The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1920-07-23
CROSBY is HOST
TO PUBLISHERS
Hustling Range Town Shows
Northern Minnesota Editorial
Association Good Time.
NELSON is SPEAKER
Gopher Senator Delivers Principal Ad.
dress of neutrality-suspicious. Visit
Mines and Vie With Each
Other In Athletic Contests.

dress OF neutrality-suspicious. Visit
Mines and Vie With Each
other In Athletic Contests.
The little city of Crosby, given on
the map as 800 but in reality having
over $500 inhabitants, handled the
summer outing for the editors and
publishers in shape a little less than
marvellous, it having only the limited
accommodations convention usually
meets up with in the average town of
its size.
Crosby has an unusual advantage in
the way of entertaining it's visitors.
1t has beautiful Serpent lake at its
very doors, in fact the main avenue of
the city meets up with the lake, but
two blocks from the Main street 1t
has also the mines of the famous Guy
una iron range, visit to which is a
treat to those who have never looked
upon an iron mine in operation. Still
more, it has live commercial club
and set of businessmen and citizens
in general who are just as alive as the
club. All together, the editors enjoyed
a three-days' session such as they will
recall for many days.
At that, Crosby does not claim all
the credit for the successful manner
in which the convention was pulled off.
Early Thursday evening in drifted
doc" Rutledge and his able assistant
and boss, Mrs. Rutledge. Hardly had
bn of 81 EsnooD Il oI
his little old valise opened and had
started handing out reservations and
| whatever else he had in that mysteri.
GUS grip. H. 2. Mitchell, Eye presi.
| dent" came in Friday afternoon from
Bemidji, took off his coat, spat on his
hands and injected his forceful energy
and pleasing personality into the affair
! with fine effect These gentlemen to-
| gether with Editor Sheets, Louis
| Bauer and Robt Marsh, of the Crosby
| Commercial club, were on deck all the
! time with the glad hand.
| The newspapers of northern Mime
sofa were nearly all represented and
many of those from the southern part
| also The lake drew them all and the
boats were kept busy. In some mys
terious manner not yet accounted fol-
the lumbermen of the early days OF
| pine-slaughter, left the white and Nor
way pines, which form a fringe OF
green in many shades, standing along
the shores of Serpent lake. Studded
here and there profusely with white
birches, the woods present beauti
full piece of natures handiwork which
makes trip around the lake one Of
| great attraction. The boys and theil
wives and children all took the trip or
the launch Lotus.
The boys were met at Deerwood by
autoes furnished by the citizens Of
Crosby and the ride to Crosby was
along the south side of the lake. The
well-kept streets and the neat looking
residences strikes the eye immediatel!
| as one enters the city. Everything
seems so entirely different from tina
which one expects to find in mining
town. The native trees have been lef
standing in many instances. As the
ride continues down Main street thu
eye is greeted with a handsome
white way" wide thoroughfare, ce
ment walks and large and airy store
buildings substantially erected. Th'
city has cement walks and is electri,
lighted in every part.
Friday evening at o'clock recep
tion was given the boys and their fam
lilies at the Minnesota Naval Militi;
armory, handsome structure with al
auditorium 60x90 feet in size After
community sing Mayor Edward Krue
ger welcomed the scribes and turnet
over the city to them. He was an
swered by H. T. Mitchell, of the Be
midi Sentinel, the president Of tn
association who did not hesitate t.
state that the boys did not agree wit
the statement that baseball was tn
national pastime.
Then, o Boy! an old fashioned dane
was held, music being furnished by
swell orchestra from Brainerd, TIL
towns people know more things toda
about dancing than they ever dreame
of before the said Friday night.
Saturday morning, the editors an
the rest were on deck at 9 o'clock 70
trip to the mines. Senator Knut
Nelson had arrived the night beofrt
driving 80 miles from Alexandria an
feeling fine after the trip for one G
his age. He was the first one up mex
morning, away the first, and had Gu
himself a cane from the woods an
taken in the town long before any
the rest were up. The mines of Gu!
. una, Crosby, Ironton, Manganese
Trommald and Riverton were all VII
tied and the manner in which ore
: produced for the market was thorough
ly explained Lunch was served
War EnguIfs East.
Constantinop1e-The prediction {
disinterested statesmen, that the pr
} posed peace treaty with Turkey apo
tioning the choicest parts Of the Turl
: ish empire among the various Europ
J | an powers would Balkanize the entiI