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Evening star., 1924-02-08
SARAZEN LOSES MATCH
BY MISSING SHORT PUTT

MIAMI, Fla, February Scene
Sarazen missed q four-foot putt on
the nineteenth green and with w. X.
Ames. Chicago amateur, lost hard
fought match to Fred Knight. Phil
adelphia amateur. and T. w. Palmer,
Miami, yesterday.
Sarazen. driving we'll, was erratic
on his second shots and needed three
puts on the nineteenth hole. How
ever. his card was a. knight had Is
and the others a.
Evening star., 1924-02-08
LEAGUE MAY STAND PAT
AT MEETING NEXT WEEK
Eastern Member of Three Class AA Circ,rits Has
Little to Cain in Following Example of the
Association and Coast Organization.
BY JOHN B. FOSTER.

EW YORK. February 8The international League
do continue without successfully as it did last
Major heavily in the In
ernationa as it is in other leagues
Many experienced base bali opinion that
major and minor leagues should be completely financial
relations But that will take place long get
player market The recent effort the
law this thing abandoned for the
c h,f
Evening star., 1924-02-08
FLYWEICHT TITLEHOLDER
TO BOX GEORGE MARKS
Filipino Rules Favorite in l5.Round Battle, to De
cision at Madison Square Garden, But Foe, With
Only One Defeat in l48 Bouts, Is Tough.

MOTHER championship will in Madison
~ Square tonight
weight title against George Marks of California
bout a decision
of the fact this will mark Villas first
York match he the championship from Jimmy Wilde
England the Polo Grounds
Filipino will his formidable
champion match
indications that the Garden will another capacity crowd
from Villa that should he victorious Marks tonight
he will
Genro who has been Villas persistent challenger Filipino
gained the title
Evening star., 1924-02-08

CINCINNATI. Ohio. February s.
Sammy Sandow. local bantamweight.
has been matched to meet Champion
Joe Lynch Of New York. in Cincinnati
early In March. The bout will be for
ten rounds.
Evening star., 1924-02-08

that a night Of drying out would bring
him safely inside the 112-pound limit
Cook further stated that Marks really
encountered no difiiculty In making the
weight and that he was confident Marks
would enter the Garden ring in the best
shape he has ever attained for q match.
Evening star., 1924-02-08

nursery, or a farm, coforms to the
theory of organized base ball, but of
necessity must rebuild each spring,
and Its local pride will be as variable
and inconstant as the wind.
Copyright, 1924.)
Evening star., 1924-02-08
Villa viii Defend His Championship Tonight: Draft Plan

America - AsrtA American HsvsSsSf Ans.s' Al nsAss
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will portray their characters per-
fectly.
ELY SPEAKER PLACES
IN TOWER CONTEST

Miss Betty Mills of this city wor
second place in the girls Junior
High declamatory contest held al
Tower. Linton Krouse also OF
this city failed to place in the boys
oratorical contest.
Miss Selma Canossa of Virginia
won first place in the contest and
Jalmer Hill of Soudan took the high
honors in the boys event.
Betty Mills had "The Littlest
Rebel for her subject while Linton
Krouse talked on push" A silver
medal which is on exhibit in the win
dow of the Haynes Jewelry store
was given to Miss Mills. The Ely
contestants were handicapped in
that they were the youngest entered
in the meet. They are both from
the eighth grade while the others
were Freshmen in high school. A
large field of speakers competed.
The following schools were repre-
sented: Aurora, Biwabik, Bull, CHS
holm, Coleraine, Grand Rapids, Ely,
Eveleth, Gilbert, Keewatin, Noun
tain Iron, Nashwauk, Proctor, Sou
dan, Tower and Virginia.
The judges were: Miss Elizabeth
Wied, Central High, Duluth; F. E.
Wiz, Superior Normal; and Supt.
Colovin, Carlton.
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SALVAT|ON ARMY
HOME SERV|CEFU ND.
ARRANGEMENTS MADE FOR
THE CAMPAIGN IN
THIS CITY.

Preliminary plans for the An
nual Home Service fund campaign
for the Salvation. Army have been
completed.
Mr.. A. ]. Thomas, president of
the Ely Salvation Army Advisory
Board, will be General Chairman.
Mr.. E. w. Hanson, Commander of
the American Legion is Chairman of
the Legion team of volunteer work
ers in the business district. The
members of the Legion team are /:
w. P. Wolf, Uno Alfalfa, Douglas
Nankervis, James Ruby, Oscar
Friedsburg and Joe Klobuchar.
The Rotary Club will cooperate
with the Legion and the following
Rotarians have volunteered their
services: Thos. Miller, L. ]. White
and C. A. Dahlgren.
Mrs. J. G.. Kotchevar will be
chairman of the Women's Auxiliary
of the American Legion. The fol-
lowing named ladies of the Auxil-
larry have volunteered their services
as solicitors in the residence dis
trict: Mrs. ]. Martinetti, Mrs. j.
Seraphine, Mrs E. w. Hanson, Mrs.
j. Gianotti, Mrs. L. Slabodnik, Mrs.
c. Chinn, Mrs. Mike Gordon, Mrs.
L. Gordon, Mrs. Will Trezona, Mrs.
Geo. Anderson, Mrs. T. j. Murn.
The question is often asked as to
the disposition of the money con-
tributed by Ely citizens This ques-
ton is authoritively answered by E.
G. Bowen, Field Representative, who
is here to assist the local committee.
"Part of the money raised in Ely
is to go into an emergency fund to
be used in the event of disaster
from fire, tornado or flood, in fact
disaster of any kind, in Minnesota.
This applies to Ely or any other
community that may need expert
service from an organization that
has proven its ability to relieve dis
tress of all kinds. Part of it goes
into a fund to be used for the re-
lief of the poor and needy wherever
it may be needed most"
Speaking of the service of the
Salvation Army, Mr.. Bowen said.
"The greatest service of the Saliva
ton Army is that of putting heart
into men and women who have
weakened This is human recon
struction. The Army and its indiv-
idual men and women workers. by
the excellence of their work and
their self sacrifice, give aim to those
who are purposeless and hope to
those who have lost hope. 1t is the
poor, the sick, the distressed-all
those who are actual or potential
charges upon the tax payer-that
the Salvation Army is interested in.
Two out of every three derelicts,
and even a larger proportion of fall
len women and persons in distress
who are handled by the Salvation
Army, make good and become worth
while and industrious citizens"
The quota allotted to Ely is $500.
The various teams will start out next
Monday morning, April f4th, and
continue until Wednesday evening.
A thorough canvass will be made
confident that the quota will be
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DO YOU KNOW OF
THIS MISSING SOLDIER

Edward Joseph Campbell who
served as private in Company F.
of the 363rd Infantry from October
5, 1917, to August 19, 1919, IS miss
ing.
He was discharged on a Surgeons
Certificate of Disability because of
his mental condition.
He is a man 33 years of age, and
disappeared in September 1923, and
his sister, who is also his guardian,
has used every means at her disposal
in an attempt to locate him, but
without success. She is naturally
very anxious to know where he is.
If anyone has knowledge as to the
whereabouts of this disabled exser-
vice man, they are requested to
communicate Immediately with the
U. S. Veterans Bureau, Mime
apolis, Mimi, or with his sister, Mrs.
Rose Tanner, 1900 Dwight Way,
Berkely, California.
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ELY GETS BERTH
IN RANCE LEAGUE.
SIX TEAMS IN THE LEAGUE
WITH POSSIBLE ADMISSION
OF TWO MORE.

Ray Hoefier was in Virginia Sat
urday and attended the meeting of
those interested in forming the new
Range Baseball League. The league
will be composed of six teams, Hib-
bling, Chisholm, Eveleth, Virginia,
Ely and Marble, although Keewatin
may be admitted if the eighth city,
possible Grand Rapids, can be found
to round out the circuit.
The election of officers result
ed in the election of Judge ]. P.
Carey of Virginia as president. In
view of the fact that Judge Carey
has been one of the prime movers in
baseball on the ranges in the past
the opinion is general that the hon.
ors were rightfully bestowed. Geo.
Redmond, sport writer on the Hib-
bing Daily Tribune was made Sec
rotary and Grove Wills, editor Of
the Eveleth Clarion, treasurer.
The season will open on May Is
and the clubs will be restricted to
the use of five players who have
played 80 games or more IN organ.
lied baseball Thomas Stanley OF
Hibbing was elected chairman of the
committee to draw up schedule
which will be acted on at the meet
ing tomorrow night at Virginia.
The general concensus of opinion
was that the leagues primary OBJ
ject viii be the development of loca
talent preparatory to the organiza
ton of a league playing under the
jurisdiction of organized has bal
next season.
The league viii be in the hands o.
a board of directors composed o.
Robert Geiselman of Hibbing, II
Cawley of Chisholm and Mayor Vic
tor Essling Of Eveleth.
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BIG SUM SET To
/ PAY ROAD BONDS.
MOTOR VEHICLE REVENUES
INCREASES STATE HIGH
WAY SINKING FUND
TO $4,000, 900.

Two million dollars of motor veh.
icle tax money is tucked away
against a settlement day on county
reimbursement bonds for state
trunk highway improvements, also
the amount necessary to pay 1924
interest on that assumed debt.
Car and truck taxes estimated at
sS,OO0,O00 this year, the division of
the 1924 trunk highway fund was
made public this week by Ray P.
Chase, state auditor, Henry Rines,
state treasurer, and Charles NJ. Bah
cock, state highway commissioner.
As required by law, $150.000 was
designated for highway department
salaries, office and other overhead
expenses, and 40 per cent of the
remaining auto tax receipts for
1924 maintenance of the 1000
miles of trunk routes. The county
reimbursement b on allowances
were $1,506,000 for current inter
est and $1,794,000 for the sinking
fund to meet principal payment
when due. The 1923 allowances
added, the trunk highway sinking
fund now totals S2,000,000. An
other item was 1,850,OOO to meet
federal aid.
The sinking fund cash was turned
over to the state board of invest
ment to be loaned to school districts,
cities and towns, or placed in other
approved public securities. These
loans will disclose the net interest
cost of money borrowed for state
trunk highway improvements-the
difference in interest rates on loans
to the state and by the state. That
will reveal the met cash carrying
charge on money borrowed for need
ed highway improvements. Such
improvements are credited with max
ing great reductions in maintenance
expenses and liberal savings to trunk
highway taxpayers on car operating
costs.
Although it was stated that re-
turns would be far greater if the
money was used to extend highway
improvements, the ALLEGATION board
agreed that a conservative policy
was warranted and voted according
" for the liberal sisking fund allow
ance.
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\. 8. OPERETTA
SCORES A HIT.
LEADING ROLES WELL CAST
AND cHORUSES WERE
PLEASING.

Amid true Oriental atmosphere
the Operetta Miss Cherryblossom"
was presented in the Washington
School Auditorium Saturday even
ing by the combined boys and girls
glee clubs of the high school. They
were under the efficient direction of
Mrs. Myrtle Slant.
An audience which filled the
Auditorium to its capacity applaud
ed the agreeable efforts of the play
ers. The characters were all well
cast and did not overact which is
customary with school productions.
The singing, both the group and the
individual, was well handled. The
selection of the costumes and set
ting showed the result of splendid
care.
Miss Inez Lampi carried the part
of Cherryblossom with finished ease
and sang in charming style. The
singing of John Nicholas as John
Henry Smith was especially note
worthy, and he played up to his
part in an able manner. George
Wuori cast as Kokemo, the blunder-
ing tea garden proprietor, obtained
many laughs through the clever
manner in which he interpreted his
role. The Characterization of Togo,
the self-important Japanese politi-
clan, was fittingly given by William
SpreitZer. The minor theme of the
Operetta was capably carried
through by Allen Clinic and Ann
Popovich. Bennett Graves and Har-
old Cloutier as two business men
adroitly accomplished their ends.
Mrs. Myrtle Slant was materially
assisted by the Misses Josephine
Tiegen, Leone Cooling, Frances
LETTERS, Elsie Ostrom, Henrietta
Dodge and Katherine Rhoda.
The Geisha girls chorus included:
Gertrude Mattela, Mabel Nicholas,
Lena Pluth, Tuhe Luhtanen, Mild
red Rothman, Mayme Lobe, Helen
Spreitzer, Winifred Cloutier, Evelyn
Nankervis, Olga Nappa, Lillian
Erickson, Angela Pluth, Emma BIZ
anchi. Amelia Markovitch, Sadie
Mietenen, Sylvia Makela, Naimi
Harri, Marguerite Ahlstrom.
The American girls and men were:
Aurora Lindbeck, Berneice Ahl-
strom, Helen Moore, Berneice Prisk,
Caroline Cadari, Barbara Matesha,
Mary Sever, Allie Skantz, Charles
Coad, Charles Gallagher, Uno Jok-
inen, James BeSson, Fred Church,
Wilbur jeffrey, Donald Denley,
James Edwards
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KATHLEEN IS
NEXT ATTRACTION.
ST. ANTHONY CHURCH CHOIR
PLAY BEING WHIPPED
INTO SHAPE.

Rehearsals have begun for the
big musical comedy success, "Kath-
leen", which is being presented by
the st. Anthony Church Choir.
The play is produced by the John
B. Rogers Producing Company, who
staged "Fi-Fi of the Toy Shop" here
last year with great success.
Kathleen" is a clever comedy,
different from anything you ever
saw. 1t has been presented in a
large number of towns and cities
throughout the United States and
Canada and has never failed to
please. A number of nearby cities
have presented it this season and
from the reports we hear they have
been more than pleased.
The action takes place in a small
Massachusetts, town and practically
the whole population takes part
There are rubes, Dutchmen, a but
Ter and an old maid TO supply the
fun and they surely do it. From
the opening of act one to the fna
curtain you will be kept in an up
roar Of laughter at their antics
There is pretty love story inter
twined all through and number Of
other characters help fill out the cas-
and portray the story. A chorus Of
at least ten lovely dancing girls il
used with every musical number anC
there are fourteen musical number,
so that there are over hundred anS
fifty persons taking part in the pro
duction. Every one of them IS ,
local person and Mr.. Kelly, the di
rector, sent here by the Rogers Co.
says that he is very well pleases
with the way the local girls and boy
are catching on. He is especial,
well pleased with the east Of prin
cipai characters who, he believes
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ANOTHER GRAB" AIMED At RANGES
BALANCE Of TAX MONEY WANTED.
Prof. Davis Has Brilliant Scheme to Rob
Range Communities of Balance of Tax
Funds Not Now Confiscated by the State.
ANOTHER TONNAGE TAX HOLDUP.

under present conditions.
To remedy the present condition
which gives 54 "a cents of every
tax dollar on the Mesaba range to
local governments while but z 1-a
cents goes to the state. he suggest
ed these steps:
Change of law giving the tax on
iron ores still in the ground al
together to the state.
Diversion of part of this tax in
to a permanent fund interest from
! which would eventually take the
place of direct receipts after the
rich ores have been used up.
Consideration of a. plan by which
the state might follow the example
of Canada and give subsidy to
concerns that start extracting and
concentrating the low-grade ores"
While the first two steps would
bring immediate tax relief to land
owners and farmers in every part
of Minnesota and would insure a
continuance of receipts in the form
of interest on the permanent fund,
the last step would result in the
maintenance of an iron mining in
dustry for several hundred years,
he declared. And the state would
benefit both directly and indirectly.
"a study of the distribution of
the total tax paid on property in the
dollar paid, q IA cents was for
state purposes and Sd ga cents was
for municipal purposes" he said.
Compare this with the tax levy in
the three townships in which Duluth
is located. In these townships out
of every dollar paid IN taxes in
1922, z 1-8 cents was for state pur-
poses and rs ga cents was for
municipal purposes. This comparison
shows that the municipal tax rate
for the range cities was less than
that for Duluth. This would seem
to indicate that compared with the
Duluth district the cities and villages
on the range were quite conserva-
tive.
"But now observe the actual
amount of the tax levies in dollars.
On the range the three townships
spent in 1922, $2,Soo, 900, while
the three Duluth townships spent
$4,000. The municipalities on the
range spent s6,700,00O while the
city of Duluth spent $4,000, 900.
And another example, the per capita
tax in Franklin village on the
Mesaba range amounted to S1,170
and in Duluth to $4S. When con-
sidering these figures bear in mind
the fact that the mining companies
paid SO ga per cent of all taxes
collected in the range district. 1t is
frequently stated that the local gov
ernments on the range are squand-
ering millions of dollars each year.
Hibbing calls itself the richest vii
lage in the world. This is debat-
able. Franklin is a strong contend
er, and here the mining companies
pay SO LIS per cent Of all the tax
THE perpetuation of this situa-
ton will mean the death of our min
ing industry within our own gen.
Grafton, grade ores in the face of
such threat. Present ores will be
mined despite taxes. But unless
the low-grade mining industry is en-
couraged to grow now, so that it
will be strong and vigorous at the
end of 20 years, then our mining in
dustry is nearing its close"
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was attended by large number who
were more than pleased with the of
ferings. The concert Sunday will
in all probability draw full house.
The program to be given is as fol-
lows:
March-''Three Cheers" +. w. Fleer
Novelty-"The Dixie Rube"--
-----------Th os. S. Allen
Overture" Sincerity" G. d. Barnard
March-"Endeavor Will Huff
Cornet Solo-"Sing Me The Ros-
ary"- H. Hickman
Mr.. Leslie Brownell
Overture-"Th Scarlet King.
Fred Jewell
Serenade-"A Evening Time"
Fred Jewell
Waltz-"Blue Bells of Scotland
M. Tobani
Baritone Barbara Polka"
NJ Holmes
Mr.. Matt Herranen.
March-"Tuscarawas" *. L. King
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ATTEND JUNIOR COLLEGE
ATHLETIC MEETING

Mr.. Santo, dean of the local
Junior College, with Mr.. Buckley.
the director of athletics, attended q
meeting of the Range Junior Col
lege deans and athletic directors at
Eveleth on Saturday. This meet
ing had been called to arrange ath-
letic schedules for next year in
football, basketball and other inter-
collegiate sports. At this meeting
six basketball games were arranged
between Ely and teams from Hib-
bling, Eveleth, Virginia and Coler-
aine Junior Colleges.
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Minnesota Taxpayers, most Of
whom are farmers, could obtain i'm
mediate and lasting relief to the
extent of nearly $10,000,000 year
if state laws governing taxation OF
iron ores in the ground were changed
so as to give these taxes wholly to
the state, E. w. Davis. superintend-
ent of the Mines Experiment Sta
ton, University of Minnesota, told
members of the Minnesota Realty
Association in session in Mime,
apolis last week.
Taxes to Village.
Mr.. Davis pointed out that by far
the larger portion of these taxes
are now going to a few of the
richest villages in the world" up IN
the range country. They should not
only be diverted to the state, he said,
but arrangement should be made to
divert a part of them into perman-
ent fund which would yield the state
money in interest payments after
the rich ore deposits are gone.
Because Minnesota's high grade
ore deposits, which he called the
"plums in the pudding" will have
been extracted at the end of an
other 20 years, Mr.. Davis warned
the realty men that the state should
begin taking the ore taxes at once.
The low-grade ores, which will re-
main when the rich ores are gone,
will not be able to bear the taxation,
now in force, he declared, making
it necessary to build up the perman-
emit fund Immediately if it is to be
gotten at all.
Davis Remedy.
eff Minnesota is to possess an ore
mining industry twenty years hence"
Mr.. Davis asserted, SIT must encour-
age the extraction of ores contain
ing more than 80 per cent of earth
ly material, the so-called low-grade
ores. The present commercial stand
ard calls for ores containing not
more than Is to 80 per cent of
earthly substances. These are the
ores that will be finished in twenty
years, although there will the re-
main several hundred times as much
lower grade ore as has been mined
of the high grade"
Low grade ores are so plentiful
on the range that a circle Of four
miles in diameter, drawn anywhere
in the Iron Range will include
enough ore to warrant the construc-
ton of a concentration plant by
which these poor ores can be worked
up to the commercial standard" Mr..
Davis said. The trouble is, he point
ed out, that any such area would be
largely within the corporate limits
of some village or city which would
tax the ore lands as
real property, as would the county,
and other units. Because
of the expense of concentrating low
grade ores the threatened tax pre-
vents the starting of these concen-
trating plants.
Not in Village.
At Rabbit, on the extreme east
end of the Mesaba range, the
Mesaba Iron Company has found
the only spot on the range not in
cluded in any village or township
corporation and is proceeding with
the concentration of ores. Mr..
Davis said that this would not be
possible anywhere else in the north
AAAAA,Nyn.AynyA.HAA.A
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Agnich and Frances Mosnik before
an assembly of the high school. Her
manner of delivery and her subject
material of ''The Constitution and
Abraham Lincoln" was judged the
best. Miss Agnich had as her sub
ject "The Constitution and John
MARSHALL and Miss Mosnik's mat
erial was based on "The Constitution
and George Washington.
The winner of the range contest
will go to Duluth. Many money
prizes offered by various organiza-
tons will be given the winners of
the various contests which are be-
ing conducted throughout the coun-
try.
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SAFETY INSPECTION FOR
ELY SCHOOL BUILDINGS

The Board of Education at the
last meeting decided to have all the
school buildings thoroughly inspect
ed in line with the safety program
adopted. The inspection will be
made by George Martinson, in
charge of the safety work for the
Pickands, Mather Co. on the ranges,
who has kindly consented to do SO.
Mr.. Martinson is an expert in this
line of work and in securing him The
board made no mistake. The in
spection will begin as soon os pos
sible.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1924-04-11
GRAND JURY GETS THE
SLOT MACHINE CASES

At hearing conducted before
Judge Zoretic in Municipal Court
Saturday, the owners and operators
of the slot machines taken in charge
by the sheriff's Office three weeks
ago, were bound over to the grand
jury at the next session of this
body at Virginia.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1924-04-11
MASON TEAM WINS FROM
THE M. E. CHURCH TEAM.

In the tie game played off Mon
day to determine the Championship
of the Junior Basketball League,
(small teams) the Mason team de-
feated the NJ. E. team by a score of
IA to z. VIM. Coombe and Fred
Banks starred for the winning team.
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ELY TO BE REPRESENTED
AT VIRGINIA TONIGHT

Miss Sauna Saari will represent
the local high school at the constitu-
tional contest to be held in the
Technical high school at Virginia
tonight.
Miss Saari was selected through
the virtue Of her win over Molly
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1924-04-11
SECOND FREE CONCERT BY
COMMUNITY BAND SUNDAY.

The second of the series of free
concerts to be given by the Com
munity Band this season will take
place at the Auditorium next Sun
day afternoon, April Is, at o'clock.
The concert given three weeks ago