The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1923-01-26
TWENTY YEARS AGO|
Taken from The Ely Miner of
the same date in 1908.


Duncan C. McTavish died at the
Shipman hospital yesterday of pneu
monia after an illness of only {
few days. "Dunc" was a familiar
character on the streets of this city
and Tower for many years. He
worked in the lumber camps unit
he had accumulated quite ''rolP
when he would drift into town anC
proceed to spend it at the variou:
wet goods emporiums. His last
visit to town proved his undoing
contracting the disease thar caused
his death. He was harmless anC
was his own worse enemy. The
funeral occurs Sunday from Glea-
sons undertaking rooms.
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The order providing that but one
pass will be issued per month to
each family of those who have been
receiving free transportation will be
enforced by the railroad company
to the letter hereafter. By the
business interests of Two Harbors
this will be heartily endorsed, and
as a whole the rule is good one.
Locomotive No. 81, in charge of
Engineer Cogley and Fireman Glon-
sey, left yesterday for Pittshurg to
join those sent before. This makes
eleven of the D. & l. R. engines
now doing duty there and nc more
will be sent.-Two Harbors News.
Within the last few weeks there
has been some remarkable hustling
done along the line of the Duluth,
Virginia and Rainy Lake railway
Right of-ways have been cleaned
up, miles of track has been laid and
through it all there has been a
Many thousand feet of timber are
shipped over the road daily. Some
are being banked on the lake here
and others are transferred to the
Great Northern. New engines have
arrived and four are on the way
The engines are manufactured by
the American Locomotive Co., of
Scranton, Pa, and they are fine
specimens of the steam horse. The
two late arrivals are 80-ton 6 drive
wheel moguls. Four more of this
type of engines have been ordered
and are expected to arrive any day.
Two smaller engines, which later
on will no doubt be put into pas
senger service, have been here for
several weeks and are at the front
on construction work. One feature
about the entire road which one
cannot help observe is the entire
newness of everything from the
spikes that hold down the rails to
the rolling stock The only old
piece of machinery about the round
house is an engine kept for fur,
nishing heat.-Virginian.
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With the admission of Virginia
to the high school list of Mime
sofa the attention of the state
board seems to have been drawn
to the iron ranges. The result is
that it has now been given out.
with some degree of certainty that
the ranges will this year take a |
prominent place in high school af-
fairs. Hibbing, which now has the
of having the finest |
graded school building and one of |
he finest system high school class.
Eveleth, which has one of the best
balanced courses, but which, up to
late, has always been considered,
.ducationally, as part of Virginia,
his year takes her own proper
place. In addition to the regular !;
high school courses, Eveleth has
low fine normal training course.
ely, also, has every prospect of be-
ng among the recognized high
chool towns. and, without doubt, 4
will be put upon the list this year. /
The work of the Ely public schools
$ rapidly taking an advanced posi-
ion. With four recognized high
chools on the ranges, and with
everal other schools doing full
Ugh school work, education in St.
.ouis county is taking high rank.
n almost every instance this ad-
ance is the result of the broad
minded management of the various
chool officials. Their aim seems
0 be to conduct the schools as
hey do their business, thus making
he greatest possible efficiency the
lain point, and, while in no case
extravaganza INDUCED in, we
ee liberal, hearty support of the
est IN educational affairs.
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H. B. Sturtevant, formerly of the
loneer mine but later of Missouri.
now at Hibbing, as superintend-
Mt of one of the numerous mines
that vicinity. II