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The Hood River glacier. (Hood River, Or.) 1889-1933, 1915-09-02
Bitter Bitten.

You don't seem to care much for
original IDEAS said the would be con
tributor, as he gathered up his manu-
script
mo" replied the cold blooded editor;
wed rather have good ones."-Boston
Transcript
The Hood River glacier. (Hood River, Or.) 1889-1933, 1915-09-02

There was one curious effect of a
seismic shock in 1888. The cables con-
meeting Australia with the outer world
were suddenly broken by a distant
earthquake, and the government, un.
der the impression that an enemy had
cut the lines, modified the naval and
military forces in readiness to repel at
taCk.-Pall Mall Gazette.
The Hood River glacier. (Hood River, Or.) 1889-1933, 1915-09-02
Her Ruling Passion.

"She intended to refuse him, but she
is such a lover of bargains that she
could not"
How was that?"
He looked so cheap when she turn
ed him down that she snapped him up"
Houston Post.
The Hood River glacier. (Hood River, Or.) 1889-1933, 1915-09-02

She had wandered wonderingly about
the navy yard.
I'VE have new binnaClc on that
ship" explained a petty officer
81 should think" she replied "you
would have it sCraped off when the
ship Is docked. d."-Philadelphia Ledger.
The Hood River glacier. (Hood River, Or.) 1889-1933, 1915-09-02
Buried With DoIIs.

In the Chinese morgue one Of the
strange sights Is a number OF life size
dolls which are buried to accompany
the Corpscs as their servants to the
next world They are doubtless relic
of the time when human beings were
thus buried as companions of the de-
ceased. .- Exchange.
The Hood River glacier. (Hood River, Or.) 1889-1933, 1915-09-02
A SafAnuard.

Even If 1t does make you dizzy to
go near the water you wouldn't be in
danger If you fell in"
How do you make thatT
Didn't you say the motion Of the
waves always makes your head swim p
Baltimore American.
The Hood River glacier. (Hood River, Or.) 1889-1933, 1915-09-02
One More Disappointment.

Poor old Meyer is dead. see. He
led n life full of diSappointments."
How glad he would have been to
see his name In printr'-Fl Fliegende
Rlntter
The Hood River glacier. (Hood River, Or.) 1889-1933, 1915-09-02

The seven seas are the north and
the south Atlantic, the north and the
south Pacific and the Indian. Arctic
and Antarctic oceans
The Hood River glacier. (Hood River, Or.) 1889-1933, 1915-09-02
Thev Avoid the Bait.

Maud-Don't you think there are Just
rs good fish In the sea as ever were
caught? Marie-I don't know. But
they are smarter anyway. Boston
TIDDSCrInt
The Hood River glacier. (Hood River, Or.) 1889-1933, 1915-09-02

Patron-l want some fiShballs Deal
What for2 ratron-Tm going out
goltng, and want them to drive az
the water hazards Judge.
The Hood River glacier. (Hood River, Or.) 1889-1933, 1915-09-02
Getting Ready 70 Jump.

Ycast-Is he still on the water wag-
on? Crimsonbeak- Well, he's not still
on 1t, in fact, he's very restless.-Yon.
kerS Statesman.
The Hood River glacier. (Hood River, Or.) 1889-1933, 1915-09-02

Hasty climbers have sudden falls
French proverb.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1915-06-25
THE GOLDEN RULE

Do as you would be done BY
Persian.
Do not that to a neighbor which
you would take i'll from him.
Grecian.
One should seek for others the
happiness one desires for oneself
Buddhist.
What you would not wish done
to yourself do not do unto others.
Chinese.
He sought for others the good he
desired for himself. Let him pass
on. Egyptian.
All things whatsoever We would
that men should do unto you, do
we even so to m.-Christian.
The true rule of life is to guard
and do by the things of others as
they do by their own.-Hindu.
Let none of you treat his brother
in a way he himself would dislike
to be Observation-Disclosures.
The law imprinted on the hearts
of all men is to love the members
of society as Observation-Disclosures
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1915-06-25

THE red flag was much in evil
dence in a parade at Winton Sum
day and this again brings forcibly
to our minds that the perpetuation
of foreign flags in this country and
especially the red flag is out of
place. The stars and stripes
should be good enough for people
making this country their home
and the red rag should not be
tolerated. We have the prettiest
flag of all the nations and one that
commands respect. A flag that
stands for more than does the en-
blem of other nations. A flag that
makes is possible for men of other
nations to come under its folds and
receive treatment on a par with the
native American. Native country
love is natural and while the
sympathies of the foreign born &C
out to the land of his birth, more
or less, he should not lose sight o.
the fact that America is now his
home and that this country afford:
him opportunities he never enjoyed
in his native land. That is why
he is here.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1915-06-25

HAVING squirmed, squealed and
lodged on the tax matter for years,
the Steel trust has now gone the
whole hog and fatty refuses to pay
its taxes at Hibbing. The most
valuable iron properties are located
there. In order to check Hibbing s
ambition to be as much of city as
its population warrants, the trust
is holding back all the tax-state
and county, as well as the local.
The total rate is 1873 mills. OF
this, but 81 mills 60 the village.
The state and county thus lose the
use of the larger share of the
money withheld. More than half
the trusts slap is received full in
the face of the whole state. 1t is
not something that can be ignored.
In view of the Steel trusts sedi-
tious and lawless attitude, it is
very much in order now for the
state to do what it has never done
before, and place the taxation of
the trusts properties upon basis
that is as exacting as that upon
which private individuals are
assessed. There has never been a
full and fair valuation of these
properties nor reasonable and
Just state policy toward the thous-
ands of acres being held in specula-
tive idleness by the trust ore roads,
which received them as land
grants. The steel trust has taken
the aggressive. It has created the
biggest state issue raised in Mime
sofa since the early DAYS of over
liberal promotions. What is Min
nesota going to do about it?-Ed1-
torial by w. A. Frisbee, in Min
neapolis News.
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the new term rule, this will mean
an increase of 12H per cent in the
three-year rates. The total value
of dwellings in unprotected vii
lagos. however, is very small. To
further aid insurers in small vii
lagos. Commissioner Works is pre-
pairing bulletin showing how, by
installing inexpensive apparatus,
they could obtain lower rates.
Unprotected villages at present
take the class rate, but by install
ling apparatus costing about $500,
they may be rated in class 5. He
will also point out how those in
class S may, by improving their
apparatus, be placed in class 4
which takes a proportionately
lower rate. minneapolis Tribune
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1915-06-25

at the Camp where he was watching.
According to the cOroners inquest
held at the camp by j. G. Russell
deputy coroner of Lake County. the
man has been dead for several days.
it was thought since last Saturday.
Heart failure was the cause.
Among all the other sports of the
day on the Third of July there will be
the ball games between the Virginia
team and Winton. The teams will
play two games, one on the Third and
one on the Fourth.
The ditch on the east side of Main
street has been completed and is a
great improvement to the village.
The water Is now able to run off in
stead OF standing all summer in the
| gutter.
| The repairing of the road to Eve
Lake dam has begun and it is ex-
| pected to be put into condition to
enable anyone to make the trip with
an auto as well as with a horse and
buggy. The Fails is one of the finest
places to spend the Sunday or any
other day to be found in this vicinity
and with the road being made pass
| dOlO, ~ Will hIohC q iCdl lC-
sort for many outsiders as we'll as for
those near by.
The twelve-year old daughter of
Thomas Mcdonald has arrived from
Duluth to spend several days visiting
her father who is employed by the
St. Croix Lbr. & Mfg. Co.
Chas. Erickson and daughter of
Fairbanks were calling ON friends in
our city Wednesday.
The village council held its regular
meeting Tuesday evening and tran
sacted its regular routine of business.
A license was granted to one John
Seliskar of Ely to sell Intoxicating
drinks in the old Peterson saloon.
B. Bush and son of Virginia were
business callers in our city last Tues
day.
| To THE PUBLIC. / wish to say that
it is service you are after and not only
the name of getting shave. Service
is our motto and after getting shave
or hair cut at STEMS Barber Shop,
you need not be ashamed of going
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1915-06-25
HOME TOWN BUILDING
Loss Of Population in the Rural Districts of
the United States

Grafton of people seemingly anxious
to break away from the country
towns and flock in reat numbers
to the larger cities?
4th-What effect. if any, does
the trend of the country youth
cityward have on the moral, COM
mercial and industrial interests of
the country?
5th-Is the reported exodus from
the country towns to the larger
cities now in greater volume or
more in evidence at this time than
in former years, and if so, does it
in your estimation indicate a step
forward or backward in the pro-
gress or the healthy growth of the
nation?
6th-Are the young people be-
ing driven to the larger cities
through lack of commercial oppor-
tunity at home, or is their dislike
for country life attributable in a
large measure to the suppression
of all public amusement places,
and the lack of mental and physical
recreation in the smaller towns?
The foregoing are a few of our
questions pertaining to Home
Town Building which will in
future be discussed in this column,
and on which we invite correspond
ence from our readers. Under
stand. this discussion will be open
to all. Let us hear from you.
We recommend all of these ques-
tons as good, live subjects for the
clergy and for school debates.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1915-06-25

In Japan they observe a Boys
day by hanging out carp flags and
giving the little fellows plenty OF
toy soldiers; also a Girls day
when each little miss is presented
with a Japanese doll. Here in
America we have Mothers day.
An exchange has pertinently re-
marked on a Fathers day and
saws: Without wishing unneces-
sarily to add to Our list of holidays,
we suggest Fathers day, with a
program somewhat as follows:
Dad will be allowed to lie abed
until 10 o'clock, reading the sport
ing sheet and smoking cigarettes,
after which time mawnin's
mawnin" followed by buckwheats
and steak will be served. The
photograph will then play What's
the Matter With Father" and
Here Comes My Daddy Now"
while the daughter of the house
will recite Father, dear Father. !"
This ceremony concluded, presents
will be bestowed on Father, in the
following order: Ten boxes rs
cent cigars, case of club soda, ster-
ling silver bottle opener. case OF
Scotch or rye, sterling silver cock.
tail mixer, 1 dozen pairs of silk
hose, l smoking jacket, l humidor
one-half dozen made-to- order
shirts, pair slippers, annual pass
to baseball park. At 2 p. m. &C.
companied by several cronies, he
will set out for the ball park in an
automobile. Here double-headel
will be played. The evening will
be given over to fve-cent ante,
and at midnight lunch will be
served consisting of Swiss cheese
sandwiches, hot dogs, goose-livel
sausages, pate de foie gras, rye
bread and beer. The guests will
leave at 5 a. M, and the day fol
lowing will be Sunday.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1915-06-25
Quinton

Miss Eunice Engdahl of Cloquet, is
the guest of Mr. and Mrs. Chas.
Johnson.
Thomas Kearney and family left
Wednesday morning i'm their auto for
Virginia and other towns along the
line, returning Wednesday evening.
No mishap was reported on the trip.
The Aurora base ball team will
again cross bats with Winton here
next Sunday and being that the
former beat the locals at their last
meeting, it will no doubt be good
game to go and see. The Winton
team is more or less strengthened and
hard try for the becon will result.
The annual picnic of two of the
Sunday School classes and their
teachers was held at Pipestone Falls
Tuesday and the little ones had a
good time. Superintendent Mrs.
Axel Anderson was in charge Of the
party.
Ole Becker, handy man for many
years employed with the Swallow &
Hopkins Lumber Co., was found dead
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1915-06-25

feet deep. Some gas and oil were
struck In the upper part of the
well. Between the depths of
$3.50 and ZOO feet rocks bearing
rock salt and salt water were en-
countered. These are regarded as
OF Sallna age, the same as those
carrying rock salt in western New
York. The temperature in this
well at the depth of 6,775 feet as
recently determined with great
accuracy, is 145,S degrees Fahren-
heit.
AT Derrick City, Mexican County
Pa. near Bradford, there is a we'll
$500 feet deep. which is probably
the second deepest well in the
United States. Another deep well
is on Slaughter Creek, Kanawha
County, w. "; it is 5,5e5 feet
deep. 1t penetrated a sandstone
at 5000 to $3.50 feet, and from
this depth to the bottom, a dis
lance of 545 feet, the we'll is in
limestone. Near West Elizabeth
Pa. there is another we'll 5,575 feet
beneath the surface, penetrating
into black shale. Another deer
well is being drilled near Gaines,
Pa. This has already reached q
depth OF $500 feet. Deep well
drlllers in this country of course
employ the most improved and
effective rigs, but one of the most
remarkable of wells, reaching
depth of $500 feet, was drilled
for petroleum in western China by
means of such crude appliances as
cable made of twisted strands oil
rattan.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1915-06-25
Deep Wells

The deepest we'll in the world is
in Upper Silesia, in the German
Empire. 1t is a diamond drill hole
in coal field and is 1850 feet
deep. A we'll in the United States
which may go deeper, according to
the United States Geological Sur
vey, is 4 miles northwest o.
Mcdonald, Pa. and about Is miles
west of Pittsburgh. This we'll,
which is being sunk to the Medina
sandstone-a bed that elsewhere
contains oil and gas-is now TIA
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1915-06-25
CHURCH NOTES

The Duluth District Epworth
League Convention will be held at
Cloquet June 25-27. The Ely
Chapter will have their last meet
ing before vacation, next Sunday
evening at Gas. A committee
will be appointed at that time to
plan for the annual league picnic.
All interested will please attend
next Sunday. During the summer
the classes taught by Mr.. Mergen-
thaler and Miss Stanley will COM
bine and form a young people
bible class; the class will be taught
by the pastor.
Communion service in the morn
ing, July 4th.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1915-06-25

In our last weeks issue we made
the statement that the latest census
reports show that the smaller towns
of the Middle West, for the matter
of that, in most sections east of the
Rockies, have smaller population
than they had ten years ago.
Illinois is a fair sample. That
state shows decline of 1874 Zoo
people in the rural districts in the
short space of ten years, while on
the other hand all of the larger
cities have increased in population
at an astounding rate. Reflection
on that condition of the country
suggests the following questions
which are offered for the considera-
ton of the ministry, social welfare,
and the economic and commercial
organizations of the United States.
Every clergyman, business and
professional man, every scholar
and teacher, should study the sub
ject from various angles. Here
are the questions:
1st-Why is it that many
country towns east of the Rocky
Mountains are at a standstill OF
going backward, and showing q
decrease of population during the
past ten years regardless of the
fact that many of them are located
in thriving agricultural districts?
2nd-Why is business in q
majority of country towns of the
Middle West stagnant or on the
decline?
3rd-Why are the younger gen.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1915-06-25
INSURANCE RATES
Substantial Cuts to be Made in
Rates Of the State

Threatened increases in fire in
surance rates throughout the state
have been averted and promises of
reductions which will save owners
of dwelling houses and business
buildings hundreds of thousands
of dollars have been obtained by
the state insurance department &C.
cording to an announcement made
by State Insurance Commissioner
S. D. Works. The proposed re-
duction will 60 into effect July 1,
next.
These reductions are the first re-
suits of the fire insurance rating
bill fathered by Mr.. Works and
passed by the last legislature, CIV
ing to the insurance commissioner
power to supervise rate-making
within the state. The negotiations
which resulted in the reductions
have been in progress nearly two
weeks.
Officers of the several rate-mak-
ing bureaus in Minnesota early in
June notified Commissioner Works
that the national board of fire un-
derwriters had decided to raise fire
insurance rates in about a dozen
states in the Middle West. Mr..
Works at once notified them that
under the authority of the new
rate regulation law he intended to
resist the increase in Minnesota.
A meeting with the national
board was arranged, but before
comforting with them Mr.. Works
laid the whole thing before Cover
nor Hammond and had his unqual-
flied approval to resist the propos-
ed advance.
The meeting took place at Chi
cago last week. The underwriters
were inclined to rebel at first, but
on notification that he would in
woke the aid of the new rate regula-
ton law to the limit and would
force substantial reductions instead
the officers capitulated.
Under the new schedules fire.
proof buildings all over the state
are to be reduced IS per cent. All
other brick buildings are to be re-
duced Is per cent in the southern
division of counties, and 12H pei
cent in the northern division.
Public buildings, both brick and
frame, are to be reduced Is pei
cent in the southern division and
12H in the northern division.
A reduction of 20 per cent is to
be made in the annual rate on
dwellings and contents in all mum
icipalities having fire protection
The term rule, however, is chang
ed so that hereafter the rate for
three years will be two and a half
instead of two times the annual
rate, and the rate for FIVE years
will be four instead of three times
the annual rate. With the 20 per
cent reduction in the annual rate,
the three year rate will remain the
same and the FIVE year rate will be
increased about 675 per cent. The
number of dwellings insured on
the five-year plan, however, are
negligible.
Unprotected dwellings, that is,
dwellings in villages having no
fire protection, will be reduced 10
per cent in annual rates. With
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1915-06-25
New Officers

Richard Hodge was elected Noble
Grand at the last meeting of Ely
Lodge No. 22O, l. o. o. F. J. E..
Johnson was elected Vice Grand
and Jas. Laing trustee for eighteen
months. The installation will take
place next week.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1915-06-25

that the road house bill, which was
the one passed. has a clear title,
and that the question raised by the
attorneys related to the other bill
which was defeated, The attorney
general has caused an appeal to be
taken and the supreme court will
be fully advised.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1915-06-25
GOVERNOR Hammond

GOVERNOR 11aWuOuu IdVOIo
sectional cooperation in state de-
velopment, and proposes that a
state development conference be
held in St. Paul. This may lead
to something worth while. The
governor and party of state senators
have just been over that part of the
state which is row under develop
ment, and to be developed, and
they cannot have failed to be
favorably impressed with its great
possibilities.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1915-06-25
Annual Picnic

Wesi Lodge No. % will celebrate
its Twenty Seventh Annual Picnic
at Sandy Point on Sunday June 81.
An elaborate program is being pre-
pared, A cordial invitation is ex-
tended to all.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1915-06-25
Application for Liquor License

Application for Liquor License
State of Minnesota, GO
County of ST. Louis. So
Notice is hereby given that applica-
tion has been made in writing to the
Village council of said Village of
Winton and filed in my office praying
for a license TO sell Intoxicating
liquors for the term commencing on
July 2lst, 1915, and terminating on
July goth, 1916, by the following per-
sons, and at the following places, as
stated in said applications, respec-
lively, to-Wit:
In the lower front room of building
situated on Lot /, Block 5, in the Plat
of Fall Lake, Village of Winton, to
the following named person. to-wit:
A. ID. ELLEFSEN,
Said application will be heard and
determined by said village council of
the Village of Winton at the council
chambers in the village hall in said
Village, of WintOn in St. Louis
County and State of Minnesota, on
Tuesday the 18th day of July, 1915,
at O'Clock 2. M. of that day.
Witness my hand and the seal of
Village of Winton this 23rd day of
June, 1915.
(seaU G. o. BERGLUND.
6-25 70 Village clerk.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1915-06-25

IT is now claimed that the So
called road house law was legally
enacted and that Judge Michaels OF
St. Paul was misled in rendering a
decision that it was not properly
passed by the legislature. 1t ap-
pears that there was house and
senate bill of the same number and
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1915-06-25

The Sacrament of the Lord S
Supper will be administered in the
Presbyterian church next Sunday
morning, service from II to IL
o'clock. Every resident member
is urged to be present. Others
who may not be members, are also
extended a cordial invitation to at
tend.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1915-06-25

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"
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Entered at the post Office at Ely. Mime
sofa as second class matter.

The columns of the MINER are open to the
public 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
vour name-not necessarily for publication but
as a guarantee of good faith. Write and get it to
,h;s Office not later than Thursday noon-Editor.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1915-06-25

into the best of society. Get your
work done at the best shop this side
of Duluth.-Adv.
John Westlund of Virginia former
ly of Winton was in our city over
Sunday. shaking hands with old time
friends.
The twin son of Mr.. and Mrs. ChaS.
Provost was run over by a lumber
wagon yesterday and he received sew
eral cuts and bruises. The boy with
his twin sister was riding on the
wagon and in some manner fell OH.
The Herald man is in the city ar
ranging with Dassel Russell to deliver
the paper every evening after the
arrival Of the train.
Born, this morning, Friday, June
25, a son to Mr.. and Mrs. Dennis
Morris.
The Mcdonald Bros. Dog and Pony
Show will exhibit here on July 3.