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The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1931-07-31


derson, Pete, Murray and Nlce-Chair-
, man NeWman-6.
Observation-Disclosures Aaby-1.
This being the time set for the con-
siGeratiOn of the proposal of Il. l..
Cummings for the purchase of the
SWA of SWK of section 2, township
so, range Is, part of the old Work
Farm site, which said hearing was
continued from the meeting of the
county board held on June Sth. 1881.
the said proposal was again duly con-
sidered. and an opportunity was given
to those present, to be heard in the
matter, but no one appeared.
Upon motion of Commissioner Sny-
der the said matter was further con-
tinued to the meeting of the county
board to be held on June 22nd, 1881,
at 80 o'clock, in the afternoon.
This being the time set for the con-
sideration of the proposal OF ID III
Peyton, offering to trade lots 20 and
81. block !, on Caribou lake owned by
him, for lot 80, block 3. and Lot z.
block 10, on Caribou lake, owned by
the county of ST. Louis. which said
hearing was continued from the meet
ing of the county board held on June
Sth, 1881, the said proposal was again
duly considered, and an opportunity
given to those present to be heard
in the matter, but no one appeared
The following resolution was there
upon introduced
BY Commissioner Hogan for Commits
sioner Newman:
Whereas, the county of st. Louis is
| the owner of lot 30, block 3, and lot 4.
| block 10. on Caribou lake. according
| to the recorded plat thereof, origin
| ally purchased by said county as a
part of the county Work Farm site;
and
| Whereas, II. II. Peyton, as owner of
| lots 20 and FL block L. on Caribou
| lake. according to the recorded plat
thereof, which lots adjoin the present
county Work Farm site, has submit
ted to the board of work farm COM
missioners. his proposal to convey to
| the county of st. Louis said lots 20
and p, block 1 on Caribou lake, in
consideration for the conveyance by
i -
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1931-07-31

The county board of st. Louis
county, Minnesota, met this the
tenth day of June. 1881. at 1:3O
O'Clock, in the afternoon, pursuant to
adjournment. In the absence of the
chairman, the meeting was called to
order by the vice chairman, with the
following present:
Commissioners Hogan, Snyder, An
derson, Pete, Murray and Vice-Chair-
man Newman-6.
Observation-Disclosures Aaby-1.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1931-07-31
To the County Board:

To the County Board:
Your committee on taxes and as
sessments to whom were referred the
various applications for reduction of
taxes and correction of assessments,
having considered same, recommend
ed the adoption of the following reso-
luton.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1931-07-31

Commissioner Murray moved the
adoption of the resolution and it was
declared adopted upon a unanimous
vote.
Adopted June 9th, 1881.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1931-07-31

Jerry =. Harri then appeared. rep
reSenting the town boards of the
towns of Waasa, Pike and EmbarraSS
and urged the county board to give
employment to residents of the said
towns, on county road work.
ToiVo Hill also came before the
board, speaking in behalf of the resi-
dents and taxpayers of the town of
Embarrass, and asked that the road
work be divided more equitably among
the said residents of the town of En-
barTaSS.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1931-07-31

This being the time set for the
opening Of bids for the furnishing of
dump scraper for the use of the Sixth
and Seventh districts, bids were re-
ceived from the Highway Trailer COM
pany, Thorman w Rosholt company,
J. ID. Adams e Co. Borchert- Inger-
soil. Inc, Minneapolis Equipment
company, George p. Baxter and the
Road Machinery and Supplies COM
detail. which is not listed herein. and
were ordered referred to the purchase
and supply committee for tabulation.
and then filed in the office of the
county auditor.-12453.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1931-07-31

This being the time set for the
opening of bids for the furnishing of
two trucks for the use of the Fourth
commissioner district, bids were re-
ceiVed from the International Harves-
ter company Thompson's Garage,
Acme Motor Truck corporation, Roy
BaXtrum. the Road Machinery & Sup
plies company the Pohjonen Buick
company, Range Equipment company
and NJ. w. Turner, said bids being in
considerable detail. which is not listed
herein, and were ordered referred to
the purchase and supply committee
for tabulation, and then filed in the
office of the county auditor.-12455.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1931-07-31

This being the time set for the
opening of bids for the furnishing of
a sedan for the use of the Fourth
district. bids were received from the
Skala Garage, Roy BaXtrum and the
Central Garage, said bids being in
considerable detail. which is not listed
herein, and We're ordered referred to
the purchase and supply committee
for tabulation. and then filed in the
office of the county auditor.-12454
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1931-07-31
SUPPLEMENT

To the County Board:
Your committee on claims and ac-
counts to whom were referred the
miscellaneous expense bills and county
road and ditch bills against the coun-
ty of ST. Louis, having considered
same. recommend the adoption of the
following resolution.
JACOB L. PETE,
STUART MURRAY,
III. A. ANDERSON,
h. NJ. SNYDER,
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Upon motion of Commissioner Pete
the rules were suspended to hear per-
sons before the board.
Theodore Beckman and Miss Flo
pletion of the Town Line Fairbanks
road. and asked that said work be
started from the Fairbanks end OF
the road.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1931-07-31

This being the time set for the con-
sideration of the proposal of r. l..
Cummings for the purchase of the
SWA of SWl4 section ,, township so
range Is. part of the old work farm
site, the said proposal was duly con-
sidered. and those present We're given
an opportunity to be heard in the
matter, but no one appeared.
Upon motion of Commissioner Ho-
gan the said matter was continued to
the meeting of the county board TO
be held on June 10th, 1881, at i 80
O'Clock, in the afternoon.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1931-10-16
Famous Notes of eta. -"
Originated in Ci.ii \

The air for Taps was composed
by Gen. Daniel Butterfield. One day
in July of 1862, when the Army of the
Potomac was in camp at HarrisOn's
Landing on the James river, Virginia,
General Butterfeld summoned his
bugler and after whistllng some new
tune asked the bugler to sound it for
him. This was done, not quite to his
satisfaction at first, but after repeat
ed trials, changing the time of some
of the notes, which were scrubbed on
the back of an envelope, the call was
finally arranged to suit the general
He then ordered that 1t should be
substituted in his brigade for the reg
ulation flaps" (''Extinguish Lights'),
which was printed in the Tactics and
used by the whole army. This was
done for the first time that night.
Some time later permission was given
to substitute it throughout the Army
of the Potomac for the time-honored
call which came down from West
Point. In the western armies the reg
ulation call was used until the au-
tumn of 1868. One Of General But
terfield's reasons for changing the call
was that he considered the old "Ex-
tinguish lights !" non-musical and not
suggestive of sleep. - Washington
Star.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1931-10-16
Buttons Now Obsolete
Once Did Real Service

Buttons placed on the underside OF
mems coat sleeves, says a correspond
ent of the Cleveland Plain Dealer,
were there to fasten the long lace
cuffs while the wearers rode horse
back or had occasion to reach across
the table for another helping of jour-
ney cakes, better known as johnny
cakes. For similar reasons, namely
to fasten up the lace, buttons were
placed along the sides of knee
breeches to facilitate ease in horse
back riding. Buttons placed in the
general vicinity of the small of the
back on coats were there to fasten
the coat tails while horseback riding.
Throughout Connecticut there are still
to be found some of these old Colonial
coats and knee breeches with the lace
and coat-tail buttons still intact. I
have seen coat tails made with but
ton holes, beautifully sewn. This
bears out the coat-tail button theory,
and I have also seen beautiful lace
cuffs with adequate buttonholes worked
in. / have not seen knee breaches lace
with buttonholes worked in, but it Is
quite logical to believe that such lace
exists or existed.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1931-10-16
Humble Egg Hailed as
Foundation of Cookery

The French chef says: "All cook
cry rests on an egg. The egg Is the
Atlas that supports the world Of gas
tronomy; the chef is the slave Of the
fresh egg. What is the masterpiece
Of French cookery, the dish that out
lines all other dishes. the thing that
is found on his majesty's table no
less than upon the table of the bour-
geolse, the thing that is as French as
the Frenchman, and which expresses
the spirit of our people as no other
food can express it?-the omelette.
Could you make an omelette without
breaking eggsf Then cast your minds
eye over this extraordinary Monsieur
Egg and all his antics and evolutiOns.
Now he permits himself to be boiled
plain, and even like that, without frill,
he 10 excellent. Now he consents to
appear In all ways from poached to
perdu, now he is the soul of a vol
ADVENT, now Of a sauce; not pie
crust at to eat but stands by virtue
Of my lord the egg, and should all the
hens In the world commit suicide to-
morrow. every chef in France worthy
of the name would fall on his spit, for
fish is but a course In a dinner, where
as the egg Is the cement that holds
all the castles Of cookery together.
Kansas City Times.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1931-10-16
Mosquito Said to Have
No Use for Naphthalene

Misunderstanding mosquitoes emulate
Santa Claus in some parts of the
South. When they find doors and win
dows screened they come down the
chimney, and bearing unwelcome gifts
of "fever m ague." But you can keep
them out by hanging little basket
Of naphthalene, the stuff mothballs are
made of, at the top Of the chimney.
They hate 1t, and will zoom out of it's
range as soon as they smell it, no
matter how much good biting may
lie slumbering below. This is one Of
the curious facts about mosquito be-
havior which have been learned by the
United States Public Health service.
Not all mosquitoes will enter houses
by coming down chimneys, and it is
not known whether all Of them can
be driven off with naphthalene. One
species, however, responds in this
way, Anopheles quadrimaculatus, the
four-spotted malaria mosquito. But
she is important enough to make this
bit Of chronological knowledge very
much worth having.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1931-10-16
Many Generations Of
Hapsburg Jaw and Lip

The Hapsburg jaw with its hang
ing lips has been traced, by DR.. F. d.
Woods, back through eighteen gen
erations to long-chinned, thick
Tipped patriarch of Hapsburg castle,
who married a virile woman with a
lower lip that touched her chin. Since
these two hanging lips came together,
the Hapsburgs-in Austria as well as
Spain-have transmitted both the
hanging lip and protruding jaw to
their descendants, particularly to their
male progeny.
When Philip the Handsome Of Aus
tria married Mad Johanna, daughter
Of Ferdinand and Isabella, 1t was his
lips and not her thin ones that domi-
mated the dynasty which ended with
Alfonso.
Whoever wishes to learn the whole
story Of the Hapsburg jaw and lip Will
find 1t In books on Mendelism.
In certain families, Darwin wrote,
some ancestors "have had great power
In transmitting their likeness through
the male line; for we cannot other
wise understand how the same fea-
lures should so often be transmitted
after marriage with various females
as has been the case with the Aus
TRAN emperors."
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1931-10-16
Rare Books on Medicine

An exhibition was recently made of
rare publications from the collection
of the Medical Society of the County
of Kings in the society's library.
Copies of a first edition Of Jenner's
work on smallpox, published in Lon
don in 1898; the first medical book by
an American author. "Plain Concise
Practical Remarks On the Treatment
of Wounds and Fractures" by John
Jones, NJ. D., professor of surgery in
Kings college, New York, published
in Philadelphia, 1776, and the first
medical dictionary, 1886 edition, pub
lished in Venice, of Simon Jauensis,
were among the exhibits. Others in
.cluded the first medical book pub
nshed in the American colonies, the
first medical book illustrated with
woodcuts and the first anatomic work
with copperplates.-New York Medical
Week.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1931-10-16
Fifth Century Records
Reveal Tax Grievances

In its campaign to tighten the bur-
den of taxation on real estate, the Ma
tional Association of Real Estate
Boards delved into records of the
Fifth century to show that complaints
against taxes are not new and that
in that far distant time, one ruler
listened sympathetically to such pleas.
The National Realty board reports
that Pisistratus, son of Hippocrates,
ruler of Athens in the last part of the
Fifth century, believed in encouraging
farm life and undertook many meas
ures to keep his people out of the
cities, even advancing money to the
poorer people to help them make their
living from agricultural pursuits, but
he did tax them one-tenth of what
they produced.
The story goes that Pisistratus, fol-
lowing his policy Of trying to keep the
farmers even from visiting the cities
for necessary purposes, instituted local
courts and sailed forth himself into
the rural sections to settle disputes.
During these trips the ruler inspect
ed the countryside carefully and one
day he saw a man named Hymettus
cultivating the spot that was after
ward called "The Tax Free Farm"
Hymettus was working hard in the
hot sun, and Pisistratus sent an at
tendant to ask the worker what he
got out of his plot of land.
"Aches and palms," stormed the
farmer, not knowing the ruler was
near, "and that's what Pisistratus
should have for his taxes" and Pisis-
tratus was so impressed that he grant
ed Hymettus exemption from all taxes.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1931-10-16
Charm. Of Mexico City

All visitors to Mexico. of course, de-
sire to see the nations capital. Here
is a city of almost a million popula-
ton. nesting high in a mountain val
ley. It's climate is said to be unex-
celed any place on earth, with the
warmest days of summer never reach
ing 20 degrees In Mexico City one
may see n most cosmopolitan city with
brilliant cafes and theaters, sub
lime architecture, elegant stores-to
say nothing Of such picturesque staples
as the flower market and the thieves
market.
Close at hand is XochimilcO, the
''noating gardens" and the pyramids
at San Juan de Teotlhuacan. In an
other direction is Cuernevaca. a re-
sort even in the days of the Emperor
Macmillan and now connected with
Mexico City by paved highway.
And over all brood the twin volca-
noes-Popocatepetl AMI Ixtaccihuatl.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1931-10-16
Diary Shows Washington
az Successful Hunter

Many people are under the impress
sion that George Washington's hunt
Ing experiences were confined to foxes
in the vicinity of his home in Virginia.
Such is not the case. In the au-
tumn of ITO he hunted buffalo while
on his trip to the Ohio with his
friend, Doctor Craik, according to the
division of information and publica-
tion of the George Washington bicen-
tennial commission. In his diary OF
November of that year is found this
interesting item on buffalo hunting:
1--WE proceeded up the river (kan-
awha) with the canoe about four miles
more, and then incamped and went
hunting; killed FIVE buffaloes and
wounded some others, three deer, etc.
This country abounds in buffalo and
wild game of all kinds as also In all
kinds of wild fowl, there being In the
bottoms a great many small grassy
ponds or lakes which are full of swans.
geese and ducks Of different kinds"
1t will be observed that Washing
ton modestly refrains from stating
how many of the FIVE buffaloes fell
from bullets from his rife.
On New Years day, 17T2 some
friends called on Washington at Mount
Vernon. Several days later he enter
tanned them with little hunting trip
In the nearby forests which he tells
about in his diary in this brief way:
"Went a-huntlng with the above gen.
tlemen. Found both bear and a fox,
but got neither"
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1931-10-16
Insects as Tailors

While many insects and spiders are
content to go about In the clothes that
nature gave them. others construct
robes of their own. The oak tortrlx,
for example, IL an accomplished tailor.
and builds its oycrcoat out Of a leaf.
Using one that is slightly curled at
the edge, he runs a silken thread from
this edge to a point on the opposite
edge, drawing the line taut. Then he
constructs numerous parallel threads
BY weighing down one or more of
these cross threads, he causes the re
naming ones to hang slack. These he
tightens, then takes up the slack In
the ones with the weight. The leaf,
as n consequence. is rolled UP a little.
This operation Is repeated until the
leaf has been curled into portable
shelter in which the insect can hide
Popular Science.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1931-10-16
Everything Routine in
Life of Modern "Bossy"

Golf has crowded the cattle out Of
the pastures and the COW of tomor-
row will be lucky IL she ever gets a
look at the green fields. The produc-
ton Of milk has been reduced to a
very mechanical operation and the
cows life will consist Of ramble
three times a day from her stall to
revolving milking platform and then
back to her stall. The animal Is kept
30 Immediately clean that her Sis
ters Of the fields would not be able to
recognize her. It is the latest methcd
of producing milk and is based on
the observations of a group Of scien-
tific gentlemen who have given much
thought to the subject and the new
method has been in operation for a
time at one of the plants of we'll
known company specializing on super
clean milk for baby's use. 1t repre-
sents complete revolution of the life
of the cow, but the animals soon get
used to the routine and are said to
like It. The COW is released from her
stall and she walks along tile-coated
corridor to revolving platform which
accommodates so animals. AS the
platform revolves the animal is
washed and then dried In a current
of warm air and given other atten-
lions to secure her perfect sanitary
cleanliness and after this she is
MIXED by machinery. BY the time
the great turntable makes a complete
revolution the operation has been
completed and the COW is automati-
cally released and she steps from the
moving platform and back to her
stall. Her drinking water Is sterilized
and her food is analysed and electric
ity supplies a substitute for the def
cient sunlight.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1931-10-16
Explorers Too Ready
to "Pass Up" Australia

The continent of Australia was not
discovered until Just before the Ameri-
can Revolution Louis de Torres. sail
ing from Peru in 1905 thought the
northern Queensland coast was an
other of those island groups-the
Marquesas, Soloman, New Hebrides-s-
through which he had passed. The
Dutch proceeding from Java several
times met the west and north Of Aus
tralia, but reported a barren wild
country inhabited by barbarous, cruel,
black people Abel Tasman, In 1912
found Van Diemens Land. Tasmania,
and left in disgust. In 1888 William
Dampier, an English buccaneer. landed
in West Australia, and the following
year mapped the coast. In his report
to King William he described the land
as SANDY and waterless," with stunted
trees, inhabited by "the miserablest
people In the world" A hundred
years later the English scientific expe-
dItion under Captain Cook revealed
the presence of wide belts Of fertile
land, and his landing at Botany bay.
Sydney, April 28, ITO. resulted in an
other continent for the British crown.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1931-10-16
Barrel-Organ in Society

The musician who writes in praise
of the barrel-organ, lamenting its rap
i'd disappearance, may not be aware
of the popularity the instrument once
enjoyed among the great ones Of the
earth, says a writer in the Manches-
ter (England) Guardian. When first
invented, barrel-organs were much in
demand for society functions; the IA
nous Lady Jersey set the fashion by
having one installed in her drawing
room at Berkeley square.
AS late at 1877 even Augustus Hare
found Lord Exeter, with his family
and guests, dancing to the music Of
a barrel-organ, which they took in
turns to grind. Royalty shared the
craze, for Napoleon III and the EN-
press Eugene gave 'barrel-organ par
ties" at the Tuilleries when, accord
ing to one Of the guests, 1.-THE worst
of the many bad organ-grinders was
the emperor himself"
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1931-10-16
ORIGIN of "Mr,"

The common prefix Mr.. originally
represents the title Master" which
was one of very high respect. For in
stance, in 1900 it was natural to re-
fer to the leader of the Exodus as
Master Moses; and down to Shake
speare's time a knight or a bishop
might be called Mr.. Besides high So
cial rank, Master" might indicate
learning, implying the academic rank
of master of arts; so by the Sixteenth
century its use was widening so as to
apply to any man of education or sub
stantial position. BY the Seventeenth
century, when the abbreviation Mr..
was coming in, the tendency to slur
over the first vowel had begun (per-
haps under the influence of "mis-
tress'O; and by 100 Master and Mr.
were regarded as separate words. But
not till very recent times did Mr.. be-
come the title of all English-speaking
males of whatever rank.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1931-10-16
Romance of the Cocktail

There's said to be quite little ro-
nance behind the word Cocktail" A
certain squire had famous fighting
cock with wonderful tail. He also
had a beautiful daughter. One day
the bird was missing, and, in quite
the storybook manner, the distracted
squire offered the hand of his daugh-
ter as the reward for its recovery.
A gallant soldier returned the bird,
without a single feather of its tail
damaged, and claimed the reward. The
betrothal was announced at "celc-
bration," during which the excited
young lady managed to mix up all the
drinks. Not to be done, the guests
drank the medley and found it good,
promptly christening it Cocktail"
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1931-10-16

The National Archery association
Of the United States says that the best
flight shoot record made by shooting an
arrow with longbow (wooden bow
Is 424 yards . feet 8 inches. This was
made by l.. l.. Daley Of Monmouth,
Ore. at the annual tournament Of the
National Archery association held In
Chicago. ILL.,. August II to 10. 1890
There is n report that in 1914 one lingo
Simon made Hight shoot In England
Of 4G2 yards inches. In making this
shot, however. no used II Turkish com
p0ste bow Instead Of the lun.how,
and, SO far as we know, Mr.. Dailey's
shot. rs given above, is world record
for wooden bow. Washington Star.