The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1919-07-18

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and their visitors was double as
surance that no one would go hungry.
And, no one went hungry. The
"booya" was consumed with a relish
and many forgot to partake of the
basket lunches brought with them.
Coffee, cream and sugar was also
furnished by the association, the
coffee having been prepared under
the supervision of Mrs. C. M. Han
son, a postmaster in the art. A force
of walters was continuously en-
ployed in keeping the coffee pots on
the tables and in the groups filled
and the "booya" dishes bottomless.
Not one spoonful of the "booya" was
left and not one was wasted. Hot
coffee was on hand all afternoon and
late that evening.
So engrossed were the people in
meeting old friends, visiting around
lunching, bathing, etc. that the pro-
gram of sports and races advertised
could not be pulled off. No one cared
to see a boat race or a swimming
match or the dozens of other events
on the program. After the sports
committee had canvassed the gather
ing for participants in the events
without response, all were called off.
Those on the grounds were more than
satisfied to talk over old times and
meet old timers.
At 2 O'Clock President Chas. Ire
IONA of the Old Settlers, called for
order at the platform erected for the
occasion and after the Cadet band
had rendered the "Star Spangled
Banner" Rev. j. C. Mapson of the
Presbyterian church made prayer
in which he called upon Him to watch
over the gathering, bless the old set
tiers and their families, the city and
it's officers and it's people. Mayor
Knutson then welcomed the guests in
neat little address in which he took
occasion to thank all for their pres
ence and told them the city was theirs
for the asking with no keys to the
Jail and the officers instructed to see
that no old settlers or their guests
were allowed therein. Past Pres
ident John Owens was next intro
duced and in a short address likened
himself to the elephant in a circus
parade being shown to draw a crowd
for other acts of more Importance.
He spoke entertainingly OF his asso-
Citations with the early settlers of the
range and said that upon the farmers
of the county depended the success
of the county. He dwelt at some
length on the benefits to this country
through the advent of the large num-
Der of sheep being brought in and
said that long after the iron ore was
gone would st. Louis county be one
of the richest in the nation. The
agricultural possibilities were to be
| the salvation of the county. Mr..
Owens was in a jolly mood and the
audience was with him as the ap-
plause after his talk clearly showed.
! Chairman Trezona then introduced
DR.. ]. Preston Bradley Of Chicago
who with his family was guest OF
the Association. Those who failed
to hear DIR. Bradley missed one OF
the most able addresses ever del
livered in this part of the country.
He opened by congratulating the
old timers on having discovered this
section of the world and paid glowing
tribute to the sunsets, the climate
and the scenery He stated that after
travelling in every country OF the
world outside of Alaska, he had never
found anything that was superior te
the northern Minnesota country ano
he regretted his inability to have
been here before the virgin forest OF
stately pines had been removed. Hi!
word pictures are masterpieces ant
especially when it came to his des
criptions of natures paintings in thu
lakes and woods of this section. HI
stated that his nine months of hare
work at the Peoples Church in Chi
cago, where his audiences run int
the thouands, were compensated 10
in the three months he spends yearl.
on Lake Vermilion where he has
summer home and that he looks for
ward to the time his annual vacation
is due when he can commune VIII
nature in all it's grandeur and par
take of the beauties of the Vermiliol
sunsets, health-giving air, and asso
Citations with nature in all its glory
He held the audience spellbound
Rhetoric is an open book to ID
Bradley and his denunciation o
things and people he dislikes were
artistically given as were his eulog
of the pioneer settlers of the country
He gloried in the fact that it is pos
sible to grow old gracefully an
beautifully. There was nothing !
the world so attractive to him, n
said, as a beautiful old age, when i
the tranquility of after years, su,
rounded by their loved ones and thel
children, they could look into the II
ture with hope because of what the
had been in the past.
The speaker referred to the pal
our boys had taken in the great wa
in the defense of the principles an