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The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1931-08-14

the distinguished senator and his eS-
Unable family as guests, not forgetting
Col. and Mrs. Coupal and outsiders
present.
Senator Schall was the only speaker
of the evening and he briefly told of
the hard time he has experienced while
in the senate in getting measures and
appointments through because OF the
opposition Of "the powers that be" as
he termed them He told of the public
debt moratorium just called for foreign
countries and dwelt at some length on
the appointment Of Federal Judge
Nordby of Minnesota, on which ap-
pointment he stated he would fight
confirmation with all his might. He
also took an unholy rap at the Twin
City press who opposed his reelection.
The guests were taken on a fishing
trip to Lac La Croix by the Scenic
Anyways plane with Dutch" Fuller as
pilot. In about an hour of fishing,
those In the party caught their limit
of wall-eyed pike, the smallest of which
weighed over four pounds. Col. Cou-
pal, who accompanied President
Coolidge to the Brule as the presi-
dents private physician and Is now
holding the same title with the Schall
family, stated that he never imagined
such beautiful country as the trip in
the plane revealed. Neither had he
ever experienced such fishing.
ALI promised to come again In the
near future and spend some time on
an outing.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1931-08-14

vices. George Anderson, Master of the
Ely Lodge, had charge of the Masonic
rites, assisted by other members of the
order.
The eulogy for the dead was given
by Joseph v. Beran of Hbbing and
was one of the best ever heard in this
city. His enunciation and dramatic
Interpretation of the difficult lecture
was perfect.
Active pail bearers were William
Trezona, Van ". Harris and George
Coffron for the Masons, Richard
Hodge, James Miglio and Emor Ellef-
sen for the Odd Fellows of which order
deceased was also a Past Grand.
Honorary pail bearers were Louis Eek
ert, Michael Prisk, j. M. Brown, VIM.
Opel, Henry Chinn and Oscar Ander-
son.
The remains were inferred In the
family lot in the Ely cemetery.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1931-08-14
SENATOR sCHALL
AND FAMILY HERE
GUESTS OF THE ELY CONNER
CIAL CLUB AT A BANQUET AT
FOREST HOTEL FRIDAY EVEN
ING-SENATOR SCHALL MAKES
ADDRESS.

Some fifty members of the Ely Com
mercial Club, hastily summoned, were
at the Forest Hotel on Friday evening
to meet Senator Thomas Schall, Mrs.
Schall, and their three children, Doug
las, Richard and Peggy; Col and Mrs.
Coupal and Mrs. Sinclow, secretary to
Senator Schan, who were spending a
few days at Big Lake the guests Of Mr..
and Mrs. Jacob L. Pete.
No pretensions were made as to pre-
pairing program for the distinguished
guests owing to the short time for
preparation. A most appetizing roast
chicken dinner with all necessary fix
ms had been prepared by Mrs. Kelly
and her capable assistants The guests
and the club members did ample jus
tice to the spread which was presided
over by President w. P. Wolff of the
Commercial Club as POSTMASTER.
Mayor Wolff, in introducing Senator
Schall, made few appropriate re-
marks bearing on the City of Ely and
the pleasure felt by the city In having
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1931-08-14
PROBATE COURT
TERM AUG. q.
JUDGE ARCHER AND FORCE WILL
BE HERE FOR A PROBATE
COURT TERM ON THURSDAY,
AUGUST "a, AT THE CITY HALL.

A term of Probate Court will be held
at the city hall in this city on Thurs
day, August q, according to announce
ment received from Judge William j.
Archer, Judge of the st. Louis County
Probate Court.
Twelve cases are on the calendar for
disposition at this term. Three are for
appointment of administrators; three
for proof of will and six for examining
final accounts. The cases set are:
Administration Oscar Neimi, Henry
Koivumaa and Joseph Palcher.
Proof of Will-John Hutar, Joseph
Forth and Matt Kurre.
Final Accounts-James H. White,
William Peuha, Matti Mattila, Eliza
beth Smrekar Martha Zoretic and
Emanuel Auto.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1931-08-14
IMPRESSIVE CEREMONIES MARK
THE BURIAL OF SAM RAPSON.

The funeral of Sam Rapson, who
died suddenly Thursday, was held Sun
day afternoon from the Presbyterian
church, Rev. H. r. Browne, officiating.
The funeral was attended by a capacity
crowd, Mr.. Rapson having a host of
friends in this city and out of town
who had congregated to pay their last
respects to a friend and neighbor.
The floral offerings were many and
beautiful. The funeral service was
under the auspices of the Ely lodge of
Masons of which the deceased was a
Past Master.
After brief service by Rev. Browne
during which he gave a short history
of the deceased and the part he played
in the events of the city for the past
forty years, the Masons took charge of
the services and the impressive funeral
rites were given. Miss Coffron of Two
Harbors sang two solos during the SER
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1931-08-14
On This
Occasion
Just few thoughts by the Editor
on things Material and Immaterial.

Comment on the charges OF petty
pilfering and salary grating made by
the state examiners after examining
the books of st. Louis County will be
Withheld for the present i'll the hopes
that the charges will be siftec TO the
bottom by the grand jury, Those
guilty of deliberate Justification OF &C
counts for the purpose of treasury
looting should be separated from those
guilty of careless error la2ity in ac-
counting led them into. The Miner
editor is personally acquainted with
the officials involved and We would
hate to think that either would stoop
so low as to pad a stamp account or
expense bill in order to rob the tax
payer of a few paltry dollars The
public examiners show by figures that
this was the case. The grand jury
has work cut out for it. If pilfering
was the motive, the world should know
the guilty ones. Editor Bingham in
the Duluth Evening Herald voices the
opinion of the majority when ne says:
THE grand jury is going to take up
the very disturbing report on county
affairs made by the state public ex-
aminerS.
"Of course it should. An absurd
accounting system seems to have made
it so easy to rob the county that the
situation constitutes an open invita-
ton to shady dealings. Those who
gave in to the temptation must be dealt
with, but above all the county must
adopt a system that will at least make
it less easy to pilfer public funds.
THE details of the report range from
carelessness to criminality. Some OF
the items may perhaps be technical,
but any public servant will always find
it safer to be technically honest and
to avoid the appearance OF even tech
nical dishonesty. Most of the pilfer-
ing seems to have been small, but the
condition that made it possible makes
it a marvel that the stealing was not
a hundred times greater.
Those who handle public funds are
charged with a sacred trust. They are
under the obligation not only to be
honest, but to be economical. The
public has lost much more through
carelessness and reckless spending
than it has through dishonesty, and
the county in taking the steps called
for by this report should remember
that though petty thievery calls for
resentment and punishment, from a
money viewpoint waste is a much
larger item and should be as rigidly
guarded against"
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1931-08-14

In company with our family and
Mr.. and Mrs. L. P. Schaefer of Glen
wood, we had the pleasure on Sunday
of attending the party given by Tony"
La Ferniere and his son, John, of the
Itasca County Independent at Grand
Rapids, to the newspaper fraternity
of this area. Thirty-five guests were
present representing the towns from
Ely on the east to Deer River and Hill
City on the west. The guests gathered
at the summer home of Mr.. and Mrs.
LaFerniere on Pokegama Lake where
an informal reception and ''get-ac-
Quainted' few hours were spent.
TONY" has a handsome home built by
himself with Murphy beds, disappear
ing windows, screened porcheS, fire
place an everything including we'll
kept garden among numberless fine
summer homes which dot the shores
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1931-08-14

The handsome, efficient appearing
chap above is j. r. Steele, more
Familiarity referred to by his many
friends as Bob" Steele. Bob" was
born in Candy, Minnesota in 1892 and
graduated from the High School of
that city in 1912. After serving with
the American forces overseas, he was
employed on the farm of his father
and in Minnesota towns up to 1922
when he came to Ely with the Mime
sofa Power & Light Company. In 1926
he was transferred by the company to
the Little Falls District and made his
headquarters at Brainerd. The lure Of
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1931-08-14
MOTORS OF AKRON
INSIDE AIRSHIP'

A radical departure ip dirigible con-
struction is featured in the new Navy
liner Akron, biggest and swiftest air.
ship in the world
For the first time a motor driven
lighter-than-air ship carries its power
plants inside of its balloon" thereby
decreasing air resistance and increas-
ing speed.
The motor equipment consists of
eight $50 horsepower Veedol fabricated
Maybach motors. These are the same
type of motors and the same motor oil
used so successfully in the famous
Graf Zeppelin on all its flights.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1931-08-14

this section was too strong for him
and in 1929 he returned to Ely as
manager of the Pete's Garage in
terests- Success attended his manage
ment and the institution has enjoyed
an excellent business in the sale of
Dodge and Plymouth cars, coal, tires
and automobile accessories. He has
been prominent in the civic and fra
ternal life since coming to Ely and his
every effort has been directed towards
the upbuilding of Ely and incidentally
the garage business. He is a member
of the Ely Commercial Club, thirty
second degree Mason and a member Of
the American Legion.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1931-08-14

Another old saying goes aflooey. A
young fellow over in New Jersey the
other day decided to try out the theory
that a lighted match would be ex-
tinguished if quickly plunged into gas
oline. He is in a hospital badly
burned. Wherever there is gasoline
there is also gasoline vapor i'm
mediately above it. This vapor mixed
with air forms a most powerful ex-
ploslve. The vapor from one gallon of
gasoline mixed in proper proportions
with air, has explosive possibilities
equal to SO pounds of dynamite. Some
theories prove correct. This one
didn't.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1931-08-14
ELY'S TAX SHARE
IS s236,120.64
FIRST HALF OF YEAR TAX MONIES
APPORTIONED BY COUNTY
AUDITOR w. BORGEN-SCHOOL
DISTRICT NO. IL GETS SIT, lOI.S8.

st. Louis county will receive 81 ,845,-
1908 as its share of appointments
based on the county taxes paid during
the first half of the year, Walter H.
Bergen, county auditor, announced
Appointments for the first half of
the year will total $10,380. 60945. OF
this amount the state will receive
$813, 1888 and payments on state loans
will total $154 ,895.35.
Payments to cities, villages and
towns will total $3,728 ,282.31. The city
of Duluth will receive $810,71l.48. As in
past years, the village Of Hibbing will
receive the largest sum, $979, 127.l2
County payments will be divided as
follows:
Revenue, $433, 3S4.6s; schools, $685.
.35; poor commission, $155, IA "a;
county roads, 1924, 47O.31; bonds sink
ing, $40.477.77; bonds interest, $14,428.-
"a; care and control of courthouses
$53,518.61; county sanatorium, $685.
1862; county workfarm, $26,237.48; in
dustrial home, $3,867.68; bitches, $751;
47031.
Payments to cities, in addition to
Duluth will be: Ely, 1896, l2O.64; Eve
leth, $388, 974.23; Tower, $5,624; Viz
ginia, sag, 4O1.31.
Among payments to towns will be:
Balkan, $49,33s.69; Biwabik, $24, 789 20;
Fayal, $3,360.46; Great Scott, $7,934.32;
Missabe Mountain, $2,479.04; Nichols
$6,870.40; Rice Lake, $3,025.65; Brei-
tung, $4,642.24; Stuntz, 5000, 439 Sc;
White, $75, 1882.
Payments to villages in addition to
Hibbing will include:
Aurora, $15,169.81; Biwabik, SIS, 43s-
q; Buhl. SIPS. 481 IS; Chisholm, s27o.-
134.94; Franklin, $17,884.32; Frazier
$6,060.70; Gilbert, $85,017.48; Kinney
s35, $685.; Leonidas, 1891 80; McKin-
ley, A,961.05; Mountain Iron, SOS, 719-
so; Proctor, $7,3I1.33.
A total of $3.711. 546.23 will be paid to
school districts. The independent dis
trict of Duluth will receive 1888 1896 81
Other payments include:
Proctor, $10.03221; Tower, $50, l83. 10;
Ely, $176,101.88; Aurora, $l1o.641 .73;
Gilbert, $169,244.99; Floodwood, "a
2S7.8O; Mountain Iron, SOL ,880.41: vir-
ginia, $412, 109.02; Biwabik, $65, f23. 20;
Hibbing, $3.50. 1920; Bull, $24o, 375. 4s;
Eyeieth. $258, 267-56; Chisholm, $685.
$3.50; Meadowlands, So 1889 .78; Lake
wood, $5,669.03; st. Louis county board
OF education, $102 ,24473.
A total of $5,803.73 viii be. paid for
roads In unorganized districts. Pay
ments from the special eighteenths
school tax, providing funds for school
districts receiving less than $93 a pupil
will total $115,11683.
Separate apportionments under the
special school tax win include: Proctor
s18,27230; Floodwood, $6,671.10; Tower,
$2,94s.8l; Meadowiands, $4,545.A2;
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1931-08-14

After having been idle for some time
the Duluth political bugaboo 1.-The
Point of Rocks" again erupted the fore
part of the week and dumped about
100 tons of rock on the streets. This
seems strange in view of the fact that
there is no political campaign en- at
this time but it is the impression that
the upheaval was caused by the ex-
ploSion in the ST. Louis County court
house a few blocks away when the re-
port of the public examiners was
made public. However, the shower OF
rocks was no joke and it will cost the
city some dough to get rid of the slide
from it's main street. After due in
vestigation by commission it was de-
cided that the slide was caused by the
copious rain which fell Sunday night
and not be the examiners report.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1931-08-14

Out of a total of 203 entrants in a
recent VAUDEVILLE addition there was not
a single crooner in the whole outfit
This goes to prove that the world is
getting better. However, out of the
2O3 there were eight who were i'm
personators of Chevalier. A crooner
occupies about as much space in the
necessary occupation list as does the
human fly, the marathon dancer, the
flag pole sitter, the champion coffee
drinker or sauer-kraut eater, etc
AS an aid to humanity they cut ice in
proportion to a cipher with the rim
knocked off.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1931-08-14

Bob" Forrest of the Lake Wilson
Pilot says that a farmers boy recently
told him that it takes 1872 dozen of
eggs at the present times to pay a
dance ticket and the boy was COM
planning that while everything else had
gone down, the price of dance tickets
still remained at the same old price.
Those who dance must pay the fid-
dler" and if eggs must be used for
money, eggs must be paid. ION with
the dance; let joy be unconfined" even
if biddy is forced to work day and
night shifts to furnish the JOY. Any
one wormy enough to pay 1872 dozen
eggs for a chance to wiggle around
on the floor for a couple Of hours,
should not complain.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1931-08-14
Winona Wins Legion Title.

Inc Winona Legion team won the
Junior Championship of Minnesota by
defeating the Minneapolis team to
. IN the finals. Winona win represent
minnesota in the regional tournament
at Park River, N. D., today and to-
morrow.
marble, the range champions, were
eliminated by Winona earlier in the
Gay on Monday, while Minneapolis
gained the finals by beating st. Paul.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1931-08-14
MAKING AIR MAP
ELY QUADRANGLE
U. S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY PLANE
ARRIVED TUESDAY TO MAP THIS
SECTION OF THE COUNTRY
FAIRCHILD PLANE IN USE.

Capt w. r. Taylor and Sergeant j.
c. Mccullough of the United States
Geological forces arrived Tuesday In
a Fairchild 7-place pontoon-equipped
ship and are at rest near the Scenic
Anyways port on Shagawa Lake. The
trip to Ely was made from Escanaba,
Michigan, the party having been
stationed there for week in the same
work they are doing in this section
of the country.
They are here on experimental WORK
for the Geological Survey and will take
pictures of the Ely Quadrangle from an
elevation of $4,000 feet. The quad
rangle will comprise an area of ap-
proximately 200 square miles with Ely
as the base. The Escanaba quadrangle
was photographed just before coming
to Ely.
Capt. Taylor is in charge of the ex-
petition with Sergeant Mccullough as
photographer, One of the latest
types Of camera is being used and Is
capable of penetrating vast distances.
The plane Is from Scott Field at st.
Louis, Missouri, and is attracting con-
siderable attention while riding at ease
near the airport.
The gentlemen spent few hours
Tuesday afternoon fishing on one of
the numerous lakes in this vicinity.
The trip to the lake was made in the
Scenic Anyways plane and the party
returned with a limit catch of wall
eyed pike and black bass.
Capt. Taylor informed the Miner
that the work would require ABOUT four
days in all possibility.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1931-08-14
Engagement of Arnold Anderson.

Engagement of Arnold Anderson
AT a bridge luncheon given by her
mother on Saturday, August 8, the en-
gagement of Miss Anna Kathryn May.
daughter of MIR. and Mrs. Edward May
OF Ingram, Pennsylvania, to Arnold o.
Anderson, son of Mr.. and Mrs. j. o.
Anderson Of this city was announced.
The wedding mill take place at $50
in the afternoon of August % in the
First Baptist church of Grafton with
the Rev. o. Hudson officiating. A re-
ception will follow at the May home
and after the wedding trip to the
grooms home in this city, Mr.. and
Mrs. Anderson will be at home in the
East End Of Pittsburgh.
Miss May is graduate of the UNI
versity OF Pittsburgh and is a member
OF Kappa Alpha Theta. Mr.. Anderson
Is University of Minnesota man. class
OF 20 and is a Kappa Eta Kappa
member.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1931-08-14

Lakewood, s527.35; st. Louis county
board of education, $70,297.26.
In the majority of cases payments
will be less than those made year
ago. Appointments at this time last
year totaled $1O,795, 589.34. Duluth at
that time received $934,950.17 and Hib-
bling, $1,000, 005.38.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1931-08-14
COMMITTEES FOR
BOY SCOUT WORK
COMMISSIONERS MEET AND APP
POINT COMMITTEES FOR BOY
SCOUT WORK IN THE ELY
BRANCH OF IRON RANGE AREA.

President Walter E. Englund and
Commissioners Ben 8. Richards, w. P.
Wolff and William Mitchell have met
and made their appointments OF COM
mittees in charge of Boy Scout work
for the Ely branch of the Iron Range
Area. The appointments include ex-
ecutive committees, troop committees
and scoutmasters. The several COM
mittees named are as follows:
Court of Honor-George r. Ayres,
chairman; L. j. White and Joseph
Veranth.
Health and Safety-H. N. Suther-
land, chairman; j. E. Thompson and
Charles Smith.
Finance-O. w. Parker, chairman;
George Somero, M. j. Murphy and
James Moonan.
Troop Organization-Jas. l. Laing,
chairman; E. w. Hanson, Ed Buckley
and G. Robertson.
Training-Ed. Bolitho, chairman;
Howard Hall, Raymond Baribeau and
VIM. Jones.
Camping Ray Hoefler, chairman;
Raymond Baribeau, B. o. Strachan
and Byrd Brownen.
Civic Service. G. Jones, chairman;
Howard Hall and T. E. Miller.
Publicity-Peter Schaefer, chairman;
William Jones and Thomas Carey.
Reading-Father Thos. Durkin,
chairman; H. R. Browne and c. P.
Keast.
The several troops of Scouts are
sponsored and oficered as follows:
Presbyterian Church-william Jones,
scoutmaster; Ben s. Richards, E. C.
Jones and Byrd Brownell.
Methodist Church Howard Hall,
scoutmaster; Ed. Bolitho, William Nit
chen and G. Robertson.
Catholic Church-Father Durkin.
advisor; Raymond Baribeau, scout
master; Joseph Veranth, Thomas
Murn, o. T. Friedsburg. Troop IL
Matt Kapsch, scoutmaster; Charles
Smith, Ed. Buckley, Thomas Carey.
Noted Cartoonist Vacationing Here.
M. G.. Kettner, more Familiarity
known as "Ket," cartoonist for the
Western Newspaper Union, whose
drawings are seen weekly In the car
toon, Lives Of Little Men" In The
Ely Miner. Is spending vacation on
the lakes in this section of the Arrow
head Country with BURNSIDE Lodge as
headquarters. "Ket" says be is en-
joying himself with the fishing and
climate and viii probably have some
stories to tell his colleagues upon his
return to the grind in Chicago.
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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-09-24

a dance In the bali room Of Meridian
Mansions, at 2400 Sixteenth street. The
other festivities through the season will
be four dances and two banquets. For
the dance October special dances have
been planned. with group of students
from local studio appearing under
he direction of Miss Virginia G. Hunter.
Mr.. Ralph Boyer is secretary of the
society and applications for member
ship should be addressed to him at 70i
Nineteenth street. Oklahoma residents
living in Washington number about TOO
and the Oklahoma State Society bids
fair to be among the largest of the State
organizations in the District.
Mr.. and Mrs. Francis H. Young are
entertaining company of IL at din
ner this evening at the Dodge Hotel in
honor of Mr.. and Mrs. Norman Harper
of Lake Worth. Fla. Invited to meet
Mr. and Mrs. Harper are Mr.. and Mrs.
Roy Vosh=u. Miss Marion Voshall. Miss
Kinkead Young, Mr. Donald Voshall.
Mrs. Frank K. Hatch and Mr.. and Mrs.
Samuel Carothers.
The wedding of Miss Margaret
Margerum and Mr.. William F. Dewey
took place in historic Trinity Episcopal
Church at $50 o'clock the evening OF
September %. The officiating clergy
man was Rev. jackson L. Cole and the
attendants were Miss Frieda ANTI and
Mr.. Edward Swanlund.
The bride wore navy blue embroid-
Continued on Sixth Page)
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-09-24

CITY. where they were for about a
week, and are now at the Hotel New
Yorker in New York City.
Mrs. Gus. Schuldt entertained at
luncheon yesterday at Olney Inn for
her niece, Miss Louise Varnon, who
will spend the Winter in Washington
as the guest of Judge and Mrs. Schuldt.
Lieut.. Comdr and Mrs. S. p. Ginder
were hosts to company at dinner
last evening at the Shoreham, and
Mr.. and Mrs. KingTnan Brewster en-
tertained a small party there.
Mr.. william Anterior DuPuy, ex-
ecutive assistant to the Secretary of
the Interior, and Mrs. DuPuy have
returned from several weeks spent in
California, where they visited Holly
wood and other attractive and note
worthy places of interest.
Capt and Mrs. Albert c. Read have
as their guest, in their apartment in
wardman Park Hotel Miss zada, Bur-
dine and Miss Patricia Burdine.
Mrs. Henry M. Willis of Los An
geles and Mrs. F. @. Frederick of Hol-
lywood, Calf. are spending few days