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The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1918-08-23
of gravel hauled by the City from the

of gravel hauled by the City from the
gravel pit owned by them was read.
Moved by Alderman Eisenach, sup
ported by Mayor Knutson, that the
communication be accepted and filed,
Carried.
Report of the State Board of Health
approving, the plans and specifca-
tions of the proposed Sedimentation
Basin, prepared by the Oliver Iron
Mining Co. for the City of Ely was
read.
Moved by Alderman Harri sup
ported by Alderman McCurdy, that
the report be accepted and filed. Car
ried.
Application from Kramar and John
Fugina of blocks 4 and 8, Whiteside's
Park Addition, requesting that per-
NIT be granted them to connect with
the City Electric current was read
Moved by Alderman Brizich, sup
ported by Alderman Eisenach, that
the application be accepted and per-
NIT granted and the Superintendent Of
Light and Water be instructed TO
make the connection. Carried.
Petition of Andrew Toutloff re.
questing that the City Electric light
! wires be extended to his house OH
Long Lake near the Light and Water
Plant was read
Moved by Alderman Harri, sup
ported by Alderman Brozich, that the
petition be accepted and request
granted, and the Superintendent of
Light and Water be instructed to
make the necessary extension. Car
ried.
Applications to connect with the
City sewer and water mains were
read as follows:
Frank Jerze, connecting lot 5,
block 4, Whiteside's Park Addition.
Geo. Ivanovchek, connecting lot 8,
block 8, Whiteside's Park Addition.
Louis Ropotar, connecting lot 10,
block 8, Whiteside's Park Addition.
John Kunkkanen, connecting lot 10,
block 2, Semer's Addition.
Moved by Alderman Harri, sup
ported by Alderman Eisenach, that
the applications be accepted and per-
mits granted, the work to be under
the supervision of the Superintendent.
of Light and Water. Carried.
Application of Matt Supantic for a
license for pool hall and bowling
| alley, to be conducted in the lower
| front room of the building on lot IL,
block IA, of the Original Plat of Ely
was read.
Moved by Alderman Brozich, sup
ported by Alderman Harri, that the
application be accepted and license
granted upon payment of proper fee.
Carried.
Communication from w. A. Clark,
chief engineer of the Duluth & Iron
Range Rail Road company with ref
erence to granting the City license
for the use of portion of the Rail
Road right-of-way for a road in the
rear of lots in Wallis Addition was
read.
Moved by Alderman Brozich, sup
ported by Alderman Harri, that the
communication be accepted and the
matter referred to the City Engineer
to mark the land needed, and that
Mr.. Hanson be notified to move that
part of the dwelling mentioned in the
communication. Carried.
Communication from w. A. Clark,
chief engineer for the Duluth & Iron
Range Rail Road company, calling the
Councils attention to the repairs
needed on the city coal dock was
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was approved and the secretary In
strcuted to issue orders on the treas
| urer for the various amounts. AL
members voting aye.
On motion duly carried, the secre
tary was instructed to order the nee
| essary desks for the additional room
at the Lincoln school. All members
voting aye.
On motion duly carried Mr.. Ander
sons bond as treasurer in the amount
Of 100000 with the Aetna Casualty
& Surety Co. of Hartford, Conn, az
surety thereon was approved All
members voting aye.
On motion duly carried, the bill OF
Axel Anderson in the amount OF
| $125.00, premium on the treasurer's
bond. was approved, and secretary in.
structed to issue an order on the
treasurer for the amount. All meIn.
bers voting aye.
On motion duly carried, the bill OF
Victor Berra was laid on the table
indefinitely. All members voting eye.
On motion duly carried, the requt-
sitions for magazines, text books and
clocks were approved and the secre-
tary instructed to order same. All
members voting aye.
The chairman instructed the mem
bers to prepare their ballots for the
election of president to fill the va
cancy caused by the resignation of
DIR. Geo. T. Ayres. The chairman ap-
pointed Mr.. Henry Chinn teller. The
ballot resulted as follows:
w. A. McCurdy 3, Henry Chinn 1.
Mr. McCurdy having received a ma
jority of the votes cast was declared
elected.
The chairman appointed the fol-
Icing committees to serve during the
ensuing year:
Committee on Schools: w. A. Nc
Curdy, Axel Anderson, L. J. White.
Committee on Buildings and
Grounds: A. J. Fenske, Henry
Chinn, Axel Anderson.
Committee on Finance: Henry
Chinn, A. j. Fenske, L. J. White.
Committee on Concessions: Henry
Chinn, w. A. McCurdy, L. ]. White.
On motion duly carried, the board
adjourned until eight o'clock P. M.
August 18th.
4 HENRY CHINN,
Acting Secretary.
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Ely. Minnesota, August 10th. 1918
The regular meeting OF the City
Council was called to order at 5 O'Clock
P. M. by Mayor Knutson.
Roll call: Present. Alderman White,
Somero, and Mayor Knutsun. Absent,
Alderman Brozich, Harri, Eisench
and McCurdy.
No quorum being present, it was
moved and supported that the Coun-
Gil adjourn.
/. visited City Clerk.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1918-08-23
Respectfully submitted,
LOUIS EISENACH,
J. H. WHITE,
MIKE SOMERO,

Moved by Alderman White, sup
ported by Alderman McCurdy, that
the report Of the Accounts and FL
nance Committee be accepted and
filed and that the City Clerk draw
orders on the City Treasurer for the
various amounts. Carried.
Alderman Brozich entered at this
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j &
City of Ely, electricity and
water 1911
w. A. McCurdy. salary as
treasurer ---------------- ouV.VV
Henry Chinn, salary as sec
rotary oVV.VV
Allyn & Bacon. text books 1914
American Seating Co., main
tenance ------------------ zz.oo
Central Scientific Co., sup
plies ---------------- 1905
Crane & Ordway Co., main
tenance ----------------- l.0o
VIM. Desjardins. mainten-
ance 20.5O
Dinsmore's Livery, drayage 1928
Ely Miner, publishing $1,000 31.55
Ely Plbg. & Htg. Co., main
tenance ------------------ 1i.5o
First National Bank, insur-
ance 171.43
A. Flanagan Co., supplies 49, 1886
Jewell Nursery Co., n~linten-
ance 1880
Johnson Service Co., mainten-
ance 4.Uo
Laing Hardware Co., mainten- ~
ance 5.24
Grant Mcmahon, lumber 800 H.27
Marshall Wells Co., mainten-
ance 1864
Marshall-Wells Co., supplies 1851
| Miller Store Co., supplies---- 2.76
w. s. Mott Co., maintenance 28.5S
Range Office Supply Co., sup
plies -------------- 1884
st. Croix Lbr. & Mfg. Co., elec-
tricity -.----------------- 1928
st. Croix Lbr. & Mfg. Co.,
| maintenance --- 1.65
st. Croix Lbr. & Mfg. Co., lum-
Der ------------------- s.s1
Standard Salt & Cement Co.,
maintenance ----------- 3.75
Thomas Charles Co., supplies 435.8f
d. &. l. R. Ry. Co., kilograms
and freight -------- 1885
Employees pay roll --------2,OS3.I1
/ rA, ec0xc-
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-05-10
RAG PICkERS
OF THE ARMY
Work is Dangerous But BattIefieIds
Must be Gone Over and .
be Clear of all disable
Material.
GBy Henry Wood, United Press Staff
Cores pondent

[By Henry Wood. United Press Staff
Cores pondent.]
WITH THE FRENCH ARMIES.
March 21.-Cleaning up battlefields
has now become one of the highly
organized and perfected auxiliary
services of the French army.
| The amount of material saved in
! this way for the future use of the
army amounts to hundreds of thous-
ands of dollars a month. 1t is one of
the most effective deficiencies" that
the present war has produced.
Paradoxica1 as it may seem there
is nothing that produces more
painful impression on the occasional
person who is allowed to wander
over battlefield just after an attack
than the great quantities of highly
perfected war material that lie scat
tered about with seemingly reck-
less waste and profusion The dead
both of the enemy and the attacking
troops do not produce the same pain
full degree of impression.
There is this difference. The dead
soldiers have done their duty and
their role is ended. But all this ma
iterial was made through long hours
of sweat and labor, and toll to be
used in saving the fatherland and
here it all is lying in great quantities
unused about dead battlefield, hav-
ing unfulfilled it's purpose and having
served no end.
1t is the thought of this great waste
of human genius. of human skill, of
human toll that produces the painful
impression-or rather did produce it
in the early days of the war.
Now nothing goes to waste on the
battlefield. With the great cost and
difficulty Of manufacturing war ma
terial. with the steady decrease in
the worlds supply of material from
which these things are made, France
at least, sees to it that nothing falls
short of serving the purpose for
which it is made.
Hardly have the troops passed for
ward in an attack than second
army. usually of aged territorials fol-
lows II onto the battlefield and be-
gins the cleaning up process. Some
times their companions call them the
"rae-pickers of the army" and some
times the divers for spoils," but in
the present official organization of
the French army they rank as very
important corps.
Their work, too, is often as danger
ous as that of the troops who dash
~ the assault as not only have they
10 handle abandoned explosives of
the most perilous kind to touch but
oftan enough their work has to be
carried on under terrific lombard
Brt they do it as heroicaIly, as
s,o;ca,lv and as methodically as do
their brother territorials who carry
the hot soup up to firing line through
a barrage of machine gun fire, shrap-
nels and high explosives
First there are the unused French
.bells which the batteries and trench
mortars had to abandon as they
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-05-10
PERSONALS

Mr.. and Mrs. Ed Goyer of Omaha.
Neb., and Mr.. and Mrs. Earl Moss of
Eldon, Iowa, are the guests Of Mr.. and
Mrs. j. Albert Kiedaisch, $40 Morgan
street.
Private John Strohmaier who has
been spending ten day furlough with
his father. ]. C. Strohmaier and other
relatives, left Thursday to visit his sis
ter, Mrs. II. d. Collier of Kansas City,
Mo.
Mt. and Mrs. P. G. Hayden are
spending Friday and Saturday with
Quincy friends.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-05-10
KEOKUK GETS
CHEAPER OIL
Railroads Make Reduction Of Cent a
Hundred Pounds on Fuel
Product Used
Here.

Everything else may be going up in
price but not fuel oil.
John G. Fry, traffic manager for
Hubinger Bros. company has received
notification from railroads entering
Keokuk that reduction of one cent
for transportation Of each hundred
pounds of Oklahoma crude or petrol
cum oil, has Deen made. The cost
has been twenty-one cents a hundred
pounds.
KeOkuk asked for rate of seven
teen cents, the same as that being en-
joyed by other cities in this vicinity.
A compromise was struck by the
roads in raising the price IN other
places to twenty cents and reducing
the Keokuk rate.
Hubinger Brothers use about TWEEN.
ty-fve cars Of fuel oil a year. One or
two other industries here use it also.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-05-10

dash forward. Sometimes they lie in
piles of half dozen or more and
sometimes scattered singly about.
But every one is exceedingly valu-
able for the metal of which it is
made, for the high explosives it con-
tains, for the skill and genius that
has gone into the construction of it's
highly perfected fuse and mechan-
ism. Less delicately made trench
bombs and aerial torpedoes are like
wise gathered up.
More dangerous are the unexplOd-
ed German shells, which lie scatter
ed about They may explode at the
first human touch, but nevertheless
they must be gathered up both for
the removal of such menace and for
the value of the material they con-
tain.
Then come the hand grenades.
These may have been abandoned, or
dropped by the "poilu" as he dashed
forward to the assault. Or again
they may be unexploded ones, either
French or Germans, which may still
go off at the first touch. But they
must be gathered up.
In another pile are heaped up the
steel helmets gathered from the
field They again may have fallen
from the head Of soldier in the
heat of charge or may have fallen
to the ground as the wearer himself
fell pierced with bullet. Even
when the helmets themselves are rid
died with bullets and shell splinters,
the steel they contain is still too val
liable to leave behind.
On every battlefield hundreds Of
thousands d rifle cartridges, both
exploded and unexploded lie scatter
ed about These must be gathered
up one at time, often under heavy
artillery fire.
Then there are the bayonets or
rifles that the soldier may have been
forced to abandon or that fell from
his neryeless hands and his life ebbed
away But no matter how they came
to be there, they must be saved.
After this comes the knapsacks,
the canteens, the straps, the old
shoes, the caps, the coats, the over
coats, the thousand and one different
things that lie in the trail of thous-
ands of men who have dashed for
ward in hell where no attention
can be paid to anything except to at
tain the object assigned and still live
if possible.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-05-10
OLD man WINTER
IS BACK on JOB
Lower Temperatures Experienced by
keokuk-Drop Of Thirty-six
Degrees Re
corded.
NO DAMAGE IS DONE
High Wind Velocity But No Rain in
This vicinity-saturday
to be Warmer,
Report
NO DAMAGE IS DONE

Summer was relegated to the back
ground by the quick drop in tempera-
ture early today. The mercury fell
from sc degrees to so degrees. the
drop coming between 4 p. M Thurs
day and z a. m. today. Overcoats
felt good in the forenoon
Though the wind blew with high
velocity no rain fell in Keokuk, &C
cording to Fred q. Gosewisch, U. s.
weather bureau observer Lightning
played in the north, the direction
from which the storm came. Although
telegraph wires are reported to be
down between here and Chicago, no
trouble was experienced with teIe--
phone lines in city or country, man
ayers of the service report.
The weather Saturday will be part
ly cloudy and warmer, according to
report
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-05-10

Sold in Keokuk and recommended
as the worlds best corn rer.edy. by
Englehardt & Co., and Wilkinson & Co.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-05-10
E3z3iE5 EEl7i
NJ, ~.st,a s.nced herself in

less. Mrs. Castle danced herself in.
to society, and then into the hearts
of the public and this naturally led
to the motion picture studio. where
she has added other legions to her
admirers who have now grown to feel
that they know her personally.
She will be at the Grand theatre
tomorrow in the latest of her Pathe
plays, Convict $685."
On tomorrow's program will also
be shown one of Lonesome Luke's
latest comedies. called THE Big
Idea" This will be worthwhile
program Advertisement.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-05-10
FREE OF. CHARGE.

nensis suffer with indigestion, dys.
s sepsia, torpid liver, constipation
a Gut stomach, coming.up-o Of. food-a fer
No. ins, etc, when you can get sam.
free o.'1 OF Green's August Flower
at;va healcine has remarkable cur.
stratade ioperties, and has demon.
SUCCESS us ehiciency by fifty years of
bv s Headaches are often caused
aisordered stomach.
in az sentie laxative. Try il. For sale
- Ai civilized countries
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-05-10

Roll call:
Aye-Lofton, Kenny, Hickey
ED. s. LOTION w..
Attest: Mayor
10. w. sANDBERG. City Clerk.
April 30, 1918. 10 a. m.
The City Council of the City OF
Keokuk, Lee county. Iowa, sitting as
a board of equalization and review,
convened after recess with all mems
bers present and proceeded to act
upon complaints of all persons ag-
grieved by action of the assessor in
assessing their property and all per
sons whose assessments have been
raised by the board of equalization
and review, and the board took final
action upon said complaints.
Resolution No. COZ.
Whereas, The City Council of the
City of KeGkuk, sitting as a board OF
equalization and review, has this
day completed it's session and has
heard and considered all complaints
by the tax payers of the City of
Keokuk against the assessment lists
for city, water and road purposes as
sessed in the year 1918, as returned
by John r. Dimond, assessor, for city
purposes and for state and county
purposes, for real and personal prop
erty, and the said board has equallz-
ed said assessments as the same now
appear on the several lists, in &C
cordance with the laws of the state
of Iowa, and the ordinances of the
City of Keokuk Therefore,
Be it resolved, That the returns of
said assessor as changed and report
ed by the board of equalization and
review of the City of Keokuk, be.
and the same are hereby approved.
and that the assessment list Of real
and personal property subject to
road purposes as returned by John
r. Dimond, City Assessor, and as
equalized by the said board be, and
the same are hereby approved and
confirmed; and the assessment lists
of real and personal property in the
City of keokuk, Iowa, subject to tax
alton for city and county purposes as
returned by John R Dfmond. town
ship assessor, as equalized and con-
sidered by the said board, be, and the
same are hereby approved and con-
firmed.
Adopted April 80, 1918, by the fol-
lowing vote:
Aye-Lofton, Hemmy. Hickey.
ED S. LOTION.
Attest: Mayor.
o. w. SANDBERG. City Clerk.
The business before the board Of
equalization and review having been
completed, upon motion of Council
man Hemmy, the board thereupon
adjourned sine die.
ED. S. LOTION.
Attest: Mayor.
o. w. SANDBERG. City Clerk,
There being no further business,
Council upon motion, adjourned.
ED. S. LOTION,
Attest: Mayor.
o. w. SANDBERG, City Clerk.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-05-10
otto Goes to Prison.

UNITED Press Leased Wire Service
SAN FRANCISCO. May 1O.-Feder-
al Judge Dooling today sentenced Otto
Jansen. wealthy Oakland manufacture
err, TO FIVE years In McNeil's Island
prison for violation of the espionage
act.
Jansen was born in the United
States. He was accused of making Sc
ditious utterances.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-05-10
Port Of Boston Closed.

UNITED Press Leased Wire Service1
BOSTON, Mass. May 10.-The port
of Boston was closed today by order
of the navy department.
Naval authorities would make no
statement other than to say that the
port probably will be only closed tenn
porarily.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-05-10
ADJUSTMENTS.
WIS. Vernon Castle romorro,.,,

Anns vernon Castle Tomorrow.
danc;n une who does not believe that
is rasas - great "set up' exercise
world,s lred to Irene Castle, for the
ious Pathe star is the per-
and bs1on of graceful endurance
drana... capacity for work like her
a'ic Power is apparently limit.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-05-10

| Ave- ofton Hemmy. Hickey.
ED. S. LOTION,
Attest. Mayor.
| q w SaNDRERG. CITY Clerk.
Resolution No. 600.
no Il resolved Nv the CITY Council
ne the civ Of Keokuk:
That the Mayor and CITY Clerk be.
and thew are hereby authorized to is.
sne * 0OO in time warrants. Nos.
Se1e TO 1928 inclusive, payable Octob-
er * 1918. with interest at the rate
| Of six ner cent from date, the same
ba;ng sold at mar to the State Central
| savings hank as of April 20. 1918. to
secure funds for necessary current
| eyDenses to be placed as a credit to
the following funds:
General ....... 81, 500
In,nrovement 500
| Ron call:
AveII ofton, Hemmy. Hickey.
ED. S. LOTION,
Attest. Mayor.
n W SANDBERG. City Clerk.
April 90, 1918, 10 a. N.
Tho ritv Council of the CITY of
Keokuk Lee county. Iowa, sitting as
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-05-10
or Drops Applied ;n Few Seeaads
There's No Fussins og Cutting.
"Gafs.I&,1 AlwaXa Wneksl

the old, savage way. .Gets-1t" 10
the modern, painless. simple way;
"Gets-It" on the corn. put your
stocking and shoe right on again.
and forget the corn. Pain is eased.
"Gets-1t" has revolutionized the
treatment OF corns. It never trri-
tates the true flesh. You'll stop
limping on the side of your shoe,
and do away with greasy salves.
and painful methods. Use "Gets-It'.
it's common sense.
"Gets-It," the guaranteed. money
back corn remover the only sure way.
costs but a trifle at any drug store.
MID by =. Lawrence & Co, Chicago, Ill
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-05-10
This Corn Will
Peel Right Off!
"Gets-It' Makes Corns Come on
The "Banana-Peel Way!

Why have to flop on the , LOOT.
az, and with bullying eyes draw
your face up into wrinkly KNOT
while you gouge and pull az tne
suuick" Of O tender corn2 That's
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1918-08-01
IN DISTRICT COURT
DISPOSITION OF VARIOUS MAT
TIERS BY JUDGE AND JURY.

District court has passed upon the
following business in the Law anC
Equity section:
Old Colony Sales Co. VS.. ]. E. Full
'er ct al, default and judgment OF
me promssory note.
A. Browneller VS.. Louie A. TOwlC
It al, foreclosure, by agreement OF
The parties, the Mahaska Count,
State Bank is substituted as the
plaintiff. Case settled as per stipu
alton on file and decree granted &C.
'ordingly.
Susan Herbg VS.. Walton Auto Co..
appeal is argued and the case sub
nitted and by agreement may be de
sided in vacation.
Emma L. Rutherford VS.. William
Rutherford, divorce, default of de-
PENDANT, trial and decree.
Elida Towns VS.. Truman Towns,
divorce. If alimony is not paid by
July q, sale Of attached property or.
dered and pay the proceeds to the
plaintiff.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1918-08-01
CONSCIENTIOUS DIRECTORS
Are, Mocked and Hooted AS They
Leave leavenworth For the Pris-
on at Fort Riley.

Leavenyorth. Kas.. July 27.-One
hundred and fifty conscientious OBJ
ectors were sent from Fort Leaven
worth on special train today to Fort
tiley amid jeers and jokes from sol
liers and civilians.
while we do not give our trooT
movements, we want to have it pub
ished broadcast that $50 conscient,
Gus DIRECTORS who have been quarter,
ID here. started for Fort Riley at 9
o'clock this morning and 1all pro-Ger
mans are kindly asked to blow them
o smithereens." said an officer in
barge of their entrainment.
These men get $50 a month anG
'ome of them are college trained. re
fuse to get up before noon and have
% be routed out. They all to be
lent to the hay fields on the Pawnee
Flats at Camp Funston Many of the
directors wore athletic shoes of rub
Der. refusing to have any animal sub
'tance touch them.
I'VE have here an officer said. 'all
he varieties OF nuts that grow"
. AS the men marched to their train
'hildren wriggled their fingers al
ioiders jeered them and civilians
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1918-08-01
Gull the Poultry Flock

To encourage the production of bet
ter poultry. Specialists of the United
States Department of Agriculture ara
now conducting campaign urging all
paultry growers to Gull their fiocks
at this season and keep only the best
laying hens for next year. In this work
they are urging poultry departments
of agricultural fairs, county agents
and poultry breeders to take greater
interest in poultry ST. Nws and poultry
displays at fairs. In the present emer-
gency TO use to the fullest extent the
power of popular exhibits of poultry
to create new interest. it is more inn
portant to have small shows wherever
an exhibit can be brought together
than 70 have what poultrymen are ac-
eiistomcd 70 call quality shows.