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The DIMINISHING ARGUMENT OF DIMlN-
lSHlNC VALUES.

in Ottertail County and mining
engineers agree that ore will event
ually be found over all of Min
nesota north of line drawn from
Duluth to the Southwestern corner
of the state in the County Of Rock.
Can these low-grade iron ores ever
be made commercially valuable?
They can, as they undoubtedly will,
if no artificial bar is erected to
prevent it.
The rich Mesaba ores when first
found were thought to be of no value
because they were too fine for the
furnaces, but the furnaces were re-
built. The sandy ores of the
Western Mesaba were too low in
grade to be salable, until John
Greenway erected a washing plant
at Coleraine for beneficiating these
ores. Now washing plants dot all the
Western Mesaba Range. Thomas A.
Edison ten years ago effected a
process for making low-grade iron
ore commercially valuable and the
Bethlehem Steel Company is now
using this process on New York State
iron ore and is erecting steel mills on
the Atlantic coast, which will riva..
those of the Pittsburgh district. The
Mesaba Iron Range Company after
several years of experimentation
has perfected process by which low
grade magnetic ores may be made
valuable. This company has pur-
chased lands on the Eastern Mesaba
Range which contain more than 8
Billions of tons of magnetic ore and
they are now erecting a $3,000,000
mill for the purpose of employing
their process upon this ore. These
instances show us that low-grade iron
ore can be made commercially
When Minnesota develops its vast
deposits of low-grade ore what be-
comes of the Heritage Theory?
deposits so vast in extent
that they can be mines upon the
scale which now prevails in Mimi
esota 1000 years from today are
so permanent as to make the argu-
ment of diminishing va'ues of no
consequence whatever.
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IN PROBATE COURT.
ORDER FOR HEARING ON PETIT.
FOR ADMINISTRATION.
State of Minnesota, County of 81
: Louis, IS.

State of Minnesota, County of st.
. Louis, So.
In the matter of the Estate of Mary
Jane Johns, Decedent.
The petition of William Kevern
having been filed in this Court, rep
resenting among other things, that
Mary Jane Johns, then being resi-
dent of the County of st. Louis,
State of Minnesota, died intestate,
in the County of st. Louis, State of
Minnesota, on the I'd day of June,
1920; leaving estate in the County of
st. Louis, State of Minnesota, and
that said petitioner is the brother of
said decedent and praying that let
tiers of administration of the estate
of said decedent be granted to said
William Kevern.
1t Is Ordered, That said petition
be heard before this Court, at the
Probate Court Rooms in the Court
House, in Duluth, in said County, on
the 9th day of July, 1920, at ten
o'clock A. NJ, and all persons inter-
ested in said hearing and in said mat
ter are hereby cited and required at
said time and place to show cause,
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Notice for Bids

Office of the City Clerk, City of Ely,
Minnesota, June 10, 1920.
NOTICE is hereby given that
sealed proposals will be received by
the City Clerk of the City Of Ely, in
the County of st. Louis, State of
Minnesota, up to 8 o'clock P. M,
Tuesday, July 20, 1920, for masonry,
concrete, and general work for boiler
and condenser installation, Municipal
Water and Light Plant, Ely, Mime
sofa, according to plans and specifi-
cations now on file in the Office of
the City Clerk.
Each bidder shall accompany his
proposal with a certified check in the
amount of ten per cent of the
contract price Of the equipment,
made payable to the City Treasurer.
Check to be drawn on some bank
duly authorized to do business in the
State of Minnesota.
A surety bond in the amount of
the contract price must be furnished
by the successful bidder.
Copies of plans and specifications
may be obtained from the City Clerk
upon application.
Each bidder is requested to return
these plans and specifications with
their proposal.
The City Council reserves the
right to reject any and all bids upon
this work.
All bids shall be made in triplicate
and addressed to the City Clerk, Ely,
Minnesota and marked plainly upon
the outside Of the envelope "Bid
for masonry, concrete, and general
work for Boiler and Condenser in
stallation, Municipal Water and Light
Plant, Ely, Minnesota"
By order of the City Council of
the City Of Ely, Minnesota.
"A. o. KNUTSoN,
e-1S 7-2 City Clerk.
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District Court, Eleventh Judicial
District.
State of Minnesota,
County Of st. Louis,
Frenk Sakula, Plaintiff,
VS..
Agnes Sakula, Defendant.
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The only argument ever advanced
in support of a tonnage tax is The So
called Heritage Theory Or the argu-
ment of diminishing values. Iron
ore is different from other forms of
property, it is said. There is but
one crop of it. Once it is removed
the state can never tax it again.
Therefore, it should be taxed far
more heavily than other forms of
property.
This theory takes account of
Minnesota's supply of high-grade
iron ore only. 1t ignores entirely
the states deposits of low-grade
ores.
Now Minnesota has scarcely more
than 1,000,000,000 tons of high
grade ore (the State Tax Com
mission says there are 1,400,000,000
tons of commercial iron ore in Mimi
esota, but large part of this is a
low-grade and will never be mined
except under favorable conditions)
and at the present rate of mining
this high-grade ore will entirely be
exhausted within the next thirty or
forty years; hence, the theory of
iron ore as diminishing asset.
But Minnesota has enormous
deposits of low-grade iron ore.
"The supply is inexhaustible," says
one authority. Upon the Mesaba
Range alone there are from 80
Billions to over 100 Billions of tons
of low-grade Taconite iron ore; on
the Vermilion Range there are vast
deposits of low-grade Jasper ores;
north of Lake Vermilion is body
of low-grade ore extending to the
Canadian border and containing
billions upon billions of tons. North
of Two Harbors is the Highland
Range which has been sufficiently
explored to determine that it con-
tains an amount of low-grade iron
ore that staggers the Imagination.
One drill sunk in this ore is now
down 1000 feet and is still in ore.
The recently discovered Guyana
Range has been proved to contain
many billions of tons of low-grade
iron ore. Low-grade iron ore has
also been found in large quantities
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in. PROBATE COURT.
JKUEK FUR HEAKING UN PET.
ITION FOR LICENSE TO

IT1ON FOR LICENSE TO
SELL LAND.
State of Minnesota, County Of st.
Louis, IS.
In the matter of the Estate of Mar,
garet Turk, Mary Turk and JOS
eph Turk, Minors.
The petition of Margareta Skier
jane, formerly Margareta Turk, as
representative of the above named
minors having been filed in this Court
representing among other things,
that for reasons stated in said petit
ion, it is necessary and for the best
interests of the estate of said minors
and of all persons interested therein,
to sell certain lands of said minors in
said petition described and praying
that license be to her granted to sell
the said land:
1t Is Ordered, That said petition
be heard before this Court, at the
Probate Court Rooms in the Court
House, in Duluth, in said County, on
Monday, the 18th day of July, 1920,
at ten o'clock A. NJ, 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 granted.
Ordered further, that this order be
served by publication in The Ely
Miner according to law.
Dated at Duluth, Mimi, June 18th,
1920. By the Court,
Attest: S. w. GILPIN,
G. B. Clifford, Judge of Probate.
Clerk of Probate
Seal of Probate Court, st. Louis
County, Minnesota.
Karl H. Covell, Atty. 6-18 7-2
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Notice for Bids
Office of the City Clerk, City of Ely
Minnesota, June Is, 1920.

Office of the City Clerk, City of Ely,
Minnesota, June Is, 1920.
NOTICE is hereby given that
sealed proposals will be received by
the City Clerk of the City of Ely, in
the County of st. Louis, State of
Minnesota, up to o'clock P. M,
Tuesday, July 20, 1920, for the
furnishing of piping in the Municipal
Water and Light Plant, Ely, Mime
sofa according to plans and specifi-
cations now on file in the Office of
the City Clerk.
Each bidder shall accompany his
proposal with certified check in the
amount of ten per cent of the
contract price of the equipment,
made payable to the City Treasurer.
Check to be drawn on some bank
duly authorized to do business in the
State of Minnesota.
A surety bond in the amount of
the contract price of the equipment
must be furnished by the successful
bidder.
Copies of plans and specifications
may be obtained from the City Clerk
upon application.
Each bidder is requested to return
these plans and specifications with
their proposal.
The City Council reserves the
right to reject any and all bids upon
this work.
All bids shall be made in triplicate
and addressed to the City Clerk, Ely,
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SUMMONS.

SUMMONS.
THE STATE OF MINNESOTA TO
THE ABOVE NAMED DEFEND
ANT:
. You are hereby summoned and re-
quired to answer the complaint of the
plaintiff herein, which complaint has
been filed in the office of the Clerk
of said District Court in the City of
Virginia, in the County of st. Louis,
and State of Minnesota, and to serve
a copy of your answer to said COM
plant on the subscriber, at his office
in the City of Ely, in said County and
State, within Thirty (30) days after
the service of this summons upon you
exclusive of the day of such service,
and if you fail to answer the said
complaint within the time aforesaid,
the plaintiff herein will apply to the
Court for the relief demanded in
said complaint.
This action to be tried at the City
of Ely, Minnesota.
Dated this 1st day of June, 1920.
A. w. NELSON,
Attorney for Plaintiff,
6-11-1s-25 Ely, Mimi.
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Not Allowed to Kiss Bible.

kissing the Bible Is forbidden In any
Virginia court by a new law. 1t
Is declared that the practice is not
only unnecessary, but unsanitary In
the extreme. The law provides that
no officer shall require any one sub
scrfbing to an oath to kiss the Bible
or any book thereof, but they may
be required to place their hands on
the Bible. The punishment for any
violation Of this act Is to be q fine
Of 500.
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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, June
9th, 1920.
By the Court,
Attest s. w. GILPIN,
G. B. Clifford, Judge of Probate
Clerk of Probate.
Seal of Probate Court, st. Louis
County, Minnesota.
A. ]. Thomas, Attorney for Pet
itioner. 6-11-18-25
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OFFICIAL PROCEEDINGS
OF THE
CITY COUNCIL
CITY OF ELY.

Ely, Minnesota. June Is, 1920.
Regular meeting of the City
Council called to order at 8 o'clock
P. M. by Mayor Knutson.
Present: Aldermen Erickson,
Maxi, Champa, Strachan and Mayor
Knutson.
Absent: Aldermen Jenko and
Johnson.
Moved by Alderman Maxi,
supported by Alderman Champa,
that the minutes of the last regular
meeting be approved as published.
Carried.
The Parks, Grounds, and Build
ings Committee reported on the
matter of installation of sewer and
water service mains to the Sletten
premises.
Moved by Alderman Maxi.
supported by Alderman Erickson,
that the Health Commissioner and
the Committee on Sanitation and
Police be instructed to notify Mrs.
Mary Sletten to remove her clubhouse
and to install sewer and water
service mains within sixty days from
date of notice. Carried.
City Engineers Estimate No. 3
showing the amount due Victor
Nelson, Contractor to be $2,238.35
was read.
Moved by Alderman Strachan.
supported by Alderman Erickson.
that the report be accepted and filed
and the City Clerk be authorized to
draw an order on the City Treasurer
in payment of the above stated
amount. Carried.
City Engineers Estimate of cost
of painting the water tank was read.
Moved by Alderman Erickson,
supported by Alderman Maxi, that
the estimate be accepted and filed
and referred to the Parks, Grounds
and Buildings Committee to in
vestigate and report at the next
regular meeting. Carried.
Report of the Health Commission
er together with the resignation of
the City Nurse was read.
Moved by Alderman Strachan,
supported by Alderman Erickson,
that the report of the Health
Commissioner be accepted and filed
that the resignation of the City
Nurse be accepted; and that the
matter of engaging another nurse be
referred to the Committee on SAM
tation and Police and the Health
Commissioner with power to act.
Carried.
Communication from the Ely
Commercial Club relative to the
sending of delegates to the meeting
of the Fair Tax Association at
Bemidji, Minnesota on June 10,
1920 was read.
Communication ordered filed.
Communication from the Ely
Commercial Club informing the
Council that Mr.. Erick Anttila was
elected as member to the Board
of Directors of the Community
Service Center as representative Of
the Ely Commercial Club was read
Moved by Alderman Erickson,
supported by Alderman Champs,
that the communication be accepted
and filed and that the election be
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Notice for Publication.

Notice Is. Hereby Given, That the
Great Northern Railway Company,
whose post Office address is st. Paul,
Minnespta, on May q, 1920, filed in
this Office its application to select
under the provisions of the Act of
Congress, approved August S, 1892,
(27 Stat. 390,) those six (6) unsur-
veyed islands located in BURNSIDE
Lake, and Vermilion Lake, st. Louis
County, Minnesota, described as fol-
lows:
An unsurveyed island located in
the Northwest portion of Section 20,
Township SO North, Range Is West,
containing approximately Four and
Sixty Hundredths (4.60) acres, more
or less, lying about 13 chains East of
the first M. C. South of the Section
Corner of Sections 10, 20, 20 and 80,
Township So North, Range 13 West,
4th P. NJ.
An unsurveyed island located in
the Northern portion of the NEA of
NWA Of Section 20, Township So
North, Range Is West, containing
approximately Sixty Hundredths
(0.60) acre, more or less, lying ap-
proximately North 20 degrees East
and about 80 Chains from the first
NJ. G. South of the Section Corner
of Sections 10, 20, 20 and 80, Town
ship 63 North, Range 13 West, 4th
p. M.
An unsurveyed island located in
the Southwest portion of Section II,
Township SO North, Range 10 West,
containing approximately Twenty
five Hundredths (0.25) acre, more or
less, lying about 500 feet East and
North 83 degrees East Of M. C. No.
10 on South line of Section II, and
about 425 feet South of South Shore
line of Lot of Section IL, Township
SO North, Range 18 West, 4th P. M.
An unsurveyed island located in
the Southeast portion of Section Is,
Township SO North, Range ID West,
containing approximately Seventy
five Hundredths (0.75) acre, more or
less, lying about % Chains North, %
degrees 30 East of M. C. on the
Southwest corner of Lot of Section
10, Township SO North, Range IS
West, 4th p. M.
An unsurveyed island located in
the central portion of Section 20,
Township SO North, Range 13 West,
containing approximately Eighty
Hundredths (0.80) acre, more or
less, lying about $3.50 Chains North
76 degrees go West of the South M.
C. on lot IL of Section 20, Township
SO North, Range 13 West, 4th P. M.
An unsurveyed island located in
the Southeast portion of Section "a,
Township 81 North, Range 13 West,
containing approximately Forty Hun
dredths (0.40) acre, more or less,
lying about 20 Chains North 81 de-
grees go West of the M. C. on the
Southwest corner of Lot 4 of Section
35, Township "a North, Range ID
West, 4th p. M.
Any and all persons claiming adj
versely the lands described, or desir-
ing to object because of the Mineral
character of the land or for any
other reason, to the disposal to appli-
cant, should file their affidavits of
protest in this Office, on or before
July II, 1920.
JOSEPH WINCZEWSKI,
6-4-11-18-25 To. Register.
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coHIlrmeu. OarrleQ.
Communication from Frank Gre
benz relative to- sewer ditch and
road which runs through his lots in
Wallis Addition was read.
Moved by Alderman Champa, sup
ported by Alderman Erickson, that
the communication be accepted and
filed and the matter referred to the
Streets, Sewers and Sidewalks
Committee and the City Engineer
to investigate and report at the next
regular meeting. Carried.
Application of Victor Gustafson
for a permit to move the building
located on Lot 8, Block &c, White
sides Addition to Lot 1, Block 4,
Whiteside's Addition was read.
Moved by Alderman Champa, sup
ported by Alderman Maxi, that the
application be accepted and filed
and permit granted. Carried.
Petition of John Tregear, ct al
for certain improvements on Ninth
and Tenth Avenues East and
Sheridan Street was read.
Moved by Alderman Strachan,
supported by Alderman Champa,
that the petition be accepted and
filed and the City Engineer be in
structed to prepare an estimate of
cost for said improvements and
report at the next regular meeting.
Carried.
Communication from the Consult
ing Engineer together with specifi-
cations for piping for the boilers
and condensers and specifications
for masonry and miscellaneous work
in connection with the installation
OF boilers and condensers in the
Light and Water Plant were read.
Move d by Alderman Strachan,
supported by Alderman Champa,
that the communication be accepted
and filed and the City Clerk be in
structed to advertise for bids on
same; said bids to be opened and
considered at 8 o'clock P. M, Tues
day, July 20, 1920. Carried.
The City Clerk reported that no
proposals were received for improv-
ing Chapman Street from Second
Avenue West to Third Avenue West
and for the opening of the alley
between Harvey and Chapman
Streets and for water main extension
in the alley between Harvey and
Chapman Streets.
Moved by Alderman Strachan,
supported by Alderman Erickson,
that the said improvements be made
and the City Engineer be instructed
to do the work by day labor.
Carried.
Proposals for furnishing the City
with a motorcycle from the follow
ing were opened and read:
John A. Harri
John Gianotti---- 4SS.OO
Moved by Alderman Maxi, sup
ported by Alderman Champa, that
the proposals be referred to the
Committee of the Whole for further
consideration. Carried.
Alderman Champa appointed
Chairman of the Committee Of the
Whole.
Council dissolves into Committee
of the Whole.
Recess declared.
Meeting called to order.
Report of the Committee of the
Whole was read as follows:
Ely, Minnesota, June Is, 1920.
To the Honorable Mayor and City
Council, City of Ely, Mimi.
Gentlemen: We, your Committee
OF the Whole, to whom was referred
the matter of considering the various
proposals for motorcycle, beg to re-
nOy-f ord
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Minnesota and marked plainly upon
the outside of the envelope "Bid
on Piping for Municipal Water and
Light Plant, Ely, Minnesota"
BY order of the City Council of
the City Of Ely, Minnesota.
A. o. KNUTSON,
els 7-2 City Clerk.
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United States Land Office, Duluth
Mimi, May %, 1920.
Cleveland County herald., 1920-05-06
Officer Captures
 StiI! Monday

Sam Jackson, negro, is dead and his father, Ed Jackson, Jesse Hampton and Rebecca liar ding. negroes. and Frank Tram mell, white, are in jail at Pine Bluff following a raid on a still in Cleveland county Saturday night, Jackson escaped when officers raided the still, which was at the Jackson home. He was overtaken a short time later however, but refused to halt and Deputy Constable Ruff Hall kill ed him. The officer was exorne1' ated by a coroner's jury.
Cleveland County herald., 1920-05-06
Birth and Death
 Registration

The Herald is glad to announce the appointment of k. E. Har- rison as Local Registrar of births and deaths for Rison, Bowman, Jackson, Niyen and Whiteoak townships.
 Mrs. Mary Ellis Brown stati. : tician of the Bureau of Vital Sta titles, Little Rock, was in Rison Thursday in conference with Judge Haskins relative to the appointment of Registrars in sev eral townships and for the con- ven'ence of the physicians in Rison who practice in the above named townships, MT. Harrison has been appointed to receive and file all records of births and deaths occurring therein.
 It's the duty of the doctor, mid- Vile or parent to see that a ,chllds birth is recorded Wheae an undertaken handles a body he should file death certificate and secure burial permit and if there is no undertaken, then whoever buries the body neighbor, friend or head of family is responsible for filing the death certificate.
 Every mother is urged to name her baby at birth so as to aid u e doctor in completing the birth certificate.
 If every citizen of Cleveland County will aid the Local Regis trar of the township in which he or she lives in securing a report of each birth and death, Cleve-
Cleveland County herald., 1920-05-06
!. 0. OF. Anniversary

On April 27, Kingsland Lodge No. t60 l. o. 0. F. Celebrated the 101 Anniversary of Odd Eel lowship of America. The house was called to order by W II. Golden N. G.
 Song America by the class. Prayer by Bro. J. D. Wilson Chaplain pro tem. Music by Victrola.
 Reading by Miss Fern Dykes. Music by Mrs Baker and band Reading by Miss Archer Lea. Music by Victrola.
 Several good speeches on the good of the order by the Breth- eIn. a. Music by Mrs. Baker and baad after which the sisters put out a nice spread of refreshments.
 Everybody had a good time and enjoyed themselves.
 In r. L. & T.
Cleveland County herald., 1920-05-06
Commencement Exercises Here
 Next Week

The pupils of the Rison High School will give programs next week. Beginning Monday eve. ming at s o'clock at the Court house. the pupils of Miss Eva Moore will give musical recital.
 On Wednesday evening the pupils of the grammar grades will give their program.
 On Thursday evening the pup ils os Mrs. c. c. Ma / will give a program and certificates will be awarded to the graduates of the Eighth grade.
 On Friday evening the Senior Class will give play under the direction of Miss Elenor Chow ming, after which the Diplomas will be presented to the Senior class which is composed of the following: Edward Everette Farrar, Fay Edith Holman, Marie Blanche Roberts, Onie Ma rie Galloway, Sallie Catherine Culpepper, Ollie Lorena Gallo. way, Carrie Maybelle Richard son.