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The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1925-02-06

assessment be held in the Council
Chambers in the City Hall of the
City of Ely on Tuesday, February
that the City Clerk cause proper
notice of such assessment and levy
and hearing on confirmation there
of to be published, and further pro-
ceedings had thereon as required by
the Charter.
The question being upon the
adoption of the resolution the same
was declared adopted upon the fol-
lowing vote:
Ayes: Aldermen Maxi, Jones,
Porthan, Champa and Erickson and
Mayor Hanson.
Moved by Alderman Jones, sup
ported by Alderman Erickson, that
the City Clerk be instructed to
notify Mr.. P. M. Olsen Architect,
to arrange to be in Ely before Tues
day. February 3, 1925, to accom-
pany the Council through the De-
tention Hospital Building for an in
spection. Carried.
Aid man Champa appointed
Chairman of the Committee of the
Whole.
The Council Dissolved into Com
mittee of the Whole to consider the
various matters referred.
Recess declared. Meeting called
to order.
Report of the Committee of the
Whole was read as follows:
Ely, Mimi, January 81, 1925.
To the Honorable Mayor and City
Council, City of Ely, Minnesota.
Gentlemen We, your Commit
tee of the Whole to whom the vari-
GUS matters were referred beg to
report and recommend;
/. That the city make arrange
ments with the Community Band for
series of % public concerts, to be
given under the direction of the
city, with the understanding that an
amount not to exceed $4,000 be ex-
pended for each concert.
2. That the matter of fencing
the Cemetery be laid on the table.
8 That the matter of providing
suitable rest room facilities for
women, in the City Hall, be re-
ferred to the Parks, Grounds and
Buildings Committee and the City
Engineer with power to act.
A. That the matter of Care
taker for the Detention Hospital be
referred to the Sanitation and
Police Committee and the Health
Commissioner with power to act.
5. That the matter of salaries
and wages be laid on the table un-
til the next regular meeting to be
held on February 3, 1925.
Respectfully submitted,
COMMITTEE OF THE WHOLE,
By Louis Champa, Chairman.
Moved by Alderman Erickson,
supported by Alderman Porthan,
that the report of the Committee of
the Whole be accepted and filed and
the recommendations carried out.
Carried.
Moved by Alderman Erickson,
supported by Alderman Jones, that
the matter of moving the machine
shop from its present location to
the interior of the Light and Water
Plant be referred to the Fire, Light
and Water Committee to investigate
and report. Carried.
Moved by Alderman Maxi, sup
ported by Alderman Jones, that the
meeting adjourn. Carried
A. o. KNUTSON,
City Clerk.
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PROPOSED AMENDMENT.

That Section Fourteen of Chapter
Two of said Charter for the said
City be amended as follows:
The salary of the Mayor of said
City shall be One Hundred Fifty
Dollars (150.00) per year, and the
salary ofs each Alderman shall be
Three Dollars. $4,000 per meeting
for each meeting actually attended
by such Alderman, not exceeding
however the sum of One Hundred
Fifty Dollars ($150.00) in any one
year; the salaries of all other offc-
ers and employees shall be fixed by
resolution passed by majority
vote of all the members of the City
Council, and the salaries of the
officers and employees shall be paid
out of the treasury of the City.
(SeaD ERNEST CARLSON,
City Clerk.
Dated at Two Harbors, Mimi, this
18th day of January, 1925.
1-16 ,2-20.
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NOTICE FOR PUBLICATION.
Department of the Interior.
U. S. Land Office at Duluth, Mil

u. S. Land Office at Duluth, Min
nesota, January 29th, 1925.
NOTICE is hereby given that
Victor w. Hautanen, of Isabella,
Minnesota, who, on July 14th, 1920,
made Homestead Application, No.
O13184, for Lots 1, 2 and 3, Sec
ton 6. Township SO N, Range 8 W,
4th Principal Meridian, has filed
notice of intention to make three
year Proof, to establish claim to the
land above described, before Regis
ter and Receiver of United States
Land Office, at Duluth, Minnesota,
on the 18th day of March, 1925.
Claimant names as witnesses:
William Pulkkinen, of Isabella, Lake
County, Minnesota. Arthur Gran
dahl, of Isabella, Lake County, Min
nesota. Axel Ruuska, of Isabella,
Lake County, Minnesota. julius
Ruuska, of Isabella, Lake County,
Minnesota.
ROBERT E. PATTERSON,
20 SO Register
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CONAN'S ADDITION.
WHITES ADDITION.
Lots 1 to II, inclusive, in Block /.
WEifTESIDE'S THIRD ADDITION.

Lots to IL, inclusive, in Block !;
Lots to IL, inclusive, in Block 2 !;
of the City of Ely, Minnesota, and
that the total cost of such construc-
ton, as shown by the report, is
$21, 720.16.
Therefore. Be it further resolved,
that of said anaovnt the sum of
$11,308.0 6, being the cost of street
and alley intersections, street re-
pairs, construction of storm sewers
and catch basins and certain excava-
ton work; together with one-haf of
the balance f said total cost, be
paid out of the appropriate or gen.
eral fund of the city, and that the
balance of said total cost of said
improvement, namely s5,2O6.05, be
and the same hereby is levied and
assessed aginst all of the above de-
scribed lots and parcels of land
benefited thereby in proportion to
the benefits resulting thereto; that
the hearing on confirmation of said
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NOTICE FOR PUBLICATION.
Department of the Interior.


nesota. January goth, 1925.
NOTICE is hereby given that
Julius Ruuska, of Isabella, Mime
sofa, who, on November /, 1921,
made Homestead Application, No.
O13559, for Eh of sen, Section
%. Township SO N. Range s w,
4th Principal Meridian, has filed
notice of intention to make three
year Proof, to establish claim to the
land above described, before Reg
lister and Receiver of United States
Land Office, at Duluth, Minnesota,
on the 18th day of March, 1925.
Claimant names as witnesses:
William Pulkkinen, of Isabella, Lake
County. Minnesota. Arthur Gran
dahl. of Isabella. Lake County. Min
nesota. Axel Ruuska, of Isabella,
Hautanen, of Isabella, Lake County,
Minnesota.
sofa.
ROBERT E. PATTERSON,
20 SO Register.
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FOR HEARING ON PETI.
TION TO AMEND FINAL
DECREE.

State of Minnesota, County of st.
Louis, SIS.
IN PROBATE COURT.
In the Matter of the Estate of Mar
ko Sertich, Deceased.
The petition of Barbara Sertich
Gersic, formerly Barbara Sertich,
representative of the above entitled
estate, and one of the heirs-at-law
of said decedent, having been filed
in this court, praying for reasons
set forth therein, for an order of
said court amending the final decree
of distribution heretofore entered in
said matter, in the particulars in
said petition set forth;
1T is ORDERED, That said Petit
ton be heard before this court at
the Probate Court rooms in the
Court House, in the city of Duluth,
in said County, on Monday, the 23d
day of February, 1925, at ten
O'Clock A. NJ, and all persons in
terested in said hearing, and in
said matter are hereby cited and
required at said time and place to
show cause, if any there be, why
said petition should not be granted.
ORDERED FURTHER, That this
order be served by publication in
The Ely Miner, according to law.
Dated at Duluth, Mimi, January
20, 1925.
BY the Court,
S. w. GILPIN,
Judge of Probate.
SEAL, Probate Court, st. Louis
County. MINI.
ATTEST: Sheldon Watts, Clerk of
Probate.
A. w. Nelson, Atty. 100 2-13
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OFFICIAL PROCEEDINGS
OF THE
CITY COUNCIL
CITY OF ELY.

Ely, Mimi, January 20, 1925.
Regular meeting of the City
Council called to order at eight
o'clock P. NJ. by Mayor Hanson.
Present: Aldermen Maxi and Por-
than and Mayor Hanson.
Absent: Aldermen Erchull, Jones,
Champa and Erickson.
No quorum being present the
meeting adjourned until 8 O'Clock
P. M. Tuesday, January ~, 1879.
A. 0. KNUTSON
City Clerk,
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Training Children.

Those who provide much wealth
for their children, but neglect to inn
prove them In virtue, do like. those
who feed their horses high, but never
train them to the menage.-Socrates.
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PROPOSED AMENDMENT TO THE
HOME CHARTER FOR THE
CITY OF TWO HARBORS, LAKE
COUNTY, MINNESOTA, TO BE
SUBMITTED BY THE CHARTER
COMMISSION TO THE VOTERS
OF THE SAID CITY AT A
REGULAR ELECTION TO BE
HELD ON THE 18TH DAY OF
MARCH 1925.
The Washington times., 1925-02-26
BODY ON
NEAR EAST
MEETS
Secretary Wilbur Is Among
Speakers Heard at Lunch
con Meeting

The two-day annual convention
of the Near East Relief opens to-
day at the Washington Hotel with
the Secretary of the Navy, Ameri-
can and foreign diplomats, and
prominent churchmen scheduled
to discuss the humanitarian prob
lens Of near eastern countries.
The report Of the president OF
the international Near East Asso-
citation, Charles ". Vickrey, is the
chief item on the meeting Of the
national executive committee to-
day.
Speakers at luncheon today in.
clude Secretary Wilbur, Admiral
Andrew T. Long, M. Simopoulos,
Greek minister to the United States;
M. Panaretoff, Bulgarian minister
to the United States; Henry Nor.
Eenthau, former ambassador to
Turkey; Doctor James I. Vance, OF
Nashville, Tenn; Bishop James
Cannon, jr., Of the Methodist Epls'
copal Church South; Oliver j..
Sands, Richmond, Va; Doctor Ches-
ter B. Emmerson, Detroit; Mr..
Vickrey, and Doctor Samuel NC
Crea Cavert, OF New York.
Mrs. Flora stanton Kalk, Wyom.
ing apartments; Mrs. Robert Imbrie,
1901 O street northwest, widow OF
the American consul killed In Per.
STA: Miss Helen Teal, 1920 Allison
street northwest. and Miss Mary
Hayden, Marlborough apartments.
are among twenty-three overseas
workers who will be awarded
medals at q meeting tonight.
The Washington times., 1925-02-26
RUM INSANITY SHOWS
BIG INCREASE IN N. Y

NEW YORK. Feb. 26.-Alcoholic
insanity is increasing in New
York, it is shown in the report OF
the State Hospital Commission,
which will be submitted to the
legislature.
Last year 473 victims of alcoholic
insanity were admitted. to institu-
tions, against ZIG In 1928, and only
122 in 1920.
Mental disease generally is de-
creasing. The rate Of insanity in
1924 was 67.e. per 100000 popula-
ton, against 6S.4 in 1928, while for
1917 the rate was 1875, the highest
in the States history.
The State Hospital Commission
treated 6O,2O6 patients for various
diseases last year. or SAB more
than the previous year. The new
cases numbered 6,933. There were
3.778 persons discharged and 3,65s
deaths. The mortality was the
lowest in twelve years.
The Washington times., 1925-02-26
FUNERAL
Of DROWNED
BA|L|FF
Await Word From Sister OF
James Jeffries in
Porto Rico

Funeral arrangements for James
Jeffries, missing Police Court ball
if, whose body was found floating
in the waters of the Tidal Basin
yesterday, will be made today when
word is received from his sister,
Mrs. Louis Antonsante. Of Ponce,
Porto Rico.
The body of Jeffries. who disap-
peared over six tweeks ago, was
found by r. H. Stockton, 1901
Illinois avenue northwest. 1t was
removed to the District Morgue
where, after viewing the body
Coroner hewitt issued a certificate
Of suicide.
During the world war Jeffriee
served overseas and was cited for
bravery. He was wounded and
shells shocked. Since the war he
has been respondent, his friends
say, and had talked of committing
suicide.
Immediately after the bailiff's dis.
appearance 1nsector Clifford Grant,
chief of detectives. started coun.
fry.wide search for the missing
man. His sister offered a reward
of $50 for information leading to
his finding
The Washington times., 1925-02-26
little HOPEFOR
Man, 90, HIT
BY CAR
Woman, IS, Knocked Down
by Hit and Run" Driver.
Others Injured in Streets

One person was seriously injured
and one was left lying in the street
by q. "hit ana run" driver in the
toll OF traffic accidents yesterday.
Struck by an automobile at Ninth
and H streets northwest, last night.
Mrs. Carry McGill, sixty.five, 30
Grant place, was taken to the
Emergency HospitaI and treated fo''
broken arm and cuts and bruises.
The driver OF the car escaped.
Little hope ID seld out at Emerg.
ency Hospital for James Kennedy,
eighty, ia r street northeast, who
was seriously injured yesterday
when struck by a oIie-man street
car az he attempted to cross the
street at II and Vermont avenue
northwest.
Miss Mae I. Beddoe, occupant nf
q car driven by her brother, which
awerved from the road ana turned
over at Soldiers Home last night,
was injured when her eyeglasses
were driven into her forehead. Her
condition at the Washington SAM
was taken, is said TO be not serious.
Three others In the car escaped in
jury.
Crashing into the plate glass win.
dow Of q store at 512 Ninth street
northwest, today, an automobile &C.
cupied by several sailors and sol
diers, backed away and the ncll
escaped before the police could be
summoned.
Others injured yesterday were
Henry Brown, colored. who was
struck by an automobile operated
by Harry Eppes in an alley near
Seventh and Irving street north
west, and Mrs. M. Howley Of 1906
Thirteenth street northwest, who
was struck by an automobile at
Thirteenth and N streets northwest.
Her condition IL not serious.
The Washington times., 1925-02-26
CONCERTS

BY the U. 8. soIdiers' Heme Band
Orchestra, Stanley Hall, At IS
o'clock John s. NJ. thinner.
mann, bandmaster.
PROGRAM.
March, The Spirit Of France.
Overture. "Turandot" -. .Lachner
(a) I'm q Rose Bower"
Obj Flowers of Love. .Frlrnl
Grand Opera Selection,
chaTa 'cG.siisi spoo... . SsId
waits song, Memory Lans,"
Finale. Just Cause" wand rrloot
THE Star-spaneled Banner"
BY the u. 8. Army Band, in the
caucus room Of the House Office
building, At e:50 p. m. Captain
r. r. Sherman, commanding: W..
j. Stannard, band leader. =
March. THE Thunderer", Sousa
with French ClArions)
Overture. THE -Four Agee. OF
Duet for fiui;e; ana horn. "s in. No..
1Piayed BY BY Musicians Asxan- 4'''
ander Lutkiewitz, flute:
and Reiner 6andel, French
hOrn.)
Songs
THE Shapherdess''
Dermott MacmurPough
The Blind Ploughman"
n. ConIngsby Clarke
''Nocturne" ~. Pearl O. Curran
Heart o'Mine" Victor Herbert
(Sung by Congressman Clifton
A. WoodrHm Of Virginia,
baritone, with Christine
Nelson Chindblom twife)
of Congressman, Chindblom
of Illinois) at the piano,l
Potpouri, Memories OF the
/. World War" ..... .StannAR0
Saxophone Solo. "DAnse Hon
groise" Ring HaGer
musician NJ. L. Kin6.l
Grand selection, Echoes from
the Metropolitan Opera
House" .............. Tobani
Valse concertante' "Pu.sta
Finale march, "The Defile" Haney
The Star-Spangled Banner"
The Washington times., 1925-02-26
SENATE WOULD GRANT
SITE 70 SAN FRANCISCO

The Senate has passed the
johnson bill authorizing the Sec
rotary Of War to convey the Pal.
ace of Fine Arts grounds, now q
part OF the Preside Of San Fran.
cisco. to the city for use for edli.
cational, art, exposition and park
purposes.
Grant Of the land was made con-
ditionaI upon transfer by San
Francisco TO the War Department
Of the right to maintain and oper.
ate over public streets a spur
track railroad to Fort Mason mill.
tary reservation.
The bill was introduced In the
House yesterday by CongresbwonlaIl
Mae e. Nolan.
The Washington times., 1925-02-26
SCHOOL FOR SCANDAL" !
TICKETS IN DEMAND

Owing to the great demand for
tickets for the Community Center
departments presentation of the
famous Sheridan comedy. "A School
for Scandal" tonight in the Central
High School auditorium. 4 second
performances was arranged today.
The second performance, which
will be open to the public, will be
given Saturday night in the new
Eastern High School auditorium,
East Capitol and Seventeenth
The Washington times., 1925-02-26
BOY SCOUTS TO START
500, 900 BUDGET DRIVE

A drive to raise two-year budget
of $500 for the District of Colum.
bia Boy Scout Council will begin
March and continue until March
10, under the direction of Huston
Thompson as chairman.
Orville B. Brown will be vice
chairman of the advance gift COM
mittee, and Roy L. Neuhauser,
chairman Of the lists committee.
The division of chairman will in
clude George H. Myers, J. H. Hanna,
George A. Wales, H. c. Davis and
M. o. Chance. One hundred and
fifty representative business men
of the city will comprise the
workers.
A, meeting of the captains and
will be held at the Uni.
versity Club at IL o'clock Monday,
March g.
The Washington times., 1925-02-26
CONVENTION BUREAU =
PLANNED sY COMMITTEE

Al meeting Of Il COMMITTEES of 100
representative Neutrality-suspicious. at 4
o'clock today il the headquarters
OF the Chamber Of Commerce Of
the United states win discuss plans
for establishing q convention bu-
reau to attract conventions to the
Capital. The meeting was called by
Arthur Carr. secretary Of the Board
of Trade.
According to figures compiled by
Richard L. Conner. assistant secre-
tary OF the trade board, 105 conven
tions met in washington last year.
with d total attendance Of 100 900.
The Washington times., 1925-02-26
CHARITY To GET
ALLPR0CEEDS
Of BALL
Expenses Are Being Met BY
Private Gifts-Ballroom
Is Donated

Expenses Of the charity inaug lral
ball, at the Mayflower Hotel, March
Z, will not diminish, by one cent
the amount Of the proceeds which
viii be turned over to the local
charities, 1t was pointed out in a
statement made public today by
Mrs. John Allan Dougherty, gen
eral chairman.
Mrs. Dougherty and those assist
ing her in the work on the ball
made this statement in order to
emphasize the fact that the cross
receipts of the affair will go to
The Washington times., 1925-02-26
Didn't Know How Still
Got There, He
Tells Judge,

Discovering a queer looking
mass of pipes, coils and pans in
his. barn, James Harley, col
ored, today told Judge Schuldt
he didn't know what the con-
traption was, but that he bought
some corn meal, sugar, etc.,
and started the thing going.
Brought in by Policemen
Miles, Warder and Berry, of the
Eleventh precinct, on charge
of illegal manufacturing of
whiskey, Harley declared that
he had done his best, but the
product wasn't digestible. He
got five months.
The Washington times., 1925-02-26
DEPARTMENT PLAYERS
TO ENTERTAIN MARINES

A minstrel show will be staged
for the marines at Fort HUMPHREYS
Va. tonight by the Departmental
Players Of this city.
Among those taking part In the
performance will be John Baldwin
Al Scheer, Henry Wilson, Robert
Miller, Austin Shaw, Phil Hayden,
Catherine O'Brien, and Jean Nc
Cauley.
Dance number. vaudeville. and
fun-n1aking in the manner OF old
| time MINISTRIES win comprise the en-
Itertainment.
The Washington times., 1925-02-26
Knocked Out By Box

Colliding with a United States
Mail box while he was driving his
automobile on Dumbarton avenue
near Twenty-eighth street north.
west, last night, James Perry,
colored, was knocked unconscious
and. taken to the Georgetown Hos.
pital for treatment
The Washington times., 1925-02-26
EsteIIe Murray Dance

An evening of dance and song Is
planned by the University Club for
Saturday night, when the pupils Of
Miss Estelle Murray win appear In
new terpsichorean evolutions. The
event Ii one Of d series Of original
entertainment devised for the club
members.
The Washington times., 1925-02-26

ITayeO Dy prlNdle uOHdCloHS'
Ball Room Donated.
The Mayflower Hotel donated the
use of its entire first floor to. the
ball committee, thus doing away
with what might have been a large
item in the expense account. This
offer also includes the use Of Vim.
cent Lopez two orchestras. totaling
sixty pieces.
Postage and printing bills are
being paid from private sources.
Directing boards of the charities
which will benefit by the ball are
lending their personal assistance
in the preparations.
One-half of the entire receipts
from the sale of tickets and pro-
gram advertising will go to the
fund for the District firemen's
widows and orphans. The other
half will be divided among the
Children's Hospital, the Child Wei
fare Society and the Children's
Country Home.
To Improve Playground.
The country home will be en-
abled, by it's share from the ball
proceeds, to improve Its two-acre
playground. The Chndren's Hos.
pital portion will be devoted 10
payment for and improvement Of
the new wing. opened last week.
The Child Welfare Society's part
will be given to the study OF
ricketts,, the cause and cure of the
disease.
Mrs. Dougherty was chairman Of
the Child Welfare Ball which
opened the Harding administration,
and which divided $685. 900 among
the children's charities of Wash.
The Washington times., 1925-02-26
MRS. VAN WINKLE WILL
ADDRESS WoMEN'S PARTY

Mrs. Nina Van Wrinkle, director
of the women's Bureau and House
of Detention OF the police force,
will speak at the headquarters Of
the National Woman's party, No.
81 First street northeast, ct 4
o'clock Sunday afternoon.
The Washington times., 1925-02-26
CLOAK SHOP ROBBED
SECOND TINE IN 3 MONTHS

CHICAGO, Feb. 2e.--For the sec.
ond time within three months,
armed robbers today held up the
StratfOrd Cloak Shop on the south
side and carried off cloaks and
dresses valued at $4,000.
The Washington times., 1925-02-26
Steamer Is Relocated

LONDON, Feb. 26.-T1he Holland
American liner, Nieuw Amsterdam,
which went aground on the Horse
ana Dean sand shoal off Spithead,
has been refIoated, Lloyd's stated
today. and IL proceeding to South
aI11ptOn.
The Washington times., 1925-02-26
BAH Room Donated.

charity. Expenses are being de-
frayed by private donations.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1925-01-19
DR.. FRANK CRANES
DAILY EDITORIAL
BY DR.. FRANK CRANE.
Solitaire

IFE In many respects resembles game OF solitaire
Its depends quite much upon how the
cards dealt upon, the players skill IN setting
them down.
There use very much Of being skiul performer
if you do not have the cards
Life its best, is combination of luck and skill
What call luck consists in the events come to u.s.
These controlled by power not of ourselves It
makes little difference what call that power whether
it say is not under control but perhaps
under its.
ALI sorts Of devices have been suggested by which
control those forces which beyond him. such prayer
all of relations with the infinite including fortune
telling but law yet has been discovered which
tcal invariably.
It still remains that good part of is dependable
upon ourselves but the order Of events in the
world in which live. XII
Notwithstanding this fact the results of skill remain
dubitable In the long the player who believes in him
SELF and who inelgently and courageOusly viii win
IL there be such thing luck it tickle jade and
comes those who believe in themselves and has Of
disappointing those who do not.
Not only does luck eventually control and doigs
but it has way of coming to the who believes that
luck in his favor That say, his very attitude toward
it is such to bring it to him.
Napoleon believed in mis- and all other great who
have accomplished believed themselves
that fortune favored them. xR
It is easy believe thing another and those who
adopt the attitude that favorable to fortune usually find
that fortune adopts the attitude that favorable them
Those who believe, in way, that the forces
with them usually successful than those who
believe that these forces against them.
Perhaps all there is is that belief in fortune is apt
steady ones hand and increase skill and that there
fore the efforts puts forth thereby increased
tcopyrght Mcclure