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The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1930-02-07
Swimmers Lose Double Meet

oWhiuiCIS AOSc DOuDlc Mxects
The local boys and girls SWIM
ming teams were both defeated last
Saturday in double-header tank
meet, the girls bowling to Biwabik by
a Al to 80 count, and the boys losing
to Virginia by Al to % score.
In the girls meet, Biwabik copied
six out of eight frsts. two seconds
and two thirds. Doras Christian and
Vera Maxi, both of Biwabik, tied for
high honors, each securing two firsts.
Between the events Mary BONNER gave
an exhibition of swimming and fancy
diving.
The results of the girls meet follow:
80 yard relay, won by Ely, laura
Porthan, Bertha Hanninen, Mayme
Peshel and Winnifred McCarty.
100 yard breast stroke Jennie Tai
lus, Biwabik, first; Sadie Sikala, Ely,
second; Mae Tapalka, Biwalbik thir0.
100 yard backstroke Chris
tian, Biwabik, first; Mildred Nc
Laughlin, Ely, second; Fannie Por-
than, Ely, third.
100 yard free style-vera Maxi, BIZ
wablk, first; Dorothy Peterson, Biwab-
TX, second; Winnifred McCarty, Ely,
third
Diving Phyllis Adler, Biwabik, first:
Annie Camish, Ely, second; Dorothy
Milkovich, Ely, third.
40 yard breast stroke Sadie Sikala,
Ely, first; Jennie Tallus, Biwabik, sec
ond; Mae Tapalka, Biwabik, third.
40 yard back stroke-Doris Chris
tan, Biwabik, first; Mildred Nc
Laughlin, Ely, second; Gertrude
Thompson, Ely, third.
40 yard free style-Vera Maxi, BIZ
wabik, first; Heinz Wilson, Biwabik,
second; Bertha Hanninen, Ely, thir0
In the boys meet Virginia garnered
six firstS, three seconds and two thirds,
while the locals secured two firsts,
three seconds and four thirds. Charles
Ketola of Virginia was high point man
of the meet with 10 points, placing
first in two events. He was closely
followed by Elfving of Ely who took
first and second to secure points.
The results of the meet follow:
l60 yard relay-Won by Virginia,
(Siano, Rudzinskie, Bjorkman and
Reed)
Diving-Happaniemi, Virginia, first;
Lane, Virginia, second; Klune, Ely,
third
40 yard free style-Ketola, Virginia,
first; Bjorkman, Virginia, second; And
erson, Ely, third.
100 yard backstroke -Elfving, Ely,
first; Richards, Virginia, second;
Skaurud, Virginia, third.
220 yard free style-Reed, Virginia,
first; Kittila, Ely, second; BONNER,
Ely, third.
100 yard breast stroke Anderson,
Virginia, first; Anderson, Ely second;
Tantarri, Ely, third.
100 yard free style Ketola, Vir-
ginia, first; Elfving. Ely. second; Rud-
zinskie, Virginia, third.
300 yard medley relay-Won by Ely,
(Kittila, Tantarri, Bonnier.)
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1930-02-07
FORESTRY TALKS
NOW AVAILABLE

A number of civic clubs in the
Arrowhead country have already Sig
nified their intention of having speakers
on forestry during the first two weeks
in March. Arrangements for qualified
speakers have been made by the Arrow
head Association. The list includes E.
w. Tinker, United States Forester in
charge of the Lake States District with
headquarters in Milwaukee, Crosby
Hoar, Chief of Fire protection for the
United States Forest service in the
three lake states, also of Milwaukee,
G.. E. Marshall, Forester of Cloquet, T.
S. Hanson, superintendent of the Clo-
quet Experimental Forest, A. S. Hamel
of Ely, supervisor of the Superior Nat
ional Forest, and Ray Harmon, his
assistant, Howard Hopkins of Cass
Lake, supervisor of the Chippewa Nat
ional Forest, Rodney Paine, Park Sup
erintendent of Duluth, John Fritzen,
forest ranger of Duluth, G. NJ Gonset,
State Commissioner of Forestry of st.
Paul, j. M. Valley, of Duluth, U. S.
Forest Service. In addition Com
missioner Comet has placed all forest
rangers in Northwestern Minnesota at
the disposal of the association for
speaking purposes
Organizations that have requested
speakers are the West End Business
and Civic Club of Duluth, The Duluth
Cosmopolitan Club, The Eveleth Lions
Club and the Cass Lake Commercial
Club. Secretary Saxby of the Duluth
Chamber of Commerce has asked that
Mr.. j. A. Scott, chairman of the Cham
Der committee on Auxiliary Forest be
informed of the speaking program
A number of other organizations are
expected to indicate desire to part
icipate. 1--WE will be pleased to hear
from any Chamber of Commerce Com
mercial Club or Civic Club in the
Arrowhead country that is interested"
While we are promoting these talks
on forestry, and while forestry is one
Of the major projects of the Arrowhead
Association, we do not want anyone to
gain the impression that we are not
vitality interested in agricultural de-
velopment of the Arrowhead Agri-
culture especially dairy, poultry, sheep,
potatoes, is without question the major
factor in future Arrowhead prosperity.
Sections suited to agriculture should
be developed with farms, sections not
suited can produce trees and thereby
add to the productivity of the area.
There is no conflict between forestry
and agriculture. IF there is any SEEM
ing conflict it is due to misunder-
standing.
GEO. A. PERHAM
Executive Secretary
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1930-02-07
BY Charles Gallagher
High School Suffers Defeats.

Again this week the high school re-
serve basketball team were the only
ones to secure victory the regulars
losing two games and the boys and
girls swimming teams both met de-
feat. The basketball reserves who
scored Elys only victory for the Sec
ond week won a Is to 6 game from
the Biwabik seconds. The high school
regulars dropped two games, one to
BiWabik by a 16 to 9 count on Friday
night and then journeyed to Two Har-
bors to be nosed out by a % to 10
count.
The services of Capt. Bob Nicholas,
who last week became ineligible for
further competition, were sadly missed
by the local quint, the boys not being
able to function properly. The team
was badly off form in their shooting
missing many shots and also were ex-
ceedingly poor on their passing. BIZ
Wabik displayed deep three man de-
Tense which the locals could not PEN
citrate with long passing offense.
Coach Buckley experimented with
Zgonc and Smrekar to fill Nicholas
place and although both men gave a
good account of themselves neither
could fill the shoes of the former cap
tain. Tomsich and Grahek played the
best ball for the locals although the
former did not play up to the standard
he has set in previous games. BIZ
Wabik conferred its play around Glass
their elongated center who was prac-
tically unstopable because OF his size.
The game was very poorly off1ciated
from the umpires standpoint. He
may have tried to have been fair
enough but he failed to show clear
conception of the rules of the game
and time and again took the play out
of the referees hands and territory.
Ely played better ball in the second
half to hold their opponents on even
terms but Biwabik maintained their
seven point advantage which they had
gained principally in the second
quarter.
In the Two Harbors game on the
following evening the boys played
much better ball than the previous
night but were noSed out by a % to 10
count. The team was up against one
of the best quints at the head of the
lakes conference which was too much
for the boys after the Friday night
game.
The game was exceedingly rough
with both teams being fouled fire.
quently, but they were held in cheek
by the officials. Indy carried the
brunt of the local attack and besides
scoring eight points he played a greas
floor game WEIGH and. StenswicK
starred for Two Harbors
The lineups of the Biwabik game
| frlf ntxyc
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1930-02-07
FEDERAL HIGHWAY
AID BILL PASSED

Passage by Congress of the bill for
increased highway aid will give Min
nesota an extra $4,000 for highway
construction during each of the next
three years. The bill increases the ap-
preparation for the year beginning July
l, 1880, from $75,000,000 to $125, 600 900,
of the years beginning July /, 1881 and
1882.
Minnesota'S previous allotment for
the year beginning July /, 1880, was
$2,102, 1885, While the allotment of the
new appropriation has not yet been
made, Minnesota should get little
more than $3,500,000 on the basis of
the old allotment
"All of the increase will go into new
construction" Commissioner G. M Bab-
cock states. Our maintenance and
other fixed requirements are allotted
early in the year and the balance goes
into construction. We had estimated
our 1880 construction fund at $11, O00,-
600 and on this basis we had let con-
tracts or made tentative plans for
about $50 miles of paving, 230 miles of
grading, nearly 800 miles of crawling,
and about the same amount of bridge
work as last year. We have made no
plans in advance for spending the fed
eral aid, but there will probably be an
increase in each class of construction
The new aid increases our 1880 con-
struction fund about 1914 per cent
While federal aid goes to the trunk
highways, it will benefit all classes or
roads. Wherever trunk highways are
inadequate, much of the through traffic
overfiows on county roads and adds to
the countys burden for maintaining
these roads. Speeding up trunk high
way construction will relieve the
counties of this expense. The in
creased federal aid will also hasten the
time when rs per cent of the trunk
highway system is improved so thai
new routes may be added"
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1930-02-07

as compared to two defeats. The two
defeats were from Aurora and Gilbert
the boys having attoned for the first
one when they downed Aurora here
but have not had second chance at
the Gilbert quint.
Antoncich, Koivumah and Brobin
carried the brrint of the locals attack
while l.. Licari and Calvin were the
mainstays of the Biwabik team. The
first half of the game was exceedingly
close with each team scoring but q
single field goal to tie the count at 2
to 2. Ely scored first in the opening
quarter while they held Biwabik score
less. In the second period Biwabik
turned the tables and duplicated Ely,s
feat. In the third quarter Ely opened
up and counted eight points while
Biwabik failed to dent the Ely hoop.
In the final quarter a host Of reserves
were used but nevertheless Ely con-
tinued to outscore the rivals con-
Meeting for 5 points while Biwabik
gained 4.
The lineups and summary follow.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1930-02-07
CARNEGIE PENSION
FUND REPORT

The Nineteenth Annual Report of
United States Steel and Carnegie Pen
sion Fund was released for publication
yesterday and shows that in the year
1929 the sum of $3,940,678.15 was dis
tributed as pensions among retired en-
ployees of the United States Steer
Corporation and its subsidiary COM
panies. Carnegie Steel Company was
first among the subsidiaries in the
amount paid to retired employees, the
sum being 1864, 086.98. The Oliver Iron
Mining Company received $159 5000,
Duluth & Iron Range Rail Road
Company $69, 30195, and the Duluth
Missabe and Northern Railway Com
pany $29,219.90.
There were LOOT employees added to
the pension roll during 1929 and 587
were removed from the list. At the
close of the year there were 1920 on
the pension roll
The average age of the 12,524 en-
ployees retired from 1911 to 1929, in
elusive, was 63.57 years; their average
period of service was 31.26 years, anu
the monthly pension, $38.75.
The total amount paid in pensions
since the Inauguration of the pension
Pioa oi IL O ~ AoAA, "oo
$26, 266, 10082.
The beneficiaries of the Pension
Fund make no contributions to the
Fund, the income of the latter being
derived from a fund created jointly
by Andrew Carnegie and the United
States Steel Corporation The latter
provides also whatever additional
moneys may be required in the adj
ministration of the pension plan.
The Pension Fund applies to all en-
ployees of the United States Steel
Corporation and its subsidiary COM
panies, numbering approximately
100000.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1930-02-07
FIGURES ON BUS BUSINESS BY
THE RAILROAD COMMISSION

Highway buses carried 4,273,701 pas
sengers and travelled 12,607, 769 miles in
Minnesota in 1929, according to reports
compiled by the State Railroad ana
Warehouse commission. The report
shows fifteen companies engaged in
this kind of transportation, using 273
buses with a total seating capacity
of 1929. They cover GIGS miles or
highway.
The total investment of these COM
panies is $500 ,293, their gross income
in 1929 was $3,677,747, and their oper-
ating expense, excluding taxes, was
$2,990,188. Registration taxes totaled
$170,799, an average of $62560 per bus
or 1.35 cents per mile. Gasoline taxes
totaled $69,424, or an average of SIS
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1930-02-07
GIRL SCOUT
SPORT EVENT

The Girl Scouts will have an out
door sports day on February 18th
The events will take place on what is
familiarly known as Dutchys Hill
south of the city, There will be skiing
for form and distance, tobboganing,
Snow-Shoeing races and wheelbarrow
race. The Scouts have been classified
for this event intp Glass 10, IL and L.
Another class Is and IA, and class
Of Is years and over. The Scout par
ticipating must nave her troup number
pinned on her back before entering an
event. The troop winning the most
points during the afternoon will be
given troop flag
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1930-02-07
a good character. On graduation from
the academy the cadet is eligible to be
commissioned an ensign

good character. On graduation from
the academy the cadet is eligible to be
commissioned an ensign.
Cadets are trained and educated az
the Coast Guard Academy, New Lon
don, Connecticut, and each summer
are taken on extended practice cruises
They receive the same pay and al
lowances as midshipmen in the navy
This amounts to $3.50 per year, quarters,
subsistence and medical attendance
Educational examination for cadets
precedes the physical tests and requires
two days. Applicants are required to
take written examinations in matthew
atics, English and history Author
tiles stated today that any youth having
successfully graduated from high school
should be able to pass the academic
tests. 1t was also announced that ex-
aminations would be held at such
places throughout the United States
where it is found practical to have ex-
aiming boards, and the number of
candidates warrant.
More detailed information can be Sc
cured by writing Congressman VIM A.
Pittenger in Washington, D. G.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1930-02-07
SCANDINAvIANs
ORGANIZE CLUB

At meeting held at the Com
munity Center recently a group of
Ely Scandinavians organized local
American Scandinavian Club. These
clubs are being organized all over the
United States and Canada There are
clubs in all of the towns of the range.
The following officers were elected
to direct the local organization:
President-Ernest Jackson.
LIST Vice President-Andrew Sund
End Vice Pres.-Berger Lindbeck.
Sec'y-Treas.-Arvid Sundholm
Guard Uno Hegfors
Custodian-William Hasselblad.
The following were elected to serve
on the executive committee Alvin
Sundholm, Axel Hegfors, Fritz Lind
beck and John Olson.
Dr. Harry Newgord and Luther M.
Bang were elected auditors.
After the election of officers COM
mittees were appointed and these will
start work at once. Meetings will be
held regularly and all members as
well as those wishing to become men,
bers are urged to get in touch with
secretary, Arvid Sundholm.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1930-02-07
MANY GROUPS COMBINE
TO HONOR DIR. FOLWELL

Formal memorial exercises, state
wide in scope, honoring the late DR..
william Watts Folwell, president en-
eritus of the university and historian
of the State of Minnesota, will be con-
Quoted on the University of Minnesota
campus at II A. NJ, Thursday Feb. 20.
Representatives have been invited
from all major state agencies. The
alumni, student body, the public and
graduates of the university during the
years of DR.. Folwell's presidency, 1869
to 1884, have also been invited. The
first class was graduated in 1872, three
years after the institution was opened
Two students who had entered with
advanced standing made up the first
class.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1930-02-07
nth. FLOWER SHOW
NAMED

Theodore Wirth, Superintendent of
the Minneapolis Park System, and we'll
known throughout the state, is chair
man of the Executive Committee,
sponsoring the Eleventh National
Flower and Garden Show coming to the
Twin Cities next spring. 1t is to be
held in the big municipal Auditorium
in Minneapolis, March 20 to April g.
northwest Cooperating Committee
has been chosen by Mr.. Wirth, in
Guiding in its membership many of
our prominent local townspeople and
flower lovers. The Flower Show will
bring to this state the greatest floral
exhibition Minnesota has ever wit
messed, Mr.. Wirth declares, and he
wishes every community of Minnesota
to take pride in having some part in
the event
Members of the northwest Coop
Grating Committee of this vicinity are
as follows: E. w. Hanson, Mayor Ely;
Walter E. Englund, Supt. of Schools;
Peter Schaefer, Miner; Mrs Ruth
King, Librarian; c. H. Barnes, County
Supt. of Schools.
Garden exhibits of every description
form a major part of the National
Flower and Garden Show, which is
such a big affair that only few
cities in the United States are large
enough to adequately present it. 1t is
expected ia attract 100000 people to
the Twin Cities. The coming show
will be the largest of them all in area
covered by its exhibits Over $4,000
square feet are needed for this dis
play. A whole week will be required
to stage the exhibits which will repre-
sent every country and cline. Sixty
judges will appraise the entries and
make the awards which total $4,000
Fifty gardeners, full time, in addition
to numerous other attendants, will
groom the choice blooms of flowerdom
during the show.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1930-02-07
PUSH PLANS FOR GREATEST
WASHINGTON CELEBRATION

Although the event itself is still two
years away, plans are being pushed
forward rapidly for making the two
hundrdth anniversary celebration of
Washington's birthday the greatest
event of its kind ever held in this
country. The celebration is to be
unique in many ways and in this issue
OF The Miner appears an illustrated
feature article by Elmo Scott Watson
which tells about some of the out
standing events of the great cele-
bration in 1892. Look for the article
"1732-1932" in this issue.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1930-02-07
cents per mile. Gas took SIS per cent

cents per mile Gas took 6.5 per cent
of the gross income.
Eight companies engaged in city bus
service reported 1877 buses used, 1863
miles of street covered, a total of
1851 ,445 bus miles operated, 1O,018,5Os
passengers carried, $1,910,374 invested,
$1,345, 945 gross revenue, $1,199, 464 OPP
Grating expense, $50, 1872 license taxes
and 1923 in gasoline taxes
Buses operating over the highways
pay license tax of 10 per cent on the
F. o. B. price of the vehicle, while
those operating within one city pay
"a per cent, the same as private cars.
Buses operating in contiguous cities
formerly paid the 10 per cent rate.
but the last legislature transferred
them to the "a per cent class.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1930-02-07
EXAMINATIONS FOR
COAST GUARD ACADEMY

Competitive examinations for entry
in the U. s. Coast Guard Academy will
be held early this summer according
to an announcement made in Wash
ington today. The academy ranks on
par with that of West Point and An
napolis and is the government training
school for Coast Guard officers.
Those eligible to take the examin-
alton are young men from the ages OF
10 to % who have had the equivalent
Of four years in high school and have
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1930-02-07
UNIVERSITY WOMEN
WILL HAVE FINE PROGRAM

The American Association of Uni
versity Women will meet tomorrow at
the home of Mrs. Sigurd Olson with
Mrs. Emil Koski and Miss Luella Holt
as assisting hostesses. The program
as arranged will be as follows:
Experiences of Noted Americans in
Soviet Russia" by Miss Alice j. Fowler.
diverse Views Held on Russian
Communism" by Miss Mary A. Kraft.
Current Affairs" by Mrs. W. D.
Gallagher
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1930-02-07
JACOB L. PETE FILED
FOR REELECTION WEDNESDAY

Jacob l.. Pete deposited his filing
with the County Auditor Wednesday
for reelection as Commissioners of the
Fourth District. So far two filings for
this Office have been made, Mr. Pete
and Jack Gianotti, both of this city.
A Tower man and another from Cook
are being prominently spoken of for
this position
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1930-02-07
ZENITH Mine
ELECTR|F|C AT|ON

The Miner has been informed that
the Zenith mine will be completely
electrified during 1890 This will prove
welcome news to the business men of
the city who see in the expenditure of
necessary funds for the placing of
electrical equipment the continued OPP
Grafton of this property and the con-
tinued employment of large forces.
General Manager w. p. Chinn of
the Pickands, Mather Company was
here this week and visited the mine.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1930-02-07

In the preliminary game Friday
evening the local second team romped
off to Is to 6 victory over the BIZ
wabik reserves. This marked the
fourth consecutive win for the sec
onds and total of six for the season
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1930-02-07
Seconds Win Sixth Game.

| IOUftlo ~
Officials: Erwin, Virginia, referee;
Muelk, Virginia, umpire.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1930-02-07

The Communists of the Head of the
Lakes are showing their teeth and in
tend to sink their fangs into the city
government with demand for the
adjustment of laws at present on the
books to curb just such outbreaks as
this one promises to be. Life is like
that A complacent city government
allows the growth of anti-American
sentiment in its midst and then is
compelled to combat the same sent
iment in order to conduct affairs.