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Perth Amboy evening news., 1923-01-05
Point Reached i'm
Morgan Explosives

NEW BRUNSWICK, Jan. 5-The
low point in the quantities of cxplO-
sives in storage at the Morgan gen
erai ordnance depot has been reach
ed. according to the report before
the freeholders yesterday. Since
the receipt of the repo@s for No
yember all shells have been disposed
Of, the only explosives remair ing
being 5,149,969 pounds OF smokeless
powder and 163,791 pounds Of black
powder. The remaining materials
arg not the property of the govern
nSent but belong to the companies
lcarrying OF the salvage work.
The report was received with 4
Areat deal of qualification by the
Eeeholders. who have made numer-
0ls Inspections of the plant after
which recommendations were made
10 the contractors in the way of
safe guarding the workmen snGoced
I'm the salvaging of the materials.
Director William S. Dey has declar-
ed that the installation of safety
devices as recommended by the free
holders has been a great improve
rnent yer the previous methods of
carrying on the salvage work.
Though the explosives have been
practically removed, the f~reeholders
dIe not going TO forget the plant,
as they see the possibility of fires
among the frame buildings. which
are no longer used, but might make
an ideal home for tramps.
people living IN the vicinity of
the plant are constantly in fear of
fires being started anon the I'M
used buildings Of the plant and
spreading to their property de-
clared Director Dey. and l feel that
we should make another inspection
ct the plant in view of the fact that
there Is nc water supply there and
make recommendations to the gov-
Enrnent that the safety OF property
b that vicinity may be safeguarded."
Such an inspection will be made
y the entire board tomorrow after
Don, and during the next week the
Feeholders' views on the care of
be property will be transmitted to
be War Department for considera-
on.
Hole In the Wall
Director Dey, in reporting on the
cls in the wall improvement, in
crrnsd the board that the Penn
y1vania Railroad Company was very
nxious to get the plans of the work
nto the hands OF contractors, so
hat bids OF the work might be re-
seived. but that a liability clause in
The agreement between the railroad
company and the county was tenn
Perth Amboy evening news., 1923-01-05
GETS S13,500 VERDICT
FROM JERSEY CENTRAL

KEYPORT, Jan. 5-The Jersey
Central Traction Company, of this
place, was the defendant al an ac-
ton instituted by John Hutchinson.
a boiler maker, of 229 Wilson ave-
nue.. Kearney, when q jury in the
supreme court at Jersey City award.
ed to the plaintiff $13, 500 damages,
as q result Of an accident July "a,
1921.
Hutchinson was brought to the
witness chair on crutehes and tes-
titled that 1t was necessary to aInpu-
tate his leg above the knee. The
motorcycle in which Hutchinson was
riding across the traction company's
tracks at Laurel avenue. Keansbnrg,
was struck by a trolley car. His
wife and two children In q side al
of the machine escaped without in
jury.
The company's defense was based
upon q counter claim of negligence.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1923-01-05

This little fiapper'a acme ts
Greenland.
She's in all her confirmation day
dnery.
It's a queer ~ooifture. Also the
happer covers her ankles and ex-
poses her ears she's attractive, for
all that.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1923-01-05

Q. Has a vice president ever re-
W. x.
A. The only vice president who
resigned the Office was John G. Call
loun This occurred in 1889. and
Mr.. Calhoun soon thereafter took
MS seat in the senate, to which
body e had been elected by the leg
stature of South Carolina.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1923-01-05
ANIMAL MEETING OF THE RICH
MOND MEMORIAL HOSPITAL
eCnnTATL0N

In accordance with the bylaws o. me
rieahn aivar mat the fourth annual meet
nsrso os t t' HOSPITAL Associates will ta Ss
, piscs at the Hospital in R s.oo :. s :. on
Evsryons who has c9n s psst year 10 =
lars or mere ms d association and Is cor.
%smssI invited II 70 BE- present S,,on le 3; eight
o on.a a. the meeting IL the sieS shos terms
trustees TO succeed 'no''
M secretary.
ao7s.-i.s-it
Perth Amboy evening news., 1923-01-05

II you are in business only one day q
week, have your Classified Ad printed
only one day a week.
1t pays to advertise every dey It you
change your business ad every week.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1923-01-05

sutp = luscious chocolate Made by
naturs, works like nature.
Prunslax gives q thoro cleaning out
with no gripping pains or cramps. Al
rzre % II picked on the tres 15e
Perth Amboy evening news., 1923-01-05
T. Q u ~ .
a laxative that Grows on Trees!

Nsture made prunes chs
most laxative OF all
fruits. Why hen dose
yourself and family with
ugly and often harmful
physicist Move your
bowels with Prunelax, a
natural laxative made
with riue srfn laden T1rune,
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is ST. LOUIS COUNTY ENTITLED
TO STATE AID FOR MORE
THAN ONE FAIR?
(Communicated.)
Proctor. Mimi, Jan. 27.

Proctor, M1nn., Jan. III, 1873.
Editor The Ely Miner:-The
farmers of southern st. Louis
County have organized Commun-
ity Fair at Proctor which has been
in operation for two years and has
been splendid success, both from
the point of view of attendance and
the quality and quantity of exhibits
presented. Yet the farmers do not
get any aid from either the state
or the county in putting on this
fair. There has been over $1,000
to $1400 paid out in premiums
alone each year. Twenty-Five farm
ers' clubs and other organizations
are federated together for the pur-
pose of putting on this fair. The
fair serves great purpose in pro-
viding stimulus to the agricultural
interests of st. Louis County that
are remote from the Hibbing Fair.
st. Louis County as everybody
knows, has an area of over six
thousand square miles; has length
of over $50 miles and the distance
from Hibbing to Proctor is approx
mately ninety miles. St. Louis
County is as large as ten ordinary
counties in the state. 1t pays into
the state treasury ten times as
much, If not more than, any other
county outside of Hennepin and
Ramsey, or an amount equal to one
fifth of the entire state revenue,
and yet st. Louis County gets from
the state only as much as the poor
est county in the state for its ag-
ficultural purposes in the form of
County Fair Aid.
Are the farmers of st. Louis
County to be disregarded in this
respect? Are not the county fairs
for the purpose of ad-
vancing agriculture? There is easily
room for two or three fairs of the
same size as other counties put on,
in st. Louis County. And these
fairs should be put on not for the
purposes of advancing the interests
of certain urban organizations but
for the interests of the farmers. As
matters stand today, the farmers in
the smallest county in the State of
Minnesota are getting as much aid
for their county fairs as the farm
ers of st. Louis County. Under
The circumstances, reason would die
ate to the representatives from this
county and to all other Civic Or
carnations that the State of Min
nesota should come to the assist
aance of any well organized body of
farmers and assist them in putting
IN their fair.
And yet, behold the spectacle of
he representatives from st. Louis
county trying to block proposed {
measures which would bring to the |
'armers of st. Louis County finan- |
ial aid from the state. Whatever
he situation at Hibbing may be
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with regard to the County Fair,
there is absolutely no justification
for the village or it's representatives
or any organizations therein trying
to prevent the farmers Of southern
st. Louis County from getting as
sistance for their fair from the
state. Propaganda has been spread
for the purposes of creating pre-
JUDGE purporting to show that GER
tain commercial interests in Duluth
are behind the Proctor Fair and are
interested in hurting the Fair at
Hibbing. In the first place, it is
not true that any organized effort
on the part of any business organ
ization has been put forth to assist
the Proctor Fair in any way. In
the second place, the people of
Proctor and the farmers in the VIC
Unity of Proctor have been trying
their level best for the past two
years to get some assistance from
the City of Duluth with compar-
atively small success. And since
the propaganda which is being
spread on the Range to the effect
that an organized effort should be
made to fight the aspirations Of the
farming sections surrounding Proc
tor is entirely unwarranted and SO
selfish, it's originators should be
called upon to make an apology to
the farmers for initiating such a
movement. 1t is uncomfortable that
any organization either upon the
Range or in the City of Duluth or
anywhere should completely con-
denim the efforts of the farmers up
on some trumped-up charge made
by the officers of the Hibbing Fair
unless such organizations first had
all the facts lin their possession.
Do the Range towns or does Hib-
bling expect to receive valuable
consideration at the hands Of the
Legislature when they themselves
try to trottle the interests which
the farmers may have? Instead
of sending kilograms and letters to
the Legislature requesting them to
prevent the Proctor Fair from get
ting State Aid, every organization
interested in the development Of
St. Louis County should promptly
call upon their representatives to
do all they can to secure this ad-
ditional aid for the development Of
our county.
A. J. JEDLIKA.
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in expenditures, yet we fail to see
any real economy in curtailment OF
the highway program proposed by
Commissioner Babcock. Considerable
opposition has developed to his pro-
posed plan for two ten million dol
lar bond issues by which he hopes
to bring to an early completion the
highway program which was con-
templated under Amendment No. l.
Such opposition is not based al
together on sound argument.
AS a matter of fact, the bonds
cannot bring about any increase in
taxes, since they will be paid off
under provisions of the automobile
law, but they will provide the nee
essary funds with which to give the
country districts needed roads which
would otherwise be built piecemeal.
"Let us pay for our roads as we
CO." says the opposition, but it may
be pointed out that there is just as
much sense in building home by
erecting the foundation one year,
the first story the next, the super
structure the next, etc., the interior
finishing coming after a long lapse
of years, as there is in this con-
tinual tearing up of country roads.
Our traffic demands have changed
since the days of the poll tax sys-
tenn of building roads, and we
must govern ourselves accordingly.
Manifestly a small section of good
road on a given stretch is of little
use, as the farmer who hauls his
product to market must adjust his
load to conform to the bad stretch,
and likewise the traveller in his
touring car must Judge road by
it's bad features. BY all means let
us get our roads fixed up-and that
soon.
We approve of the Babcock plan
under which Minnesota can build
her roads in the same manner as
the man of ordinary means builds a
home-by using his credit to pro-
vide comfort for the PRESENT for
himself and family. 1t is the right
idea with respect to home building
it is the right idea with respect
to road building. No one will bene-
fit as much as will the farmer from
such a program. He needs good
roads NOW for his PRESENT con-
venience and comfort, and will be
more contented and will possess
more valuable holdings when good
road passes his door.
The Babcock bond plan should
not be mixed up with the general
program for reducing taxes all along
the line-a program which meets
with the hearty approval of this
newspaper.--Thief River Falls Trihs
une.
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An extraordinary discovery was
E4de recently by men working on a
hxldge In FLORIDA. For many years 1t
has been the custom for engineers TO
psuteet wooden piles and piers under
which saves them from the ravages
Of destructive sea worms. Now II has
been discovered that the small stone
crab can dig through the hardest con.
eFets and break 1t up completely. The
result II a new and very serious prob
lem for engineers IN places where this
cub ab0unds, for concrete casing has
been regarded hitherto as a cheap and
excellent form OF protection.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1923-02-02

In another place in this paper
mercial Club, tells of the accom-
year and the cost of the same.
Commercial Club, or Chamber of
tion doing the work allotted organi-
the best investment any city can
ception to this statement. While
Hanson shows up list of accom-
small part of the actual benefits de-
rived by community are enumer-
ated. There are hundred and one
other activities not on the list per-
formed by individuals of the club
find their way into the books of
member speaks we'll of his town
and the people in it to listeners
away from home, he is doing some
kindness of this kind costs you
with the neighboriness of the people
the welfare of the city. A club
constituted like the Ely club-men
prominent in the commercial life of
a community-is called upon to
perform acts for public welfare
which no other organization can
perform. As an assistant to the
city council, a commercial club is
invaluable. The city officers are all
bound round with laws and rules
until its hands are tied. The club
here steps in and furnishes a veh-
icle through which a governing body
can function for the good of the
general public A wise provision in
the city charter allows a certain
amount of money with which a club
furthers its usefulness. The pay
ment of this money falls lightly on
every taxpayer and not all on
the membership of the club. The
nature of the club membership fur
nisheS assurances of the iudicious
and business-like administration of
these funds. All this would be i'm
possible were the club not in ex-
lstence. During the past few years
Ely has become by-word tn
country over and whenever an out
ing is being discussed, Ely and the
Playground of a Nation" at once
become the basis for consideration.
This is the outcome of Commercial
Club labors only assisted by the
City Council. Let us all keep to-
gether and continue the good work.
Ely has the brightest future of
any OF the towns on the ranges. As
tourist center it is second to
none. The Superior National For
est adjoining the city. is an asset
that cannot be surpassed and our
canoe trails country is the only
real canoe country of the contin-
ent. If you are not member of
the Ely Commercial Club, by all
means get your name on the roster
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COMMERCIAL CLUB.
(Omeial Publication)
Ely. Mimi. Jan. %.

Ely, Mimi, Jan. 90, 1928.
Meeting called to order at 8:15
p. M. by President Moonan.
Minutes of meeting of December
26th were read and approval as
read.
Communication from the st. Louis
County Club requesting the Club to
renew its membership in that or
ganization for the year 1923 was
read.
Moved and supported that the
communication be accepted and the
request carried out. Motion car
ried.
Communication from Mr.. F. NJ.
Ingler, Director Department Of Bust
ness Administration at Lawrence
College, relative to a lecture tour
was read and ordered filed.
Communication from the Women's
Cooperative Alliance Of Mime
apolis, relative to the passage of a
carnival bill in this session of the
Legislature, was read.
Moved and supported that the
Club go on record favoring the pas
sage of this bill. Carried.
Communication from the Bureau
of American Travel requesting the
Club to subscribe for advertising
space in their March number Of the
See America First Magazine.
which will be devoted exclusively
to the state of Minnesota, was read.
Communication from the Foster
Reynolds Company, relative to their
Tourist Information Service, was
read.
Moved and supported that these
communications be referred to the
Advertising Committee with power
to act. Carried.
Communication from Hon. A. j.
Thomas, relative to a proposed bill
to provide for the registration and
licensing of persons engaged in
guiding camping, hunting and fish,
ing parties, was read.
Moved and supported that the
Club go on record opposing this
Moved and supported that the
Club favor bill that would allow
a guide to come under the provi-
sions of registration il he 50 de.
sired. Carried.
The following bills were read:
c. A. Dahlgren, expenses ap-
pearing before County Com
missioners on Ely-Buyck
road 8.0OI
Il. j. Merdink, expenses ap-
pearing before County Com
missioners on Ely-Buyck
road project, 1901
J. A. Rothman, expenses at
tending meeting of Sports
men Clubs in Duluth, 400
Total, ----------4------$5o.oo
Moved and supported that the
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1923-02-02
THE FARMERS AUTOMOBILE.

Busy statistics are constantly pre-
senting figures to prove that the
purchase of automobiles is one of
the foremost causes of the hard
times in the country. For instance,
it is estimated that the money ex-
pended in Minneapolis alone, this
city being large distributing
point for autos, auto supplies, gas
and oil, amounted last year to over
1900, 100000. The statistician holds
up his hands in horror when he dis
covers that the automobile habit
apparently cost about as much last
year as the total value of the
wheat crop in this section. He
questions how the country can sur
vive such an expense; yet in the
face of his pessimism the automo-
bile business goes right on pro-
crossing, being today one of the
briskest lines of trade
We can agree with the automo-
bile pessimist to the fact that the
automobile is placing very heavy
load on city life. If autos were
purchased in the cities by only
those who could actually afford to
run them, there would be an appal-
ling decrease in sales. Undoubted-
ly, much of overhead expense,
which the farmer must carry in the
long run, is also due to the fact
that most workmen are getting the
habit of riding to their jobs in a
"fiiver," while most business men
like to drag around in as large a
car as they can negotiate. The size
of the car determines their social
standing. There is undoubtedly a
lot of unwise expense in the city
automobile business, yet we can re-
member the time when a rubber
tired buggy seemed almost as ex-
travagant and foolish.
So far as the farmer is concern
ed, it should be remembered that
while an automobile is mainly a
luxury in the city it is almost
necessity in the country. 1t is
part of the farm machinery eauip
ment. 1t cuts down the distance
to town. 1t is the builder of COM
munity life. The owner maintains
the machine, and it probably has
twice or three times the life of the
average city auto. If the farmer is
not entitled to an automobile, no
body is. Furthermore, it is our
opinion that the greatest expansion
of the automobile business of the
future will come through rural de-
mand. The farmer can come near
er to actually affording an automo-
bile than any other class of buyers.
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bills be allowed and paid subject to
the approval of the Finance Com
mittee. Carried.
C. A. Dahlgren reported on Ely
Buyck road matter.
j. A. Rothman reported on the
meeting of Sportsmen Clubs held in
Duluth.
The Treasurer's annual report
showing a balance on hand of
$496.39 was read.
The Secretary's annual report
was read.
Moved and supported that the an
nual reports of the Secretary and
Treasurer be published in the Ely
Miner. Carried.
Election of Officers:
Moved and supported that the
nominations for the various Offices
be made from the floor and that
the Club then proceed to ballot.
Carried.
James Moonan nominated for
President.
Moved and supported the nom
nations be closed and the Secretary
be instructed to cast a unanimous
ballot for James Moonan as Presi-
dent for the ensuing year. Car
ried.
E. c. Jones nominated for First
Vice-President.
Moved and supported the nomin-
atoms be closed and the Secretary
be instructed to cast a unanimous
ballot for +. c. Jones as First Vice
Presider.t for the ensuing year. Car
ried.
M. J. Murphy nominated for End
Vice President.
Moved and supported the nomin-
atoms be closed and the Secretary
be instructed to cast a unanimous
ballot for M. j. Murphy as End
Vice President for the ensuing year.
Carried.
E. w. Hanson nominated for
Secretary.
Moved and supported the nomin-
atoms be closed and the Secretary
be instructed to cast a unanimous
ballot for E. W. Hanson as Score
tary for the ensuing year. Carried.
l.. j. White and Leonard Siabod-
mix were nominated for the posi-
ton of Treasurer. Nominations
were closed and the Club proceed
ed to ballot. Leonard Sfabodnik
having received the highest number
OF votes cast was declared elected
Treasurer of the Club for the en-
suing year.
The matter of recommending a
name for the road being construct
Cd around Long Lake was discussed.
Moved and supported the Club
recommend to the Board of County
Commissioners that the name Of
Shagawa Lake Road be adopted
Carried.
Moved and supported that the
Fish and Game Committee be au-
thoriZed to attend hearing before
the Fish and Game Committee of
the Legislature and act under the
recommendations of the Ely Com
mercial Club.
Motion amended to read that the
Committee be instructed to present
the Clubs resolutions to the Fish
and Game Committee of the Legis
lature using their discretion in en-
deavoring to secure favorable action
on these resolutions. Amendment
carried.
Motion as amended carried.
McMahan spoke to the Club on
the advisability of coming business
districts.
The Chairman appointed the fol-
lowing committee to audit the books
of the Secretary and Treasurer:
Jas. Rubey, A. ] .McMahan and
E. c. Jones.
Moved and supported that the
salary of the Secretary be contin-
ued at $4,000 per month. Carried.
Geo. L. Brozich spoke to the
members on the origin and history
Of the Club.
Motion to adjourn. Carried.
E. w. HANSON,
Coorotarx,
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1923-02-02

The prize masquerade given by
the Young Peoples Dancing club
Saturday. evening was a success.
The maskers were not as numerous
as was expected but the spectators
were there in full force. z. Van
Blarcom, Jas. Moonan and P. Schae-
fer acted as judges and the prizes
were awarded to Geo. Aase and
Miss Lila Polkinghorn as the best
representations; Miss Hilma Kar-
jelia as the most fancy costume and
Mrs. Ed. Crossman for the most
comic character.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1923-02-02

AMBITION.
Joe 10 In the fourth grade, and r..
Gently his teacher decided to try to
md cut the effect Of the lessons In
ethics; 50 she called for compositions
from her pupils telling what they
Asps to do In life when they grow up.
Joe's composition read: "When I grow
up ] want to be q policeman or q col.
der or a cowboy. When I am q Do
Hceman I'll arrest everybody. When
I'm q soldier I'll fght the whole
world, and when I'm q cowboy I'll
Asso ell the people. When ret
through with these jobs. want to BE-
IN engineer % I can run ever eysry.
body. They win say I am q very
1eaperate man"
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1923-02-02

In t he deaths Yesterday Of
Thomas A. Bardon at Ashland and
Frederick B. Spelman in Duluth,
two men prominently identified with
the early history Of the Vermilion
range passed out. Both will be
missed in mining circles.
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PUBLISHED EVERY FRIDAY

That General Lord, director of
the budget for the United States,
is a peculiar cuss In an order re-
Gently issued to government work
ers to subordinate local, depart
mental or sectional requirements to
the greatest good of the whole
people, admonishing the officials
that ''U. S." means the United
States" and not "us'
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THOSE HIGHWAY BONDS.

While The Tribune is in hearty
accord with those who fbok to the
Legislature for the strictest economy
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1923-02-02

Under orders from Washington
general prohibition agents have
been instructed to take drastic steps
for abatement proceedings against
soft drink parlors in FIVE northwest
states where liquor convictions
have been secureds Hundreds of
buildings in Minnesota, Iowa, Neb-
raska North and South Dakota are
affected by the order.