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The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1933-02-24
Vocal Concert GiUen
by Ely School Chorus.

A vocal concert by the Ely school
chorus, under the direction of Miss
Ruth M. G. Mellby and Miss Marian
Odgers as accompanies, was given
Thursday and proved to be very
pleasant event. The program opened
with three songs by the mixed chorus
followed by four Russian Folk Songs by
the girls sextette.
Miss Odgers played two piano selec-
tions after which the male quartette
presented three numbers. The program
closed with cantata The Harvest"
in which the mixed chorus participated
Those who took part in the concert
were the following groups:
Soprano-Ann Anderson, Helen An
derson, Bernice Cardew, Jane Dahlgren,
Marie Grahek, Margaret Hanson, Pearl
Herseth, Florence billiard, Coral Hill
man, Evelyn Hoppa, Ann Kuzma, Jenny
Pengal, Christine Lobe, Esther Martini
ETH, Katherine Riikola, Julia Skule,
Margaret Skule, Josephine Takovitz,
Elsie Tolonen
Altos-Sarah Hanson, Mary Jerich,
verna Martin, Bernice Needing, Isa-
belle Nankervis, Lois Odgers, Helen
Roiko, Jenny Kromar, Erna Paulos.
Tenors-Jack Beuk, Floyd Dunstan,
William billiard, Chester Hillman, Joe
Janesich, William Lindgren, wilfred
Robertson.
Bases Altar, Robert Berg,
Lloyd Carlson, Earl Edwards, William
Kaninen, David King, Tony Kun, Jack
Mahady, William Mcfarland, Charles
Strachan, Rennold Theno, Dewitt
Englund
Junior College Chester
Hllman, Floyd Dunstan, Lloyd Carlson
David King.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1933-02-24
Old Timer Dies in Duluth

Frank Dudley Lyman, well known by
many in this city where he resided for
several years, first as an employee of the
st. Croix Lumber Company and Later
as proprietor of the Lawrence boarding
house, died at his home in Duluth
"Wednesday after an illness OF several
months
He is survived by his widow and two
daughters, Mrs. r. Clifford Miller OF
st. Cloud and Miss Myrtle Lawrence OF
Duluth. A brother, L G. Lyman, and
five sisters also survive. The sisters are
Mrs. Leonard Botkin, Caldwell, Idaho;
Mrs. Grace Hyde, Mrs. Cora Kreuger
Mrs H. W. Knutson and Miss Margare1
Lyman OF Miles City, Montana.
Mr.. Lyman was so years Of age. The
funeral takes place this morning al
Saltwater, the remains having beer
taken to that city from Duluth yester.
day.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1933-02-24
MORE TRUNK
ROUTES ASKED
Requests for New Trunk Roads
Are Made From All Parts
of the State.

An increase of approximately SO per
cent in the mileage of the Minnesota
trunk highway system would result if
bills introduced in the legislature thus
far creating new trunk routes were
passed, it is shown by tabulation by
the State Highway Department.
The present trunk highway system is
6,771 miles in length. Bills before the
legislature would add 1851 miles to the
present total Every section of the
state is asking for additional routes.
Among those requested to be added
to the trunk system in this immediate
vicinity is the "Steel-to-Wheat" high
way reaching from Little Marais on the
North Shore to East Grand Forks on
the western edge of the state amount
ing to approximately $50 miles in
length.
1.-The Highway Department believes
that the state gradually should take
over more of the heavily travelled
secondary roads," N. w. Elsberg, high
way commissioner, said in commenting
on the proposed trunk route extensions.
This would save county expenditures
for maintenance and improvements, and
would tend to lower taxes on farms and
other real estate.
However, any program of extending
the trunk highway system is manifestly
impossible of accomplishment if normal
revenues of the state highway depart
ment are reduced substantially, through
a too drastic cut in automobile license
fees There should be a cut in the
minimum fees, but not in the license
charge on new and expensive cars as
Minnesota's tax on motor vehicles is
already next to the lowest in the United
States, all levies considered
1.-The highway department bulletin of
the week further states in regard to the
car license matter:
Residents of the counties containing
Minneapolis, st. Paul and Duluth paid
Al per cent of Minnesota's total col
lections from automobile license fees in
1882. The money they paid in went to
improve state trunk highways in all
parts of the state.
Total license fees for 1882 were S10,-
008,711. Of this amount, SAFE, 359 was
paid by Hennepin, Ramsey and st.
Louis counties.
Thus, while the three big cities of the
state would profit most from a drastic
cut in automobile licenses the country
districts would suffer most because the
resulting reduction in highway payrolls
and activity would be largely in the
rural sections.
This was taken into consideration at
the annual convention of the ASsocia-
ton of County Commissioners of Min
nesota in Minneapolis last week. The
county commissioners adopted resolu-
tons urging that the state highway de-
partment take over the cost of main
tanning heavily travelled county roads,
and thus relieve local real estate taxes
The convention also adopted a resolu-
ton urging that the present basic rate
of automobile license fees and gasoline
tax in the state be maintained. Any
reduction in license fees, the commits
sioners held, should be in the minimums
so that the benefits would go to the most
needy motorists.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1933-02-24
Set-Gun Man
GiUen 80 Days.

Gus Saari, who was taken into custody
by game wardens on the charge Of
having set gun for the purpose OF
shooting deer and which nearly cost
the life of Walter Hotter, game warden,
was arranged in court at Tower and
sentenced to 80 days on the work farm.
The ranger, Walter Hotter, was walk
ing along deer path when he kicked
a cord attached TO the gun. The
hammer fell but snow had fallen into
the breech Of the weapon which failed
to shoot Hotter found the gun, a
1910 rifle, IN the brush beside the
path
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1933-02-24
OPTIMISTIC And PESSIMISTIC
Views OF ORE SITUATION
Two Different Views of the Ore Situation Taken From
Reports Sent Out by Cleveland Authortie-We hope the
One in the First Column is Right.
Gain Seen In Ore Shipments

Reports from Cleveland that there
would be material increase in the
movement of iron ore from upper Great
Lakes ports is being received with
cheerfulneSs in this section following
release of figures from the bureau of
mines on the iron ore industry for 1882
The estimates made at Cleveland
were that the steel industry anticipates
from 18,5Oo,0oO to 26,O00,0OO tons of ore
would be shipped to Lake Erie ports
in 1888, as against a movement OF
slightly more than 3,500,00O tons last
year, the lowest tonnage since 1886.
The bureau OF mines reported that
iron ore mined in America in 1882, ex-
elusive of ore that contained per cent
or more of manganese in the natural
state, is estimated at 9,588, 900 gross
tons, decrease of SO per cent as COM
pared with that mined in 1881, and the
lowest output since 1885.
Ore shipped from mines last year is
estimated at 1894, 900 tons, valued at
S13, 042 600, decrease of 81 per cent
in quantity and 81 per cent in total
value as compared with 1881. The
stocks of ore at the mines, mainly in
Minnesota and Michigan, apparently in
creased 80 per cent from 1906, 708
gross tons in 1881 to 17,316,OOO tons in
1882, the stocks at present the largest
ever accumulated at the mines.
Sixty-seven per cent of the ore
shipped last year was from the Lake
Superior district, the bureau of mines
reported. There was approximately
1882 900 tons mined and 3,614,000 tons
shipped, showing decreases of 10 and "a
per cent, respectively, as compared with
1881. The shipped ore was valued at
s10,081, 600, a decrease of "a per cent.
These totals include ore shipped both
by water and rail.
Stocks of ore in the Lake Superior
district show an apparent increase from
II, 821 SAG tons in 1881 to 100000 tons
in 1882, or SO per cent The shipments
Of ore by water from the district last
year, the Lake Superior Iron Ore Associ-
alton reported, amounted to 1857 ,985
tons, a decrease of IS per cent as COM
pared with shipments in 1881.
Mines in Minnesota, as in former
years, produced and shipped the greatest
amount of ore, mining 4,865, 900 tons
and shipping 2,287,O00 tons, valued at
$685. 900 as against production of IT,
AS ,003 tons and shipments of 17,063,-
SCI tons valued at SAG ,020, 269 in 1881.
Mines in Michigan ranked second;
Alabama, third; Wisconsin, fourth;
Pennsylvania, with 900 tons fifth,
with small production also reported in
New York, New Jersey, Missouri and
Georgia.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1933-02-24
BOY SCOUT
Committees
Standing Committees Named
for the Ely Boy Scouts by
Officers and Council.

The officers and the churches spon-
soring Boy Scout troops have met and
named the standing committees for the
ensuing year. The officers of the Ely
organization of the Headwaters Area
are Gust E. Robertson, president; Sig
urd F. Olson, vice president; George T
Somero, treasurer; Ray Hoefler, secre-
tary, and Ray Baribeau, Thomas j
Carey and William Mitchell, commits
Sioners.
Troop Committees
Catholic Chuch-Troop No. 173-Jack
Smrekar. scoutmaSter: Joseph Veranth
Thomas j Murn, Anton Kotchevar. E
j. JoncaS. Troop No 174-Math Kapsch
Scoutmaster; Carlo Columbo, assistant
Scoutmaster; Charles j. Smith, Edward
Buckley, John Buccovich, Nick Popo.
vich, Matt Kobe.
Presbyterian Church-William Jones
scoutmaster; Jack Gianotti Ed c
Jones. Byrd Brownell
Methodist Church-Rev. j. T. Dixon
scoutmaSter; William Mitchell, Gust E
Robertson, Howard Hall, Ed. C. Bolitho
VIM Trudgeon, c. B. billiard.
Suomi Church-Loren Leino, scout
master; Ansol Skantze, John E. Porthan
Rev. A. Tamminen.
Standing Committees
Finance W. Parker. chairman.
George Somero, Ed. C. Jones, Henry
Berg, Joseph Veranth.
Troop OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES I. LANG
chairman; Edw. Buckley, John Porthan
Training-C. G.. Haugen, chairman
William Mitchell. Raymond Baribeau
Rev. A. Tamminen.
Reading-Rev. T. j. Dixon, chairman
Father Hayes, Rev. h r. Browne, Rev
Tamminen
Health and Safety-H N Sutherland
chairman; j. E. Thompson, w P. Wolff
Publicity-Peter Schaefer, chairman
Thomas j. Murn.
Court of Honor-George T. Ayres
chairman; Ed Bolitho, Thomas j. Murn
Ed. c. Jones, Rev. Tamminen
Camping Hoefler, chairman
Raymond Baribeau, B. o. Strachan
Howard Hall, Ansol Skantze.
Board of Review-George T. Ayres
chairman; Howard Hall, Byrd Brownell
William Mitchell, Edward Buckley.
Civic Service-A w. Nelson, chair
man; w. P Wolff, E. w Hanson.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1933-02-24
VIRGINIA GIRLS
WIN TITLE
Verna Martin Cops Place in
Finals for Ely at the State
Swimming Meet.

Virginia high school merrnaids re-
tanned the state swimming chanpi-
onship in the state meet held at Vir-
ginia, Friday and Saturday, Feb. II and
49, The Virginia team scored 40 points
to win the meet. Eveleth was second
with 81 points; Chisholm, third ID; Gill
bert, fourth, z; Biwabik, fifth, s; Ely,
sixth, 8; Mountain Iron and Aurora
tied for seventh and eighth places with
point. Verna Martin was the only
Ely Swimmer to qualify for the finals
in which she placed to score points
for the locals.
Three state records were shattered at
the meet and one world record was tied.
Olga Mako Virginia, beat the time OF
35.3 seconds in the prefiminaries in the
so yard backstroke with a new mark of
34.1 I'm the finals Miss Mako won the
100 yard backstroke in 1:18.1, the old
record being LIZA Anne Govednik,
Chisholm, member of the u. s. Olym-
pic swimming team last summer, broke
the record for the so yard breastStroke
in the preliminaries making the dis
lance in So seconds, taking three-tenths
of a second off the old mark She also
tied her own unofficial worlds record in
the 100 yard breaststroke with a time
of 1:18
Olga Mako Virginia, and Anne Gov
ednik, Chisholm, with their record
breaking performances were easily the
stars of the meet in scoring two first
places each for their teams.
Following are the results of the meet:
100-yard relay-Virginia, first Gucille
Scholtuf, Lorraine Solberg, Sirkka Pelto
Helen NOLAN; Gilbert, second; CHS
holm, third; Eveleth, fourth. Time
$50 seconds.
100-yard breastStroke- Govednik
Chisholm, first Roberta Schuknecht
Eveleth, second; Anne Dergantz, CHS
holm, third; Marive Dylen, Mountain
Iron, fourth. Time 1876.
100-yard backstroke-Olga Mako
Virginia, first; Margaret Smith, BIZ
wabik, second; Audrey like, Virginia
third; Verna Martin, Ely, fourth. Time
1:181 new record
100-yard free style-Louraine Solberg
Virginia, first; Bertha Pelto, Virginia
second; Margaret Schuknecht, Eveleth
third; Ruth Aho, Eveleth, fourth. Time
1:10.8.
Dives-Jessa Pazzelli, Virginia, first;
Virginia Farley, Eveleth, second; Max.
inc Larson, Eveleth, third; RoSemar,
Mcdonald, Virginia, fourth.
50-yard breaststroke-Ann Govednik
Chisholm, first; Roberta Schuknecht
Eve, eth, second; Anne Dergantz, CHS.
holm, third: Empie Nygaard, Aurora
fourth Time, 81 seconds
50-yard backstroke-Olga Mako, Vir.
gtnia, first; Margaret Smith, Biwabik
second; Verna Martin, Ely, third; Aud
rey like, Virginia, fourth. Time 35.!
seconds.
50-yard free Style-Lucille Scholtuf
Virginia, first; Ruth Airo, Eveleth, sec
ond; Margaret Schuknecht, Eveleth
third; Ann MaIkovich, Gilbert, fourth
Time, 31.7 seconds.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1933-02-24
Art Designs Being
Made In This City.

?. E. Latta showed US work he is
doing in this city while spending the
winter here Mr.. Iatta is working on
Commercial Art IN Advertising and
showed six panels of hand painted
designs. Such panels as he is making
are used in many decorative trades by
wall paper manufacturers, stencils,
mosaics, oil cloths, linoleum, tile work,
terra Gotta, chinaware, rugs, carpets,
architectural characterization, fabrics.
dress goods and all manner of household
decorations, tapestries, and everything
using conventional or geometrical de-
corative features.
The panels are very interesting and
along with them are shown 10 original
drawings Of basic principles used IN
creating the designs. The ladies would
be especially interested in seeing the
possibilities Of piece work designs fo1
quilts Just now while that seems to be
the rage al over the country.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1933-02-24
Ely Girl Makes Record
As Swimming Instructor,

Miss Esther Porthan, daughter OF Mr..
and Mrs John z. Porthan, is the in
structor OF swimming at the Virginia
schools and where at the State SWIM
ming meet held last Friday and Satur-
day, one OF her pupils, Miss Olga Mako
OF Virginia, broke two records IN the
backstroke event.
Miss Porthan is the product OF the
Ely high school, the Ely Junior College
and the University of Minnesota. While
attending the Ely schools, she was
captain of the swimming team and held
the state championship IN the back
stroke event.
Her many friends congratulate hel
on the showing made with her proteges
at the state event.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1933-02-24
Celebrate Anniversary.

Rotary anniversary was celebrated at
the Wednesday evening meeting Of the
Rotary Club. Feb. % is the anniversary
date but the celebration was combined
with Washington observance on We'd
nesday. Ed. c. Bolitho acted as chair
man and Ed also recounted the history
OF Rotary up to 1910 after which L. j.
White and o. w. Parker brought it
down to the present day. Walter Eng
lund spoke on Washington briefly. The
ladies Of the NJ. z. church served the
dinner.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1933-02-24

Fred Ward was renamed
superintendent of the St. Louis
County work farm by the work
farm commission on Monday.
Mr.. Ward has served as super
intendent of the institution
since Nov. 1, 1913, and his
efficiency is attested to by a
large number of citizens of the
county who have partaken of
his hospitality for periods
ranging from 80 days to six
months on the recommendation
of sundry judges in county
municipalities. The work farm
commission also feel that Mr..
Ward is the right man for the
place.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1933-02-24
Outftters Meet.

Jack Sumpoer, r. G. Watts, A j.
McMahan, Mrs. j. D. PIuth and VIM
wenstrom of the Wilderness Outfitters
have been meeting this week and ar
ranging for the opening Of business al
Eastwood Lodge and in the city as
early as possible.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1933-02-24
Jobs Daughters Met.

The regular meeting Of Jobs
Daughters was held on Wednesday. A
committee consisting of Eileen Gibson
Eleanore Hall, Betty PlEdy and Evelyn
Olson, with the help OF their mothers
served delightful lunch
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1933-02-24
On This
Occasion
Just q few thoughts by the Editor
on things Material and ImmatertAl.

Next Tuesday you will be
called upon to vote for or
against the proposed Charter
for the City of Ely. When you
go to the polls, go informed.
Do not let some one with a
personal axe to grind do so at
the expense of the city and its
government by inducing you to
work and vote against the
measure. If you feel that it
will not be for the interests of
the city to adopt this charter,
vote against it. If, on the other
hand you think there should be
a change in the fundamentals
of provisions as provided in the
old charter and which has out
lived its usefulness by reason
of the growth and business
methods of the city, vote for the
new document.
By all means, vote your own
convictions and do not be led
around by the nose by self
styled leaders of this, that or
the other group. The fifteen
men, drawn from among our
citizens in all walks of life and
appointed by the judges of the
district court as a charter COM
mission, worked hard and faith
fully for year to draw what
they thought was the best set
of rules for the government of
the city as a whole. In no
place in the charter can be
found a single section that
would lead anyone to believe
otherwise.
The commission was not un-
animous on all sections and
where anything of a personal
nature cropped up, discussion
set it right and personalities
were eliminated. It was con-
sidered by the commission that
what was good for one should
be good for all and the domin-
ating factor in all the discus
sions and acts was the welfare
of Ely and not welfare of any
particular group in Ely. The
voter should feel likewise.
Should the proposed charter
fall by the wayside and not be
adopted at next Tuesdays cleo
ton, the city council will find
itself in the same position it
found itself in last summer in
regard to work that should be
done and can't be done under
the provisions of the old char
ter. Corrections have been
made in the new document to
give the council more power in
public Improvement matters
and also in other matters. The
new charter also takes the
politics out Of some of the
inner workings of govern.
mental machinery and allows
the same to function without
subjecting the council members
and the mayor to the big stick
of racial domination or person.
alities.
It will take four-sevenths OF
the total legal vote cast at the
election next Tuesday to carry
the charter. If there are 270(
votes cast on Tuesday, it viii
require 1541 votes in its favor
TO carry it over. Everyone
should turn out and cast his
ballot. As we said before, vote
for Ely as a whole. Those who
have read the new document
feel that it is worthy of you
YES vote. Use your own heaC
and NOT the other faIlou's
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1933-02-24

Several organizations in the
city thanked by the business
men and the Commercial Club
have sent protests to the U. S.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1933-02-24
LARGE CROWD
FOR CONCERT
Free Band Concert by the Com.
munity Band Draws Record
Crowd of Season.

The band concert at the Auditorium
estimated as the largest attendance
so far this season. The weather was
bad, snow falling to the extent of three
inches during the afternoon and 1t was
supposed that few would venture out.
Such was not the case, however, with
the result that the hall was well filed
before the band made its appearance on
the stage.
Director Di Nino had arranged a
pleasing program of band numbers with
the added attraction of Mrs. E. G.
Jones as soprano soloiSt and Miss
Mama Forbes as reader. Mrs. II. N.
Sutherland accompanied Mrs. Jones at
the piano. The program given was as
follows:
Sau overture, .--..--.....-.-..o dAAiil
Shepherds Hey" ......... .Grainger
Irish Tune from County
Derry, ............-...... Gralnsef
woodland Pictures, Fletcher
(a) In the Hayfields"
CD AN Old World Garden"
(c) The Bean Feast"
Selected Readings, .......
Miss Mama Forbes
The Finnish National Hymn, -. .Pacius
Suomen Lauiu, ................ Paclus
Porilaisten Marssi, ..............
Prelude to the ''Meistersinger Won
Nurnenburg" ......W Wagner
Loves Garden of Roses" ........W Wood
Mrs E. G. Jones
Stepping Along" ........... Goldman
The next concert was announced or
the program for Sunday, March 5th-
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Continued ca page four
Evening star., 1933-09-29

NEW HIGH REACHED
BY BANK RESERVES
Federal Purchases Indicate
Excess Funds Near
$500, ,OO0,0 900.
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
NEW YORK, September 29.-By pur-
chasing 5000, 600 in Government Sc
curities last week-the recent rate Of
increase-the Federal Reserve System
helped boost member bank reserves
$50, ,0OO. 900 to a new high, indicating
that their excess reserves had been
built up to the neighborhood Of $780,
000, 900, a record amount. Most OF the
gain was outside New York City.
BY the Associated Press.
The daily average volume of Federal
Reserve Bank credit outstanding during
the week ended September 81, as re-
ported by the Federal Reserve Banks,
was 81, ,392, ,000, 900. an increase OF $28,-
000, 900 compared with the preceding
week and Of $l4l 900 900 compared
with the corresponding week in 1882.
On September 81 total Reserve Bank
credit amounted to S2,421 ,000. 900, an
increase of $33,000000 for the week.
This increase corresponds with an In
crease of $53,000,0 900 in member banks
reserve balances and a decrease OF S.
600, 900 in monetary gold stock offset in
part by decreases Of 100000 in
money in circulation and $4,000 900 in
unexpended capital funds. non-member
deposits. etc, and an increase OF S2,-
600, 900 in Treasury currency adjusted.
Bills discounted increased $4,000, 900
at the Federal Reserve Bank of San
Francisco and like amount at all Fed
eral Reserve Banks. The systems hold
ings of bills bought in open market
showed practically no change for the
week. Holdings of Treasury certificates
and bills increased $3300O,000, Of
Treasury notes. S2,000,000. and of
United States bonds, $1,000. 900.