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The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1926-02-19
BUSINESS MEN
ON FOREST HIKE.
ANNUAL FOREST TREK BEING
TAKEN BY ABOUT THIRTY
THIS YEAR.

Under the supervision of State
Game and Fish Commissioner j. F.
Gould, thirty or more prominent
professional and business men are
spending the week at a camp on
Brule Lake in Cook County from
where side trips are being made, to
Superior National Forest.
The party left Duluth Friday for
Grand Marais and from there walk
ed to the camp. Five Duluth men
Joined tha Twin City and other city
men at Duluth. The party arrived
at Grand Marais that evening by
bus. Several had preceded them
among which were M. w. Peterson,
w. A. Hanson, John Linklater and
James Huffman of this city, Herman
T. Olson of Tower, o. E. Martin of
st. Paul r. R. Wollan and A. H.
Schultz of Waconia, A. c. Klawson
of Wheaton, c. L. Gilman of Min
neapols and Joseph Brickner of
Grand Marais.
Leaving Duluth with Commission
er Gould were Fred Kahn, c.. H.
Dunning, Francis ]. Webb, Earl
iAotiiiSi Htiiu III. Il. IL. 1OCIiHS VI
Duluth; w. A. Nyman, B. L. Brown,
Otto Holstein, H. L. Dunn, j. A.
Zelle of st. Paul; w. o. Hobe, w.
A. Moers of Minneapolis; =. w. Lii
hey of Cawnpore, India; Alfred Hoel
of Gilbert; Thomas BatSon of Way
zata; A. N. Schaefer of Jordan; AL.
Evans. secretary of the minnesota
Came Protective Association; Thaa-
Gus Surbar, superintendent of fish
propagation John T. Stewart, con-
lulting engineer of the Game and
Fish department; A. C. Klanke,
superintendent of commercial fl h.
ing of st. Paul; George Herried of
Deer River, chairman of the game
and fish committee of the Minnesota
house of representatives. F. C.
Suessanguth of st. Paul, cameraman
for the Fox News, was also MEM
Der of the party and he will make
pictures of the event.
The party will leave Grand Marais
Sunday for the return trip, leaving
for their several homes on Monday.
This trek is becoming so popular
eacn year that reservations are be-
ing made far in advance in order not
to tax the accommodations. Il is ex-
pected that it will be a regular feat
i..e cacn year and enlarged yearly
as the affair is built up and accom-
modations provided for a larger
number.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1926-02-19
OUR DAIRY HERDS
INF ROWING FAST.
ELY FARMERS FURNISHING
y PRACTICALLY ALL The MILK
OF THE CITY.

During the past several years,
improvement has been noticed in
the milk. sold about the city. Many
of the farmers have gone strictly
into the dairy business and the
number of cattle within the city is
continually diminishing. All the
farmers distributing milk state that
new customers are being .aKen on
their milk routes as fast as they
are able to take care of them.
They make a practice of not taking
a customer unless they are certain
ito have sufficient milk supply to
hoia the customer throus hout the
year.
Three years ago, the Ely Com
mercial Club sent one of the farm
ers to the National Dairy Show.
When he came back, he entered the
dairy business with enthusiasm and
THE following shows the results.
When he began, he had one cow,
and started delivering eight quarts
a day. In two years time his herd
was built up to twenty-three milk
ers. Then he began - systematic
ally eliminate animals that did not
pay. He kept an account of what
they consumed in feed, kept a re-
cord of the milk produced ...,. each
month each cows milk was tested
at the city laboratory for the per-
centage IF butter fat.
Cows that would not pay their
board bill and give a profit besides,
were sold to the butcher. He pur-
chased a pure bred Holstein bull
from the Graham Holm Farms at
Rochester, Minnesota, also several
pure bred cows. AS a result of this
culling and breeding process he has
produced herd of ehgnteen cows
in which all but three animals are
pure bred or grade Hosteins, and
THESE eighteen cows produce more
milk than did the twenty-rfree cows
he had year back. He now sells
twenty dollars worth of milk day
and has plenty of milk to feed the
young stock. Last week the first
pure bred holstein bull calf was
born on this farm, and several of
the local farmers have offered to
buy it for a future herd sire.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1926-02-19
HAVE YOU SENT IN
YOUR GAME REPORT?

1t appears that there will be the
usual number of excuses mace by
hunters to the Game and Fish De-
artment for their failure or neglect
to make their report on the amount
of game killed in the 1926 season.
While the department mails have
been loaded with reports during the,
past week, it is evident that there
are a tremendous number of hunt
ers who will be left out in the cold
next fall when they apply for their
1926 license unless they make spe-
cial effort to make report immedi-
ately. All reports coming in, if
maiieu at once, will be accepted by
the department. Unless this is
done the :.unter will be under the
necessity of making some sort of an
excuse for his failure to do So
There are thousand and one vari-
cites of such excuses.
Mail your report Immediately and
thus place yourself in position to
apply for your 1926 license for
next September with a clear con-
science. The figures contained on
these reports are mighty important
and furnish statistical information
that is invaluable both to the Game
and Fish Department and the
Bureau of Biological Survey, Wash
ington, ID. C. to whom the figures
are eventually forwarded.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1926-02-19
PRIZE MASQUERADE A
SUCCESSFUL. EVENT

The prize masquerade at the
Washington Auditorium Tuesday
evening was successful event both
from social as well as financial
standpoint. The music furnished
bv the Ely String Orchestra pleased
the immense throng of dancers and
the maskers were novel and varied.
Prizes were given and four couples
received cash awards for their cos
tunes.
Mr.. and Mrs. Frank Church rep
resenting an Indian couple received
first honors. the awards being made
by vote Of those present. They re-
ceived 100 votes. Mrs. Celia Kuit.
tunen and Miss Ellen Hill as this
Gold Dust Twins received 90 votes
for second honors. Mrs Louis
Gouze and Miss Margaret Gouze a:
the Bridal Couple took shird on 8
vote of 6S. Miss Frances Tomsicf
and Frank Tomsich as the best
dressed couple received 81 votes fol
fourth place.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1926-02-19
ELY PIONEER
BURIED MONDAY.
MANY OLD FRIENDS PAY LAST
RESPECTS TO BARTH
COFFEY.

The remains of Barth Coffey who
died in a Duluth hospital following
an illness of over year, arrived in
the city Sunday and were taken to
the home of Mr.. and Mrs. James
Mccarthy from where the funeral
took place Monday morning. Mrs.
Coffey and son, Ray and Guy, and
daughter, Blanche, daughter-in-
law, Mrs. Glen Coffey, and two Sis
tens, Mrs. Kate Vail of st. Paul and
Mrs. E. j. Morcom of Soudan ac-
companied the remains from Duluth.
The funeral took place Monday
morning from the Catholic church,
Rev. Father Mihelcic officiating. The
funeral was largely attended and
the remains were escorted to the
cemetery by a cortege of cars cover
ing several blocks. Active pail
bearers were M. j. Murphy, |. G.
Cox. Henry Chinn, NJ Weinzierl,
Bern. Lambert and Joseph Gerzin.
Honorary pail bearers were chosen
from members of the Moose lodge
of which deceased was also mem
Der. The, floral offerings were beau
tiful and numerous, showing the
high esteem in which deceased was
held. The church was filled to the
doors with old friends and neigh
bors.
Many people from out of town at
tended the funeral among whom
were noticed Judge Carey, Peter
O'Connor, Mrs. p. R. Vail and son
Nick, of Virginia, and Mr.. and Mrs
C. Monker of Two Harbors. Other
range cities were represented and
several were here from Duluth.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1926-02-19
WILL ATTEND
N. {. A. MEETING.
SUPERINTENDENT AND MEM
BEERS OF. SCHOOL BOARD
LEAVE FOR WASH
INGTON, d. c.

Superintendent w. E. Englund of
School District No. IL, Principal
Glen Powers Of the Washington
Building and Kenneth Duncan and
Dir. j. E. Thompson, members of
the Board of Education, left yester-
day for Washington, d. C. where
they will attend the sessions of the
National Educational Association,
February 21 to 25. Mrs. Englund
and Mrs Duncan will accompany
their husbands on the trip to the
Nations capitol.
In connection with the Educa-
tional Association meeting a fine
program mas been arranged in which
many noted. men in the educational
field will take part. On Tuesday
evening President ) Coolidge will de-
liver an address which will be
broadcast from Station WCAP,
Washington, at 7:45 p. IN. eastern
standard time. Other addresses
and programs will also be broadcast
during the meeting.
The American Child Health AsSo-
citation of which Herbert Hoover is
president. will also meet at this
time. and the delegates from the
range district are asked to explain
the excellent method along this line
pursued in the range towns. Miss
Lucy Open of New York, executive
secretary of the Association visited
the range schools last year in the
hopes of being of assistance in
bringing child health to the fore
throughout the country. She found
the ranges far in advance of the
eastern districts and her report
brought the following letter to the
range supsrlntendents from General
Executive Crumbine The letter ex-
plains itself:
"The extraordinary opportunities
Offered oy the Range District of
Minnesota for the development of
child health program. and
the steps already taken by the
of schools to init
ate an organization for the perfec-
tion of their already outstanding
programs, have impressed us as of
extreme significance
with the object of furthering
this project, we should like an OPP
portunity of becoming better &C
quainted and of discussing more in
detail the practical steps which
should be taken to realize the ideals
we jointly hold. We are, therefore,
trying to arrange a dinner confer
ence in Washington, at which we
are endeavoring to secure the, pres
ence of the president of this organi-
cation, Mr.. Herbert Hoover. We
propose the following dates, name
ly: February 23rd and 25th, which
in view of the crowded program of
the meeting seem to be the only
possibilities.
"Will you be kind enough to let
us know whether it W possible
for you. to accept our invitation,
and on which of there dates you
can come? In view of the short
time at our disposal to make ar
rangements we shall greatly appre-
ciate as early response as possible.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1926-02-19
ELY YOUNG PEOPLE
MARRIED AT VIRGINIA.

Ralph Nyman, son of Mr.. and
Mrs. Gus Nyman, and Miss Marie
Burnley. daughter of Mr.. and Mrs.
William Burley were married in
Virginia Saturday. The young people
stole a march on their relatives and
friends and went to Virginia and
were united. afterwards advising
Ely folks by wire of the step taken.
Both of the newly-weds were born
and grew up in this city. The
groom is an employee of the Oliver
Mining company and the bride has
been pupil of the Ely High school.
After the ceremony they left for a
wedding trip to points in Wisconsin.
Many friends join n wishing them all
possible happiness.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1926-02-19
TURN OUT AND SEE HOW
TELEPHONES ARE HANDLED.

On Wednesday evening, February
oath, at 500 O'Clock employees OF
the Northwestern Bell Telephone
Company in conjunction with Off
Gals of the d. & |. r. Railway
Company will present an educa-
tional program and entertainment
at the Washington Auditorium. This
program is open to the general pub
lie, who is cordially invited to at
tend, and no charge for admission
is to be made.
The purpose of the program is TO
present to the public some of tine
problems and difficulties which the
Telephone Department of the ID. q
l. r. Railway Company and tele-
phone companies throughout the
country nave to contend with. An
especially prepared demonstration
board representing section of the
central Office is used and a trained
demonstration explains the handling
of local and long distance calls to-
gether with number of other feat
ures which will prove il terestlng
and educational to everyone.
Entertaining numbers will also be
given.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1926-02-19

He Saved---Why Shouldn't You?
In THE DAYS OF WASHINGTON, SAVING
MONEY WAS MUCH MORE DIFFICULT THAN
IN THE PRESENT YET WASHINGTON DID
SAVE UNDER CONDITIONS WHICH WOULD BE
CONSIDERED IMPOSSIBLE NOWADAYS. HE
SAVED BECAUSE HE BELIEVED 1T TO BE
GOOD THING TO DO WHY SHOULDN'T YOU?
The First State Bank.
Ely. Minnesota.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1926-02-19
BUSINESS GIRLS TO
ELECT OFFICERS TONIGHT

Owing to the fact that quite a
number of the Business Girls plan
ned to be out of town on Lincoln's
Birthday, the, regular meeting was
postponed until tonight, Friday,
February 10, when the annual cleo
ton of officers will take place.
Every member is urged to be pres
ent.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1926-02-19
D. & l. r. OFFICIALS
AND AGENTS MEET HERE

Auditor H. johnson and the
agents along the line of the Duluth
& Iron Range railroad met with
Agent Moonan Tuesday and talked
over matters pertaining to their
work. Many important matters were
brought up and discussed in line
with the policy of holding these
meetings at the several stations and
considering matters of Importance to
the agents.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1926-02-19

their licenses.
"We recommend and endorse the
plan presented by Commissioner
James f. Gould before the mid
summer meeting of the Minnesota
Game Protective League at Mound,
Minnesota, for volunteer resident
angling license in which all sports
men and sportsmen's organizations
may participate and assist the de-
partment in sponsoring to get this
necessary and desirable amendment
to the game and fish laws.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1926-02-19
IS ACTIVE MINES
ST. LOUIS COUNTY.
MINE INSPECTORS REPORT AN
INTERESTING DOCUMENT.


There were IT'S mines in the
county in 1925 of which 76 were
active, according to the report of
Ed. Smith, mining inspector, filed
with the county board. This COM
which rs were active. There was
shipped from these mines in 1925 a
total of 90. 077,6 gross tons iron
ore of which 19,830,350 tons, or
about 68 per cent, came from open
pits and 9,247,329 tons, or about 32
per cent, from underground mines.
This compares with a total of 49,
sos. 875 gross tons shipped in 1924
with 16,476,446 tons, or about ~
per cent, coming from open pits
and 6,332,429 tons, or about % per
cent, from underground mines.
Stripping declined from 17,404,-
434 Gu. yds. in 1924 to 11,085, 470
Gu yds. in 1925. Number of men
employed decreased from 1888 in
1924 to 1O,18O in 1925. Fatal ac-
cidents per l 900 men employed de-
creased from 1872 in 1924 to LIT
in 1925.
The above comparisons would in
dictate increased efficiency in mining
as much greater tonnage was OBJ
taised with over 1900 fewer men.
1t would also seem to indicate tn
stripping is well in advance of ex-
pected production as less stripping
was done hast year than the year
before The decrease in the acct
dent rate is gratifying.
A summary of the report of Mr..
Smith for the calendar year of 1925
| follows:
! Number of mines operated
| Number of mines not operated : 102
Total number of mines 178
| Number of visits and inspections 1856
Number of men employed
| underground ----4, 3O4
Number of men employed
in open pit operations ---2,610
Number of men employed
in stripping operations ---1 ,485
/ Number of men employed
on surface ITO
Total number of men en-
ployed- 10 $50
Number of tons ore ship
ped from underground 8,247 1923
Number of tons ore ship
ped from open pits ,830.350
Total ore shipment ---29, OPT ,679
i Number of cubic yards
i stripping removed Ill ,O85, ALTO
Number of fatal accidents
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1926-02-19
MILK TESTS

DR.. Thompson, city Inspector. has
made public the inspection of milk
for the last month which is given
below. In his report he says:
"Good milk should have at least
3.5 90 butter fat and at time of de-
livery less than 100000 bacteria per
cubic centimeter. The cleaner the
milking is done and the cleaner the
milk is handled after milking, the
less the bacteria
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1926-02-19

underground
Number of fatal accidents
on surface including
open pit mining and stripping 6
Total number of fatal ac-
Number of fatal accidents
per l 900 men employed d. 1T
Number of tons of ore
shipped per fatal acct
dent ---------------1, SIS ,426
Number of serious non
fatal accidents ------2 "a
Average wage-----L---S5.34
Evening star., 1926-08-15
Constant Government Vigilance
. Keeps River Open for Navigation
Full Ue of
BY GEORGE PORTER.

1 HREE branches of the Govern,
ment cooperate to keep the
Potomac open for navigation.
Il The Improvements and repairs
are made by the Englneer
Evening star., 1926-08-15

will be inferred on Sunday next at
Mount Olivet Cemetery, some friends
of the family having provided a lot
for that purpose.
This paragraph was one of hun
dred in that issue of The Star and
1t was read with mild interest or
passed without reading by many
WashingtonianS, as present Washing
tonians read or do not read items
in todays paper which a successor
to the Rambler may serve to them as
matters of historic moment. To show
you that Washingtonians were going
to work, to lunch, to home and to the
shows just as we do, | hand YOU the
following advertisements which were
only inches from the paragraph about
WirZ's remains:
Blind Tom visits Washington next
week and will give some four or five
of his rare musical entertainments at
Odd Fellows Hall. Tom always
draws here"
THE Davenport Brothers give their
second soance tonight at MetzerOtt
Hall These exhibitions are anoma-
lous (?) and every one should see for
himself and form his own opinions Of
them
Mile Idelie, the accomplished pre-
micre danseuse, the Italian danseus,
the Can-Can, the marble groupings,
and other attractions at the Canter-
bury tonight
For the account of the funeral of
Wirz we will turn to The Evening Star
Of Monday. March l. 1860:
Yesterday afternoon the remains
of Capt. WirZ. which were removed
from the Arsenal on Wednesday last.
INT ;,,
terry, Rev. Father f. X BOYLE of st.
Peters church officiating. Wirz. it will
be recollected. was convicted by a
military commission of numbering
prisoners placed under his charge at
AnderSOnVille and was executed on
the morning of Nov. 10. 1865. An
order was at that time given to
Father Boyle by Gen. Augur. com
manding the department. to take pos
session of the body of WirZ. but that
order was cOunterman an another
issued directing that it should he in
tered at the Arsenal. Father Boyle
who was the spiritual adviser of
WirZ, and Mr.. Louis Schade, his coun-
sci. each promised to see that the body
was given a Christian burial. After
the remains of Mrs. Surratt We're de
livered to her friends, few days ago
Mr.. Schade made an application, in be
half of WirZ's family, for his remains
and Mrs. John F.. Tucker of the Sixth
Ward undertook on behalf of the
family to arrange for his interment
The necessary order was given on
Wednesday last and the remains We're
delivered to Mr.. Augustus Burgdorf
undertaken, and by him placed in a
handsome mahogany coffin and car
ried to the vault at Mount Olivet
Cemetery, where they remained until
yesterday, and in the meantime Mr.
Schade, considering it a matter OF
duty, addressed the President the fol
lowing letter:
Washington, d. c.,
February 26. 1869.
To His EXcellency Andrew Johnson,
President of the United States.
Sir: When yOI fraNe the order I {
Evening star., 1926-08-15

in their position with a heavy chain,
attached to a concrete or iron sinker.
The smallest of them weighs 2,S00
pounds, and they burn continuously
by day and by night, for periods of
six months without recharging.
The Lighthouse Service is constant
ly receiving requests for more gas
buoyS and for buoys with more brilli-
ant lights.
Two of the gas buoys on the Poto-
mac are also provided with bell fog
signals. such buoys being known as
combination gas and bell buoys. The
bell is sounded by the action of the
waves One buoy Of this type is off
Hains Point. and marks the junction
of the Washington and Georgetown
channels It's flashing white light
can easily be seen at night from the
speedway.
All the buoys on the Potomac are
placed in position and cared for by
the lighthouse tender. Maple. which
is provided with specially designed
derricks and lifting gear for handling
them. The Maple has it's head
quarters ut Baltimore. but makes at
least two trips annually up the Poto-
mac in the course of its routine work
of maintaining the local aids to navi-
cation.
II is customary to relieve all buoys
at least once year, for overhauling.
repairing, cleaning and painting. This
makes it necessary to keep an ample
supply of spare or relief buoys always
on hand The reserve supply not
only provides for the systematic re-
lieving of buoys on station, but also
cares for emergencies which frequent
lv arise when buoys are carried away
or sunk, during the storms or follow,
ing collisions.
Evening star., 1926-08-15

Wooden spar buoys are by far the
most numerous of the various types
on the Potomac, as 80 of this kind are
maintained between Washington and
the bay. They are manufactured from
cedar, juniper or spruce logs, and
are provided with an iron strap and
band at the lower end for attaching
to the mooring, which is, as a rule.
a heavy iron or concrete block. Such
buOys are made in 4 sizes. varying in
length from 20 to so feet overall, and
weighing from $50 to 500 pounds
All buoys are required by law to be
painted, and in some cases numbered,
to conform to river traffic regula-
tions," which prescribe that in ap-
preaching the channel from seaWard
red buoys with even numbers be found
on the right or StarbOard side and
black huoys with odd numbers on the
left or port side. Buoys with red
and black horizontal stripes without
numbers indicate rocks, shoals or
other distractions. with channels on
both sides of them and may be passed
on either hand, while buuys cOlored