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Western news and the Libby times. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1920-1933, 1930-12-04

DR.. and Mrs. Fred Keller of Kalis-
pell were business visitors here Satur-
day. Sunday Mrs Keller went to Lib
by to visit her parents, Mr.. and Mrs,
Jewell
A most enjoyable party was given by
Mrs. Lynn Purdy at her home Mon
day night in honor of her mother,
Mrs. Tom Crowley, who celebrated
her 58th birthday About 20 guests
were present. Cards were played until
midnight and dancing was enjoyed
until a late hour. The hostess served
a delicious lunch.
Western news and the Libby times. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1920-1933, 1930-12-04
IMPORTANT NOTICE.

i will be in Eureka November Is to
December TO make portrait sittings
Please make your appointment with
Anita at the Studio.
MRS ANDERSON
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1930-06-27
MIDSUMMER FEST
ATTRACTS MANY
ELY PEOPLE IN LARGE NUMBERS
ATTEND THE ANNUAL MIDSUM-
MER FESTIVAL IN VIRGINIA
LAST SUNDAY-HIBBING NEXT
YEAR FOR MEETING.

Emil Salminen of Hibbing Was elect
ed chairman of the Northern Mime
neSota Midsummer Festival ASSocia-
ton and Hibbing was awarded the 1881
gathering at the closing session of the
annual two-day celebration at Virginia
Sunday. A crowd of $4,000 persons
participated in the event, according to
those present.
Last year the festival was held in
this city and was conceded as the best
ever held in the 26 years in which
these celebrations have been held in
this section.
The 9th gathering came to a close
Sunday evening with concert in the
recreation building arena at which
more than 5000 persons were present.
During the afternoon an outdoor pro-
gram was presented on the picnic
grounds with George A. Selke of the
st. Cloud Teachers College and Elmo
A. Aaltio, Finnish Consul at Duluth,
as the speakers. More than 3,0G0 au-
tomobiles were parked on the outskirts
of the grounds, according to a count
made by members of the arrangement
committee.
The festival opened Saturday after
noon with program OF athletic ev-
ents for men, women and children.
This was followed by banquet in the
evening at which Dr. John Raihala of
Virginia presided as POSTMASTER Many
noted speakers addressed the gather
ing. A dance followed the program.
Sunday forenoon was featured by an
informal gathering and reunionif
friends at the arena with the Virginia
City Band offering a program of con-
cert music. Instrumental and vocal
selections, including solo and ensemble
numbers, were given during the even
ing with the choirs of the northwest
appearing on the program. Mrs. Ollie
Ronka Ahola of New York City, form
erly of Ely, was given an enthusiastic
reception and offered group of vocal
selections.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1930-06-27

pire. Alone, he filled the upper
reaches of the MiSSippi with nine feet
of water in italics indicating new
matter) on page 26 of the rivers and
harbors bill as ultimately reported to
the Senate by it's committee on COM
merce.
He is all for human justice and in
PRODUCES bills to bride the passion of
judges for issuing injunctions and
falling citizens without jurieS. He is
all for the esthetic architecture and
introduces bills for identifying the
residential skylines of private property
in Washington. He is all for inter
national freedom and strives to rescue
the Haitians from our alien rule. He
denounceS the League of Nations as an
engine of militaristic imperialistic,
predatory, piratical, ETC., powers. He
hurls the World Court into the same
fiery furnace of radical wrath. He
votes for equalization fees and for de-
bentures and for every other forward
form of agrarian progressive revolu-
ton. He is terrible man.
Also, though, he does every possible
decent chore for Minnesota at Wash
ington effectively and promptly. He
is splendid man.
Mr.. Schall, seeking denomination to
the Senate, says that in it he has
always done his best to be like Ship
stead. Mr.. Christensen, desiring to
wrench Mr.. Schalls senatorial seat
from him, says in effect that he will
move it on the Senate floor always to
within l inch of the inspiring whispers
of Shipstead. Meanwhile, Shipstead
goes out to the summit of the Blue
Ridge in Virginia and associates with
the most loved companions, trees, and
gives himself his greatest pleasure,
serene contamination
Has No Political Party.
He has no political party to send to
the aid of either Mr.. Schall or Mr..
Christensen. This man consists of
just simply only himself He has no
party to. tie his hands. He is the
freeest man in American politics, and
increasingly one of the most powerful.
He is slow in gesture, slow in speech
tinged with certain apparent POM
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1930-06-27
PRELIMINARY RACES RUN
OF FOURTH OF JULY ENTRANTS.

In order to avoid having the large
number of group races at the ceIe-
bration, the American Legion Sports
Committee decided to have elimina-
ton races before the Fourth, the win
ners to compete at the celebration
next Friday. The races and prizes are
given in the program printed in
another place in this paper.
The elimination races for bows will
be held Monday, June 80, at the Pr
oneer and Lincoln schools-in the
morning at the Lincoln school and the
afternoon at the Pioneer school. For
the girls, the races will be held Tues
day, July l, in the morning at the
Lincoln and in the afternoon at the
Pioneer schools.
Trial races will be held Wednesday.
July 2, in the afternoon for both bows
and girls at the Washington play
ground. The four best runners at
each event at each school will race on
the Fourth of July for the prizes on
the program.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1930-06-27
CORNER STONE LAID WITH
APPROPRIATE CEREMONIES

his references to the city and it's adj
miniStration; the operation of the Dis
trict Court here and his wholesome re-
marks on Americanism and Citizen
ship in which he abhorred the en-
trance of class, nationality, politics and
creed into city affairs. He also al
luded to the old days when no such
distinction was manifest in local af-
fairs in the range communities and
where all were united in one common
cause of upbuilding the several COM
munities. He also dwelt on upholding
the laws of the country in his talk
on court matters. Judge Hughes is a
patriot and a speaker to whom it is a
pleasure to listen even when he is
handing out sentences in District
Court.
Lieutenant Governor Chas E. Adams
was called to the platform and con-
graduated the city on its achievement
of the new building without a bond
issue. He also spoke on the deveop-
ment of the city in the past thirty
years.
Mayor Hanson as master of cere-
monies held the troWel and spread the
mortar which cemented the stone into
place. The Ely Commercial Club
sponsored the laying of the cornerstone
and President NeSgord had prepared
the program assisted by committee.
The stone is a fine slab OF Bedford
rock and inscribed with the year of
its laying. The stone had been hol-
lowed in the rear and brass sealed
box inserted before it was walled in.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1930-06-27
RESORT OWNERS
GOOD WILL MEET
ARROWHEAD RESORT OWNERS
WILL MEET LATER IN THE
SEASON AND PLAN A CAMPAIGN
FOR THE COMING TOURIST
SEASON.

Resort owners of the Arrowhead
country will be called together for
the first time in the history of this
region late this summer to exchange
information and organize for the
coming tourist season.
George A. Perham, secretary of the
Minnesota Arrowhead association, an
nounced today that the association
will sponsor the meeting for the pro-
motion of good will among the resort
owners and exchange ideas
The next few years will see a tire
mendous increase in tourist business
in the Arrowhead country, and we
want the resort owners cooperating
and working together" said Mr.. Per-
ham. 1T will result in better con-
ditions and Accommodations for the
tourists and greater returns for the
resorts"
Railroads, bus lines, business houses
and other interests serving the tourist
will be called in to meet with the re-
sort owners.
Mr.. Perham has just returned from
the circle tour" of the Arrowhead.
Starting from Eveleth, he went along
| the Vermilion trail, County Highway
w. 4, eliCil dlOiiS lNO. %, UllTOuSfl
| Crimson on the State Highway No. l
at Little Marais, the Ely Finland trail
through the Superior National forest
to Ely and back to Eveleth on County
Highway No. 81 and No. 35 to Aurora
total of $50 miles.
While this was purely a pleasure
trip" said Mr.. Perham, 81 had my
| eye out for features of interest to the
many tourists who are writing us for
i information. We are advising tourists
who want to take in the north shore
| drive, to retrace to little Marais and
| there take the Ely Finland road to
| Ely and Tower, thence down the range
I through Eveleth, Virginia and Hibbing
to Grand Rapids, there choosing be-
tween visiting Cass Lake and Bemidji
| or continuing on No. 35 down to Aitkin
I'VE plan the trip in reverse order
for those entering the Arrowhead from
the west. We naturally must be
guided by the special wishes of the
| tourist, but when possible make sug-
gestions that are designed to treat all
sections squarely. A drive from Vir-
GINA up to international Falls is also
suggested when 1t appears this will
fit into the tourists program Many
of course, do not cover the entire area
but have as their objective, certain re-
sorts or sections"
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1930-06-27
WILLIAM HAINES AT THE OPERA
HOUSE IN A NEW COMEDY

William Haines' latest all-talking
picture, 1.-The Girl Said No." will open
a three-day engagement at the Opera
House starting July 8.
The picture, said to be a sequel to
Brown of Harvard" in which Haines
first came to the fore as an outstand-
ing screen comedian, was adapted by
A. P. Younger from the original story
by Sarah Y. Mason and was directed
by Sam Wood. Charles Macarthur, CO.
author of 1.-THE Front Page" wrote the
dialogue, while Robert Hopkins was
responsible for comedy interpretations.
The featured feminine role is played
by Leila Hyams, last seen opposite
HaineS in alias Jimmy Valentine"
and the supporting cast includes Marie
Dressler and Polly Moran, Francis x.
Bushman, Jr., William Janney, Junior
Coghlan, Clara Blandick, Phyllis Crane
and William v. Mong.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1930-06-27

With the finest kind of weather and
with appropriate ceremonies the COR
nerstone of Ely's new $150,000 City
Hall Building was laid Saturday after
noon and witnessed by a congregation
of citizens numbering over a thousand.
In addition to present city officials,
past mayors and other honored guests,
there were present Lieutenant Cover
nor, Chas E. Adams of Duluth
County Commissioners Anderson, Ho-
gan, and Pete and County Auditor
Walter Bergen. The commissioners
and MeSsrs. Adams and Bergen came
by car from Duluth in a record run of
two hours and twenty minutes with
Commissioner Anderson at the wheel.
Preceding the ceremony of the cor
nerStone laying, parade was formed
at the Community Center and headed
by the Community Band marched to
the city hall. A platform had been
constructed upon which were seated
Judge Hughes the speaker of the day,
past mayors of the city, Mayor Han
son, master of ceremonies and others
on the program.
the playing of America" Rev. G. P.
Keast rendered the invocation. Mayor
Hanson then introduced the former
mayors of the city each of whom re-
ceived merited applause. Judge
Hughes, who was the first Judge to
hold District Court in Ely, made the
address and in his usual efficient
manner captured the audience with
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1930-06-27
KNUT5ON BILL
FOREST NURSERY
OR NATIONAL FOREST WILL RE-
CEIVE A BOOST BY THE PASS
AGE OF THE KNUTSON TREE
PLANTING BILL.

Passage of the Knutson tree-plant-
ing bill for national forests, which has
been signed by President Hoover. will
mean the establishment OF a govern
ment nursery in the Superior National
forest some time next year.
Many people have expressed them
selves as well pleased with the action
of congress and the chief executive in
the enactment of the KnutSon bill into
law. The measure was originally In
dorsed by the Arrowhead association
and the county boards of st. Louis,
1tasca, Cook and Lake counties.
The tree-planting measure author
ICES appropriations of $25O,0O0 for the
fiscal year ending June 80, 1892, $780,
600 for the year ending June 80, 1888,
and 100000 annually for succeeding
years.
E. w. Tinker of Milwaukee, chief
forester for the lake states district, an
nounced recently in Duluth, when the
knutson bill was still pending in con-
greSS, that the tentative plan provided
for nursery in the Superior National
Forest and the expenditure of about
$4,000 annually in tree planting In
this area. 1t will mean quite a pay
roll annually, with periodical work for
farmers in the vicinity of the forest
ne pointed out. From 10000 to $4,000
acres would be planted annually In
this forest alone, according to his es-
Inmates.
The tree-planting law, sponsored by
Congressman KnutSon of st. Cloud.
IN the opinion of Mr.. Tinker will re-
claim great forest areas on a wholesale
scale which will have a tremendous
value in future years, both for indus
trial development and in tax returns
to the counties of the Arrowhead
country.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1930-06-27

William G. Hard, political writer in
the Washington Daily Star of Sunday,
June Is, speaks of Minnesotas Senator
ShipStead as being unique in Ameri-
can political life and then makes use
of the following in his resume of SEN
ator ShipStead. Mr.. Hard in his
writings has brought home in glowing
words similarity of opinion held by
all classes in this state of the value
of the Senator. He says
1.-THE unique personality of the mo-
ment in American politics is Senator
ShipStead of Minnesota. No phenom-
enon like him has ever before been
reported on the national political sky.
His unexampled remarkableness are at
least three.
First, he has really no party at all
and yet sweepingly carries his state.
Second, he calls himself Farmer
Laborite" and yet dominates the
struggle for the nomination for United
States Senator among Minnesota Re-
publicans. Third. he is assailed as a
radical and "bolShevik' and yet
gathers in the enthusiastic suffrages of
merchants and manufacturers and
bankers 1t is coming to be a current
prophecy that he is the destined sym
boil of a new on-partisanship-o a
new merging of scattered old party
fragments-in the whole Northwest.
Who is digging the Mississippi down
to a depth of nine feet all the way
from ST. Louis to Minneapolis? Who,
but this "bolShevik?"
Succeeds Where Regulars Failed.
The business administration of Her.
bert Hoover could not at this time APP
parently see quite so deep as nine
feet. 1t tentatively awaited further
scientific soundings by engineers. The
regular Minnesota Republicans in the
House of Representatives could not
persuade the House to dive all the way
to continuous and completely auth
orized nine-feet bottom. The hero
who did it was that enemy of
business" Mr. Shipstead.
Alone, Mr. Shipstead completely re-
presented the aquatic aspirations of
our great Northwest inland dry en-
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Read the Labels

The Federal food and drugs act re-
quires every package of food except
those containing one half ounce or less
to carry plain and conspicuous state
ment Of the quantity of the food in the
package. Do not be influenced by the
apparent size of the package; read the
labels. 1t frequently happens that what
appears to be large container will
actually contain less material than one
That seems smaller. The first injunc-
ton to the housewife, say Federal food
officials, is to read the quantity of con-
tents statements on the labels-that is
the net-weight or net-volume state
ment, determine whether the quantity
received is the same as expected. COM
pare this quantity offered by other
brands of the same quality, and buy
the product which gives the best value
for the money.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1930-06-27
X. C. INITIATION
SET FOR JULY G..

The Virginia Council Knights of
Columbus initiation, scheduled to be
held Sunday in the Marquette audi
forum has been postponed until Sun
day, July 6, it was announced. A
class of approximately so candidates
is expected to be initiated into the Or
ganization at that time.
The class will be dedicated to A. P.
Romer of the Virginia Council, it was
announced by Joseph j. Kraker, grand
knight of the Virginia Council. Major
degrees will be conferred by team
from the Winnipeg Council
The day will begin with $3.50 A. M.
mass and will conclude with ban
guet at o'clock in the auditorium, it
was said. Many from this city plan
to attend. All the Knights here are
members of the Virginia Council.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1930-06-27
ely OLD TIMER
PASSED AWAY.
JOHN PROUT, AN ELY RESIDENT
FOR THE PAST 38 YEARS, DIES
MONDAY AFTER LINGERING
ILLNESS OF SEVERAL YEARS.

After an illness of several years, the
past year having been spent in bed,
John Prout, an aged resident of this
city, passed away Monday at the home
of his son, James Prout, in this city.
John Prout was born in Cornwall,
England, in 1884 Mrs Prout who
preceded him in death by number
of years also was born in Cornwall in
1850. The family immigrated to this
country in 1877 and lived in Michigan
for several years before coming to
Tower at the opening of the Minnesota
mine. In 1892 the Prout family moved
to this city where they have since re-
sided.
Surviving children are Britton c. of
Virginia; James of this city. John of
Carbonate, Pennsylvania; Mrs Ed.
Williams, Mrs. w. j. Nichols and
William Of this city; Mrs. John Nichols
of Montreal, Wisconsin; Mrs. H. M.
Smith Of Long Beach, California, and
Mrs. George WATSON of Virginia.
Twenty-one grand children and Is
great grand children also survive.
These are Mrs. Lloyd Chapman of
Montreal, Wis, Mrs F. Harper of Vir-
ginia; Mrs. Harold johnson of Long
Beach, Cal; Violet, Clarence and Alice
Prout of Virginia; James and Fred
Nichols of Wisconsin; Cecil, May
Blanche and Margaret Nichols of Ely;
Irene, Virginia, Frederick and Ethel
Hoskin Of Bull; William Nichols of
Salt Lake City, Utah; Miss Flossie
Nichols of Minneapolis; Ralph Howard
and Eddie Williams of this CITY,
The funeral was held yesterday
afternoon at 2 o'clock from the Meth
odist church, Rev. C.. P. KeaSt offici-
ating. The greater part of the sur
viving relatives were here for the
funeral A large attendance of
friends and neighbors and members OF
the Vermilion Range Old Settlers
Association also attended. The sur
viving relatives have the sympathy OF
the community in their loss.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1930-06-27
GRAVEL REPLACEMENT
COSTS HALF MILLION

More than half million dollars will
be spent for regraveling unpaved
routes in the Minnesota trunk high
way system this summer according TO
G. M. Babcock, commissioner of high
ways. To date thirty-five crawling
contracts have been let by the main
tenance division covering 399 miles of
highways, at a cost of S226,636. These
represent only seven of the sixteen
maintenance districts. When the con-
tracts have been let in all the districts,
the figure is expected to go we'll over
$500,000 Last year the total spent for
maintenance crawling was 1851, 778.42.
These figures do not include contracts
for crawling new routes, let alone the
construction division, nor do they in
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posity of manner, shiningly colored
with humor which drawls and crawIs
like molasses, infinitely deliberate, in
f1nitely strategic, absolutely surefooted,
absolutely sincere. He has an almost
Lincolnian faculty for long Illumination,
for matured design protracted far into
the future and for the expression of
serious policy in whimsical parallels.
He is Norseman who is as American
as the primitive prairies of the covered
wagon. Progressive, he also is antique
That is the combination to which our
political history teaches us we give the
widest wings of fame and fate.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1930-06-27

The box contained a brief history of
the beginning of Ely and figures show
ing its growth in both valuation and
population in the years since the eS-
Enlistment of the village. The his
tory was prepared by City Assessor F.
B. James and Peter Schaefer In ad-
dition to this history, there was placed
in the box, a list of officers and histori-
cal data covering Independent School
District No IL, Ely Commercial Club,
the First National and First State
Banks together with a new treasury
note of the First National issue; pic
lures of the old city hall building and
pictures of local, lake and mining
scenes; folders describing Ely, the U.
S. Forest Service and the Superior
National Forest; clippings from the
Duluth Herald and copy of the Ely
Miner of June 20.
Rev. Father Mihelcic pronounced the
benediction and after the "Star
Spangled Banner" by the band the
crowd dispersed and the first public
act closed on the festivities relating to
the handsome new City Hall was
closed.
Pfeffer & Co., and j. NJ Rautio, con-
tractors on the building are making
excellent Roadway on the construction
and are keeping up with their schedule
providing rains which have somewhat
retarded the work for the past two
weeks, let up. The plumbing and
electrical work by E. L. Rautio and
the Benson and Vermillion Electric Co.,
are up to date. The stone shipment
from the eastern quarry are about
completed and the building is now
raising itself skyward rapidly with
augmented forces of stone settlers and
bricklayers. Superintendent Lauver in
charge of construction and Inspector
Joseph Veranth, are well satisfied with
the progress of operations
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clude patch crawling done by the
maintenance Sectionmen. Every sec
tionman has either a truck or a team,
and does a great deal of crawling on
short stretches, filling the frost boils
and other muddy spots, throughout the
season. Where the gravel is worn out
over several miles on any route, re-
crawling is done by special contract,
paid for by maintenance funds.
patch crawling takes care of special
conditions on short stretches. The
contract regraveling is replacement of
part of the gravel worn away by
traffic." Mr. Babcock points out.
During every prolonged wet period a
great deal of gravel sinks into the
sub-grade. During periods of drouth
lot of gravel is picked up by the
passing wheels, and thrown or blown
off the roadway. But even with fav-
orable weather the loss of gravel goes
on the year around. In winter when
there is little or no snow on the
ground, the loss of gravel is consider
able
Gravel wear varies according to
traffic. On some of the more heavily
Travelled routes regraveling is neces-
Sary every second or third year, while
on routes with less traffic longer wait
may be possible. Where traffic is very
heavy, and where pavement cannot be
built at once, we are using bituminous
treatment as means of saving gravel.
But with the paving and bituminous
work we are doing this year, we will
still have more than 1000 miles of I'M
treated gravel highway where the
gravel surface will need frequent re-
newal.
although Minnesota has more
gravel than most states, we have al
ready exhausted the local pits along
many routes, making longer and more
expensive hauls necessary. Using up
local gravel on the trunk highways is
also making it more difficult and ex-
pensive for the counties and townships
to get gravel for their local roads"