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The Ely miner., 1929-11-22
NOTICE OF MORTGAGE FORE
CLOSURE SALE.

NOTICE Is HEREBY GIVEN, That
default has occurred in the conditions
of that certain mortgage, dated the
18th day of May, 1928, executed by
Frank Aalto and Tilda Aalto, his wife,
as mortgagors to First National Bank
of Ely, Minnesota, as mortgage, hled
for record in the Office of the Register
of Deeds in and for the County of st.
Louis, and State of Minnesota, on the
23d day of May, 1928, at $3.50 o'clock
A. M, and recorded in Book $50 OF
Mortgage Records, page 120; that no
action or proceeding has been insti-
tuted at law to recover the debt Sc
cured by said mortgage, or any part
thereof, that there is due and claimed
to be due under said mortgage, includ-
ing interest to date hereof the sum
of Two Thousand Seven Hundred and
Eighteen and 75-100 dollars, (S2 1879
and that pursuant to the power of sale
therein contained, said mortgage will
be foreclosed and the tract of land
lying and being in the County of st.
Louis, State of Minnesota, which is
described according to the map or plat
thereof on file in the Office of the
Register of Deeds of said County, as
follows, to-wit: Lot one ID, Block
nine (s), Conans Addition to Ely,
Minnesota, according to the plat
thereof on file in the Office of the
Register of Deeds of the aforesaid
county will be sold by the sheriff Of
said county at public auction on the
9th day of January, 1880, at 11:G0
o'clock A. M, at his Office in the ST.
Louis County Court House in the City
of Duluth in said county and state,
to pay said sum and interest thereon
to said date of sale and the costs and
disbursements of such foreclosure and
sale, including an attorneys fee of
Seventy-Five and no-100 C75.00) Dol
lars, subject to redemption within
twelve months from said date of sale.
Dated November 16 1929
FIRST NATIONAL BANK OF
ELY, MINNESOTA, corpora
ton under the laws of the
United States, Mortgage.
Luther M. Bang, Attorney for Mort
gagee. 11-22 12-27
The Ely miner., 1929-11-22
| corded by the clerk and published.

corded by the clerk and published.
Carried.
Report from the Superintendent Of
the Light and Water Department
showing the number of K. w. Hrs.
purchased, sold and used during the
October, 1929, was read and ordered
filed.
Communication from John Horvat
regarding employment was read and
ordered filed.
Report from the Ely Council of Girl
Scouts covering scout activities for the
period october IA, to November IA,
1929, was read and ordered filed.
Communication from the st. Louis
County Humane Society, requesting an
appropriation in aid of the support of
said Society was read.
Moved by Alderman Olson, sup
ported by Alderman Homer, that the
communication be accepted and filed
and that the city clerk be authorized
to draw an order on the city. treas
hrer, in the amount of $4,000, made
payable to the st. Louis County HUI
name Society, in aid of the support OF
the Society. Carried.
Communication from Joseph Rusic
requesting transfer of his soft drink
license and pool hall license from Lot
1, Block 8, Whiteside's Addition, to Lot
5, Block 9, Original Plat, was read.
Moved by Alderman Homer, sup
ported by Alderman Kapsch, that the
communication be accepted and filed
and the transfers granted. Carried
Alderman Banovetz enters at this
time and takes his seat in the council.
A progress report from the Minnesota
Department of Health regarding their
investigation of the water supply of
Ely was read. The article contains
certain specific recommendations con-
corning the proper operation of the
water plant.
Moved by Alderman Kapsch, sup
ported by Alderman Olson, that the
report be considered at an adjourned
meeting of the council that copies of
said report be given to each member
Of the council for study and the heads
of departments connected with the
water supply and engineers at the
plant, not on duty at the time be in
structed to be present at that meeting
Carried.
Communication from Matthias j.
Kapsch was read offering the city the
NEA of the NWA of Section 35, 63-l2,
for cemetery purposes, consideration
not being stated.
Moved by Alderman Banovetz, sup
ported by Alderman Kapsch, that the
communication be accepted and filed
and the matter referred to me Parks
Grounds and Buildings Committee to
investigate and report. Carried.
The following applications for per-
The Ely miner., 1929-11-22
Phrase "Stone Age" Not
Literal in Application

The Stone age Is q term commonly
used to denote the earliest recognized
stage In the development Of human
culture as defined by the materials
used by man for weapons, utensils,
etc. The phrase Is somewhat mislead-
ing, since II Is probable that primitive
man made use Of wood and other
perishable materials to a far greater
extent than Of stone, and consequently
the stage is defined by the prevailing
material Of the relics, not by that Of
actual implements In common use. The
term "Stone age" represents In no
sense a chronological division of hu-
man progress, but is loose equivalent
for q stage of cultural development
varying widely In duration In different
parts Of the world. There are, e. g.,
tribes still in the Stone age, while, on
the other hand, some groups had out
grown It before the dawn of history.
1t Is also worth noting that some
tribes commonly classed as belonging
to the Stone age produced objects OF
a superior artistic and Industrial merit
to those who had advanced to the use
of metals. The evidence for the ex-
istence of such an age in most parts
Of the world is conclusive, but 1t Is
from the prevalence and character OF
the relics in certain parts Of Europe
rather than In America that the idea
and term have come into general use.
The Ely miner., 1929-11-22
"Fistic Art" Had Origin
in DAYS of Barbarism

Although boxing as science is rel
atively modern, it was in the blazing
sun of Italy and Greece, In the great
ampitheaters of long ago, where bar
barian captives fought and died to
tickle the fancy of the populace. that
boxing as a sport was born. That
these people must have developed a
skillful school of boxing during the
period In which the cestus was used
Is certain, hut unfortunately little Is
known either of the style of fighting
or of the personal attributes of the
boxer by which comparison can be
made between those long-dead chan-
pions and the modern wielder of the
padded glove The nearest connecting
link Is the famous Greek statue chis-
eled In time-defying marble known as
"The Boxer" This. at least. affords q
study in character.
During the early part OF the Eight
eenth century In England boxing was
about as inhuman sport as one can
imagine The middle Of the century.
fortunately. saw the dawn of new
day for the boxer, for at this time
Jack BroughtOn, a young English
champion, invented boxing gloves and
originated a code of rules prohibiting
much of the former savagery of the
sport. on which many of the future
rules have been Observation-Disclosures
Ledger. ..
The Ely miner., 1929-11-22

NIT to conduct public dances were
read, namely:
Northern Star Lodge, Jugo-Slav
National Home, November %, 1929.
Jugo-Slav National Home Assoc
iation, Jugo-Slav National Home, Nov
ember %, 1929.
Moved by Alderman Tauzell, sup
ported by Alderman Homer, that the
applications be accepted and filed and
permit granted each applicant upon
the payment of the proper fee. Car
ried.
A committee of three representing
the White Iron Telephone Company
appeared before the council and re-
quested that the matter Of rates to be
charged the said Company for cleo
tricity furnished the White Iron
Farming District be determined. Re-
ferred to the Committee of the Whole
for consideration.
The council dissolved into COM
mittee of the Whole.
Alderman Banovetz being appointed
Chairman
Recess declared.
Meeting called to order.
Report of the Committee of the
Whole was read as follows:
Ely, Minnesota, November 19, 1929.
To the Honorable Mayor and City
Council,
City of Ely, Minnesota.
Gentlemen:-
We, your Committee of the Whole
to whom was referred the matter of
electric rates to be charged the White
Iron Telephone Company beg to re-
port and recommend that the White
Iron Telephone Company be charged
the electric lighting rates now in ef-
feet in the City of Ely.
Respectfully submitted,
The Committee of the Whole,
BY Steve Banovetz. Chairman.
Moved by Alderman Olson, sup
The Ely miner., 1929-11-22
Beetle Has Some Value

Devils horse or devils coach horse
Is the name given to certain large rove
beetles. About 1000 different species
Of rove beetles have been described.
Says an eminent entomologist: "They
live on decaying animal or vegetable
matter. In excrement. fungi, or fer.
menting sap. and are among the most
universally distributed of all beetles.
Many of them are predatory, and
some have been accused of feeding on
living plants; but on the whole they
are of importance to the agriculturist
only as scavengers, and as they aid In
reducing the dead animal and vege-
table matter into shape for assimila-
tion by plants. Magazine.
The Ely miner., 1929-11-22
Preservers That Defy
the Corruption of Death

A mans body was found standing
upright in block of Ice and was
chopped out Of "A crevasse In gla
cier of Mount Rainier. Thus there
is a reminder of the pathetic story
told many years ago when Mr.. Fred
erick Stimson was writing as - s
Of Dale: The story of the body pre-
served In an Alpine glacier, slowly
moving, but finally restoring the loved
one to the patient waiter. Or there is
the frozen pirate, the hero Of a novel
by Clark Russell, though this pirate
was not saved from immediate death
by glacier.
Ashes and lava are also Indifferent
unconscious preservers: Witness
Pompeii and Herculaneaum. There
are natural earths that have been
said to retain bodies as they were
above the ground. Was the coffin that
held the marquis of Dorset of spe
cial wood or metal that after seventy
eight years his body was found IN.
corrupted, ''in color. proportion and
softness like an ordinary corpse newly
to be interred''? Or was this due to
the properties of the cerecloth?
Is there any index Of stories In
which the strangely preserved, Yum-
mics included, have come to life, and
welcomed the amazingly changed
world; moved as strangers in a
strange land; worked evil on de-
scendants who had mistakenly rever-
enced their memory and boasted Of
lineage? It Is no doubt better, as
Bert Williams used to say, that
"death is so permanent"
The Ely miner., 1929-11-22
ORDER FOR HEAKfNG ON PET
ITION FOR PROBATE OF WILL.

State Of Minnesota. County Of st.
Louis, IS.
IN pRoBAE COURT
In the Matter of the Estate of Frank
Bracun, Decedcnt.
A certain instrument purporting to
be the last will and testament Of
Frank Bracun having been filed in
this court and open for inspection,
and the petition of Frank Mosnik be-
ing duly filed herein, representing
among other things, that said deced-
ent. then being resident Of the
County of St. Louis, State of Mime
sofa, died testate on the 5th day of
November, 1929, and that said petit
ioner is the executor named in the
Last Will and Testament of said de-
cedent, and praying that said instru-
ment be allowed and admitted to pro-
bate as the last will and testament Of
said decedent, and that letters Test
amentary be issued to the said Frank
Mosnik thereon.
It Is Ordered, That said petition be
heard before this court, at the Probate
Court Rooms in the Court House, in
Duluth, in said County, on Monday,
the 18th day of December 1929, at
interested in said hearing and in said
matter are hereby cited and required
to file in said court prior to said day
of hearing, any objections they may
have to the allowance OF said Will,
and at said time and place to show
cause, if any there be, why said petit
ion should not be granted.
Ordered Further, That this order be
served by publication In The Ely
Miner according to law, and that a
copy of this order be served on the
County Treasurer of st. Louis County
not less than ten days prior to said
day of hearing.
Dated at Duluth, Mimi, November
10Th, 1929.
BY the Court,
Attest: VIM. ]. ARCHER,
Sheldon Watts, Judge Of
Clerk of Probate. Probate.
Seal of the Probate Court, st. Louis
County Minnesota.
Thomas ]. Carey, Attorney for Peti-
titioner. 11-22 1876
The Ely miner., 1929-11-22
Scientists Listen to
Conversation" of Ants

Two scientists of the University OF
! Pittsburgh recently perfected an ap-
! paratus for detecting the sounds of
underground communication among
ants.
A block of wood was placed upon
the diaphragm Of an ordinary tele-
phone transmitter, which in turn
was connected through batteries and
amplifiers to q pair Of earphones.
When the termites crawled over the
block Of wood the transmitter was
adtated. resulting in sound vibrations
which were clearly heard by the lis
teners at the headset.
When the ants became excited over
something or other their soldiers were
found to hammer their heads vigor-
ously on the wood. This action could
: be clearly seen and heard at the
same time.
The investigators found that the
ants could hear sound vibrations In
the air very poorly or not at all. but
were extremely sensitive to vibrations
underground. For this reason It was
thought that the head hammering was
q method of communication.
Because of this sensltivity to sub,
stratum vibrations ants are seldom
found to infest the ties Of railroads
carrying heavy traffic, or buildings
containing machinery. The vibrations
mean danger to them just as II one
Of their own number was giving the
alarm by banging his head on the
ground
The Ely miner., 1929-11-22
Path of Sugar

In 1912 sugar sold in the London
market at S2.75 per pound. At the
close of the Fifteenth century the
price had fallen to 50 cents per pound
Sugar did not become regular fea
ture in the diet until II was intro
duced by Queen Elizabeth of Eng
land. The first reference to sugar oh
tanned from cane was made by Theo-
phrastus in the Third century. B. @.
He mentioned II as honey which
comes from bamboo" Sugar cane was
first introduced in America in 1902 In
the island of San Domingo. The Jesu
it's brought It to Louisiana In 1751.
The Ely miner., 1929-11-22
A Mouse Farm

Have you ever heard Of mouse
farm4 There is one at Rayleigh, In
Essex, England, where mice are
reared just as cattle and sheep are
In ordinary farms. There are $4,000
mice, aand Of nearly every color. Yet,
although there are so many, Mr.. Tuck.
the farmer, can put his hands on any
one Of them at a moments notice.
About three hundred young ones are
born every day, and it takes FIVE
hours to feed them all. They are
sold to colleges and hospitals for ex-
periments.
The Ely miner., 1929-11-22
Danger in Bells Toll:ng

1t often has been observed that the
vibrations of large bell ringing In
O tower can be felt In the masonry
near it, and serious accidents have
been caused by such vibrations, ac-
cording to Salts N. Coleman, author
Of ''Bells." In 1910 the spire Of
church in England fell while the bells
were being rung for morning service
and 23 persons were killed. In most
church towers the bells are hung In
d framework, which, as far as pos
sIble, is kept clear Of the walls.-De-
troit News.
The Ely miner., 1929-11-22
Speed Of Fastest Birds

Swallows fly at the rate of more
than 100 miles an hour and are among
the worlds fastest birds, says Popular
Mechanics Magazine. The puma II
reputed to be one of the swiftest wild
animals and whippets hold most of
the speed records among domesticated
animals. Race horses often attain q
speed of well over 1000 yards a min
ute. while pigeons have been timed
at speeds of nearly $500 yards a min.
ute for short spurts.
The Ely miner., 1929-11-22
Old American College

In 1886 the General court of the
Massachusetts Bay colony voted f40O
for establishing an institution of learn
ing. The first building was erected In
1887. This became Harvard univer-
sity. The College of William and
Mary and its antecedents reach back
to the effort begun in 1917 to establish
In Virginia the University Of Henri
copolis. The Indian massacre of 1922
brought this effort to naught. The
charter for the College of William and
Mary was issued in 1878 by the Eng
lish king and queen for whom It was
named.
The Ely miner., 1929-11-22
Cause of Delay

Mother had gone shopping. The
first store she entered she fell down
the stairs and the first aid doctor sent
her to the hospital where she remained
overnight.
The father, not wishing to excite the
children when asked where mother
was, said she had gone to the hair
dresser.
Next morning Rex, age six, said:
"Hasnt mother got back yet? Gee,
she must be getting a permanent"
The Ely miner., 1929-11-22

ported by Alderman Kapsch. that the
report of the Committee Of the Whole
be accepted and filed and the recon-
mendation carried out. Carried.
Moved by Alderman Tauzell, sup
ported by Alderman Homer, that the
meeting adjourn until O'Clock p. M.
Tuesday, November 26, 1929. Carried
A. o. KNUTSON,
City Clerk.
The Ely miner., 1929-11-22
ORDER OF HEARING ON PETITION
FOR LICENSE TO SELL LAND.

State Of Minnesota, County of st.
Louis. IS.
IN PROBATE COURT
In the Matter of the Estate of John
Kapsch, Decedent.
The Petition of John Kapsch, Jr.,
as representative Of the above named
estate having been filed in this Court,
representing among other things, that
for reasons stated in said petition, it
is necessary and for the best interests
of the estate of said decedent and of
all persons interested therein, to sell
certain lands of said decedent in said
petition described and praying that
license be to him granted to sell the
said land.
It Is Ordered, That the petition be
heard before this Court, at the Pro-
bate Court Rooms in the Court House,
in Duluth, in said County, on Monday,
the 9th day of December, 1929, at ten
o'clock A. M, and all persons inter-
ested in said hearing and in said mat
ter are hereby cited and required at
said time and place to show cause if
any there be, why said petition should
not be granted
Ordered Further, That this order be
served by publication in The Ely Miner
according to law.
Dated at Duluth, Minnesota, Nov
ember 18th, 1929.
BY the Court,
Attest: VIM. ]. ARCHER,
Sheldon Watts, = Judge OF Probate
Clerk of Probate
A. j. Thomas, Atty for Est 11-15-29
The Ely miner., 1929-11-22
OFFICIAL PROCEEDINGS
OF THE
CITY COUNCIL
CITY OF ELY.
Council Chamber,

Council Chamber,
Ely, Minnesota,
Tuesday November 10. 1929.
Regular Meeting.
Regular meeting of the City Council
called to order at Cd O'Clock p. M. by
Mayor E. w. Hanson.
Present: Alderman Olson, Tauzen,
Veranth, Homer, KapSch, Mayor
Hanson.
Absent: Alderman BanovetZ.
Moved by Alderman Kapsch, sup
ported by Alderman Veranth, that the
minutes of the regular meeting held
November 5, 1929, be approved as re-
The Ely miner., 1929-11-22
Daily Thought

God is an infinite ocean Of all good
without any admixture of evil: an In
finite treasure house of all riches.
without any fear Of poverty; an In.
finite source of all joy. without any
apprehension Of grief; an infinite
cause of all good, comprising all. alb
solutely all good things.-Father An
gelo.
The Ely miner., 1929-11-22
But After Thatl

Parents never get old enough to be
come nuisance so long as they
haven't divided the property.-Cap
per's Weekly.
The Ely miner., 1929-11-22
Nothing in Stubbornness

a stubborn mind conduces as little
% wisdom or even to knowledge %
q stubborn temper to happiness
Southey.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-11-17
POINT ISABEL
RAISES QUOTA
First I'm Cameron County
To Meet Quota For
Red Cross

Point Isabel was first over the
top in the Brownsville district Red
Cross drive. subscribing $50 more
than the allotted quota OF $50. Miss
Mary Jackson directed the drive,
which Opened all over the dis
trict on Tuesday Of last week.
NO definite figures on the total
for the district we're available Sat-
urday evening, as several OF the sec
tons have not yet turned In reports.
Results OF the first weeks work
have been satisfactory, on the whole,
stated the Rev. r.. q. Macintosh,
who Is the general chairman. "but
we hope to meet with much better
response during the next week or
two, and to 60 over u quota Of
$500 before the close OF the drive
on Thanksgiving"
Workers are urged to continue
throughout the coming week. and to
make their reports each afternoon
AZ the chamber Of commerce from
. to 6 p. III.
Mrs. y. X. Wells Is serving as gen.
eral captain Of the city drive, with
Miss Julia O'Brien assisting her.
The city has been divided into sec
tons. with . group or workers MS
signed to each.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-11-17

EPIDEMIC HITS GOLDFISH
CHICAGO.-A strange epidemic
Is killing many goldfish IN this sec-
ton.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-11-17
DEATH DRAWS
NEARER GOOD
Blood Poisoning Gives Ad-
ded Fight For
Secretary

WASHINGTON, Nov. 16-F-
Death stood close tonight to James
w. Good. secretary OF war, but he
fought valiantly against the infec-
ton which caused his body to be
invaded by fever.
His cose friends had given up all
except q small hope that ne could
survive much longer and the ply
siclans' bulletins, stiIl worded with
customary cautiousness, gave little
reason for expecting q favorable
outcome.
General blood poisoning. the re-
suit cf infection from the serious
appendicitis operation, had over
taken t~hesecretary and while some
Improvement was noted In his tenn
perature. respiration and pulse, this
development Of general sepcLS in
dictated the extreme seriousness OF
the case.
information was relayed period
ically To President Hoover, who
last night paid a visit TO his cabi-
A~@ A1IA6A1N4 y bLISAIE. 4nE RLGoA-
dent In addition to holding Mr..
Good as n OF his political asso-
ciates has for him a high person.
IL esteem.
While the secretaryss condition
was described as most serious, the
surgeons said that all hope was
not lost.
Mrs. Good watched at her hus-
bands bedside. The secretary was
sleeping a larger portion OF the day
and saw no one. During this sleep
his temperature, respiration and
pulse decreased and the invoiv-
ment which had been noted in his
chest subsidized somewhat. Physici-
ans also were encouraged by the
fact that no intestinal obstruction
had developed.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-11-17
RUBIO GIVEN VOTE EDGE
AS ELECTION DAY W

gurs wen for the country. Should
there be violence. the result threat
ems to be just the reverse. As Mex
ico's principal strategist Of recent
years, former President plutarc0
Elias Gales, the grandfather" OF
the restless Mexican political infant
Is credited by the average man on
the street as having indicated from
the French clinic in Paris the mark
road TO be followed by the political
leaders OF the country. And at to-
morrow's cross road. the marker
leading to the Ortiz Rubio camp j.
that which popular opinion asserts
has been singled out by Gales as
the path that prevailing political
powers OF the country should follow.
Voters Little Bothered
The Mexican voter Is showing no
more particular interest In to-
morrow's alloting than he has in
the past The average voter assumes
the stand that somebody viii be
elected, regardless Of his desires
and that somebody on this occa-
sion is Ortiz Rubio. To all outward
appearances all requisites called for
in the election law lave been car
ried out by the Government. There
has been the house 10 house canvas
made TO instruct all eligibles under
the law to vote under penalty Of
punishment. The residents however.
have not appeared to take the dire
results that 1t Is indicated will en-
sue LIZ they do not comply with
their citizenship duties seriously.
The average Mexican viii accept
the election results without public
" questioning them and win be
pleased If they are followed by sta
bility.
The prevailing opinion on the eve
OF the elections is that there viii
be disturbances. These opinions
range from q revolutionary out
break TO more election riots In which
bricks and bats and fists will be
the dominant weapons. There Is an
u-ndercurrent or uncertainty and
~restlessnes beneath the apparent
calm surface Of the political sea as
viewed by the naked eve.