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The Washington times., 1933-10-28
GENERAL TRADE
BEST IN WEEKS,
REVIEW SAYS
By International News servlce

BY International News Service
Colder weather brought sub
stantial expansion in retail trade
this week, counterbalancing some
: of the loss which was recorded in
sales totals. During the earlier
weeks of this month, Dunn &
Bradstreet, Inc, reports today, in
ets weekly review.
Traders VS.. Bankers
Despite some temporary set
backs, october is said to have set
Q new record in many sections Of
the country for business revival.
The reviewer comments:
"ThOse who manufacture or
sell merchandise consider the
latest moves Of the President as
holding the long awaited mo-
tivatiOn needed to accelerate the
forward movement, even though
=. their view may not be shared
30 generally by the banking and
money lending fraternity"
Retail trade, the review points
out, continues the brightest spot
In the business picture, textile
lines still leading. The week was
one Of the best in the fall season
In sales Of women's coats.
Business Best in Weeks
General business conditions are
classed as the best in several
weeks in nearly all districts, with
many workers receiving their first
pay in more than a month"
It is pointed out, however, that
the slownesS with which industrial
schedules are being expanded is
preventing any gain of importance
In employment totals.
> The industrial indices are some
what more favorable although
lacking sufficient uniformity to
establish a definite trend, Dun g.
BradStreet reports.
Barometer Falling
The business activity barometer
dropped is points and now regis
ters 60.7 per cent off the 1928.
1880 average. This compares with
72.5 on August 2, and 44.2 on
March %, the years high and low
and with 53.4 a year ago.
wholesale orders have fallen be-
low the like 1892 period, even
unough volume Of merchandise
moved was larger, due to shin
mentS on old contracts.
The Washington times., 1933-10-28

te1 Optional stock cash tb) Partly extra tc)
th1 Payable IN stock ml Payable in scrip tnl az in
("l Ex-divtdend 81 Ex-rights
Dividend rate IN dollars in parsuthesS (Note) Extra
dividends published through regular dividend period
The Washington times., 1933-10-28
N. Y. SHOP SALES OFF

Sales Of department stores In
the first IA days Of october were
II per cent below sales in the
corresponding period in 1882 in
New York and Brooklyn, accord
ing to Federal Reserve Bank Of
New York. Sales in Newark, N.
j., were per cent below year
ago, making average decline for
the Metropolitan district "a per
cent,
The Washington times., 1933-10-28
PHONE INCOME FALLS

The Bell Telephone Company Of
Pennsylvania reports net income,
after all charges, of $1,409,311 in
the quarter ended September 80,
compared with $1.477,777 in the
previous quarter and 81, 1876, ,789 in
the third quarter last year.
The Washington times., 1933-10-28
INTERNATIONAL SILVER

International Silver Company
registered a net profit of $149,-
745 in the quarter ended Sep
tember 30, equivalent after 7 per
cent preferred dividends, to so
cents a com 1on share, con-
trasted with a net loss of $50,331
in the preceding quarter. and a
loss Of $416,931 in same 1882
period.
The Washington times., 1933-10-28
CLOTH MARKET STEADY

Nmw YORK, Oct. % (1.N.S.).-Al
4honxS trading activity was considerably
Suieter than on the previuos day, the
coarse yarn cloths market main.a,nsa nrant
calIv unchanged. Second hands offered
minor quantities at 1-16 cent under mill
quotations and were quickly snapped
M. On some of the sheeting ana
OsnaburR constructions where mills had
attempted to mark up prices in
sympathy with print cloths, the market
slid back to levels which had ruled
u earlier sessions Of the week.
The Washington times., 1933-10-28
FIFTH RESERVE BANK

Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond
october 25, 1898. 'Aeos
ASSETS
gold with Federal Reserve
agent .............., S117 O75 ma mn
gold redemption fund with '''0''O
u s. Treasury. 2.17s, 900. 90
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1933-10-27
DR.. III. Il. Wierick Passes
At His Hibbing Home,

DR.. H. r. Wierick, "a, mayor of Hib-
bling for ten years, who played an i'm
portant part in the development of the
town over more than thirty years, re-
ferred to as "the grand old pioneer, -
was found dead in his room at 9 A. M,
Thursday, in his home at Hibbing.
Death was attributed to accidental dis
charge of 38. calibre revolver.
Widely known as an enthusiastic
sportsman and collector of guns, DR..
Wierick had his room filled with speci-
mems of his hobby, weapons of all
types he had gathered during many
years as lover of firearms.
The shot, believed to have been ac-
cidentally discharged as the doctor was
inspecting the weapon, struck him in
the heart causing death instantane-
ouSly
DR.. Wierick served as mayor of the
village of Hibbing for ten years. He
was member of the draft board during
the war and was member of the Min
nesota state health board and st. Louis
county poorfarm commission for sew
eral years. He was health officer OF
Hibbing at different times and held
many offices in the village, Township
of Stuntz, and county of st. Louis.
Dr. Wierick is survived by his widow
and one daughter, Margaret. He was
member of the Elks, Masons and
Scottish Rite
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1933-10-27
TO THE MINING REVIVAL

During 1888 there has been gradual,
yet definite, improvement in the
position of the copper industry. From
a low of cents a pound reached in
December, 1882, the price has steadily
advanced to about 8 cents-a price
which, at this writing, shows no signs
of weakening And the news recently
came out that copper producers and
smelters are reaching an agreement on
a code that will doubtless do much to
further improve and stabilize the in
duStry.
If the mining depression is at last
coming to an end, there will be cheering
in many states. In the west especially,
the base metals furnished employment
and created purchasing power on an
almost unequaled scale. Whole states
were developed because of the mines
regions were opened up that would be
wilderness still had there been no metal
deposits in their Businesses.
More jobs, higher living standards, q
better break for all concerned-that is
what mining revival means. Here's to
il
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1933-10-27

will be able to obtain drivers license
application blanks from Lutte Jarva,
deputy clerk of district court, shortly
after November /.
A supply Of the blanks will be mailed
to Mrs Jarva soon, according to an an
nouncement by the State Highway de-
partment. The highway commissioner
was designated by the 1888 legislature
to administer the new drivers license
and financial responsibility laws, which
go into effect in 1884. Each clerk OF
district court in the state was named
by the legislature as the agent for
distributing license applications in his
county.
While automobile drivers will not be
required to show their licenses until
after March l, the highway department
is setting up machinery for issuing
/ ,00O, 900 to 100000 licenses before that
date.
Clerks of court will issue license ap-
plications for 35 cents each and forward
them to the highway department, which
will send the official license directly tt
the individual Ten cents of the 35-
cent fee goes to pay the clerks ex-
pense.
The licensing law was enacted to give
authorities the power to protect the
public from dangerous and irrespon-
sible drivers on the highways. Revo-
cation of the license is provided in case
of certain serious violations of laws.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1933-10-27

The returns made to the Hibbing
MIRA QUESTIONABLE committee, as shown
by the report of Chairman George
Martinson at the Chamber of Com
merce luncheon yesterday reveal that
628 people are employed in Hibbine
who were not employed in June and
that the total payroll in Hibbing has
increased $50, 500 per month since June
Further missionaries, not yet filed
will show that the total monthly pay
roll increase is in excess of 500, 900
This is benefit flowing into Hibbing
from which everybody profits, amount
ing to more than 81 ,0O0,0 per year
Compare the benefits which will come
from this $1,000,000 to working mer
and business men alike with the bene-
fits that will come with $4,000 in tar
money which bunch of farmer-labol
politicians advised the people of Hib-
bling the other day should not under
any circumstances be deducted from the
tax levy for next year.
The benefits which will come to Hib.
bling from the MIRA program are twenty
times the benefit Hibbing will get by
retaining the $4,000 levy, but it is the
latter that is made the political issue
and pictured to the people as the thing
of overwhelming Importance.
AS long as we are willing to cast
our votes for those who feed us this
kind of stuff, what wonder is it thai
the government goes wrong?-Repre.
sentative R. w. Hitchcock in the Hib-
bling Daily Tribune.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1933-10-27

In the forty years ago column
of the Duluth News-Tribune OF
Wednesday, we find an item
which stated that peter
lSchaefer and wife of the Yer
million Iron Journal passed
through Duluth yesterday from
Tower on a bridal trip to Chi,
cago." Outside of the fact
that we were not on a bridal
trip, having been married on
November 26, 1890, and were
going to the Worlds Fair, the
item was correct. When we
went to the Fair in 1898, we
left our young son in charge OF
Grandma. In the past forty
years things have not changed
in this regards. All young
couples leave all their young
sons and daughters on all &C.
casions with Grandma and the
best part of this is that Grand
ma is always pleased to have
them.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1933-10-27
KEEP PUBLIC INFORMED.

Taxpayers associations are trying to
keep the citizen watchful in his own
personal welfare. This citizen, lake a
sentinel, watching his government be-
cause he is interested in protecting
himself is scanning the local news
papers these days for reports of village
county, and school officials. This tax
payer believes that he can be better
informed citizen when he knows where
the public money is going" James p
Mcdonnell, president of the Minnesota
Taxpayers Association, told the Ma
tional Tax Convention at Phoenix
Arizona.
Citizens have a right to know how
their money is spent. They have a
right to know whether their officials
are using good judgment in parceling
out the hard-earned fruits of their toll
and they ought to have a comprehensive
report of what is going on in the vii
lage, 25hool, and county. When a de-
positor places money in bank, he
expects to see statement of the banks
condition published in the local paper
When the housewife gets her monthly
statement from the grocer she demands
the bill be itemized. When farm is to
be foreclosed, the mortgagor doesn't
watch the billboard in front of the
town hall to get his information. Cor
poration managers are expected to
make a report to the stockholders.
And the people who pay the bills have
some inherent rights to be kept in
formed as to what is happening to their
tax investment. The burden of proof
always is on the man who is spending
the public money. If this man is to
hold the confidence of the people, he
must not be afraid to publish the record
of his official transactions where all
the world may see," Mr.. Mcdonnell
stated before the national tax group.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1933-10-27

be rebuilt and used in connection with
proposed plan has the entire approval
of Raymond A. Lee, state fair secre-
tary.
At the close of the Worlds Fair, all
exhibits will be removed. The Mime
sofa Commission has agreed to present
the state exhibit in its entirety to the
Department of Conservation.
Mr.. Lee has suggested the setting
aside of most central location in the
state fair grounds for the erection of a
suitable building to house the exhibit.
The proposed site would occupy the
present land now used as a street rail-
way terminal. The tract in mind is
300 feet by 400 feet.
The interior of the building could be
devoted to displays of live fish and
mounted wild life specimens, together
with features depicting conservation
activities. On the exterior could be
displayed wild animals including moose,
caribou, elk, deer, bear, beaver, and
the like. The grounds could be land
scaped with flower beds and shrubbery
with exhibits by the Forestry Division.
according to suggestions offered by Mr..
Stewart.
Motion pictures could be used, with
changes from year to year, that would
prove interesting and educational.
In commenting upon the proposal,
Mr. Stewart says: Such an exhibit
would be an outstanding monument TO
conservation and 1 belive that here is
presented splendid opportunity to
further the cause of our natural re-
sources. The exhibit cost thousands
of dollars and should be kept intact
as far as possible that Minnesotans
who did not get an opportunity to see
the display in Chicago may do so at
our state fair. Our fair is the logical
place in my opinion to place this
wonderful exhibit"
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1933-10-27
CAPITOL NEWS
ITEMS VARIED
A Few of the Things Regarding
Minnesota That Come Out
During the Week.
(By A. I. HarriS.)


Do you know that the Middle West
produces 70 per cent of the nations
corn supply, II per cent of the wheat,
81 per cent of the oats, 81 per cent of
the cattle, 40 per cent of the sheep, Sc
per cent of the hogs, Sc per cent of the
eggs, and 81 per cent of the butter, as
well as the greater part of the mineral
output?
These facts were presented by Gov
ernor Olson to the Great Lakes Water
way Conference. And yet, the Cover
nor pointed out, every effort to obtain
an outlet to the sea for this inland
empire met with opposition from selfish
sectional interests-commercial clubs,
power companies, chambers of COM
merce, railroad magnates. Mid West
agriculture and industry cannot longer
continue under this transportation
handicap.
Nearly 750 miles of snow fences
3,758,127 feet to be exact-are now
being erected along Minnesota trunk
highways by the maintenance depart
ment of the State Highway Department.
This is part of extensive preparations
to keep the highways open and in con-
dition during the winter months. The
Department, in addition to keeping
nearly 1000 miles of original trunk
system free from snow, will also under
take to operate its snow plows on most
of the 1900 miles of new routes added
to the system by the past legislature.
Request from coal companies that the
state agree to an increase of twenty
cents a ton on all contracts for coal
MIRA was rejected by Carl R. Erickson,
state purchasing agent. While the
state purchasing division is upholding
the MIRA in every particular" Mr..
Erickson stated to the requests, ct will
not permit these companies to penalize
the states without justification. All
coal (under the contracts) has been
mined during the past summer before
any code was in effect and placed on
the docks by this time. Any increase
in mining costs could not affect the
cost of this coal" The state purchases
10000 tons of coal annually. The re-
quested increase, if granted, would cost
| the taxpayers $4,000.
Before any brewery is granted per-
mission by the Minnesota Securities
Commission to sell stock to the public,
the land and buildings must be decided
over, free of encumbrances, to the cor
poration, and the capitalization must
be in proportion to the capacity of the
plant. This is to prevent victimization
of the public by wildcat brewery pro-
motion schemes. Since the legalization
of 30 beer, IA breweries have been
granted licenses to sell stock. Prior to
prohibition, there were II breweries
operating in this state.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1933-10-27

Iowa has an idea that kid
napers should be hung at dawn
the next day if found guilty of
this most heinous crime. Some
people are of the opinion that
hanging would do away with
much crime especially if it was
judiciously done-before the
crime was committed. This
could also be accomplished
Most of the professional Grim.
inals are known and to take
them out of circulation at once
would certainly prevent crime
Why wait for dawn of the
next day."
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1933-10-27

After March next year all
drivers of motor cars in this
state must be licensed and this
license may be revoked upon
being proven guilty of the
violation of law or causing an
accident if convicted by the
courts or the commissioner of
highways has reason to be-
lieve that the driver was negli-
gent, drunk or reckless. With
the return of booze, there will
probably be a wholesale calling
in of drivers licenses providing
the law is enforced.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1933-10-27

The next Congress will con-
vene in regular session at noon
on January 8, 1884, in accord
ance with the provisions of the
goth Amendment to the Con-
stitution ratified last year with
the assent of 38 states. This
amendment forever does away
with the ''lame duck" sessions
of congress. This session made
it possible for the defeated
members to meet and prescribe
laws after their successors had
been elected to get even with
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1933-10-27

The department. of Labor states that
there are some eleven millions out of
work in this country, which is not to
be wondered at when we stop to think
of the enormous quantities of goods
and products annually being imported
from other countries. Electric light
bulbs, fish and rubber goods from
Japan; dried eggs from China; canned
and chilled beef from Argentine, Brazil
and Australia; pulp and print paper
from Scandinavia; iron ores from Rus
STA, Brazil and India; butter and cream
from Canada; butter from Argentine.
Denmark and Brazil, and so we could
go on and enumerate indefinitely.
All these things we could and should
produce at home and thereby give the
American producer the home market.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1933-10-27
WORLDS FAIR
STATEExHIBIT
Minnesota's Century of Pro.
gress Exhibit May be Shown
at Coming State Fairs.

Recommendation has been made by
w. D. Stewart, director of the state
division of game and fish, to the Min
nesota Conservation Commission that
acceptance be considered of the Min
nesota exhibit at the Century of Pro-
gress exhibition at Chicago and that
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1933-10-27

Mr.. and Mrs. George F. Ingersoll and
daughter, who arrived two weeks ago
from Schrevesport, Louisiana, in their
Moth plane, left Wednesday by plane
for their home. They spent two weeks
on strenuous border canoe trip. the
weather having been bad all the time.
Heavy winds and cold wave conspired
to make the trip uncomfortable. The
plane landed and took off from the Ely
airport.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1933-10-27

which is rightfully his. If the tariff
rates were sufficiently high they could
not come in but the Republicans, when
in control of Congress, allowed them
selves to be inundated by the strong
and mighty importers clique, who was
ably abetted by the metropolitan press
They wanted low rates that would per-
NIT them to supply the American mar
ket with goods produced by cheap labor
in other lands-C Congressman Harold
Knutson in the Wadena Pioneer-Jour-
nal.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1933-10-27
Long Shoes for Nobility

In medieval days, drawing out the
point of the shoe far beyond the de-
mands of necessity met with great ap-
prevail and attained extravagant
lengths. Barons might don shoes
with points two feet long; ordinary
folk. even If they were rich, had to
limit the points to foot.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1933-10-27
someone and impede the work
of the newly elected.

In financing the activities of
the State government, % per
cent of the total state tax
revenue comes from general
property taxes, or $23 out of
every 500. The remainder
comes from motor vehicles,
gasoline, gross earnings, in
heritance, occupation and roy
atty taxes on iron ore.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1933-10-27
Girl
Scout
Week:
October 20 to November A.

SCOUT SUNDAY-October 29-(Scouts
go to their own church)
MAKING-Monday, October 80,
(Scouts plan and prepare the meal0
HANDICRAFT-Tuesday, October 81,
(Scouts make something for the
home)
THRTT-Wednesda November 1,
Scouts bank their own money!
HOSTESS DAY-Thursday, November
End
COMMUNITY SERVICE-Friday, Nov
ember 8, (Scouts do something for
their city,
HEALTH Saturday, November f.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1933-10-27
"Stick with the NRA" is the

"Stick with the NRA" is the
advice of Billy Noonan in his
Baudette paper. eff it fails,
you all will be starving like
country editors and Mime
apolis school teachers" An
other bit of his good advice is
when preparing your Christ
mas list, don't put poor old dad
down for a pocketbook. That's
like giving a bald-headed man
a comb and brush"
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1933-10-27
ON THIS OCCASION
Continued From First Page)

Let Europe fight. We have had
all the war we want and don't
want any more. Besides, cut
out the Santa Claus stuff
whereby we furnished billions
of dollars, and Europe will
have no war.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1933-10-27

DR.. VIM. J. Mayo of the
famous Minnesota Mayo bro
theirs of Rochester, in talking
to the Interstate Postgraduate
Medical Association at Cleve.
land, Ohio, made the statement
that under the present form
of education Americans as in
dividuals are great men but
collectively are a failure" He
further stated that Eat present
we throw together into con-
gress a group of men each
educated along his own narrow
line. None has a broad gen.
eral knowledge of the problems
of his country and that a gen.
eral education of youth would
ultimately improve govern.
ment." Why pick on Congress
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1933-10-27
Fruit Pasteurized as Dried

Dried fruits, like dates, figs and raj
sins. may be pasteurized effectively
and thus freed from insects and path.
ogenic bacteria. After being pasteur-
lied the fruit remains fresh and whole
some for a long time.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1933-10-27

The French press says that
the Streets of Paris" as shown
at the Century of Progress in
Chicago, misrepresents their
country and they feel peeved.
Some of those returning from
the Fair and especially those
who have been in Paris make
the claim that the show is tame
as compared to the genuine
French article.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1933-10-27
! WHAT OTHERS SAY

Our national government is giving
the people a lot of advice these days,
says an exchange. They are urged to
buy freely to help the MIRA. We agree
that it will help to have the people
buy as freely as possible within their
means but their first obligation should
be to their creditors. Cleaning up past
due obligations will bring back pros
perity sooner than anything else Until
existing debts either are reduced or
wiped out we cannot hope for per-
manent prosperity. The cause of the
depression was too much debt and the
only way to get out of it is to reduce
our debts before starting out on another
spending spree.-Stillwater Gazette.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1933-10-27
Minnesota Hunters Code

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knc dimboye
Do no use mtotah OF
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DONE
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When driving becaefMofc and domestic
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With adenh
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is found Ne OF
Upon returning to ea III Ache h Comm
Error the Minnesota
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1933-10-27

Do you ever stop to think that mil
lions have no literature, no school and
almost no pulpit but the press? Not
one man in ten reads books, but every
one of us, except the very helpless poor,
satiates himself every day with the
newspaper. 1t is the parent, school,
college, teacher, theater, pulpit, ex-
ample, counsellor, all in one. Every
drop in our blood is colored by it,
Henry Ward Beecher.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1933-10-27

Drivers License
Available Soon.
Residents of Ely and St. Louis County