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per cent it is imposed not on the en-
tire price of the article taxed, but on
that part of it in excess of specified
amount.
For instance, carpets and rugs are
taxed 10 per cent on the amount you
pay over SIS square yard. That is,
if you buy ten square yards of carpet
at SIS square yard, or $50, you will
pay no tax, But if you pay Sc a
square yard for ten yards, or $50,
you will be taxed on that extra dollar
yard. Thus you will pay $6.1O a
yard or SCI for the ten yards.
Another luxury" tax that will hit
the poor is that on moving pictures,
which requires every person leasing
moving picture films for exhibition
to pay monthly tax of l per cent of
the amount his films produce in rem
tails. This tax of course, will be adj
ded to that already being paid by the
public on admissions to moving pic
ture theatres. In many cases it will
double the price of movie tickets.
These new taxes are in addition to
many others which went into effect on
April /. Prominent among these is
the tax of per cent of the total
price paid on all articles of jewelry.
Still other luxury" taxes which
affect wealthy people principally, but
here and there dig into the pockets
of the poor, have been paid ever since
the revenue act was approved by the
president in March. These include
the following percentages of the total
prices:
Automobiles, 5 per cent.
Automobile accessories, per cent
Musical instruments and records, 5
per cent.
Sporting goods, 10 per cent.
Chewing gum, 3 per cent.
Candy, 5 per cent.
Cameras, 10 per cent.
Photographic films and plates, 5
per cent.
Fire arms. and ammunition, l per
cent.
Hunting knives, 10 per cent.
Portable electric fans, 5 per cent.
Thermos bottles, 5 per cent.
Cigar and Cigarette holders, humi-
dores, smoking stands, 10 per cent.
Slot machines, 5 per cent.
Livery uniforms, 10 per cent.
Fur clothing and furs, 10 per cent.
Toilet soaps, 3 per cent.
Pleasure boats 10 per cent.
Paintings and statuary, 10 per
cent.
Then there are the taxes on alco-
holic drinks, which we won't have to
pay after July /, anyway, because
there amt goin' to be no alcoholic
drinks, and the taxes on cigars, cigar
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LUxURIES TAX
NOW IN Effect
MAY FIRST SAW HIGHER PRICES
ASKED.

Carry few extra pennies in your
pocketh from now on.
Uncle Sam is going to take them
away from you to help pay for the
war.
Every time you spend dime at a
soda fountain or ice cream parlor,
you'll have to throw an extra penny
son the counter to pay the war tax.
Many soda fountains which charged
Is cents for sodas and sundaes during
the war have reduced the price back
to 10 cents but you are likely soon to
see the signs over the fountains read
ing: "Sodas IL cents"
The tax on ice cream and soft
drinks is only one of the many which
went into effect under the revenue
act on May l. The most important
of these are the so-called luxury
taxes" which were written into the
revenue bill before it became ap-
parent to our congressman that they
were unnecessary.
An attempt was made to pass a bill
repeating them before congress adj
journed but it was one of the bills
talked to death in the filibuster, it is
likely that the luxury taxes" will be
repealed during the coming special
session, but until then We'll have to
pay 'em.
They call these luxury" taxes,
but the commodities taxed are by no
means all Injuries. Congress intend
ed the taxes to fall upon the rich and
the well-to-do people of the country,
but some of them will fall just as
heavily upon the great 80 per cent of
the population represented by the
middle classes and the poor.
Take for instance the tax on med
icines. You will have to pay a tax
of l per cent for each 25 cents worth
of proprietary medicines you buy,
whether they are pills, tablets, pow
ders, syrups, tonics, plasters or ONT
ments. If you pay 81 for bottle
of medicine, you'll pay A cents tax.
The same tax will apply to tooth
powders, hair dyes, hair restoratives,
toilet waters, perfumes and other
toilet articles.
The tax on other "luxuries" is not
so heavy as that on medicines, toilet
articles and beverages. The reason
for this is that, while the tax is 10
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I'm PROBATE COURT.

ORDER FOR HEARING ON Pc
Triton FOR ADMINISTRATION.
State of Minnesota, County of, ST.
Louis.-ss.
In the matter of the Estate of Edla
M. Porthan, Decedent.
The petition of John E. Porthan
having been filed in this Court, rep
resenting among other things, that
Edla M. Porthan, then being res
ident of the County of st. Louis,
State of Minnesota, died. interstate, in
the County of st. Louis. state of
Minnesota, on the 22nd day Of June,
1917; leaving estate in the County of
st. Louis, State of Minnesota, and
that said petitioner is the surviving
spouse of said decedent and praying
that letters of administration of the
estate of said decedent be granted
to said John E. Porthan,
1T is ORDERED that said pc
tition be heard before this Court in
the Court House in Duluth, in said
County, on Monday, the 26th day
and all persons interested in said
hearing and in said matter are hereby
cited and required at said time and
place to show cause, if any. there be,
why said petition should not be grant
ed.
ORDERED FURTHER, That this
order be served by publication in
The Ely Miner, according to law, and
that copy of this order be served
on the County Treasurer of St. Louis
County not less than ten days prior to
said day of hearing.
By the Court.
S. w. GILPIN,
Attest: Judge of Probate
A. R. Morton, Clerk of Probate.
Seal of Probate Court, st. Louis
County Minnesota.
A. w. Nelson. ATTORNEY. 2-5 5-16
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Ely, Mimi, May 9Th, 1919

Ely, WILL, Way OH, 1919.
Pursuant to notice a special meet
ing of the Board of Education was
called to order at eleven o'clock A. M.
by the secretary, L. j. White. On
motion duly carried, Mr.. Henry Chinn
was appointed temporary chairman.
On roll call the following members
were found to be present: Ayres,
Chinn, Fenske and White. Absent
McCurdy and Stapledon.
On motion duly carried, the res
ignation of w. A. McCurdy as pres
ident and director of Independent
School District No. IL was accepted
All members voting aye.
On motion duly carried, DR.. Geo.
T. Ayres was elected president of the
Board of Education for the remain
der of the year.
The superintendent recommended
that the following teachers be elect
ed to positions in the schools of this
district for the ensuing year at the
salaries set opposite their names:
Olga Nelson, Commercial, $4,000
per month.
Adelaide Payne, Domestic Science,
$4,000 per month.
Irene Kuster, grades, $4,000 per
month.
Susan Faherty, grades, $4,000
per month.
Mable Moylan, grades, $4,000
per month.
Emma Rodberg, grades, $4,000
per month.
Essie Cassell, grades, $4,000 per
month.
Pearl H. Sauer, grades, $4,000
per month.
Mary Jackson, grades, $4,000 per
month.
Anne Eplett, grades, $4,000 per
month.
Marie Nichols, grades, $4,000
per month.
Florence Kennedy, grades, $4,000
per month.
Olive Collins, grades, $4,000 per
month.
Vera Braebonder, grades, $4,000
per month.
Ruth Jorgenson, grades, $4,000
per month.
Clarice Peterson, grades, $4,000
per month.
Clare D. Fox, grades, $4,000 per
month.
Mabel Brimhall, grades, $4,000
per month.
Hela Kayute, grades, $4,000 per
month.
Hilda Hanson, grades, $4,000
per month.
Adelaide Thomas, grades, $4,000
per month.
Ruth Peterson, grades, 10000 per
month.
On motion duly carried, the rec
concentrations were approved and
the proper officers authorized to enter
into contracts with those accepting.
All members voting aye.
= 1t was moved and supported that
charge of $500 per evening be
made for the use of the Washington
school auditorium, except when used
for charitable or patriotic purposes
and not for private profit, to be de-
termined by the committee on use of
auditorium. All members voting
aye.
The chairman appointed Mr.. A. j.
Fenske to serve on the committee
whose duties are to act on application
for the use of the auditorium.
On motion duly carried, the Board
adjourned.
L. J. WHITE, Secretary.
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How Wind Travels.

When you are discussing the wind
you must know that a gentle wind
travels about five miles per hour,
high wind about so to 40 niles per
hours, and great hurricane 80 to lOO
miles per hour. The velocity of the
earth on it's own axis exceeds, it is be-
licved 1000 miles an hour. The vele"-
ity of the earth around the sun is
calculated to be $4,000 miles per hour,
and the velocity of the moon to be
2,273 miles per hour.
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DR.. n. J. Lockhart,
ENLIST.
Ely, MINI.
Office over Fenske's Hardware.
State Of Ohio, City OF Toledo.

State Of Ohio, City of Toledo.
Lucas County, IS.
Frank J. Cheney makes oath that he
Is senior partner of the firm Of F. J.
Cheney & Co.. doing business in the City
of Toledo, County and State aforesaid.
and that said firm will pay the sum of
ONE HUNDRED DOLLARS for each
and every case of Catarrh that cannot be
cured by the use of HALLS CATARRH
MEDICINE. FRANK j. CHENEY.
Sworn to before me and subscribed in
my presence, this 9Th day of December.
A. ID. 1886. A. w. GLEASON,
(SeaD Notary Public,
Halls Catarrh Medicine is taken in
ternally and acts through the Blood on
the Mucous Surfaces of the System Send
for testimonials free.
F. j. CHENEY & CO., Toledo, o.
Sold by all druggists, f5c.
Halls Family Pills for constipation.
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PROCEEDINGS OF THE
SCHOOL BOARD
DISTRICT NO. Il.
Ely, Mimi, April 10Th, 1919.

Ely, Mimi, April 10Th, 1919.
Pursuant to notice, special meet
ing of the Board of Education was
called to order at 3:15 o'clock p M.
by President, w. A. McCurdy. On
roll call, the following members were
found to be present: Ayres, Fenske,
McCurdy and White. Absent. Chinn,
McCurdy and White. Absent. Chinn
1t was moved and supported that
the compensation to be paid l. G. Cox
for transporting pupils on the Winton
route for one round trip each morn
ing and afternoon instead of two
round trips each day be fixed at the
rate of Eighteen dollars per day for
each day such service is required.
Motion carried unanimously.
On motion duly carried, the Board
adjourned.
L. J. WHITE,
Secretary.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1919-05-09

cites and tobacco, which every one
has been paying since the law took
effect.
Not to speak of the income, excess
profits and war profits taxes, theatre
taxes and various others which we
are all paying Uncle Sam to help pay
for the war.
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IN PROBATE COURT.


ORDER LIMITING TIME TO FILE
CLAIMS, AND FOR HEARING
THEREON.
State of Minnesota, County of St.
Louis.-ss.
In the matter of the Estate of
Peter Skube, Decedent.
Letters of administration this day
having been granted to Theresa
|Skube,
IT rs ORDERED, That the time
within which all creditors of the
above named decedent may present
claims against his estate in this
court, be, and the same hereby is,
limited to six months from and after
the date hereof; and that the 28th
day of October, 1919, at ten o'clock
A. M, in the Probate Court Rooms
at the Court House at Duluth in said
County, be, and the same hereby is,
fixed and appointed as the time and
place for hearing upon the examina-
ton, adjustment and allowance of
such claims as shall be presented
within the time aforesaid.
Let notice hereof be given by the
publication of this order in The Ely
Miner, as provided by law.
Dated, Duluth, Mimi, April 26th,
1919.
S. w. GILPIN,
Judge of Probate.
A. J. Thomas, Attorney for Repre-
sentative. So SIG.
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NOTICE
SPECIAL ELECTION!

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN
that special election will be held IN the
City of Ely. St. Louis County, Minnesota,
on the Ord day Of June, A. D., 1919, for
the purpose Of voting upon the proposition Of
issuing the bonds Of the City. IN the sum of
Siixty-Six Thousand S66,OOO.OO} Dol
lars, bearing interest at the rate of Six I6S
per centum per annum, the interest to be paid
half yearly, the proceeds to be used for the
PURPOSE Of paying the, expenses incident to
the improving and enlarg1ng the Electric
Light and Water Works Plant of the City
and the means of distributing the water
supply and the public Lighting, and to be
numbered and to mature as set forth IN a
resolution adopted on May 9th, 1919, by
the City Council Of the City and now on
file IN the office Of the City Clerk
The place for holding the election IN
the several precincts will be as follows:
FIRST PRECINCT. Second Floor
Of the City Hall Building.
SECOND PRECINCT, Opera
House Corner 1st Avenue East and Camp
Street
/ THIRD PRECINCT, Skating
Rink Building, corner 9TH Avenue East
and Sheridan Street.
The polls will be open at Six O'clock
IA. M. and close at Nine O'clock P. NJ
By order of the City Council.
Dated, May 9Th, 1919.
l. VISITED. JR..
CITY CLERK.
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IN PROBATE COURT.

IN PROBATE COURT.
ORDER OF HEARING ON Pc
TITION FOR ADMINISTRATION
State of Minnesota, County of ST..
Louis.-ss.
In the matter of the Estate of
August Martinez, also known as
August Martins, Decedent.
The petition of Samuel Cohen
having been filed in this Court, rep
|resenting, among other things, that
August Martinez, also known as
August Martins, then being a res
ident of the County of st. Louis,
State of Minnesota, died intestate, in
the County of st. Louis, State of
Minnesota, on the 9th day of August,
1918; leaving estate in the County
of St. Louis, State of Minnesota, and
that said petitioner is the creditor
of said decedent and praying that
letters of administration of the estate
of said decedent be granted to said
Samuel Cohen,
IT is ORDERED, That said pc
tition be heard before this Court, at
the Probate Court Rooms in the
Court House in Duluth, in said
County, on Monday, the 26th day of
May, 1919, at ten O'Clock A. M. and
all persons interested in said hear
ing and in said matter are hereby
cited and required at said time end
place to show cause, if any there be,
why said petition should not be
granted.
ORDERED FURTHER, That this
order be served. by publication in
The Ely Miner, according to law,
and that a copy of this order be
served on the County Treasurer of
st. Louis County not less than ten
days prior to said day of hearing.
Dated at Duluth, Minnesota, April
30th, 1919.
By the Court.
S. w. GILPIN
Attest: Judge of Probate.
A. R. Morton, Clerk of Probate.
Seal Probate Court, st. Louis
County, Minnesota.
A. w. Nelson, Attorney. So SIG.
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1919-02-16

France durlng the % wcoks ending
~ this form ~ dlHrHsr. and that
2 .06i 600 DAYS were lost tp tho army
ou this account Even moro start.
Ing m n 10 learn that NJ per cent
~ thrro currH we're due a. infrrtinu
IN riNl lfc "uly - per cont origl.
mated iu tho army
Medical t't'np" can du much fpr
the caro- uud prevention uf ihis do
ease. bat wi,h the unilrd backing ~
the churches ~ America much more
can b." dun', fur " g. In The ,hurchca
that Truths are. ur should be-. Taught
which VIII direct tho Youth uf tho
bard away from the dcluyl, e.
pleasures IN which Infection h IA,
penalty n ~ had not ho'n fur the
prudiHh silrur" ~ the church nnd tho
parents ~ tho Aud tho cyil would
never have gained such ~ fearful
hoid upon our young men tud
women Now thr church N walked
ur to ltA dui} 10 further in every
way ~" work NJ Adu,n,ion nud pub
lirity hthind the hack of which the
rNii hnh fourlnhed Health lessons
hfo important, but more important
~ "a moral pr"phy laIis that viii rear
up "a hrooi ~ mon who viii not
gamble away tholr physical health
and moral welfare
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1919-02-16
nnMn SERVICE srnnIs

Tho Rervltc which tho stnrcs IN
every Oklahoma town otter 20 the
people ~ the community IL not nj
WAYS fuQv appreciated n repro
S'n,s. however, nu achievement, far
beyond what can 10 created hv any
group ~ mon
II ~ linked up with a H,slcm 81,
world wide distribution. sn ~ sneak.
buib thrpuph the lutcl. rout efforts
~ the brightest - huuhoss minds
Ncnrs aro me ordinary retail ntorc
had No. such command over the ma.
uon's rcsoutcoH Todp, q system has
been orrtulEcd hy which ANY store
con drnw NJ once ou central depots
Tor anything uuior the sun that II
can rny for and its customers want
II is visited regularly hv trained rep
rcsrntauyes ~ thesr ceutrrs. who
can giNc expert help IN meeting the
nc'ds az the public
Thus any hrirht and progressive
store becomes on integral part NJ a
great system. IN a position to- offer
Standardized sor,iyc II can pro.
vide ANYTHING tho public wants. In
m Intelligent V1}. nud I'm so ar ~
itS business ls conducted on progrcs
slvr principles. for reasonable
price
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1919-02-16
lsncfc STATE Lines.
N Iouis Dlob( (Ds~ooful

'"-s@ess ItssS SDSSStsss
The Interstate commerce oommls-
sion may have been moved by n
spirit OF consultation and compro-
mise In its recon mmendst.ons that the
congressional plans for future op-
eraton Of the railways try to wipe
cut the twilight rome" Hut the
bustnesu community generally 10 un-
der no SUCH obligations OF courtesy
a. would cause II TO imperli future
operations Of the railways Tho az.
fcsence between intrastats and inter-
tsate commerce 10 purely technical.
The entire transportation. system
Of tho country has become ssVtiaily
national" as the Republican national
platform of 1919 courageousiy de-
clared. This is not = declaration OF
abstract theory. but n conclusion OF
fact based on attempts to apply two
or more divergent seis OF regulations,
IL has often been shown, apd is a
matter OF comon knowledge. that
many Of tho iintrastate rates and
regulations are designed TO give the
shippers OF one state or the shipping
points Of one state advantages over
their competitors In other states
Often intrastate rates are Just short
Of confiscatory. with the result that
interstate traffic practically Subsi.
discs intrastats.
Exclusive federal control In tho
only practicable solution. II should
be exercised as tn rates. capital So
curltlcs. expenditures. services and.
probably. as to extensions This need
not necessarily Ia exercised directly
from Washington. Some regional
system, based roughly on the traffic
districts that necessity forced upon
the railways long ago. could be de
vised TO prevent the delays and the
congestion Of direct central control
OF details Such regional regulation
would permit attention to all the spe-
cial difficulties OF sections and they
could be met honestly ana fairly. on
tho facts, without political fear or
favor. These peculiar difficulties
seldom, II ever. are| bounded by state
lines State lines sre entirely imag-
mary, NO far az modern tvnsporta
tlon In concerned. Had there been
railways when the constitution was
framed. tho powers of the state to
harass would have been denied &syon
i,s discriminatory port regullr,etRs
w.ro forbidden. Congress should
take no halfway steps.
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Live Issues of the
Day
Nnnka In HllpsEin-

| nansea Cty Journal
| What are the thousands Of Amer
lean soldiers now IN siberia fighting
forV That 10 a question that has be-
come 700 insistent 20 be ignored
Among the soldiers themselves they
believe that they have been all but
forgotten and that they are fighting
In u cAnse they do not understaa ad,
for something In which they as Amer
leans have no Interest and under de-
pcrate hsrdships that make their
position extremely hasardoua ,e
soldier who has returned from the
drcary wastes of northern Russia de-
clnres that tho Americans and allied
forces In Siberia "ays outnu m bcrsd
by tho bolsheviki ny about fifteen to
one" "Only the fact that tho Dol.
shevikl ara yellow has saved tho al-
He'd forces from sytermination be.
fore now They are Slmsst locked
In by leo ana getting supplies and
ammunition to the front IL uncer-
tain. Weather conditions arc likely
at any umo to make this impossible.
They thought they were to
hEht the Germans. We were driven
out ~ one town by the hoisheviki
becau-o We ran out OF ammunition.
We didn't get II through on account
~ tho snow. We knew what had
been said about tho American army
In France that tt wauldn't under
stand the order TO. rettcat-and
some OF the boys nearly threw them
selves into the nvina with shame
when we had 20 fall back because
We were out OF ammunition. There
Ia shortage OF medical supplies
/ The men arc sleeping on the ground
floorr ~ peasants hutA often they
I IA
packed In with tho peasants and
thctN families men, women and
children all together Of,entimes
hey have To sleep IN mud and slime
They have little or no tobacco, and
. that adds 30 the discomfort"
What are these American BOYS do
Ing TN ltustid' Nobody In Washing
tou seems 90 know, and when the In.
luitN wts made to the president In
Iatis he wne oVuSiVc but the Amer
IN boys are there. In tho snow and
/ he mud iuAa--iime. neglected and
an but forgotten. still fighting on AL
thourh the war is over. II President
wilson Hanted to whip the bolshe-
VIII into uhrn fssior. why did he -nd
a pitlful handful ~ mon into that
area The japanese wanted 20 send
A really adequate force TO establish
peace IN Russia hut II - declared
that iecsldcnt Wilsun wits opposed to
'his courae Instead he sent Amer
lean boys who have been fighting
against dreadful odds and under con
b lilions that we're unspeakhhly hard
| fur decent and self-rcapecting An.er-
] lean soldiers
The American people have n tish,
tn some definite Information as to
/ The purposes and aims OF tho allies
! IN siberia The sending ~ Americans
TO fight AT odds of fifteen 10 one Ger
tninlN demands some sort ~ eNplhnn-
ton ana II President Wilson IA not
willing TO declare hle' purpose. then
the congress ~ the United states
ought 20 institute some inquiry ~
The bolshcviki are TO he whipped.
ihon ,u n'l conscience the all lea
shnuld send sufficient force into
I RUSSIA To accomplish this work
quickly and without undue hardship
or danger IL the allied purpose ls
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tlo-c American Gato-

The measure, now in congressional
committee stage. which woulA pro-
hibit immigration into the country
for a period ~ four years, following
peace. II one which tho problems OF
reconstruction seem TO make ncces-
sary Labor and living conditions
are now abnormal and the task OF
read Iusting them certainty would
noe be made easier nv tho heavy
lido ot immi grafton which. n per
mi',ed. would roll upon our shores
tho hard aspect OF lifc In some parts
of Europe
Millions ~ American soldiers mus,
he rcnbsorbod into our Industrial lifc.
Industries that wer transformed
into war agencies must again be re-
shaped 20 the purposes OF peacn. The
cost will he great and the time neces-
sary 20 tho process viii ~ itself. 10 no
other condition were involved. oper-
ite to defer fuu resumption. In
ihir interim, which may bo long.
tho country viii he In no shape to
nssiinllate In great quantities the raw
material Of citizenship our own
labor and reconstruction came first
our own economical no. must flow
first In IT'S accustomed channels Our
own families disrupted nv the war
and hurhened hy excessive living
costs which II has imposed must he
tho first 10 receive reiief
America has. done mucn and prob
ably will he called upon to do more
Tor the suffering populations OF Eu-