The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1931-01-30
CONNIE RC|AL CLUB
1880 ACTIVITIES
REPORT OF SECRETARY SHOWS
SOME OF THE MAJOR ACTIVI-
TIES OF THE ELY COMMERCIAL
CLUB FOR THE PAST YEAR.

Hundreds Of other activities, of shoot:
of the major ones are not listed II
the following table which SPEAKS FOL
itself:
Sent delegates to st. Louis County
Club meetings and secured election Of
Ely men to the Board of directors anc
appointment Of Ely men on severa
committees.
Sent delegates TO the Minnesota
Arrowhead Association meetings anc
secured election of Ely men to theil
Board 70 Directors and the Executive
Committee and several committees.
Placed acquisitions for Fish Fry anc
planted 205 cans well-eyed pike fry, II
cans of bass and Ill cans Of brook
trout.
Purchased 966 pounds of wild rice
seed and planted same, also secured
several hundred pounds from the Fish
and Game department and planted
same.
Sent delegation to the goodwill
meeting in Duluth and steel plant
Gave financial assistance TO Ely
Base Ball Club.
Sent Secretary to forestry meeting
in Minneapolis.
Had City Engineer and City Chemist
give talks on the Ely water supply.
Gave financial assistance 10 the
Junior Base Ball team on their TRIP
TO the State Tournament.
Called meeting Of the Resort Owners
and Outfitters.
Sent delegate to st. Paul with other
range delegates relative to road pro-
gram in this part of the county.
Approved and asked senator's and
representatives to support the Knutsor
Bill authorizing appropriation OF
monies for forestry work in this
vicinity.
Helped plan and secured train
schedule for the tourist season.
Recommended passage Of the Ship
stead-Nolan Bill with certain changes
as approved by the club.
Helped with exhibit at the Nationa.
Outdoor Exposition at Chicago.
Put on outing exhibit at the County
Club building at the State Fair.
Sponsored annual banquet and in
Stallation.
Laid corner stone for new City Hall
Requested government aid on the
roads near Ely.
Appointed committee and sponsored
the Ely Community Fair.
Advertised Ely in five different mag
azineS and six newspapers
Answered over TOO personal inquiries
relative to vacations and resorts
around Ely.
Appointed Committee and secured
assistance in cleaning roadsides leading
into Ely.
Secured County Aid in marking reefs
and channels and clearing portages.
Secured and mounted specimens fol
exhibit purposes.
Maintained tourist information
bureau at Community Service Center
Sent maps and literature to infor-
nation booths in hotels, chamber o.
commences and automobile clubs
throughout the country.
Backed up fire prevention campaigns
Arrowhead Association.
Held twelve regular meetings ano
two special meetings.
Furnished pictures and cuts fol
write-ups on Ely IN magazines and
newspapers.
Placed Ely" road signs on road:
leading into Ely
Carried membership in the St Loui:
County Club
Sent folders and literature TO geog-
raphy classes in Eveleth, Bull, Aurora
and several other communities.
Furnished names of Ely hotels, gar
ages, and resorts to various tours
directories.
Second only to the main report o.
the secretary was the report ane
| recommendation made by the Fish
and Game Committee Of the Club o.
A. J. Dolenshak, Roy Baxtrum anc
Ray Hoefber are also members of ths
committee. Their report also pre-
sented on Tuesday was as follows:
Gentlemen: Your committee OF
Fish and Game wishes to make tbs
following report for the year jus
| ended
Application blanks were filled on
and sent to the Fish and Game De.
partment for wall-eyed pike, lax.
trout, bass and brook trout
The following was received ans
planted in the lakes and streams neal
| Ely:
Wall-eyed Pike:
so cans IN Burnside Lake.
| 80 cans in White Iron Lake
| 40 cans IN Birch Lake
80 cans IN Eagles Nest Lake.
q cans in Bear Island Lake.
Is cans in Fall Lake
s cans In McDougal Lake
4 cans in Armstrong Lake.
3 cans in Little Long Lake.
8 cans in Slate Lake.
cans IN Jasper Lake.
/ Lake trout fry was received am
| planted in BURNSIDE Lake and Eagle.
Nest Lakes.
Seventeen cans of bass were plantes
near Ely.
| Several cans of brown trout were re-