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The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1922-08-18
the state highway departments with
the United States bureau of public

the state highway departments with
the United States bureau of public
roads.
The system will comprise more
than 175,00O miles, z per cent of
the entire public road mileage of
the United States. Of this amount
three will be composed of
interstate roads, the remainder to
make up connecting state systems.
There is state and federal money
enough in hand or in sight to start
the actual work, and nearly all the
states now have submitted to the
national bureau plans for the Sec
tions of road that will go into the
interstate system. And the bureau
is seeing to it that the sections
meet at the state lines. No fed
eral aid will be allowed on any
highway which does not fit into the
general schemes of a national OF
state system.
This is vision in road building
bounded only by the limits of the
country itself. 1t will mean re.
suits in the shape of roads that
link up and lead somewhere and
bring service to all rather than g
favored few.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1922-08-18
OFFICIAL PROCEEDINGS
OF THE
CITY COUNCIL
CITY OF ELY.

Ely, Minnesota, August Is, 1922.
Regular meeting of the City
Council called to order at eight (S)
o'clock P. M. by Mayor Chinn.
Present: A lderm en- Judnich,
Maxi, Champa, Jones, Erickson,
Kovall and Mayor Chinn.
Absent: None.
The minutes of the regular meet
ing held August 1, 1922, and the
Special meetings held August 9Th
and 9th, 1922, were read. No cor
rections or alterations being made
the minutes were ordered approved
as read.
The Fire, Light and Water Com
mittee recommended that the fire
hydrant near Lot 5, Block a, White
sides Park Addition be not moved.
Moved by Alderman Champa,
supported by Mayor Chinn that the
recommendations of the Fire, Light
and Water Committee be carried
out. Carried.
The matter of changing the
street lighting system from five
lights to three lights was referred
to the Fire, Light and Water Com
mittee to investigate and report at
the next regular meeting.
The matter of opening up east
Chapman street was referred to
the Committee of the Whole for
consideration.
Moved by Alderman Erickson,
supported by Alderman Maxi that
the matter of procuring suitable
site for dumping ground be re-
ferred to the Committee on Santa
ton and the Health Commissioner
for action on or before the next
regular meeting. Carried.
The Sales and Purchasing Com
mittee reported that the City Clerk
has been instructed to purchase
gas mask for the Fire Department
and recommended that the commit
tee go to Duluth to endeavor to
secure coal for the plant.
Moved by Alderman Champa.
supported by Alderman Judnich that
the matter of the sale of the horse
drawn sprinkler be referred to the
Committee of the Whole. Carried.
The City Attorney reported the
decision of the District Court in
the matter of the City Assessor and
the City against Charles Trezona.
The matter of compensation set
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1922-08-18
THE BOOKLESS MAN.

The bookless man does not un-
derstand his own loss. He does not
know the leanness in which his
mind is kept by want of the food
which he rejects. He does not
know what starving of imagination
and of thot which he has inflicted
on himself. He has suffered his
interest in the things which make
up: Gods universe to shrink until
it, reaches no farther than his eyes
can see and his ears can hear.
The books which he scorns are the
telescopes and refectors and re-
verberators of our intellectual life,
holding in themselves a hundred
magical powers for overcoming
space 8 times and for giving the
range of knowledge which belongs
to a really cultivated mind. There
is no equal substitute for them.
There is nothing else which will so
break for US the poor hobble of
everyday sights and sounds and
habits and tasks, by which our
thinking and feeling are naturally
,tethered to little worn round. M.
tethered to a little worn round.-M.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1922-08-18
LINKING UP THE ROADS.
lFrom Kansas City Star. }

(From Kansas City Starr
There was a day, not very far
back, when vision in road building
was about as broad as a mans
farm or a community's interest.
Pork barrel methods and politica,
pull, not yet memory, were a big
part of the accepted order. Then
it became possible to see to the
county limits and still later it grad
ually was revealed that roads lead
ing from one county to another
might be a convenience to rea-
sonable number of travellers. This
emerged the idea of state systems.
1t has remained for recent
months, however, to bring into
potential existence vast system
of national or interstate roads that
in few years may reasonably be
expected to lie, like long ribbons
of white, across every section of
the country and link up the states,
the cities the counties even more
closely than they were Joined in
the construction of railway lines.
The idea isn't dream, but thing
of natioanl statute, provided for in
the federal highway act of last
November and now rapidly assum-
ing form through cooperation of
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1922-08-18
AGAIN HEARD FROM.

Albert Sye, the young fellow who
claims he walked from Philadelphia
to this city and who said he intend
ed trapping for the winter in the
wilds of Minnesota, has been heard
from as an account in the Fergus
Falls Herald of last week told of
his being there and walking to
Seattle, Wash. Sye, while here
made his home with the Rev.
Browne and A. D. Ellefsen fam
lilies and ANONYMOUSLY deserted
them and disappeared one Sunday
afternoon leaving all he possessed
behind. He claimed to be I9 years
of age but showed all the intellect
of 14-year old. Those who be-
friended him here feel that their
efforts were wasted and that the
sooner this chap is retired from
circulation, the better he will be
served.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1922-08-18
THE PARABLE OF THE PRODI.
GAL FATHER.
ga Boy has a right to more
than food, clothes and cor
rection; he has an inalienable

"A Boy has a right to more
than food, clothes and cor
rection; he has an inalienable
right to a father"
"a certain man had two sons,
and the younger of them said to
his father, Father, give me the
portion of thy time, and thy atten-
ton, and thy companionship, and
thy counsel which falleth to me-
And he divided unto them his
living in that he paid the boys
bills, and sent him to select pre-
paratory school, and to dancing
school, and to college, and tried to
believe that he was doing his full
duty by the boy.
And not many days after, the
father, gathered all his interests
| and aspirations and ambitions and
took his journey into a far country,
into land of stocks and bonds and
securities and other things which
do not interest boy; and there
he wasted his precious opportunity
of being a chum to his own son.
And when he had spent the very
best of his life and had gained
money but had failed to find sat
isfaction, there arose a mighty fam
inc in his heart; and he began to
be in want of sympathy and real
companionship.
And he went and joined himself
to one of the clubs of that country
and they elected him chairman of
the House Committe and President
| of the Club and sent him to Con-
gress, and he would fain have sat-
isfed himself with the husks that
other men did eat, and no man
gave unto him any real friendship.
But when he came to himself, he
said, How many men of my ac-
quaintance have boys whom they
understand who understand them,
who talk about their boys and asso-
ciate with their boys and seem per-
fectly happy in the comradeship of
their sons, and l perish here with
heart hunger? I will arise and &c
to my son and will say unto him,
Son, | have sinned against Heaven,
and in thy sight; I am no more
worthy to be called thy father
make me as one of thy acquaint.
| ances.'
And he arose and came to his
son, but while he was yet affair off
his son saw him and was moved
| WIFI asConlSnment, and instead of
running and falling on his neck, he
| drew back and was ill at ease.
| r., And the father said unto him,
Son, have sinned against Heaven
and in thy sight; I am no more
| worthy to be called thy father.
Forgive me now and let me be
| your friend
But the son said, Not so. I wish
it were possible, but it is too late.
| There was time when | wanted
to know things, when 1 wanted
companionship and counsel, but you
were too busy; got the informa-
ton, and l got the companionship
but l got the wrong. kind, and now.
alas, l am wrecked in soul and in
body, and there is nothing you can
90 for me. 1t is too late, too late,
too late"
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1922-08-18

The county under the superin-
tendency of C. H. Barnes, expects
to have modern school buildings
for all the districts by September
1924. A three year building pro-
gram was begun this spring and
this season the work will cost the
county $1O6,S0O. This year when
school opens in the country dis
tricts the pupils will assemble in a
variety of edifices. Three churches,
two stores, two log houses, two
railroad section houses, four resi-
dences, two halls of fraternal or
CARNATIONS, and eight portable
schools will be pressed into SER
vice to house the seekers after
knowledge. Scattered all over the
5000 square miles of territory
which comprises the county, these
places are being rented by the
county board of education to shell
ter its activities temporarily.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1922-08-18
How To Do Il.

One of the most important things
proven by experiences that two
thirds of the reduction of accidents
have been obtained through organ
ization of foremen and workmen
and educating them in safety
mechanical guards alone can be re-
lied upon to do not more than one
third the job of eliminating acct
dents. To make a success of safety
work the employer must convince
his men that carefulness pays, that
their own safety depends chiefly
upon their attitude towards their
work.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1922-08-18
BASEBALL SUNDAY.

Next Sunday the team from
Cook, camoufiaged with players
from several other places will be
here to take the measure of the Ely
team. Cook has been playing good
ball and with the assistance of
drafted players from other towns,
no doubt will show our unbeatables
something about the National game.
The game is called for 2:30 sharp.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1922-08-18
The Minnesota State Board Of

The Minnesota State Board of
immigration of which Oscar H.
Smith is the commissioner and
"Doc" Rutledge is the deputy, are
preparing a map of the state on
which each county is shown in out
line and upon which map a dot is
being placed for every settler that
has moved into that county during
the past two years as shown by the
records in the office The Com
missioner makes the claim that St.
Louis county does not show up on
the map in its true light at present
simply because no one seems suf-
ficiently interested to send in the
reports of new settlers. This seems
strange in a county of this kind
where special efforts have been put
forth to secure new settlers and
there surely should be some one to
furnish this important information
to this important branch OF the
states activities. If the reports
will be brought to US we will glad
ly forward them to Mr.. Smith.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1922-08-18

Considerable complaint is being
registered about the country over
the prevalence of advertising signs,
in some cases totally obscuring the
road signs of vital Importance to
the motorist. Both political and
commercial signs are grouped on
the spots where the motorist is like
ly to stop to look for directions
causing confusion and in many
cases obscuring the information
sought. Danger warnings and i'm
portant detours have in many cases
been overlooked by travellers.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1922-08-18

A Wall street fnancier who is
carrying $4,000 shares of Steel
common which he purchased below
$50 a share, and to whom refer
ence was made earlier in the year,
is further quoted on stock invest
ments: 81 prefer to buy two or
three good stocks and stay with
them, to indiscriminate purchases
'for a turn When a man buys
Steel common at 800 he is buy
ing real values at much less than
SO cents on the dollar. The assets
of the Steel Corporation, conserva-
lively deprecated, are worth $24O
for every share of common out
standing and such have been the
property additions of late years
without capital liabilities issued
against them, that 500 capacity
operation. today would be equal to
1859 before the war in volume of
output" -Skilling's Review.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1922-08-18

A distinguished foreign actress
declares that American men are the
finest in the world, because of their
splendid simplicity. Perh APPS in
nothing do they more charmingly
display their simplicity than in
the eagerness with which they don
ate their dollars to foreign lectur-
ers, singers and actors, while the
home brand goes unappreciated and
unsupported.-Winnebago E tel r
mise
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1922-08-18

The old-fashioned woman who
once horsewhipped her rival, now
uses auto tools with more telling
effect.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1922-08-18

Beauty hint-Cold cream applied
before going down town protects
the knees from sunburn.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1922-02-03

Los Angeles, Feb. 3-A1though they nave investigate many so-called clues and listened patiently to suggestions of his brothers workers in the film in dustry who have pledged their fortune and time to aid in the search, the police have made no substantial progress in tracking down the mur- derer of William D. Taylor. famous motion picture director, killed in his bungalow home here Wednesday night
 Iwenty-four hours after Taylors body was found lying on the floor Of reception room by Henry Peavey a negro servant, the announcement W.s made thls morning by Detective Cap tain Adams that "interestine- devaIon ments possibly will occur during tha day. 'ne
 Revenge and Jealousy.
 d .t It IS understood that most of the on the case are agreed on tbrae theories as to the motive for the sIay- ing: These are revenge, jealousy and os tha siaryi I And behind the first two ol o the tneorles the investigators say woman. VI
 The theory of revenge is given greatest importance because if ts s,,Sri gested that the director may bat7e been Killed by some person who held q grievance against him for some ,nlng , he had done in his professional WorK' or In his private life
 The theory of jealousy Is based upon the supposition that he nav nave been the victim of a discarded Su1tor Of some woman to whom he had shown considerable attention professionally or otherwise
 The theory of burglary is based upon the suggestion that a. burglar may have crept unawares into his apartment and been surprised hv iaylor while at work then shot the director and escaped
 At 6:45 Wednesday night. ,ravlor ate dinner alone. At 7:o5 Mabel Normand, film actress for the last 10 years, entered the apartment Her chauffeur waited outside. Miss Nor mand told the police she called to get book. At TAO she says she returned to her auto escorted hv Taylor who chatted a few minutes and then went back into his home
 A few minutes before 8, Mrs. Doug las Mclean, wife of a film star living in a nearby apartment, heard a pistol shot.
 Mrs. MacLean saw a man leaving the TayIor home. He wore a cap and a murler. He hesitated about Ieav- Ing the apartment and started to walk in again. Then finally he closed the door and disappeared through an alley instead of going into the street entrance of the court.
 Police are of the opinion that if was this man who probably fired the shot that killed the director
 fContinued on Page Twe1ve)
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1922-02-03
Harris Post FnUOrs
 Suit Against Treas.
 Frnnk $. ButterlUOrth

At a regular meeting of Raymond w. Harris Post, No. 145. Veterans of Foreign Wars of the U. S.. held last night at the club rooms, 1s1 Wash ington avenue Bridgeport, Conn, the post passed a resolution expressing approval of the action of the State Department meeting at waInngford, Conn, Jan 2e, 1922. in endorsing the action of James D. McKenna. New Britain, and Charles D. I1ockhart, New Haven, who have instituted legal pro ceedings to restrain Frank s. Butter worth, treasurer of the American Le- zion of Connecticut, from drawing $500 a month from the State Aid Fund as salary for himself for the disbursing of this fund to needy ex- service men of the state of Connecti- cut.
 A committee was appointed by the Raymond W. Harris Post to repre- sent this post on the central com mittee being formed by the Veterans of Foreign Wars, American Legion,
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1922-02-03
China;s Willingness 70
 RelinQuish Group FiUe
 Forecasts Conference End
China Will Also Give Up Economic Privileges Se- cured Under Treaties In Manchuria And Mon- golia - Treaty To Be Put In Form Today

Washington. Feb. 5-(By The A. P.) China's reply to the Japanese decrar- alton of readiness to give up entirely group five of the celebrated "twen- ty-one demands as well as economic privileges secured under resulting treaties in Manchuria and Mongolia was expected to bring an end today to the arms conference Far Eastern negotiations. It was planned also to put into treaty form today the series of resolutions relating to China for formal adoption at a plenary ses- sion tomorrow, at the close of which it was expected the Washington con- ference would adjourn sine die. The signatures of the plen1potentiaries un- der the program would be attache d to both the naval and Far Eastern treaties on Monday, at a single cere- mony at the state department.
 Although in announcing before the Far Eastern committee yesterday the readiness of their government to give up entirely group five of the "de- mands" the Japanese pledged aban- donment of that part of the ''de- mands" program which China most strongly objected to as calculated to impair her sovereignty, the Chinese reply today was expected to voice renewed protest over the whole pro gram.
 It appeared that the question would be concluded by spreading the views of the two governnae ents on the tempt to adopt a joint declaration. with the possibility that to this would be added a formal statement of the American position on the question.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1922-02-03
France S Hand May yBeForced By Coal Strike

Berlin, Feb. S-The general rar1- road strike threatened today to spread to other branches of unionized industry. It is reported that the coal miners in the Rurh district are taking a secret strike vote. If this threatened wa1kout materia1izes 1t may force Frances hand, France has been threatening military occu- patton of the Ruhr ever since the armistice.
 The German people are andously watching the spectacle of the gov ernment trying to crush with an iron hand the railway strike and perhaps thus forcing the same kind of gem era1 strike on which this same gov ernment was founded on armistice day and reborn after the Won Kapp coup.
 Already Berlin's food supply Is seriously threatened. Not @ single head of cattle reached the city today. President Ebert met the first phase of the rail strike with history making proclamation. announcing
 sharper oppressive measures than Germany had known even in the days
 of the Hohenzollern monarchy. Never in the days of the HohenzoI- Tern monarchy did the governGn ent go so far as to conflscate a strike fund.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1922-02-03
Forte To Defend
 Divorce Action
 Behind Jail Bars

Sheriff Simeon Pease of Fairfield county will soon be asked to arrange the strangest stage setting ever called for in the annals of the county, when Louis l.. Forte, serving time in the North avenue jail, will have to de- fend his wife's divorce action behind prison bars. Forte, young appear ing slight and harmless looking in dtvidual, has had stormy career in the past two years.
 Caught in a drag net that brought to time several of a chain of automo- bile thieves, Forte, who lives in Bridgeport, was sentenced to a year in the County jail. At the time it was the opinion of physicians, that be- cause of his condition of health, he could not have stood life in States prison at Wethersfield.-
 Previous to the imposition Of sen- tence by Judge William Ma1tbie al most a year ago, his wife started a di- vorce action Her, name is Bessie child. Later the action was with. drawn. Forte was out on bond awaiting trial. He had every inten- ton of fighting the charge agafns was called marital troubles again de veloped, and Forte in despair, gave himself up, gave up his idea of de- fense, pleaded guilty to minor charge in the automobile transaction and was sent to jail.
 Judge John W. Banks will "send g committee to jair' to hear the case Forte wants to defend the action. He at least wants to know what 1t is al about and a strong plea upon the part Of Public Defender DeForest who pointed out the inadequA9y of 2 deposition in this instance. resulted Tn the most startling decision as te the hearing of a trial, in the history OF the county.
 Forte has become popular at the fail. and is trusty for Sheriff Pease While doing his work in the way o1 assistance a few weeks ago he was the object of an unwarranted and brutal attack by another prisoner, re- sulting in his removal to St. Vfncent's hospital, where he was confined for many days before being out of dan ger His troubles seem to be mani
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1922-02-03
CargO Of EMuLe'' Beneath Dignity
 OfAny Good Nag

The most disgusted horse, . dirty white one. dirty through no fault of the nag's, was seen to wend it's dilapidated way down and to Fairfield, thence to the police station, where the animal was braced up and parked for a time. The horse had a right to be disgusted, for besides a human cargo of four, riding in a sham ble wagon, there was four gall Ions of mule" whiskey. No horse especially a white horse.
 The horse and wagon was in command of Prohibition Agent James Fowler and Prohibition Agent Stewart W. Hinman. There were two other men accompany ing the load, but they were not local agents, but Mike Lavf and Alex vegis, who live in the Villa Park section of Fairfield. They were enroute to Bridgeport with their product but they failed to reach the market. Agents Doolan and Wardell, who were not the other two men on the load, if you saw the one wagon parade, came to town on a one-man trolley.
 All this happened at 4:30 yes terday afternoon. when the agents swooped down upon the illicit load at the very gates of Mt. Grove cemetery. After booking the men at headquarters Agent Doolan gracefully declined to personally conduct the poor old broken down equine to Wakelee's stable on Cannon street. He sent for a bell boy. but the amount of the tip was not made public. The men were held, charged with transporting illicit liquor. which is hattery for the horse.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1922-02-03
Coroner Holds
 Inquest In Death
 Of Joseph Shannon

Coroner John J. Phelan this morn ing conducted an inquiry into the death of Joseph shannon, killed at 6;30 Wednesday night when struck by an automobile driven by James Y. Ad1ey, 54 Baldwin street, pro prietor of the Atlantic Taxi Service. The unfortunate man, who was 6S years of age, and for six years em- ployed as a laborer at St. Vincent's s hospital. was running for trolley when the accident occurred.
 He failed to heed a warning shout and horn and Adley turned his au- tomobile into the trolley in a futile attempt to avoid striking the man, urho was almost instantly killed. James Walsh, motorman, appeared as q witness. The case was investigat- cd by Officer Booth of the Traffic de- partmeut-