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The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1923-10-19
IMPROVEMENTS
ON ROAD LIST.
STATE TO OPEN BIDS NOV. 7 ON
TEN SPECIAL TRUNK HIGH
WAY JOBS.

Listing must" projects IN local
ties where heavy traffic has pound
ed routes to pieces or other condi-
tons are forcing early improve
ments-Charles M. Babcock, state
highway commissioner, this week
called for bids Nov. z on ten pro-
posed contracts. Totals are 60
miles of new grading, IL miles each
of paving and crawling and II new
bridges, quite widely distributed
over the state. The commissioner
again urged contractors located near
the projects to submit figures.
The improvements for the greater
part will be built next year and the
contracts : to be let well in adj
| vance because of experiences show
ing that lower prices are so secured.
Those not to be financed with
| county reimbursement bonds, it was
officially explained, are projects that
for different reasons cannot be long
er postponed.
Grading between Owatonna and
Faribault on Trunk Highway No. 1,
It was pointed out, will hasten the
| paving of that heavily travelled Sec
ton now worn out and rough.
Bridges on the same trunk north of
Duluth are ordered because the
highway is the only avenue of trans
| p~ortation serving a large area and
| the improvements under way will
| greatly reduce the expense of keep
| ing it open and in condition. Bet
| terments on 7. H. No. 5 north from
Minneapolis are held greatly needed
| and will put to public use an i'm
| portant artery with $450,000 of
grading and paving by Anoka county
| some time ago but virtually idle be-
cause the remainder is not surfaced.
improvements on the new list will
| cost more than 81 100000 according
to the advance estimates by highway
engineers. The group follows:
T. H. No. 1-Owatonna-Medford, z
miles of grading and two bridges,
estimated at $4,000.
Northumberland 6 miles of
grading and n bridge, a
$4,000.
Split Rock, Gooseberry and Grow
Creek, three bridges, at 100000.
| T. H. No. 3-LaCrescent-LaMoille
Is miles Of grading, and six
bridges at s309 900.
Southeast of Winona, one bridge
at $4,000.
T. H. No. columbia Heights
Bethel, IL miles paving and IL
miles of gravel ~surfacing, at
$4,000.
T. H. No. 16-Windom-westward, IT
miles of grading and three bridges,
at 100000.
Fulda eastward, z miles of grad
ing at $4,000.
T. H. No. 32-Thief River Falls-St.
Hilaire, z miles of grading, at
$4,000.
T. H. No. 11-Cook, bridge, at ST.
800.
Portable and standard monolithic
| ~culverts on all grading included in
the plans and estimates. The bids
will be opened publicly Nov. z at
| 10 a. m. at st. Paul Offices of the
| state highway department.
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announcement!

We wish to announce that we
have taken over the stock of the
Vermillion Electric Co. and will
conduct the business under the
same name. We are now located in
the builling formerly occupied by
John Judnich on Sheridan Street
and will be open for business on
Saturday, Oct. 20. All employees
of the firm are experienced electri-
clans, which means that all our work
is guaranteed. All repair work
promptly attended to. Estimates
furnished on any job. Watch for
announcements of our sale of fix
lures, etc. now on hand, to be held
on Saturday, October 27.
HARRY BR0WNELL
JOSEPH FRANK
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1923-10-19

being the first American city to
own a city forest-at Battle Creek
near Indian Mounds Park-an area
accessible only on foot. At Vir-
ginia, Minnesota is the worlds
largest saw mill. But, as we saw,
SO also must we plant; otherwise
we must reap a timber famine the
effect of which may do u great
commonwealth great injury. To the
state, and to the nation, for pat
riotic as well as economic reasons,
1--WE must plant new trees, protect
our forests, and keep the ten thous-
and lakes of Minnesota cleaning
like diamonds from forests of green.
Wake up, Minnesotans! Plan and
plant for the future-save while
yet you have something to save.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1923-10-19

B. Ford, President of the Ford Mot
or Company, Detroit.
This reduction in the prices of
Ford Cars and Trucks is in line with
the well established policy of the
Company. It is notable also that
this decrease closely follows the in
PRODUCTION of many changes and i'm
provements throughout the Ford
line.
The new prices apply to the Ford
Weekly Purchase plan. Persons en-
rolled under the plan and who have
not yet taken delivery of their cars
automatically benefit by the reduc.
ton in prices.
The last price reduction by the
Ford Motor Company ;.as made
about one year ago, October 18th
last, bringing the prices of the Ford
Cars at that time to the lowest leveI
in the history of, the company.
The big reduction in the price OF
the Four Door Sedan brings it with
in reach of a large field of buyers
This type sedan was introduced in
the Ford line a little over a year
ago and because of its low, grace.
full lines, its roominess and it's at.
tractive fittings, it at once came in.
to high favor as an enclosed car fol-
family use.
No change is made in the price
of Lincoln Cars and none is contem'
plated, a company announcement
says, stating that the Lincoln prices
are considered fair in view of the
number of improvements which have
been made in the cars.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1923-10-19
SECTION THIRTY NEWS
(Contributed.)

(Contributed.)
Joe Roman and Toivo Harri re-
turned home Sunday from Mil
waukee where they were employed.
The teachers of Section Thirty
motored to Tote, Minnesota on
Saturday where they visited with
friends. They returned on Sunday.
A number of the local young
people attended a dance in Ely on
Thursday evening.
Mr.. and Mrs. VIM. Lomasney Wis
tied at the teachers apartments on
Tuesday evening.
Mrs. VIM. Lomasney and Mrs.
VIM. Opel called on Mrs. kellogg on
Monday.
The teacher and pupils of the
fourth and fifth grades went to Eve
Lake on Thursday afternoon for a
lesson in the study of home geog-
raphy. M. l..
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1923-10-19

eliminate taxes on timber lands until
crops are produced thereon.
There are thirteen million acres
of swamp timber lands in Minnesota.
The value of draining such land is
questioned. Such drainage has low
cred the water table in Minnesota
nine feet in the last ten years. Con-
tinued drainage and continued clear
ing of forests will eventually lead
toward an arid climate and a bar
rem soil. In the case of the Missis-
sippi swamp lands, the proposed
drainage is likely to produce sand
dunes rather than fertile soil-of
swamps that now grow elm, ash,
cottonwood and willow, and provide
a shelter for wild game and fish.
est. Paul has the distinction Of
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1923-10-19

every Americas Citizen is en-
titled to a liberal education, de-
clares Calvin Coolidge in his pro-
clamation urging all American citi-
gems to cooperate in the suitable OBJ
servance of American Education
Week, beginning November 18th.
The American Legion, the National
Education Association and the
United States Bureau of Education
cooperate each year in promoting
this weekly observance, and are aid
ed in this observance by practically
every civic, fraternal and patriotic
organization. "Visit the Schools
November 1924" is the slogan.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1923-10-19

Massachusetts, will hereafter put
a tax on the highway sign even
though erected on private property.
The contention is that the value OF
the sign is derived from the public
highway, not from the private prop
erty on which it is located and that
the first obligation is to the public
who owns the highway and gives the
sign an advertising value. PERMITS
sion from the land owner is a Sec
ondary matter. 1t would be well for
other legislatures to extend the Mas,
sachusetts idea and give the high.
way authorities some control over
all signs erected on private property
that in any way derive their value
from their location as regards q
public highway. This is the only
way that the highway officials car
keep any control over the sign ano
billboard nuisance along the public
highways.-Good Roads Magazine
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1923-10-19

Minnesota's 500 Legion posts and
400 Legion Auxiliary units, now
laying plans for the appropriate OBJ
servance of Armistice Day as a day
Of thanksgiving and rejoicing, urge
all the people of Minnesota to en-
ter the spirit of this great occasion
and help make it one of Americas
most important historical landmarks.
In cooperation with a proclamation
to be issued by the Governor,
Armistice Day will be celebrated on
Monday November 18th, this year.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1923-10-19
The Finest Line in EnoIish Poetry.

An English critic thinks that the
finest line in English poetry is
from W~Ordsworth's "'Tintern Abbey:
Whose dwelling is the light of setting
suns" TennysOn Once said that this
was almost the, grandest in the Eng
fish language, giving the sense of the
abiding in the transient"
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1923-10-19
Heat EXPANSION.

The bureau of mines says that when
heating hot air furnaces to . very high
temperature the iron will not melt but
If repeatedly heated to redness, the
iron will "grOw"-get la.ger-ana may
break some other part Of tho furnace
that has not grown"
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1923-10-19
BETHANY LUTHERAN CHURCH.

Next Sunday is the 21st Sunday
after Trinity. The Sunday School
meets at $50 A. NJ. The Swedish
morning service begins at 1880
and the English evening service at
7:30.
You are cordially invited to wor-
ship at the Lutheran church.
E. o. JOHNSON, Pastor.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1923-10-19
ADVERTISERS OFFER SOME
INTERESTING STORE NEWS

The Ely Hardware Company is
having a sale of hardware this week
and next week. Specially attract
i've prices are being offered. See
their ad.
w. d. Haynes, the new jeweler
who will occupy the Miller Annex
opposite the Elco Theatre has an
announcement in this issue.
Jos. Rothman is giving some in
teresting Ford car news in the
Miner this week.
The Lowe Paints are a new de-
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1923-10-19
FORD CARS REDUCED-ALSO
APPLIES TO WEEKLY PLAN.

Ford cars are today at a new low
price level through an announcement
effective October 2, made by Edsel
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1923-10-19

"Under Sealed Orders.
Special music at each service. If
without a church home make this
one yours.
S. AINSWORTH LUMB, Pastor.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1923-10-19
"a BIBLE THOUGHT
R-FOR TODAY-|
p1 .ssH..S s.as.ss 3 siIs
OCTOBER 10.

OCTOBER 10.
THE SINNER:-Therefore to him
that knoweth to do good, and doeth
it not, to him it is sin.-James Alt.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1923-10-19
METHODIST CHURCH.

METHODIST CHURCH.
Sunday Services.
Sunday School--------1O:O0 A. M.
Public Worship,------11 100 A. M
Sermon Subject: 'The Five Points
of Fellowship.
Evening Service,-------7:3O p. M.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1923-10-19
AT THE CHURCHES

FINNISH EV. LUTH. NATIONAL
CHURCH.
Sunday Evening Service,-7:30 P. M.
Sunday Morning Services,------
100 A. N.
Sunday School,--------1:O 100 r. M.
Week Services, Friday,--8:00 P. M.
Ladies' Aid every Wednesday,
n'
Luther League, every other We'd
nesday,-------------S:O0 T. M.
Choir Rehearsal every Monday and
Thursday,----------o:O 100 r. M.
D. RUOTSALAINEN, Pastor.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1923-10-19

The Lowe Paints are a new de-
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1923-11-16
Kaw Strikes Oil and Three Guardian.

getting married. Miss Olaviene Bell
mard, pretty young Kaw Indian
woman, became his bride. She is also
college graduate and had set out to
become a business woman.
Thompson's land holdings amounted
to only an S0-acre tract in 1923. Re-
Gently Thompson, with the consent of
his guardian, the United States, bought
a quarter section tract, several miles
southwest of his original holding, for
$4,000. 1t adjoins one of Senator
Curtis quarter sections.
1t was thought necessary by the
officials Of Kay county and those of
the United States Indian department
that Thompson, then not q years old
should have guardian, and both
acted. This was in February, month
after his oil discovery and in the
same month as his wedding. The
county named a guardian and the In
dian agent of the Kaws named one.
Now the United States has stepped in
and continued restrictions of Thomp-
son for number of years, taking over
all jurisdiction Of the young man and
his affairs.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1923-11-16
Uncle Sam Will Let Hun Chaos Alone

is nothing the United States could do
at this time in this connection which
would be of benefit.
That a breakup in central Europe
might have an unfortunate effect on
the settlement of debts owed to this
government is realized, but that does
not, in the view of the administration,
give the UnitSd States the right to
determine for any country what its
form of government shall be-
While it is a source of qualification
to many Americans when they see re-
publics springing up, and there is an
absence of qualification at reactions re-
sulting in relationships or other auto
cratic forms of government, the United
States cannot, while insisting upon it's
right to establish and maintain it's
own form Of government, consistently
interfere with the exercise Of similar
right in other countries.
Maybe this is the easiest way out,
certainly It would require Philadel-
phia lawyer and a card index to keep
track of the political changes in Ger
many from day to day.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1923-11-16
WaS1pir18fOn
VSidG1i:1htS
Supreme Court Will Not Aid Rumely

diction of the United States at the
time of the shooting and that the state
courts OF Washington alone could try
the case. The state courts denied that
they had jurisdiction, insisting that
it was matter for the federal courts.
The whole question of the right OF
national banks to establish branches
and the control of states over national
banks was ordered opened.
At the same time the court granted
the federal government leave to file a
brief and participate in argument In
the test case brought by the First
National bank of st. Louis against the
state of Missouri. Petitions asking
for permission to take part in the
arguments in the Missouri case also
were filed with the court by the states
of Wisconsin, Minnesota, Indiana,
Iowa and Illinois.
Express companies are not liable for
the actual value Of the contents of a
package shipped in interstate COM
merce when the shipper has accepted
a receipt in which a lower liability
was stated.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1923-11-16
White House Guests Get an Appetite

~ ARLY pedestrians upon the
L. rain-soaked streets of Washing
4 ton the other morning saw a
sight they will long remember.
At the head of a small group of pedes-
TRANS trudged spare man of deter
mined aspect, who maintained a four
mile-an-hour gait well in advance of his
associates. Ten feet behind him
walked man, swathed in an overcoat,
maintaining a stiff-back attitude under
obvious difficulties and relying upon a
cane to force his tagging footsteps in
pursuit of the leader. Still behind him
trudged slightly heavier man, en-
cased in raincOat, who was breathing
heavily up the hill to the Treasury
department and whose widespread
feet bespoke state approaching ex-
haustion. Both of the trailers were
sleepy-eyed and evidently participating
in an unusual event at an unusual
hour
"He nearly broke my back" said
William Wrigley, Jr., when seen at the
White House, two hours later.
''He nearly walked the hind legs off
me-" added Fred Upham.
"Oh, boy, how we did eat that break
FAST chirped both the Chicagoans in
chorus.
1t appears that President Coolidge
had both of his White House visitors
called at $50 in the morning and fif-
teen minutes later they were taking
the Presidents morning constitutional
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1923-11-16

Today is the day of the new" cir
cults, writes II. A. Duncan, in the New
York Globe. New adaptations, novel
variations of standard circuits, are be-
ing daily developed and published.
Every effort is being turned toward the
simple, the easy.
One of the interesting developments
in this recent period of circuits is
the one shown, which is probably the
original single circuit-single control
hookup. 1t will be observed that there
is actually but one variable tuning
element, and that is the variable con-
denser shown at CT.
There are but two coils to wind, and
as there are no taps at all to take off,
the winding is Of the simplest. The
primary coil 2 consists Of about Is
turns of No. % single or double cotton
covered wire, wound evenly in one
layer on a three and half inch tube.
For the secondary winding, % turns
of wire are used, and this winding is
placed on the same tube as the pri-
mary, but about one-quarter of an inch
away. Both windings should progress
in the same direction.
Tuning Device.
AS has been explained, there Is but
one variable tuning device, the variable
condenser CT, which has capacity of
about .OO1 mfds., and which is con-
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1923-11-16

through the downtown streets of Wash
ington. The route lay to the north of
the capitol, with wide detour which
brought the party back to the White
House an hour later.
Mr.. Upham left Washington for Chi
cago that afternoon, and Mr.. Wrigley
started for New York at the same
time. Both denied that they were leay.
ing town to prevent the President from
repeating the dose at 6 80 the next
morning. Both Chicagoans were house
guests at the White House.
At luncheon in the White House Mr..
Coolidge had a number of Republican
party leaders. These included John
T. Adams, chairman, and Fred w. Up
ham, treasurer of the Republican ma
tional committee; G. H. Huston, chair
man Of the committees ways and
means department; William Wrigley,
William c. Sproul, former governor of
Pennsylvania and several others.
All of those at the luncheon were
guarded in their statements, but it was
understood that one subject under dis
cussion was the selection of the 1924
convention city. Mr.. Upham has been
active in behalf of Chicago, and some
are inclined to regard the selection of
Chicago as sure.
Official Washington Is inclined to
think that the Democrats may also
meet in Chicago, though New York
seems to be actively bidding for the
convention.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1923-11-16
One Complete Cycle of
an Oscillatory Circuit

z The necessities of an oscillatory
circuit are a condenser and an in
ductance connected in series. This
steps taken during one complete cy-
Gle of an oscillatory circuit are as
follows: First, the condenser is
charged, the energy residing on the
surface of the plates in an electro
static form. The condenser dis
charges and in doing so current
flows through the inductanee setting
nm field of force in the space near
II. The energy confined in this field
is in an electromagnetic form. AS
soon as the condenser Is fully charged
the current flow stops, hence the mag
netic field collapses and in doing so
causes q current flow to continue on
in the same direction, thus charging
the other plates of the condenser pos
tive. AS soon as the condenser Is
fully charged the current flow ceases
and reverses direction and continues
doing this until the energy is used
up in overcoming the resistance Of the
circuit. The resistance may be due
to the ohmic resistance Of the wire
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1923-11-16
Every Twist of Dial
Produces Odd Squeal

If the receiving set employs regen-
erative action the operator should give
care to the manner in which the fla
ment current is regulated on the de-
tector tube.
A regenerative set sometimes acts
as a miniature transmitting station,
and a great deal of troublesome and
needless interference can be created
in neighborhOod by this type of re-
ceiver The bowling that is heard
in a receiving set is generally due to
the users of regenerative sets tuning
dials in an effort to bring in distant
stations.
Much Of this interference can be
eliminated If the operator keeps his
filament at a low temperature. By
observing this rule not only will the
life of the tubes be prolonged, but
receiving conditions Will be made
much better for neighbors who may
be trying to tune in at the same time.
The amount Of energy that can be
radiated from a regenerative receiv-
er is directly proportional to the bril-
liancy of the filament Of the detector
tube. A good idea is to twist the dials
as little as possible, since every twist
produces a peculiar squeal in the sets
Of nearby listeners.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1923-11-16

made by the railroads which as filed
with the railway administration
amount to approximately $2,250,0OO,-
600; claims proportionately large
arise from the housing corporation, war
risk bureau, food and fuel administra-
lions, and there are also large num-
Der of claims of a miscellaneous char
acter.
The variety of the claims is almost
unlimited. They include actions for
requisitioning Of ships and railroads,
transportation of, troops, ammunition
and supplies, infringement of patents
for high explosives, submarine boats
and tOrpedoes, wireless and radio ap-
paratus contracts for anti-aircraft en-
gines and guns, military and naval
supplies and ammunition, appropria-
ton of camp sites and naval bases, to-
gether with contracts for manufacture
ing and acts of Communicating of al
most endless diversity.
Many novel and interesting ques-
lions are raised in the court, espe-
cially in suits for infringement of pat.
ents.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1923-11-16

nected directly across the winding 8.
The rest of the components of a reg
ular vacuum tube set, the vacuum
tube, rheostat, dry cell or storage bat
terry, the high voltage "B" battery, etc.,
are all shown in the diagram Of con-
nections.
1t is important that the "A' and
"B" batteries be connected correctly.
The diagram shows the exact polarity
of these two units.
If, after all of the component parts
have been assembled as shown In the
diagram, the set will not oscillate, re-
verse the connections to the secondary
coil. To bypass the radio frequency
currents in the plate circuit, small
| phone condenser across the phones
will help, although it is not necessary.
With single circuit tuners it is best
to use short antennae for sharp tun-
| ing. That is to say, the antenna
used with the set should be compare
| lively small and not over 20 feet in
total length. An antenna about 90
| feet long will be found to work ex-
ceedingly well.
In fact, the author has used this
circuit with an antenna only 20 feet
long, made Of wire dropped out Of
the window, and the tuning on local
stations was incredibly sharp for this
kind of a tuner.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1923-11-16

~ VERETT THOMPSON, young
h Kaw Indian, has an unusual
distinction in that he had two
guardians at the same time.
He has further distinction, as the
United States government stepped in
and became his third guardian, elimi-
mating the others. He is one of trio
of young Kaws whose restrictions
have been continued by the federal
government so that property and
money interests might be protected.
Thompson is college graduate who
came into the limelight last spring by
being the first member of the. Kaw
Indian tribe to become wealthy from
Oil money. He is a fellow tribesman
of Senator Curtis of Kansas.
The Discovery well in the Kaw In
dian country, at a point 20 miles
northeast Of Ponca City, was drilled
in by the Sapulpa Refining company
January 10. Other wells have been
brought in, with many additional wells
drilling.
The first thing that Thompson did,
following the bringing in of his oil
well, was to celebrate the event by