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The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-08-20
MOTHER OF ATTORNEY
DEAD AT WALKERTON
Mrs. Amanda Snethen to Be Buried
Friday in WaIkertOn.

Funeral services for Mrs. Amanda
A. Snethen, IA, of Walkerton, Ind,
will be held in the Methodist church
in Walkerton at 2:30 Friday. Burial
will be in the Walkerton cemetery.
Mrs. Snethen, who is mother OF
Edward o. Snethen, Indianapolis
attorney and president of the Lions
Club, had been i'll several weeks.
Surviving her are two daughters,
Mrs. Daisy Rupel of Alton, Ill, and
Mrs. Mildred H. Holmes of Kings
bury, Ind; three sons, Edward, DR..
E. L. Snethen Of Evansville, and
Perry w. Snethen of Nutley, N. j.;
a brother, William Pollock of Niles,
Mich; three sisters, Mrs. Isabella
Jackson and Mrs. Eliza Paul of
Walkerton, and Mrs. Ellen James
of Willard, o., and a half brother,
Edward Order of Walkerton.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-08-20
Kiwanians Hear Ludlow

By Times Special
NOBLESVILLE, Ind, Aug. co.
Louis Ludlow, Seventh district Rep
resentative in congress, spoke be-
fore the Noblesville Kiwanis Club
at its luncheon, at the local park
on Men I Have Met in Washing
ton"
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-08-20
ADD INSULT TO INJURY
Thieves Steal Trailer, Then Come
Back for Automobile.

If people do not leave Davis Nc
Cormick'S auto unmolested, he soon
will flare up in real anger.
Mccormick, who operates q lunch
room at 1859 Madison avenue, lost
the trailer to his auto to thieves
Tuesday night.
Then early today, as he closed
the restaurant and walked to his
auto, he saw two men trying to steal
it. He shot at one, but is not GER
tain whether he hit the man. The
would-be thieves escaped.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-08-20
NTITSU KIYOHARA, Japanese
W artist and gentleman, was

A'A artist and gentleman, was
treated to a little Hoosier hokum
instead of hospitality as he was
sketching the Monument from the
StatehouSe doorway Wednesday.
Some people 100 per cent or
more American, came to Chief
Grover CARROT of the state police
to complain about the Japanese
being both an artist and foreigner
neither of which the complainant
could understand.
CARROT took the complaint seri-
ously. He sent Lieutenant Ben
McMullen to investigate. He
questioned the artist. who looked
at him through thick glasses as
though questioning the sanity Of
all. who wear uniforms.
McMullen called Captain How
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-08-20
THREE HURT AS AUTO
BACKS ON TO HIGHWAY
Crash Occurs as City Fireman
Drives Car on to Road.

Drives Car on to Road.
Three persons suffered minor in
juries today when William Huber.
so, of 20 East Raymond street, a
city fire captain, backed his sedan
into another automobile on State
Road 81 in Mars Hill.
Ben Poulton, SO, r. r. 7, driver
of the other machine, and Mrs.
Maggie Holman, r. r. 7, a passen-
ger. were cut, and Mrs. Poulton was
bruised. Four children in the Poul-
ton car were uninjured when the
machine ran off the road into an
advertising poster.
With Huber were Mrs. Huber and
Mrs. John Hess, 10 East Raymond
street. The accident occurred when
Huber backed up on the highway
into watermelon stand along the
road,
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-08-20
TAX REDUCTION VOTED
Muncie Mayor Expected to Veto
Cut to So Cents.

Cut to So Cents.
By United Press
MUNCIE, Ind, Aug. 20.-An IN
diana tax record was cut by the
Muncie city council when it voted
to fix the 1882 tax rate at So cents,
Is cents below the 1881 rate. More
than $4,000 was slashed from the
budget for next year.
1t is expected that Mayor George
r. Dale will veto the reduction
measure. but council members, with
a II to 2 majority, believe it win be
passed over the veto.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-08-20
SHOPPER HAS :
HARD Time OF
IT IN MOSCOW
One Line After Another,
Long Waists, High Prices
Trying.
APARTMENTS ARE DRAB
Utility Rules, Beauty Loses
in Soviet'S Mania for
Speed, Quantity.
APARTMENTS ARE DRAB

Herewith the United Press presents
another in the Jack Howard series on
Russia. Today's story deals with the
tribulatiOnS of the shopper in Moscow.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-08-20

You can not help but be i'm
pressed with the. amazing speed,
amazing for Russia, at least, with
which all of this improvement is
being carried on. Some explanation
is offered when you examine some
of the new buildings that have been
constructed.
Apparently the Russian idea of
progress is to substitute quantity
for quality.
Next: A glimpse at the church
situation in Moscow2
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1931-08-28
JOSEPH VERANTH
MARRIED. TUESDAY
CITY ENGINEER JOSEPH VERANTH
AND MISS JOANNA GOHLA MAR
RIED ST MANKATO-BOTH WELL
KNOWN HERE.

The ceremony uniting two prominent
young people, well and favorably
known in this city and on the ranges,
took place in Mankato Tuesday when
City Engineer Joseph Veranth and
Miss Joanna Gohla were married. Mr..
and Mrs. Frank Veranth, father and
mother of the groom and Victor Yer
anth, a brother, attended the ceee-
mony.
The bride has been a teacher in the
schools of this city for several years
and has host of friends who join in
congratulations. Her home is in Man.
kato where the ceremony was per-
formed.
The groom is young man who grew
to manhood in Ely and needs no intro
duction. He is graduate of the Ely
High school and the Marquette Uni
versity College of Engineering at Mil
waukee. After graduation he was en-
gagged in highway engineering work in
Wisconsin and Iowa. He Is city en-
gineer of this city which position he
has held since 1927. He is also a
member of the Board of Education.
The young couple are on honey
moon trip which takes them through
several eastern states, spending some
time at Niagara Falls Upon their re-
turn they will be at home in the hand
some new residence being completed by
Mr.. Veranth on Pattison Street.
The many friends of the happy
couple join in wishing them all possible
happiness.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1931-08-28
THRILLING ACTS
At COUNTY FAIR
ELABORATE PROGRAM OF PLAT
FORM ATS HAS BEEN AR
RANGED BY FAIR MANAGE
MENT-THRILLERS GALORE FOR
ARROWHEAD PEOPLE.

A list of platform acts which viii
compare with any witnessed at state
fairs will be offered the thousands who
attend the st. Louis County fair at
Hibbing, August 80, 81 and September
l.
The complete list of attractions as
announced by Les Emery, secretary of
the fair association, win include the
following:
DePhil and DePhil, who appeared at
Atlantic City's famous steel pier viii
give their remarkable exhibition of
nerve and skill on the high wire and
daring performance on the long
"web"-the great slide for life.
The Swing Perches, one Of the
country's greatest comedy bicycle acts,
viii entertain the grownups and kid
dies.
Dick Leoni, one of the worlds
greatest clowns with a national reputa-
ton as fun-maker win be another act
for the younger foulks.
The three CAROLS, featuring light
ming fast routine of double somer-
saulting- two-men passes and over the
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1931-08-28
r windmill type" of airplans.


Almeda Babcock, who took to para
chute jumping after the death of her
husband, George, caused by the fail
ure of a chute to open over Lake
Minnetonka last summer, is the orig
inator of the twin chute leap, and the
only girl performing the feat of OPEN
ing two great white "skyhooks" almost
simultaneously and drifting $500 feet
to earth in the silken bouquet.
With the coming of the airplane the
old fashioned balloon ascension dropped
out of the exhibition, so the State Fair
management is reviving the spectacle
for the benefit of many who never
witnessed it as well as those who re-
call its thrilling attraction.
The balloon pilot and parachute per-
former will be w. E. Winterringer, of
Sioux City, Iowa. 68-year old veteran
who has had career of approximately
5000 parachute jumps and has thrilled
hundreds of thousands by his daring.
The autogiro will be piloted by
Charles Gatschet, who will take off at
a sharp angle Immediately before the
grandstand, maneuver the ship slowly
and at great speed, pause in mid-air
like a hummingbird and put the craft
to other unusual tests before descend
ing vertically, slowly and gracefully to
the taking-of point.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1931-08-28

bar leaps will be another high class
act on this years program.
Josephine, a stellar performer in a
hazardous high trapeze and loop-the-
loop act is another thriller offered the
public.
Lohse and Sterling in a combination
cradle, trapeze and ring performance
is one of the best acts secured this
year.
The flying sailor, daredevil mus
ical comedian in mid-air and a beauti-
full girl, stunningly costuned will give
the amusement public rare treat.
Miss Sterling won the medal offered
by a Theatrical publication for being
the finest proportioned woman in the
acrobatic world. She is an acrobat of
the first class. Ralph Lohse is con-
sidered the fastest trapeze performer
living.
The Six Lucky Boys, the biggest
feature act the fair management has
secured in years are known as "Ameri-
cas- Feature Risely Acrobats." The
meaning of "Risely" Is foot juggling of
human beings. The Lucky Boys were
formerly with Barnum and Bailey
circus. Their feats are considered
miraculous and they do things in the
way of balancing, gymnastics and pre-
cision of action that borders on the
impossible.
One of their outstanding features of
their performance is the three man
somersault, wherein three members OF
the troupe locked together, are hurled
into the air simultaneously, being
thrown from the feet of one man.
Duffield's famous fireworks display
will conclude every performance. On
the first two days of the fair there will
be running horse races while automo-
bile races will be held on the last day.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1931-08-28
CORNERSTONE OF COOK SCHOOL
TO BE LAID TODAY.

Several local people plan to attend
the cornerstone laying of the new
high school building at Cook this
afternoon at 800 o'clock Invitations
have been received by Ely people to
attend this notable function.
Superintendent Arthur Lampe and
Commissioners ASnund ABBY, Jacob
L. Pete and County Treasurer VIM.
Sargent are on the program to make
addresses.
The grand lodge of Masons will pre-
side at the laying of the corner stone.
Joseph L. Mitchell, will preside.
The program follows:
America-Audience.
Invocation-Rev. E. Bonander
Stars and Stripes Forever-Band.
Address-Supt Arthur Lampe.
Commissioners Asmund
ABBY, Jacob L. Pete, and Treasurer
william E Sargent.
Song-Cook Male Quartette.
On Behalf of Cook-W. N. Freud
enberg, commander Cook Post Ameri-
can Legion.
Laying of Corner Stone by Grand
Lodge A. F. & A. M State of Mime
sofa, Joseph L. Mitchell, M w. G. M,
presiding.
Star Spangled Banner-Band.
Under supervision Daniels Gustaf-
son Post No. 3S7 American Legion.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1931-08-28
ELY DELPHIANS OPEN
SEASON ON SEPT. 3.

The Ely Dephian Society will study
dramatic art and the character of
Greek drama at their first meeting
on September 3rd Mrs. w. D. Gall
agher, president, will give a preliminary
survey. Under the leadership of Mrs.
P. D. McCarty, the following topics
will be given:
Drama as a Subject for Study and
Development" Mrs. Henry Berg.
Origin of Greek Tragedy" Mrs.
Byrd Brownell.
Great Names of Greek Tragedy"
Mrs E. Erickson.
Mature of Greek Tragedy" Mrs A.
Forselus.
Play Producing in Greece" Mrs. j.
Gianotti
Mrs. William Jones will speak on
current events.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1931-08-28
REPORTS FARM ACREAGE
AND VALUES IN MINNESOTA.

According to a bulletin recently is
sued by the Bureau of the Census,
there are 185,255 farms in the State
of Minnesota having total acreage
of 3O,913, 1857, and total value, includ-
ing land, buildings, and implements
and machinery, of $2,306, $50, 756. The
figures are given in detail for each
county and minor civil division within
the State. This is the first Federal
census report to show these figures by
minor civil divisions.
Of the total farm acreage 59.7 per
cent, or 18,455 ,306 acres, was crop land
on which crops were harvested in 1929;
&c per cent, or 790,407 acres, was crop
land which lay idle or fallow; and 0.8
per cent, or 254,979 acres, was land on
which the crops failed to mature or
were not harvested for any cause.
Pasture land with a total of 8,247, BOT
acres, representing 26.7 per cent of the
total farm acreage of the State, In
cluded 2,249 ,203 acres of plowable land,
1866, 160 acres of woodland, and 2,342,-
444 acres of other land. In addition
to the land cropped and pastured, the
total land in farms included 1,090,-
143 acres of woodland not used for
pasture, and 1904, TBS acres not in for
est, pasture, or crops, including the
land occupied by house yards, barn
yards, feed lots, lanes, roads, etc.
The total value. of farm land and
buildings was 5,093 ,278 of which
s671, 1873 ,381 represented the value of
all farm buildings, including the far
mers' dwellings, which were valued at
S315, TAB ,266. The value of farm i'm
plements and machinery, including
farmers automobiles, was $181, 767, 487
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1931-08-28
SALT ON ROADS ATTRACT
DEER, CAUSE ACCIDENTS

The fiction that salt on the tail
viii catch bird has been slightly
changed by game experts and applied
seriously to deer. That salt on the
trail is fatal to deer" is fact which is
giving Pennsylvania game officials
much concern, says a bulletin of the
American Game Association. This is
not alone because a deer have been
killed IN that state in seven months
by automobiles and trains, but chiefly
because the highway collisions between
automobiles and deer resulted in ac-
cidents which severely injured two
women and killed another. A study of
the situation has revealed that deer
are attracted to highways by salt
dumped from ice cream trucks and to
railroads by salt leaking from refrig-
orator cars.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1931-08-28
COMMUNITY FAIR
TODAY, SATURDAY
ELY'S ANNUAL EXHIBITION WILL
OPEN THIS EVENING AND CLOSE
TOMORROW EVENING-ENTRIES
MORE NUMEROUS THAN EVER.

According to the committee having
charge of arrangements for the Ely
Community Fair, the entries this year
will far exceed those of previous years
in number and also in quality The
later statment may be little far
fetched as previous exhibits have far
outshown any made in neighboring
affairs of this kind.
The committee, composed of DR.. j.
E. Thompson, chairman; william
Nudge, william Mitchell, Frank Lind
gren, George Somero and Henry
Chinn, assure a Miner representative
that every effort has been put forth
to make this years exhibition one Of
the most outstanding in the history Of
good exhibitions staged in this city.
The committee has been working under
the Ely Commercial Club, which or
ganization sponsored the fairs of pre-
vious years.
The All Garden Club exhibit will
be a new addition to the fair this
year. The Club has been working
under the direction of Harold Aase,
Boys and Girls Club instructor of st.
Louis County who has been persis-
tently busy and has achieved excellent
results with the young people of this
city and surrounding country.
Fruits, vegetables and potatoes will
be judged by County Agent August
Neubauer Miss Gillette, county home
demonstration agent, will judge the
womens section on domestic science.
Flowers will be in charge of A. j.
Spurrier of Eveleth who will Judge this
branch while Joseph Skala will judge
the rabbits.
Saturday evening will be featured by
a band concert by the Community
Band under the leadership of Prof.
Frank DiNino. As a special attrac-
ton, Miss Dorothy Helenius of Vir-
ginia will be the vocal soloist, accom-
panied by the band. Miss Helenius
was the winner of the Atwater Kent
addition and also winner of the
special prize offered by the Chicago
Music College.
A cordial invitation is extended to
all to visit the fair and note the high
quality of the displays to be shown.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1931-08-28
INCREASED POSTAGE RATES
IN EFFECT SEPTEMBER 1

Increased postage on letters and post
cards to Canada, Newfoundland, Great
Britain, Northern Ireland and the Irish
Free State with increased air-man rate
to Canada and Newfoundland will be
in effect September 1, 1881, according
to Frank Schweiger, local postmaster.
The new rate of postage on letters
and postcards to Canada and New
foundland will be cents on letters for
each ounce or fraction; 2 cents for
single postcards, and cents for double
post cards.
Commencing on the same date, the
rate postage plus air-mail fee, ap-
plicable to air-man articles for Canada
and Newfoundland will be 6 cents for
each ounce or fraction and 10 cents for
each additional ounce or fraction
Postage on letters and post cards to
Great Britain, Northern Ireland and
Irish Free State will be cents for
the first ounce or fraction on letters
with cents for each additional ounce
or fraction; three cents for single post
cards and cents for double post cards.
Articles intended for dispatch by air
to Canada and Newfoundland must be
fully prepaid at the rate above shown,
otherwise, they shall be forwarded by
the ordinary means.
With respect to the payment of post
age on correspondence addressed to
foreign countries, MIR. Schweiger calls
attention to the importance of prepay
ing postage in full since articles on
which the postage has not been pre-
paid, or has not been fully prepaid, are
subject to special treatment which
necessarily involves more or less delay,
in some cases sufficient to miss an in
tended steamship dispatch.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1931-08-28
USES DYNAMITE
To COLLECT BILL
ANTON GORNICK PLANTS lis
HIS EMPLOYERS BARN-AR-
RESTED BEFORE FIRING THE
CHARGE.

Judge Mark Zoretic of the Ely
Municipal Court on Tuesday bound
over to the District Court on $1,000
bail, Anton Gornick for trying to col
lect wage bill from Martin Skala by
planting lis sticks of dynamite under
the latters barn on his farm on the
north side of Shagawa lake with the
intention of doing damage to the
property.
Gornick, a war veteran has been
employed by Mr.. Skala on the farm
for a number of years. He made the
claim for wages said to be due him
and there being difference in the ac-
count, Gornick became peeved. Be
fore lighting the fuse, he decided to
save the life of bull in the barn and
it was while he was driving out the
animal, was arrested by Deputy
Sheriff John A. Harri. He had COL
lected the dynamite while working on
the farm according to those who in
,vestigated the affair It is the opinion
of authorities that he had something
in view for some time considering the
large amount of explosive accumulated.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1931-08-28
LEGION MARCHES ON
UNDERNEW LEADERS
AUXILIARY ALSO SELECTS NEW
STATE CHIEFS AT ROCHESTER,
RETURNED DELEGATES REPORT
VERY FINE CONVENTION.

At their Rochester state convention
August 1919, Minnesota Legionna1res
from 478 posts elected Oscar Youngdahl
of Minneapolis as their state CON-
mander to succeed A. B. Kapplln OF
Duluth YoungdahI received 314 votes,
Lewis Lehman of St. Paul was given
100, and c. j. Wittbecker of Fergus
Falls polled 10. They made the cleo
ton of Comrade Youngdahl unani-
nous.
State vice commanders chosen for
the coming year are George V. Hig-
gins of St. James, A. T. G1bertSon OF
Remer, and Clayton Weis of LIE Suer.
The new national committeeman Is
Earl v. (Pat) Cliff of Ortonville, sue
ceeding DR.. James j. Morrow of Austin,
who becomes alternate national COM
mitteeman.
Father David j. Moran of Farming
ton was named state Legion chaplain.
Bemidji was selected as the 1882 con-
vention city. Congress was asked to
permit the people to voice their views
as to the prohibition repeal, by means
of a nationwide referendum. The state
legislature was again urged to allow
statewide boxing under local option.
A new Legion uniform for convention
parades, was authorized. The state
Legion sinking fund, now totaling
S35 200 is to be added to until 1913,
when it is expected to be about $3.50,
600; thereafter the income will be used
to operate state Legion headquarters
when the boys are growing old.
The 478 posts of the state are asked
to continue doing things that will bene-
fit their communities, such as estab-
fishing parks, Fairgrounds, swimming
beaches emergency relief corps school
patrol units, not overlooking opportuni-
ties to help buddies and their depen-
dents who may need advice or assist
ance Child welfare work will also be
stressed. School medals will be
awarded to honor students.
Tribute was paid to the great work
The American Legion Auxiliary, now
numbering 10000 women in 401 units,
is doing for the sick and disabled
Mrs. Halsey D. Cory of Winona was
elected Auxiliary state president to
succeed Mrs. F. C. Barnes of Fergus
Falls. Vice presidents for the coming
year are Mrs. Alex Fraser of st. Paul
and Mrs. j. A. Forester of Mime
apolis. Mrs. John Rowe of Eveleth
was reelected state chaplain and Mrs.
F. c. Barnes, retiring president, be-
comes national committeewoman.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1931-08-28
HERB KURvINEN AN OSCAR
RINGNELL GET LICENSES

An Inspector for the air service de-
partment of the United States govern
ment was here Saturday and put Herb
Kurvinen and Oscar Ringnell through
a course Of questioning and practical
demonstration for a pilot license. Mr..
Ringnen was recommended for q
transport license while Mr. Kurvinen
owing to the fact that he was short of
flying hours was recommended for a
limited commercial license.
Mr.. Kurvinen is one of the members
of the Scenic Anyways Company, Inc,
articles of Incorporation of this COM
pany having been completed two weeks
ago with Mr.. Kurvinen, T. j. Somero
and Thos. Carey as incorporators.
They have enjoyed an excellent busi-
ness the past year with both their
planes and expect to supply an in
creased demand for this mode Of
transportation in the future. Their
hangar is located on Shagawa lake
near the water plant and their planes
are pontoon equipped for summer and
ski equipped for winter work.
Dutch" Fuller is the pilot of the
Stinson-Detroiter four-place plane of
the company while Oscar Ringnell
pilots the Curtis Robin for the Scenic
Always. Fishing parties to unmapped
and out-of-the-way lakes north Of here
have been transported daily and all
have returned with the limit of wall
eyed pike weighing all the way from
four to ten pounds In fact the
Scenic company guarantee the fishing
and in no case has their guarantee
been forced.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1931-08-28
% have escaped to Wisconsin

to have escaped to Wisconsin
John Kostelc, q, Ely, was arrested
Monday afternoon by Deputy Sheriff
johnson. Upon questioning here, Kos
telc is reported to have confessed to
taking stove, lumber. windows and
other personal property from the log
ging camp intending to use the ma
terial in building camp two miles
away.
Anthony Dergantz, q, recently Of
Aurora but now of Ely, is reported i'm
plicated in the same robberies. He IS
now being held at the st. Louis county
Jail at Duluth.
Preliminary hearing for Dergantz
and Kostelc was not set Monday after
noon"
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1931-08-28
AERIAL Stunts FEATURED
AT MINNESOTA STATE FAIR.

Added attractions to the entertain
ment program at the Minnesota State
Fair and Northwest Livestock Show,
September to II, will cause the spec
tators to do lot of looking up" ac-
cording to Raymond A. Lee, secretary
Outstanding features of aerial per-
Torrance will include twin parachute
leaps by Almeda Babcock, queen of
the air." a spectacular balloon ascen-
sion coupled with daring parachute
act, and the exploits of the autogiro