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PROPOSE GAS RATE
CUT IN PROPORTION
TO PRESSURE RISE
Continued From First Page

also provides for discount for gas
used i'll excess Of the monthly load.
While the companies specifically asked
for l0-inch maximum pressure, 1t
was pointed cut in pressure report
accompanying the petition, that pres
ent equipment, with projected improve
mentS in the distribution system, would
make it possible to meet all gas re-
quirements on an 8-inCh pressure. In
view Of this statement The commission,
1t was said, likely will not approve a
maximum pressure Ill excess OF inches
tie present temporary limitation.
Even then. it was explained approval
likely VIII be conditioned OH the re-
adjustment OF appliances to operate
efficiently on an 8-inch pressure.
The comprehensive pressure report
Of the companies, which is now being
technical and scientific data designed
to show the feasibility OF preSSureS be-
tween 3 and u inches. The report also
maintains that there is no relation be-
tween preSSurtS and consumption when
appliances are properly adjusted
Keech Submits Memorandum
Taking exception to the reported posi-
ton OF the PuDllc Utilities Commission
that fines imposed on gas companies
tor violation Of gas pressure regulations
would be- charged to operating expenses
and therefore ultimately passed on to
the consumer. Peoples Counsel Rich
mond b. KeeCh today submitted a
memorandum TO the commission, point
ing out that the classification of &C
counts specifically provide that all PEN
altieS and fines shall be charged to
prOflt and less.
The memorandum to the commission
fellows.
Il have noted with some concern am
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-06-11
ESQ ATTEND SESSION
OF UNITED TRAVELLERS
Delegation From Four States Call
Upon President
Hoover.

About $50 delegates from Kentucky,
Virginia. West Virginia. MARYLAND and
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-06-11

the Supreme Council Memorial exer.
cises also were held this afternoon.
New officers will be elected at tomor-
row mornings session. which will close
the convention. being held at the
l. O. o. F. Auditorium, 4l9 Seventh
street
George Williams, Lexington, Ky, is
grand counselor.
People began experimenting in the
artificial production OF silk more than
200 wears npo
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-06-11
Increase Accumulated Leaves.

Authorization for consular and DIP
lOmatIc officers TO accumulate leaves
not previously taken TO a maximum OF
120 days in three years and 1870 days
Sn four years
Provision for the retirement OF for
rign service officers at their own II
Quest after 30 years service instead OF
acquiring all officers 10 serve until they
are 65
Authorization Of more liberal an
nuitieS for retired officers.
Establishment OF a board OF foreign
service personnel and a division of for
eign service personnel. TO assure inn
partial promotions and personnel ad-
minlstration The promotions author
ized by these agencies would be based
on the value of the officers to the serv-
Gee
Authorization of the Secretary Of
State to retire upon appropriate an
nulties officers found to be definitely
unsatisfactory. a procedure for which
there was no provision heretofore.
Authorization of the establishment OF
fiscal districts in foreign countries with
district Offices for consolidating ac-
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-06-11
FOREIGN SERVICE
TO Be REORGAN|ZED
New Order, Effective July !,
Will Increase Efficiency,
officials Say.

A reorganization Of the Foreign Serv-
See described by State Department Off
CialS as one of the most important
developments in the progress Ct the
service Will 90 into effect July l. under
executive orders signed recently by
President Hoover.
The orders set up regulations neceS-
Earv to carry out the provisions of an
act of Congress passed last February
The act. State Department officials say
will increase efficiency and morale and
bring into the service men who l-ok
forward to distinguished careers iIet
Of political influences
Some of the more important pro-
visions are.
Establishment Of salary ranges pro-
vidIng tor gradual salary increases u
eliminate The long waits between the
larger increases.
Provision for alotmcnts TO dlplo-
natic and consular Offices proporuonate
10 the cost OF living IN the various
countries
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1931-05-15
LUNCHEON HERE
DULUTH CARAVAN
DULUTH CHAMBER OF COM
MERGE To VISIT ELY ON JUNE
I7-35 CARS IN CARAVAN To
TOUR PRINCIPAL CITIES OF
RANGES.

Luncheon viii be served at the For
est Hotel in Ely at noon of the first
day Of the trip of the Duluth Chamber
of Commerce Goodwill Tour TO the
principal cities OF the vermiion and
Mesaba ranges in the interest Of Trade
Extension and fostered by the COM
mittee of that name of the Chamber.
The trip will be made in a caravan of
80 or more cars and will be partici-
pated in by business men, city and
county officials and members of the
Chamber of Commerce.
Stops will be made IN each of the
cities and luncheon viii be served
at Ely the first day after which the
caravan will travel on through vir-
ginia, Mountain Iron, Bull and CHS
holm before visiting Hibbing, where q
supper viii be served at the Androy
Hotel.
The caravan will leave Hibbing on
Thursday morning and travel through
Keewatin, Nashwauk, Calumet. Marble.
Bovey and Coleraine before stopping
In Grand Rapids for luncheon, after
which the return to Duluth VIII be
made.
The tour IS the first IF three good
VIII tours tentatively planned. The
second trip win be made in August to
Port Arthur and Fort William, Ont.
II a third trip is made. International
Falls will be visited. according to plans
made by the Goodwill Trade Extern
sion Committee. June II and Is has
been set as the dates for the trip.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1931-05-15
DISTRICT LEGION-AUXILIAR
MEET AT EVELETH SATURDAY

Several from this city will represent
Frank Lozar Post and Auxiliary at the
joint meeting Of the Eighth District
board Of the American Legion and
Auxiliary at Eveleth tomorrow night
Gust Khort is chairman of the COM
mittee in charge of arrangements at
Eveleth, and he reports that the ses-
sion will start at 800 o'clock, when
auxiliary members will assemble at the
club rooms in the city hall and a SER
vice officers conference will be held at
the Chamber of Commerce Office an
hour later. The banquet and dance
viii begin at $50 with Mayor Camp
bell making the address of welcome.
A. c. Chic" zweiner, state adjutant,
viii be one of the principal speakers
at the conclave, and viii be featured
on a program of entertainment that
promises to keep all guests in jovial
mood.
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shall be filed in the Office of the COM
missioner of game and fish. The COM
missioner of forestry and fire proven
ton shall cause copy of such order
and approval TO be published at least
once in a qualified legal newspaper
published at the county seat of each
county affected by such order, or in
some other legal newspaper of the
county seat, and such order shall take
effect and be in force in each county
from and after the date of such publ
cation therein.
(c) After the taking effect of any
such order it shall be unlawful to take
or attempt to take brook trout in vio-
lation thereof, and any person who
shall do so shall be guilty of a mis-
demeanor.
I'd Any such order may be modified
or rescinded at any time.
Sec. 2. All acts and parts of acts
inconsistent herewith are hereby SUI
perseded, modified, and amended so far
as may be necessary to give full force
and effect to the provisions of this act.
Otherwise this act shall not be deemed
to supersede or repeal any existing act
relating to the taking of brook trout,
but shall be construed as supplement
tary thereto. No act relating to the
taking of brook trout hereafter enacted
shall be construed as inconsistent
herewith unless it is expressly provided
therein that this act shall be super
seeded, ammended, modified, or re-
pealed in whole or in part, or unless
such future act shall specifically re-
late to the subject matter of this act
Other Provisions on Birds.
The legislature enacted into law
twenty measures relating to game and
fish regulations, including postponed
opening of the season for hunting wild
ducks, geese and coots, two weeks,
from Sept. 16 until Oct. l.
The season under the new statute
will end Dec. 81. This change was
made to make the state law coincide
with federal game regulatory meas
ures.
Rails and gallinules, except coots,
may be taken and possessed from
Sept. 16 to Nov. 80. inclusive. The
season for greater and lesser yellow
legs also opens on Sept. 16. but ex-
tends through Dec. 81.
Under the new law, the opening of
the season for migratory birds will be
at noon on the first day With this
ono eyoaption hours next season will
be the same as for the past few
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1931-05-15
FESTIVAL BEING
ARRANGED FOR AT HIBBING

Advices from Hibbing are that
special committees are at work arrang-
ing to accommodate 5000 persons at
the 18th annual Finnish midsummer
festival to be held on the ST. Louis
county fairgrounds in Hibbing, June
20 and 81
Athletic contests, in which the best
Finnish athletes in the northwest will
compete, are scheduled to start at the
fairgrounds at o'clock Saturday
afternoon and continue for from three
to four hours. Serving Of a banquet
at the Memorial building viii start at
z o'clock in the evening.
The Sunday program of activities
at the fairgrounds will open at 10
A NJ, with an address of welcome by
Helmer A. Frankson, president of the
village of Hibbing, and a short talk by
Emil Salminen, director on the Hib-
bling school board
Arthur Lampe, county Superinten-
dent Of schools, and liver Ahonen,
known throughout northern Minnesota
as Finnish author and lecturer, will
be the principal speakers at the ses-
sion, with Mr.. Lampe making an adj
dress in English and Mr.. Ahonen
speaking in Finnish
Choirs from Finnish churches all
over the range viii join in presenting
music for the gathering Sunday, in
Guiding those from Duluth, Virginia,
Ely, Eveleth, Chisholm and Hibbing.
The Hibbing Concert band has been
engaged to provide music both days of
the session The festival will be con-
Quoted with the final gathering in the
Memorial building Sunday night.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1931-05-15
LAW PASSED WILL
CHANGE ELY COURT
LEGISLATURE DEFINES JURISDIC-
TON OF ELY MUNICIPAL COURT
AS RELATING TO LAKE COUNTY
CASES-AREA MODIFIED.

The Jurisdiction of the Ely Munich
pal Court was slightly curtailed by
House File 871 recently passed by the
Legislature The original bill gave the
court jurisdiction over cases as far
south as Lake Superior This was
done to save expenses for htigants, es-
pecially in game law violations
There being no justice Of the peace
lin Fall Lake Township, our near Lake
County neighbor, the Ely court has
handled the cases arising in this town
and also cases in the county origina-
ting nearer Ely than Two Harbors as
a matter of expediency and to save ex-
penses. The new act IS as follows:
Section 1. That Section OF Chapter
SO, Special Laws of 1891, be amended
so as to read as follows:
Section l. There is hereby essab-
lished in the city Of Ely, IN the county
of st. Louis, municipal court for the
transaction Of all business that may
lawfully come before it. Said court
shall be court of record and shall
have clerk and a seal and shall have
jurisdiction to hear, try and determine
civil actions at law where the amount
in controversy does not exceed five
hundred 5000 dollars, excepting cases
involving title to real estate. It shall
have exclusive Jurisdiction TO hear all
complaints and conduct all examina-
tons and trials IN criminal cases aris-
ing under the ordinances, rules and
bylaws of said city.
It shall have Jurisdiction of all ac-
tons cognizable before justices of the
peace under the general laws Of the
State Of Minnesota. It shall not have
jurisdiction of actions for divorce, nor
of any action where the relief asked
for in the pleadings is purely equitable
in its nature. The territorial jurisdic-
ton of said court shall be co-extensive
with the present limits of st. Louis
county and of the area included with
in the present limits of the township
or townships in Lake County whether
organized or unorganized which adj
join the township in st. Louis County
in which said city of Ely is located
One-half of all fines or penalties col
lected for violation Of any state statute
where the offense occurred within
Lake County. not including any costs
and disbursements collected, shall be
paid over by the Judge or Clerk Of
said Municipal Court to the County
Treasurer of Lake County, to be held
by him as provided by law, and the
remaining one-half Of all fines and
penalties shall be paid to the CITY
Treasurer of the City of Ely to be
used by such city for its general rev.
enue purposes. Said court shall have
power to commit prisoners 70 the
Lake County Work Farm in cases or
offenSes arising in Lake County.
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BIRTHS REPORTED BY THE
REGISTRAR FOR APRIL.

Registrar Of Births and Deaths. o.
w. Parker, has reported to the city
council the following births:
April 10, to Mr.. and Mrs Swan
Johnson, a SON
April IL, TO MIR. and Mrs. John Proia,
a SON.
April Is, to Mr.. and Mrs. John NJ.
Koschak, a SON
April Is, TO Mr. and Mrs. William
Spreitzer, a daughter
April 10. to Mr.. and Mrs Eden
Enefsen, daughter.
April 81, to Mr. and Mrs. John Mel
ovasich, daughter.
May 3, to MIR. and Mrs william
Jackson, daughter.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1931-05-15
AUXILIARY POPPY
SALE ON MAY g.
ANNUAL SALE OF POPPIES BY
IN ELY TO BE CONDUCTED BY
COMMITTEES NAMED BY MRS.
WILLARD HAYNES, PRESIDENT.

The annual Poppy Sale of the
American Legion Auxiliary takes place
in this city throughout the nation on
Saturday, May %.
The sale will be held under the
leadership of Mrs. Chas. Smith, chair
man of the Poppy Sale committee of
Frank Lozar Post American Legion
Auxiliary, who has appointed a corps
of volunteers to assist in the work.
The window decorations will be
taken care of by Mrs. James Thomp-
son as chairman, Mrs. George Ander-
son and Mrs. Jack Seraphine.
Films will be shown at the Elco
Theatre and Opera House The Elco
will show the poppy films on the 18th,
18th, 18th and Goth, while the Opera
House will show them on the four days
following.
The peoples which the Auxiliary is
selling have been made in thirty diff
ferent government hospitals and con-
valescent workshops throughout the
country. The Auxiliary has paid one
cent each to the disabled veterans for
every flower they have shaped, dis
tributing approximately $1,000, 900
among the disabled poppy makers.
For many of the men this money has
been the first they have been able to
earn in months and years. 1t has
enabled them to support their families
and has given them new courage and
confidence
Eevery penny of the money which
the public will pay for the peoples will
be expended by the Legion and Aux
iliary in direct relief for the veterans
and their families. After the loans
made to pay the wages of the workers
are repaid, the balance will go into the
relief funds of the Legion and Aux
iliary to be used throughout the COM
ing year. The bulk of the money will
be expended in the communities where
it is raised. Each year, as the wounds
and illnesses of the war claim fresh
victims among the veterans, the de-
mands on the Legion and Auxiliary
become heavier and only through the
generous response to the poppy sale
are they able to meet the needs of the
disabled anG destitute.
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shower for Miss HeaIy.

Misses Mary Quinlan, Helen Saylo
Maryen Jones, Providence Colletti and
kathleen Mcclure entertained at four
tables OF bridge at the Andrew Berg
lund residence in honor of Miss
Florence Healy. Miss Faith Walsh was
awarded high honors for bridge and
each guest received an individual mo-
mento. After the cards, there followed
miscellaneous shower for Miss Healy
The tables were attractively decorated
IN the pastel shades of orchid, yellow
pink and green A delicious lunch was
served by the hostesses
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the sale of such fish to be paid into the
State Treasury as required of other
receipts of the department, provided
however, that no fish or fish eggs shall
be placed in any waters unless such
waters are accessible to the public for
fishing purposes.
Section l. That Subdivision 6 of
Section $500 of Mason's Minnesota
Statutes 1927, be amended to read as
follows:
To set aside and reserve any of the
waters of this state for the purpose of
fish propagation, to open the season
for taking any kind of fish specified by
him in any lake lying within thirteen
miles north of the zone line fixed by
Section 1894 at the same time fixed by
law for taking such fish in the south
ern zone, and by order designate GER
tain streams as trout streams. The
taking of fish from any of the waters
so reserved and set aside, except as
may be permitted by the commissioner
is prohibited.
To Prevent Fire on Trout Streams.
Section /. (a} Whenever after in
vestigation the commissioner of for
estry and fire prevention shall deter
mine that conditions conducive to
forest fire hazards exist at any place
in the forest areas of the state as de-
fined by the forestry act in the vicinity
of any waters frequented by persons
taking or attempting to take brook
trout and that the presence of persons
attracted by the opportunities for tax
ing brook trout in such vicinity tends
to aggravate such fire hazards, he may
by written order, with the approval of
the commissioner of game and fish,
prohibit or restrict, upon such con-
ditions as he may prescribe. the taking
of brook trout in such waters during
such period IN any year as he may
deem necessary for the purpose of re-
ducing such fire hazards
(b) Every such order, together with
the written approval of the commits
sioner of game and fish appended
thereto, shall be filed in the Office of
the commissioner of forestry and fire
prevention, and a duplicate thereof
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1931-05-15

Don j. MacIver, news editor of the
Virginia Daily Enterprise, has our
heartfelt sympathy and the sympathy
of a host Of friends in the tragic and
untirnely death of his wife Monday.
Mrs. MacIver was electrocuted at her
home n Virginia when she attempted
to recover an electric heater which had
fallen into the filled bath tub She
was q years of age. Virginia has the
sympathy of neighboring towns in its
Surfiet of deaths of prominent resi-
dents the past month
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seasons.
The one-day limit is twelve birds or
the following: Wild ducks, rails, in.
Guiding coots, jack snipe or Wilson
snipe, and greater and lesser yellow
legs, four of wild geese, with an ag-
gregate of fifteen birds in one day, in
Guiding viii geese.
Authorization was given the state
game and fish commissioner to oper
or close seasons on partridge, ruffleo
grouse, Chinese ringneck and English
pheasants between Oct. Is and Dec.
in any year or in any county. The
open season, however, would be limi-
ted to twenty-one days.
The season on quail is limited be-
tween Oct. Is and Nov. 20, with a
daily limit of ten in any open season
The limit for partridge or ruffled
grouse in any open season is not to
exceed five and on pheasants not to
exceed three daily. not more than one
of which may be female In past
years female pheasants could not be
taken.
Possession is limited to any one
time to not more than fifteen quail,
partridge or ruffled grouse, or twelve
pheasants, and it is specified that not
more than eighteen pheasants and not
more than thirty game birds in the
Quail-partridge grouse pheasant class
may be taken in one open season.
Fishing Licenses.
Another act of the legislature was to
provide for a scale or commercial fish
ing license fees with special rulings
for Lake of the Woods and other state
boundary waters. A bond in the
amount of $500 must be posted by
commercial fishermen, effective next
year. No license for commercial fish
ing viii be issued to any person con-
victed of violating laws relating to
wild animals within one year preceding
the date of the application.
The taking of wild animals and
game birds in boundary waters also is
regulated so as not to conflict with
laws of bordering states.
The carp problem was given some
attention when the game and fish
commissioner was authorized to cause
the water level in certain public lakes
to be controlled and to prevent carp
from entering such waters. Lakes
only in more than one county are af-
fected by this enactment
Another law enables counties to pay
a bounty for the destruction of gray
foxes from year to year.
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"Sooners" viii be able to get in their
work under the new laws setting back
the duck season to October l. The
galinule and the rail are the only birds
that can be taken by hunters on Sept
Is in this and following years Soon
ers" viii pretend they are hunting
those birds and incidentally gather in
ducks as well The shooting on the
lakes of the lowly rail and galinule will
be just as noisy and all self-respecting
ducks will make it a point to be wild
and maybe far away before the season
opens on October 1St.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1931-05-15

The ranges again demonstrated
their superiority when Ramsey We'll
and, Virginia boy, won first place in
the humorous defamation contest in
the first annual national speech tourn-
ament held at Ripon. Wisconsin The
tournament was sponsored by the Ma
tional Forsenic League. The title of
Mr.. Weiland's defamation was THE
School Program and the winning of
the award brings honors TO his school,
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As we see it, Lake County had
nothing coming. They had no mach
inery for court purposes, no jail, nor
any method of feeding and keeping
prisoners this side of Two Harbors ana
Ely was given jurisdiction over cases
arising in this vicinity as matter of
assistance to Lake County and also the
utigants. The election Of a justice of
the peace in Fall Lake Township
would have cured these minor defects
and saved money for both the litigantS
and the Municipal Court Of Ely
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Add the outlay for fences, cost of
maintaining clean alleys; the health
menace by reason of the barns which
propagate flies, rats and other vermin;
destroyed gardens and boulevards. etc,
to the cost of cow police" and few
other incidentals and it will be seer
that the taxpayer is maintaining some
what Of a high-priced luxury in al
lowing fifty or less cattle owners to
dictate the policy OF making a pasture
OF the city boulevardS and the neigh
boris garden for the other 6100 in
habitantS
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So much for the cattle owner. Then
there is the matter of back yard pigs,
sheep and goats, all detrimental to the
health machinery of the city. These
are maintained on private property, It
Is true, but laws are such as TO make
this impossible. Children are shooed off
the streets at certain hours at night.
Dances are closed at Il o'clock and
human activities all have their limita-
tons. When it comes TO live stock,
things are different.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1931-05-15

It is true, there are some who need
the money secured from the sale of
milk. At the high cost necessary to
allow them TO maintain this revenue,
it would seem much cheaper for the
city to furnish these people with milk
free and get rid of the cows. Besides,
those selling milk are doing so con-
trary to the laws Of the land which re-
strcts the milk peddler to certain
health meaSure@the ordinary COW
owner cannot fulfill