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The Washington times., 1930-06-20
Is Jazz Dying?
There Are Signs.

~ dsath of azz has been announced many times by many
authorities but it is still with However the
more numerous of late than previously leads to the u
pcion that jazz not yet dead may never.neess Oe 0ys
and diving more rapidly than has been realized
Il still holds the radio of but music OF the sort en-
phasized by Walter Damrosch and others making
thanks TO the comendabe efforts Of the best stations the
nnbc beginning to that Beethoven ana
are worth listening especially when listened to o1en mO
of the prejudice against good music has been due 70
~ Il Familiarity breeds respect and respect breeds hiking
some years from now shall probably look back a jazz
with the same amused tolerance with which now look Dack
a. enlist Art Every generation has its fads Back IN tne
middle Ares all Of Europe had mania for dancing History
repeats itself with variations jazz is the most recent man
and will 90 the way of the others.
The Washington times., 1930-06-20
Hearst Papers Advocate

I. Peace and Gnsaty sOtth all nations; entdn0ltng
alliances With tone," as ADVOCATED By George
WdshingtOn.
q Proportional representation III the United States
Senate no State to haze less than tao Senator's.
Legislation to enforce prompt constitutional reap
porttonment IN the House of Representatives..
8. separate Department of the Army, of the Ndvy
and of the Air Forces all united under Secretary
Of National Defense
A. Fedeyri action to the limit of Federal poa0ers to
abolish lliterdcy in the United States under a
Secretary Of Education.
s.. Election Of Congress in November Instdlldtton
Of the President first of January nert after
on the first Of January follotving. lRGNgurdtioN
NoVembk election.
The Washington times., 1930-06-20
DO YOU KNOW THAT

oxygen baths are now given
trees that have been poisoned.
by Illuminating gas from leaky
pipes in the soil. Oxygen Is
forced under pressure. through
a specially constructed nozzle,
well into the ground at diff
ferent points around the tree
50 as to displace the gas.
The Washington times., 1930-06-20

A new type Of mobile ''stub"
mooring mast has been develop
ed for anehoring the dirigible,
Los Angeles. The device, which
makes the airship fast at both
ends. requires the services Of
only go men. instead Of the
usuaA ground crew Of more
than 200.
The Washington times., 1930-06-20

Your knowing Is nothing I'M
less some other person knows
that you know it.-Persius.
It is right for him who asks
forgiveness for his offenses to
grant it to others. Horace.
No book Of great and estab-
hshed reputation Is read till it
Is read at least twice. Bennett.
The Washington times., 1930-06-20
WORDS FROM LIPS OF WISE MEN

His home, the spot Of earth SUI
premely blest.
A dearer. sweeter spot than all
the rest.
Montgomery. !.
Our greatest good. and what we
least can spare,
Is hope: the last Of all our evils,
fear.
The Washington times., 1930-06-20

inorganic sodium chloride also the
found pilates and phosphates Of
The Ely miner., 1930-12-19

tionS and marches. In addition, Miss
Marion Odgers played piano solo
and Miss Mary Hutar sang two very
fine numbers in which she was accom-
panied by Mrs. H. N. Sutherland at
the piano. A brass quartette COM
posed of MeSSrs. Carlson, Bourgin.
HerTanen and Koivumah of the band
rendered a pleasing selection
The concert next Sunday viii close
the pre-holiday series. The band and
its director are arranging for series
of concerts for the balance of the winter
at the Auditorium and the beginning
of summer out in the open, which will
be made up of the best in band music
and feature soloists recruited from
local talent of which Ely has notable
amount.
The program for next Sundays con-
cert will be featured by a reading by
Mrs. Luther M. Bang and vocal solo
by Douglas Nankervis and for which
Mrs. Nankervis will play the accom-
paniment. The program as arranged
is as follows:
Overture, "Sampa," ......... .Herold
Bandama Sketches, ........... White
Reading, The Christmas Substitutes"
Mrs. Luther M Bang.
Selection, 'n Trovatore," ........ Verdi
Polish Dance, No. l, ..... .Scharwenka
Solo, 1.-The Holy City," ....... Adams
Mr.. Douglas Nankeryis.
Mrs. Nankervis, Accompanist.
The New Colonial March, ....... Hall
Star Spangled Banner"
The Ely miner., 1930-12-19
REPRESENTED
IN JUST IMAGINE"

A veritable League of Nations could
be organized from the members of the
cast and staff of Just Imagine" di-
rected by David Butler, forthcoming
De Sylvia, Brown and Henderson Fox
Movietone successor to their previous
brilliant success, Sunny Side Up"
Ell Brendel, born in Philadelphia, is of
Dutch, English and Swedish parentage.
Maureen O'Sullivan, leading lady,
was born near Dublin. She was dis
covered" during the making of John
McCormacks Song o. My Heart"
John Garrick, leading man, while
born and reared in Brighton, England,
claims Australia as his home.
Marjorie White, vivacious little come
dienne, is native of Winnipeg, Cam
ada. As q child she made her debut
in the World War as an entertainer
of Canadian soldiers.
Frank Albertson, light comedian, is
OF Russian and Icelandic parentage.
Hobart BoSworth is of English extrac-
ton.
Mischa Auer is Polish, while Ivan
Linow was born in Latvia, Russia.
Joyzelle is of Spanish and French ex-
traction.
Buddy DeSylva, who with his part
ners wrote the story, dialog and songs
for "JuSt Imagine" which opens on
Christmas at the Elco Theatre, Is of
French parentage.
Lew Brown is Jewish and Ray Hen
derson, whose real name is Brest, is of
pure German descent.
In fact the only Simon pure" Amer
lean in the cast is Kenneth Thomson,
the heavy
The Ely miner., 1930-12-19
SECOND CRASH IS
WORSE THAN FIRST
MOTORISTS WARNED TO DRIVE
SLOWLY PAST DAMAGED CARS
OR CROWDS-BROWN SAYS
STOP.

A warning to motorists to slow down
and drive very cautiously when there
is an accident or any sign of some
thing unusual on the highway, was
issued this week by Earle Brown chief
of the State Highway patrol, due to
series of double collisions occurring
recently In several accidents during
recent weeks, one or more speeding
cars have run into the wreckage before
the injured could be cared for or the
damaged cars removed from the road.
Usually the second smash is worse than
the first.
In some of these cases the second
smash has occurred in spite of the
fact that traffic officers or others were
trying to signal and warn approaching
drivers Some of those who have dis
regarded these warnings and run into
persons previously injured, or smashed
into wrecked cars, have stated that they
thought they were being held up.
This is not valid excuse, according to
Mr.. Brown. Hold-upS on the highway
are comparatively few in Minnesota,
but in case of doubt, it is better to risk
being held up than to risk your own
life and the lives of others by crashing
into the scene of an accident. The
motorist who is signalled can safely
slow down so that he can see what is
wanted. If he is satisfied that it is not
an accident, and if he has clear road
ahead, he can "step on it" and be out
of the way in a second. Under no cir
cumstances should he rush ahead
where he is not sure that the road is
clear.
Persons involved in accidents are
urged, wherever possible, to move the
injured persons and the cars off of the
paved or travelled portion of the road.
If the accident occurs at night, the
lights should be left burning and not
obScured. If the car lights are put
out by the accident, flash light or
any other means at hand should be
used to warn approaching drivers
Although motorists are urged to slow
up and drive carefully at the scene of
an accident, Mr.. Browne advises them
not to stop unless their services are
needed. Motorists who stop out of
curiosity not only impede the work of
those who are trying to help the in
jured or remove damaged cars, but
they may cause another accident. If
there is an officer on the job, motorists
should not stop unless commanded to
do so.
The Ely miner., 1930-12-19
FUNERAL OF FRANK KLOBUCHAR
HELD HERE ON MONDAY.

Frank Klobuchar, aged 40 years, son
of Mr.. and Mrs. Jack Klobuchar, passed
away in Duluth Friday, December IL,
after an illness of several years dura-
ton. The remains were brought to
the city and the funeral was held
Monday morning at 900 o'clock from
the Catholic church, Rev. Father
Mihelcic officiating
Besides his parents, deceased is sur
vived by four brothers and two sisters.
The brothers are Joseph, Rudolph,
Louis and John Klobuchar of this
city. The sisters are Mrs. Ed. Hoppa
OF Ely and Mrs. William Mckay of
Lauriel, Montana.
The sorrowing relatives have the
sympathy of a host of friends in their
bereavement Frank was as employe
of the Duluth & Iron Range up to the
time illness compelled him to seek
medical attention and disqualification.
He had many friends who join others
in expressing regret over his passing.
The Ely miner., 1930-12-19
PROMINENT LADY
BURIED FRIDAY
FUNERAL OF MRS. A. j. THOMAS,
PROMINENT ELY PIONEER, WAS
HELD FRIDAY AT THE PRESBY-
TERRAIN CHURCH-LAST RITES
IMPRESSIVE.

The last sad rites over the remains
of Mrs. A. j. Thomas, who died on
Tuesday, took place Friday afternoon
from the Presbyterian church
A large concourse of friends and
neighbors of the esteemed lady and
surviving relatives attended the SER
vices which were conducted by Rev. H.
r. Browne with Rev. G. P. KeaSt of the
M. E. church assisting. The services
were brief but impressive, Rev Browne
speaking in touching terms of the
home and community life OF the de-
ceased. The floral offerings which
completely banked the casket in which
Mrs. Thomas lay in state at the church
for several hours before the services,
were beautiful and many and reflected
the high esteem in which the deceased
was held. A large cortege followed the
remains to the Ely cemetery where
they were placed in the receiving vault
until spring when the burial will take
place.
Mrs. A. j. Thomas was 70 years of
age and has resided in this city since
1888. She is survived by her husband,
A. j. Thomas, prominent attorney and
ex-repreSentative of the SiXty-first dis
trict; three daughters, Mrs. c. D. Still
man of Duluth, and Misses Vida and
Irene Thomas of this city; a sister,
Mrs. Gilbert Wylie of Meadowlands,
and two grandchildren.
Out-of-town people who attended
the funeral We're: Mrs. William Des-
jardins, Floyd Kearney, Mr.. and Mrs.
Jas Tonkin. Mrs. G. H Barnes, Mr..
and Mrs. Ralph Barker, Mr.and Mrs.
G. D. Stillman and sons, Newland and
Aliceon, Of Duluth; Mr.. and Mrs. R.
j. Williams of Virginia; Mrs. Ebert
Evans of Eveleth; Mrs. r. G. Kocka
OF Nashwauk and Mr.. and Mrs Allan
Brown of Coleraine.
The Ely miner., 1930-12-19

in his address traced the history of
the city from its beginning up to the
present day and then spoke feelingly
of the conduct of city affairs using as
basis, "Neighborlyness."
At 900 o'clock, the Eight Aces began
playing at the Auditorium and from
then on dancing was the order until
1900 o'clock. 1t is estimated that
there were in the nieghborhood Of 800
couples on the floor at times. The
music furnished by the Eight Aces was
appreciated as shown by the prolonged
applause which greeted each number.
Altogether the day was a memorable
one and will be recalled with pleasure
every time the new city hall building
is viewed.
The Ely miner., 1930-12-19
.On This
!. Occasion
Just a few thoughts py the Editor
on things Material and Immaterial.

In the accidental death of George
M. Peterson of Duluth, that city loses
a citizen who will be hard to replace.
Mr.. Peterson is well known throughout
the county and has appeared before
the Commercial Club and also the
Rotary Club in this city, addressing
these bodies on Retail Business" with
which subject he was intimately famll-
lar. He was the secretary OF the
Duluth Retail Merchants Association,
Duluth Retail Grocers, Minnesota
Bottler's Association and Twin Ports
Advertising Association, besides being
q high officer in the United Com
mercial Travellers Association Of Amer
ica. In the upbuilding Of Duluth and
st. Louis County, he was among the
foremost. Two weeks ago he was
prominent figure in the st. Louis
County Club meeting at Virginia and
at that time informed the writer that
he would like to soon visit Ely again
as he always enjoyed his visits to this
city. The retail merchants OF the
northwest lose a valued friend in the
death of Mr.. Peterson who was ac-
cidently killed by the discharge OF his
own gun while on rabbit hunt last
Sunday.
The Ely miner., 1930-12-19
AMERICAN LEGION TEAM
OUT-BOWLS HANSON CANDY,

At the Skala Recreational Parlor
Saturday the American Legion team of
this city and the Hanson Candy team
OF Virginia met in bowling match.
The Legion boys had it all over the
candy kids from Virginia ana notwith-
standing the one-sided game consider
able rivalry was shown by individuals
OF both teams who rolled excellent
scores. The Legion team won on q
score of 2613 while the Hanson Candy
team rolled 2318 in the five games
played. A return match will be played
on the Virginia alleys after the first of
the year.
The Ely miner., 1930-12-19
AUTO TAX FEES RUN
INTO BIG FIGURES.

More than $11,OOO,OOO from motor
vehicle registration fees will be re-
ceived by the state this year, Mike
Holm, secretary of state, said last week.
Fees totaled $1O,991, ,829.60 Dec. /,
Holm said. Last year $4,000 in fees
was paid in during December bringing
the 1929 total to 10,790 1885.
In 1929, 729,242 vehicles were regis
tered. In the first IL months of this
year 743, ,647 were recorded.
The Ely miner., 1930-12-19
Masons to Play Cribbage.

A double cribbage tournament has
been arranged bp the Masonic lodge
members. Pairs have been drawn
among the members as follows: NJ w.
Peterson and Ernest Hanson; Bruce
Strachan and L. M. Bang; William Lo-
masney and John Johnson; Willard
Haynes and Ernest Bailey; Gust Maxi
and Jack Anderson; w. D. Gallagher
and Wilson Carlson; E. G. Bolitho and
Walter Englund; Barney Agnew and l..
j. White; Carl Peterson and DR.. James
Thompson; Charles Trezona and Ben.
S. Richards; Ed G. Jones and James
Laing; Henry Berg and Ernest Ander-
son, and Henning Olson and DR.. G. T.
AyreS.
The Ely miner., 1930-12-19
MOOSE ANNUAL BALL DREW
AN ENORMOUS ATTENDANCE.

What is claimed to have been the
largest attendance at any ball ever
given in this city where an admission
was asked, was present at the Annual
Moose Charity Ball last Friday evening.
The attendance crowded the floor at
the spacious Washington Auditorium
10 such an extent as to make dancing
almost hardship on several occasions.
All however report an elegant evening
Music was furnished by the Sportmen
Orchestra OF Virginia, which organiza-
ton gave general satisfaction.
The Ely miner., 1930-12-19
EIy High Honor Roll.

Forty-one students have been selected
on the Honor Roll of the Ely High
School for this period. Those Sc
lected are as follows: Seniors Ruth
Anderson, William Brouillette, Ruth
Childers, Dewitt Englund, Bernice
Johnson, Martha Kangas, Alfred Kit
tia, Mary Kolenz, Mayme Majerle,
Marian Odgers, Evelyn Olson, Adelaide
Pajari, John Skubitz, Josephine Slogra,
Norman Sundholm, Harry Sutherland
and Jennie Turula. Juniors-Elsa
Ahonen, Lawrence Berglund, Adele
Kukko, Laura Laitala, Hjalmer Lun-
dein, Martha Maxi, Anna Nosan, Ellen
Peltonen, Mary Prosen, Anna Shuster
Sophomores Ahonen, Eugene
Filson, Elsie Harri, Edna Herranen,
Sadie Koivunen, Helen Kukko, Jo-
sephine Senta and Barbara Skradski.
Freshman-Thelma Aho, Patrick Flem-
ing, Anita Gordon, William Hilliard,
Sylvia Kaija and Annie Peschel.
The Ely miner., 1930-12-19
JOSEPH CHAMPA AGAIN
ELECTED LODGE PRESIDENT

The Sacred Heart of Jesus" Lodge
No of the South Slavonic Catholic
Union again chose Joseph L. Champa
president at the election of officers
last week. Besides Mr.. Champa the
following were elected:
Vice President-Joe Pechaver
Secretary-LouiS Perushek
Rec. Secretary-Matt ShuStarich.
TreaSurer-John Hutar
Trustees-Dan Bohinc, Anton Pirsch,
and John ZobetZ.
The lodge has in the neighborhood
Of 500 members in both the Senior and
Junior branches.
The Ely miner., 1930-12-19
st. Cyril g. Method Elects.

st. Cyril g. Method Elects.
AT the election Of officers of the st.
Cyril and Method Lodge of the 8. 8.
G. u, the following were chosen for
the ensuing year:
President-Jos. Spreitzer, Sr.
Vice President-Marko Kochevar.
Secretary-JoSeph A. Mertel.
Treasurer-Frank L. Kotzian, Sr.
Trustees Spreitzer, Jr., Joe
Papej and Frank Sever, Jr
Judiciary Dept.-Joseph Zobec, Joe
Shweiger and Adolph Dolenshak.
Medical Dept-Shipman Hospital
and DR.. McCarty.
The newly elected secretary, Joseph
A. Mertel, has been reelected 16
times consecutively Of one of the
largest and first lodges of the order in
the state.
The Ely miner., 1930-12-19
STOCK BONUSES NOW BEING
FIGURED BY THE OLIVER.

1t is sexpected that over 100 Ely
people will share in the annual bonus
given to Oliver Iron Mining Company
employees who have held stock for the
last five years or more. The extra
bonus is given to stockholding en-
ployes every five years, and this year
will be payable the latter part of Janu-
airy. In accordance with the custom
that has been established, employees
have been requested to exhibit United
States Steel Stock at the present time
in order to receive their additional
bonuses in January,
The Ely miner., 1930-12-19
BAND CONCERT PLEASES
ANOTHER NEXT SUNDAY.

Another of the popular free band
concerts by the Ely Community Band
took place Sunday afternoon at the
Washington Auditorium. Owing to the
gala day and evening occasioned by
the dedication of the new City Hall
on the previous day, the attendance
Sunday was not as good as on the
previous Sunday, only about $50 avail
ing themselves of the opportunity to
hear this meritorious organization as
sisted by the feature soloists.
Sundays program had been arranged
with meticulouS care by Prof. DiNino
and the program had been made up of
classical, operate and popular selec-
The Ely miner., 1930-12-19

Mankato, Fred Schilplin, ST. Cloud and
j. j. Volker of Alexandria.
Following the general meeting the
directors met and selected the follow
ing officers: Frank S. Gold, president,
A. D. Darge, first vice president, o. C.
Neuman, second vice president, Ray
D. Handy, third vice president, c. B.
Mills, treasurer and H. G. Hotaling,
secretary. The directorate board and
officers remain the same as last year
with the exception that Mr.. Schilplin
and Mr.. Volker replace Roy E. Dunn
of Pelican Rapids and w. S. Lycan Of
Bemidji.
The Ely miner., 1930-12-19
'Belieye It or Not2.

John Wilmunen reports that one of
his white leghorn hens laid six hard
sheiied and two soft shelled eggs In
one day on Wednesday. A flock OF
this kind OF hens would certainly be an
asset. Nothing is impossible in the
Arrowhead Country.
The Ely miner., 1930-12-19

The dedication of the new city hall
with the attendant festivities passed
without a hitch in the program. This
very satisfactory condition of affairs
Is accounted for in the fact that the
Legion committee charged with the
preparation of the program were on
the job at every stage of events and
worked hard and faithfully both be-
fore and during the Dedication Day.
While the boquets are being handed
out to those who had the affair in
charge, an extra flower or two should
be added to the tributes paid. Geo. T.
Ayres, Luther M. Bang, w. P. Wolff,
Arthur Knutson and the ladies of the
Auxiliary upon whose shoulders largely
rested the success of the affairs which
characterized the day.
While the speakers of the occasion
of one accord handed compliments
right and left to Mayor Hanson and
Councilmen Olson, Veranth, Homer,
Banovetz, Kapsch, Wolff and Architect
Berg-an deserved tit must not be
forgotten that the excellent work of
the contractor and to his able Superin-
tendent Lauver along with Inspector
OOOCpu tNl ID a SOiloleCl dOlC
amount of the praise for the successful
and faithful completion of the work
due. All were interested in furnishing
the city with paid-for quarter of a
million dollar, fully equipped building
for about $4,000.
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Again, thanks are due to that valiant
body of citizens who several years age
voted down the s250,000 bond issue for
a City Hall building and made it pos
sible for the City Council to devise
ways and means for furnishing a
building free of debt at this time
Ely has reputation for level-headed-
ness in municipal affairs and the new
building dedicated last Saturday
stands as a monument to this level
headedness. Ely also has the reputa-
ton sof having more home owners
among its citizens than any other city
in the northwest of like population and
to this fact also is attributed the level
headedness of the city in municipal
affairs. Home owners are the bulwark
of any city.
The Ely miner., 1930-12-19

Henry Ford is fixing to explode
somewhat of a bombshell in Europe
soon with his survey to determine how
much he will pay his European work
men to enable them to live as well as
his American employees. Already big
employers in Europe are beginning to
wonder what will happen when the
result of this survey is made public.
The Ely miner., 1930-12-19

The state legislature is getting all set
for their session in January. The legls-
lature is anxious to get on the job and
begin grinding out acts and get things
off their chests. Those most anxious
in all probability are the "otflce
building commission" of which Rufe
Hitchcock of Hibbing was chairman
This commission will have snap. The
group selected a site satisfactory to
itself and the majority OF citizens OF
the state; practical and to all ntents
and purposes, site just right for the
purposes for which it was designated.
No sooner had this site on Univer-
sity Avenue been selected, when Ger
tain interests in St. Paul went on a
rampage with a loud "Boo!" and scared
the governor off his throne in the
matter. Then the whole affair was
taken out of the hands of the special
commission and dumped back into the
laps of the legislature as a whole.
This is why we say the legislature is
anxious to get on the job and as the
commission was not discharged and
their report still stands, our opinion is
they will be the most anxious and have
the biggest snap.
st. Paul has plans all prepared for
a beautiful mall from the Capitol to
Seven Corners and Cass Gilbert, who
also built the Capitol, has prepared
them. They will probably use every
effort to inveigle sundry millions Of
the state taxpayers money out of the
appropriations committee (of which
Rufe Hitchcock is also a member0 to
beautify the city of St Paul at the
expense. The state office building was
the snap comes in. The art of hold
ing down public appropriations for
private purposes will have full sway
and will tighten CD the burden of the
committees.
st. Paul is to be commended for its
Identification plan. However, we can't
for the life of us see why the state
should do the beautifying any more
for st. Paul than for the balance of
the states enterprising cities. The
state did pretty well in building them
the state capitol and the Historical
building and the city should be proud
enough to clean up the approach to
these handsome structures at its own
expense. TheS tate office building was
to be built for utility and not to di-
rectly beautify st. Paul although it
also would decidedly do this latter.
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With this mess to clean up and
several other things not as yet quite
so messy we repeat the legislature will
have snap.
The Ely miner., 1930-12-19

OF all the low-lived pilferers which
inflict any city are the thieves which
steal q mans or woman'S character
The Ely miner., 1930-12-19

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