The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1925-07-31

and had made provisions for several
more who had been deferred by the
weather from attending. The table
had been most beautifully arranged
and decorated. and the ladies served
most appetizing banquet. Vice
President Geo T. Ayres of the Asso-
citation acted as POSTMASTER. After
the banquet a short and snappy
business. session, was held at which
the routine affairs of the association
were Strengthened out; the officers
instructed to see that the bills were
taken care Of and otter authorize
lions given. A committee of the
old timers was selected to investi-
gate the proposed monument to the
pioneers on Jaspar Peak at Tower.
This committee is composed of Chas.
Trezona as chairman, Herman T.
Olson, mayor of Tower and Supt. E.
j. Morcom of the3 Soudan mine.
A nominating committee composed
of Henry Chinn, Peter Schaefer,
Jas. Moonan, E. j. Morcom and A.
E. Fogelberg had been named to
select tentative list of officers and
their report recommended the fol-
lowing:
President-Mrs. Eliza Polking-
horne of Hibbing.
Vice Presidents-A. E. Fogelberg
and Herman T. Olson of Tower.
Secretary-At!hur o. Knutson of
Ely.
Assistant Secretary Frank Bur-
CESS of Tower.
Treasures Moonan of Ely.
Directors, g years)-E j. Nor
com. of Soudan and Richard Eddy
of Eveleth.
The reading of the report of the
committee was received with
round of applause almost disrupting
the meeting after the name of Mrs.
Polknghorne had been announced.
A motion made and carried with a
whoop was that the officers as
named by the committee be unanim-
ously eelcted. No nominations were
made from the floor although called
for by the chair. Mrs. Poikinghorne
was called to her feet ard with a
voice broken by emotion and tears
IN her eyes thanked the .asSemblage
for the honor. bestowed on her.
The happy tears of Mrs. Polking-
horne were not the only ones in The
audience, when she thanked God
for letting her, live to be thus hon
ored, as she stated in her brief ack-
nowledgment.
Following the election, Governor
Nolan was called to the floor and in
his short talk filled with humorous
salhes put the audience in excellent
humor. President Edward Lynch
of the association was introduced
and spoke few words. He stated
that this was his first attendance at
the old settlers meetings and that
he would make it a point to see
that it was not the last. Mrs. O.
Walsten sang two very fine solos in
which she was accompanied by Mrs.
II. N. Sutherland. Mrs. Kenneth
Duncan also gave two excellent
violin numbers, also being accom-
panied by Mrs. Sutherland. Dr.
Bradley, the main speaker of the
evening, was then called upon by
! Chairman Ayres who stated in his
preliminary remarks that the DIR.
needed no intoduction.
DR.. Bradley skirnished about a
bit in his Introductory remarks and
elected several bursts of laughter
at the expense of Governor Nolan
and some of his statements, the gov
ernor himself joining in the merri-
ment. After few minutes, in
which he called attention to his
nationality and told of some of the
Celtic traits and ambitions of his
people and himself in his younger
years and during which recital he
placed the audience entirely at
their ease, DR.. Bradley launched in
| to one of the best addresses ever
| listened to. He was constantly APP
plauded. Words and 81 ace are in
adequate to go into details of the
addresses delivered by the noted
speakers both in the afternoon and
evening, but suffice it to state that
from an oratorical standpoint the
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