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Free trader-journal and Ottawa fair dealer. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1920-1927, 1922-06-08
Many Attend.

There was a good attendance Of
the w. G. r. L. at the library yester
day afternoon, and as it was near
Flower Mission day. many brought
flowers by the basket to send to the
shut-in OF our community.
In the absence of the president,
Mrs, o. r. COyell. who is with her
dying mother at MishaWaka, Indiana.
the county president, Mrs. Sylvia
Thompson acted as chairman The
lesson course was on Federal En-.
forCement Legislation, and was inter.
esting. One paragraph, The Illinois
Prohibition Act makes it duty OF
local officials To enforce prohibition
the States Attorney of each county
the sheriff, the mayor and the chief
of police" seemed to the women to
put it in the power of the mayor,
using the police force of the city to
d" away 10 great extent with the
Illicit sale Of liquor. That it is not an
altogether Improbable act To enforce
law is indicated by the statement
that the average returns In fines
have been more than three times the
amount appropriated to secure en-.
torcements The school fund Of the
county profits by this surplus.
Free trader-journal and Ottawa fair dealer. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1920-1927, 1922-06-08
EAST INDIAN r. r.
STRIKE COMES TO END

Calcutta, May THE general
strike on the East Indian railway, af-
ter dragging on for more than two
months. has finally come to an end.
The strikers have accepted the offer
made recently by the Agent of the
railway, and are resuming work at
practically all points along the line
The Cancellation between the rail
way officials and the workers has
been facilitated by the efforts of +. G.
Andrews, who acted as a mediator
Mr.. Andrews is an Englishman, for
merly engaged in missionary work
lie now wears Indian clothing anC
Free trader-journal and Ottawa fair dealer. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1920-1927, 1922-06-08
Fire Alarm at Certain.teed.

An alarm of fire was sounded yes.
terdav afternoon about four, 1t prov
ed to be blaze at the Certain-teed
products building. caused by the over
flowing of the stills, and the hot tar
catching fire as it ran over the floor.
The city fire department responded
promptly. but the Certainteed fire
brigade had the flames under control
before the city company arrived.
Damage was slight.
Free trader-journal and Ottawa fair dealer. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1920-1927, 1922-06-08
Render-Whitsell.

Word has heen received here OF The
marriage OF ]. II. Bender OF ttlca an
Mrs. Josephine Whitsell OF Marsell'
les. The wedding occurred in Bloom,
inetn on Memorial day Rev. F. a.
NcCarty of the First Methodist churca
at Bloomington performed the cere-
mopy. After few days visit in
Peoria and Bloomington the newly
WEEDS returned to Utica to reside,
Free trader-journal and Ottawa fair dealer. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1920-1927, 1922-06-08
Cricket.

The earliest mention Of the game OF
cricket is in the writing of one John
Derrick, who in 1893 wrote that he
and his f,Iluwcs did runne and play
at cricket" But in the Bodlcian
library at oxford there is an old pic
ture of monk bowling a bali To an
other monk, Nho is about To strike 1t,
and the date of that is 200 years
earlier.
Free trader-journal and Ottawa fair dealer. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1920-1927, 1922-06-08
Any Time Good Enough, Tho,

Mr.. and Mrs, a. Kaerlcher, Of Osh'
kosh, Wis, accompanied by their
son and daughter, drove here arriv-
ing yesterday evening, and will spend
a few days at the home of their
G-t} liter. Mrs c. A, Feurer, of Fair
view After this, they will continue
their trip to the southern part of the
state. Mrs. Feurer accompanying
them. The united family have
pleasant trip ahead of them, tho most
folks would rather journey to the
southern part of Wisconsin among
the lakes for spending such warm
weather as we enjoy at present.
Free trader-journal and Ottawa fair dealer. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1920-1927, 1922-06-08
Cemetery Assn MEETING.

The ladies of the NichOl Cemetery
association met yesterday afternoon
at the home of Mrs A. G. Rhines. of
Manlius township, About forty-fve
were present, and regular business
only was transacted Plans We're
made for holding an ice cream social
at the home of Stanley Butterfleld on
tie evening of Tuesday June 10, and
every body who enjoys a good time
should make it a point to be present
on that date, as that association OF
women always not only have a good
time themselves, but help other PEG.
pie to enjoy themselves as we'll.
Free trader-journal and Ottawa fair dealer. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1920-1927, 1922-06-08

Evening
Cleayers Gypsies, recital. Selec-
tions from grand and popular opera,
in gypsy costume
Captain Kerliu, Stella Forbes, Miss
Jessie Ellis and William Entwhistlc
attended Rebekah meeting in Ogles-
by on Tuesday evening.
John HulCman is now employed as
driver for Manlcy's auto bus.
Concrete stops have been placed
along the cement roads at Starved
Rock, making a decided improvement
in the appearance.
Mr. and Ms. Harold Buckner, Eft
gene Crawford. Miss Opal Mccormick
and Hessler Larson attended the Ma.
sonic boat excursion down the river
Tuesday night
Mrs, Alice Wheeler. Mrs. RAJ
Wheeler and daughter Doris. Mrs.
Harmon FoNlie. Mrs. I'd Myers and
| Mrs. Kenneth Hutchinson motored to
La Sale on Tuesday.
Mrs. Anderson, who has been max
Free trader-journal and Ottawa fair dealer. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1920-1927, 1922-06-08
60 Feet OF Concrete.

About sixty feet of the wall on
TIE north side of the Belle Island
ltck is now up to the required height
that is, forty feet This piece of the
wall is near the west end of the
lock. The base of the wall, which is
IN the neighborhood of twenty feet in
width, has been laid the entire length
Of the lock They are now pouring
bout three hundred yards of con-
1rot, a dow
Free trader-journal and Ottawa fair dealer. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1920-1927, 1922-06-08
Second Day of Chautauqua.

Afternoon
Cleaver's Gypaics, entertainment. \
costamed quintet Of exceptional sing
cys with a repertory Of pleasing va
ricv md sterling qualify
Professor NJ. II. Jackson, lecture
Heather and Shamrock.
Free trader-journal and Ottawa fair dealer. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1920-1927, 1922-06-08
LARGE Crowd at Gardens.


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VIA pay at IA PARK on SATURDAY eve
hIhE.
! ne mn" ana cost. assessed aSaIhS.
hfIStI" 'Fir'ts' VINO was locked 'P
J" tAA clt, jan were pdid by SoIh'
ifIehdS VINO II does not appear of
record VINO PAID.
Norh on me to0hda'I"h OF the ne"
STATION IoF li'e HlIHHdIu vi Is pro.
sressiI& rms VIII be one OF ne
hh'st on stations along the IVY way.
\. Phliimore tird IN" course rec
ORD on IN" Marsata"a Country club
INKS, making torty-'Wo' one above
DOGGY
Hold Commencement.
Four district schools in the vicinity
Free trader-journal and Ottawa fair dealer. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1920-1927, 1922-06-08
To Hold Lawn Social.

The Standard Bearers Of the VI. e.
church are arranging for their lawn
social to be held mex; week
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Wilcox, Miss Virginia Wilcox, Mr..
nefred Conner, Mr.. and Mrs. N. F.
Porter, Mrs. Ada Fitzpatrick, Mrs.
felfnger, Mrs. Geo. P. Case. Mrs.
Edwin Dodge, Julian Salyerson, Mrs.
J. D. Hesselgrave of Minneapolis;
Mr.. and Mrs. L. L; Freeberg, Mrs.
H. Bockstruck and daughter, Hubert
A. Bockstruck, H. L. Pratt, J. H.
Coates, Geo. J.. Heck, Patrick j.
Or. and Mrs; S. s; Hesselgrave,
Richard Hesselgrave. Mr.. and Mrs.
L. S. Aubrey, Mr.. and Mrs; R. P.
Rutherford, Miss Barbara Ludwig,
Mr.. and Mrs. Thos. Knowles and
son, Miss Valborg Patterson, Mrs.
F. l.. Contain, Mrs. Johanah Lar
son, Miss Carboina Larson, of st.
Paul; C. / Nordstrom and family,
c. H. Weirick, S. B. McQuade,
Joseph Terrier, of Duluth; Mr.. and
Mrs. A. Macdonald, Superior; Mrs.
o. E. Gibson and daughter, H. E.
Walbank, H. Davis, of Ely; Jane S.
Dunn, Portage, Wis; Grace A. Dunn,
Princeton, Mlnn.; A. ID. Granger,
Cornell, Mimi; Mr.. and Mrs. ]. w.
Lostrutter, Emporia, Kas.; Mrs. w.
Otis Hanson, Rochester, Mimi; Miss
Marian MCGEE, LIMA, Ohio; Elmer
Getty, Chicago, ILL.,; Mr.. ]. j. Nor
risin, Omaha, Neb.; Miss c. G.
Smith, Miss M. D. Smith, New York
Lucy L. Forest, Miss d. Cellar,
Evanston, ILL.,; w. j. Cowan and
wife, Wallace Cowan, L. Mckenzie
and wife, Hibbing, Mimi.
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THE COUNTY UNIT.

According to the Minnesota Edu-
cation Association the County Unit
system is already in use in more
than twenty-five states, the county
unit school system is being adopted
in others. 1t is developing in
S o me Of Minnesota's northern
counties. 1t was favored in address
ses at the July meeting of the Ma
tional Education Association in
Boston, by the National Bureau of
Education, the Minnesota Depart
ment of Education, and the Educa-
ton Association, which is recon-
mending several improvements in
schools in Minnesota with the key
note, Equal educational opportun-
ity for all children"
Differences exist in different
states, but these facts are typical.
The county-unit school system means
the substitution of the county for
the local community as school
district. Cities having their own
superintendent and supervisors are
usually exempt from the operation
of the system, but the rest of the
county becomes one district, usually
at the option of the local districts,
and boundary lines are drawn,
teachers are selected, and school
affairs are managed by a county
board of education working with
the county superintendent who is
chosen by the board. The county
is a considerable contributor to
school support. The people may
still retain control by naming the
members of the board.
Tho TTpifad Cfatoc Purao,, of
Education presents the following
advantages Of the county-unit !:
namely, a small board for the man.
agement of county schools; choos-
ing the county superintendent by a
board of education instead of by
popular election, thus taking the Of
fee out of politics; insuring the
choice of competent superintend-
ent with standard qualifications,
and better teachers by the board
and the superintendent; equalizing
educational opportunity through
equal school support, equal terms,
and equipment; removing schools
from unwise local influences and
rivalries; promoting consolidation
among weaker schools; providing
supervisors and helping-teachers;
anu UIiISlHS UuSlHeSS infamous lnCO
school management.
Desirable results are already ap-
parent. 1t is shown that better
educated and stronger superintend-
ents are selected and that the aver
age terms of both teachers and
superintendent are longer. There
is a great saving by reducing the
duplication of boards, teachers, and
equipment. In one state the county
unit system increased the attend
ance of children, the number who
finished eighth grade being increas-
ed over SO per cent, and the high
school 500 per cent. One county
in Missouri which had fifty or more
one and two-teacher schools for
white children reduced the number
to fifteen consolidated schools. This
could not have been done, said the
superintendent, except under the
county-unit plan. The sections of
northern Minnesota having the unit
system are getting good results and
the local districts are fast joining
the county district. No state has
abandoned the system after adopt
ing it.
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dresses-which helped some. He
had vocabulary in profane Ian
iguage that was worthy of pirate.
We used castor oil and soap for
this-which didn't seem to help
much.
When he got out of dresses he
organized a little excursion through
the neighborhood for the purpose
of making a collection of padlocks.
He gathered in about ten and l
spent several hours on hot after
noon providing up and down alleys,
locating garages and their respect
i've owners, getting the padlocks
This with the addition of a
couple of expeditions to Dress's
from which he returned laden with
balloons and other tinsel treasures
and the purloining of another boys
watch, finished us and Jerry both
up, and he ran clear away this time.
The police picked him up and
turned him over to the Juvenile
Court, which in turn offered him
to us-but we declined with thanks.
The Court, on account of his
tender years, hesitated to send Jer-
ry away to the Industrial School,
so they let him go back to his
| mother and his most recent STEP
father. He stayed a few weeks and
was picked up again by the police,
to be turned over again to the
Juvenile Court, which again offered
him to us. At this point, I made
a strategic blunder. I went over
to the Court to see about it.
"With all his faults he loved us
STILL" He was a vociferous can
didate for re-admission to the home
He was re-admitted. In fact, it's
rather hard to shake child loose
when his arms are glued around
your neck and his tears are whiting
your collar.
And the deuce of it is he has
been with us for a month now and
has done well-real we'll for him
So he may, and he may not. We
hope he may.
There is little moral to this
story. I've oiled Jerry with the
vintage, of the castor bean, I've
clothed him in dresses, I've spanked
him until my hand smarted, but
through it all he and I have had
a strong personal liking for each
other, and if he comes out of the
woods, it will be because of this
liking rather than on account Of
any of these other things hereinbe
fore set forth. The little moral i:
this:
| You've got to like them and they
have got to like you. No system
of reformation in the world will
work without this essential ingredi
ent.
| CIRCULATED BY THE BOYS
WORK COMMITTEE, ELY ROT
AIRY CLUB.
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SOMEBODY'S BOY"
(By W. S. Criswell, Jacksonvill,

(By w. ). Crlswell, Jacksonville,
This is the story of a boy who
may and who may not. We believs
he may.
jeremiah, as his name happens
not to be, is the nine-year old son
of a mother who introduced herself
to the writer by the naive state
ment, "You can see l haven't got
good sense, can't you?"
Jerry's father is dead. His
mother has only had a fair degree
of success in the matter of step
fathers for him, having tried sew
eral.
Jerry came to the Boys Home
through the Juvenile Court. He
had been involved in the larceny
of a boat; had also run away from
home when he felt like it: had
taken any unattached thing that
struck his fancy; was a chronic tru-
ant from school. He was SO little
and SO young, Judge Guthrie turned
him over to US.
He started out hopefully by steal
ing his teachers watch. He had it
to pieces and was regulating it's
"innards" when / found him. We
got it back to the teacher and as
sumed the responsibility for dam
ages. He then started his old trick
OF running away. We put him in
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that district being magnetic.
The great concentrating plant of
Rabbit, Mimi, is designed 20 make
iron ore out of these magnetic
rocks.
If it had not been for this
blanket of gabbro the plant never
would have been built, although
no part of this outflow of rock will
90 to the plant. The hot mass of
gabbro also changed the otherwise
hematite ores of ehe Paulson mine
in magnetic.
Contains Titanium.
The Duluth gabbro carried con
siderable quantity of iron which
on cooling crystalized into irregular
punches. These segregations are
found thru the areas covered by the
gabbro in Lake and Cook counties
but no deposit has been opened as
mine in this area largely because
this class of iron ore, formed in
the gabbro, usually contains an OBJ
jectionable element known as titan
ium.
A few thousand years ago This
part of Minnesota was covered by
an ice cap which carried away to
the south and southwest a goodly
quantity of the iron ore and iron
bearing rock, which fact accounts
for the glacial drift having a red
dish tinge in the eastern section of
the state. AS the glaciers retreated
a quantity of debris was left cover
ing the iron country from few
inches in thickness to more than
20 feet in some cases.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1922-08-25

Since enactment of the 8abcock
"Good Roads" amendment a little
more than a year ago, Minnesota
has come to the fore as one of the
most progressive road building
states in the Union. This is the
opinion of Thomas H. Mcdonald,
Washington, chief director of the
Federal Bureau of Public Roads,
who visited Charles M. Babcock,
state highway commissioner, while
en- route home after an extensive
trip through southern and western
states, says the St. Paul Pioneer
Press. Minnesota's road building
program is one of the most compre-
hensive that has come to his atten-
ton and is being carried out in
most thorough and efficient manner.
Mr.. Mcdonald said. The federal
highway executive commented also
upon the high standards of roads
now being built throughout the
country and praised the ability of
the men identified with the great
public work. Minnesota as already
made public now enjoys the dis
tinction of leading all other states
in total mileage of completed fed
eral aid roads.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1922-08-25
PUBLICITY THAT HURTS.

In its zeal for news the esteemed
Duluth News-Tribune stopped over
on the fire scare heads sent out.
While there is always danger to the
travelling public in a forest fire
country, it was not necessary to
throw scare into the balance of
the world and cause residents of
other parts of the nation undue
apprehension. The fire should have
been investigated before such hair
raising and heart-rending tales were
sent broadcast. While the N. T.
had almost the entire northern and
central portion of the county Il
seething mass of flames, the truth
was that only a very small portion
of the reported area was affected
and that principally in the peat
boys near Kelsey which town was
the only place destroyed. The fire
scare had the effect of keeping
tourists in Duluth and it is said the
Duluth hotels had on Friday, the
largest patronage they have enjoyed
for several years. By many this
is given as the prime cause for the
circulation of these. damaging stor-
les. Without doubt, at least fifty
tourist parties were dissuaded from
Ely on this day alone by the fire
scare. Parties who came through,
not having heard of the news as
circulated by the morning paper,
claim there was no fire nearer than
a mile from the road anywhere on
their trip and that they felt there
was fire somewhere by the smoke
through which they passed in spots.
Some who have criticized the N. T..
claim that this fire scare stuff was
in line with the attitude of the
morning paper on range matters
but we will not go so far, only
stating in our opinion it was mis-
guided publicity stunt. Such pub-
licity hurts. The American Legion
convention in Virginia suffered by
this publicity as on one day alone.
ten cancellations for hotel accom-
modations were made and more fol-
lowed the following day. Hundreds
Of tourists travelling in cars were
turned back or held in Duluth.
Forest fires are bad we all know
and it is well to be cautious. But
there was absolutely no occasion
for advertising fires that clearly did
not exist at the time, or since. this
news was sent out.
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BOOSTING COUNTY FAIR.

The western Mesaba range towns
will be the center of attraction for
all st. Louis County Fair boosters
this week. Not that the associa-
ton plans to forsake the other parts
of the range-they all will be Wis
tied before the opening date, but
the Western Mesaba range towns
are gathering at Grand Rapids for
the Itasca County fair and Hibbing
fair boosters plan to reciprocate by
sending over the Hibbing Concert
band and entertainers this coming
Sunday.
The Hibbing band dressed in their
famous rube costumes will be head
ed by Secretary Richard Giffin and
they promise to make the welkin
ring, when they swarm into the
Rapids, Sunday. Every town en-
route will be visited by the boost
ers.
Secretary Richard Gifin today
called attention to the fact that the
fair opens on September 2. Sep
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1922-08-25

sea animals with carbon, iron and
other elements, and ultimately set
tied as sedimen: on the bottom
of the seas or along the shores
quite uniform in texture and con-
tents.
Elements Dissolve.
Subsequent movements of .he
earth caused these beds to be tilted,
and broken, thus permitting water
20 percolate through the mass, dis
solving and carrying off elements
with it.
While this was going on the iron
in the rocks trusted" upon coming
in contact with the oxygen in The
water, leaving it in the form of
iron rust or an oxide of iron (iron
ore).
Process Continues.
The oxidization process went on
more rapidly along fractures and
seams in the rock until much of the
silica was Dissolved and carried
away leaving the iron rust in the
form of merchantable iron ore beds
that are being worked today.
The iron ore bearing rock, known
as taconite or jasper makes up that
part of the original rock mass that
resisted The action of the water.
Some biologists contend that a
square mile of this rock area in the
form of taconite, contains as many
tons of iron disseminated through
the rock, as is found in square
mile of merchantable iron ore in the
same vicinity, the difference being
| that the ore has been concentrated
and the bed is thinner.
There can be found in many parts
Of the range, taconite in all stages
from the solid rock in practically
the same condition as laid down in
the days when the earth was young,
to partially decomposed taconite and
to high grade ore.
The Reason.
This fact as well as the presence
of seams of paintrock and slate
| passing from ore bodies to she
surrounding partially decomposed
and solid taconite, have led geolog-
lists to deduce the foregoing theory
of the origin of iron ore deposits
in Minnesota.
The ancient sea beach upon which
The Mesabi rocks were deposited
during the Algonkian period, ex-
tended so far as Minnesota is con-
cerned, from the Gunf1int district
in Cook county, southwest to a
point several miles southwest of
Grand Rapids, in Itasca county, q
distance of IT'S miles.
Some biologists think that future
discoveries will show that it's width
may be traced from this northern
boundary to the iron fields OF
Michigan and Wisconsin under the
waters Of Lake Superior.
Lose Some Oxygen.
AS time passes the process OF
concentration continued uninterupt
ed along the Mesabi west from
Mesaba station on the Duluth and
Iron Range railroad, finally result
ing in the vast deposits of hema
tite or non-magnetic ores today
| East of Mesaba station, the pro
cess of concentration had advanced
but few million years during the
Keenawan age of the Algonkiar
system when there came an enor
nous eruption of Duluth gubbre
which covered the larger part Of
the hematite bearing rocks of the
Mesabi range from Mesaba station
east in the Gunflint district.
The very high temperature of thi:
molten mass robbed the iron bear.
ing rocks Of some of their oxygen
leaving the iron in the form OF
magnetic. This accounts for the
iron ore and iron bearing rocks OF
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1922-08-25

TENDER l is entry day. The pro-
gram opens officially on September
2 and continues on the Bird and
4th.
Plans have been practically COM
pleted for special rates on rail-
roads leading into Hibbing for the
fair. Excellent and reasonable trans
portation facilities between Hibbing
and the fair grounds will be pro-
vided.
The fair management today is
sued a warning that no excessive
charges for either transportation,
meals or lodging will be tolerated
during the fair, "Hibbing always
treats its visitors right and l don't
want any exception to the rule this
year." stated the fair official today.