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The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1924-11-14
MINNESOTA WEEKLY.
INDUSTRIAL REVIEW

Fergus Falls-Road to be graveled
between this place and Foxhome.
st. Paul-Minnesota Cooperative
Creameries Association makes two
500-pound butter shipments to
London, England.
Litchfield Building under construc-
ton to house dairy and ice cream
factory.
New Prague-State Bank of New
Prague erecting new home.
Saint Cloud-Paved highway open
ed to traffic between this place
and st. Joseph.
Evansville to be graded fol
distance of miles west of here
Warren-4 " miles of road to be
improved east of this place.
Winona-$600,0 college hall OF
Winona Teachers College open
ed.
Buffalo Lake-Contract let fol
construction of new business
building.
Minneapolis Plans completed for
$3,000,000 civic auditorium.
st. James-Several streets to be
/ improved.
Hazel-Citizen State Bank reopens
for business.
| St. Paul-Contract to be let for
crawling 90 miles of road in
state.
Minneapolis of Immacu-
late Conception to be dedicated
structure cost $4,000.
Gibbon-New $4,000 creamery to
be placed in operation.
Hibbirlg -Excavation work under
way for two-unit crushing and
screening plant for Oliver Iron
Mining Company.
Stillwater-Foot, SchulZe d Com
pany, shoe manufacturers, to en-
large plant.
st. James-Graveling of road COM
pleted between this place and
2sMadelia.
B1ackhoof- Bridge being construct
ed across Blackhoof river at cost
of $4,000.
Duluth under way to
extend West Second street to
Hillside district.
Virginia Plans under way for I'M
mediate construction of reservoir
at Missabe mountain to augment
city water supply.
Proctor-Good Roadway being made
on construction of ST. Rose COM
munity hall.
Duluth-Plans formulating for con-
struction of bridge across Tenth
street at Lincoln park, to cost
approximately $4,000.
Advance of wheat and corn prices
stimulate buying. Wholesale or
ders ahead of last year, mail order
houses expanding, steel demand
best for two, years.
September steel trade fairly salts
factory. Pig iron production in.
creased IL per cent, more blast
furnaces operating, sales shade
better than for August.
Copper output for September was
133,150,000 pounds, within 216,.
900 pounds of January, record
| month for 1924.
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Notice for Bids
Ely, Minnesota, November 6, 1924.
Office of the City Clerk.

Ely, Minnesota, November 6, 1924.
Office of the City Clerk.
Notice is hereby given that at a
regular meeting of the City Coun-
Gil of the City of Ely, Minnesota,
to be held in the Council Chambers
in the City Hall at eight o'clock
p. M. Tuesday, November 10, 1924,
sealed proposals will be opened and
considered for the construction of
an 8" sewer and 4" water main ex-
tension, approximately $50 feet in
length, on Camp Street, according
to plans and specifications now on
file in the office of the City En-
gineer.
Each bidder shall accompany his
proposal with a certified check in
the amount of ten per cent. of the
contract price, made payable to the
City Treasurer.
A surety bond in the amount of
the contract price must be furnished
by the successful bidder.
Copies of plans and specifications
may be obtained from the City En-
gineer upon application accom-
panied by a deposit of $500. Said
deposit will be returned upon the
receipt of the plans and specifica-
tions in good condition.
The City Council of the City of
Ely, Minnesota, reserves the right
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1924-11-14
GAS TAX AMENDMENT
WINS WITH BIG VOTE

Adoption of Gas Tax Amendment
No. l is indicated on the best avail
able election returns.
Out of probably $4,000 votes
cast, some $4,000 favored the pro-
posal to put gasoline tax money, if
collected, into needed highway work
rather. than spending it for general
state expenses. Less than 100000
voted no and the remaining number
of ballots on which no choice was
expressed counted as votes mo"
under the requirement for a major
.ity of all votes cast.
Nickles N. Dimes, the gas tax
nan, was delighted at the result.
We've WON'T he shouted. Every
body in Minnesota is a winner by
the adoption of Gas Tax Amend
ment No. 1. The only chance to
lose was through its defeat-then
everybody would have lost.
''The big reason for the victory
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way bulletin this week, "and its i'm
portance lies in the fact that for
each 81 paid in taxes on his car or
truck, the average owner buys for
the use of more than 100000 of
highway improvements. Also, each
81 saved on the average auto tax
costs the road users of the state the
savings on car depreciation and re-
pairs, gasoline, tire and other ex-
penses-the bigger savings coming
with every 100000 of road better
ments."
In connection with the last state
ment, the bulletin refers to possible
gains sacrificed in recent years un-
der the low-taX policy.
Minnesota people made a good
roads pact with the state in 1920 by
adopting the Babcock plan and OBJ
hgating the state to improve and
maintain the main highway system
of 1000 miles serving nearly every
town of over 1000 inhabitants and
four out of every five road users in
the state.
"The people pledged "a more on
erous tax on motor vehicles than on
other personal property. Nearly $19
year was collected in 1919 on the
average motor vehicle-more than
SIT of personal property tax and
nearly 50 of license fee. Under
the new plan, however, the average
tax has been less than $16.50 a
year-a actually decreased, instead of
made more onerous' as agreed.
'The annual saving of less than
| 50 for average car owners, it must
be remembered, has cost the road
users of the state more than 3d.
100000 to date in needed highway
improvements. This should bring
home the fact that we cannot eat
our pudding and have it too"
Such facts are held of close in
torest to car owners now that the
adoption of Amendment No. / to
put any gasoline taxes on roads will
open the subject of motor vehicle
revenue for highway purposes in the
next legislature.
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SERIAL NO. O14191.
NOTICE FOR PUBLICATION

United States Land Office, Duluth
Mimi, October ID, 1924.
Notice Is Hereby Given, That Van
Vacton Harris, of Ely, Minnesota
as final assignee of jeremiah Lam
oreaux, on October 10, 1924, filed
in this office his application to select
under Section 1906, Revised Statutes
of the United States, the
Lots 80 and SO of Section 20,
and Lot Is of Section 20, Town
ship SO North, Range 10 West,
4th P. M, containing 0.70 acre.
Any and all persons claiming adj
versely the land described, or desir-
ing to object because of the mineral
character of the land, or for any
other reason, to the disposal to ap-
plicant, should file their Affidavits OF
protest in this office, on or before
the oath day of November, 1924.
ROBERT E. PATTERSON,
1917 lila Register
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INVOLVING SERIAL NOS. O12491
AND O12967.

Department of the Interior, United
: States Land Office, Duluth, Min
nesota, November 10, 1924.
Notice is hereby given that Van
Vacton Harris, of Ely, Minnesota,
present owner as patentee Or mesne
conveyance of lands described by
Government survey as Lots 6, z, II
and 10, Sec. 20, and Lot 6, Sec. 20,
T. So N, R. 10 w. 4th P. NJ, has
made application to have patents
for lands above described amended
to conform to corrected survey, and
when so amended to read and en-
brace Lots 27, %, 33 and 35, Sec.
20, and Lot 16, Sec. 20, T. So NJ,
r. 13 w. 4th P. NJ, Minnesota.
Any person desiring to object to
such proposed amendment, or to
protest because of mineral charac-
ter of the land, or for any other
reason, are advised to file such pro-
test or objection in this Office on
or before December. 81, 1924.
ROBERT E. PATTERSON,
II Id 1912 Register.
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Minnesota harked back to the
grim days of 1918 on November IL,
and with note of sadness for de-
parted comrades, celebrated the sue
cessful termination of the World
War.
From Duluth to Austin, from
Warroad to Winona, Legion posts
and Auxiliary units staged celebra-
tions and observances. There were
morning meetings, in some cases,
athletic events in the afternoon, and
banquets, dances, and plays in the
evening. Legion speakers journey
ed from one part of the state to
another to give the local members
new ideas and to inject new pep
into the Gopher Gang" for the
Legion year 1925.
Armistice Day this year also was
muster day. The Legion, under di-
rection of Ludwig I. Roe of Monte
video, Director of Membership, Ed
win Lindell, Department Command
er, and Stafford King, Department
Adjutant, staged the first annual
Zero hour, making the launching
of it's 1925 membership drive. The
campaign is to be carried out along
the lines of war game and orders
are being issued from time to time
pointing to various detectives for
the several districts. The friendly
rivalry and competition developed
by the war game is expected to en-
list $1,000 members in the Ameri-
can Legion of Minnesota before the
time of the Thief River Falls con-
vention next August. At present
the enrolment is approximately 27,-
500.
Department Commander Edwin
Lindell spoke Tuesday at Grand
Rapids, while Department Adjutant
King addressed a rally at Bemidji.
Other officers of the Legion and
''privates in the ranks" had speak
ing engagements throughout the
state. Among the Buck Privates'
who. did their bit were Mayor
Arthur Nelson of st. Paul, Judge
Levi Hall of Minneapolis, Senator
Allen Furlow of Rochester, State
Representative Albin Pearson of St.
Paul, Mayor George Leach of Min
neapolis-and many others who in
wartime and private life rank high
among our citizenship. Communities
cooperated in the ceremonies and
one of the outstanding features was
the teaching of patriotic lessons to
school children. The meaning of
Armistice Day was carefully ex-
planned in the lower grades, and the
occasion was utilized for acquainting
the general public more closely, with
the detectives of state and national
Legion organizations.
"a "a
From Nov. II to % the attention
of the nation, thru the efforts of
the Legion and the National Educa-
ton Association, will be drawn to
the schools and the children. Legion
pests are taking a leading part in
arranging programs . which will
bring home to the average citizen
the Importance of education. "Vis-
it the Schools" is the slogan for the
week.
The 1925 Department conven-
ton of the American Legion will be
held at Thief River Falls August
10, IL and IL. The decision as to
place was made at the state meet
ing at St. Cloud, but the definite
dates were fixed only recently.
Special trains will be run to the
convention city from all parts of
the state, and Thief River Falls al
ready has launched upon plans for
entertaining the biggest throng that
ever invaded the civ.
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Wives Beat Husbands

4, Wives may whip faithless husbands
and the husbands. mustn't complain,
according to a recent decision of the
Austrian Supreme court. When a
woman beats her hayward spouse, the
court held, such a beating is "but the
natural reaction to his conduct"
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1924-11-14

to reject any and all bids.
Address all proposals to the un-
dersigned and mark plainly upon
the outside of the envelope PRO
posal for Sewer and Water Exten-
SION.
BY order of the City Council.
A. o. KNUTSON,
11-7-14 City Clerk.
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81 ON CAR TAX PUTS
$500, 900 INTO ROADS

Minnesota motor vehicle registra-
tions for 1924 number more than
100000 according to an official an
nouncement recently.
'That is big news" says a high
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1924-11-14
Generally the Latter

"De man OATS always In a hurry"
said Uncle Eben, may be workin'
hard. an den again he may be tryin'
to disguise de fact dat he ain workin'
at all"
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Generous Anonymous GiUer

The largest organ ever constructed
In America was given to the National
cathedral at Washington by a New
England woman who withheld her
name.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1924-11-14

A man is old when he can yawn and
go to bed and leave the hero In the
middle of bad fix on page 1s4.-
Akron Beacon Journal.
Evening star., 1924-08-03
Ask How Many Will Fall
When Eiffel Tower Is Painted Again
but
1Dec1on Has Been; N he Negative

little gilded tower for paper
so, and today it is only 9 francs. Is
that excessive" The high exchangers
wont look at it, They are too seri-
Gus. Folks don't rigoIe laugh josh)
any more. They regard the scenery"
At the top, the view is 53 miles
East. the environs of Chateau
Thierry "a miles,: northeast, the
Forest of Compiegne go milesJ
northwest. the Coudray Hills f5s
miles: southeast, the plains of Brie.
toward Provins t5I milos>. And so
on.
4 tall. pale Enslishman stared into
the void, toward Provins Slowly, he
approached the safety rail. like a sleep
walker. Behind, quiet. husky French
man edged UP and bumped into the
fascinated party, who turned round. as
if shocked out Of a daze. Pardon. I.
Excuse my awkwardness." The quiet
Frenchman was talkative and friendly.
He stuck to the Englishman until he
was quite recovered. The last we saw,
he bumped into lone Belgian lady.
very red. congested in the face. and
riSibly in day dream
He shocks them" I explained to our
party. He is one of the official body
snatchers of the tower. There are a
dozen like him, three shifts, twelve
each, always on the job. I, is their
work to see that no one jumps. The
height fascinates some people"
X y X
A FRIEND who knows his Paris
Iike meo put his word in
ut is the oscil .ation," he said. The
tower swings two meters-two yards
| up here, at the top. You know, steel
Is springy. We do not perceive the
movement, as We have no fixed point
near US. Relatively. you know. But
il makes some folks gooey"
/ 1 asked N. Marc.
! "The tower has its police" he said.
yes. 1t is a big place. with thousands
| coming and going. OF course, we take
precautions. Nobody falls. That $
| that
But the swing of the tower" / OBJ
| jected.
What SWING"
( THE oscillation. The tower rocks
two meters"
| NJ. Marc laughed.
| 1T would start all the 100000 riv-
ets!" he grinned. "Such a swing would
wear the tower out. We know the
| exact oscillation. In the highest winds
registered in Paris it varies between
and II centimeters (esl and nearly S
! inches). The tower was determined in
Ia fashion very rigid
| The director Of exploitation looked
me in the eye.
"Since 1882" he said. I'VE have not
| been obliged to replace q single rivet
The tower has not the trepidation of
a railroad bridge IT suffers no fatigue
It's building was first.class French
job. We never replace anything-ex-
cept mechanical pieces in the elevators
These we watch very attentively."
I watched him attentively.
I'VE have transported 10000. 900 peo-
pie to the top" he said. "And we have
never had an accident"
! Amen
Evening star., 1924-08-03
CLOCKWORK
BY G.. B. STERN
Comes


watched him, slantways, from under
her curling dark lashes. He was eat
Ing damp currant cake and drinking
tea. The salt, untouched in front OF
him. did not seem a necessary condi-
ment to either of these things. With
out looking, he became aware OF
Maria Annunziata's gently interested
gaze. and flushed hotly. On an i'm
pulse he seized the heaped-up salt
spoon, poised 1t, lowering, between
cup and plate. then tilted 1t into the
tea.
There you are his blue eyes
flashed defiantly at Maria Annun-
ziata. The corners of her mouth
quivered to an incredulous smile
he had not set drunk the tea. But
when she saw it actually at his lips
she screwed down her eyelids tightly,
as though she were herself about to
swallow the nauseous draught. When
she looked again the cup was being
set down empty. Dicks mouth was
trifle puckered.
oh" she cried.
II always drink my tea with
salt" he said. challenging her sus-
picion.
Maria Annunziata could not help
herself---she broke into ripples of de-
lighted laughter.
Why. You can taught" exclaimed
Dick, joyfully. You were so beauti-
full. thought you must be clock
work."
CHE could not resent his frank in
d, licately flattered that he should
so have desired an excuse to speak
to her that he should have drunk tea
and salt AS an excuse to achieve it.
1t was a knightly act.
And ! wasn't even sure if you
were English or not" he went on.
Both" replied the clockwork girl,
passing from laughter to mystery.
"Are YOU staying long on this rot
ten old Riviera"
Now. indeed, Maria Annunziata
opened wide her big brown eyes; it
was the first time she had heard fash
ions playground described as this
rotten Riviera
"But-dort YOU like Monte Carlo >"
Well look At it compared to Eng
land"
Il have never been TO England
Dick dropped his teaspoon with a
clatter Good lord" he calculated,
helplessly.
lila Mia and I. we stay here every
year until April. and then we go
Evening star., 1924-08-03

affair was $50 romantic" as. indeed,
1t could not be otherwise, in that set
ting Of scented dusk. orange trees,
distant orchestra, mimosa, and moon
light on the blue Mediterranean.
julius Rehan was a millionaire
His age was fifty-th-ee, and his dis
position solemn. He wore a beard
his nose was tiny bit swollen. and
Of slightly deeper hue than his
cheeks. The puffy skin under his
cation system Of wrinkles. He was
a millionaire
MARIA ANNUNZIATA. unchape-
roned for once. allowed a stranger
to speak to her and did not snub
him. The lapse was deliberate mis-
chief and in defiance Of all warnings.
She argued that 1t could not possibly
lead to awful results, now that she
was safely engaged. But he looked
clean and merry and attractive--oh.
and young! And Juana was in bed
with a cold. More. julius was away
for six days on business. And
though julius would be undoubtedly
a kind husband. she did not suppose
he would be kind enough to let her
to let her-oh, be thoroughly, en-
joy"bly a rogue and rebel.
Dick Darlington thought she was
lovely. He-fell in love.
AS headlone as that.
He was twentyfour.
The atmosphere Of this romance
was not romantic. like the Casino
terrace by moonlight. mimosa-
scented. The back room Of the OBJ
scure English tea shop In which they
the faded gentility OF similar tea
shops in Brixton, Clapham and Is
lington. A dusty aspidistra stood on
each bamboo table: plush framed
views Of Marble Arch and Hyde Park
Corner hung on the wall. The very
buns were stale. Dick, being fierce
Anglomaniac, came there every day
for his tea. in order to smell the
aspidistra; he did not like mimoSa.
Maria Annunziata wandered in under
the orders OF fate.
She and Dick sat sedately at right
angles Suddenly he wheeled round
and politely asked her for the salt.
There is no salt on my table she
replied. eyes demurely veiled But
senorita here will doubtless get you
some" She passed on his request
TO the proprietreSs with the stin
linen collar and the toothly smile.
who just then entered with a tray.
Miss Robinson was surprised. but
brought him salt. Annunziata
Evening star., 1924-08-03

! SO much at their ease up there that
they refuse the tackle"
Why do they fall. them
They do not fall" he answered.
:: Z I: -
| lust like that, Monsieur Mare made
the astonishing statem. ntJ--which
Parisians will assimilate with diff
Guilty. In word, this high official
! Of Is years standing assurrres the
world (now, as the painting job be-
| gins anew) that mo painter lfell
last time the tower was painted
Moreover Che says) there has not
been a fatal accident to painters"
during the Is Years that he has been
director. Stronger yet, he affirms
| that mo painter has fallen fatally
during the towers entire existence"
And, to cap the climax, mo mechanic.
| aide, overseer or other employe was
killed by fall during the towers
whole construction. in 1882
But" I exclaimed, sit seems in
credible! All Paris, you know well.
believes there is great loss of life
each time the tower is painted.
! The official reply was categoric.
Write down" he said. that Mon
sieur Marc protests, with energy"
But" I said. sit is even known
how deep a hole their bodies make
. when, falling from such height, they
hit the flower beds or the hard
walks
That is absurd said Monsieur
Marc. They make no hole at all.
There's nothing left of them to make
hole! A fall from the Eifel Tower
is an awful DEATH
How"
'"They hit the bars he said. An
arm flies off, foot. a hand, thigh,
shin, cheek and bits of flesh and
bone, Topped off as by razor blades
with such force as the falling body
strikes the steel bars!
'lcu cannot get - free fall from
the Efffel Tower" he said. Its sides
are not vertical, but curve outward,
enlarging every inch down. The fall
| ing body keeps hitting the bars
We tourists simply swarm the
I tower.
/
change" you want to go
high" they say. We are high ex-
changers" because we come to profit
by the 20 francs we get for every
dollar dnstead Of francs, which
We got before the war).
English, SPANS h, Portuguese,
Scandinavians, South Americans,
! frin nd oil ha
high exchangers. GO up! go up!'
the French tell US.
| y * x X
HIGH up, from the towers top, We
- look down on Paris. weekdays,
the great elevators take up from
1900 to 5000 visitors. On certain
holidays, from 5000 to 10000 persons
visit the tower. All ride up, OF
course.
! could we walk up?" asks the
American girl. Yes, there are beauti-
ful board stairway, with easy sleeps
and handy handrais, ALL safely In
closed as in a house; but nobody, 1t
seems, has made the entire climb
since 1889!
c1hhel AoHST SuSPSH0ctS. SdAS
brilliant Ethiopian-from Baltimore
"The tower is wove on both sides!
A splendid gift to take home! Busi-
ness is rotten. The elevators run
too often"
The women At the keepsake coun-
ters agree.
''The high exchangers despise our
keepsakes.' they say Look at this
Evening star., 1924-08-03

, into retirement until next January.
So that we can afford my frocks, you
see,' she added, taking it for granted
that this was the normal existence Of
girls like herself. She had forgotten
that she was no longer in the market.
and that for the future a millionaire
was privileged to pay for more frocks
than she could wear from season to
| season all the year round.
You poor kid" muttered Dick, in
rather a husky voice He had fallen
in love with Maria Annunziata's
beauty so swiftly that 1t seemed that
magic had been spinning in that
funny little back parlor. among the
aspidistras. with Miss Robinson NOV
ing in and out with the tea and buns,
and Queen Victoria receiving the
news Of her accession to the throne
on the wall just opposite him. But
now pity and deep tenderness and a
rush Of boyish chivalry urged love on
to mad, irresponsible ideas of rescue.
"All your life UP and down between
these beastly pineapples. or palms, or
whatever they call themselves, along
the promenade, and in white stucco
hotels and casinos, and talking to
dressed-up people with high heels.
He glanced disDaringly at her per
fect little bronze suede and silk feet,
at her equally perfect bronze crepe
de chine frn"k, Ind he big bronze
hat with the wide graceful curves
dropping along her hair. Her fawn
wrap, lined in pale apple-green silk.
was thrown over the chair behind
her-fawn and bronze and apple
green-the picture, with all its deco
rative artificiality, Yet made him
think somehow of an English spring.
How he had cursed when his en-
ployer, Henry Dale, NJ. p. had taken
1t into his silly, bulging head to
spend a month at Monte Carlo! A
poor secretary. had to be dragged
along where his employer went, Of
course. And now, like clear silver
fanfare OF trumpets. he knew why it
had happencd--it led right up to this
very minute in this very room to this
very girl. who was just saying, with
that adorable. slightly foreign accent
of hers: ''Tell ME about England,
please. Is it--sso difTerent?''
I'm NOT counting London" Dick
began. eagerly. but in the country
where we'd GO He halted.
A \NUNZIATA'S eyes were like
wallfiowers. brown and golden
and brown again--and now all soft