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The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1918-03-01

Birch Lake and the other lakes in
Lake county which can be used
for the storage of water will make
an average flow. These water
powers will be sufficient to pro-
vide the entire Vermilion range
with electric power for years to
come.
"In these war times it us the
patriotic duty Of every American
citizen to conserve coal, which
war industries and our allies
need. The City of Ely will have
more influence with the State
Fuel Administrator, Judge Nc
Gee Of st. Paul, then any indivi-
dual or corporation, and | am
very glad to see your Club take
it up.
1.-TWO years ago | had some
wealthy men here who were in
terested in water power i'm other
parts of the country and were
looking over the Falls and they
gave me instructions to buy the
lands controlling the falls. | took
it up with the Hines Lumber COM
pany and Edwin Romberg of
Chicago, but Mr.. Romberg gave
me no encouragement. In fact,
| was unable to get him to name
any price he would sell at and
there was nothing to do but to
drop the whole deal. | believe
the time is now ripe for the City
Of Ely, in con JUNCTION with the
fuel administrator, to bring such
pressure upon Mr.. Romberg to at
least compel him to define his
position in regard to the improve
ment of this water power
81 should be pleased to hear
what is being done and | will as
sist in any way possible. The
State of Minnesota has a law
covering and controlling such
cases as is involved in this water
power, and the law if invoked
will enable the City Of Ely to
condemn this property for public
use, in case Col. Romberg cannot
be induced to deal on some equit-
able and fair terms. Personally,
I look on it as being crime, at
least lack Of public spirit, to
further unnecessarily delay the
development and use of this ma
lures power that is so close to
your city.
Elm the past, and at the pres
ent time many persons owning
such property considered it
purely a personal matter and that
the public had no right in or TO
the same, but in late years public
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begun last fall and this winter
providing Mr.. Romberg could
have been prevailed upon to meet
the company half way.
Mr.. Lynch, who is interested in
the work being done on the Nc
Donald property at Section
Thirty by the Chippewa Iron
Company, has promised his able
support to any measure that will
bring the matter to a head. Sew
eral other influential men have
also expressed themselves as will
ing to do all in their power for
the development Of this power
now going to waste. A commit
tee composed Of Peter Schaefer,
Thos. S. Written, H. j. Merdink,
w. A. McCurdy and H. G. St.
Clair was named to take charge
Of the matter. Mr.. Lynch in his
letter to the Miner said among
other things:
81 wish to do everything | can
to hasten the Improvement of this
water power to enable us to OBJ
tain power and cut out the use ot
coal, which you well know us very
expensive. [ am interested in
lands ON the entire drainage ba-
sin and have explored Lake and
ST. Louis counties for the last 81
years, and can say that with
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the land must be put to crops. .

the land must be put to crops
Instructions received by Mr..
Poirier indicate that if any per-
son fails to offer final proof with
in five years from date of filing
the entry may be cancelled. If it
is impossible by reason of sick
ness or the rough condition of the
land to cultivate the required
amount ON a proper scale the land
office may reduce the amount re-
quired to be cultivated.
Heretofore proof could be
made within seven years from
date of filing, but this is now only
allowed on entries made prior to
June 6, 1912. 1t is, therefore,
now advisable for all settlers who
have homesteads and who have
not made final proof that they
make application for the final
certificate, so that proofs may be
submitted within five years from
date of entry.
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After reading letter from
Edward Lynch of Duluth to the
Miner on the Kawishiwi Falls
proposition at the meeting Of the
Commercial Club Tuesday even
ing, the Club went on record Oy
unanimous vote as heartily in ia
for of doing all in its power to
further the installation of q
power plant and inducing Win
ton, Section Thirty, the mining
companies and the City of Ely
and everyone else to lend aid in
eliminating an early fruition Of
this important object.
With this immense water
power, capable of supplying the
entire range and all its industries
besides other industries which
cheap power might attract, going
to waste at our very door, the
high price of coal should hold no
terrors for this section. That the
development of this power is be-
ing held back by the actions of a
Mr.. Romberg who owns certain
riparian rights adjoining the Ka-
wishiwi Falls, was brought out
on several occasions. The Ka-
wishiwi Falls Power Company has
alreadyo .een organized and plans
have Shgshl prepared for a large
nlant- Work would have been
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There has not bee.4 the slight
est modification in the recent fed
eral order affecting the -four mar
ket, notice received by food Off
Gals from A. D. Wilson, state adj
ministrator reveal.
To make clear further, that
there has been no change, an Off
cial Interpretation Of the order,
as it applies in Minnesota, has
been prepared by Mr.. Wilson. 1t
follows:
"For each pound of wheat
-four sold by a dealer to a con-
sumner, an equal quantity of some
of the following items also must
be included in the sale (the $3.50
order). Corn meal edible corn
starch, potato -four, oat meal.
corn grits, barley -four, corn -four,
rice -four, sweet potato -four
rolled oats, buckwheat -four, rice,
hominy, soya bean -four, feterita
-four and meals.
Elm selling whole wheat or gra-
ham -four, containing at least IS
per cent Of the entire wheat, the
grocer must sell six-tenths of a
pound of substitutes for every
pound of the whole wheat or gra-
ham -four. This is the 60 per
cent order).
frye -four may be sold alone
but not as substitute for wheat
-four"
The following notice has been
issued by the state administrator
to dealers:
eff you have knowledge of un-
fair dealing, or failure on the
part Of any dealer or consumer to
comply with these regulations you
should report the fact with speci-
fic information over your sigma
ture. Such information will be
considered confidential, and all
such cases will be investigated.
In no case will the name of the
informant be revealed, but no un-
signed complaints will be con-
Sidered.o
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cleaning up the larger part Of the

CPo
Another very glaring discrimi-
nation came to notice in listening
to the report Of the committee.
The fishermen here, who trans
port their product fifty miles over
the ice at present get the same
prices from the state as the fisher
men at Leech lake who land their
fish right off the lake at the ship
ping station. The Leech lake fell
lows are getting their expenses
advanced. Our fishermen pay
their own expenses, get the same
price as the other fellow and haul
their product fifty miles or more.
The state nets from two to four
cents from every pound Of fish ia
ken here and it looks very much
as if we were paying the expenses
of the investment at Leech lake.
Why?
Weswere recently taken to task
for using up so much space on
the fish proposition. We consider
this one of the biggest things IN
this section Of big things. We
have fish enough here to supply
several states without in one iota
diminishing the supply. By TAX
ing out 100 tons Of big fish, SOC
tons or more of little ones could
grow big. Properly carried on
this would run along indefinitely
There are innumerable lakes hers
from which not single fish has
been taken. According to all con
tentions made by the commission
these waters should be just alive
with fish. They are not. A dozer
big pickerel will eat up several
hundred fair sized pike yearly
each. The suckers get the spawn
and fish farming would prove Of
benefit in Kidding the lakes Of
pickerel and suckers. Pike alst
mature in two years if given ;
| chance. Supervised commercial
fishing will do no harm. W.
would like chance to demon
strate at any rate.
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lative session intervening.

lative session intervening.
Why the Leech Lake expendi-
lures where the fish stand a. fair
chance of being cleaned out in a
few years while in this section the
fishing privileges were only asked
for about ten outlying lakes in
which 100 tons of food fish could
be secured yearly without mater
tally affecting the supply. In
fact, men who know, make the
statement that proper fishing Ill
these waters would tend to con-
serve instead of diminish the sup
ply by taking out the large fish
and giving the smaller ones a
chance. Mr.. Avery laid great
stress on the contention that I'VE
are trying to kill the goose that
laid the golden egg" meaning
that the tourists would eventually
bring more money into this Sec
ton than the gains at present Sc
cured by taking out the fish. In
other words, we here on the
ground do not know what we
want, but that a man in st. Paul
who has never been in the coun-
try near or on the lakes asked for,
knows all about it. We have put
in years here advertising the fact
that we have the best fishing
grounds in the state and then are
compelled to ask our visitors to
take hook and line and go out
and catch themselves a fish pro-
| viding they want one, while st.
Paul, Minneapolis and other cities
in the state get all the fish they
want.
| 1t is also safe to say that the
ten out of the thousand or more
lakes in this section sought to be
opened for fishing, are not visited
by tourists once in ten years.
Thousands of tons of valuable
food must go to waste yearly In
order to furnish tourists anglers
a chance to get a pound or two OF
fish for their meals sometime and
somewhere in the distant future.
The men behind the fish for
food" proposition have the wei
fare of this section and the peo-
pie at heart and are not only
working but spending their
money for the welfare Of the ma
ton. To compel them to buy
trust fish at high prices when we
have an unlimited supply right
here at home is somewhat Of q
| joke hard to see through. 295C
pounds Of fish received here last
week were sold in "a hours after
receipt at from five to twelve
cents per pound. The Shipped
in" fish were selling for % cents
per pound. The lakes in this vi
entity are alive with white-6sI
and trellipes. These do not take
| the hook and cannot be taken only
with net. Are these to be saveC
for the tourist? 1t is true yor
/ are allowed to net these for your
personal use by securing a license
The law gives you this chance
!. After you get them, the law say
you shall not sell them. Wha
good is this to the ordinary NOR
talg The fish brought down las
week were largely rough fish
There were only about so pound
of pike in the whole lot and no
many more whitefsh. Pickerel
, lawyers, and red horse compose
the principal species of the 295
pounds. For the benefit Of al
lakes, this class of fish should b
taken out of the water. They ar
! raiders and do more damage tina
! good. These fellows eat up thei
r weight In smaller fish many time
: over during the year, beside
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sentiment and just laws have
changed that. So it was publicly
controlled for the use and bene-
fit Of the whole mining district,
it would go far towards stimu-
lating activity in the development
of the great Vermilion range,
that, to use common expression
is not scratched.
$50 Mr.. Editor, [ urge you and
the Commercial Club to take
vigorous action. If you do, you
will not fail, and if you will have
accomplished a great work fol
the Vermilion. 1t is now almost
35 years since | first viewed and
admired this magnificent water
power. | thought then, but know
now, that it should be harnesseo
for the use, comfort and benefit
of mankind.
The White Iron Lake Farmer :
Club requested the Commercial
Club to take up the matter of pro
viding a barn for the use Of the
farmers when coming to the city
A committee composed of Jack
Riikola, Olaf Berglund and Alder
man John Erickson was APP
pointed to look up the matter and
report to the city council at its
next meeting.
Communications from tn {
County Club, State Auditor
Preus, Manager Roth OF the st
Paul Hotel and others were reac
and ordered placed on file. Tht
letter from Mr.. Roth compli
mented the Club for sending to {
recent meeting Messrs. James anc
TAFT. He said their presence
there was of much benefit to thu
association as excellent informa
ton regarding this section of thu
state was secured from them
Messrs. James and TAFT reported
| on the action taken at the meet
ing and the Club. by vote becam
member of the "Ten Thousant
Lakes of Minnesota Club. F"
The committees which last yea
had charge Of the garden contes
and the matter of securing tn
maximum planting Of gardens b.
the people of Ely, were continues
for this year with instructions t
leave nothing undone to furthe
| the cause.
Messrs. James and Chosa, VIII
had been to st. Paul as a commit
tee to confer with Game and Fisl
Commissioner Avery in regard t
getting assurances for the contin
uation of fishing in certain lake
north of here, reported that tn
disposition seemed to be to ignor
the wishes of the people here
According to statements owe
$4,000 is being spent by tn
Safety Commission in the Leec
lake district, putting up ice, buy
ing nets, building docks, lie
houses, etc. to secure fish fro1
these waters for public consumI
ton. The committee from her
only asked for an assurance 9
three years in the fishing pre-
gram in order to guarantee tn
expenditure of the money nece'
sary to properly equip fisherme
in these parts. AS an alternatiy
it was desired that the state az
vance the expenses Of the equi]
ment. Mr.. Avery could not giy
the assurances and at late
meeting Of the State Safety Con
mission presented the case. TT
commission assured the fishing Fl
the coming summer but furth,
than that it was not possible
make definite agreement
statement ON account Of the legi
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secretary, John =. Dougnerty,
$50 Magnolia Ave.
26-Headquarters, S943 Lincoln Ave-;
tel. Grace S704; meets every Fri.
day; president, Chas. A. Williams,
3516 Jansen Ave-. secretary,
Chas. w. Peters, 3649 N. Hermr
tage Ave.
Carbohydrates, Grace Hall. 1901
Bernard St, corner Grace, Elston
and Bernard; phone Irving S9S;
meets las; Friday; president,
Hans Blase, 6O17 Pensacola Ave-. {;
secretary, Geo. J. Gercken. 1910
N. LeClaire Ave.
2s-Headquarters. 1867 Milwaukee
Ave-; phone Armitage GAIL.
2s-Headquar.ers. 1910 w. Garfield
Blvd; tel Drover 4152; president,
Frank J. Ryan secretary. John X.
Cook.
carbohydrates. McNally's Hall,
4647 8. Halsted st.. president,
Martin J. Mentally, 4647 s. Halsted
st.; secretary. f. J. Kean, 531 w.
45th st.
3l-Headquarters, 56Os s. Halsted st..
meets first Friday: president,
Frank J. Corr, 524 w. Goth st..
secretary. Chas. sener. 5s5z o. Pc.
oria st.
32--Headquarters, suites 10 and IL.
Anderson Bldg. 6S56 8. Halsted
st.
33--Headquarters. Hodnett's Hall.
Armitage and Crawford AYES. {;
phone Belmont 6991.
34-Headquarters. 1856 Ogden Ave.
tel. Lawadale 634: president,
Harry M. Christie. Is49 8. Lawn.
dale Ave-: secretary, Dennis e.
Duffy. 2123 s. Lawndale Ave.
s5-Headquarters, io39.41 W. Madison
&c.; tel. Garfield 1882; meets first
and third Thursdays; president,
r. W. Larkin. a133 jackson Blvd.
secretary, John s. Clark. Keeler
and North Ayes
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1918-08-31

Healy, Eighteenth Ward; Frank A.
Vogler, Twenty.flrst Ward.
President County Board, William
McLaren, Eighth Ward.
Clerk Municipal Court, John A.
Polka, Eleventh Ward.
Bailiff Municipal Court, William j..
Umbach, Fourth Ward.
County Commissioners - William
McLaren, Eighth Ward; George See.
bacher. Twenty.fourth Ward; Louis
II. Mack, Fourteenth Ward; Charles
A. Griffin, Second Ward; John n
Kimball, Seventh Ward; Emil o,
Janisch, Fifteenth Ward John r.
Palandech, Thirteenth Ward; Paul
Schaeffer, Thirty.third Ward; Ernest
NJ. Cross, Eighth Ward; Tom Murray
Seventh Ward.
The five county commissioners
from the county townships were also
recommended FOR reelection. They
are:
William Busse, Mount Prospect
Joseph Carolan, River Forest; vii
liam II. Maclean, Crosse Point
George A. Miller, Oak Park; Dudley
ID. Pierson, Chicago Heights.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1918-08-31
DEMOCRATIC
Committeeman

Democratic national Committeeman
.or lllinois-Charles Boeschenstein,
Edwardsville.
Democratic State Committee.
Chairman-Arthur w. Charles, Car.
Vice Chairman-Douglas Pattison,
Ereeport; Terence F. Moran, Chicago:
ed. NJ. Spiller, Marion.
Secretary-lsaac b. Craig. Nation.
Treasurer-Ernest Hoover, Taylor.
lille.
Sergeant.at.Arms-Jerry J. Kane,
East St. Louis.
Democratic County Committee.
James NJ. Daley. chairman.
William p. Feeney. secretary.
Managing Committee Of the Democrat.
ie Party OF Cook County.
Chairman-James NJ. DALEY.
Vice Chairmen-Joseph Rushkewicz.
Frank F. Roeder. Anton J. Cermak.
James NJ. Whalen. Frank H. McCul'
och.
Chairman of Executive Committee
Henry Stuckart.
ecretary-William p. Feeney.
Assistant Secretary-John F. Qu!n'
Ian.
Financial Secretary-Jacob Lind
heimer.
Treasurer-Fred w. Block.
Sergeant-at.Arms-J J. Leonard.
First Ward-Michael Kenna.
Second Ward-William ]. Graham.
Third Ward-Thomas d. Nash.
Fourth Ward--James NJ Daley.
Fifth Ward--Patrick J. Carr.
Sixth Ward-John p. Gibbons.
Seventh Ward-James NJ. Whalen.
Eighth Ward-John II. Mack.
Ninth Ward--John ]. Leonard.
Tenth Ward-Joseph W. Cermak.
Eleventh Ward-A. ]. SABBATH.
Twelfth Ward-Anton J. Cermak.
Thirteenth Ward-Martin ]. O'Brien
Fourteenth Ward-Patrick A. Nash.
Fifteenth Ward-Thomas p. Keane.
Sixteenth Ward-Stanley II. Kunz.
Seventeenth Ward-Joseph Rushke
sicz
Eighteenth Ward-Bernard ], Gro
gan.
Nineteenth Ward-John Powers.
Twentieth Ward-Dennis ]. Egan.
Twenty-frst Ward-John +. O'Mal
Icy.
Twenty-second Ward-Rudolph l.
Schapp.
Twenty-third Ward-Joseph l.. Gill
Twenty-fourth Ward-Frank F. Roe
der.
Tweny.fifth Ward-Harry r. Glib
bons.
Twsnty.sixth Ward-Henry A. Zen
der.
Twenty.seventh Ward-Neil Murley
Twsnty.eighth Ward-Frank Pas
chen.
Twenty.ninth Ward-Emmett Whea
nn.
Thirtieth Ward-James r. HesSs
aan.
Thirty hrst Ward-Michael X. shsri
dan.
Thirty.second Ward - Frank J
Walsh.
Thirty third ward-Timothy Grove
SADty fourth ward-Joseph o. Kost
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1918-08-31
DENEEN REPUBLICANS

Sheriff. Charles w. Peters. TWEEN
ty.fifth Ward.
County Treasurer, Edwin H.
Walker, Seventh Ward.
County Clerk, Robert +. Barbee'
Thirty.second Ward.
County Judge, Allan \. Carter
Evanston.
Probate Judge, Ninian II. Welch,
Thirteenth Ward.
Clerk Probate Court, John F. De-
vine, Thirty.third Ward.
Clerk Criminal Court, Joseph II,
Macauley, Berwyn.
County superintendent Of Schools,
William W. Lewton, Thirteenth
Ward,
Members Board of Assessors
Thomas A. Boyer, Thirtieth Ward:
Paul II. Wiedel, Fifteenth Ward,
Member Board Of Review, Lewis
D. Sits, Seventeenth Ward.
Member OF Board of Review to
fiji yacancy-Edward Earl O'Neill
President Sanitary District, no Sc
lection
Trustees Sanitary District, Harry
+. Litter, Twenty-eighth Ward,
Walter G, Davis, Ninth Ward Jacob
4. Hey, Twenty-third Ward.
President County Board, Charles
y. Goodnow, Seventh Ward,
County Commissioners (city)-
Charles y. Goodnow, Seventh Ward
Charles Scribner Eaton, Sixth. Ward ;
James II. Johnson, Third Ward; Hec'
tor Durante, Sixth Ward; Nicholas
u. Brown, Fourteenth Ward; John
f. Fishleigh, Twenty.sixth Ward;
Morris F. Arkush, Sixteenth Ward
August Youngquist, Twenty-seventh
Ward; Peter 4. Vending, Twenty
ninth Ward; Frank Sampson, Thirty
fourth Ward.
County Commissioners country
not chosen.
Chief Justice Municipal Court
Harry Olson, Twenty.ffth Ward,
Associate Judges Municipal Court
not chosen.
Clerk Municipal Court, James A
Kearns, Thirty.first Ward.
Bailiif Municipal Court. George w
Underwood, Second Ward,
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1918-08-31
WALKER FOR
COUNTY TREASURER
Strongest Republican Candidate
in the Field for Nomination
Primary Day.

The most popular man In the field
for the Republican nomination for
County Treasurer Is Edwin X. Walker.
His public and official record Is not
only above reproach but it is admir-
able in every respect
Mr.. Walker is a native of Illinois,
and has resided in Chicago twenty
seven years.
Admitted to the bar in 1892, and Is
now engaged in general practice of
law.
He was elected County Commits
sioner in 1900 and reelected in 1902
and again 1904. Chairman Finance
Committee during six years Of his
service on County Board
Elected Judge of Municipal Court of
Chicago, 1906, for full term of six
years, and was one of the Judges who
organized that Court
He deserves the votes of all Re
publicans on Primary day, Septem
Der II.
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D. J. EGAN FOR BAILlff

Dennis J. Egan will be nominated
for Chief Bailiff OF the Municipal
Court at the approaching Democratic
primary and he will certainly be elect
ed. He has made a fine record as
chief clerk of the Election Commits.
sioners and no man has been more
tireless worker in tie interest of the
Democratic rarty. He is a great or.
eanizcr and his proven ability entities
him to the party nomination at the
primary September IL.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1918-08-31
FLANAGAN A WINNER
Popular Art Glass Manufacturer
and Candidate for County Com
missioner Always Ran Ahead
of his Ticket, -,

Popular Joseph f. Flanagan, one of
the best known art glass manufac.
turers In Chicago and head of the big
Flanagan & Biedenweg Co., 312 to 31S
West Illinois Street, is q candidate for
the Democratic nomination for County
Commissioner. His name Is the thir
teenth one on the primary ballot. Mr..
Flanagan served with distinction on
the County Board of Commissioners
some years ago and made splendid
record. He was endorsed by all the
daily papers and prominent civic
bodies. Mr.. Flanagan at the present
time Is chairman of the War Board
representing the Art Glass profession
in the United States. He is heavy
taxpayer, paying approximately $4,000
yearly In real estate taxes.
Four of his sons are In the United
States service in this great war One
of them is In France; another is in
Texas; both with machine gun bat
talions. The other two are in the
Navy. One of them, John Dewey Elan
agan, happened to be on the Inflated
collier Cyclops which has been miss
ing for the past four months. All on
board the ship are officially dead &C
cording to Government records but he
still has hopes and covets his boy as
one Of his ten living children.
There is no more popular man In
Chicago than Mr.. Flanagan; no bet
tor huuipaoa man. M haitian yNto uat
ter and II nominated he will be a sure
winner His name is No. - on the
primary ticket,
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1918-08-31
WHALEN FOR GRIM.
INAL COURT CLERK

One of the brightest young men In
Chicago is James NJ. Whalen, the reg
ular Democratic nominee for Clerk of
the Criminal Court. His ability Is
unquestioned and his experience In
public Office will make him of great
value to his fellow citizens In the
Office for which he is running and to
which he will certainly be elected.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1918-08-31

have persuaded him to be candidate
this year on the Republican ticket for
Associate Judge of the Municipal
Court. He deserves to be nominated
at the primary and IL he is, he will
be elected in November.
Judge Maxwell was born in Wood
Grove, Ohio, was educated at and is
a graduate of Muskingune College and
has been resident of Chicago since
1887. He was admitted to the bar
in 1889 after studying law at Wood
stock, ILL.,, and engaged in a general
practice. He was chosen as Judge of
the Municipal Court when the Court
was instituted in 1906. and the record
he made is one to be proud of.
Vote for him at the Republican pri-
mary September H.