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Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-07-11

ing full blast in all of them and
discover as fine looking prospects
for the majors as ever pulled on
spiked shoes. Now these diamonds
are grown up in johnson grass"
Pures have lost respect for their
status; that playing for love of the
game practically is a thing Of the
past. Merchants have found they
can't afford to pay the salaries de-
manded in addition to buying eX-
pensive equipment simply for the
advertising obtained, the scout said.
TIGHTROPE TRAGEDY
SOUTHALL, Eng. - Theodore
Gappa fell so feet from a tightrope
here and was instantly killed.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-07-11
Amateur, Semi-P 70
Baseball In Texas
Reported On Slump

DALLAS, July 11.-(P1-A veteran
baseball scout who has just return
ed from a tour of the state COM
plains that amateur and semi-pro
ball is in the same slump that has
hit the small bush leagues. At the
present rate there will be an alarm
ing scarcity of diamond material in
a few years, he declared.
ut used to be that I could make a
loop Of small towns within a ra-
diuS Of 100 miles, find baseball go.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-07-11

SINGLETON, Eng.-MiSs Edna
Ration, a fat school teacher, got
wedged into a pupils desk, and a
carpenter had to saw her out.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-07-11
LION MANGLES HUNTER

NAIROBI, Kenya Colony.-Jos-
eph Lucy, famous hunter, was
mangled by a wounded lion, but
probably will live.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1929-09-20
7. M. C. A. SECRETARY OPENS
HEADQUARTERS IN HIBBING.

A. w. Luchs, Iron Range Y. N G.
A. Secretary has announced, that be-
ginning Monday September 10th 1929,
the headquarters of the Iron Range
Y. M c. A work will be located in
Room % in the Congdon Building at
Hibbing There has long been need
for central headquarters for the boys
and mems club work which the Y.
M C. A. conducts upon the range.
Parents and organizations having
boy problems, and those needing help
ON the organization Of boys and mems
clubs, especially will find Mr.. Luchs
willing at all times to give Of his ser
vices and experience to them. The
location Of a central Office in Hibbing
viii allow MIR. Iuchs to more effective
ly serve the boys and men Of the
range, extending from Grand Rapids
to Ely.
The telephone number is 303. The
office viii be open every day. The
range wide Y. NJ G. A activities nee
cesSitate extensive travelling so it will
be necessary for Mr. Luchs TO be out
of town portion of the time. How
ever, messages viii be taken at the
Office all thru the day.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1929-09-20
IRON ORE ON
LAKE ERIE DOCKS

Receipts of Lake Superior iron ore
at Lake Erie docks during August
amounted to 7,517,962 gross tons, COM
pared with 6,S9o,Oo3 gross tons in
August 1928 says Skillings Mining Re
view. Total receipt at Lake Erie ports
for the season through Aug. 81 total
1886, 346 gross tons against p, 514, $50
gross tons in August Of last year. Re
ceiptS at other than Lake Erie ports
in August amounted to 3,283,71 gross
tons compared with 2,818,953 a year
before Total receipts of Lake Super
ior iron ore at lower lake ports during
August totaled l0801 STA gross tons,
compared with 92O8,956 tons in the
corresponding period of 1928. For the
season total receipts at lower lake ports
were 42,O85, 614 gross tons against 3D.
1885 tons to Sept. last year.
Shipments of Lake Superior iron
ore from Lake Erie docks to furnaces
during August totaled 5,213,295 gross
tons, compared with 4,185,756 gross
tons in August 1928. Seasons ship
ments through August amount to g.
395,864 gross tons this year and 49,
595,692 gross tons through August last
year.
There was a balance Of Lake Su-
perior iron ore on Lake Erie docks on
Sept. l of 5,11o,516 gross tons. This is
smaller, in spite of heavy receipts this
year, than it was year ago whep the
balance amounted to 5,718,482 gross
tons.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1929-09-20
{. ". BACKUS DAMS
SCORED BY LEGION

Answering critics Of the American
Legion's stand in opposing the Mime
sofa Canadian border dam projects,
Frederick S. Winton, Minneapolis, Lee
gion conservation chairman, Saturday,
issued a statement defending the Le-
gionnaires' stand.
Mr.. Winston's statement comes as
an answer to a Minnesota-C Canadian
border dam article appearing in the
American Business Review. 1t follows:
AT its Winona convention as part
of its conservation program, the Mime
sofa American Legion reiterated its
opposition to the damming Of our Dor
der lakes. At successive conventions
the Minnesota Legion has gone on rec
ord as unalterably opposed to the
border dams.
I'VE are glad that the American
Business Review has come out in sup
port of the border dams; that this
financial publication has seen fit to
notify Mr.. Backus of its unfailing sup
port in his fight against so-called con-
servationists, who are, according to
these New York editors, disciples of
species of state socialism or commun-
ism"
1.-The American Business Review does
not name the American Legion in its
attack Nor does it name the Izaak
Walton league nor the Minnesota State
Farm bureau nor the Minnesota Fed
Grafton of Women's Clubs, all of which
organizations are on record as opposed
to the border dams Nevertheless the
inference is general and the scurrilous
barb is aimed at all who dare oppose
the plans of E. w. Backus of Mime
apolis whom the Review describes as
prominent in public utility circles and
identified with some Of the foremost
factors in the industrial world"
I'VE are glad for the slurs of the
American Business Review. We are
glad to be notified that the fight is
still on. But when the magazine pub
lished in New York attempts to tell us
that the Backus program will not
desecrate the region, but, on the other
hand will improve the territory and
make it not only adaptable for utility
purposes but will enhance the scenic
beauty and make it far more beautiful
that 1t is at present. our answer to
that is We are from Minnesota. Show
usl"
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1929-09-20
GREATEST INDIAN DIED
WHEN CHIEF TECUMSEH FELL.

october 5 is the anniversary of the
death of an Indian chief who occupied
a remarkable place in American his
tory. Not only did his death mark
the end Of "the greatest Indian the
American continent ever knew" but it
also profoundly affected the political
careers of two white men, one a Ken
tuckian and the other citizen of In
diana. One became President of the
United States largely because of his
reputation as an Indian fighter and
the conqueror of this chief and the
other, when he was candidate for
Vice President was hailed as the ac-
tual slayer of this chief.
This is a little known incident in
American history which is revealed in
an Illustrated feature article when
Great Tecumseh Fell by Elmo Scott
Watson in this issue of the Miner. Be
sure to read it.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1929-09-20
MAKE YOUR APPLICATIONS
FOR FOOTBALL SEATS EARLY

Residents of Minnesota who want
to attend the big football games at
the University of Minnesota this fall
will do well to send in their orders at
once. This statement was sent to the
press of the state this week by DR.. L.
J. Cooke, ticket manager, who ex-
planned that it was not an attempt
to obtain publicity, but a serious
warning to persons who may other
wise be disappointed Both the season
ticket sale and the sale of individual
seats for the big games is larger than
before. Those who expect to obtain
seats inside the ten yard line for such
games as Indiana, Wisconsin and
Michigan must act at once, he said
According to Leslie Schroeder, as
sistant ticket manager, the entire al
lotment of 6,400 season books origin
ally ordered has been sold and an
entire new section, No. 8, with 1864
seats has been added 10 the season
ticket block. More than 5000 seats
will be taken on season books, which
are going at the rate of 100 a day.
Thirty thousand seats have already
been sold for the Michigan game not
including seats assigned to Michigan,
while for the Wisconsin game more
than $4,000 have been sold. Nothing
between the Is yard lines is now
available for the Michigan game ex-
cept season books In section three,
which is on about the Is yard line.
The stadium has fixed seating
capacity Of 50,24S seats, to which
about 1000 emergency seats on tenn
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1929-09-20
RANGE SCOUTS
PLAN PROGRAM

After a summer of unprecedented
activity boy and adult members of
the new Iron Range council, Boy
Scouts of America. are engaged in re-
organizing troops and forming fall
and winter program, according to the
executive board.
Details of the amalgamation of the
Arrowhead and Eveleth councils into
the Iron Range council were passed
upon and at recent meeting, COM
mittee appointments, submitted by
Philip Sckweickhard. president, were
confirmed
Reports submitted by Guy Cravens,
council executive, on council camps
during the past summer revealed that
total of Us boys participated in the
camp program, an increase of Is per-
cent over the past year. Camps were
conducted under supervised leadership
at the five campsites of the council.
Assignment of Is Scouts to serve as
messengers, guides and ushers during
the annual convention of the North
western Minnesota Educational asso-
citation at Virginia Oct II. ID and 10,
was approved by Philip NJ Stone,
chairman of the council civic service
committee.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1929-09-20
DIR. zON FAVORS
NEW FOREST LAW

The auxiliary forest law passed by
the last session or the legislature is the
product of economic pressure and is
tons, of relieving the delinquent tax
lands burden and bringing the land
once more to productivity, said Dr.
Raphael Zon, head of the United
States forest service in the lake states
to the Chamber of Commerce aux
iliary forest committee in a written
statement.
Lack of resources and incentive on
the part of counties and state to en-
bark on extensive programs of re-
forestation which would reclaim mar
ginal lands, he said, has left only the
course provided in the auxiliary forest
law.
The present economic trend in
agriculture all over the country is to-
ward concentration on the better
lands and the abandonment of mar
ginal lands. The only apparent use
to which this cut-over land can be
devoted is timber-growing and recrea-
ton.
"As view the situation, some local
communities are face to face with
this dilemma: Either they must lose
the entire taxes from a large portion
Of the cut-over land, or be content
temporarily with small annual tax
until the land is again restored to
productivity. I consider the recent
forest tax laws enacted in Michigan,
Minnesota and Wisconsin as a direct
benefit to the people and especially to
communities concerned, even if they
may seem to result in temporary
reduction of revenue
Il express my opinion in regard to
the principle involved I am in thor
ough sympathy with the settlers and
residents in the cut-over regions At
this time when the costs of local gov
eminent are increasing, the demand
for more and better highways and
schools is growing, the communities
find the source of taxation, which was
largely in timber, slipping away
cannot see, however, under our present
economic conditions and the present
organization of our local township and
county governments, any other way
out of it."
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1929-09-20
DUCK SEASON
OPENED MONDAY

Many local nimrods sought the rice
fields on the opening of the duck
shooting season Monday morning.
Many went out ON Sunday evening In
order to be on hand bright and early
when the season opened at 5:22 am.
Monday morning.
In the past the federal government
has left the enforcement of hunting
laws to the state authorities, but Otto
A. Poirier, Virginia q. s. commissioner
was notified that federal man was
in this district this season to enforce
the national migratory bird statutes.
Mr.. Poirier was requested to cooperate
with other federal agencies in enforc-
ing these laws, and the penalty for
violation under the national laws is
much more severe than under state
laws.
The state laws necessarily conform
with the national laws, but in case of
conflict the national laws always hold
The principal points to be watched, are
hours Of hunting and number bagged.
The law limits hunting to half an
hour before sunrise until sunset and
the number allowed is IL ducks in one
day, maximum Of SO in possession
at one time and 100 for the season.
The state declares that sunrise on
Monday, the opening day of the sea-
son was 5:52 a. m. so hunting started
at 5.22 a. m. Sunset is 6:22 and all
hunting must stop at that hour.
State wardens will also be interested
in determining that hunters are sup
piled with state licenses. Any persons
over 10 years Of age must have a
license.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1929-09-20
BETTER DEMAND
SAYS HOTAL|NG

Increased interest in Minnesota
falms is being shown this year and
there is every indication that there
VIII be an improvement during the
coming months in land sales according
to H. c. Hotaling, secretary of the Ten
Thousand Lakes-Greater Minnesota
Association.
Mr.. Hotaling has drawn his conclu-
sions from interviews with persons In
touch with the farm situation in
Minnesota, from the number Of in
quiries being received by the Associa-
ton concerning farms and from arti-
cles that have appeared in Minnesota
newspapers in recent weeks.
OF special interest is the statement
of the president Of one of Americas
leading insurance companies with inn
mense holdings Of farm mortgages,
who says that all the states in which
his company does business, farm loan
conditions are best in Minnesota This
official says that his company is re-
ceiving prompt returns on its Mime
are few and that there is a demand
for land which the company may fore
close on here. Substantiating this view
point is another statement made by
officials of the Minnesota Rural Credits
Board to the Ten Thousand Lakes
Greater Minnesota Association to the
effect that payments are being made
more promptly on farm loans than in
several years and that there is a
greater demand for foreclosed farms
than in the past.
F. r. Duxbury, a member Of the
board of directors Of the Ten Thou
sand Greater Minnesota Asso-
citation recently returned from a trip
in fourteen states Ii which he made
study of farm conditions and it is
his opinion that conditions are better
in Minnesota than any other state
which he visited.
Speaking Of the present situation In
the real estate market MIR. Hotaling
said: 1T is my belief that shrewd
investors and farmers looking for
homes are taking advantage Of the
fact that Minnesota land prices are
at the bottom and are buying now.
Farms that have been taken by banks,
insurance companies and other on
mortgages are being bought UP and
the surplus of farms for sale is quietly
but steadily being eliminated In
certain sections Of the state, accord
ing to newspaper information, this
surplus has been exhausted and the
price of land is raising. As other sec
tons relieve themselves of this land
which has been a drug on the market
for the last few years, they also win
experience raise in land prices and
we win be back to normalcy as far as
land sales and values are concerned"
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1929-09-20
ELY A.A. j. v.
MAP PLANS

The Ely Branch of the American
Association of University Women held
its first meeting of the year at the
home of Mrs. A. j. McMahan early
this week
The Club will make detailed study
of Socialism and Communism during
the current year under the direction of
Miss Lulu E. Cummins, instructor in
the Ely Junior College, and her COM
mittee.
Plans were outlined for the Annual
Scholarship Dance which viii be given
Friday evening, october 4th, at the
usually fortunate in securing the out
standing dance orchestra of the North
west. Fftger's Bubblers, for this event.
A Membership Tea" viii feature the
next meeting at the home of Mrs.
Luther Bang Saturday afternoon, on
October 5th- Eligible members desir-
ing to join the Club should get IN
touch with one of the membership
committee before this date.
Mrs. McMahan appointed the follow
ing committees for the year 1929 and
1880:
Membership Committee-Mrs Rich
ard Chinn, chairman, Miss Teckla
Johnson, Mrs. A j. McMahan-
Literary and Social Program Com
mittee- Miss Lulu E. Cummins, chair
man, Mrs Luther Bang, Miss Mama
Forbes
Hostess and Arrangements Commit
tee-Mrs. Sigurd Olson, chairman, Mrs
Oscar Freidsburg.
International Relations Miss Mary
Helen Kraft, chairman.
Legislative Chairman-Mrs. John
Valentine
Fellowship and Scholarship Chair
man-Miss Lulu E. Cummins.
Historian-Miss Alice Fowler
Press Reporter-Mrs. VIM. Gallagher.
Refreshments and a social hour
closed the meeting of the afternoon
Officers for the years 1s29-30 and
1930-31 are:
President-Mrs. A. j. McMahan.
ce-Pres-Mrs. Richard Chinn.
Secy-Treas.-Miss Teckla johnson.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1929-09-20
FOOTBALL WILL OPEN
SEASON ON SATURDAY.

Tomorrow afternoon at ZOO O'Clock
the football season win open in this
city with a game between Biwabik
High School and Ely High School
players. This game win bring out the
revamped Ely team Coach Buckley
informs us that the team this year is
considerably lighter in weight than
the team of last year but that he ex-
poets to make up In swiftness and fight
what the team lacks In weight. Be
there and see and cheer the boys in
action
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1929-09-20
FORMER PASTOR WILL PREACH
AT THE METHODIST CHURCH.

Rev. John Blackhurst, pastor of the
Methodist church at Mora, Minnesota,
for several years pastor of the church
in this city viii preach at his former
church on Sunday, September 29, both
morning and evening. Rev. and Mrs.
Blackhurst are to spend part of the
conference week in the city and he
has kindly consented to occupy the
pulpit on the Sunday named His
many friends viii be pleased to meet
him again in the pulpit of his old
time church.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1929-09-20
ROTARY CLUB ENTERTAINS
JUNIOR COLLEGE FRESHMEN.

The FreShieS of the Junior College
were guests Of the Ely Rotary Club
Wednesday evening. Thirty were pres
ent and partook of the excellent din
ner served by the ladies of the Metho-
dist church in company with the
Rotarians. In the absence of Walter
E. Englund who was Ill at his home,
DR.. j. E. Thompson introduced the
class while Charles Trezona welcomed
them. Both made excellent talks. A
short program was given by members
of the class. Mathew Gouze gave
tamboritza solos; Mildred Roterus a
reading and Lucilla Bridson a vocal
solo in which she was accompanied by
Elsie Lahti at the piano. ALI were
forced to respond to encores.
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are those

year is due to the improvement of
other routes and the construction of
cut-offs.
The low count this year was 48 cars
9S8 vehicles passing over the route
per day. The highest count on High
way IS was between Hibbing and
Chisholm where 2,814 vehicles passed
given point daily The lowest count
on this highway was between Aurora
and Tower which showed total of
2O8.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1929-09-20
CONGRESSMAN PITTENGER
COMMENTS ON FOREST FIRES

Congressman Pittenger of this dis
trict reports that lightning fires have
been unusually troublesome this year.
Although fires caused by human care
lessneSs are unnecessary and will be
eliminated by education and law en-
forcement; punched lightning fires,
sometimes, running to 800 or 400
separate fires set by one dry electrical
storm will always present the risk of
disaster unless adequate means are
provided to cope with them.
The critical forest fire situation in
the National Forest is somewhat i'm
proved, but still far from satisfactory"
said Congressman Pittenger More
than one million dollars has been spent
by the Forest Service in the last three
weeks in fighting forest fires all over
the country. Congressman Pittenger
pointed out that by obtaining an
available trained force of fire guards
sufficient to strike Immediately, the
maximum number of fires set by any
electrical storm can be checked He
also suggested that much of the losses
could be averted by building a COM
plete system Of routes and trails
throughout the National Forests, and
the now almost inaccessible country
where lightning strikes most fire.
quently.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1929-09-20

porary bleachers can be added. These
are chiefly at the ends of the field.
Minnesota will play at home against
Coe on october 5, Vanderbilt October
II, Ripon, October g., Indiana, Nov.
2, Michigan Nov. 16, and Wisconsin
Nov. 23rd.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1929-09-20
ON This
Occasion

lust few thoughts by the Editor on things
Material and Immaterial
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1929-09-20
MORE TRUCKS USING
TRUNK ROUTES

Truck traffic on the trunk highways
is II per cent greater than a year
ago and the increase is in the heavier
trucks, according to the summary of
the State Highway departments an
nual traffic census made public this
week by Commissioner G. M. Babcock.
There was AZ per cent increase in
Minnesota passenger cars, while for
eign cars, buses and horse drawn
vehicles showed no increase The net
increase for all vehicles is 4 per cent.
The traffic count was taken this
year from Aug. to II, inclusive, from
6 am. to midnight each day. Counts
were made at 386 points. OF these
344 were at points where counts were
made in 1923, and these alone are used
in comparing traffic for the two
years. The average number of cars
per day on T. H No. 81. The count at
this point last year was 1T. The fall
ing off is believed to be due to forest
fires during the week the census was
taken Reports of forest fires caused
a drop in the traffic count on num-
Der of routes and is believed to be
responsible for the fact that the
number of foreign cars counted did
not increase Several of the district
superintendent in submitting their
census reports stated that tourist
traffic increased heavily the week
following the census
There were 81 points at which not
a single horse drawn vehicle was
counted the entire week, and 1876
where no buses were counted.
The traffic count on Highway No
IS between Ely and Tower, taken a
mile this side of Soudan showed that
per day at these points is as follows:
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1929-09-20

Mr.. and Mrs. Leo. Rosenberger and
Mr.. and Mrs Herb Hanson of st.
Cloud were guests of Mr.. and Mrs
Arthur Knutson, Friday and Saturday.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1929-09-20

Miss Lillian Schaefer had her ton
sils removed Monday at the Shipman
Hospital
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1929-09-20

The average number of cars per day
at all stations was 1,031 The average
per day on the paved routes was 2.492
and on the unpaved routes 752 cars
per day.
The highest counts this year. with
the count at same points in 1928, is as
follows:
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Continued on Page Four
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1929-09-20

Every once in while a tourist tells
us that the information bureaus of
the Twin Cities are routing tourists
through their cities to the western
part Of the state instead Of this sec
ion of the country to which they were
going by the statement that forest
fires are absolutely dangerous to the
tourist in the Arrowhead Country" 1t
is hard to believe that anyone could
be so dumb and so small to do this
but it must be taken as truth when
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1929-09-20

Another very "elevating" accom-
plishment has been added to those
heretofore engraven on history's pages.
A fellow named Foreman over in
Baltimore made record by sitting on
a fagpole for ten days, ten hours, ten
minutes and ten seconds. He was
rewarded with an official certificate
by the mayor in which he was declared
a hero and that his heroism reflected
"the old pioneer spirit of early Ameri-
ca" Yea, and what else