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The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1925-02-20
City Team Nosed Out 1925.


By losing at Aurora Saturday the
ocal city team not only lost an adj
mirable chance to win the undlsput-
ed title of the eastern half of the
N. E. Minnesota Loop but also sue
caeded in messing up the entire
standing of the league. AS provid-
ed by the rules the two leading
teams will meet to ecide the win
ner of this part of the circuit. As
it looks now Aurora will come out
on top with Ely, Tower and Vir-
ginia all tied for second place and
Mountain Iron being the only team
which cannot compete for the spells.
AT present Virginia and Aurora lead
but Ely is expected to take the lat
ter down to an equal footing when
they meet here on tht 28th, Satur-
day.
Although Ely outplayed Aurora in
both fioorwork and passing they fell
d wn woefully in the shooting and
were forced to submit to an expens-
i've defeat. Lindbeck who has been
the scoring luminary of the team
suffered relapse securing only
three baskets. The finish brought
the large crowd it's feet but two
timely long shots snuffed out all
fiickers of hope for an Ely victory.
Simonson with IL points led the Ely
scoring. Gillach showed very keen
eye for the basket making 16 count
erS.
Aurora started with an over
whelming rush and when the quarter
ended Ely was on the discouraging
side of 10-6 score. A brief squirt
before the close of the half drew
Ely up to Aurora's heels 17-15.
Aurora maintained this slim advant-
age of two points during the third
quarter also. Then employing a
fast passing game which baffled
Aurora Ely hurled shot after shot
at the basket but a scanty few
reached their mark. With Ely just
trailing 1924 Aurora hoisted two
long soaring shots which dropped
clearly through the basket to give
the leaders an assuring margin. The
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1925-02-20

Notwithstanding the fact that 49,
900 people in New York applauded
speakers who were eulogizing Lenin
and the Russian Soviet, late reports
from Russia indicate that the work
ers are still unhappy under the die
tatorship of the proletariat, while
under the oppression of the Ameri-
can capitalists they can have plenty
to eat and can keep warm through
the winter. If they are energetic,
they can have fiivver in which to
run around the country, assuming
of course, that they are willing to
work and put some brains into their
effort. Most of the $4,000 Russian
enthusiasts so far as heard from,
referred to suffer from such op-
preston than to remove to Russia
and suffer from hunger under the
proietariat's debating.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1925-02-20
Gov. chris,ianson Will Speak.

Governor Theodore Christensen
will be in Ely for the High School
commencement and make the adj
dress. Acceptance of the invitation
to make this address has been re-
ceived by the superintendent from
he Governor.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1925-02-20

1345 cases of malignant smallpox
in Minnesota last year with 298
deaths. Duluth had 81 cases with
Is deaths; st. Paul 1877 cases and
13 deaths; Minneapolis $50 cases
and 219 deaths; balance of the state
pa cases and 21 deaths. The Min
nesota Board of Health which
Issued these figures makes the
claim that of the fatal cases it was
shown that none had been success
fully vaccinated within z years, AT
he'd been vaccinated over years
aso; 243 had never been vaccinat-
ed and II were unable to give def
mite history of vaccination.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1925-02-20

cattle-raising and numbering in the
making of the West" Mr.. CIRCUITS
paper, a study of the lumberjack's
methods, characteristics, and life,
will soon be published by the Min
nesota Historical society.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1925-02-20

Newspaper advertising that has
brought in millions of new custom
ers. is held to be responsible for
keeping down gas costs by so great
ly increasing the output through so
many kinds of new uses. This is
the gist of a report made to the
Public Utilities Advertising Associa-
ton, meeting with the American
Gas Association at Atlantic City re-
Gently.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1925-02-20

City Team Swamps Mountain iron.
Making their usual strong show
ing on the local floor the city team
exhausted itself in running up a
az 10 score on Mountain Iron We'd
nesday. As yet Ely has not been
defeated on its own floor winning
all of its home contests by over
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1925-02-20

A University of Minnesota chem
ist has analysed beauty clay" and
has found t nothing but common
mud. He finds the formula and
cost Of the 81 jar as follows: Ground
mud 1c; pretty opalescent jar lie;
druggists profit 26c. Manufactur-
er's profit zoe; advertising 42c.
According to the above, the fair
damsels have been done "dirt'
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1925-02-20
PUBLISHED EVERY FRIDAY.

Anonymous letter writing is get
ting to be a disease in unprinclpled
bipeds in Ely just now and while
the disease has been somewhat pre-
valent for years, it has assumed
rather .vifulent form of late. We
were shown a letter this week writ
ten to one of the police officers in
which it said that 'you better look
out or dynamite will be used to
blow up your house" The party
or parties writing this contemplate
threatening note, evidently was lab
oring under the opinion that this
member of the police was altogether
too officious and that dynamite"
would be a threat to enforce more
leniency in something or other not
mentioned.
We have always contended that
the anonymous letter writer was
Just a little lower than the under
side of snake, in fact just two
degrees lower than the dirt upon
which the snake moves. While a
snake slides along skulkily in the
grass it nevertheless comes out into
himself behind postage stamp and
from this yelled position sinks its
poisonous fangs into its victim. OF
the two, give us the snake. 1t at
least rattles or Kisses before it
strikes.
This police officer is only one of
many who has received these scorch-
ing nissives, written by some one
with grievance and without "guts"
to come out in the open with their
eTiticizm. Anonymous letters have
been particularly numerous since
the first of the year. The new
city officers have received their
share of them. The Miner gets one
or two a week. We are expected
to print them and because we don't
are accused of lacking a backbone
This would be fine dope to send
father. Ely has a fair reputation
in the outside world and to thus
shatter this reputation at one fell
swoop would be fine business and
would probably please the skunks
writing the stuff. We will again
reiterate; if you have anything to
say to us, the city council, police
force, school board or anyone else,
60 to them like a man or woman
and talk things over, You may
find how easy it is to iron out
difficulties and get to the bottom
of fancied wrongs. Don't stoop to
the low-down practice of writing
letters and forgetting to sign Your
name to them
If you can't be a man, be a
snake, but rattle or hiss before you
strike. Be something with mans
to it. The following bit of reality
by an unknown author fits in here
Read it and reflect:
IL you can't be the pine on the to-
of the hill,
Be scrub in the valley, bur be
The best little scrub by the side OF
the rill;
Be bush if you can't be a tree
we can't all be captain, some hav:
to be crew
There's something for all of u;
here.
There's work to be done, and we've
all got to do
Our part in the way that's sin,
cere.
II you can't be highway, then
just be trail;
If you can't be the sun, be star,
For it isn't by size that you win
or YOU fall
Be the best of whatever you are.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1925-02-20

In Oklahoma, mother shot and
killed a young man for marrying
her daughter. This seems to be a
harsh way of showing displeasure.
However, it may be that the young
man is lucky at that with such a
mother-in-law.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1925-02-20

Points scored-EIy: SimonsOn II,
Lindbeck 6, Dinsmore 4, Somrock 2,
Kowalke l. Aurora: Gillach 16,
Montgomery 8, Zimmerman 2, Rye
g.
Substitut :ons-Aurora: Grebenc
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1925-02-20

Camp Van Vac is offering a reward
for the conviction of the parties
who removed the timber from some
lands near BURNSIDE Lake. 1t is to
be hoped that the guilty parties may
be discovered and dealt with befit-
ting this vandalistic crime. The
beautiful lake shores of the vicinity
have been denuded of their timber
by just such acts of robbery. As a
large portion of this land is owned
by outside parties it has been deem
ed public property and residents
have stolen the timber thereon for
wood. A dependable clew to this
robbery has been discovered and
better evidence is only necessary to
prosecute. There has been too
much of this sort of stuff pulled
around Ely and it must be stopped.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1925-02-20
whelming scores.

whelming scores.
This augurs we'll for the most inn |
portant contest of the year, that
with Virginia a week from Satur-
day when Eiy's title chances will be
decided. Virginia is expected to
beat Aurora at Virginia and this
will tend to bring the four leaders
into tie.
Mountain Iron showed little know
ledge of the game and less speed in
the encounter here. Ely had the
stage all set for them and after
making victory certain also relapsed
and the contest dwindled to a close.
The lack of spirited opposition
caused the game to become slow
and uninteresting except for some
humorous moments as when Ely
would miss three or four pot shots
in row. The members of the
team would then receive some good
natured sallies from the handful of
fans who attended. Lindbeck secured
total of 10 points while Simonson
garnered ID. Simonson would nave
undoubtedly made many more but
he gave way to Grahek before the
close of the game.
1t was evident that Ely would
sail unmolested to an apparent VIC
tory when Lindbeck scored from the
tip-off and Simonson followed with
a few more. The score-board read
21-7 at half time. The summary:
Ely (42) Mountain Iron Q8)
| Simonson Hanson
Lindbeck F (.idos
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1925-02-20

Aurora-Ely city team game the
Aurora boys, outweighing the hight
Mason team from Ely by 25 pounds
to boy, won from the plucky
Masons 22-12.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1925-02-20

In another column Mr.. Harris of
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1925-02-20

Masons Lose To Aurora.
In a preliminary contest to the
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1925-07-03

according to their theory, did not mix
sufficiently with the Greenland wa
ter. The result was that mackerel
abounded in local fishing grounds all
summer, something never known be-
fore. Bluefish and weakfsh were COM
mensurateiy scarce, and were only to
be found. In fact, we'll out at sea.
The Gulf Stream explanation of the
periodic disappearance of various va
rieties of fish apparently goes just so
far Anglers say complete mystery
surrounds some of the vagaries of
sea beef in its moods and vagaries.
Some years ago mackerel were
lost" so completely for several years
that the government established a
closed season to tempt them back.
Now they are available in abundance.
Bluefish have been lost" off and on
since 1914, so much so that their I'M
certain appearances disrupted -four
ishing industry and largely caused the
present dispersal of bluefish fleets.
Old fishing diaries treasured in Full
ton Market record that bluefish disap-
peared in 1921, for 40 years. When
they returned they suffered the fate
of rip Van Wrinkle after his two de-
cades of slumber. Long Island natives
no longer recognized them and went
for a long time in ignorance that they
were merely the staple seafood Of their
fathers, back home again.
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MenlOxa.AbbOtt

The wedding of Miss Imogene Alb
bott, daughter of Mrs. Ella Abbott
of this town, to Juan Mendoza of
Lima, Peru, was solemnized at the
Congress Square church in Port
land Wednesday at 1890. only the
immediate relatives being present.
The bride was charmingly gowned
in a beautiful white gown and wore
a veil. Mrs. Abbott, the brides
mother, was matron of honor, and a
member of the Peruvian embassy at
Washington, friend Of the groom,
acted as best man. After the cere-
mony the bridal party enjoyed a de-
lightful luncheon at the Lafayette
Hotel.
Mrs. Mendoza Is a graduate of the
Dexter High school, Smith College
and for several years has been tour
ing abroad, until two years ago she
and her mother located in Washing
ton where she became acquainted
with her husband, who is a member
of the Peruvian embassy at Wash
ington.
After short honeymoon they will
make their home in the CAPITOL.
Friends in this town wish the cou-
pie the best of happiness.
Among those attending the Men
doza-Abbott nuptials from this town
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nLittle Jack ~ 11
4 Rabbit - - : 81
uSs ss:,---zzssSezeg@ 49,

the homes Of mortal men," lear me.
Uncle Lucky is talking in poetry.
Maybe the Dream Fairy had whis-
pered to him the night before.
Pretty soon Professor Jim Crow
cawed from the top of his Tall Pine
Tree. "Wait just minute, or maybe
three"
cant stop for a winkerty wink"
answered Uncle Lucky. These little
folks want to see the fairy bunnies."
and on he sped in the fast Lucky
mobile.
BY and by, after a while, and many
smile, and more than q mile, they
came to the foot Of tall fountain.
Goodness me, it was a tall mountain.
ip-top, sky high, and almost straight
up and down.
1.-THE Luckymobile will never be
able to climb that old hill?" sighed
perplexed Uncle Lucky, and he looked
about for a road around the foot Of
that tremendous mountain. But, dear
me. There want any, for the road
they had been travelling seemed to
stop right there, all of a sudden.
Just then who should look down
from way up high but the Ragged
Rabbit Giant himself. "Ha, ha, no,
ho!" he laughed. "Come on up, the
weather is fine, the top of the noun
tain is bright with sunshine"
Impossible" shouted back Uncle
Lucky. But, dear mel! again. 1t was
so far up to the mountain top that
the dear old gentleman rabbits voice
was lost in a big cavern among the
rocks. So, of course, the Ragged Ra5-
bit Giant never heard a word, al
though his ears were I've times as
large as nice Uncle Luckys.
well, guess all we can do is to
turn back and take the Winding Trail
to the Whispering Glen" sighed the
old gentleman rabbit. when, all of a
sudden, just like that. quick as the
wind that blows off your hat. big
stone fell close beside Them, to which
was fastened a long rope. Then next
minute they heard the Ragged RAJ bit
Giant tell them to tie the rope to the
Luckymobile. And in he next story.
IL the rope doesn't break, you shall
hear what happened after that. But
don't worry, Little Readers. Giant
ropes don't break easily and your
Uncle Dave wouldn't have anything
happen to his dear little Dummies for
all the world plus couple OF comets
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cracked the safe in the early hours
Of Wednesday morning.
Mr.. and Mrs. Cleveland Mariner
and daughter, Freda, and mother.
Mrs. Flora Shepard, left Thursday
morning by automobile for Dorches-
ter, Mass, where they will visit with
relatives until the first of next week.
Mr.. and Mrs. Linden Little and
daughter, Bernice, of Greenfield,
Mass, arrived in Richmond, Tuesday
and will passthe months of July and
August with relatives in Richmond
and other parts of the state.
Mrs. Elmer Rogers, DR.. F. B. Pea
body and. w. w. Gardiner attended a
joint school meeting of Bowdoinham,
Bowdoin and Richmond held at Bow
doinham Saturday evening.
Mr.. and Mrs. William Meader, Miss
Erial Merrifield and Miss Bailey left
Sunday for a weeks outing at Ocean
Point. =
Mr.. and Mrs. George Hawkes. and
guests came up from Capitol Island
Tuesday, returning the following day.
DR.. f. B. Peabody was a business
visitor in Bath Wednesday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Lawrence Bond and
Mr. and Mrs. George ~clouston were
visitors in Bath Monday.
HALLS Brennan of West Dresden
left Wednesday for Kineo where he
has employment for the summer.
Miss May Whitney, who teaches in
Chelsea, Mass, has come to her old
home in Richmond to pass hesevaca-
ton with her father, William Whit
ney.
Miss Lyde Lint passed Tuesday
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Dexter

Mr.. and Mrs. Ed Peavey and
daughter Helen, of Garland. Mr..
and Mrs. Melvin Peavey and little
daughter of Boston, Mass, were
dinner guests Wednesday of Mr.. and
Mrs. Walter Dudley.
Mrs. Addie Marsh, Mrs. Elsie Ca
pen, Mrs. Esther Rowe, and Miss
Mabel Howard were in Pennington
Wednesday where they attended a
session of the summer school.
Mrs. Herbert Irwin and daughter,
Helen are passing two weeks in
Boston and vicinity, the guests of
relatives and friends.
The many friends Of Charles o.
Clukey will be pleased to learn that
he has bought from Mrs. N. E. Meigs
her portion Of the N. E. Meigs store
and has taken possession.
Miss Leta Shattuck has gone to
Pennington where she will attend
summer school at the Pennington
State Normal School.
Mr.. and Mrs. Adalph Pooler have
gone to Sherbrooke where they will
| be the guests of their daughter, Mrs.
Edward Provost.
George Bemis of Cambridge, IL
the guest OF MS parents, MT. ana
Mrs. William Bemis at their farm
home in this town.
Mr.. and Mrs. Harry Mittell will
pass the week end with relatives at
| Tacoma Lake.
Arthur Smith Of Greenville is
employed by the Dana Crockett
Company in this town.
| Miss jeanette PIERCE recently
graduated from Simmons College Is
in town the guest of her parents,
Hon. and Mrs. w. B. PIERCE.
Mrs. Lena Mebane of Red Bank
is IN town the guest of Mr.. and Mrs.
Sam Fellows on upper Main street.
Willard Otto has returned from a
several days business trip to Port
land.
Charles L. Jones of Corinna was a
business caller in town Wednesday.
Mr.. and Mrs. AL Irwin and daugh-
ter, Carrie, Miss Carrie Spencer and
George Trout Of Cambridge, Mass,
were guests of relatives in town this
week.
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DEFENSE DAY

It II good business to take an an
nual inventory. It Is no less 30 in
the matter Of our equipment for de-
Tense should occasion arise. It is not
committing this country to militar-
ism to make an effort to mobilize our
equipment on a day set apart for
that purpose. We really are vitality
concerned to make practical use OF
our National Guard, Of our organic
Cd and unorganized reserves, just as
We are Of our equipment for over
coming q ire should one break out,
az fires have a way Of doing and as
war, heretofore, has had a way Of
doing.
There are disadvantages at first
from assigning the Fourth Of July to
this undertaking. for several reasons
One II that the change came late;
another Is that many Of the men are
ON vacation and still another that SO
many look to Independence Day as a
holiday and wish to use 1t as such,
To call them to the requirements OF
Defense Day on that occasion some
undoubtedly will regard as hard
ship.
Much credit will doubtless be due
to the civilian volunteer. Even in
States where the officials exhibit
apathy he is endeavoring to do his
best. Last year three States refused
to carry out the requirements Of De-
tense Day. This year but one State
Wisconsin refuses to cooperate, al
though some lukewarmness is dig
cernible In few Of the States.
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md Wednesday with friends in Gar

and Wednesday with friends in Gar
diner.
Mrs. Alice Weber and Miss Bea.
trice Page have returned from Cap.
itol Island where they have been at
Mrs. Webber's cottage.
Raymond Colby has returned to
Massachusetts after two weeks va.
cation at the home of his father,
Benjamin Colby.
DR.. James Norton, former superin-
tendent of schools, and Mrs. Norton
have been recent visitors at Pleasant
View Farm.
Miss Gertrude Riley has gone to
Scarboro Beach for the summer
months.
Miss Nellie Thomas was the guest
of her brother, DR.. Walter Thomas,
at Augusta, Thursday.
Several persons were disappointed
this week on not being able to mate
the trip down river, as the steamer,
Virginia, was running rom Bath to
Boothbay only, in place of the II.
lander.
Mrs.. AL, Hinckley was in Hallowell
Wednesday to attend the funeral Of
her aunt, Mrs. Sarah Hanson.
Perley Rodick of Kennebunkport
was called to Richmond this week by
the illness and death Of his mother,
Mrs. Belle Rodick.
Mr.. and Mrs. Carl Curtis were Wis
itors in Augusta, Wednesday.
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e by David Cory

Now where shall we go?" asked
kind Uncle Lucky, as soon as Little
Jack Rabbit was seated beside him
on the front seat and the four little
Cottontails tucked safely away in the
rear of the car.
"Over the hills and far away,
Where the fairy Dummies love to
play"
shouted Susie Cottontail 'T've read
about fairy Dummies but I've never
seen one"
"All arighty." chuckled dear Uncle
Lucky. "We'll drive by the Ragged
Rabbit Giants castle and visit the
Whispering Glen where the fairy
Dummies live" and turning up Cab
bage Street, he entered the Shady
Forest.
"where are you going SO happy and
Why don't you stop for a minute to
play?"
shouted Chippy Chipmunk, running
along the top of the Old Stone Fence,
his pretty red-striped fur coat shin
ing in the sun.
Haven't time" answered Uncle
Lucky. I'VE have many mile to 60
for the Whispering Glen Is far from
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Editorial Comment
Go Do Likewise

Wv 44AD4ASJ
Like every state, New York has
been spending, not saving, and Gov
ernor Smith can only appear in a
ridiculous light as an impatient critic
of the extraordinary retrenchment
which has been effected all along the
line. in Washington. Has New York
under his leadership pared down ex-
penditures, vigorously reduced the
state debt, applied it's annual sur
pluses to debt extinction and mani
tested that robust and virile belief in
economy which has distinguished the
Harding and Coolidge administra-
tons? It has not. Everybody knows
that. The Governor only betrayed at
Poland Springs his irritation over a
performance that dwarfs his own.
His futile complaint was aptly an
ticipated in General Lords common
sense remark to the Governors con-
ference:
"Yet our critics say that no real
savings have been effected through
the budget system. And long as ex-
penditures are brought down and
held down, as long as taxes fall and
the national debt melts away, we
don't care what they say and the
people don't care what they say"
Why does not Governor Smith go
to work and produce a similar re-
joinder with which to confound New
Workers. unable to recognize his
claim to eminence as a budget cha:l-
pion and an economist?
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Friday, July 8, 1925.
"He tires betimes that spurs too fast
betimes:
With eager feeding food doth choke
the feeder"
THE LEAvEN Is WORKING

Thanks to Governor Brewster ana
his co-workers Maine as an objec-
tive comes to the vision of many
people all over the country. In each
State having a representative at the
Governors Conference, which our
Governor was instrumental In hav-
ing hold its annual meeting this year
here, the reports Of the proceedings
win naturally quicken interest in
Maine.
There was the departure Of Mac
MILAN amid the plaudits of his
Maine folks: there is the visit Of the
Shenandoah to Maine, an event likely
to catch the eye Of the newspaper
reader from all over. The soil OF
public attention is being ploughed
We should see to it that a high grade
Of publicity seed is forthwith sown
broadcast on this fertile soil. There
II assurance that this is being done
"The leaven Is working. They are
beginning to talk about Maine hard
woods out in the furniture belt re
marks The Ellsworth American
This week report comes Of exten.
siys capital turning to development
Of the veneer industry in Maine. We
believe the leaven il working In more
. ways than we readily perceive.