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The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1934-06-22

have campaigned for years to convert
into a vast international memorial
park the Quetico forest reserve in
Canada and the Superior National
forest in the United States.
The Minnesota Ontario Paper COM
pany, during the presidency of E. w.
Backus, proposed an extensive power
development plan designed, according
to the report, ''to secure the greatest
amount of power possible from the
waters of the chain of lakes" SUBJ
sequently the company went into re-
ownership and the receivers presented
a more moderate" scheme of develop
ment.
while the receivers advocate certain
projects as necessary for the protection
of the receivership estate" the report
said, mo evidence was adduced before
the commission that either the receivers
or any person else was in position to
proceed with the proposed projects or
any other projects for development of
the waters"
Citing instances of control of waters
on the New England Canadian border,
the commissioner expressed the opinion
it was not impossible ito reconcile the
recreational value of the territory with
a certain amount of power develop
ment"
While expressing the view that the
time was not ripe for further con-
struction of power facilities, the COM
mission said it desired "to leave the
way open" for approval of "a reasonable
development of storage facilities" upon
the waters above Namakan lake eff and
when economic conditions appear to
warrant" with adequate safeguards in
the interest of conservation and re-
creation.
In asking the report from the COM
mission, the governments of the United
States and Canada inquired into the
ACCESSIBILITY of regulating the levels of
Rainy and Namakan lakes and pro-
viding storage facilities upon all or any
of the boundary waters above Namakan.
The commission replied it was of the
opinion it was not now and never would
be advisable to regulate the levels of the
lakes above the present authorized
levels.
Members of the commission are A o.
Stanley, United States chairman, former
senator from Kentucky; John H. Bart
lett, former governor of New Hamp-
shire; Eugene Lorton, Tulsa, Okla;
publisher; Charles A. Magrath, Can
adam chairman, former member of par
lament; Sir william Hearst of To-
ronto, former prime minister of Ontario,
and George w. Kyle of st. Peters, Nova
Scotia, former Liberal whip in the house
Of commons.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1934-06-22
Miss Harriet James
Gets NJ. ID. Degree

Miss Harriet James, daughter of Mrs.
Frank F. James of Two Harbors, for
merly of this city, graduated from the
Department of Medicine, University of
Minnesota, Monday.
Miss James also has a degree in
Pharmacy and is a graduate of Carrie
ton College. On several occasions she
has been in charge of the James Drug
Store in this city during the vacations
of Raub James, the owner. She viii
spend two weeks at her home in Two
Harbors before beginning her internship
at the Milwaukee, Wisconsin, County
Hospital.
Mrs. A. S. James and son, D. Raub. of
this city attended the exercises at the
University on Monday where their niece
and cousin graduated. The many
friends of the young lady in this city
join in wishing her all possible success
In her chosen profession.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1934-06-22

rest the statement that the
range communities are 'the
tools of the mining industry and
elections are conducted &C
cording to the dictates of the
corporation" When 2770 peo-
pie cast ballots on which names
were rotated without spelling
one of the tickets, the "steel
collared ranges" for whom the
special ballot was designed by
the party in power in the last
legislature, got along very nice
ly, thank you.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1934-06-22
INJURY fatal
FOR MINER
An Unforeseen Fall of Rock at
the Pioneer Causes Death
of John Latva.

John Latva, employed as a miner at
the Pioneer mine was struck by a fall
of rock in a drift of the mine on
Wednesday morning, causing sudden
death.
Latva was a married man and is sur
vived by the widow and thrre-year old
son. Mrs. Latva before her marriage
was Miss Esterberg of White Iron
The funeral will be held at the
Esterberg home today, the Rev. A.
Tamminen officiating. Interment will
be in the White Iron cemetery.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1934-06-22
BAND CONCERT
ON TONIGHT
Elegant Program Prepared for
Tonight by Ely Community
Band at the Park.

Another of the fine free concerts by
the Ely Community Band will take
place at the Whiteside Park tonight at
7:30.
For this years concerts platform has
been erected at the park for the band
and it is proposed to later supply seats
for the audience. The city council
proposes to have the park up to date
with seating facilities and band shell
as soon as it can be accomplished
The program for tonight is as fol-
lows:
Clip it for use at the concert
l. President Harding March
2. "Orpheus" Overture
8. "Springtime Valse" Intermezzo
4. atlantis Suite" in four parts
(a) "Nocturne" and Morning
Hymn of Praise"
(b) "a Court Function"
Co II Love Thee"
I'D 1.-THE Destruction of Atlantis"
5. Selection of popular songs
(a) There's Something About a
Soldier"
(b) my Moonlight Madonna
Co ''The Last Roundup"
I'D Wagon Wheels"
6. La Pepita" Intermezzo
T. "a Stubborn Cinderella" Selection
8. Boston Commandery" March
Star Spangled Banner
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1934-06-22
Employees Representatives
Committee Elected.

The employees of the Oliver company
held their election last week and chose
members of the Employees Representa-
tive Committee Those chosen were:
James Peyla, chairman. representing
the shops.
John Strukel, representing the sur
face.
John Debeltz, George Burck and
August Saari, representing the Pioneer
miners.
Theo Luhtanen, secretary, and Joseph
Lobe, representing the Sibley mine.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1934-06-22

Elbridge G.. Smith, former
editor and manager of the Vir-
ginia Daily Enterprise, is now
editor and manager of Oneida,
N. Y, Daily Dispatch. Mr..
Smith has many friends on the
ranges who join in wishing him
success in his new position.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1934-06-22
Ely Girl Wins audubon
ESSAY Prize Contest.

Theresa Stukel, a member of the
Junior Audubon Club of the Ely schools,
has been awarded first prize for Min
nesota in the essay contest conducted
by the National Association of Audubon
Societies few weeks ago.
Miss Rose Schmidt of the Ely school
faculty had charge of the Ely contest
of the society and the letter announcing
the winner was sent to her. The prize,
bird glass, was sent to the winner last
week.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1934-06-22
STATE Men
TEST BRAKES
Excellent Results of Brake Test
Conducted by Police Here
Last Week.

Two officers of the State Highway
Patrol in connection with Chief Douglas
Nankervis and Motorcycle Patrolman
Jos. Markovich tested brakes on Ely
automobiles Thursday
-Four hundred cars were put through
the test and out of this number only %
were found to be defective. One viola
ton of the state automobile law was
found out of the 400 tested. This
violator had no license.
The record in Ely shows up better
than in a majority of the cities of the
state and speaks very highly of the
law-abiding auto owners of this city.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1934-06-22
Carleton Graduate.

Mr.. and Mrs. B. o. Strachan and
son, Charles, returned Saturday from
Mortified, where they had attended
the graduation exercises at Carleton
College at which their daughter,
Josephine, graduated with high honors,
majoring in biology and zoology. Miss
Josephine returned Tuesday, her brother
having driven to Brainerd and ac-
companied his sister home. She had
ridden horseback to that city in COM
pany with a party of friends.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1934-06-22

The predicted deluge of
spoiled ballots failed to ma
terialize at Mondays election
at least this was the case in Ely
where 2770. votes were cast in
the six precincts and not a
spoiled ballot was reported.
This speaks in the highest of
the intelligence of the Ely
voter. This was not the case in
several precincts in other parts
of the state and should set at
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1934-06-22

Tom Jury, Former Assessor and
Municipal Judge browns
at Mortified.

Thomas Jury, one of the early resi-
dents of this city where he followed
the business of contractor and builder,
but of late years a resident of the Odd
Fellows home at Northfield, was &C
cidently drowned there on Thursday
when he fell into eight feet of water in
the Cannon river.
Mr.. Jury was taking a walk as was
his wont along the river bank. In walk
ing around a fence set to the edge of a
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1934-06-22
Cum Laude HOn0rs.

Mr.. and Mrs. E. C. Jones attended
the University of Minnesota exercises
where their daughter Eda Rae. gradu-
ated Monday with Cum Laude honors.
They returned Tuesday accompanied
by Miss Jones who will spend the sum-
mer here.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1934-06-22
Helped Hin, a Lot.

DIR. j. e. Thompson tells good
one. Some citizen came up to him
and offered congratulations on his
nomination as representative i'm the
61st District and said he had done
all he could for the DIR. by voting
at the primaries to nominate him
and that he had swung many votes
in his direction. The DIR. was not
on the ticket.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1934-06-22

The Miner has added another
noted writer to it's force and
hereafter a Arthur Brisbane
column will be a regular
feature of this paper. 1t will
be found on the inside pages.
Brisbane's column is one of the
most closely read contributions
in the press of America.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1934-06-22

While the commissioners of
two districts of the county were
in the throes of a primary cleo
ton squabble, Commissioner J..
w. Pasich of Bull hied himself
to Minneapolis and took unto
himself a bride in the person of
Miss Helen Nelson, a teacher
in the Kinney schools for sew
eral years. They will be at
home to their many friends at
Bull after July Is.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1934-06-22

The best wishes of range
communities go with the Hib-
bling school band of "a pieces
and their director who are at
the Chicago Worlds Fair. The
trip was conceived as an idea to
advertise the Arrowhead Coun-
try and the trip is being
financed by Hibbing and other
range towns. AS Minnesota has
no set exhibit there this year,
the band will attract attention
to the recreational and educa-
tional facilities of the Arrow
head, not surpassed anywhere.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1934-06-22

From San Diego, California,
comes the news that Geo. R.
Laybourn died there on June
Is. Notwithstanding the fact
that Mr.. Laybourn has been
away from ST. Louis County for
about % or more years, fond
memories of his service to the
people of this district in the
legislature and senate still
linger in the minds of a large
number of our people. Mr..
Laybourn served the district
when we were still in the old
apportionment and were shoe
stringed with Duluth, the
shining end of the string. His
was a noble character and his
friends were legion.
Under the reapportlonment
act, Ely was taken out of the
long district and put in a dis
trict with Virginia and Eve
leth at the shining end of the
string. Not since A. j. Thomas
represented this district in the
legislature have we had direct
representation although sew
eral attempts have been made
to assure us a place in that
body. We will have a candi-
date from Ely on the legisla-
tive ticket in November in the
person of DIR. j. E. Thompson
and if the Mesabi range towns
are anyway fair, he will be
elected.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1934-06-22

Continued on Page Fouro
The Washington times., 1934-05-26

DIRECTIONS-DriUe out Massachusetts Avenue
to West1noreland Circle at the District Line.
The office and entrance are on the Circle.
The Washington times., 1934-05-26

The steady reserve position
maintained by building and loan
associations during the last two
quarters is pointed out by the
United States Building and Loan
League as pending legislation pro-
posing the insurance of invest
ments in these associations points
attention. to their financial status.
A cross section of associations
in various States shows that the
combined reserves and undivided
profits Of those reporting stand at
S and 6 per cent of their total
assets as of April l and that these
cushions against loss have varied
little since october l of last year.
Increases of $40 and 6-10 of one
per cent in the total reserves dur
ing the past three months are
shown by the consolidated reports
from two State league of aSSocia-
tions.
Morton Bodfish, executive vice
president of the United States
League, points to these data as
evidence of the conservative man.
agement being applied to the saw
ings Of the 100000 people who
are supplying home financing
funds through the channels Of
building and loan associations.
The Washington times., 1934-05-26
HOME OWNERS
M|SCONSTRUE
LOAN ACT
Board Reports Receipt Of
Flood of Ineligible
Applications

The Federal Home Loan Bank
Board today announced that the
central office and the 244 State
and local offices Of the Home
Owners Loan Corporation have
been flooded within the past two
weeks by thousands of ineligible
applications from home owners
who seek to borrow funds from the
corporation for repair and mod
ernization purposes as a result of
the recent announcement that not
to exceed $2OO,0oO,0OO had been
authorized by Congress to be spent
by the corporation for repairs on
homes. The board reported:
"The ineligibiIity of practically
all these applications due to the
fact that under the law the $780,
100000 fund in question can
only be used for the repair and
mOdernizatiOn of homes on
which the corporation is permit
ted to make loans.
"Such loans are restricted by
law to home owners who are
actually threatened with fore
closure or tax sale of their prop
erty, or whose mortgages are
held by institutions in iquida-
tiOn, or whose properties are un-
encumbered by any lien but who
are unable to obtain loans for
essential repairs from private
sources. No other applications
can be considered.
"It should be clearly under
stood by every home owner that
the primary purpose of Congress
in authorizing up to 200 millions
for such repairs on homes
financed by the corporation is to
safeguard the corporations own
equity in such properties and en-
able them to be placed in sound
condition, in view of the 15-year
amOrtized loans made by the
corporation upon these homes.
Neither the intent of Con.
gress nor the limited amount of
money available would permit
any part of this fund to be used
for recOnditiOning of homes not
so financed by the corporation.
1t is estimated that between
100000 and 100000 homes will
eventually be financed by the
corporation. If the entire $780,
100000 were to be spent for re-
pairs and mOdernizatiOn on the
maximum number of homes so
financed, the average recOndi-
tiOning loan would he less than
$500 per home. The use of this
The Washington times., 1934-05-26
NIT OF s. AND W. CAFETERAS OPENS HERE AUGUST IS
HOME IS
NOW OPEN

Homeseekers will be we'll repaid
by a visit to the handsome, new
stone-front semidetached brick
home built by Harry Poretsky at
523 Quackenbos st. N. W., which
has been completely furnished by
H. N. Miller and opened for pub
lie inspection by j. Garrett Belt
zell, we'll known realty dealer with
offices in the Tower Building.
This new home contains six
rooms and two tiled baths and
has many new exceptional fea.
lures that will prove of great in"
terest to prospective home own.
ers.
The entrance hall contains two
wrap closets, one for the mem
berS of the household and the
other for guests wraps. The living
room and dining room are both
large and well proportioned,
The Washington times., 1934-05-26
Building and Home League
Solidlv Financed

The sound financial structure
which has been built up here is
one more reason why existing in.
stitutions should continue to be
the instruments of mortgage fl.
nancing for homes, he says.
In nearly all cases the reserves
exceed the requirements in the
State laws by a substantial
amount, it is pointed out. Insur-
ance of the shares in the aSsocia-
tions thus becomes a pooling of
their safety rather than a pooling
of their risks" says the national
official.
The Washington times., 1934-05-26
NEW CAFE WILL
SEAT OVER
1000
This Will Be the Seventh
Unit in the S. & w.
Nbo;n g

With the leasing Of the entire
section Of the first floor of the
Washington Building to the S. &
". Cafeterias, Weaver Bros, Inc,
lave brought the percentage of
'ented space in this building up to
70 per cent, almost a record for
my building in the downtown sec.
ion Of the city.
The office of Carl G. Rosinski
we're the cooperating brokers in
negotiating the cafeteria lease.
Another record was made in the
easing Of this space. it being the
argest business lease closed in the
ity during the present year.
eaching the imposing total of
)ver $1,000 square feet, with 10
'eet Of frontage on New York
Avenue and 1856 feet on G Street.
md when remodeled will give the
ity it's largest cafeteria, with a
;apacity for serving and seating
1000 guests at a time.
The s. & w. cafeterias have
lad this site under consideration
or some time, having planned
more than year ago to bring one
# its famous restaurants to the
ity. 80 %
opened in 1920 as a lunch
counter concession in a Charlotte,
I. c., department store, this chain
las enjoyed an almost phenominal
Towth and now serves a large
ercentage Of the populations Of
he most important cities Of the
south.
The newest addition to the
hahn, located in the Washington
Building, 'just a. stones throw
rom the White House" will be the
The Washington times., 1934-05-26

first 8. & w. unit north of the Po-
tomac River.
According to the office Of
Weaver Bros, the new restaurant
will be one of the finest in any
city in the country, with condi-
toned air and four complete cafe
terra serving units.
The entire basement under the
restaurant will be occupied by a
kitchen and bakery capable Of
serving the clientele Of the Guys
largest hotel,
The Washington times., 1934-05-26
Florida Building
Permits Increase

Building permits issued in 80
Florida cities during April totaled
$946,456 in volume, according to
the State Chamber of Commerce.
During April, 1888, the amount
for the same cities was $543, $40.
Leading cities for the past month
were: Jacksonville, $500, $50;
Miami Beach, $171,386; Miami,
$155, ,306; Tampa, $61,566; st.
Petersburg, $56,6OO.
The Washington times., 1934-05-26

fund is to be strictly guided by
the necessity of the individual
case and by the boards policy
of avoiding unwarranted ex-
penditures for repairs and i'm.
prOvementS.
WORK HAMPERED
"The work of the corpora
tiOn's main and branch offices
is being seriously hampered by
a large number of applications
for mOdernizatiOn loans pre-
Sented by home owners whose
resources are such that they
would experience no difficulty
in borrowing money for mod
ernizatiOn from private sources.
These applications have to be
rejected by the corporation
which is put to much trouble
and expense explaining the
situation to applicants of this
class,
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-12-06
n RIA In Cotton Garments

THE case of the 36-hour order in the cot
ton garment manufacturing industry
is one of the most glazing examples to
show the hollowness of the so-called NRA.
concessions to labor
A ruling by the President reducing
hours from 40 to So per week, without decrease
in wages for the workers in the industry was made
last August. This was to go into effect on Dec l.
Instead, however manufacturers in the industry
are flocking to add their names to injunction pro-
ceedings which have been initiated to restrain the
administration from putting into effect the
tive order A temporary stay on the decision has
already been granted to several companies, and
now hundreds have joined, and, by merely donating
$500 each toward a million dollar fund to fight the
decision, these companies become benefciaries of
the stay.
In the meantime 200 900 workers in the industry
continue with the $13 minimum rate, which has
really become maximum, in full effect. While the
bosses trying to prevent this concession to
the workers, study of labor efficiency in the cot
ton garment industry made in the early part of this
year by the Cotton Code Authority, revealed that
although there a reduction of hours to 40
there was even slight decrease of the number of
workers in the industry This is because there was
an increase of 30 per cent in the productivity of
the workers. due to startling speed-up. A study of
672 plants showed an increase in the productivity
Of operators by 81 per cent Profits of some of the
outstanding companies showed rise of as much as
400 per cent in the case of the Cluett- Peabody
Company and GOO per cent in the Manhattan Shirt
Company
Roosevelt signed the order to reduce hours in
August, because 100000 cotton garment workers
were talking strike. strike date was in fact set
for the first week of October. What Roosevelt
granted was far below what the workers asked
They got no wage increases, no end of speed-up
from Roosevets decision. The Presidents move
was maneuver to head off the strike In this
he was helped by Sydney Hilman President of the
Amalgamated Clothing Workers and "Labor's rep
resentative" on the National Industrial Relations
Board who hailed the Presidents order as a great
victory for labor Now even the one meager con-
cession Roosevelt gave them to prevent the strike
has been snatched away by the injunction.
The cotton garment workers who see their $l3
minimum reduced still further by increased cost Of
living should be abe to sec that preparation Of
actual strike action under rank and file control will
be decisive in forcing gains and not to lay hopes on
the court chickering's Of the N. R. A. officials
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-12-06
Only the Beginning

MAYOR LA GUARDIA of New York yes
4'A terday morning signed the Sales Tax
Law and thus, with single act reached
into the pay envelope of every single work
ing class family in the city to the tune of
$4OOOOOOO for the next twelve months.
LsGuardia could have easily added $3.50 10000
to the income of the city by stopping the payments
to the Morgan Rockefeller banks, He could have
added another $25OOOOOO by abolishing the high
way robbery of the reserve fund set aside for the
bank loans This is what the Communist Party
proposed-to make the rich, not the poor pay,
He chose instead to put the screws on the poor
est sections of the population on the $40 and SIS
a week pay envelopes, on the struggling working
class families to whom every cent of sales tax will
add new n1iseries of deprivation and hunger.
The resistance to this infamous tax robbery to
pay the Wall Street banks must not stop now. On
the contrary now that it is signed and its effects
begin to be felt, the whole tong population of the
city must be aroused and organized to new mass
protest and actions.
In this fight against the Wall Street tax pro-
gram of LaGuardia, the Communist Party must
take the leading part. 1t alone bring together
all the elements of the population under the fight
ing leadership of the workers
Right now the New York Communist Party Dis
trict has the duty of examining the provisions
of the Sales Tax to determine where its levies will
be most felt and begin to organize mass actions
against it,
For it is dead certainty that the s4OOOO0OO
sales-tax robbery is only the beginning of more tax
robbery.
There is still the subway tax and the wage tax
that are being considered by LaGuardia.
If the present sales tax meets with no resist
ance these tax robberies will swiftly be applied
by LaGuardia in his capitalist loyalty to his Wall
Street masters who are well pleased with the way
their tool in the City Hall is protecting their fat
investments
Fight the Sales Tax robbery Fight the whole
LaGuardia Wall Street tax program! Make the
bankers and the rich pay No taxes on the poor,
heavy taxes on the rich!