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The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1927-10-21

accompanied by Mrs. Sutherland
occupied the attention for a half
hour during which brief time the
members learned several things
about singing.
In his talk Prof. Schacht told of
the organizati, IN here of a chorus
of BIB voices and that the chorus
would render a concert sometime in
January at which members of Vir-
ginia, Eveleth and other range
choruses, coupled with home re-
cruited orchestra of az pieces would
assist. This immense chorus will be
taken to Duluth for a concert later
in January and the musical ability
of the ranges thoroughly advertised.
He stated that himself and Mrs.
Schacht were broadcasting from Du-
luth every Saturday evening in
which they are being assisted by
other range talent, all in the in
terests Of the advancement of the
knowledge to the outside world Of
the ability to be found on the ranges
and in preparation for the final
concert which is to follow which
also will be broadcast. He also told
of the choral work being done by
Frank Lozar Post of the American
Legion in preparation for the min
strel performance the post will give
in the future.
The ladies of the Swedish church
served very appetizing dinner.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1927-10-21
:
People Nolu Getting
Amusement to OYd9l

In the past when people needed
recreation they were compelled b. Q
great extent to provide it for them
selves. II you needed music you had
to sing or play an instrument. II you
wanted pictorial record Of some per-
son or scene you had to draw and
paint If you lived in village or out
of-the-way town and wanted drama
you had to act yourself.
Today you need do none Of these
things You turn on the gramOphone
or the radio when you need music; you
click your camera when you want q
picture; you 60 to the village movies
when you want drama. Recreation II
provided ready made BY enormous
joint stock companies.
The play instinct, which found &C
tive expression in the past, is now
passive. In the days before machin-
cry men and women who wanted to
amuse themselves were compelled, In
their humble way, to be artists. Now
they sit still and permit professionals
to entertain them by the aid Of ma
chinery. It Is difficult to believe that
general artistic culture can flourish
in this atmosphere Of passivity.-A-
dous Huxley in Harper's Magazine.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1927-10-21

taken of the lake that no re-stock-
ing can protect against such van
dalism.
How many Minnesotans are back
from their vacations and mounting
telling evidence of the fact that
they were no true sportsmen? In
how many neigboring states are
those who were this states guests
preserving the same evidence Of why
our chief distinct asset as state
our lakes and streams with game
fish-are graually and steadily be-
ing depleted? Ten or twenty years
from now, when the fish and game
are gone, another generation will
look with different eyes than ours
upon these mute evidences of our
want of sense, restraint and sports
manship. 1t won't be even fishy
photography to them. 1t will be
undeniable evidence that we were
brazen and unashamed despoilers
of the states wealth and worth.
The city folk are not the only,
sometimes not even the chief sim
ners. Those who live the year
around in the game regions are act
i've in destroying, in season and out,
the chief asset of their locality, and
lnen wonder why the summer tour
list passes their region by. Some
times it is sheer ignorance that
leads them to destroy wantonly with
spear and seine the apparently use
less fish which as scavengers keep
the lakes and streams clean or serve
as food for the game fish.
The answer is not more game
laws. They should be the best pos
sible, of course. The enforcement
of what we have would help. Care
of our wild life is not a matter
with which to play politiecs. Bet
ter yet would be some thought and
study devoted to every phase OF
the problem. Best of all is the
campaign of education which would
reach first our own people to inform
and shame them into being good
sports and stir their pride IN Min
nesota's unique attraction. And
those who come to share it must be
made to realize that their coming
is worth while to them and to their
hosts only to the degree in which
they restrain the killers instinct to
the limits marked by good sports
manship.
Let's start an album that has only
pictures of our party the day we
caught enough to give the camp a
fish dinner. Then have a little
movie picture of yourself bawling
out the game hog who caught so
many he had to bury two-thirds of
them. These are the kinds of
photographs that will make a great
hit now, and even more twenty
years hence.-Minneapolis Journal.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1927-10-21
HIGH SCHOOL DEBATING
TEAM BEGINS WORK

The members of M .:-,, ~-I~-'
debate club have started work on
the question, Resolved, that the
United States should construct an
all-American canal rather than CO.
operate with Canada in the Great
Lakes-St. Lawrence project" This
is the question which all the men,
'bers Of the state debating league
will work on this year, and as it is
question which is being discussed
all over the country at present, it
ought to prove very interesting to
all those concerned.
The club is composed of four
seniors and four juniors this year,
who are: Florence Thompson, Mil
bred Roterus, Margaret Mitchell,
Lucilla Bridson, Wilbur Rothman,
Linton Krause, Janet Laing and
Betty Mills.
The state has a different method
of elimination this year, as each
school will be given a chance to de-
bate three times, the winner of the
district being determined by the
total score Of the three debates.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1927-10-21
Cheefah in India Has
Its Place in Family

In the East the native professional
animal takers sometimes catch leOp-
ards in nooses. The leopard, like the
tiger and the panther, has the felines
habit of sharpening its claws on tree
trunks. The natives aver that the
big cats will preferably use for this
purpose tree that bears claw marks
previously made. Accordingly. the
animal hunters select such tree and
round and about the trunk set their
strong gut snares.
A cheetah secured for hunting must
be caught when full grown and &C
complished In his knack Of pulling
down game. Otherwise, no matter to
what extent It were trained, 1t would
never acquire the quickness and per-
ception as In the wild state, when It
has to obtain for itself each and every
meal.
In India these cheetahs may be seen
tied to bedsteads and holding q place
Of their own among their keeper
families. The latter seem not In the
least to fear the beasts. The cheetahs
are carted to the scene Of action with
hoods on, and these are removed when
the animal Is shown the quarry.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1927-10-21
FISHY PHOTOGRAPHY.

Most of us have an uneasy feel
ing, when the younger generation
hauls out the family album and finds
in it humor and not history. And
even the history is punctuated with
too many giggles at the girl with
the balloon sleeves, who might have
been their mother, or the gent with
the derby on his forearm, who might
have been their father. Somehow
the really uncomfortable mirth is re-
served for those ''too killing for
anything" representations of the
persons who actually-"would you
believe it?"-are their father and
mother. There is no excuse, no
defense, no reprieve. Just bury
yourself a little deeper behind the
newspaper and wait for the day of
reckoning and revenge that comes
to all those who live to be grand
parents. You will someday have a
chance to show somebody something
and you will do a little chuckling
on an overdue account.
When that day comes there is
one kind of picture you are going
to pass over in haste and with a
blush. It is the picture or success
sion of pictures that shows you and
another man supporting a string of
fish, the days limit and then some.
And the camp in the background
shows that only party of two or
H. u
the Ssh thus uselessly and needlessly
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1927-10-21
Bottonless Well

One of the most curious and most
interesting natural wonders to be
found in Arizona IL Montezuma well.
This strange lake Is located about
the center Of the state In an isolated
community. The well itself Is some
200 yards across, and, as far as 1t has
been possible to determine, is bottom
less.
The water In the well Is absolutely
clear and pure. 1t maintains q Ger.
tain level all the time, which is un-
affected by the drynsss or wetness OF
the season. The walls that rise pre-
cautiously above these clear waters
and reflect themselves In them were
at one time the homes Of q popuIous
community. For this Is the very CEN
ter Of what was once the clifr dwell
ers' stronghold In Arizona, a primitive
people in the midst Of civilization.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1927-10-21
Nile Valley Ideal Land

Egypt's geography explains why the
country became center Of one Of the
two earliest civilizations. Here the
adjoining deserts protected primitive
man from the inroads Of wild beasts
or human enemies. The Nile floods
gave him fertility without the suffer
ing that rain would have caused his
unprotected body. He had no winter
worthy Of the name and thus in an
ideal environment he became rela-
lively prosperous and built a civiliza-
ton.
The monuments Of the early Egyp-
tians have been preserved by the ex-
traordinary climate. Where there are
rain and snow, infiltration of moisture
and freezing, stone is poor bulwark
against time. But Egypt is a country
where there Is no rain or snow, no
freezing. Here a stone carved and
placed outdoors Is placed there virtu-
ally forever, for there is no decom-
posing force.-Kansas City Times.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1927-10-21

Down in Two Harbors a resident
living near the railroad yards wrote
the railroad company and bitterly
complained against the noises made
by the switch engines in the fol-
lowing:
Gentlemen: Why is it that your
switch engines have to ding and
dong and fizz and spit and bang and
hiss and pant and CRATE and grind
and puff and bump and chug and
boot and toot md whistle and
wheeze and jar and jerk and howl
and snarl and puff and growl and
tnump and boom and clash and jolt
ana screech and snort and snarl and
slam and throb and roar and rattle
and yell and smoke and smell and
Shriek like hell al' night long?"
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1927-10-21
!" SECTION THIRTY

Mr.. and Mrs. Jack Salmi and
daughter, Elsie, motored to Duluth
and Two Harbors on Sunday.
'Supt. Alice Lawrence of Two Har-
bors visited school on Wednesday
and Thursday of last week.
Mrs. Margaret Yuma and sons,
Joe and Frank, motored to Crimson
Sunday.
Marguerite Lyman went to Du-
luth on Wednesday where she had
her tonsils removed.
A number of friends of Mr.. and
Mrs. Herman Sandstrom gave them
a housewarming in their new home
on Sunday afternoon.
An accident which occurred at
the Section Thirty school building
last week, became almost tragic
enough to call for Doc Liniment,
but luckily for Marg, our principal,
first aid was administered to her
several burns. Marg escaped house.
hold duties for one day only.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1927-10-21
NOONANISMS.
(From The Baudette Region)

(From The Baudette Region)
A motoring party riding near a
farm stopped their car, jumped out
and over the fence and picked bag
full of apples. AS they speeded past
the farmhouse they called out eve
helped ourselves to your apples.
Though we'd tell YOU"
"Oh, that all right" the farmer
called back. II helped myself to
your tools while you were in the
orchard"
To read the news from the Uni
versity of Minnesota these days,
one would think that the students
are there to learn football rather
than to grab some education.
Be careful of peddlers. Some of
them could teach a fox how to be
smart.
No matter where you go you find
men and women cutting down on
the size of their meals. They have
found that there is nothing cute
about acute indigestion.
The people sure do love a public
man who has the courage to stand
up and say what he thinks-pro-
vided he thinks their way.
MAN Winning His Fight Against
Insects" says headline. We hope
someone tells the mosquitoes next
summer.
Gladys Sturtevant of Rome, New
York, has never been absent or
tardy from school in ID years.
"There's a girl who will make some
man a good alarm clock" says the
St. Paul Herald.
If you see a bright car coming
down the road be careful. It might
not be that kind of a driver.
A woman in a western court told
the judge to go to the bad place.
She must have been under the i'm
preston that she was talking to her
husband.
Neigbors have one thing in COM
mon. They have a keen sense of
your duty.
A Baudette man is getting ready
to operate skunk farm this win
ter. He may make LOT Of money
but it is liable to ruin him socially.
.
Chicago Safe for Al Smith" says
writer. Chicago isn't safe for
anybody.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1927-10-21
HONOR AMONGST EDITORS.

Thirty-eight years ago w. w.
Smith of this city, says the st.
Cloud Journal-Press, then a resident
of far western state, signed note
for a friend, who later was visited
with misfortune in a bank failure,
in which he lost so heavily that he
was not able to pay the obligation
to Smith. Today, Mr.. Smith re-
ceived a check for the amount OF
the note, $500. 1t is needless to
say that this man is an editor. "Of
all the men who are in debt, bank
ers and others, the only one who
appears to have a conscience and
a memory is an editor. God bless
the scribes," is w. WIS fervent
prayer.-Stillwater Gazette.
The above brings joy to our soul.
We are personally acquainted with
several hundred Minnesota news
paper men and we dare hold our
hand to high heaven and take oath
before Chief Justice Samuel B. Will
son, that there isn't dead beat or
a crook in the entire bunch. There
are times, during heated political
campaigns, when we are forced to
mistrust the sincerity of partisan
editors of the stamp of Joe Rey-
nolds, Mabe Moreaux, Charley Dill
man, ct al (the cub reporter says
set ar means Carl Eastwood and
Bert May) but they always paid US
small loans and we would cheerfully
lend any of them dollar without
a sign of security.
So we declare upon our sacred
honor that every newspaperman we
know is a square shooter and that
he can be trusted as far as you can
throw a bull by the tail.-Fairmont
Sentinel.
1t makes but slight difference
whether Frank has the bull by the
tail or elsewhere, he throws it any
way. But what is said of Mime
sofa editors as mentioned above is
absolutely correct, and we hereon
and herewith subscribe to it all.
Here, take my hand, want to lead
you to Saltwater, and introduce
you to Warden Sullivan, the best
old scout on earth who ever had
charge of an army of hardboiled
crooks. He knows them, and knows
how to handle them, but he will
tell you that there is not an editor
in the Minnesota pen, and has not
been for years. In that institution
they publish newspaper, the Pri-
son Mirror, a righs nice little sheet,
but it is not edited by editors, for
there are none there, but each week
a lawyer, a preacher, or business
man takes up the pencil and does
the best he can. And, too, there
are no printers in the state pen, the
publishing of the Mirror is done
down town, probably by Bro. Easton
of the Daily Gazette. 1t is as
natural for an editor to walk in the
straight and narrow way as it is
for the other fellows to take the
broader road. For instance not long
ago bunch of EDITORS congregated
at certain place and one of them
"set up the drinks" but when he
came to settle the bill was a little
shy of change, so borrowed a dol
lar of Frank Day, and the next day
paid it back. An I. o. U. to an
editor means a lot.-LeSueur News
Herald.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1927-10-21
INSIDE" INFORMATION.

(U. S. Department of Agriculture)
To remove chewing gum from a
washable dress, soften the stain in
egg white and then wash.
Spices and seasonings do not
supply, the body with building ma
terial OR energy, but they are i'm
portant as appetizers.
"A wire dish drainer is a great
time saver. Hot water can be
poured over the china, and only the
silver end glasses need be dried.
Farmers Bulletin 1880, 'sFitting
Dresses and Blouses" is just what
you need when you begin your fall
sewing. 1t may be had for the ask
ing.
Children should be taught to eat
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1927-10-21

Two experimenters, DR.. p. W. Cobb
and r. z. Moss, have measured the
eyes speed limit Your eye moves on
skip-stop system az It sees or reads,
they say In Popular Science Monthly.
After thousands Of tests on eleven
subjects they found that to distin.
guish an object the average eye must
stand still for about one-seventh Of q
second. No amount Of added illumina.
ton will speed It up. Most homes
and factories are not brightly enough
lighted to have reached the limit that
these tests showed.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1927-10-21
CLEANS" TOO MUCH FOR
THE "WEIGHTY" BOYS

By score of z to 6, the cadaver-
Gus collection of indoor baseball
players slipped one over on their
more beefy adversaries Friday eve
ming before an enthusiastic and
large audience at the Memorial
Gymnasium. The game was evenly
played throughout and no one had
any the best of it until the last in
ming was played. Palmgard, Buckley
and Takkunen were the battery for
the Fats while Jack Hanson and
Matt Kapsch filled the points for
the Leans.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1927-10-21
Ideal Square Meal

A square meal whose corners won't
puncture the walls of your stomach
has been the dream Of dietitians for
years. What Is called "the perfect
square meal" was recently exhibited
In Tendon. This ideal meal, though
cold, L. said to contain the proper
balance Of vitamines. The perfect
menu, according to the British dieti-
tians responsible for the exhibit, IN
cludes cold chicken and egg sauce,
new potatoes, salad, corn-four mold,
fruit salad with cream, whole wheat
bread and butter and lemonade. The
vitamine proportion, the dietitians ex-
plain, can be regulated to suit the
needs Of fat and thin persons.-Path.
finder Magazine.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1927-10-21
Wigs Long II, Use

The custom Of wearing wigs is an an
cient one. Egyptian mummies have
been found wearing wigs nearly az
well made as those of our own times.
In early Greece both men and women
wore wigs. In Rome no fashionable
toilet was complete without one, wives
OF noblemen always choosing dark
hair; yellow wigs were Of very little
repute.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1927-10-21
ROTARY CLUB ENJOYS
EVENING OF MUSIC

Prof. Otto F. Schacht was the
honored guest of the Ely Rotary
Club on Wednesday evening and
favored the Rotarians with a trio
of excellent songs rendered in his
excellent manner for which Mrs. n.
N. Sutherland played the accom-
paniments at the piano. After the
solos, Prof. Schacht spoke to the
club on the subject of music and
told of his work in the city. En-
semble singing of old favorites un-
der the leadership Of the Prof. and
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1927-10-21

the crusts of bread and rolls for the
sake of their teeth. They should be
cautioned too, to chew their food
thoroughly.
Planned summer squash is fine.
Cut the squash in quarter slices,
flour them, and brown in butter in
heavy skillet until they are ten
der and deep gold in color.
Instead of cooking pumpkin and
then rubbing it through a colander,
try putting the fresh pumpkin
through a food chopper. Then it
cooks quickly and time and fuel are
saved.
To test samples of fabric for fast
ness to light, cover one-half with a
cardboard and expose the rest to
direct sunlight for ten days. To
test for fastness in laundering, wash
and dry half your sample under or
should be tested in these ways be-
fore purchasing, and dress goods if
possible.
Have you rest corner in your
kitchen? Near a window with
pleasant view put a small table
where you can write up accounts or
menus, sort housekeeping papers, or
prepare your grocery order. Have
a comfortable chair here and some
sort of rack or shelf for cook
books and such household magazines
as may be glanced at while some
thing is cooking. If space permits
the darning bag or any other pick
up sewing may be kept handy here,
too. The table should have a small
drawer, if possible, where the house
keeping purse may be accessible
but out of sight.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1927-10-21

We can and do sympathize with
Editor Roe Chase of the Anoka
Herald in the following: about the
most irritating thing to happen in
a newspaper Office is the arrival Of
a bulky request for free advertis-
ing with postage due upon it."
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1927-10-21
Wise Old Prouerb

spray devoutly, but hammer stout
ly," says an old proverb. There's more
than wit and wisdom in the old saw;
there's religion and good logic also.
When you lift your heart In prayer,
don't forget to lift your arm.-Youth's
Companion.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1927-10-21
Tea and Dinner.

Circle Two of the Presbyt ;rian
Ladies' Aid will hold Csc tea and
35c supper at the church parlors
on Thursday evening, October 27.
Tea from 8 100 to 500; supper from
5 100 to TOO.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1927-10-21

Children should be taught to eat
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1927-10-21
Charter N. 1892. Reserve District No
REPORT OF THE CONDITION
OF THE
FIRST NATIONAL BANK,

At Rly. in the State of Minnesota. at the close Of
business. october 10. 1927.
New Britain herald., 1927-02-08

One of the most valuable addi- tions to the teaching staff of the Senior High school staff was that of Mrs. Helen r. Smith, an expert li- brarian whose original intention it was to organize the library at the school but because of the coopera- tive spirit shown by Principal Louis she decided to stay and personally supervise the work of the depart ment.
 Although she has been in the service onN since April, 1924, she has the department functioning in a thoroughly efficient manner. It is open during school hours and for short periods following the close of school for the benefit of students who may desire books for reference. Mrs. Smith took up library work after the death of her husband, B. F. Smith, who was professor of his tory at Blair.
 She attended Eergennes High school in her native home in Yer mont. and was graduated from the University of Vermont with a Ph. B.. degree. She took professional train- ing at Harvard, Cornell and Colum- bia universities and studied at Columbia for one semester. She taught in Vermont for two years, New Haven Hillhouse High school for six years. and later in northern Jersey and East Orange.
New Britain herald., 1927-02-08
His Spring
See ~ E Mag & Sons Display At 7he
 Hotel Burnft

THE who this display of spring styles nses himself that the wardrobe accessories he may choose for the coming are of complete refinement and of the immediate mode. On dis play the Buntt Hotel the advanced creations in