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The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1927-02-25
IMPROVEMENTS
PAY DIVIDENDS.
REDUCING CURVES, GRADES,
AND OTHER BETTERMENTS
PROFITABLE ON RAILROADS
AND HIGHWAYS.

Spending millions for reducing
curves and grades, building new Sec
ond track, longer passing tracks, and
improvements in terminals, shops and
equipment, is good business and pays
dividends, to judge by figures cited
by Ralph Budd, president of the
Great Northern Railway, in the Feb
ruary "Semaphore".
According to Mr.. Budd, sea, 000,-
600 has been spent in the last six
years for additions and improve
ments in the roadway and equip
menr. The net operating income
has increased from 2.55 per cent
of the property investment in 1921
to 5.57 per cent in 1925, in spite of
the fact that property investment
has increased in the meantime. The
increase in net earnings is largely
due to improvements and additions,
Mr.. Budd says.
The mileage in the Minnesota
trunk highway system is nearly equal
to the mileage of railroad owned by
the Great Northern. During the
same period $51 ,000,0 900 was ex-
pended for improvements on the
trunk highways. Instead of the
earnings" going into the treasury
to be distributed as dividends to the
stockholders, they go directly into
the pockets of ear owners in the form
of reduced gasoline, tire and repair
bills, highway bulletin points out.
How large are these earnings,
The Iowa State College after ex-
tensive investigations found that
automobile operating cost was 9.3
cents per mile on best concrete or
brick, 10 cents on average pave
ments, 10.9 on best gravel, lib on
ordinary graEl, 1910 on best earth
and 1875 on ordinary earth roads.
Not all the Minnesota trunk high
ways have been transformed from
earth to concrete in five years, but
all have been improved more or less.
Many have been changed from earth
to good gravel, some from ordinary
gravel TO good gravel, some from
earth or ordinary gravel to concrete.
A saving of " cent per mile for the
average car is a conservative esti-
mate, and on that basis the trunk
highway Improvement saved the car
owners $24, O00,00o in operating
cosss in 1926, which is a Lot more
than 5.57 per cent on the invest
ment.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1927-02-25
SNOW CAVES IN
WILDERNESS ROOF j..

The Wilderness Outfitters suffered
a severe loss Tuesday night between
IL and IL o'clock when the roof on
their building collapsed into the
room and damaged and destroyed
20 new canoes, showcases and con-
siderable supplies. The collapse Of
the roof was caused by the heavy
snow which had accumulated, aug
mented by another fall that evening
which added about two inches Of
heavy slushy matter to the already
large amount on the roof. Peterson
& Pluth, the proprietors Of the Wild
erness Outfitters estimate their loss
at between $1,000 and $500. The
loss on the building is given at about
5000. The work Of rebuilding the
roof has begun by the Miller Store
Co, the owners, and Peterson d
Pluth have begun the salvaginz Of
what they can out Of the wreck.
The firm is one Of the going con-
Germs of the city and their business
was unique and one Of the first es-
tablished in the country as purely
camping outftters who supplied ev-
erything needed for trip into the
Playground of a Nation" as this
section of the country is recognized.
They inform US they viii be ready
to take care of their patrons Dy the
time the tourist season opens with
everything needed in their line.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1927-02-25
THE BANDIT"
MAKES A HIT.
LARGE AUDIENCE ENJOYS THE
MUSICAL COMEDY PUT ON BY
THE MEMORIAL HIGH SCHOOL
GEE CLUB.

Much credit and recognition is due
Sydney Nelson in his outstanding
production of the musical comedy,
''El Bandido" by the Ely High School
Glee Club.
The entire presentation from the
entrance OF the Waterman to the
triumphant close was replete with
music al beauty. The large and en-
thusiastic audience appreciated the
discriminating sense of values ap-
parent in the casting of parts and
selection of choruses..
Martha Matilda, as Donna Cyr-
lila, the belle ofAntiquera, with WIN
some dignity and ease of manner
won the heart of all. LintonKrause
in his dual role of artist and bandit
with exceptional dramatic ability,
wildly recalled the happy days OF
romance and intrigue. Juan, Don
Manueps servant, in the person OF
Joha Nankervis displayed youthful
ret: .ence and freshness which cap
tured everyone. Blanche Nichols
and Juan interpreted their little
romance with delightful effect.
Great Don Grandeoso, played by Uno
Jokinen, sparkled with wit and
humor. William Spreitzer, the land
lord. with remarkable cleyerness,
created many comedy situations.
John Heikkala, the captain, Kauho
Luthanen, the soldier, and Loren
Lyndholm played their short parts
creditably.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1927-02-25
CHISHOLM WILL BE
HOST TO ENGINEERS.

The thirteenth annual banquet of
the Engineers Club of Northern
Minnesota will take place tomorrow
night at Chisholm.
w. E. Bates, of Chisholm, is the
general in charge of the banquet and
with his able assistants, has arrang-
ed an affair that will rank with the
best meetings in the history of the
Engineers Club.
A large and varied assortment of
prizes has been donated by manufac-
turers. Professional entertainers
have been engaged and the entire
affair may be expected to move with
spirit and enthusiasm from the start.
Howard McAdams, president of the
club, will preside as toast master.
]. Adam Bede will deliver a talk on
water Levels in the Great Lakes"
The entire community building
has been arranged for the occasion.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1927-02-25
ANNUAL SAFETY MINING
CONFERENCE AT DULUTH.

The Annual Safety Conference of
the Mining Section of the National
Safety Council will be held in Duluth
ON June 81 and %. The executive
committee is arranging very fine
program and will have nationally
known speakers on mine safety to
address this conference. Heretofore
this safety conference has been held
during August but was changed to
June in order to enable mining COM
panies to send larger delegations.
The program as completed will be
given out later.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1927-02-25
DAYS SPOIL
HIGHWAY SLEIGHING.

Thawing weather mas brought sew
eral complaints to the State High
way department that snow removal
has spoiled sleighing on the main
highways. Similar complaints have
also been made against county snow
blowing in some localities.
The state snow fighters, bulletin
from the department explains, aim to
leave about four inches of snow, so
as to make the roads suitable for
both sleighs and automobiles. In
many cases the wind may have made
long stretches of road bare before
the plows ever get there. A couple
of days of warm weather will quickly
melt a four inch layer of snow, but
to leave more on the road would
blockade or hamper motoring.
The Highway department feels
that in the present age, when almost
every family has one Or more cars,
and when many farmers have both
a truck and family car, a reason
able effort should be made to keep
the roads open to MACH les An If
fort is made to take care of sleighs
also, but it is impossible to antic-
ipa!e all weather conditions.
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SPO R I 5
Arnold Anderson.

Allowing Aurora but one first and
three seconds, Ely easily won over
the Aurora team by "a to % score
in an interesting but one-sided meet
in the local tank last Saturday. Ely
had things their own way from the
stat, first pace being secured in
both of the initial events Esther
Porthan and Kathleen Walsh again
led the Ely swimmers with ten points
each to their credit, while Linda
Anderson topped the Aurora scoring
with six points. The result Of the
meet was as follows:
Plunge Coad, E. SIS #,
Ellen Woods, A., 81 #. and Sadie
Lima, A, So #.
Relay-Ely first. Esther Porthan,
Vienna Maxi, Ida Porthan and
Kathleen Walsh.
40-yard Breast Stroke-Lnda
Anderson, A. first; Josephine Som
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1927-02-25
RESIDENT LICENSE
FOR FISHER MEN.
BILLS PENDING IN THE LEGIS-
LATURE WHICH WILL PLACE
RESIDENT FISHING LICENSE
ON THE STATUTE BOOKS.

Passage of legislation requiring
licensing of resident fishermen, is
predicted by ]. F. Gould, state game
and fish commissioner, who was in
Duluth Wednesday and addressed
the Kiwanis Club and the Izaak Wal
ton League Chapter. Commissioner
Gould said his department is now do
ing a half-baked job because of in
sufficient funds, field and Office forces
This bill now in the legislature, is
one of a limited number of amend
ments designed to clarity and tighten
the present statutes. It was pre-
pared by the Minnesota Conservation
Council, composed of 81 organiza-
tions, which has decided to empha-
size in its legislative program, a
change in financing of the game de-
partment's operation, according to
Mr.. Gould.
"Heretofore." Commissioner Gould
explained, ''the department has been
financed by appropriations, but it is
asked that revenues from licenses,
fines and seizures be available for
the department. Passing of this
resident angling law for persons 16
or over, with permits at 81 each,
will afford the department from
100000 to 100000. Enactment
of such law will greatly enhance
propagation of wild life,"
Regarding the proposed drastic re-
auctions in bag limits, Commissioned
GoulG branded the move as redicul-
Gus, adding that such agitation did
not originate in his department but
in the committee on conservation.
However, he stated; some seasons
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1927-02-25
should be shortened and some bags
slightly reduced.

SnOulQ De SnOTteHcu aho SUNNI e@SS
slightly reduced.
In his opinion, members of the
house and senate will not have the
courage to pass law prohibiting
winter fishing, despite the fact that
fishermen are killing thousands Of
potential fish by fishing or spearing
through the ice since virtually al
their catch is composed of females
bearing eggs"
Il hope Minnesota will never
the stage that Vermont has" he con-
tinued. There a fisherman is al
lowed to take only one fish, per lake,
per fisherman per day. There is
needed a size limit on nearly all
species other than stream trout"
Digl essing from fish to game, Mr..
Gould declared: Something must
be cone to curb the traffic in illegal
hides. This work may be accom-
plished by more stringent laws gov
erning fur farms, some of which we
have found to be responsible for
disposing of illegal skins, through
their channels by representing them
as products from their farms. I'm
less something is done, there will be
very few furbearers in Minnesota in
10 years.
Another amendment is that of
an act aiming to rescind the present
statutes relating to beaver trapping
and substituting an act to vest the
right to trap beaver only in game
wardens who~would act when abolish
ment of the animals is needed to pro-
tect property"
The brook trout season will open
in the northern zone May 25, Mr..
Gould predicted, basing his state
ment on observations in the legisla-
turS
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1927-02-25
ELY WINS MEET
FROM CHISHOLM.
ELY'S SHOWING AGAINST CHS
holm MAY MEAN TROUBLE
FOR EVELETH-HERSETH'S
SWIMMERS DEFEATS CHS
HOLM BY SCORE OF 1920.

The Ely high school swimming
squad showed the world last Satur-
day afternoon here that although
they might be composed of compare
lively green material, they are still
in the race assuredly for range
swimming championships. This was
made evident last Saturday in the
local tank when the Ely lads romped
away with the long end of a 80 to 20
score against Chisholm. As a re-
suit of this showing the Ely tank
stock goes up considerably.
Chisholm came here with the idea
of cleaning up on the local outfit and
repeat the beating they gave our
boys in their pool on January 9Th
while our students were still enjoy
ing their Christmas vacation. The
result of the 80 to 20 score was an
upset of all "dope bucket" reports.
The Ely lads took all first places ex-
cept one, two seconds and three
thirds. The following are some of
the high lights of the meet:
In the 100 yard relay, the local
team composed of Paappanen, Pucel,
Hokkanen and Tantari opened the
activities by winning the race, CHS
holm team finishing fraction of a
second ahead, but was disqualified as
a result of one of their boys taking a
lead of at least two feet before his
teammate finished. In the diving
Nappa came through with his sixth
consecutive first place, which is a
record of note, Johnson, c. second
Pucel, E. third, with one-tenth of a
point behind Johnson. Tantari,
E. splashed to first place in the 40
free style with a powerful stroking
at the finish, with Ramage, C. Sec
ond; Paappanen, E. third. First in
the 100 back stroke was won by
Laitala, E., leading his opponents by
six feet at the finish, Lindgren and
Lapakko both of Chisholm tied for
second. In the 220 yard free, first
was won by Hokkanen, E. hard press
ed by Pucel, E; Burkvich, c. third.
Uno Saari, E. was forced to the
limit by Luthanen, E. to win the 100
yard breast stroke, both leading
their opponents by several yards
with Vidmar, C. third. In the 100
yard free style, Paappanen and Tan
tart seemed to be weary from two
previous races and were forced to
see themselves beaten in this event,
the last on the program and the only
first place won by Chisholm. Ramage,
C. first; Loushin, C. second; Pap
panen, E. third. Paappanen was
doped to win this race, putting up a
fast pace from the start, leading his
opponents comfortably throughout
the first four lengths of the race,
but weary after swimming the relay
and the 40 yard free, slowed down
considerably on the home stretch
and was forced to find himself in
third place in this big event. This
was the boys swimming teams
third consecutive victory and hopes
are high that the winning streak will
not be broken tomorrow Saturday
when they take on the Eveleth mer-
men in the local tank. At any rate
all indications seems to show it will
be good meet. Eveleth won from
Chisholm with a score of AZ TO II in
meet held a short time ago.
0artmen Of Gilbert acted as the
referee and starter at the meet held
last Saturday.-H.
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District Meeting at Virginia.

The District Tournament of the
basketball teams will be held at VIZ
gins on March ID, 4th and 9Th. The
drawings for places have been COM
plcted and are as follows:
On Thursday evening Mouta:n Iron
plays Aurora in the elimination con-
test; Gilbert plays Virginia; Ely will
play Biwabik; International Falls
plays Eveleth. Tower drew a bye.
On both Friday and Saturday ev-
enings the winners will perform.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1927-02-25
NOTICE!

AN EXAMINATION FOR POSI-
TIONS AS STATE FOREST SER
VICE PATROLMAN WILL BE
HELD AT THE TOWER RANGER
STATION ON March LIST, AT
800 A. NJ.
E. v. CALVERT,
District Ranger.
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.ock, E. second and Ann Merhar,

rock, E. second and Ann Merhar,
third.
40-yard Breast Stroke-Esther
Porthan, E. first; Martha Lindman,
A. second and Frances Linchnik, A.
third.
2O-yard Free Style-Kathleen
Walsh, E. first; Vienna Maxi, E. Sec
ond and Frances Lichnik, A. third.
Diving-Florence Thompson E..
frs; Fannie Dunculovic, A. second
and Linda Anderson, A. third.
100 yard Free Style-Ida Porthan,
E. first; Vienna Maxi, E. second and
Wilma Luoma, A. third.
100-yard Breast Stroke-Ann Mer-
har, E. first; Bertha Niemi, E. second
and Frances Karevcher, A. third.
100-yard Back Stroke-Esther
Porthan. E. first; Florence Thomp-
son, E. second and Tiny Oberg, A.
third.
40-yard Free Style-Kathleen
Walsh E. first; Ida Porthan second
Fannie Duncolovic, A. third.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1927-02-25

Monday evening, the Music and
Drama Club held their monthly meet
ing at the home Of Mrs. w. D.
Gallagher.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1927-02-25

Next weeks games: Monday
Zenith Mine VS.. Commercial Club.
Wedresday-School District VS.. D. &
/. r.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1927-02-25

Saturday nights basketball game
between the Two Harbors boys and
the Ely quint will be the final contest
on the local floor this season, and
although the local high school basket
ball record for this year is not very
outstanding, the team will try to
avenge themselves at the expense of
Two Harbors Saturday.
Two Harbors won over the locals
on their own floor by a IL to 10
score. In this game Ely allowed
Two Harbors but one point during
the second half, however, it was the
one point of victory they allowed.
Judging from the performance of
the Two Harbors, at Two Harbors,
Ely should win by a good margin.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1927-02-25
BAND CONCERT
NEXT SUNDAY.

Director Reinshagen has arranged
an elegant program for the Com
munity Band concert which will take
place at the Washington Auditorium
next Sunday at 2:30 P. M. Matt
Herranen will be the soloist in the
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1927-02-25

Jos. Rothman was a Duluth Wis
,itor last week.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1927-02-25
Dormer, Fred ]. Hodgson.
Ely-Mrs. Alice James, Margaret
Lambert, Frank Gradisher.
Tower-Anton Gornik, A. ], Hol-

Ter.
Aurora-Albert Kent.
Babbitt-Charles Hren.
Biwabikz-John Tale.
Chisholm-O. II. Higbee.
Embarrass-John Nelimark.
French River-Mrs. F. L. Dammon
Hibbing-Earle Hare.
Proctor-Mrs. p. M. Sullivan.
Virginia-Charles Harris.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1927-02-25
INDOOR BASEBALL.

door baseball standings:
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kDsrbeCo ConrR
ieu Ide-mp CONNER dLad ofPpe

of races found nowhere else in the
world. Americans, English. Germans.
Norwegians, Portuguese. FIR n C h,
South Sea Islanders. Chinese. Japan
ese. Filipinos, Porto Ricans and
Hawaiians live together peaceably.
The government consists of a gov.
ernor. appointed by the President of
the United States. and a Territorial
Legislature elected by the people of
the islands. At the time OF annexa-
ton all persons living in the islands
were made citizens. and natives as
we'll as white inhabitants have the
right OF franchise.
An extensive supervision is exer-
cised by the Secretary of the Interior.
All official communications and re-
ports from the governor and other
executive officials are transmitted to
him. He handles all questions Of ma
tional policy connected with the Terri.
tory and makes recommendations to
Congress about legislation dealing
with the Territory.
Because of the adoption of a be-
nevo!ent national policy toward the
Hawaiian Islands, the Territory has
experienced a remarkable growth DUR
ing the last IS years. Its commerce
has expanded. it's industries have in
creased many fold, it's finances and
business have been developed and its
In 1900. when the islands became a
part of the United States, the inhabi-
tants numbered 154 DOL. Today the
population is 323,444.
This expansion Of growth of Hawaii
Is due principally to the policy of uni
versal education, which has prevailed
for many years and has received en-
couragement from the United States.
There is a public school in every
hamlet.
Sugar raising, for many years the
principal industry of the islands, has
been supplanted by the pineapple indus
try. American enterprise discovered
the possibilities of growing pineapples,
and millions of cans of pineapple are
now shipped annually to the United
States.
Property values in the Territory
have increased at rapid rate during
the last 2b years. A modern banking
system has been established. The
trade of the Territory has undergone
tremendous growth, exports and i'm
ports during 1925 totaling 1888, 465, 600.
$50
OF the other territorial possessions
of the United States now under
the jurisdiction of the War and Navy
Departments, the Philippine Islands
are the largest in area. The 1888
islands have an estimated area of
114.4O0 square miles, or about that of
Nevada. Their population, of some
thing more than 10000 900 people, is
Of Malayan stock In the beginning
the Philippines were placed under
strictly military government. but in
1900 commission of Ave civilians was
appointed to assist the military gov.
ernor. The military regime ended In
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of Soldier or Civilian Rule in u S. Possessions Arises

the 520253 in the population from Ave
to twenty years of age only SO per
cent attended school in 1923. The
illiteracy among persons 10 years of
age and over is So per cent. While
conditions in the rural zones are i'm
proving, there remains much TO he
done to provide an adequate educa-
| tional system for the children of
school age.
The Virgin Island under the turis-
diction Of the Navy Department, we're
| added to our insular area in 1917 by
purchase from Denmark. Their prox-
unity to the Panama Canal makes
them valuable accession to the
United states The language of the
people is English, despite $50 Years
of Danish rule. The natural re-
sources of the more than so islands
are meager and only eight Of them
are inhabited
These isla nds have pa ssed thrnu@h
many vicissitudes in the go years
of their romantic history. Once a
prosperous agricultural colony Of
/ Denmark. haven for the buccaneers
of the Spanish Mann and an ihipor-
tant port Of call for vessels bound
| for South America and the West In
| dies. their economic progress was
halted by variety of causes. Since
| 1885 the population has decreased 40
per cent. and there We're only 26.051
inhabitants in 1917, when the last
census was taken.
! The abolition of slavery in 1S4S in
jured the sugar industry, which
could no longer compete with prOduc-
ton in adjacent islands, and the in.
! PRODUCTION of steamship communlCa-
| ton destroyed it's former monopoly as
a maritime center of the West Indies.
Then prohibition wrecked the market
for the rum for which st. Croix was
| long famous.
| The sugar plantations have suffer-
ed frequently from droughts. and the
! United States, by the introduction Of
| irrigated agriculture, might he able
to restore some measure of the for
mer prosperity. -
| Neither the Constitution nor the
| laws of the United States have heen
extended to the islands Of Guam and
Samoa. These islands are controlled
| by the Navy Department, through
military governors. American Samoa
has native population of about 5000.
They are high type of the Polyne.
sian race. The Island of Guam is an.
other tiny possession of the United
States in the Pacific. The $4,000 in
habitants are of Malay origin and not
yet eligible for United States citizen.
ship.
In general. with the possible excep-
ton of Alaska and Guam, the outly-
ing possessions of the United States
offer attractive possibilities for the
development OF their agricultural re-
sources through irrigation. In prac-
tically all of these countries the rain
fall is either so irregular or so meager
that artificial irrigation is essential il
the best possible results are TO he
obtained. The Department of the In
terror now has in the Bureau of Reel
lamation a trained force of experts
along engineering and economic lines.
capable Of expansion as the needs OF
the work develop, who would be espe
cially qualified to handle the details
of any proposed irrigation or coloni-
"a ton development