The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1927-08-19
FA|RMONT EDITOR
GIVES ELY BOOST
MAJOR NELSON IN THE FAIR
MONT SENTINEL TELLS OF
HIS VISIT TO ELY AND THE
ARROWHEAD COUNTRY.

"Gus Boosalis and Art Nelson, GER
titled delegates to the state Legion
convention which closed at Hlbblng
yesterday, arrived home shortly al
ter ten o'clock this morning, safe,
sound, sane and sober.
"Gus Jernberg, another delegate,
and his wife pulled out for Winnipeg
to spend a few days and will fish
awhile in the northern lakes before
returning. Adolph Helm, the fourth
Fairmont delegate, with his wlfe,
Mrs. Misbach and Mrs. Nelson,
went on to Duluth to spend a day
or two longer.
"Gus and the Major slipped across
from Hibbing to Ely Tuesday night,
cutting the election of officers
which occurred yesterday morning.
Neither was candidate for any
thing anyway. At Ely Gus had a
good friend. James Paulos, who
showed his guests more attention
and courtesies than he could pos
sibly have done had they been the
king and queen of Greece.
Through the kindness OF Mr..
Paulos they spent most of yester-
day in the heart of Minnesota's
scenic empire in the Arrowhead
country, visiting points of interest
too numerous to mention. One spot
visited was the state game lodge on
lake only a few miles from the
Canadian border, where an outpost
is maintained throughout the year.
Here the taxpayers own a couple
of Esquimax dog teams, fully
equipped for winter travel by sled
over the frozen lakes and brush. 1t
will interest Martin county share
holders to know that one OF their
female dogs has three fine pups
all males.
Gus Hup left Ely-12 miles from
the Canadian border-at O'Clock
yesterday. The register of the Fair
mont hotel at 9th and Hennepln,
Minneapolis will show that he and
his companion spent the night there.
A few minutes after ten this morn
ing they were in Fairmont-ei eighteen
hours after leaving the international
boundary.
after visioning in part the Won
derful beauty of the Arrowhead
country and sensing it's marvellous
charm for the tourist and nature
lover, the Legion delegates stand
committed to life for the policy OF
maintaining that region in per-
petuity as Americas summer play
ground. Few in this section of the
state realize what it means to this
and succeeding generations. The
Legion men are prepared to fight
to the last ditch for its conservation,
as emphasized in their convention
resolution on the subject-the most
important act of the gathering.
"Major Nelson, founder and lresi-
dent emeritus of the King Tut
club, says the name Arrowhead"
as applied to the region is doubly
appropriate. geographically it re-
sembles an arrowhead in it's outlines
and he satisfied himself that flint
arrowheads, made by vanished gen.
erations of aborigines, may be
found there, also other stone and
flint implements and pottery frag-
ments.
"The Legion convention itself, the
returned delegates say, was three
day vaudeville performance, running
twenty-four hours to the day. Most
of the actual business of the con-
vention was performed by small
committees, leaving some 10000
visitors free and fanciful to enjoy
themselves in the ''Little' Paris of
America"
"Hibbing of course showed the
world how to entertain a conven-
ton of this kind and the Legion
naires and Auxiliary members lit
orally owned the town while there.
"While everything was wide open
there was not the amount of
ribaldry, particularly by the Legion
members, that might be expected.
Everyone had good time accord
ing to his or her personal standards,
without official or other interior
ence."