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The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1927-09-16
FOOTBALL SEASON
OPENS SATURDAY

The high school football team will
begin its official schedule against
the Biwabik high eleven on the local
field tomorrow afternoon. The high
school boast one of its heaviest
teams in years, but they will meet
stiff competition, for BiwaIbik has
ten lettermen back from last year
when the two teams played to a
scoreless tie.
The alumni team met the high
school eleven Monday evening and
eked out a 12-to-9 victory. The
alumni scored first on a pass, Ro-
terus to Jokinen, from a fake place
kick formation. On a bad pass from
center and a blocked kick, the high
school scored a safety and a touch
down and when Merhar kicked goal
following the touchdown, the high
school forged into 90 lead. But
in the final quarter, a series of good
plunges by Leo Dahl and long pass
brought the ball to the one-foot line
from where Roterus went over on
center buck. Tom Murn and
Clarence LaLonde oficiated.
Ted Toms, who played in 1911,
IL and 10, was center on the old
grads team. Others were Mccarthy,
Jokinen, Anderson, Columbo, Turula
Pluth, M. Maxi, Roterus, Heikkala,
F. Alfalfa, L. Dahl and W. Peamaki.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1927-09-16
CATHOLIC WOMEN'S CLUB
ENJOYS PLEASANT EVENING

The Catholic Women's Club held
its regular monthly meeting Tues
day evening at the Community
Center at which time Mrs. James
Moonan was delegated to attend
the diocesan council convention at
Duluth on October 25 and 26 at
the Hotel Duluth. Mrs. A. L. Do
Ian was elected alternate. Mrs.
Mahady gave complete report of
the business conducted by the Do
cesar council of Catholic women at
a luncheon held last Friday at the
Greysolon tea rooms in Duluth
which she attended. The member
ship was delightfully."- entertain I'D
with a musical and dance program
following the business session. Mrs.
]. Strukel and Miss Mary Hutar
rendered two duets, "Sing Me to
Sleep" and Mother Machree," in
splendid voice, ably accompanied
at the piano by Mrs. Glenn Powers.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1927-09-16

California, Saskatchewan, and al
most all the other states and pro-
vinces. Cars from the central west
ern states were counted by the
hundreds. Ten or fifteen years ago
state fair visitors from other states
were a rarity.
Visitors at the fair saw a collec-
ton of the best products of Mime
sofas farms, forest, mines, factories
and homes. Those who saw these
products will go home and tell
others of the great vari-ty and
quality of foods and other essentials
of life produced in Minnesota.
Many of the out-of-state visitors
at the fair were tourists on the way
back from the Ten Thousand lakes
but hundreds of others had made
the trip specially to see the fair.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1927-09-16

locomotives in good repair. The
actual expense of running trains
consumed thirty-six cents out of
each dollar and five cents were paid
out for the other expenses Incl
dental to railway operation. The
tax bill took the next six cents, and
finally, two cents were spent in pay
ing rent for the use of equipment
and of jointly used tracks and sta
tions.
Til e e items total eighty-four
cents, leaving only sixteen cents out
of each dollar of revenues as a re-
turn on the railway property. this
figure amounting, in the aggregate,
to return of less than five per
cent on an annual basis.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1927-09-16
LEGION LINERS in
ANTWERP SATURDAY
BELGIUM CITIZENS HAVE A
WARM WELCOME PREPARED
FRENCH HAVE BIG RECEP.
TON ON PROGRAM.

About this time $50 Minnesota
Legion and Auxiliary members, to-
gether with another thousand from
the northwest wisconsin, the Da-
kotas and Oregon), are sighting
The Emerald Isle, having left Que
bic September 9 enroute to Ant
werp, Belgium, where royal well
come awaits them, according to
Father David ]. Moran of Farming
ton, who visited there month ago,
and VIII. e on deck to welcome
his buddies when they arrive Sat-
urday, September II.
Enroute to Paris the Gopher Le-
gion specials will stop at Brussels,
there to place wreath upon the
grave of Belgium's Unknown Sol
der and voice the affectionate
tribute of America for his memory.
Then on to the French capital
where housing facilities are all ar
ranged, and where many squads
of Mninesotans will march in the
big Monday, September 19 parade
four miles long, traversing some of
the most beautiful places in Paris,
and passing under the Arc de
Triomphe-a great honor accorded
to none except Frenchmen since
the armistice.
As they march, Minnesota dele
gates will drop flowers on the grave
of the French Unknown Soldier.
After the parade and during the
ensuing week up to Saturday, Sep
TENDER "a when the convention
ends, will be a busy time for the
visitors, who for many days have
looked forward to this Paris pill
grimage. They will see historic
spots, visit famous places, shop in
the big stores and little ones and
sing the oldtime songs as only a
gang of former war veterans know
how.
The battlefield tours will come
thereafter ard for many Mime
sotans longer tours are planned so
that on the return journey they win
not be all together but in little
punches. Many will time their re-
turn IN order to attend the ratifi-
cation convention in New York on
October 18 and 19 where Paris con-
vention actions will be formally
Endorsed on American soil as the
Legion constitution provides.
Many Minnesota Legionnaires,
Auxilars and their dependents who
did not go to France, will join the
voyageurs at New York, the rail-
roads having granted a low rate Of
one fare for round trip to and from
New York between October 13 and
26, upon presentation of a reduced
fair identification certificate obtain
able from Minnesota Legion state
headquarters, Old Capitol, st. Paul
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1927-09-16
CUT-OVER LANDS
BACK ON TAX LIST

Minnesota's reforestatiori laws
passed during the last legislative
session and the program now being
mapped out by the interim forestry
commission will bring back tax-de-
linquent and cut-over lands on the
tax lists and protect settlers in
sparsely occupied areas, they are as
sured by Fred D. Vibert, former
state senator and executive director
of the Minnesota Arrowhead asso-
citation. Mr.. Vibert conducted the
statewide campaign for the pas
sage of amendment No. 2 last year
and recently directed the tour of
the commission throughout Northern
Minnesota.
- Many settlers in the state have
been reported uneasy about delin-
quent taxes since the passage of
the reforestation laws, according to
scores of inquiries coming into the
executive Offices at St. Paul.
In his statement Mr.. ViJert points
out that there were 100000 acres
delinquent last year, with total back
taxes of $2S, OO0,O 900. This amount
is increasing about ten per cent
each year.
Mr.. Vibert quotes Prof. II. II.
Chapman of Yale, forest taxation
expert, who has just completed
years survey in Minnesota for the
government. as follows:
Instead of taking any taxes away
from the settlers, this law will GO
far towards putting lands which are
not paying taxes uack on the tax
lists. The law states that the tax
rate which must be paid on this
land cannot be lower than 80 mills
nor the value of land listed lower
than So per acre. The county COM
missioners must determine the value
of the land and thus the county and
the settlers will be thoroughly pro-
tected. No land can be listed under
the law unless all back taxes are
paid in full.
There has never been any inten-
ton on the part of those desiring
this law that lands should escape
taxation or that the burden of the
settlers should be increased. This
the settlers have not understood,
nor have they realized that unless
these tax delinquent, cut-.ver lands
are brought back onto the tax lists
the settlers will actually have to
pay most of the taxes. Thus what
they fear will not occur because of
this forest tax law, but is most GER
tain to occur unless this law is
taken advantage of. presume
that you know that already 13 per
cent of all the land in st. Louis
county is on the delinquent list and
is paying no taxes. If we can get
the owners of such lands to agree
to pay 80 mills under the forestry
program, it is not hard to see how
the towns would be much better off
than If they got no taxes whatever
from these lands, as is now the
case"
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1927-09-16
SOUNDS GOOD TO US!

productivity. But the news column
has been specific about these.
Touring across from Ely, by the
big mines to Tower, still mining as
of old, he ran out to the valley of
the Pike river and there saw miles
and miles of big farms with good
houses and outbuildings. 1t looked
to him like one of the best valleys
in Northern Ohio where he was
born.
''The Pike river is more than a
common stream. It is generally
placid with sloping shores; well
titled, and the love-: of history re-
calls that it once was part of the
great canoe route to the north con-
nected by portage with the En-
barrass and the st. Louis. One
hundred and two years ago a great
company of British scientists passed
through, surveying, seeking to show
that the Pike, then called the Yer
million river, was the boundary line
between the nations.
"Vermllion lake and BURNSIDE
lake are among the very beautiful
sheets of water with no end of
wooded islands and secluded Days.
But it is idle to try to attempt to
report this travellers enthusiasm.
"Ely, the metropolis of the Yer
million, has much to be proud Of,
and Tower, the historic center of
the northern end of the old Yer
million trail, grows in strength and
beauty as years pass; and both OF
them, sitting in the midst of their
mining and their farming, enjoying
a great tourist business, look for
ward to a great future. Duluth
salutes them and wishes them well.
It partakes of their prosperity"
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1927-09-16
FRANK LOzAR POST
ELECTS OFFICERS
THE POST HAS AN EXCELLENT
MEETING AND TAKES STEPS
TOWARDS SEVERAL IMPOR-
TANT ROJECT OF CITY
BENEFIT.

At the meeting of Frank Lozar
Post No. 24S, Tuesday evening at
the club rooms in the Community
Center, officers were elected as
follows:
Commander-Uno Ayala.
First vice commander-Arthur
Nyman.
Second vice commander-Byrd
Brownell.
Third vice commander-Elaine 6.
Almen.
Adjutant-Ray Hoefler.
Finance officer-Oscar 7. Frieds-
burg.
Post historian-W. P. Wolff.
ChapIain-Rev. H. R. Browne.
Sergeant at arnls-Frank Schwei-
ger.
Delegate-Oscar T. Friedsburg.
Alternate delegate-Sigurd OIL
son.
Executive committee-Edward T.
Buckley, Thos. J. Murn and Arthur
Knutson.
The installation of officers will
take place at the district meeting
of the Eighth district board which
is scheduled for Ely, September "a.
Several committees were named,
one of which has charge of arrange
ments for a male chorus of twenty
or twenty-five voices which will be
under the direction of Prof.
Schacht.
Another committee is looking
over some wooded sites along the
county highways near Ely, which it
is hoped will be purchased by the
county board for the identifying of
the highway and the conservation
of the timber tracts along our high
ways.
A third committee is drawing up
resolutions approving of and urg-
ing the paving of county highway
No. 7 between Tower and Virginia.
1t is felt that by paving this strip,
the state can be prevailed upon to
pave No. 35 between Tower and
Ely. These roads have been SUBJ
jected to heaviest traffic ever this
year and it was nearly impossible
to keep them in proper condition.
The roads are in fair shape, but
the great amount of traffic on this
road has kept the men in charge
working over time to keep them as
good as they now are.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1927-09-16
HONORS WON BY
COUNTY JUNIORS
MEMBERS OF 4IH CLUBS IN
AWARD LIST OF THE STATE
FAIR.

Many honors have been brought
back to st. Louis county by men,
berS of the All clubs who exhibited
or participated in. contests during
the state fair, just closed.
Ella Kooda of Bull won the
grand championship in individual
bread baking competition, Compel
ing in a class of 1,115 made up OF
classes A and B combined.
Joe Milos of Biwabik, county
champion bread baker, took second
honors in class B individual bread
and also second in the cake baking
demonstration.
The Ely forestry team, composed
of Uro Kerranen and Albert Pluth.
won first place in a forestry DEM
onstration with 81 points out of a
possible 100. This is the first time
such contest was staged.
The Bull poultry team, COM
posed of George Stafanich and John
Marturano, placed third in the con-
test with sixteen teams entered.
T ney SCOTeu ~ Willie the "lIlutT
was only 81.
For the first time in the history
of the county junior clubs first
place was won with a Holstein grade
calf entry. The winner was Vol
mer Miller of Duluth. Peter Raud
of Eveleth was fourteenth in the
list with twenty-three entered.
In Holstein purebreds Tom Moe
of Eveleth was twelfth in list of
forty entries.
The All clubs, forestry booth
demonstrating that From seed
lings the tall pines grow" attracted
much attention The fair authori-
ties of Watowan county asked for
and secured the display for their
own show.
The st. Louis county delegation
included eighteen persons, the larg-
est delegation from any county of
the state, not taking into account
Ramsey and Hennepin, which were
not listed in the rivalry for lead in
numbers. Pine county was second
with seventeen.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1927-09-16
HOW TO STOP PULLING
UP OF CORNER POSTS

Tests made at the Minnesota ex-
pertinent station show that the
average corner post for barb wire
fences is not as strong as it should
be. "Posts with the horizontal
brace and diagonal twisted wire
should have the wire run twice
around them before twisting in un-
der to have the strength of four
wires," says H. B. White of the
farm engineering division of the
University of Minnesota 'In the
tests at the university farm the
braces made of two wires either
broke or UNFINISHED. No. 9 galvan-
lied wire should be used. Where
the AKA brace is placed slanting,
the corner POST will pull up. This
can be prevented by using a cross
piece near the bottom of the post
and tamping the soil firmly around
the post or else placing the lower
end of the brace about Is inches
from the ground. With good sized
posts two wires for a twisted brace
will hold sufficiently if the AKA is
slanting."
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1927-09-16
(From The Duluth Herald.

(From The Duluth HERALD.
At this season the crowds of
tourists from distant places, who
have been passing the summer on
the Vermilion range, are still linger-
ing to enjoy the glory of that de-
lectable place. They are slow to
tear themselves away and take up
tasks.
'The home folks have been tax
ing stock of the farm development
and they find much to be pleased
with. Not all Duluthians are as
familiar as they should be with
rural conditions and that great
range, where merchantable iron ore
was first discovered and mined in
Minnesota.
A. Duluth friend of The Herald
who haze been touring the upper
range, was impelled to express his
enthusiasm for that part of the
country. He is delighted to note
hat the agriculturists are doing.
lie says that at the Ely Community
fair held last Saturday he saw a
81 owing of farm products and
school and home activities that
would have done credit to any place
anywhere.
"At this one-day fair there was
a big crowd, there were prizes for
the excellent, there were games and
Teasing, there was general
hilarity. He did not have time, he
said, to visit the Superior National
forest of which the Vermilion range
is noble entrance and vestibule,
but he toured in and OUT and around
Ely and saw hundreds of farm
homes, big and little, which were
models of comfort and scenes of
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1927-09-16
RAILWAYS EARN LESS
THAN FIVE PER CENT

Figures just issued by the Inter-
state Commerce commission covering
the first six months of this year
show that out of every dollar re-
ceived by railways for carrying
freight and passengers, only six
teen cents remain as a return on the
money invested in railway property
after operating expenses and taxes
are paid.
Out of every dollar which they
received. the railways spent four
teen cents for maintaining their
roadway and structures and twenty
one cents for keeping their cars and
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1927-09-16
WILL COMMANDER BYRD TAKE
OLD GLORY TO SOUTH POLE?

The Stars and Stripes of America
may be soon carried to the South
pole as it already has been to the
North pole if the present plans of
a gallant Virginian are successful.
For Commander Richard E. Byrd,
the first man to fly over the North
pole, is planning to duplicate his
feat in the Antarctic and the whole
world will watch the result.
In this issue of The Miner there
is an article by Elmo Scott Wat
son which gives a comprehensive
outline of the plans of the latest
Polar dash. Be sure to read "To
South Pole by Plane"
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1927-09-16

Kathleen Hillman and Annie Ca
marsh gave two amusing interpre-
tive dances in finished style with
Miss Florence Childers accompanist.
Refreshments were served at tables
artisticany decorated with garden
flowers. Mrs. James Mccarthy was
chairman of the refreshment COM
mittee assisted by Mrs. Matt Spreit-
ger, Mrs. L. Slabodnik and Mrs.
Walsh. Mrs. B. M. Lambert, Mrs.
E. LaBeau and Mrs. Jack Seraphine
were on the entertainment commit
tee. The numbers provided by this
committee were heartily enjoyed.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1927-09-16
ROD & GUN CLUB
PLANS DUCK FEED
SPORTMEN'S CLUB MEETS AND
DECIDES TO EAT DUCK SOON
AFTER THE OPENING OF THE
SEASON.

Plans were started for a big
duck feed to be staged at the Com
munity Center soon after the open
ing of the season, by the Ely Rod
and Gun Club. All members were
to report their bag to the secretary
Sunday or Monday and the mem
Ders were in hopes of having enough
after the frst week of hunting to
put over the big banquet.
The club also went on record
condemning the Backus water pro-
ject.
There was quite a discussion on
asking for the opening up of one
or two townships near Ely for
duck hunting which are now in the
game reserve. It was felt that the
ducks being in the migratory class
were being afforded protection for
only about month and then were
subject to being hunted all along
their flight to southern chimes. Even
there they are not protected and
the months protection up here goes
for naught. Action was taken to
have resolutions committee draw
up resolution asking that certain
of these towns be opened for duck
shooting only. The only few good
rice fields near Ely are in the game
refuge and but few local ducks fall
before the hunters near this city.
Twenty cans of black bass were
planted a week ago and today
twenty cans of rainbow trout are
being planted in the lakes and
streams near here.
There was a large attendance at
the meeting.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1927-09-16
BRING MANY
TOURISTS TO STATE FAIR

Good roads, by bringing long dis
lance tourists to the Minnesota state
fair, have become very effective
agency in advertising Minnesota.
At the state fair last week, there
were cars from New York, Texas,
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1927-09-16
Lodges Picnic a Success.

The picnic at Sandy Point Sun
day held under the auspices Of Ely
Lodge No. 355, 81. B. 2. was well
attended and enjoyed by all. Dane
ing, sports and refreshments were
INDUCED in. The music for the
dancing was by the Ely String or
chestra which was of the best.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1927-09-16

The Ladies' Aid of the Presby-
terrain church viii hold food sale
at the Vermillion Electric shop on
next Saturday afternoon beginning
at o'clock.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1927-09-16

Mr.. and Mrs. George s. Potter of
Vancouver, B. c., left Sunday for
their home after spending three
weeks with their daughters, Mrs.
James Laing. and family and Mrs.
Dale Cerveney, and children.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1927-09-16

At the Methodist Ladies' Aid last
week, all the old officers were re-
elected. Mrs. John Nankervis
elected treasurer to take the Iiace
of Mrs. R. R. Cowling; president,
Mrs. Chas. Trezona; vice president,
Mrs. Henry Smith; secretary, Mrs.
George Anderson.
Milford chronicle., 1927-10-07
MILFORD LIBRARY ADDS
SEVERAL new BOOKS TO LIST
During September 100 Books We're
Acquired By Gift Or Purchase

Are you familiar with your Ii
brary? Do you know that it contains
over $500 volumes of the very best
reading matter in circulation in
cluding poetry, history, biography,
fiction and children's books? During
September 271 books were borrowed,
100 books were, added to the library,
by gift and purchase.
The opening hours are Monday ev-
ening, Z to 8; Wednesday, to 5;
Friday noon; Saturday, 2 to and
z to 9.
Some Of the interesting new books
on the shelves are, History:
Revolt in the Desert, Lawrence.
We, Colonel Lindbergh.
Patty Cannon Administers Justice,
Messenger.
Travel-The Royal Road to Ro-
nance, Halliburt; Girls in the High
Sierras, Camp and Trail.
Biography-Abraham Lincoln, A
Man of God, Hill; Thomas A. Edison,
Wheeler; Howard Pyle, Chas. D. Alb
bott; Life of Mary Baker Eddy,
Ward.
Poetry-Selected poems of Carl
Sasburg; The Singing World, Inter
myer.
Psychology-The Mind in the Max
ing, by James Harvey Robinson.
Fiction--The Kays, Margaret Dill
and; Show Boat, Edna Ferber; La
bells, Gibbs; Marching On; Coast of
Folly, Dawson; Dear Old Templeton;
The Mother'c Recompense, Edith
Wharton.
Milford chronicle., 1927-10-07
FORESTER NAMED BY
STATE FORESTRY BODY
W. S. Taber, Employed By SeDa-
tor Du POnt, To Organize State
Department.

W. S. Taber, who for some time
has been doing forestry work for U.
S. Senator Coleman du Pont, one of
whose hobbies is the planting of
many thousands of trees has been
selected by the State Board of For
estry as State Forester.
Taber, it is understood, receives a
salary of $4,000 a year in his for
estry work. The board, however,
could never afford to pay this sum
as its appropriation is only $4,000.
The predicament in which the board
found itself reached Senator du
Pont.
Senator du Pont, it is said, solved
the question for the board by re-
tanning Mr.. Taber in his service and
offering to loan him for one-fifth of
his working time to the board for a
nominal salary of probably 81 a
year.
The board accepted the offer.
Now that it has a forester it can
proceed with the work it is planning
to do. At the next meeting Mr.. Ia
Der will submit a list of recon-
mendations and general plans for
conducting the work.
Mr.. Taber has had seven years.
experience as a forester, and is a
graduate of the Pennsylvania State
Forestry University. He has also
been employed by the State Forestry
Department of Pennsylvania and
has excellent recommendations as
to efficiency.
Milford chronicle., 1927-10-07
STUDENTS HOPE TO
ENLARGE GYMNASIUM
Delaware College Boys Need $4,000
For Necessary Work

On the initiative of the student
body officials of the University of
Delaware are making an effort to
raise $48,000 this week to enlarge
the University gymnasium and
swimming pool. The University
has entirely outgrown the old gym"
built about 25 yeas ago and the
small swimming pool. If the money
is raised the gymnasium will be
pactically doubled in size which al
low for much more seating room at
basket ball games and other con-
tests and will also provide stand
ard size gymnasium.
At a student body meeting 80 per
cent of the students pledged on an
average of $18 each towards the
funds. It is proposed to raise $1O,-
900 among the students, members
of the faculty and residents of New
ark and vicinity. Of the $4,000 re-
naming, $4,000 has been allotted
to the alumni to raise and one pro-
minent alumnus has agreed to give
$2,500 if the other $7'500 is secured
among the alumni.
This leaves $2S,OOO and of this
amount a friend of the University
[COntinued on page 81