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The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1930-02-14
GIRL SCOUT
SPORTS DAY
TROOP NO. WON THE TROOP
FLAG OFFERED BY THE COUNCIL
WITH 81 POINTS-SPORT DAY
VERY MUCH ENJOYED.

About fifty Girl Scouts turned out
Wednesday afternoon to participate in
the Outdoor Sport Day The weather
was excellent and all enjoyed the
events
Troop No. 6, Miss Agnes Hodapp
captain, won the troop flag offered
by the Scout Council with 81 points to
their credit. Troops 8 and 4 tied for
second place with points. Troop No.
won third place with points.
The Scouts have arranged for the
showing of Girl Scout picture en-
titled '"The Girl Scout Trail" at the
Elco Theatre on Monday Tuesday and
Wednesday nights February II, Is and
49, The picture is said to present
plenty of thrills. One of the scenes
shows the saving of life in the river
by Scout. The theme of the story
is the unhappy life of a young girl
who secured happiness only by joining
the Girl Scouts.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1930-02-14
PITTENGER BILL FIGURED
VERY IMPORTANT TO ELY

Political observers look upon the
Pittenger Conservation Bill, recently
introduced in Congress by the Min
nesota member, as the most important
piece of legislation affecting the eighth
congressional district presented in
many years. It was limited that here
tofore Minneapolis interests have
undertaken to look after the affairs
of the district and that now this per-
ogative is being taken from them by
the local Congressman It was fur
Their pointed out, both by constituents,
now in Washington attending hearings
and political students, that the bill as
a whole is the result of long study on
advice obtainable in Northern Min
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1930-02-14
RECENT DRY LAW CASES SHOW
'HISTORY REPEATS ITSELF

Nothing illustrates in a more inter-
esting manner how history repeats it
self" than some of the modern pro-
hibition enforcement cases. Michigan
has recently received wide publicity
through the conviction of women liq-
uor sellers under the "life-for-a- pint"
law, but 1873 years ago woman was
punished for selling liquor in a way
which would seem most unusual today.
And the Volstead act did not bring
into being the first prohibition enforce
ment officer. That title belongs to a
resident of New Jersey away back in
1860.
Read about these and many other
interesting facts of early Day Pro-
hibition Enforcement" in the illus
trated feature article by Elmo Scott
Watson in this issue of The Miner.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1930-02-14
DELPHIANS CONTINUE TO
STUDY ANCIENT GREECE.

Mrs. H. NJ Sutherland will preside as
leader at meeting of the Ely Del
phian Chapter at the Memorial High
School, Thursday, when 1.-THE Athens
of Pericles'' will be the general theme
OF discussion. Roll call will be an
swered by current events.
The Delphian Traveller Memorials of
"The Glory that was Greece" will be
discussed by Mrs w. D. Gallagher.
Topics for the evening are: cath
ems in the Fifth Century by Mrs. B.
Richards; "The Acropolis" by Mrs. G.
Ayres; Public Life" by Mrs. B. o.
Strachan; Private Life" by Mrs. II.
Berg; "Athenian Education" by Mrs
j. Gianotti.
Merging of the Railroads" will be
the current topic by Mrs. P. Schaefer
Mrs. Gust Maxi will speak on Greece
of Today"
At present the Ely Delphian Chapter
has membership of twenty-three.
Interest and inspiration are growing.
which will naturally cause future dew
elopment and also tend to develop the
atmosphere to gain knowledge and
share with others in our community
Last week two of our Delphian mem
bers, Mrs. McNGahan and Mrs. VIM.
Jones talked before the Rotary Club.
M. H
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1930-02-14

The proposed new City Hall building
as planned by E. H. Berg, Architect, is
a T-shaped building in plan with the
bottom of the T facing Chapman
Street.
The size is approximately 100 feet in
width and 80 feet in depth and is
faced on the exterior with stone on the
the three main fronts and brick on the
alley side.
The latest American style of archi-
lecture is employed in the design of
both exterior and interior of the build
ing and thus the absence of the class
ical with its usual columns and pro-
jecting cornices will be noticed in the
accompanying picture. The new and
modern American style of architecture
is not fad but is here to remain as
it, is very practical and at the same
time beautiful to behold.
Most of the basement portion of the
building is exposed about feet above
the ground and thus makes the Struct-
ure two and half stories in height.
The basement not only contains the
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1930-02-14

necessary rooms for the furnaces, fuel,
storage, etc., but also has offices for
the City Chemist and Water & Light
Superintendent with one room allotted
to the Fire Department.
The first story of the building COM
prises mainly the Fire Department,
the Police Department, the offices al
lotted to the City Clerk and also the
City Treasurer The offices of the
Clerk and Treasurer are the ones Wis
tied mostly by the public and therefore
were placed on the ground floor and
near the main entrance.
The doors of the Fire Hall will face
Second Avenue East instead of Chap
man Street as at present. The fire
department contains an Office, work.
room and dormitory in addition to the
large equipment room for the trucks
Showers and Mushrooms are provided
for the firemen as well as large
lounge room which will be used by
both police and firemen.
The Police department contains cells
for men, women and juveniles in adj
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1930-02-14
HEAD Of LAKES
AUTO SHOW
MANY FROM ELY WILL ATTEND
THE. HEAD OF THE LAKES AUTO
SHOW AT DULUTH FEB. II TO 22.

One of the most elaborate automo-
tive displays and entertainment pro-
programs opens next week at the
Duluth Armory. Every automobile
represented by dealers in Duluth and
in other cities adjacent to Duluth and
Superior will be on display at this show
in the midst of an elaborate setting
The Duluth Armory is being de .orated
as never before for this outstanding
event of the year. Two solid car loads
of green smilax have been shipped in
from Alabama and Georgia to form
the background of decorations of the
interior of the Armory, converting 1t
into an immense bower of greens,
flowers, silks and tinsel Brilliant
illumination will bring cut all the de-
tails of the automobiles on display and
show them up at their very best. The
entertainment committee has arranged
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1930-02-14
GIRLS BEAT BOYS
IN BIRTH LIST
SINCE OUR LAST REPORT ON
BIRTHS ONLY TWO BOYS HAVE
COME TO DISRUPT THE CLEAN
SCORE FOR GIRLS BORN IN ELY.

For the days of this month and all
of January the birth reports as reg
istered with the Registrar of Births
and Deaths, show only two boys among
a plethora of girls. Since we printed
the last list at the beginning of the
year the following have been reported:
January 1, to Mr.. and Mrs. Emil
Makipeha, a daughter.
January 8, to Mr.. and Mrs Henning
Dahl, daughter.
January Is, to Mr. and Mrs Anton
Miklich, son.
January 25, to Mr. and Mrs. Louis
Lesar, daughter.
January 26, to Mr.. and Mrs. j. G.
Hayden, a daughter.
February 4, to Mr.. and Mrs Matt
Markovich, daughter.
February, 10, to Mr.. and Mrs. Ernest
r. Jackson, son.
From Duluth, cards have been re-
ceived announcing the birth of Irene
Elizabeth, weight 81 pounds, on Feb
ruary 10th, to Mr.. and Mrs. Jerry A.
Harri.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1930-02-14
MINERAL RIGHTS
SHOULD BE TAXED
THE FOLLOWING FROM THE MIN
NEAPOLIS JOURNAL EDITORIAL
COLUMNS CONTAINS SOME W.T.
AL QUESTIONS FOR THE LEGIS-
LATURE

Agitation is being renewed in nor
thern Minnesota for the taxation OF
mineral rights. 1t has been common
practice, ever since the discovery of
iron ore in that part of the state, to
sell land subject to reservation of the
mineral rights. The seller holds the
reservation as remote chance of
making fortune, should exploration
at some time or other develop the fact
that there is valuable ore under the
land.
Heretofore this has been mainly a
nuisance, as the mineral rights are
merely a cloud on the title to the land.
Lately the thing has taken on more
serious aspect. Owners of land from
which timber has been stripped con-
slider that the land alone Is not worth
paying the taxes on. It's only possible
value to them is in what may be found
beneath the surface. This can be kept
however, without paying any taxes.
AS the Duluth Herald shows, the
owner simply deeds the land to his
wife, the janitor, or some one else,
reserving the mineral rights. The new
owner lets the land go for taxes Even
if some one buys the tax title, the
courts say, only the surface right is
affected. At any future time, should
any sort of mineral deposit be found,
the holder of the mineral right may
step in and exercise it. Meanwhile he
pays nothing.
This is wrong of course The Her
aid urges revision of the law That is
not so easy as it sounds The problem
has been before the legislature of
Minnesota, session after session.
Under the present law q mineral
right can be assessed and taxed if any
value could be established. Attempts
have been made to assess the mineral
reservations, but always they come up
against a stone wall-the necessity of
proving value.
If the reservations have no value,
why are they property at all? On the
other hand, if they have a value,
what is it? How is it to be deter
mined? The minute that ore is To-
Gated on piece of land, it is asses
sable. When no one knows what lies
beneath the surface, what is this
mineral right" worth? How is any
new legislation to paint a way to de-
termine this question?
The abuse of this right is undoubt-
edly adding to the evil of tax delin-
quency. The man who cam find a
yay to tax mineral rights will per-
form distinct public service Once
subject to taxation, these rights would
almost invariably be allowed to lapse.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1930-02-14

for an elaborate vaud,gi!ie performance
every night with change of program
daily. Vaudeville stars o. national and
international fame will perform, with
the support of various chorus'S of dam
GERS and singers Gil special stage con-
structed in the Armory. The vaudeville
entertainment will consist of fifteen
acts of nausic and dancing such as
Duluth and the Head of the Lakes
country has never seen before.
For the special enjoyment of all the
ladies attending, an elaborate style
show is scheduled for Wednesday
night Members of the Duluth Junior
League will model the new spring and
summer garments. Coats, suits and
dresses will be shown. This feature is
being given prominent place in the
automobile show for the benefit of the
northwest ladies' Thursday night will
be designated as Range Night and
among its many features will be in
cluded boxing exhibition Staged es-
pecially for this show by Phil Terk
manager of the Silver Spray gym
nasium. A mighty interesting card Is
promised and fistic fans of the north
west will be delighted with the fast
action that will develop.
The Head of the Lakes Automotive
Trades Association is receiving full
support from the Range Automotive
Dealers Association of which Art. L.
Mattson of Virginia is president, G. A.
Norman of Hibbing, vice-president,
Oscar Pohjonen of Chisholm, treasurer,
A. D. Heritage of Virginia, secretary
and manager. The last automobile
show was held in 1927 and since that
time the number of dealers interested
in automobile show work has increased
tremendously. The automobile show as
an institution has proved it's value to
the dealers that contribute to it's sue
cess This year every dealer in the
territory is cooperating to make the
1880 automobile show the biggest en-
tertainment event of the year.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1930-02-14
FRANK ALLAIRE DIES
AFTER SHORT ILLNESS.

The remains of Frank Allaire, who
died Friday after a few hours illness,
were shipped to Fronton, Quebec, Can
ada, Monday for burial. Funeral SER
vices were held at the Catholic church
early in the morning after which the
remains left on the 1920 train.
The deceased has been resident OF
this section for the past twenty years,
he having been employed in the camps
of his uncle, Cyrille Fortier, in the
winter months and as foreman on the
Lake County roads during the summer.
He was SO years of age and is sur
vived by widowed mother who re-
sides at Fronton, Canada, besides sew
eral brothers and sisters. He was a
member of the Duluth Lodges of Elks
and Moose
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1930-02-14

dition to Chiefs Office, public space
and Sergeant's desk.
The second story of the building Is
taken up by large room used for a
Council Chamber and Court Room,
with its accompanying Jury Rooms,
Judges Chamber, Clerk of Courts
Office, etc. The City Engineer and
Assessor also have their offices on the
second floor. The Engineer and As
SCISSOR each have work room, private
Office and vault similar to space given
to the Clerk and Treasurer on the first
floor. In addition to the vaults in
each department, there will be large
storage vault in the basement for the
storage of old records.
The cost of the building will be APP
proximately $150,0O0.00 with $25,000.00
allotted for equipping the interior with
its furniture, etc. Detailed plans are
nearing completion and it is expected
that bids will be called for sometime
in March and if acceptable, the build
ing can be completed by January LIST,
1881.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1930-02-14
Listen to Talk on Lincoln.

Wednesdays meeting of the Rotary
Club was in the nature of a Lincoln
anniversary with Principal Fetherston
OF the High School as the principal
speaker. Mr.. Fetherston made a talk
on the immortal Lincoln using as his
text Lincoln as President" He made
a fine address and dwelt at some length
on the efforts made by President Lin
coins cabinet in the early stages of his
presidency to harass their chief but
without success as the cool and col
lected attitude of the great emanci-
pator left them without weapons Rev.
keast was a guest of the club. The
ladies of the M. E. church served the
dinner. Next Wednesday is Rotary
Anniversary night.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1930-02-14
SCHOOL ORCHESTRA
WILL BROADCAST
FORTY MEMBERS OF THE HIGH
sc 1901 ORCHESTRA WILL
BROADCAST A PROGRAM FROM
WEBC DULUTH NEXT SUNDAY.

The regular band concert by the Ely
Community Band will not take place
next Sunday as Prof DiNino is taking
the High School orchestra to Duluth to
broadcast a program from station
WEBC.
The following program will be put
on the air from to $50 o'clock next
Sunday afternoon.
"CoSSak Revels," ..... Tchaikoff
Unfinished Symphony" 49,. Schubert
LiebeStraume" ..... LiSZt
Mrs. F. NJ DiNino.
Down South" Myddleton
Wedding March, Acknowledgement Lake
The school bus will leave here at
9 o'clock in the morning and will carry
forty members of the orchestra and
their instructor Ely music enthus-
lasts are requested to tune in on this
program.
The next band concert will take
place on March 2.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1930-02-14
CATHOLIC ORDER FORESTERS
MAKING MEMBERSHIP DRIVE.

Zephyr Deslauriers of Duluth, rep
resenting the organization department
of the Catholic Order of Foresters is
in the city directing membership
drive for the organization.
Two teams have been organized to
further the drive. One is captained by
Ed. Buckley of the Ely schools and the
other by Matt Vertin of Rikhus g.
Vertin
It is expected that large class will
be ready for initiation early in March
Last year the drive netted 90 new
members
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1930-02-14
EARLY RANGE RESIDENT
BURIED AT DULUTH

Another of the Vermilion Range old
timers passed away at Duluth last
week in the person of Mrs. A. M. Hun
ter, aged 50, formerly resident Of
Soudan but for the last Is years res
ident of Duluth. She passed away
Saturday at the home of her daughter,
Mrs E. H. McAlister, with whom she
made her home. Besides her daughter,
she is survived by two sons, G. M.
Hunter, manager of the Herald cir
culating staff, and James v. Hunter of
Minneapolis. The funeral occurred
Monday from the Morgan Park church,
Rev. Chas v. Ramshaw officiating.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1930-02-14
!. D., where he has accepted pas

s. D., where he has accepted pas
torate
It is understood that his resignation
from this section was rendered some
time ago but was only recently accepted
by the several congregations over which
he presided.
Since the announcement of his
leaving Rev Benson has been rendered
number of farewell parties here and
at Soudan by the members of his
churches and many friends of other
denominations
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1930-02-14
To Attend Aerial Meet.

Herb Kurvinen and lobe Somero of
the Scenic Always company will leave
Sunday for st. Louis, Missouri, to at
tend the Aerial meets there the coming
week. Mr.. Kurvinen and Mr.. Somero
will note the developments in aircraft
The company own and operate one of
the famous Curtis Robins" in this
city with Harry Davidson as pilot.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1930-02-14
Have Left for California.

Adolph Schroeder, Matt Rom, JOS
eph Mantel of this city and Leo Kukar
OF Gilbert, left yesterday on their way
to California where they will visit for
a month or more. The trip is being
made in the Schroeder car and the
party expect to liesurely go via. the
southern states
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1930-02-14
1. G. A. Broadcast.

The Independent Grocer's Alliance
having several members in this city,
will broadcast from twelve stations be-
ginning at 7:30 o'clock during the
week of February "a. The broadcast
will be known popularity as the "Home
Folks Hour"
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1930-02-14
REV. BENSON
LEAVES soon
AFTER THREE YEARS OF Sue.
CESSFUL WORK REV. BENSON
WILL LEAVE SOON FOR HIS NEW
CHARGE AT SIOUX FALLS, S. d.

1t is with considerable regret that
the many friends of the Rev. Arthur
c. Benson who has had charge of the
Ely and Soudan Swedish Lutheran
churches for the past three years, learn
that he will soon leave for Sioux Falls,
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1930-02-14

We are not in accord with the
measure to stop timber cutting, as
practiced by the U. S. Forestry Ser
vice, within 400 feet of any lake or
stream in thousands of miles of timber
farming territory and look with sus-
picion on the move to prohibit sun
slightly shaft houses" in the affected
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1930-02-14

Continued on Page Four.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1930-02-14

We will be minus this voting power
for many years unless we get more
voters into the northern end of the
state This power is being anticipated
in the southern end and in order to
counterfeit any such tendencies, all
kinds of barriers are in course of
erection. Personally, we figure that
the greatest of these is the idea of
making park of the entire northern
boundary and south as far as line so.
We are in full accord with the move
to stop the damming of border waters
but feel that 1t is not necessary to
hamper timber, iron and farm develop
ment In territory miles remote from
the border waters
The Washington times., 1930-06-02
Kansas City Reports
Good Wheat Outlook

KANSAS CITY, June 2.-Rati-
fication of the merger of the
Fidelity National Bank and Fidel-
ity Savings Bank with the Lib
erty National Bank this week
gave Kansas City new bank
with capital in excess of $6.000.
600 and deposits of around $61.-
100000.
With the 1880 harvest only
about five weeks away, the grain
trade and railroads in this dl5-
trlct are preparing for the hand
ling of combined crop of about
225,000,000 bushels for Kansas,
Nebraska, Oklahoma and Texas.
Although storage stocks of
wheat locally are about 100000
bushels, it is generally expected
that they will be reduced by July
l to around 100000 bushels, or
about the same as a year ago.
Capacity of local elevators will
also be increased by that time
to about 100000 bushels.
Gold reserves of the Kansas
City Federal Reserve Bank de-
creased $3,000,000 in the past
week, offsetting an increase of
50 100000 in the preceding week.
The total is still $4,000, 900
larger than a year ago.
The Washington times., 1930-06-02
|NCE STRONG MIDWEST FIRM
IYS TARD|EU OPENS MILL

DIJON. France, June 2 G.N.SD
Frances position among the ma
tions of the world today stood
outlined as one free from the
need to fear or to boast" after a
political keynote address here by
Premier Andre Tardieu, before
1900 leaders in the varied phases
of French life.
Premier Tardieu pleaded for
strong, rejuvenated France and
for support Of the present govern
ment, the second one which he
has headed.
Observers were strongly inter
ested in any repurcussions that
might follow TardieuS address in
view of the recent speeches of
Premier Mussolini. which. news
papers have claimed, were ci,
rected mainly at France.
M. Tardieu declared the coun-
try's position was strong and he
praised the famous moral and
physical strength of France.
He said that the government
planned to spend more than
$137, 100000 for reorganization of
the frontier forces.
The Washington times., 1930-06-02
Gasoline, Oil Prices
Are Likely to Fall

NEW YORK, June 2 CU.SO.
Considerable improvement must
be made in the oil inventory sltua-
ton before a restoration in prices
of gasoline and crude oil will be
justified. the Brookmire Economic
Service, Inc, today reported The
report said:
There is little reason to be-
lieve that the rate of increase
in the consumption of gasoline
maintained last year and for the
first few month of 1880 will
long continue.
"PrOductiOn of automobiles is
at a much lower rate than dur
ing 1929 and slower rate of in
duStrial operations will be an in
fluence working against a con-
tinuatiOn of large increases in
the consumption of gasoline.
"AS a result of the burden
some supplies of gasoline, prices
have shown little advance since
the middle of April, while dur.
ing this same period last year
prices were working higher.
Some economists go so far as to
predict that gasoline prices must
come down. Whether this is
true, increases in prices this
summer are not likely to be as
great as last year."