at their posts ready for business.
The increase in the enrolment this
year over the first day last year is
in the neighborhood of 200 pupils
the total enrolment this year being
1916.
The High School department
with the addition of the Normal
department has an enrolment of
22O. The new Washington school
has COS pupils; the Lincoln, POS;
the Pioneer, 221; the Winton, 172;
the Savoy, 90; the White Iron, a..
Including Superintendent White,
School Nurse Miss Marie Broker
and Librarian Miss Coffey, there
are 90 on the payroll.
The teachers, their homes. grades
taught and enrolment of their
rooms are as follows:
HIGH SCHOOL
Principal-Walter E. Englund,
Willmar.
Asst. Principal & FL. Algebra
Mary S. Cotter, Austin.
Geometry & History-Lillian
Becker, Lake Nebagamon, Wis.
English-Sarah Robinson, Min
neapolis.
English & Drawing-Theresa
Guide, Duluth.
English & Elocution-Rose A.
Fortier, Little Falls.
Science-Julius Anderson, Valley
Springs. S. d.
Latino n-Ivy Green,
Mora.
Commercial-C. L. Mergen-
thaler, Fostoria, Ohio.
Manual Training = H. A.
Shepard, Ely.
Asst. Manual Training-Joseph
Longfeid, Madison, Wis.
Dom. Sci.-Bessie Tonkin, Ely.
Asst. Dom. Sci.-Mary May
Miller, Fargo, N. d.
Normal Training-Anna Keefe,
So. Omaha, Neb.
The High School is divided as
follows: Freshmen, 101; Sopho-
mores, 81; Juniors, 81; Seniors,
rs; Post Graduates in Normal
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Little Falls, 20 pupils.
1st-4th Grades-Mabyn Kelley
Little Falls, IA pupils.

The Schuberts, the ever popular
concert company who have appear
ed before Ely audiences on several
occasions, gave one of their ap-
preciated programs before a large
audience Tuesday evening at the
Elco Theatre under the auspices of
the Moose lodge of this city. The
various numbers of the liberal pro-
gram were applauded with a vim
and the company were forced to
respond to numerous encores which
were most freely given. The
Schuberts are 0. K. and can come
as often as they wish.
Great Augustus, the temple of
magic, in a varied program of
mystifying illusions held the boards
at the Rex Friday and Saturday
evenings in addition to the regular
The Ely miner., 1915-09-10

program of motion pictures.
Augustus showed some excellent
and late mysteries and a large
audience applauded him literally.
He will again be the attraction
Friday and Saturday evenings.
The Chas. Chaplin features at
the Elco every Thursday and Sun
day evenings are attracting large
crowds. The Elco is producing
the latest in feature reels every
evening and in addition also have
several serials running. viz: the
Black Box" and the Exploits of
Elaine. ;" With the remodeled
theatre the Elco is capable of seat
ing large audience.
The Ely miner., 1915-09-10
Convention at Tower

The Vermilion District Sunday
School Convention will be held at
Tower on Thursday afternoon and
evening, August 10TH. A large
number of delegates from the Sun
DAY Schools of this citv will be in
attendance. DR.. Bowden of Duluth
and Mrs. Hobart of ST. Paul will
be the principal speakers.
The Ely miner., 1915-09-10

Guatemala is fighting the hook
worm. Guatemala is lucky in the fact
that her enemy still observes all the
laws originally laid down by nature
for such warfare. and is not intro
ducing modes hitherto unknown in
battling with the germ army.
The Ely miner., 1915-09-10

The University of Wisconsin pro
poses to demonstrate the absolute
hygienic necessity of delivering all
kisses through screen. And then
romance will be dead again.
The Ely miner., 1915-09-10

When we hear fellow Dragging
about the number of baths he takes
we can generally obtain his prevari
cation measure by inspecting the Dor
ton of his neck that is situated be-
hind the lobes of his auricular ap
pendages.
The Ely miner., 1915-09-10

MONDAY marked the fourteenth
anniversary of the shooting of
President Mckinley at the Pan,
American exposition at Buffalo.
The President fingered until Sept.
Ia before death put an end to his
sufferings.
The Ely miner., 1915-09-10

State of Minnesota,
County of st. Louis, 3D.
We, A. S. James. Vice President and Arthur
Toms, Asst Cashier of the above named Bank.
do solemnly swear that the above statement is
true to the best of our knowledge and belief.
A. S. JAMES, Vice President.
ARTHUR Toms. Asst Cashier.
Correct Attest
GEO. L. BRoZICH.
JAMES MooNAN.
Directors.
Subscribed and sworn to before me this 9Th
day of Sept, 1915. JOHN B. SMREKAR,
[seall Notary Public.
St. Louis County, MINI.
My commission expires June g. 1916.
The Ely miner., 1915-09-10

When Hector was pup barbed wire
had not come into style. Hence it
was possible for the boys to get over
the orchard fence about thirteen sec
onds ahead Of Hector
The Ely miner., 1915-09-10

Discovery by London critics that
Shakespeare did not serve as a
butchers apprentice in his boyhood,
as had been thought, has not lowered
the price of beef.
The Ely miner., 1915-09-10

If there should ever be a bean fam.
inc in Boston, the western papers
would not be surprised If some Bos.
tonian should say: ''Nota bene!
Not a oean!"
The Ely miner., 1915-09-10

Ten minutes after biting a young
woman's cheek, pet dog died. Pet
poodle dogs have the least sense of the
dog family. Such cheeks are not to
bite.
The Ely miner., 1915-09-10

Did you ever see poodle dog get the
cut direct? Watch the owner of doggy
when the stork presents her with a
baby and see her send the pup to the
WoOdShed.
The Ely miner., 1915-09-10

RESOURCES
Loans and Discounts ts$2o5,814 ,814 l2
Overdrafts- 1929
Banking House. Furniture & Fixtures II, ,162 79
Due from Banks .954.58
Cash on Hand ---------------- Il H,517.15
Checks and Cash Items s---- 4,6Oo63
$3o9. .lol Sc
LIABILITIES
Sdpltai StOCk ZS.UOUO0
Surplus ------ 100000
Uno1vldeo fronts. .Net------------------ 4.3SO7 7S
Deposits Subject to Check------ 12O, O,486 89
Certified checks s-- 5Io5A
Cashiers Checks ks- 2,o2272
Total Immediate Liabilities 1873 s6Os O5
savings DepoSltS S-----------------------l l6lZZ.98
Time Certificates s---------------- 1902 IS
Total Deposits 2O6, ,205 73
Total---------$369.191 .191 Sc
Amount of Reserve on Hand-----------$ S.47173
Amount of Reserve Required by Laws 1e. .29O.75
The Ely miner., 1915-09-10
Bank No. 1910.
Bank No. 1910.
Statement of the Condition
OF THE
FIRST STATE BANK
OF ELY. MIMI.

At the close of business on Sept. End. 1915.
Date of call by Supt. Sept. 7th. 1915.
Date OF report by bank Sept. 8th. 1915.
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The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1915-03-18
STATEMENT BY THE PUBLISHERS

~ ~ N"s-'s' - iti@ Y SSLt9i' IhS
The publishers OF The West vir.
ginia sincerely regret that condi-
tions make 1t necessary to accept the
resignation OF Mr.. L. NJ. Davis as
active editor Of The West Virginian,
us announced today. s
While Mr., Davis gives up his active
editorial duties, he will be available
at all times to render aid and advice,
not only editorfally, but also In busi-
ness way, as he will continue q mem
her of the board of directors and no
tor to the editorial page on current
topics. There will be no change in
the political policy Of The West Vir.
ginian. II is a Republican paper
through and through. 1t believes in
the principles OF the Republican party
and will continue to advocate them
with all the power and influence 1t
is able to command. The West Vir.
gintan is 1.-THE Peoples Paper. and
will always be found on the side Of the
people, and against any encroach-
ment Of the peoples rights by selfish
or privileged interests. 1t shall also
be the fixed policy Of The West Vir-
ginian, regardless Of what may be the
policy Of the other newspapers-of the
county, to contine the discussion Of
politics and public questions strictly
to the merits OF such. questions. The
West Virginian is growing in quality,
circulation and influence and we So
licit continuance Of the support Of
its many patrons and friends.
w. J. WIEGEL.
General Manager.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1915-03-18
AJAX CONVENTION.

1t would not be bad idea for the
Republican party to call a state con.
vention to agree on a program on
taxation. II this matter could be
thrashed out and agreed upon In a
state convention there then would no
longer remain any excuse for the Re.
publican senators refusing to pass
revenue measures. af{s5
With the advice and assistance Of
such men as w. p Hubbard, ex.Goy.
ernors Dawson and White and others
who have made study Of the tax
question fair and equitable plan
should not be difficult to work out.
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WHAT HURTS FAIaMoNT MOST.

If Huntington people can pipe gas
40 miles and furnish it TO the citizens
for domestic use at 15c and for fac.
tory purposes at &C. and make 10 per
cent. profit on the investment, GER
tainly Fairmont, which Is located in
the gas fields, can do the same. Eut
will Fairmont do It?
Do YOU know what is hurting Fair
mont more than any other thing?
Well. we will tell you. It is the inter.
locking directorate, and the Deepen.
dency of SO many of our business PEG.
pie upon the special interests for bust
ness and financial support. Here is
one man who cannot speak his nina
because he fears his license to do
business will be taken from him; here
banks controlled by higher for work
ing capital, he cannot say anything
against conditions for fear his loan
will be called; here is another mixed
up in some deal with the special privi-
lege, class. he cannot afford to have
and hard feelings by opposing the en-
actment of special privilege upon. the
rights OF the people. Here is another
who owes his job or his sons Job, or
his cousins cousins Job to the big
business introsts and he cannot az.
ford to lose his job. 1t Is too much
like Delegate Akin. said about the tax
on coal. oil and gas. IF it was not for
the coal, oil and gas business
have>no job,
We need some person continually
on the firing line to expose these con.
ditions. 1t Is not pleasant duty, as
the editor of the West Virginia has
experienced, but 1t is right. The one
who exposes himself on the battle
front Is always in danger. He makes
some enemies, Of course, but some.
one must do these things or we will
be required to submit to a. Of
business despotism that will kill any
city. The day Of business liberty and
independence for Fairmont is in sight.
All we need is a few more privates
to come out on the firing line; men
who are imbued with sufficient
patriotism to give up his Job or close
his place OF business II necessary to
protect his rights as a citizen. When
this patriotic feeling is fully developed
things that are hurting Fairmont
most will be driven into the dark
subteranion recesses OF this unholy
alliance, and forced to surrender to
public opinion.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1915-03-18

precision begun to sprout when Gov
ernor Wilson was chosen president in
1919 platform pledged to q tariff
for revenue. AT that time there was
q trade balance In our favor amount.
ing to s1G2 .009,1o0. Now the mere
erect of his election reduced results
before any legislation OF a free trade
character was enacted. One year
from the date OF his election, Noyem:
Der, 1913, that trade balance had de.
clined to S97 49,, 900, q loss of 1884,:
o00, 900 compared with the month of
his election THE year before. II was
In October OF that year that the Under.
wood-Simmons tariff bill was passed.
and from that time on until the out.
break Of hostilities in Europe over
imports increased and our exports de.
creased.
In November, 1918, a portion OF the
Underwood law became effective, and
the remainder in January, 1914. And
the decline was correspondingly
steady. In January 1t ran down to
$49,2?4 600 in our favor; in February,
TO s26,S76,0 0o-going down; in March,
to $4,944 900 in our favor-sttll going
down; In April the bottom dropped
out and the whole thing VENT com.
pletely Democratic, for in that month
the balance against US was S11,210, 900
not for US, but in favor OF our com.
mercial competitors in the world:' In
June the balance was $457,000 against
US, and in July s5,539,000 in favor OF
our industrial rivals. and up to that
hAnr fnnhn1xt hnl 4 t.k
pean war.
What was the cause of the tremen.
dous slump in our trade from $751;.
600, 900 for us to $11 100000 against
US? The war? No; there was no
war, and all nations were at peace.
What was it? The tariff law Of the
Democratic parry. Free trade has
wrought this destruction every time
1t has been attempted In the history
OF our land. The depression we were
learnedly informed by the president,
was due to psychological condition
state of mind" Well, 1t is nov
a state OF treasury" and the ad.
ministration, confronted by yawn.
ing deficit OF S100,00o,00o or more will
soon waken up as to whether or not
that is "a mere mental status"
Now the figures given are not Re.
publican figures, but are taken from
the statements Issued by the Demo,
cratic treasury officials. Mr.. Fitz.
gerald is wrong, most decidedly wrong
when he says the Democratic tariff
law had proved to be IAN effective
revenue producer."-Wheeling Intel,
lengcr.
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"a SHABBY

The Hampshire Review, edited By
John ]. Comwell, who is always we'll
posted on the business affairs Of the
state, and whose opinions garry much
weight for the reason that he Is one
Of the most prominent members OF
the State Board of Trade. having been
president of that organization, reflects
the views Of the West Virginian,
heretofore expressed, as to the effect
OF Rockefeller's connection with the
Consolidation Coal company and the
railroads OF this section OF the state,
The B. & o. has spent millions
throughout this section OF the state
to make the transportation of freight
easier and quicker. Tunnels have
been replaced with expensive cuts,
grades have been made easier and
the Magnolia cutoff is record
achievement in railroad engineering.
Under the progressive management OF
President Daniel Willard these hercn-
lean problems have been worked out
In manner that reflects great credit
upon the B. G o. and its management,
and the Review is correct when It
says that Mr.. Willard will doubtless
feel that somebody has played him a
shabby trick" ".
On this subject the Review says:
THE financial columns Of the news.
papers have recently contained hints
that the Rockefeller interests, which
control the Western Maryland railway,
had become heavily interested In the
Consolidation Coal company. These
rumors were occasionally denied, but
the Review learns from reliable
sourcesthat 1t Is true and further that
control OF the company has been sold,
by Senator Watson and his associates
to the Rockefeliers. 1T is alleged to
be the purpose to divert the great coal
tonnage Of the Fairmont. Somerset
and Georges Creek fields, as far as
possible, from the B. & o. to the West
ern Maryland. It is said that this d..
version has already begun. II this
is true, and 1t comes from reliable
sources, It will be a hard blow to the
b. g o. President Willard has spent
an hundred million dollars to enable
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THE FIGURES FOB 1T,

Two statements have been issued
bearing on the follies and extrava.
gances OF the Sixty.third Congress.
One comes from the Democratic chair.
man of7the committee on appropria.
tions. and the other from the ranking
Republican member of that committee,
Representative Gillett. They agree
substantially on one thing only-that
the appropriation of the last session
totalled S1,115, 121, 400; that contracts
involving additional appropriations OF
1877 ,400,0 900 were authorized and that
treasury deficit was certain. Mr..
Fitzgerald carefully avoided giving
the sum total appropriated by the
Sixty-third Congress, no doubt belieV.
ing the profligacy of one session was
enough to answer for. Mr.. Gillett -hav.
ing no reason to conceal anything,
placed that total at s2,231 100000,
which, he said, was $11S,000,000
greater than that OF the Sixty.second
Congress and $177,o0o,00o more than
the last Republican Congress appro.
priated.
Mr.. Fitzgerald estimated that
should the condition Of the treasury
continue as at present until June 80,
the total deficit would be S133,000, 900
Offset, however, by the income tax
collections, which are estimated at
about S30,000,000. Mr.. Gillett was
comparative in his statement with re.
gard to the condition Of the treasury,
declaring that 1t has not been so
empty since, the Cleveland administra.
ton"
Naturally there was no agreement
on the responsibility for. the empty
treasury, Mr.. Fitzgerald, desiring to
save as much Democratic bacon as
he could, claiming that the tariff was
not to blame, and that until the out
break Of the European war the Under
wood law had proved jan effective
revenue producer. Just how the
Democratic chairman OF the appropfia.
lions committee figures this out we
are not informed, but Il is singular
that a man who has been so given to
criticizlng his own party's acts OF ex.
trayagance should ignore its own
figures on the tariff. Let. us consult
these Democratic figures IN rebuttal
OF Mr. FitzgeraId's statement.
Just as the years of prosperity be.
gan to dawn when William Mckinley
was elected president In 1896. 50 do