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The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1930-01-31
DRILLS WORKING
SECTION THIRTY

After several years of inactivity, Sec
ton Thirty again promises to become
an important mining community and
possessor of producing mine.
Sam Adkins the driller is this week
placing diamond drill for the pur-
pose of locating site upon which to
sink working shaft. The drill ar
rived Wednesday and today carload
of coal is being unloaded. Another
drill will arrive in few days also for
the purpose of locating solid ground
for shaft sinking.
Bert Merritt representing the fee
owners is in the city and noting pro-
gress of the preliminary work. A few
weeks later the Miner may have some
very excellent news regarding this
valuable property.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1930-01-31

Billy" McEwen In the Labor World
says that a writer in the Open Court
of the Duluth Herald thinks there is
less drunkenness now than when the
saloons were running because the
Kelley Institutes are not doing the
fiourishing business they did before
prohibition came. He then goes on
to state that soaks don't last as long
drinking bootleg liquor and that they
die before they are bad enough to
take the cure. He further says that
there are now no deaths in the Kelley
Institute at Minneapolis from deler-
ium tremens and that before a patient
can get that far either his heart stops
or his stomach burns out, and he is
gone.
The Duluth health department re-
ported during the year 1929 there
were 1873 deaths from cancer, 80 from
tuberculosis, Sc from celebral hem
orrhages and 203 from heart disease.
Billy" then goes on to state that the
increase in deaths from heart disease
the country over has come since pro-
hibition. The moonShine way is a
short cut to the undertaken. He asks:
whats become of the old-time tenn
perance lecturer who dealt with in
dividuals and led them to take the
pledge of total abstinence? He passed
ont with prohibition. In his place has
come the strong arm Of the law, which
doesn't take the time to lead the VIC
Tins of booze back to temperate living,
but imprisonS them, just as 1t does
horse thieves, murderers, rapists and
highway men. There was time when
churchmen deemed it their Christian
duty to reach down into the gutter
of debauchery and drag from it an
unfortunate brother who had become
clutched in the throes of inebriety, that
awful self-inf1icted disease that no one
really knows anything about except
its victims who have come out of it
and got back to temperate lives. Many
of them can't come back without help.
And even then they are wont to slip
back again, for it takes long time
to fully recover the human body after
it has once been burned by alcohol.
Thousands of such victims are crying
out for help and sympathy, but there
is little to be offered them in this
Christian land that is relying entirely
on the club of policeman and prison
cells to get rid Of drunkenness"
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1930-01-31
; OFFICIAL PROCEEDINGS F.;
OF THH
|ELY COMMERCIAL CLUB
REGULAR MEETING OF
THE Ely COMMERCIAL, CLUB


Ely, Minnesota, January %, 1880.
The meeting was called to order at
o'clock P. M. by President Mr.. Laing.
The minutes of the regular meeting
of November 26, 1929 and of the special
meeting of January IA, 1890 and the
Board of Directors meeting of January
81, 1880 were read, accepted and or
dered filed.
Communication from Mr. E. w.
EameS of Morris, Minnesota relative
to new business or partnership in some
local business was, read and ordered
filed, and the Secretary instructed to
answer the same.
Communication from the Duluth
Chamber of Commerce relative to
Minnesota Auxiliary Forests and the
Cloquet Lumber Co. application was
presented. 1t was moved and sup
ported that committee be appointed
to study this problem and make report
at the next meeting. The motion
carried The matter was referred to
the Forestry Committee.
Communications from the Arrow
head Association and the Munising
Development Association relative to
the KnutSon bill asking for approp-
riations for the planting of trees in
the National Forests east of the Rocky
Mountains were read. It was moved
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1930-01-31
TALk|ES At THE
OPERA HOUSE

Manager Swanson Of the Opera
House has installed one of the latest
model machines and opens tomorrow
night with the Broadway Melodies"
one of the most noted talking and
singing successes of the stage
1t was at first contemplated to open
a week from tomorrow but in some
manner the picture arrives for the run
of four days, February l, 2, 3 and 4.
Sunday there will be a continuous
performance beginning at 2:30.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1930-01-31
CORRECTION ACCEPTED

We are in receipt of letter from
George l. Smith of Section Thirty In
which he corrects errors made in the
Miner of last week in our comments on
the engineers report on the Backus
dam matter. We maintain that we
were right in the main but admit that
we took in too much territory and
backed the water too far south. We
also thank Mr.. Smith for calling at
tention to the statement and hope he
will continue to censor such glaring
discrepancies. We will print his letter
later.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1930-01-31
CHURCH NOTES
PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH.
III. Russell Browne, Pastor.

Morning Worship, ..............1 0:45
Church School, ...... $50
VeSper service omitted.
The Mems Chorus, under the direc-
ton of Mrs. E. w. Hanson, has charge
of the music of the morning service
the first and third Sunday of each
month.
The Chorus will sing this Sunday,
Feb. End, and will offer three numbers:
AT the Close of Day.. .Nevin
Chorus.
abide with Me-. Adams
Chorus.
Lead Us, o Father. Voris
Duet by Oscar and VIM. Berglund.
The public is cordially invited and
warmly welcomed to all our services
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1930-01-31
BY Charles Gallagher


Five local teams engaged in contests
the past week but only one, the High
School reserve basket ball quint were
able to bring home the bacon. The
CollegianS took another one point set
back from the Hibbing JayseeS quinc
Friday night when the Mesaba range
team came from behind to nose OUT
Ely. Saturday evening the high school
team with Capt. Bob Nicholas playing
his final game had Eveleth upset the
dope on them and won an Is to 10
overtime game. The swimming teams
both lost exceedingly close meets to
Gilbert and Mountain Iron.
In the game at Hibbing Friday the
locals apparently had the game on
ice when they held a % to IA lead with
only four minutes to play. At this
time Hibbing began pombarding the
basket to bring the score up to % TO
81 with but twenty seconds to play.
Taddie, flashy Hibbing forward,
cinched the game for the Ore Diggers
as the gun sounded. Incidentally, this
was the same lad who sank difficult
shot here in the last five seconds of
the Hibbing-Ely game some time ago
Hibbing also won this game by 19
to 18 count.
Ely jumped into an early lead and
at the end of the initial stanza was
out in front, to 5. Hibbing failed
to dent the Ely basket for enough
tallies to take the lead in the second
period and the half ended IA to IL with
the locals leading. Ely gained strength
in the third and finished on the long
end of an Is to 13 count
Early in the final period the locals
continued to gain, but in the last four
minutes of play Hibbing rallied to sink
enough baskets to win the game BY
virtue of its victory, Hibbing remained
on top of the Little Ten" with five
victories and one defeat, while Ely
dropped from third to fourth place.
The summary follows.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1930-01-31
BETHANY LUTHERAN CHURCH.
Rev. Arthur G. Benson, Pastor.
Sunday School,
English Service.
1000 AM.
II m. A M

Sunday School, ......... 1000 AM.
English Service, IL 100 AM.
The Lutheran Brotherhood will meet
at the home of Mr.. and Mrs. John L.
Anderson on Tuesday evening, Feb
ruary 4, 1880, at 800 o'clock.
The Ladies Aid will meet at the
Community Center on Thursday after
noon, February 6. The hostesses are
Mrs. Bertha Simonson and Mrs. An
drew Sund. Everybody welcome.
The Lutheran League will meet at
the home of Eleanor and Evelyn Sund
on February Z at o'clock.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1930-01-31
RIDERS To H|bb|NG
SKI TOURNAMENT

At meeting of the Ely Ski Club on
Wednesday evening 1t was decided to
send six riders to the tournament at
Hibbing on Sunday. Those who win
attend and ride under Ely colors are
Waino, Ted and Ray Passi, Ted Isaac
son, Kenneth Grinder and Ralph
Mangseth the coach and instructor OF
the Ely Club.
Mr.. Mangseth attended the North
western Ski Tournament at Mime
apolis last Sunday and represented
Ely on the slide He fell in the de-
Gliding event and thus lost second place
in the tournament. He formerly was
a National champion among Glass d
riders, riding under Coleraine colors.
The National Tournament takes
place at Canton, S. D. next week. Ely
will have no representatives there
owing to the cost. An effort will be
put forth to bring the National event
to the Arrowhead within the next two
years. Ely is being considered as the
most likely place to hold the tourna>
ment as climate and environment offer
everything necessary for successful
winter playground.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1930-01-31

The Jaysees will be idle this week
and next week will journey to Eveleth
to play a return game with them. Ely
will meet the Duluth Junior College
quint here on February 81 in their
next home game. The standing of the
teams in the northern half of the
Little Ten" circuit follows:
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ON THIS OCCASION
Continued from page one)

to look at. Outside of that the only
part of Oklahoma you could give us
would be one of those fields with three
or four big derricks to every acre."
srst
All of which goes to prove that Min
nesota and especially the northern part
with its few degrees Of cold weather
and healthy climate is not the worst
state in the Union So far no one
hereabouts has frozen to death nor died
from the effects of the below zero tenn
peratures. We are prepared for just
such emergencies and put more coal
in the furnace and a few more sox on
our feet.
Old age pensions is being discussed
throughout the county following the
decision of the county commissioners
to put the matter before the voters at
the election in November. The subject
will be thoroughly explained by COM
mitteeS named by several of the frat
ernal organizations and methodical
attempt made to carry the measure.
The law requires that county wishing
to pay old age pensions must submit
the question to the voters and the same
must be adopted by an affirmative maj
ority of all votes cast. If you fail to
vote on the measure, it will count the
same as vote against it. In the gen.
eral election of 1928 there were 80,355
votes cast in the county. If the vote
is the same this year, it will require
at least 40,168 votes in its favor to
carry.
There will be opposition to the old
age pension plan. This is a foregone
conclusion. Ways and means are being
thought of at all times by the large
taxpayers to cut down on taxes and
this measure will increase them. The
law passed by the last legislature is not
Of the most benefit because OF the age
limit of 20 years but it is the best
that could be passed. When it is con-
sidered that a man is considered a
poor job risk by the big employers after
he reaches As, it will be seen that the
70 year limit is too high. The
measure for federal pensions intro
duced in congress sets the age limit
at 50 years.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1930-01-31

High School Upset by Eveleth.
The High School quint journeyed to
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1930-01-31
Nicholas Ranges Greatest Athlete.


urday at Eveleth closed his high school
athletic career, may well be proud Of
one of the greatest careers any high
school athlete in this state has yet at
tanned. A four year letterman in three
sports is Bob's achievement which is
the most any athlete can possibly at
tain but which very few do.
In football Bob has been the pivot
man of the Ely backfeld for four
seasons, his brilliant running and pass
ing having been the dominating factor
in many Ely victory. Bob could run,
pass and kick with the same swiftneSs
and brilliancy and last year was by far
the football "standout" of the range,
and for this reason was picked as
quarterback and captain of the all
range eleven. For the two previous
seasons he was honored with similar
post on the all-range second string
men.
In basketball, Bobby was one of the
cleverest floor men ever seen here,
being able to dribble with uncanny
swiftness and accuracy and at the
same time studying out his opponents
defense in order to break through.
Although he was seldom high point
man during game, he was in on viz
tually every play and always fed the
ball to his teammates under the bas-
ket. Coach Buckley has credited Bob
with being the spark plug" in Ely's
championship quint last season. He
fully was, we believe, as 1t was Bob
who kept the team going all the time
and kept the fight in the boys he was
continually leading to victory. He
played in 80 consecutive games with
having but four personal fouls called
against him, and incidently, three Of
these fouls he made against Colletti
Of Aurora an all-range guard This
showed the cleanness of Bob, never
once during his entire career was he
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1930-01-31

to look at. Outside of that the only
part of Oklahoma you could give us
would be one of those fields with three
or four big derricks to every acre"
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1930-08-22
ARMOUR LEFT
FAR BEHIND
Dark Horse Leads Field In
Western Open Play
AT Orion

INDIANWOOD CLUB, Orion,
Mich, Aug. 22-tP1-Tommy Armour
the black Scot, felt his crown slip
from his head today rs the battle
for the western open championship
slashed into It's second ID hole round
over the wind swept Indianwood
club course.
Caught off form with a shaky 10
IN the opening skirmiSh for the
title yesterday. the Detroit profess
Sional found himself several strokes
behind a rugged field and zine -lg
shots behind a dark horse leader,
Harry Hampton. OF Chicago. who
paced II with q par shattering go.
1t lookedvery much as II a C
champion was In the making despite
the reputation of the Black Scot
for comebacks. Three more 10 holes
rounds of fighting remained but
the "bunkers" OF great stylists ahead
and around him made the task
appear TO oe an improbable one.
Eight shots ahead OF Armour
stood Clarence Gambler. Detroit
pro. with 10: Bob Shave Of Marion.
Ohio. and the veteran All watrcus
Of Detroit. made III: Wills Bill
Mehlhorn. OF New York and DenS-
more Shute Of Columbus. Ohio. had
~, Gene Sarazen OF New York and
Emmett French Of Southern Pines
". c.. had 73s: and Horton Smith
and Johnny Farrell. two more of
New York's contributions 20 the
field OF favorites. and the two Is
pinoSa brothers from Chicago, Abe
and Al. stood four shots in front
OF him with 74s. then there were
the usual runs OF dark horses.
Walter Hagen. comeback bent in
an effort to win the title for the
fifth time. found himself In much
the same position as the champion.
The "Haig" who shot a great 81 IN
the qualifying round Wednesday
couldn't get his putter to work yes
terday and landed far away with Ca
II.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1930-08-22
Valley Tennis Tournament May
Result From Play at McAIIen

past he was invincible, but he
stumbled at La Feria last week,
giving I'D 13 hits that meant six
runs and a win for the Boosters.
McAllen was full Of large-eared
boys Thursday night when "CheSty'
Stephens staged his weekly rasslin'
card az his big arena on South
Broadway. He brought a whole
retinue OF grapplers down with him
from Corpus Christi md they viii
remain in the Valley over the week
end to appear at the Harlingen
show Monday night.
Included in the list were Charley
Leahmann. the big German boy,
Walter Stratton, Jack Pierce,
"Chesty' himself, Cactus Pete
Brown. Mexican middieweight, Ted
dy Waters, the ex-cowpuncher,
Farmer Vance from Kansas City
and Bobby Myers. the new mid
dleweight who took his bow before
Valley fans for the first time.
Still at work with his grid aSpir-
ants here, Mentor Cowboy" Ogan
is working to fill out his scheduled
for the coming season. At present
the lineup for games stands like
this.
Sept. 9, Texas College OF Arts
and Industries, Eingsville. at Nc
Allen.
Sept. 1e. Edinburg Junior College,
at McAllen.
Sept. Is. Brownsville High School
Screaming Eagles, at McAllen
Ctentative.)
Oct. 2, Brownsville Junior College
Scorpions, at Brownsville.
Oct. 10, Alice High School. at
McAllen.
oct. IL, Edinburg High School
Bobcats, at McAllen.
Oct. 81, Donna High School
Redskins. az McAllen.
Nov. III. Harrington High School
Cardinals, at McAllen.
Nov. Fl, San Benito High School
Greyhounds. at San Benito.
Dec. 5. Robstown High School
Cottonpickers, 1T McAllen, tenta-
tive)
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1930-08-22
National Amateur
Track Events On

PITTSBURGH, Aug. 22-P-
Trim, rugged youths, come out OF
cities and hamlets IN every section
OF the country, were gathering in
the picturesque stadium overlooking
the University OF Pittsburgh's
mighty cathedral OF learning. TO be-
gin the annual b~ombardment OF
track and field records-the Ma
tional Amateur Athletic Union
championships. which open today.
George Simpson, Ohio state; Jack
Elder. Notre Dame: Cy Leland, Tex
as Christian o.: Claude Bracey. Rice
Institute; Eddie Tolan, University
Of Michigan. and Pete Bowen. Uni
versity Of Pittsburgh. are among
luminarieS entered.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1930-08-22
HEALTH Home
BEATS PENNEY
Harrington Five Vanquishes
San Benitoans BY
2525-23S3

Not satisfied with hopping up in
and around Harrington. DR.. Burton's
Health home five has taken the
measure OF the San Benito j. G.
Penney squad. The scores we're
2525-23S3.
TIE Penney boys are pretty much
cocks-of-the-walk on their own
alleys and the Health Home five Is
one OF the leading Harlingen teams
Rose of the Harrington contingent
was high MAJ for the evening. r =
ing down 572 points in three games
King OF Penney was second with
SAG. Rose also made individual high
score for one game with a 223.
The scores follow.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1930-08-22
DID YOU KNOW THAT

Jack Meagher has a memory RI
valing the one set forth in the
slephant-tobacco story W. when he
arrived IN Harrington he met Bish
Clements and remembered him
from an exhibition game between
the Aus a Rangers and St. Eds
back around "a :. Blondy Cross.
then sports editor In the capital
city. was intrigued by the idea
that Blsh VAS a linotypc operator
during the off season ~. Blondy.
a rough and ready customer, had
a fight with Don Flynn, The Wild
Irish Rose who later performed
in the Valley league Blondy's
now ramroddlng things Ter the
San Angelo papers IN the hard
boiled OIL town n. he recently pub
lished ar article which informed
Concho sportsmen that ii would
be necessary TO hire a fullback tor
the coming season ....
THE GIANTS smacked over the
Cubs yesterday and seem in a fair
position 10 capture the bunting.
Should they win, il would be the
equivalent Of Dixie capturing the
flag, for the Southern draWl Is the
official language OF the Jernts. This
is how the boys set down their Old
Hum States: Critz, Marshall and
Reese, Mississippi: Leach. Roettger
and Pruett, Missouri: Allen and
Heving, K~aintuck: Terry, Tennessee;
jackson. irkansas; OFT, Louisiana;
Donahue. Texas and Hubbell, Okla
homa. Take that breath Of South
ern atmosphere away from JaWn
and he wouldn't have much OF q
club left.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1930-08-22
STEERS FALL
BY 81 COUNT
Long Home Stay Likely To
Give Houston Second
Half Title
BY GAYLE TALBOT, JR.,
Associated Press Sports Writer

II was Home, Sweet Home" TO
the Houston Bluffs last night Is
they larruped the Dallas Steers. 9
to 2. in the opening tussle OF their
19-day stand under their own
lights and climbed within q game
and one-half Of the Texas League
leadership.
More and more the Bayou City
entry looks like q cinch to win the
second half and meet Wichita Falls
in q play-off for the Pennant. Play
ing before friendly stands and their
pitching staff delivering in cham
pionshiD fashion. the Bisons will
have all the best Of things II the
final l8-game drive down the home
stretch.
Tony kaufman, who has yet 20
lose q bout under the floodlights.
Mavericks last night. While he
held the Atzmen TO eight blows. well
scattered, his mates piled ON Muir
ray and Grimm for IL scores in
five innings. kaufman likewise
starred with the willow. polling a
homer and single. Gene Moore. was
the only Steer 70 get more than
one hit.
Another Homer
Larry Bettencourt cracked home
run No. 80 as the Spudders took
their inaugural under the San An
tonic lights, 8 to 4. and clambered
back into a tie with Fort Worth at
the top. Milt Steengrafe went the
route for the oilers TO register his
seventeenth victory. Fitzgerald
featured the winners assault on
Cottey and EstIll with five hits,
including a brace OF two-baggers.
The Cats faltered at the start
of their southern invasion, losing
to the Exporters. 8 TO 2. Where
Buck Marrow's crossfire confined
the kittens to seven hits, the Ship
pers jumped on Buchanan and
Clarkson for III and were assisted
by three Fort Worth errors.
Although Slim Harris faltered
after holding Shreveport scoreleSS
for seven innings. the Waco Cubs
had piled I'D a big enough margin
eff Moulton 70 trim the Sports. I
to T., in their inaugural at Katy
Park. Harris frightened TO Quencf
a serious sport threat in the ninth
The victory made the cublets sole
owners OF fifth place.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1930-08-22
AL WINS

ABILENE, Aug. 22-Fl-A Bad
ger OF Abilene retained the cham
plonship or the Abilene country
club invitation golf tourney yeste--
day by defeating g. G. Mc3urnett
OF San Angelo six and five. in the
36-hole final. However. McBurnet'
finished 20 strokes over par and
Badger, Is over.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1930-08-22

r. uncing Z e
1929 champions
and 1880 leaders
by a i3 to s score
to put them
selves only two
= a e S behind
first place.
The Giants
started hitting in
the first inning
and the Cubs be-
gar TO make r.
rOrS.
Wally Roettger
rYNtttnH q home
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1930-08-22
Harlingen Pharmacy
Leading League Two
HARLINGEN
Legaue Two

In the last play or the Harrington
League Two, Harrington Pharmacy
defeated Burton's Health home 2.253
70 2.238 and Val-U-Plus dorned the
Rio Grande Pharmacy 2.l76 to 2.l23.
Bishop Of Harlingen pharmacy
was high with SGT for three games.
He was closely followed by Rose of
the same team VINO had so.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1930-08-22
MAJOR LEAGUE LEADER
CBy The Associated Press
Qncluding games OF Aug. 2i.)
National League:

uncluding games OF Aug. 2l.)
National League:
Batting. Terry. Giants. .407.
Runs, Klein, Phillies, l23.
Runs batted in. Wilson. Cubs. i3o
Hits. Terry, Giants. Klein, Phil
lies 1876.
Doubles. Klein. Phillies. "a.
Triples. Generously. Pirates Fl.
Home runs. Wilson. Cubs, 2l-
Stolen bases. Cuyler, Cubs 30.
American League:
Batting. Simmons, Athletics .3SS-
Runs, Ruth, Yankees. 1873.
Runs batted in. Gehrig, Yankees,
las.
Hits. Gehrig. Yankees 1T.
Doubles. Hodapp, Indians, Manush
Senator's 38.
Triples. Combs. Yankees. i6.
Home runs, Ruth. Yankees. A.
Stolen bases, McManus. Tigers w.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1930-08-22
FIGHTS LAST NIGHT

HOQUIAM, Wash-Maxey Rosen-
bloom. New York. light heavy
weight champion. and Leo Lomski.
Aberdeen. drew. ~. Cnon-titlel.
CINCINNATI - Freddie Miller.
Cincinnati. outpointed joe Marcinte
BROOKLYN. l0).
PITTSBURGH - joey Thomas.
Chicago. outPointed Johnny Dunn,
New Kingston. Pa. l0l.