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The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1934-05-18
FIRES
HAY fever
Hay Fever Weeds Follow Fires
in the Forest, Roadsides
and Meadows.

In speaking of the forest fire menace
in this section, the publicity writer for
the Conservation Commission throws
still another angle into the argument
in the following:
Northern Minnesota is noted for it's
freedom from noxious weeds that cause
hay fever. Each year thousands of
sufferers of this affliction flock to the
northern part of the state to escape
infection from the pollens of plants
that may cause hay fever This means
that resort owners add much to their
income catering to these people
I'm recent years it has been noticed
that these weeds have been creeping
northward and establishing themselves
over wide areas that have been burned
by forest fires. The practice of burn
ing meadows and roadsides has helped
these weeds spread. The seeds of these
plants are for the most part light and
are borne by the wind for long dis
tanceS. Burnt over areas offer the best
places for the seeds to terminate and
plants to establish themselves before
competition of other plants creep in.
"On the large swamp meadows north
of the town of Aitkin the golden rod
is increasing in acreage very rapidly
The burning of meadows and the des-
troying of valuable grasses has helped
the dispersion of this weed.
with the spread of these plants it
will not be long before northern Min
nesota will lose its reputation as hay
fever free area. The burning over of
approximately 100000 acres each year
opens up a vast area favorable for the
reproduction of weeds causing hay fever
Unless this area is materially re-
duced hay fever sufferers will have to
seek other spots in order to find relief
from this distressing malady."
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1934-05-18
OTHERS SAY !:

st. Cloud Times:-The opposition to
the national prohibition amendment
was based largely on the failure to
enforce the law, the corruption of public
officials, the increased use of intoxi-
cants. They argue that if the people
were given the right to buy liquor under
the law, bootlegging would be baniShed,
and there would be higher regard for
temperance. Many of the advocates OF
repeal promised there would be no re-
Turn of the saloon, that there would
be much less drinking, and there would
be a more emphatic morale and OBJ
servance OF the law. The saloons are
back. There is much more drunkenness
than in the prohibition era. Moon
makers and bootleggers are as active as
ever, and there is a general belief that
many legahzed dealers are providing q
market for the illicit stuff. What is
needed is a real temperance revival.
There should be an educational cam
paign in the schools, as there was for
merly. The dryS were remiSS in not
keeping up their work for temperance,
under the delusion that law would regu-
late morals. There followed widespread
violation of the law, and that has not
been remedied by the repeal and the
legalizing of millions of drinking places,
many so close to the old saloons that
there is no clearly defined line Of de-
marcation."
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1934-05-18
Eighth District Legion
and Auxiliary Meet.

An an-day drizzle greeted the 300
American Legion and Auxiliary men,
bers who were in Virginia Saturday to
attend the Eighth District meeting and
banquet. The visiting members Of the
organizations were the guests of the
j. Burt Pratt Post No. 239.
Those from here who attended were
Mr.. and Mrs. A. j. McMahan, Miss
Edith Ellefsen, president of the local
Auxiliary, and Mrs. Peter Schaefer, past
president of the Eighth District. Miss
Ellefsen read paper on Education
of War Orphans" and Mrs. McMahan
spoke on National Defense"
At business meetings in the after
noon and a banquet in the evening the
Legion and Auxiliary heard M. r.
Murray, state commander. st. Cloud,
and Mrs. H. C. Dressed, lie Sueur, state
auxiliary president speak.
The balance of the banquet program
included an address Of welcome by
Mayor Purcell E. Barker, former local
post commander, and Miss Milliceut
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1934-05-18
Keeps Records of
Careless Drivers.

Habitually careless automobile drivers
who in the past have been getting by
with repeated law violations with no
special study being given their past
records are due for an awakening in
the future According to officials of
the drivers license bureau of the state
highway department, steps have been
taken to keep individual records of all
drivers convicted of traffic offenSes in
any part of the state.
A driver who violates traffic laws in
half dozen different towns or habitu-
ally in one town will find that his name
is accommodating black marks" in the
drivers license bureau. This record will
be important in determining decisions
on suspensions of licenses.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1934-05-18

Brooks, president of the Virginia Aux
iliary unit: and responses by George
Vivian, Duluth. district commander, and
Mrs. Alvin c. Schaefer, Duluth. district
auxiliary president.
A program of entertainment included
community singing led by Mrs. Floyd
B. Moe and musical selections by the
Spruce Mine trio and Gerard Kirby.
The Legionnaires in the afternoon
nominated w. M. Nellis, Nashwauk, for
the office of district commander, while
the auxiliary endorsed recent nomin-
alton of Mrs. John Withrow, Inter-
national Falls, state first vice president
Of the Legion auxiliary, as state presi-
dent.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1934-05-18
Again has the D. M. & N

Again has the d. M. & n.
railway triumphed in winning
the 1888 all-time safety record
among all the railroads in the
United States in the National
Safety Council award. There
were only LIS accidents on the
roads per million man hours, no
fatalities during the year and
only five employees injured,
none seriously. The D. M. &
N. and the D. & l. r. roads
began winning safety awards
before the two roads were con-
solidated under the manage
ment of Charley Carlson as
president and his superinten-
dentof safety, A. V. Rohweder
in 1929. They have been
winning first prizes ever since
and Mr.. Carlson and Mr.. Ro-
weder and the men under them
are to be congratulated on the
excellent record made each
year in winning this attractive
reputation, made concrete in
the N g C. award
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1934-05-18
Song Service Sunday
By Lutheran ChOirs.

The Luther League of the Bethany
Lutheran church is sponsoring musical
service Sunday evening at 7:30 O'Clock
at which the choirs of the Bethany and
Suomi Synod churches will be presented
Mrs. Violet Iassey, soprano, will be the
soloist on the program which also in
cludes number by the ladies chorus
The program as arranged is as follows:
''The Hymn" IF. Schuber) ............
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.. Bethany Choir
Holy Art Thou" GHandeD ............
.............. Suomi Synod Choir
Violin obligato by Mrs. Sarkipato
Jesus Thou My Hearts Desire" H.
Wetterling), ....... Ladies Chorus
Devotion .......... Norman Sundholm
''The Voice of Jesus" (Terry) ........
- .................. Mrs. Violet LaSsey
"Not Sparrow Falleth" (Abt) ........
.J.............. Mrs. Violet LaSSey
'aThe Heavens Are Telling" GIaydn) :.
.............. Suomi Synod Choir
''The Word of God' E. Grieg) ........
................... Bethany Choir
Praise We The Father Bethany Choir
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1934-05-18

Grand Rapids Herald Review:-It is
strange to note how political enthus-
iasm breeds political ambition.
So few of the political leaders are able
to do Job of leadership and keep their
fingers out of the political pie.
A leading political party of this Neck
of the Woods has had several county
chairmen of late One led for a while
and he got state appointment.
Another served for a few months and
he was on the receiving end of state
job. Another stepped in and within a
few weeks he was ready to file for
office.
Over the range labor movement
was started. The man who took an &C
tive part in establishing that move
ment has also become a candidate for
a public office with salary attachment.
1t seems that the thing to do is to
agitate for the good of the common
people and after agitating for while
step out and get their votes for dis
tinction or salary. Then as soon as
the job and salary are safe, the general
thing is to forget the interests of those
who worked and voted until another
election rolls along.
Please do not misunderstood us.
Such things are not new in politics.
They are rather to be expected of old
line politicians. 1t is interesting to see
the reformerS getting their bit before
any of the followers have gotten any
thing.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1934-05-18

The Duluth city council is in
the limelight by it's refusal to
allow endurance contests in the
city and the promoters are
chagrined to such an extent as
to probably take the matter
into the courts. Out-of-town
promoters sought to stage a
walkathon contest in the Zenith
City but the council called a
special meeting in hurry and
spiked the attempt with a pre-
venting ordinance before it was
started, although some leather
lunged impresario had kept
the radio audience we'll in
formed for week or more be-
forehand of the intellectual
soul-stirring feast to follow.
Under very unnecessary &C.
equations we are going to add
valuations to our list which
at present is composed of mara
thon dancing, coffee drinking,
banana eating, flag pole sitting,
and sauer-kraut consuming con-
tests.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1934-05-18

Browns Valley Tribune:-The election
in Minnesota this year will not be a
contest between political parties, but
one waged between the adherents of
constitutional Americanism on the one
side and Soviet Communism on the
other, and we have faith to believe that
the latter cannot win in the good old
commonwealth of Minnesota. However,
the contest is on and the friends OF
sound government must not sleep at the
switch.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1934-05-18
Junior College and Alumni
Prom at Auditorium.

The annual Junior College and
Alumni Prom viii be held at the Wash
ington Auditorium tonight beginning
at $780, These affairs are usually at
tended by large crowds and the one this
evening promises TO be no exception to
the rule. The auditorium has been
most artistically decorated for the oc-
casion.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1934-05-18

boys of the state. That fellow
Martin Nelson of Austin, the
Republican candidate, is also a
fine fellow and good citizen.
With two such candidates on the
ticket there should not be any
trouble for either party to
nominate the proper standard
bearer.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1934-05-18
APPOINTMENT Confirmed.

Norman Brown was notified Monday
in a telegram from Senator Henrik
Shipstead that his nomination by
President Roosevelt as postmaster of
Ely had been confirmed by the senate
Mr.. Brown will take Office as soon as
his commission arrives
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1934-05-18

Mr.. and Mrs A. c. Schaefer and
daughter Marjorie. and son, Buddy,
spent Sunday in the city on Mothers
Day visit at the home of Mr.. Schaefer's
parents, Mr.. and Mrs. P. Schaefer
They had attended the Eight District
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1934-05-18

BILLY Noonan, up at Baud
cite, in his excellent paper
brings out the following: "Some
of those seeking relief in this
county are in tough shape.
They hardly know where their
next bottle of liquor is coming
from"
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1934-05-18

meeting of the American Legion and
Auxiliary at Virginia Saturday and
drove to Ely after the meeting. Mr..
Schaefer states that he is receiving
much encouragement for his candidacy
for County Auditor
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1934-05-18

Fred Schilplin candidate for
governor on the Democratic
ticket, is getting some elegant
deserved boosts from the press
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1934-05-18
ON THIS OCCASION
Continued from Page One0

leaving nothing but a pleasant
smile"
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1934-05-18

The Farmer-Iabor platform calls for: public owner
ship of all mines, waterpower, transportation and
communication, banks packing plants, factories and
all public utilities provided that this shall apply
to bona fide comparatively owned and operated enter
priSeS."
Not including mines there 255 such establish
ments in St. Louis County in 1880 that were not
comparatively owned. They employed 9O54 persons
and paid out $12,1O5 O48 in wages
Factory Wages SIP, ,048
In the approaching election, what every citizen in St.
Louis County, well each of these wage earners
will have to decide, is whether he would prefer to
have these establishments continue under their present
ownership and management, or be taken by the
state and managed by bureau at the State Capitol
Figures taken from 1880 u S. Census of Manufacturers
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-12-10
Rackets Rife
On Jobs Under
City Contract
By A Worker Correspondent

NEW YORK.-We, a group of
workers in the Eighth Ave subway
new-stands, would like to present to
the readers of the Daily Worker
some facts concerning the legal
racket that is going on now in these
stands.
The Subways belong to the city
but the stands belong to the Inter-
borough News Co., which exploits
its employees in a horrible fashion.
To begin with, before one can get
employment at one of the stands
one must give $75 bond for which
he gets no interest
Several weeks after paying the
money, he gets a night job. If he
works satisfactorily at that for some
time he becomes a manager" and
gets day work. In either case he
gets % cents an hour. He works six
days a week, nine hours day.
The manager is supposed to get a
So bonus every week because of the
extra work and additional respon-
sibility, but he hardly ever gets it..
If an inspector should find that a
magazine on display is not tipped
at the right angle, his bonus is for
feited.
This manager is responsible for
the stand, and any time anything
is missing he has to pay for it out
of his own wages or bond. This is
not mere possibility or a rare oc-
currence. We know people who
have lost $50, $50, and in one case.
500 in a month. This is due to the
fact that the company does not care
to apprehend the robbers as it loses
nothing no matter what happens.
This is not all. Before the job is
given, the applicant is asked if he
wishes to waive his right to a Is
minute lunch period which is re-
quired by law. The boss makes it
known that the worker is free" to
choose, but the company prefers"
his waving the right
Those people who work Sundays,
work IL hours with no time off
co. inch or to attend to human
needs. After working several
months there, indigestion and uri-
nary troubles are common. Several
weeks ago an inspector from the
State Labor Department came
around to find out" what's what
He was given the facts, but of
course. did nothing about it. This is
the kind of company to which La
Guardia handed over the city
stands.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-12-10
Rotten Beef Relief Hondout
For Thanksgiving Dinner

unfit for human or beast. That left
our family of five with two pounds
of edible potatoes with which to
sit down; celebrate and thank our
glorious country for this blessing
it had bestowed upon us.
I showed this unsavory gift to
my boy of Is, without passing the
least remark to him. I believe that
the lads own conclusions are note
worthy to our government brain
trusters and might serve as true
American Thanksgiving food to the
foggy brains of our nations leaders
at Washington.
"Dad-that's shame. The trick
is as rotten as their meat. We'd
be better of in Jail. Never mind,
Dad-I won't forget it. Believe me
or not I'll never again hang out or
carry or salute another American
flag just for that"
And that from an American boy
of Is. Will you cease wondering
why radicals and indictments exist;
will you understand how Commu-
nists are born and made: how anti
government propaganda gets its
start and why the cry of revolt for
liberty and decency rises louder and
louder to heaven.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-12-10
Forced Labor
FOrHOneless
In Elizabeth
Ry a Worker Correspondent

ELIZABETH, N. J.-At the city
relief station here, conditions are
pretty bad. First you have to go
through the transient bureau, where
they take down the whole history Of
your life. After this is done, they
send you over to the shelters.
Then they make you fill out an
other application, and then they
give you a meal ticket. Bread and
soup and cup of coffee, with no
milk in it, and the bread is about
days old-that's all We get. They
make you work in the morning in
the woodpile, total of "a hours a
week. They fumigate your clothes at
night. Now, if we got wages for the
work we do, we would have say, at
least eight to ten dollars a week,
while they give us in return only this
rotten food and very bad lodgings.
They give you cot with only
one sheet, and no mattress, and one
army blanket. They get you up at
$50 in the morning, and you get
the same old stuff in the morning
for breakfast. Lunch is at noon,
and they make you work an hour
or two in the afternoon. We must
be in bed by eight o'clock at night.
This is how the City of Elizabeth
takes care of its homeless men.
Forced labor, with wretched lodg-
ings and food as the only return.
Conditions are the same in New
ark, at the Good Will Mission.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-12-10
Rochester Section Sends $42
More to Daily for Drive

District Buffalo last Friday sent total
o.
District organizers appeal to in
W. section representative
and the of the sections in the district
the Daily Worker campaign seriously
coming through house
parties quota will be fulfilled The district needs
reach its goal
contributions from the Scandinavian Work
ers Club s2 Committee affair $2s both
n
left which to raise the balance
onnles immediately
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-12-10
Bare MiStreGtn1ent
And Total Isolation
From OtherPriSOnerS
Political Prisoners Urge Support of |. L. D. in
Struggle Against Their Deportation

the bosses with mighty defense
apparatus in readiness to back the
workers fights.
The International Labor Defense
has proven in all militant strug-
giles Of the working class that 1t is
the only mass defense organization
that leads in the defense of the
workers rights. The power Of the
I. L. D. depends upon the organ
lied support of the workers.
BY quick action Of representatives
of the I. L. D. and the Committee
for the Protection of Foreign Born
our deportation was prevented for
the time being, but the success of
the I. L. D. and the Committee for
the Protection OF Foreign-Born can
only be assured by mighty mass
pressure.
We urge you to solidify your lines.
Do not allow the bosses to split your
ranks. We know what kind Of jus
tice the workers can expect from the
bosses courts, that's why we urge
you to rally behind the only real
workers defense organization, the
international Labor Defense, in pre-
paration for present and future
struggles.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-12-10
BY a Worker Correspondent

NEW YORK-Now that our BEN
evoleHt authorities have satisfied
the appetites of our 1000 felons;
criminals and law-violators at Sing
Sing prison with a good Thanks
giving dinner of 1876 turkeys; gravy
and all the trimmings and where
all the inmates had an enjoyable
time; let's see what Uncle Sam has
done for an all-American law-abid-
ing family consisting of college
educated American father; Ameri-
can mother and three American
children.
At the Government Home Relief
Station, two cans of beef and a
five pound bag of potatoes were my
gifts from Uncle Sam. To a polite
inquiry as to whether this was all
to be expected for Thanksgiving
for five Americans to give thanks
with, the government inspector
snapped back with: dye think the
guv'nment is hand'n We out toiky."
On reaching home opened the
governments present and found
the two cans of beef covered white
with mould and the odor that of
putrefaction; three of the five
pounds of potatoes were rotten and
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-12-10
By a Worker Correspondent

ELLIS ISLAND. N. Y. 49, A short
time ago. mouthpiece of Wall
Street came out with an article
given out by some oficisl Of Ellis
Island. In that article slanderous
attack was made upon five political
prisoners who are now held for de-
portation. We we're referred TO as
Anarchists, etc.
If those responsible for the ar
ticle would cease there, we would
not mind it, for We know that the
workers have learned how to read
the reports Of the servants Of the
bosses. but when discrimination
against political prisoners is carried
on inside of Ellis Island then 1t
is our duty to fight it and fully ex-
pose it.
II the wardens of Ellis Island &C
tuslly believe we are Anarchists,
why do they deprive us of the right
to talk, walk, and meet with the
other prisoners7
why are we locked in the room
day and night? If we are allowed
on the porch, we are also locked IN
like a bird in cage, with no water
or lavatory. If we want to use 1t
we have to hammer on the door a
long time until some guard comes
to let us in. If some prisoners try
to talk to us through a screen fence
they are at once warned to keep
away from us as if we we're affected
with some contsg eous disease.
We are also isolated from others
in the dining room. The putrid
food is inedible. Our only suosis-
tence is bread and butter, Even
that we have to share with the YER
min.
When we protest against such
conditions, we are at once branded
as Anarchists. Anarchism is part
and parcel Of the capitalist system
and is necessary for the existence of
that system. Anarchists are well
coined by the bosses and their press
to the shores of America, while we
are prosecuted for being class con-
scious militant workers.
Fellow workers and class brothers!
The greedy capitalists are backed by
the police, thugs, courts, immigra-
ton authorities and the press. They
have shown us in the Great
West Coast Strike as well as in
many other strikes that they would
sooner give us bullets than bread.
The only weapon of the workers is
organized defense. The workers must
be prepared to meet the attacks Of
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-12-10
Bares Reason
For Survival
OfLOan Assn.
BY a Worker Correspondent

NEW YORK. time to time
the capitalist press is trying their
best to give their readers the i'm
preston that everything is well on
the financial front, but more and
more people are learning that the
whole financial structure of the u
s., especially in the middle west is
build on rotten piles.
The N. Y. Times came out re-
Gently with statement Big Mort
gage Group Survived Crisis SO per
cent" This sounds great and gives
to some people the impression, as If
the crisis were overcome.
But here is the rub, how they sur
vived; The Building & Loan Assn
of South Bend, Ind, for instance,
survived at the expense of their vic
tins.
In 1881, their assets became
frozen. They paid out now and
then few dollars. Since February,