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The Ely miner., 1915-08-06
ODD BITS OF NEWS

Bangor, Me.-Hal Lissenbinn, a
resident of this city, who had been
missing for several days, was
found mired to the waist in mud
near Saltwater and unable to move.
He was nearly exhausted from
lack of food and sleep.
Winder, Ga.-The McKleduff
sisters hold the record of this state
for stay-at-homes. With their
father they settled on the land
which is now part of Winder in
1885. and have never been ten
miles from the place nor have
either of them been inside a rail
road coach.
San Francisco, Cal.-The Pan
American Medical Congress is
made up of physicians who are
brave men. They are trying to
stop kissing. DR.. E. F. Otis, OF
Santa Domingo, the tuberculosis
expert, says it would be far better
for sweethearts to greet each other
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with a gentle slap on the cheek in
stead of an embrace and a kiss.
The doctors accepted the hand-slap
kiss as their future rule and it is
believed they will be alone in their
misery.
,Muskogee, Okla.-F r a n K e
Lily, 20 years old, is making a
small fortune teaming in the oil
fields. The heavy lifting is done
by cranes, but the girl drives her
team and is said to be one of the
best horsemen" in this section of
the country.
Towanda, Pa.-Mrs. Luella J.
Packard, 64-years-old, swallowed
a stick nearly 10 inches long and is
dead. She had no recollection of
swallowing the wood, but it was
found when doctors operated for
appendicitis.
Milwaukee. Wis.-Joseph Gillett
is the oldest schoolboy." He
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rs per cent of the stock has been in
the same old place from FIVE to ten
years.
Now, Mr.. Merchant, don't get
possessed with the idea that these
letters are giving away any of
your trade secrets. They are not
written with the idea of belittling
you in the eyes of your fellow
towns people. Your editor asked
for suggestions as to ways and
means of improving conditions in
your town and l am giving his
readers the facts as l see them to-
day and as I have seen them in
selling experience of forty years.
They are facts which every man,
woman and child in the country
towns of the United States should
know. Your local people have a
large interest in the welfare of the
town. Their future is linked with
yours. 1t is a partnership for
mutual benefit. If your business
is not prosperous the town will die
of dry rot and the interests of your
fellow citizens will suffer just as
sure as daylight follows the sun.
1t is the right of every man to
buy where he can get the best
value for his money. If he wants
to send his cash with an order to
some distant city he has a perfect
right to do so. 1t is the purpose of
these letters to show him that you
can and will in future compete in
price and quality with any dealer
on earth and that when you start
to publish your prices he will be
surprised to learn that he can
come to your store and select what
he wants without hazard of disap-
pointment in cost, kind or quality.
You may depend upon it that he
will come all right when you have
demonstrated that you are doing
business on up-to date methods.
Your proof must be in shape of
prices advertised in plain figures.
Your customers are entitled to that
evidence of good faith. Make
your local paper serve as a substi-
tute for a catalogue. Describe
your goods and quote your prices.
There is no reason why you should
be ashamed of them. You will
find that your quotations are just
as low, if not below that of city
competitor and your customers
will be surprised to learn
that you have always sold just as
cheap, although you did not adver-
that fact.
Whenever you begin to think
that a page or one-half page adver-
tisement each week in your local
paper is expensive, just remember
that one of the big mail order
houses in the west spends $12, ,OOO,-
600 every year for its catalogue.
(The continuation of this letter
will appear next week. 1t will be
OF interest to taxpayers and also to
those mothers who have boys and |
girls who are anxious to leave
home and try their fortunes in
some large city or who are COM
PEELED to do so because of lack of |
opportunity to earn a livelihood in
the home town.
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has Just turned seventy-two and is
one OF the best scholars in the
engineering course of the continue
tion school.
Bessemer, Mich.-When Andrew
Lappi and his family returned home
from call at one of their neigh.
oors, they found a huge hole in
the ground where their home ought
to have been. The ground had
given way and the house had
dropped into an old shaft 200 feet
deep.
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MORTGAGE FORE
CLOSURE SALE.

Default has been made in the nav.
ment of the sum of Eight Hundred
($SOO.OO) dollars. which is claimed to
DE due and is due at the date Of this
notice upon certain Mortgage, duly
executed and delivered by Albert
Kolstad and Maggie Kolstad, his
wife, Mortgagors, to Louis Larson,
Mortgage, bearing date the 25th day
OF January, 1908, and with power of
sale therein contained, duly recorded
in the office of the Register of Deeds
in and for the County of St. Louis and
State of Minnesota, on the 1lth day
of September 1912, at O'Clock P. M,
in Book 2SS of Mortgages. on page l6,
and no action or proceeding having
been instituted, at law or otherwise,
to recover the debt secured by SAID
mortgage or any part thereof.
NOW, THEREFORE, NOTICE is
HEREBY GIVEN, That by virtue
of the power of sale contained in said
Mortgage, and pursuant to the stat
ute in such case made and provided.
the said Mortgage will be foreclosed
by sale of the premises described in
and conveyed by said Mortgage, viz:
Lot Eleven (1D in Block Fifteen (l5)
of Original town of Ely, according to
the recorded plat thereof in the office
of the Register of Deeds in and for St.
Louis County, Minnesota, with the
hereditaments and appurtenannes;
which sale will be made by the Sheriff
of said st. Louis County in the
Sheriff's office at the Court House. in
the City of Duluth, in said County
and State, on the 7th day of Septem-
Der 1915 at 10 O'Clock A. NJ, of that
day, at public vendue. to the highest
bidder for cash, to pay said mortgage
debt and interest, and the taxes, if
any, on said premises, and Twenty
five (S25.OO) dollars, Attorneys fees. as
stipulated in and by said Mortgage In
case of foreclosure and the disburse-
ments allowed by law; subject to
redemption at any time within one
year from the day of sale, as provided
by law.
Dated July 29th. A. d. 1915.
LOUIS LARSON,
MOrtgagee.
A. w. Nelson,
Attorney for Mortgage,
7-3O 9-3 Ely, Minnesota.
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MONTHLY INTERVIEW ON
BUSINESS CONDITIONS

Officers of the First Nationa
Bank, commenting on business anc
crop conditions say:
We have in the United States al
the present time grain crop pros
pect that is about 678, 200, ,OOC
bushels greater than the five yeal
previous average of production
The total harvest of these impor.
tant grains is 5, 1884 900, 900 bushels
compared with 100000 bushels
last year and a five year average
of 4 ,7O6, 100000 bushels. Such a
harvest was thought most impos-
sible but few years ago; last
year, S was considered phenominal;
but this years rather takes ones
breath away.
Here is the foundation for an
enormous purchasing power in the
domestic market that should set at
rest any fears of business depres-
sion and make certain the full
measure of prosperity that the
country has been working towards
the last year. The improvement
in the domestic, industrial and
commercial field has been some
what obscured by the overwhelm-
ing attention which has been and
still is, for that matter, being given
to the foreign trade statistics and
the war orders which are bringing
an unprecedented activity to a
number of corporations fitted to
profit by this extraordinary de-
mand.
There is, nevertheless, a steady
betterment in the home market.
Distribution is holding up well
and, based on the crop prospects,
the fall and winter preparations by
the retail trade are being antici-
pated by manufacturers and job
bers as certain to be large. Mer-
chants stocks have been kept
down to a minimum but this con-
servatism should give way to a
greater feeling of confidence with
the crops so liberal and with labor
so much better and more fully
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than it was a year ago.

employed than it was year ago.
The great grain production will
be much better distributed over the
agricultural area than it was last
season. With such an enormous
crop, the disposal of the surplus
will determine the level of prices.
Some doubts have been expressed
as to the maintenance of high
prices this season but while there
may not be and is not likely to be
the great speculation that was a
factor in last seasons grain
markets, there is now no question
but that importing countries will
be very dependent upon the United
States for grain supplies this year.
The demand has not yet appeared
in large volume but it is already
under way and is growing. There
has been too little actual grain
available for export account owing
to the delay in the movement but
it need only to be pointed out that
with the exception of Canada there
will be no new sources of supply
from surplus countries until the
southern hemisphere is ready to
ship which will be, practically, in
1916. The India surplus is report
ed to be very closely marketed and
the new crop there will not be
available until next spring.
There is little reason then to
anticipate other than a high aver
age level of grain prices for the
United States for its record harvest.
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greatest in the country. The
country is all hilly with excellent
drainage and the finest road build
ing materials are found along the
roadside eliminating long hauls OF
gravel-and Grant McMahan
knows how these materials should
be used to get results. The gravel
up that way is almost white, packs
almost as hard as paving and sheds
water. 1t is a rare pleasure to
drive over roads like that.-Aurora
News.
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HOME TOWN BUILDING
Loss of Population in the Rural Districts of
the United States
Dear Mr.. Editor:

Dear Mr.. Editor:
In a previous issue you put the
inquiry-your question No. 7,
believe: Can the merchant in the
country town compete with the
big stores of the city in price and
quality when freight rates, rents
and selling expense. boxing and
shipping together with the fat
dividends paid to stockholders are
taken into consideration?
My answer to the question is ar
emphatic Yes, providing hecountry
town merchant is satisfied with net
earnings of from Is to 20 per cent
on his investment. The stores oi
the city who have an outlay which
is simply appalling for the one
item of catalogues, to say nothing
of high rents, insurance and taxes,
postage, etc., freely admit that
their selling expense amounts to
20 per cent of their sales. They
claim also to base their list prices
on margin of 80 per cent to SO
per cent, or say an average of 1873
per cent. These big dealers are
satisfied with net profit of say
7 per cent on the sale price of their
goods. On sales of $5O,OOO, 900
that means profit of $3,5OO,OOO.
The actual money invested in the
business may be only one-third OF
that sum as the entire stock is, or
should be turned over at least three
or four times each year, so that
seven per cent on the sales makes
very handsome margin on the
actual money investment. The
country town merchant can handle
two or three times more than his
present sales with but little or no
increase in his selling expense, or
say one-third less than that of the
city concern, which means perhaps
about 10 per cent. Let us figure
it out:
Suppose we have general mer-
chandise store whose sales can be
made to average $1,000 day:
Sales of 500 per day gives
for one year 600 days. $50, 900
Cost of goods-75 per cent
OF Sales------ p, 500
Gross proit-25 per cent of
Sales-----------------.---- $500
Selling expense say IL per
cent of Sales---. $500
Net profit ----. 5000
That means earnings of 5000
on an investment of $22, 500, and
if the goods are turned over only
twice each year the same amount
of business can be handled with
one-half the investment, in which
case the annual profit would be "a
per cent. That the whole secret
of the money-making methods of
the big stores of the city. It's only
question of a large volume and a
quick turn over.
The secret of the country mer-
chants poor showing is his lack of
opportunity to make this quick
turn of his stock into money.
Enter any one of your home town
stores and look around you. There
are goods on every shelf which
have been carried for eighteen
months to two years and perhaps
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This paper is ON file al 59South 3rd street.
Minneapolis. Mimi at the exhibit room of The
Immigration Commission. of The Northern
Minnesota Development Association"
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Many at TOlIgate Barbecue.

The Reisterstown Road Improve
ment Association held d barbecue
Monday afternoon at Owings Mills,
in celebration OF the recent removal
of the tollgates from the Reisterstown
pike, running between Baltimore and
Westminster. "A large crowd from
Baltimore and Carroll counties at
tended.
There was a speech by Comptroller
Emerson c. Harrington, candidate for
the Democratic nomination for Cover
nor.
Senator Blair Leee and State Sena-
tor William Mines Maloy, candidates
respectively, for the Democratic nom
nations for Governor and Attorney
General, were expected, but were un-
able to reach Owings Mills in time
for the speaking
Allan Girdwood presided over the
speaking and there was music by the
Rosewood Band. The speakers de-
voted most of their remarks to the
value Of the public Of free and better
roads. Chairman Weller, who remov-
ed the tollgates from the pike some
days ago, after personally paying the
last toll, said that it had been a high
privilege because his early associa-
tiOns we're with the country served
by the pike He was born and reared
at Reisterstown and lives near that
place now
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Epw0rth Rally At GIyndOn.

The West Baltimore District Ep-
worth League OF the Methodist Epis-
copal Church held its spring rally
Monday afternoon and evening at
Glyndon Methodist Episcopal Church
Hundreds of Epworthians represent
Ing the different churches Of North
Baltimore thronged the church, wear
ing white ribbon badges. The Rev.
r. N. Edwards, pastor of the church,
welcomed the visitors. Addresses
were made by Henry C. Haslup, pres
ident of the Baltimore District Ep-
worth League; Arthur O. Grafflin,
Miss Lucy H. Dawson, of the Silver
Bay faculty; the Rev. F. G. Reynolds,
pastor of Boundary Avenue Meth
odist Episcopal Church; Miss Georgien
G. Rogers, the Rev. R. n. Edwards,
George j.. Bassford, president Of the
Aged Peoples Outing Association; Ar
thur c, Grafflin, first vice-president
of the Baltimore District Epworth
League; the Rev B. I. MCGOWAN, pas
tor of Rogers Memorial Methodist
Episcopal Church, and others.
Mrs. Harry Penn and Bernard Fisk
sang and an interesting reading was
given by Harley Penn.
Refreshments were served by the
members Of the Young Peoples So
ciety of the church.
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Orphans Court.

Tuesday, June 1st-Blanche Frank
lin, Administrative of Charles R.
Franklin, deceased, reported sale OF
personal property.
The sale of real estate in TX the 60
tate Of Julia Jane Coon, deceased, was
finally ratified and confirmed.
The last will and testament Of Laura
NJ. Burns, deceased, was admitted to
probate and letters testamentary
granted to William Houck, who -
ceived warrant to appraise and order
to notify creditors.
The last will and testament Of John
q. Newman, deceased, was admitted to
probate and letters testamentay
granted to Alice M. Newman, who re-
ceiyed warrant to appraise and order
to notify creditors.
Letters of administration on the es-
tate Of Caroline Hinkle, deceased
were granted to Abram T. Cronk
who received warrant to appraise and
order to notify creditors.
Claudio NJ Alexander, guardian OF
Richard G. and Robert r. Hewitt
stated third account
Wednesday, June 2nd.-The last will
and testament of John Burgoon, de-
ceased, was admitted to probate and
letters testamentary granted to Emma
}. Burgoon, who received warrant tc
appraise and order to notify creditors
Safe Deposit & Trust Company, OF
Baltimore, executor of Eleanor E
Owings, deceased, received order tC
transfer securities and settled its rirst
account.
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Circuit Court.

Court reconvened on Monday last,
and the following proceedings were
had:
State VS.. George Woodward, carry
ing concealed weapons; plea Of
guilty; sentenced to pay fine Of one
dollar. Weant for State; Reifsnider
for traverser
Gottleib Bauernschmidt-Str
Brewery Co., VS.. John Weetenkamp
and Adele Weetenkamp; assumpsit; !;
tried before Court; verdict in favor OF
John Weetenkamp one of defendants
and against Adele Weetenkamp, one Of
defendants, damages assessed at $500.
Hoff for plaintiff; Bond & Parke for
defendants.
First National Bank of New Wind
sor VS.. Robert and Lizzie Cook; as
sumpsit; tried before jury; verdict for
plaintiff; damages assessed at $9T.O4.
Weant for plaintiff; Steele for defend
ants.
In the cases OF Missouri Martin w.
Jonas Lippy and Calvin Lippy; s1and-
er; the defendants filed disavowal,
disclaimer and apology and the cases
We're settled by agreement in open
Court. Weant and Reifsnider for
plaintiff; Bond & Parke for defend
ants
Court adjourned on Tuesday after a
session of fourteen days.
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Ladies' AID Society Meeting.

The Ladies' Aid Society of the Trim
ity Lutheran church met at the home
of Mr.. and Mrs. Frank Frick, OF
Smallwood, May 26. The meeting was
called to order by the president, Mrs.
Henry Little, and opened by all sing
ing Showers of Blessing" after
which the president read from the
55th chapter Of Isaiah, and all repeat
ed the Lords prayer. Minutes Of the
last meeting were read by the score
tary, Mrs. Minnie Bitzel. Roll was
called, dues amounting to $4.35 col
lected- Reading by Mr. William
Prough The members were then in
vited to meet at the home of Mrs.
Howell Davis, Smallwood, June 30.
The meeting was closed by singing
another hymn. Refreshments of all
kinds were served in abundance Mr.
Mitchell, OF Westminster, was present
to take the photograph of the happy
group.
Among those present were MIR. and
Mrs. George Hoffman, Mesdames Hes
ter Beaver, Carrie Fowler, Susie Wolf,
Pearl Gessell, Phillie Rosenberger,
Florence Owings, Mary Beard, Chris
tie Frick, Louisa Baker, Adelaide
FTlCk- Louisa MlllfamSr Saran Dell,
Margaret Skinner, Bertha Davis, Grace
Schnable, Laura Prough, Laura Wag-
ner, Annie Little, Lille Bitzel, Eliza
beth BitZe1 Minnie Bitzel, Jesse Buck
ingham; Misses Virgie Shafer, Hi1da
Prough, Lillian Davis, Viola Frick,
Dorothy Davis, Evelyn Frick, Margie
Schnable, Bessie Beaver, Annie Drey-
er, Julia Stems, Eva Logue, Lillian
Wolf, Cledia Williams, Reese Wolf,
Howell Davis, Jr.
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MEMORIAL SERVICES
HELD in THIS CITY, WINFIELD, TANEY-
TOWN, &c.

Memorial Day was observed in this
city by Burns Post, Grand Army Of
the Republic, with exercises in the
Opera House Sunday afternoon,
where one of the largest gatherings
of citizens ever seen crowded into
that play house. The program be-
gan with singing by a select choir
and the audience, and prayer by
Rev. Dr. Calvin $. Slagle, OF st.
Paul's Reformed Church. Command
er James 5. Baer conducted the open
ing service and Adiutant' John III.
Mitten read the records Of the dead.
The chairs of seven Carroll county
veterans who died during the past
year were crowned with flowers by
Boy Scouts. The veterans were:
John "A. Coker, Emanuel +. Leppo,
John Fl. Quail, Isaac Ranoul, Thomas
S. Mitchell, George A. Zahn and
Hezekiah Morrow. These constitu-
ted just one-sixth OF the members
of the Post, which now has 35 sur
vivors. Charles O. Gorsuch presid-
ed during the second part OF the
program, which consisted of the
reading of Lincoln's Gettysburg ad-
dress by Walter ID. Graefe, OF West
ern Maryland College; addresses by
Rev DR.. Havenner, pastor Of Cen
tenary Methodist Episcopal Church;
singing of Kipling's Recessional and
other selections with Mrs. Fl. NJ.
KINNEY a. leader, and prayer and
benediction by Rev. Carleton Barn
we'll, rector of Ascension Episcopal
Church.
Preceding the services at the Opera
House, the Post, escorted by Com
pany H, First Regiment, M. m. G.,
and led by the First Regiment Band
and the Jr. o. U. A. NJ. drum corps,
and with a number Of school children
in line, marched to Westminster
Cemetery and marked large num-
Der of soldiers graves with flags
and decorated them with flowers.
They marched beneath lowering
clouds in falling rain. Such in
terest as was manifested in the en-
tire memorial demonstration has
never been shown here before.
Memorial exercises were held Sat
urday at Round Top, near Winfield,
and were attended by many people
who braved the elements to hear the
speechmaking, the vocal music by a
well-trained choir and instrumental
music by the Taylorsville Band. The
exercises were in charge OF the camp
of the Patriotic Sons of America and
the few remaining members Of Picket
Post, Grand Army OF the Republic
who marched in procession to Round
Top and decorated the graves Of
soldiers in Ebenezer Cemetery.
Memorial exercises were held at
Taneytown. In the opera house ad-
dresses were delivered by Prof. VIM.
James Heaps, of Baltimore, and
William I. Seabrook, of Westminster.
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WEDDINGS
-COpenhaHer.

An impressive wedding was solemn
lied in St. Mary's Reformed church
Silver Run, at 2 p. m, Tuesday, June
|, when Miss Mary Copenhaver, Of the
same place and Grover G.. Warenime
"a promising young man Of near
Westminster, we're united in marriage
by Rev. S. c. Hoover, pastor of the
congregation OF which the bride il al
active member. The ceremony was
performed at the altar which was
banked with flowers and ferns, the
bridal couple kneeling while they re-
ceived the blessing used in the
solemn marriage service Of the Re
formed church. The bride was at
tired in white lace over white SILK
Crepe de Chine and wore a white
Panama HAT. The wedding was pri-
vate. only few relatives and friends
being present Immediately after the
ceremony the happy couple left by
autos for their newly furnished home
near Westminster. Their many
friends wish them long and happy
life.