The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1918-11-29
LARGE CROWD
AT Meeting.
THE COMMERCIAL CLUB DOES
MUCH BUSINESS ON
TUESDAY EVENING.

attended and considerable Tor the
benefit of the city was done. This
meeting was the first for some time
and much interest was displayed.
Many important matters were
brought up and discussed.
Mayor Knutson presented tel
gram received by him from the
League of Minnesota Municipalities
regarding the raise. in telephone
rates. He also showed copy of a
telegram sent by him in protest to the
railroaded hearing on the matter.
The Club decided that this was too
| weighty matter to be lightly dis
posed of and authorized the pres
ident to send a committee of not
| more than two to the hearing. The
State Railroad & Warehouse Com,
| mittee will hear the complaints of
the municipalities on the proposed
increase in telephone rates of from
rs to 100 per cent and the cities of
the state will all be represented at
the hearing. A. j.. Thomas and H. j.
| Merdink were named to attend the
hearing.
| A communication from the Lake
field Commercial Club presenting
set of resolutions bearing on the Am
ORGANIZATION movement was referred
to a committee consisting of H. E.
White, John E. Porthan and Peter
Schaefer. This comittee will look in
to this matter and act for Ely in the
movement now general in the United
| States.
Two delegates were named to at
tend the meeting of the Northern
Minnesota Development Association
at Grand Rapids on January 18th
and 10th. This meeting promises to
be one of immense benefit to the
northern part of the state. The Ely
delegates were instructed to bring
before the meeting the injustice
done this section when all the lands
between here and Allen Junction
were removed from the market and
placed in a forest reserve. Hundreds
of valuable acres of agricultural
lands were thus removed from the
possibility of settlement. The COM
mittee named was A. j. Thomas and
H. E. White.
| The subject of roads and the keep
ing the roads between here, Whit on
and Section Thirty in condition for
travel this winter was dwelt upon by
several and the sentiments were
unanimous towards keeping the roads
mentioned and others in condition
for winter travel. A committee
consisting of G. B. Hughes, ]. A.
Rothman, Andrew Hedloff, I. G.. Cox
and John Dinsmore was named to
attend to this and the committee was
instructed to meet with the officials
of the township of Morse and Sec.
ton Thirty and secure their assist
ance in the m after.
Tax matters, game and fish laws
agricultural legislation and several
other matters were presented. The
sentiment, was strongly in favor Of
going before the legislature at thu
, next session with bills tending Il
remedy the existing conditions ant
Ito further this move a committee
was named to ascertain what wa
needed and propose changes. Thi
committee is composed Of A. j
Thomas; Peter Schaefer, H. ]. Mer
dink, A. w. Nelson, Fred B. James
Olof Knutson, James Moonan, L. ]
, White, John A. Harri, Peter Beck
Thos. E. Miller, JAS. I. Laing, JOIN
E. Porthan, M. j. Murphy and Franz
l Veranth.
This Committee will listen to sug
gestions by the citizens and cordial!
invite those having anything to offe1
to present their views at once. A
the legislature will meet about tn,
: first of the year, the time is limited
| We all know that the game and fisl
laws are jumbled in such manne
as to make them hardship on every
: body, whether legal hunter or |
| poacher and the fish laws are so ar
ranged as to benefit no one but thu
large fish companies. This section
should be supplying fish to the entir
state all the year. Last winter, un
II der the arrangement of the safet.
commission, fishing was allowed il
; adjacent waters. The high prices o
equipment and labor put the fisher
men out of business at the prices al
}. lowed by the state and all the stat
aid was given to the Red Lake fisher
y men where fish were taken by tn
Indians at very low cost. The stat
y wanted the fishermen in this vicinit,
/ to again get busy this winter an
3 closed down the state fisheries a
Red Lake. Why these fellows too
the cream with state money and al
/ lowed our men the SKINNED mil
d without state money is the question
There is something radically wron
in this and it is the duty Of the com
mittee to find out where the difficult
o lays. AS long as it was easy pickin
: for the Red Lakers all went wei
e AS soon as they were up against som
hardships in the shape of cold weatf
o er, etc., they squeeze out Of the bal
o gain. Hundreds of tons of valuabl