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wharves on the Potomac River. The
proposed law probably would contain
provisions for the criminal prosecution
OF the smugglers.
AS another means of coping with the
problem, a receipts tax instead of a
sales tax was proposed at a conference
attended recently by Gov. Pollard. T.
Mccall Frazier, director of the State
Motor Vehicles Division and representa-
tives of several gasoline distributing
companies. Under this plan, the State
tax would be collected direct from the
distributing companies.
Frazier said the receipts tax would
be an improvement over the present
sales tax because the burden of p.~Ying
violation of the present law, in itself
highly difficult, now rests with the
State.
Suppose, for example" he said, "a
distributing company reports that it
has shipped 10000 gallons of gas to
certain dealers. If. later on, the dealers
report sales of only 5000 gallons, then
We have to prove they sold more to get
the iVll amount of the tax Wa arc en-
title TO-" 2
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! CAPITAL GIRL WE'D BY PROXY
TO BRAZILIAN NAVAL OFFICER
Dorothy Bayliss Becomes Bride of South
American Under Little-Used Com
mon Law Procedure

license from the District Supreme Court
last october a. She requested the Rev.
Hugh T. Stevenson, pastor of Bethany
Baptist Church, to perform the cere-
mony, but when he learned the mar
riage was to be by proxy he asked time
to consider it and investigate the legal
phases.
In the meantime, however, Lieut.
Rumbo secured by cable advice from a
New York attorney that marriages by
proxy were legal under the common law
in the District of Columbia Attorneys
in Washington were consulted, and they
confirmed this opinion
On october 80, Lieut. Rumbo started
legal proceedings in Buenos Aires to
Continued on Page 2, Column g.
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JAPANESE PL AN TO PROTEST TOU. S.
AGAINST AMERICAN AIR PILOTS
Death of Lieut. Short in Plane Battle Said to Have
"Displeased" Tokio's Consul General in Shanghai

to the flyers mother, thanking her for
the service rendered by her son to the
Chinese cause.
At Chinese headquarters at Chenju
today the correspondent in a CONVEX
Sation with Cheng Wei-Chung, Chinese
wing commander, was informed that
the plane flown by Lieut.. Short was
equipped with two machine guns, one
of them mounted on the body and the
other firing through the propeller
Lieut. Short had no tracer bullets, so
that he was combating japanese
planes at a great disadvantage
E. B. Haines, American representa-
tive of the United Aircraft Cor
poration, makers OF the Boeing plane
purchased by the Chinese government
and fiown by Lieut.. Short, discredits
report that the American flyer was
attacked and was unable to escape
from an unwanted combat
The Boeing pursuit plane was cap
able of speed Of 200 miles an hour
and could have eluded any Japanese
plane if short had chosen to f1ee," Mr.
Haines said
The LIE Gale Co., local Boeing dis
tributors, stated today that there were
no more Boeings in China and that nc
others had been sold to the Chinese
government.
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Washingtons first international mar
riage by proxy was performed here last
night. when Miss Dorothy Bayliss. "a,
Of 3100 r street, became the bride of an
officer in the Argentine Navy.
Miss Bayliss entered into civil con-
tract of marriage with Lieut.. Oscar j.
Rumbo, 26, who Is assigned to subma-
rine duty in Buenos Aires and could
not be present at the ceremony here.
The bride is said to have met Lieut..
Rumbo while he was making study Of
submarines at the Washington Navy
Yard early in 1881 Miss Bayliss could
not be reached at her home, but it was
said she expects to sail for Buenos
Aires Friday.
Miss Bayliss secured a marriage
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BY Radio to The Star.

BY Radio to The Star.
SHANGHAI, February 24.-Japarese
Consul General Mural announced to-
night that he was considering sending
q note to Edwin S. Cunningham, the
American consul general, requesting
that the United States take appropri-
ate action to prohibit American citi-
zenS from participating in Chinese COM
bat against japanese airplanes in the
future"
A spokesman for the japanese consul
late said that Consul General Mural
and other japanese officials in Shang-
hal were shocked and surprised" to
learn that the Boeing pursuit plane shot
down Monday by the japanese at
Soochow was piloted by Lieut.. Robert
Short, an American aviator from Seat
tie. who was a second lieutenant in the
United States Army Air Corps Reserve.
THE japanese community here is
displeased to discover that the nation.
ais of friendly power are engaging in
hostilities against the japanese" the
consulate's spokesman added.
The Shanghai office of T. v. Soong,
Chinese minister of finance tonight
officially confirmed the news that
Lieut. Short was the pilot Of the
wrecked plane. Soong announced that
he will send cablegram Of coincidence
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"FlFI" WIDENER HOLDEN
IN RENO TO FILE SUIT
Says 1ncompatability Probably
Will Be Charged Following
Separation of Year.
BY the Associated Press

BY the Associated Press.
RENO, New, February 24.-Mrs
Josephine Fiji" Widener Holden,
daughter of Joseph E. Widener, wealthy
Philadelphia sportsman, said today she
plans to file suit for divorce from Mil
ton W. Holden after completing the re-
Quired six weeks residence here. She
arrived in Reno Monday.
Il shall probably charge incompati-
bility," she said.
Holden is reported to be on yacht
ing trip with Vincent Astor. The Hold
ems separated more than year ago.
They married in 1926, shortly after
the bride was divorced from Carter r.
Leidy, member of an old Philadelphia
family. She and Leidy eloped in 1920,
when she was II, and were married at
Knoxville, Tenn.
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TREATY TANG[ES
SEEN BY ST|MSON
Secretary Says Change in
Nine-PoWer Pact Would Re-
uuire Alteration of Others.
BY CONSTANTINE BROWN.

Secretary Henry L. StimSon made it
known today to the signatorieS of the
three treaties signed in Washington in
| 1922-the nine-power pact, the four
power pact and the naval pact-that
these are so closely interrelated that
the abolition of any one of them would
necessarily involve the reconsideration
of the others.
This point of view of the American
Government was expressed by the Sec
retary of State in letter addressed to
Chairman Borah of the Senate Foreign
Relations Committee and follows closely
the favorable action on the authorize
ton bill for treaty strength for naval
constructions and requirements by the
Senate's Naval Committee yesterday.
Secretary Stimson's letter can also
be considered as Americas reply to the
point of view regarding the nine-power
pact as set forth yesterday by the jap
anese foreign minister, Kenkishl Yosn-
izawa, who stated in a note sent to the
League of Nations that "the time has
inevitably come when realities rather
than fiction must be reckoned with.
Japan has enormous interests
in China and it is impossible to longer
treat the chaos in China as If it were
order" This statement comes on top
If another statement made by the OFF,
cial spokesman Of the Japanese foreign
Office, who some five weeks ago said
"the time has arrived when we must
consider the revision of the nine-power
pact, which has become obsolete now"
Holds Different View.
The American Secretary of State
| holds, however, an entirely different
view on this matter. This treaty" he
writes to Mr. Borah, forms the legal
basis upon which now rests the open
door policy toward China. This policy
enunciated by John Hay in 1899,
various powers for so-called spheres of
interest in China which was threatening
the dismemberment of that empire"
| This policy Of John Hay worked sat-
isfactorily, although it rested upon the
commitments thus made by the vari-
Gus powers. This policy was crystal
liZed into the So-called nine-power
treaty in the Winter of 1922, a treaty
which was signed by all the principal
! powers which had interests on the
| Pacific.
At the time when the nine-power
pact was signed by the United States,
Great Britain, Japan, France, Italy,
Portugal, the Netherlands, Belgium and
China, two more treaties were signed
by the leading powers in Washington.
One was the naval treaty whereby the
United States agreed to scrap a large
number Of battleships either recently
put into service or nearing completion
against mostly projected battleships of
other nations, and the other was the
four-power pact between the United
States, Great Britain Japan and
China, assuring each other to respect
the territorial integrity and non-aggres-
sion The United States, in order to
Continued on Page 3, Column So
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Other Compacts
at Stake, Says
Secretary.
JAPANESE ACTS
HELD UNLAWFUL
Letter to Borah. Re-
iterates Open Door
Policy in Far East.
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
In a sweeping reaffirmation of
American policy, Secretary Stlm-
son declared today that the whole
fabric of international under
standing in the Far East-includ-
ing even the balance of naval
power agreed on in 1921-22-was
threatened by the hostilities be-
tween Japan and China.
1t was partly because of the
guarantees in the now disregarded
nine-power treaty, he said, that
the United States agreed to give
up some of it's battleships and
abandon further fortif1cations at
Guam and the PHILIPPINES.
The Secretary INDUCED in no
predictions, but his mention of the
naval ratio attracted wide notice,
especially at the Capitol-coming
as it did on the heels of action by
the Senate Naval Committee for
authorization of bigger Navy.
Insists on Policy.
Standing firmly, as he has in
the past, on the doctrine of an
"open door" in China and chal-
lenging Japan's position for re-
vision of the nine-power pact, Sec
retary Stimson defined this Gov
ernment'S policy in a detailed open
letter to Senator Borah.
The communication was taken at
once to represent the stand that will
be taken when the time comes for
winding up the Sino-Japanese dispute.
In effect, the communication-wh
not addressed to Japan as has been the
practice with similar statements of the
past few months-put that country on
notice that she is in China in violation
of treaties and this Government is not
going to recognize any settlements
growing out of her action.
In one high quarter it was regarded
as aimed to mobilize public opinion be-
hind the treaties governing relations in
the Orient.
Addressed to BOrah.
The letter was addressed to Borah
upon receipt Of inquiries from him as
chairman of the Foreign Relations
Committee He declined to comment
on it today, but had it inserted in the
Congressional Record. 1t was not read
to the Senate.
In his letter, Secretary Stimson re-
minded that the nine-power pact was
but one of several agreements entered
into at the time, called these interre-
lated and said none can be disregarded
without disturbing the general under
standing and equilibrium which were
intended to be accomplished and ef-
fected by the group of agreements ar
rived at in their entirety"
BY one arrangement reached then,
this country surrendered its then COM
manding lead in battleship construction
and promised not to fortify further its
positions at Guam and in the Philip
pines AS Stimson put it, this was predi-
Gated partially upon the assurance by
the powers of equal opportunity for
Eastern trade and also against mill
tary ACKNOWLEDGMENT of any other
power at the expense of China"
other Promises Cited.
Thereupon StimSon warned the pos
sibility of modifying or abrogat1ng the
nine-power treaty cannot be discussed
without considerating at the same time
the other promises upon which they
were really dependent.
AS to present hostilities in the
Orient, the Secretary of State said
(Continued on Page g. Column g.
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CAMPBELL MAY TRY
FOR NEW MARK TODAY
Speed Car Ordered to Beach in
Prospect of Proper Conditions
at Ebb Tide.

BY the Associated Press.
DAYTONA BEACH, Fla, February
ga Sir Malcolm Campbell of England
instructed his mechanics to tow his T.
cylinder racing car onto the Ocean
Speedway today for a possible attempt
to break his own worlds automobile
speed record at low tide.
Ebb tide was forecast for about $3.50
pm. eastern standard time). The
British driver arranged for his car to
be on the course some time in advance
of that hour, however. Beach condi-
tions were much improved.
Before going to the beach, Campbell
said he did not believe the course and
wind would be suitable for attaining
record speed, but If they were he would
start his trials between 2:30 and 3
O'Clock. In any event, he said, he prob
ably would make practice run at least
to give his car thorough test.
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CHANGE IN NINE-POWER
TREATY WOULD INVOLVE
WORLD NAVAL BALANCE
Battle Casualties
In Shanghai Area
Are 2,2OO i'm 4 Days
BY the Associated Press.


SHANGHAI. February "a
Gen. Tsai Ting Kai, commander
of the Chinese 10Th Route Army,
announced today that the Chi
nese casualties during the last
four days amounted to ZOO killed
and wounded. Since the outbreak
of hostilities in the Shanghai
area on January 20, he said, 1900
Chinese soldiers had been killed
or wounded.
The japanese military au-
thorities announced that 500 Of
their soldiers have been killed
or wounded in the last four days.
They refused to say, however,
what proportion of these were
slain.
In addition to the military
personnel who have been shot
down, Gen. Tsai said that $500
Chinese civilians have been
killed by the Japanese since the
beginning of operations here.
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VOLCANO ON RAMPAGE
Asama Fires Forests in Japan in
Third Eruption in Month.

TOXIC, February "a LP).-The VOL
cano Assma. near Karuizawa, North
west of Toxic. went into violent erup-
ton this I>Irning, for the third time
this month, scattering ashes and stones
over wide area, setting fire 10 nearby
forests, and damaging q few houses in
the nearby villages.
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ANITA GREW TO WED
IN TURKEY TOMORROW
By the Associated Press.

ISTANBUL, Turkey, February "a
The Turkish civil marriage Of Anita.
daughter OF United States Ambassador
Joseph c. Grew, to Robert English will
take place tomorrow at the Istanbul
CITY Han and the religious ceremony
and reception will be held at the en-
bassy Saturday.
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GREW IS CONFIRMED
Name Goes to White House as
Ambassador to Japan.

Ambassador to Japan.
The Senate today waived its rules and
sent to the White House the conf1rma-
ton of Joseph c. Grew to be Ambassa-
dor to Japan.
Grew, now Ambassador to Turkey,
will succeed W. Cameron Forbes at
Toxic within a few weeks.
Action on the appointment was taken
today on motion of Chairman Borah of
the Foreign Relations Committee who
brought up the matter out of order so
Grew might receive his commission
without delay. The nomination was
confrmeslast week.
Evening star., 1932-02-24
LLOYD GEORGE UPHELD
High Court Excuses His Failure to
Report Expenses.

LONDON, February "a (P.--David
Lloyd George, veteran Liberal leader,
will be able to take his seat in Parlia-
ment without fear of consequences be-
cause of failure to comply with the law
in reporting his expenses in the last
election. the high court decided today.
The Judge said he was satisfied the
omission came about through the vet
mediately after the election.
Evening star., 1932-02-24

Radio Program. on Page c-3
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''Front Press to Home
Within an Hour"

The Stars carrier system covers
every city block and the regular edi-
ton is delivered to Washington homes
as fast as the papers are printed.
Evening star., 1932-02-24
WEATHER.

CO. g. Weather Bureau Foreeast)
Partly cloudy; not quite so cold to-
night; minimum temperature about 50
degrees; tomorrow party cloudy.
emperatures-Highest, 80, at pm.
yesterday; lowest, %, at 7 am. today.
Full report on page 4.
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Had Inexhaustible Funds.

Continued on Page 5, Column p
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1932-06-24
Early Morning Fire
At American Clothing Co.

The prompt response of the fire de-
partment TO an alarm turned in at
about midnight and the use of chemi-
Gals in smoked filled room, saved the
store of the American Clothing Com
pany from destruction
The theory advanced as to the cause
of the fire by Mr. Palcher the pro-
prietor is that some one had dropped
a cigarette near some goods sprayed
with moth and insect preventative
and that this caused the fire which was
confined to a small space in the room
although filling the store with smoke.
Gas masks were used by the firemen in
getting to the spot after gaining adj
mission to the store.
Damages are confined to smoke and
the probable action of chemicals on the
goods and fixtures. The actual damage
is covered by insurance although Mr..
Palcher estimates the loss in business
at considerable more than the policies
cover.
The department is receiving commen-
dation of the public upon their prompt
ness in responding to the alarm and the
efficiency in handling the situation after
arrival.
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bearing plainly on the outside thereof,
the name and address of the bidder,
marked Bid for l inch Water Main
Extension" and addressed to the City
Clerk, City of Ely, Minnesota.
The City Council of the City Of Ely,
Minnesota, reserves the right to reject
any and all bids.
BY order of the City Council Of the
City Of Ely, Minnesota.
A. 0. KNUTSON,
City Clerk.
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j. A. Judnich of San Francisco, Cali
fornia, arrived Monday after visit to
New York and other eastern cities
where he attended a convention at
PittSburg, Pa. Mr. Judnich is former
Ely resident. He is a guest of Peter
Popovich and family while here.
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Careful Printing

There was a time when correctness
IN printing was held in higher esrIma-
ton than even today. The Elzevirs "a
famous family Of Dutch printers OF the
Sixteenth and Seventeenth centuries),
It Is said, affixed their proof-sheets TO
The doors Of the universities. and Of
rered high premium for the discov
cry Of IN error however trifiinx
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I'm Demoriam

WULOTZ. ANTON Fin loving men,
DRY of our dear son and brother, who
passed away eight years ago, June
25, 1924.
lust when your life was brightest,
Just when your years we're best,
You were called from this world Of
sorrow,
To a home Of eternal rest.
Sadly missed by:
Mrs. Anton Wulotz, ST., and Family.
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Mr.. and Mrs. Kenneth Duncan and
son, Bobbie, arrived yesterday from
Wakefield, Mich, for visit with old
friends in the city where they formerly
made their home. They will be the
guests of Supt. and Mrs. B. o. Strahan
while here
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1932-06-24

Charles and Billy Trezona, Frank
Laing, Wilfred Brobin, Harry Newgord
compose party who with the son of
Commissioner Williams of Duluth, are
in the Lake Agnes country on canoe
trip.
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Mrs. Jack Gianotti spent few day.
in Duluth where she visited her sister
Mrs. Adam Matilda, at st. Mary's hos
pitaL Mrs. Mattola is recovering from
an operation.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1932-06-24

Thomas Meenahan, Jr., and Jack
Meenahan of Marble, and Miss Nell
Meenahan of Duluth, spent the week
end at the home of Mr.. and Mrs.
Edwin Toms.
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Have you read our ad on page five
Of this issue? Be sure and take adj
vantage of the three-day special on
permanents. Stewards Beauty Studio.
Phone $40.
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Mrs. John Temple of Washington, D.
c., and Mrs. L. B. Roberts of Mime
apolis, are visiting with their sister,
Mrs. NJ j. Valentine, and Mr.. Valen-
tine.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1932-06-24

Miss Natalie James returned Tuesday
from Winona, Minnesota, where she had
visited with her sister, Mrs. Rollinger,
and family.
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Conrad Haugen is at the Shipman
hospital where he underwent an opera
ton for appendicitis. His many friends
viii be pleased to know he is doing
nicely.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1932-06-24

Mr.. and Mrs. JOS. Prisk returned to
their home at Geneva, Illinois, Tues
day after a visit at the home of Mr..
Prisk's parents, Mr.. and Mrs. Michael
Prisk, in this city.
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NOTICE FOR BIDS
Ely, Minnesota, June "a, 1892.
Office of the City Clerk.

NOTICE is hereby given sealed pro-
posals, or bids, will be received in the
office Of the City Clerk of the City of
Ely, st. Louis County, Minnesota, UP to
eight 90 o'clock p M, Tuesday, July
5, 1882, for the furnishing of all labor
and material for the construction of
inch galvanized water pipe line ex-
tension approximately $50 feet in length
in the City of Ely, Minnesota, according
to plans and specifications now on file
in the Office of the City Engineer.
Plans and specifications may be OBJ
tanned from the City Engineer upon ap-
plication.
Each bidder shall accompany his pro-
posal with certified check in the
amount of ten per cent of the total bid,
made payable to the Treasurer of the
City of Ely, Minnesota. Said check
shall be forfeited to the City of Ely,
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Mrs. B. M. Lambert and daughters,
Mary and Peggy, visited in Duluth
Wednesday.
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Miss Mary Sever, nurse for School
District No. Il, left last week to at
tend the summer session Of the Univer-
sity of Minnesota.
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Mrs. Chas. Sandberg of Virginia was
an Ely visitor last week She came with
her daughter, Mrs. Harry Chinn, and
visited at the home Of Mr.. Chinn's
sister, Mrs. T. 81. Williams
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Miss Mary Granros returned to her
home in Eveleth Tuesday after spend
ing the week at the j. L. Anderson
home.
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Mr. and Mrs. w. S. Gearing of
Detroit, Mich, are in the city for a
visit with their son, ROLAND, employed
with the Superior National Forest.
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Miss Lucille Childers, who is taking
nurses training at Milwaukee, is visit
ing with her parents, Mr.. and Mrs.
D. L. Childers.
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Miss Irene Spreitzer is home from
Duluth for visit with her mother, Mrs
NJ Spreitzer, and other relatives.
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Minnesota, as liquidated damages,
should the contractor to whom the con-
tract is awarded fail to enter into such
contract and furnish surety bond within
ten 1O days after the date of the
award
Successful bidder viii be required to
furnish a corporate surety bond in an
acceptable surety company, authorized
to do business in the State of Mime
sofa, in full amount of the contract.
All bids must be in sealed envelopes
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1932-06-24

Mrs. Wilson Carlson and children
are spending the week in Minneapolis
with the mother of Mrs. Carlson.
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Geo. Perham, secretary Of the Mime
sofa Arrowhead Association, was a
business visitor in the city yesterday.
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Mrs. Adam Matilda is a patient at
st. Luke's hospital in Duluth. Her
daughter, Gertrude Matilda, is with
her.
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Cash Market. M RhG Ds,; lo4

For your convenience we will keep your meat pur-
chases in our frigidaire7 over Saturday night and
you can call for Sunday morning between
500 and 900 o clock
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r. K Galloway of Minneapolis visited
with friends in the city several days
last week.
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Mrs. Chas. Eden of Buyck visited with
her parents, Dr. and Mrs. II. j. Lock-
hart this week
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1932-06-24

Mrs. John Apostle and Miss Mary
Govatos visited with friends in Hbbing
Saturday.