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temperature at all times, Mr.. Baenr
said.
Another feature entirely new to this
section will be the lighting system
With the operation of combination of
switches it will be possible to secure
dozen or more different lighting eff
fectS
Decorations costing approximately
$500 will beautify the theatre, foyer
and Lobby. Modernistic furniture OF
leather and metal will add to the COM
fort and appearance of the foyer.
Approximately nine persons will be
employed by the theatre, Mr.. Baehl
said The staff will include two skilled
operators, trained cashier, ushers anc
other help.
Daily matinees will be shown in adj
dition to the evening programs and g
special midnight program will be
shown every Saturday.
Adverse weather and the delayed
transportation of some materials ano
equipment have held up the opening
which will be definitely announced
soon, Mr.. Baehr said.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1935-06-27
INCREASE IN
MINING Seen
County Inspectors Report For
1884 Shows Rise in the
Number Employed.

An upward trend in the mining in
dustry is clearly denoted in the annual
report Ed. Smith, st. Louis county
mine inspector, recently issued for the
year 1884 as compared with statistics
for 1888.
The 1884 report shows an increased
output of nearly one million tons as
compared with 1888 and the number OF
men employed and their average daily
wage reflects a corresponding increase
There were 1,429 more men employed
by st. Louis county mines in 1884 than
in 1888, the report shows. The total
employed last year was 4,272 as COM
pared with 2,843 in 1888.
The average daily wage increased Al
cents in 1884 over the preceding year
The average in 1884 was $488 and in
1888 it was SAL.
The report also shows that the
mining industry in st. Louis county
reached its peak in the fiscal year
1910-11, when 1891 men were en-
ployed.
Interesting facts from Mr.. Smiths
report for 1884 include:
Mines operated, AZ; mines not oper-
ated, 1855; men employed underground
i ATT; men employed on surface, 924;
men employed in open pit, 1920; men
employed in stripping, 551; total en-
.ployed, 4,272; tons shipped from under
ground, 2,483 ,O48; shipped from open
pits, 9,298,178; total shipped, 11,781 ,226;
cubic yards of stripping, 1895, 1869;
number of fatal accidents per 1000
men, DAT; tons of ore shipped per fatal
accident, 5,890,613.
The average wage rate per day for all
classifications was $488 The highest
average daily wage was 1924 for steam
shovel engineers. General labor under
ground earned an average daily wage
of 1898 and common labor on surface
and in open pits received an average of
$3.50.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1935-06-27
Here for the Summer.

Mr.. and Mrs D. H. Stafford arrived
from Mankato, Kansas, Friday to oc-
cupy their summer home at White Iron
Beach. They are accompanied by their
daughter, Mrs. P. G. Crossman, and her
daughters, Margaret and Virginia, and
son, Chandler This is the fifteenth
hay fever sufferers in their home state
and have found relief from the ir-
ritating ailment in this section. Mr..
and Mrs. Stafford speak in glowing
terms of our climate and the absence
of hay fever, not forgetting the fishing,
hunting and other outing possibilities.
Their many friends were pleased to
greet them
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1935-06-27
Junior Baseball
Team Schedules.

The American Legion Junior base
ball team has heavy schedule for the
season. The team is composed of Ora
HEX, p; Strukel, C; Buckley, Id; Novak,
2b; Petrich, 3b; Sustercich, SIS; Povhe,
If; Johnson, CT; Thompson, IF; Banks,
Banovetz and Vertnik, subs.
The league is composed of teams
from Ely, Eveleth, Gilbert, Mountain
Iron, Tower and Virginia. Ed. Buckley
is the local manager in charge of the
team and member of the executive
board of the league.
The schedule for the Ely team is as
follows:
Ely VS.. Virginia here June 26; Ely at
Gilbert, June %; Eveleth here, July 3;
Ely at Eveleth, July 6; Ely at Vir-
GINA, July 10; Tower here, July Is;
Ely at Mountain Iron; July II.
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years. He personally supervised the
laying out and building of the net work
of roads at that time started in the
Fourth District and was recognized as
the most efficient road builder in the
county. Every cent, appropriated into
Grant McMahan's district went for
what it was intended. Many are the
stories told of the wars waged by Com
missioner McMahan against those try
ing to slip something over" on the
board He fought the use of bithulitic
road building in favor of concrete and
showed by figures that this form of
paving cost about $4,000 per mile more
than concrete at that time.
The people Of Ely wish to commend
Commissioner Veranth and the county
board for comforting the honor on one
of it's respected citizens at this time and
while he is here to enjoy the boquets
handed him.
Crews started on the Boulevard the
first of the week to still further i'm
prove this excellent highway. 1t is
being sacrificed, treated and rolled.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1935-06-27

NIT vote of appreciation to the county
board on the honor conferred ON one of
our respected citizens in naming the
Grant McMahan Boulevard"
Secretary Hoefler and others re-
ported on the road meeting held at
Virginia Thursday evening at which
road matters were discussed.
The entertainment committee was
instructed to prepare a reception for
Harper Sibley, president of the National
Chamber of Commerce, when he visits
here in August.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1935-06-27

A brake testing device which is de-
scnbed by engineers as ideal for its
accuracy and simplicity is employed
blythe Brooklyn Edison Co., of Brooklyn,
N. Y. This public utilities corporation
employs large feet of cars which are
kept in top notch condition. The device
consists Of fifth wheel upon which is
mounted speedometer that is checked
for exactness by the New York Police
Department as wen as the Stewart
Warner Co., makers of the instrument.
When tn brakes are applied a gun Is
fred, discharging a slug against the
ground, leaving distinct mark. The
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1935-06-27
Interesting Meeting
Commercial Club.

The Commercial Club at Tuesdays
meeting had before it many matters of
vital import. A resolution passed ask
ing the state highway department to
put in shape Highway No. between
Little Marais and Finland which is in
a deplorable condition.
A resolution was also prepared to be
submitted to the Minnesota senators
and representatives IN congress and
for forestry officials asking if some
thing could not be done to combat the
army worm pest now at its height in
several sections of the Arrowhead and
proving menace to tourist business.
The secretary was instructed to sub
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1935-06-27

Sweden actually preserves its for
ests.
Sweden's 28-year old Forestry
Board is reason, Alpha to One
ga, why this country has such
fine and well-managed forests.
Trees cover some SO million Swe-
den acres. Nearly 500 of total
land.
Snuff comes from tobacco. Is
complicated to make. Once made,
the powder may be chewed or
nose-inhaled. Foreign-born take
most of it. We produce close to
10000 tons year. Last year the
snuff tax was a mere S6,4O4,-
999.69,
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eral hundred diners. Folding doors
will make it possible to use the adj
joining band room to seat more in the
event of an overflow crowd.
Final plans for the building will not
be drawn until the project has been
approved under the federal govern
ments new emergency relief setup which
is expected to be announced July l.
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OUR annual production

nUR annual production of
~ books on all conceivable SUBJ
jects is around the 5000 mark.
Done in 1910, "Bay Psalm Book"
is the first volume printed on
American shores. Cloth as book
covering wasn't invented until
the quite modern year of 1920.
Johannes Gutenberg's ID. 400;
d. 1468) printing press was a de-
velopment of a cheese or cider
press common in all fairly large
and fair-to-do households in this
medieval period.
Noted for its production of
wood, pulp, matches and paper,
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six open meeting rooms besides the Boy
and Girl Scout rooms and the band
room, all three of which could be made
available for meetings if necessary.
The three kitchens serving the main
second floor auditorium have been re-
arranged so as to be more convenient
to all sections of the room The large
auditorium and ball room may be used
as one room or may be divided into
three separate rooms with an individual
kitchen to serve each division without
disturbing the other sections.
A fourth kitchen in the basement will
serve the downstairs cafeteria and will
have dumb waiter to be used to serve
the upstairs room. The basement cafe
terra includes 3,675 square feet of floor
space and will have a capacity of sew
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1935-06-27
Card of Thanks.

We hereby desire to express our
heartfelt thanks to all those friends
and neighbors who rendered sympathy
and assistance during our late bereave-
ment.
THE BOUSKA FAMILY.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1935-06-27

speedometer needle is stopped at the
speed at which the car was running
when the brakes were applied. It 10
simple, then, to measure from the marx
made by the gun to the point directly
below the gun, where the car was brought
to stop. Thus the exact speed Of the
car is known as wen as the exact num-
Der of feet and inches in which the step
was made. The fifth wheel is counter
weighted so that II follows the ground
accurately. A recent test on the Hudson
car shown above recorded stops in phe-
nomenally short distances, averaging
about half the distance considered salts
factory by police Departments.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1935-06-27

oVER 500 corporations main
~ tain Libraries, professionally
organized, for ready statistical,
economic, scientific and technical
information. These libraries play
big part in American industry.
Some 800 Americans each carry
life insurance of 100000 or
more.
It is estimated that $4,000 gro
GERS go out of business each year.
A like number enter the grocery
field.
Only 10 per cent of the fami-
lies in New York City have check
ing accounts.
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grade and under and those of the same
grade and over.
Five ST prizes will be awarded in the
Finnish horse race.
At P. NJ, the Municipal band will
play concert program downtown at
the intersection of Chapman street and
First avenue.
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To Surface Winton Road.

Thornton Bros. of st. Paul were given
the contract for the bituminouS sur
facing of the road between Ely and
on their bid of $13,48426.
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Evening star., 1935-04-12

precisely the sort of Easter that will
swer smartly for months after. Very sheer chiffon,
in an unusual print-the frock ties at the throat
snd the jacket has the most Hatterine double fred
collar of mousseline in the shades of the print.
Navy. brown, or black with white. From . collee.
tion Of sheer things. Sizes IA to 20.
The Washington times., 1935-05-04
Crime Report, Part 2

There isn't any doubt that subcommittee crime Of the
House District Committee justified when in its report de-
clares that there TOO MUCH CRIME IN WASHINGTON.
That has been recognized here for time and is good
thing that the committee again stresses the fact.
The committee asserts that mo Improvement be effected
until the people Washington become convinced of the
pleasant truth The people of Washington have long been
convinced They have been convinced that they have
petoned petioned Congress to do something about it.
BUT NOTHING HAS BEEN DONE.
In the face statistics which the committee presents show
ing that feonies have increasing here at the rate 81
month Congress has DECREASING the personnel Of the
Police Department and hampeng the rest of the department
by refusal to give it adequate funds for equipment
But the committee baes Congress but the APATHY Of
the public for the increase in crime That would to be
unjust powerless citizens especially in view of the fact
that committee credits public indignation with curtang
the activities of gamblers.
The committee recommends the enactment Of pending bills
dealing with gambling and vice. These bills enacted might
help particularly if they properly amendedbut the
failure to enact be blamed citizens
the police officials who in for much criticism the
part of the committee
The committee the changing the values involved in
grand and petit larceny raising the petit larceny value from
$50 $75 That might make statistics in regard to grand
larceny look better and it might expedite trials in
vong small amounts but otherwise it would be of doubtful
value Certainly it wouldn't lessen the total amount stolen
The committee SAYS that automobile thefts constitute
onehd of our feones adds ge rid of auto theft and
Washingtons crime rate will show precpitous decline
That probably true but the committee has other recon-
mendaon how to get rid of this class OF theft than to
gest change in auto license tags.
Concentrating it says major law violations the
mee able to give little consideration to the $4,000 minor
violations which committed here annually Unfortunately
it unable to make any effective recommendations dealing
with this class of
The crime here Washington knows it here We want
to get rid Of it and we hope the and the rest
Congress will help to do it, IT CAN BE DONE BY CUT
TING THE POLICE FORCE.
The Washington times., 1935-05-04
BlOckading Business

you read of the privileged classes in local relief ad
mination you reflect the fact that nearly five billion
dollars of money to be shoveed out in the
recovery (or vote buyg you why business does
go ahead rapidly Washington says it ought to-
The miracle is that business has made progress at all
It is held in atacket of taxes.
It drags ball and chain official restriction and official
dictation
It is turned the tender mercs of competition with
Japan and other ow-wage countries
It is told to stop whining by prominent New Dealer
and advised not to export its products by another.
And gouged pay the greatest share of the crackpo
experimenting and political spending which the two main
features Government in this year of grace 1885,
Yet business and industry if let alone stand ready to put
estimated by the National Association of Manufacturers
at TWENTY BILLION DOLLARS into immediate production
This than four times the amount of the Government
recovery fund.
It would put than four times many and
to work-on real work at real wages Government
work at Subsistence wages.
And it would not cost the taxpayer cent That is in
siderable contrast to the five billions of the Government fund
which present and future taxpayers must provide.
But business and industry not going to put people to
work until assured freer hand than is allowed them.
You can't blame them for that If your store factory is
to be by mule Washington you
will not enlarge your store factory You would be fool
if you did.
However that is pretty much the situation at the moment
and doubtless will be until the United States wakes the
facts of life instead of the fancies
While in the meantime the twenty billion dollars won't go
to work and several millions Of unemployed won't get
chance to-
The Washington times., 1935-05-04
''Officer of the Court
By James T. Williams, Jr.

} ment of Justice, the American
Bar Association and other agen-
cies show that it is this jungle
system of bar requirements in
at least half the States in the
Union which makes possible to
a large extent the flourishing at
the bar Of these undeSirables
masquerading as lawyers fit to
function as officers Of the
court:
The crooks lawyer, the profes-
sional shySter, the ambulance
chaser, the nuisance lawyer"
and other parasitical practi.
TONERS who obStruct and cor.
rupt the American ideal OF
Equal Justice Under the Law"
for rich and poor and strong
and weak alike.
In attempted extenuation Of
the diSgraceful condition under
which such creatures are per.
mitted to practice law their de.
tenders argue that stricter edu.
cational requirements for ad-
mission to the bar would prevent
the poor but honest young man
of ambition from following a
legal career. This may be the
exception, but it is far from
being the rule.
Even it if were the rule 1t
would not excuse the turning
loose upon the public every year
of a new crop of lawyers who
are either unprepared or con.
CENTRALLY unfit to function as
officers of the court.
Fourteen years ago the Ameri.
can Bar Association and the AS
ISOLATION of American Law
Schools jointly recommended to
the States uniform rules for
admission to the bar" Although
these recommendations have in
part been adopted in certain
States, New Mexico is thus far
the only State to adopt them as
a whole.
UNIFORM RULES
With a view to speeding up
the adoption by other States Of
these recommendations, the
American Bar Association in
1927 modified them slightly.
But many States have thus far
failed to adopt even these mod
flied requirements, although
they have the approval of the
largest association of. lawyers
in existence.
Until these requirements be-
come the law throughout the
Union the American bar will
continue to be an incubator OF
So-called lawyers who are I'm.
fit to be officers of any court,
who are the left-hand partners
of criminals, who obstruct in
stead of lead in the establish
ment of that Equal Justice
Under the Law" which is the
goal of the judiciary under the
American system of govern
ment.
(Coryright 1885. The Washington TimeS)
The Washington times., 1935-05-04

Over the entrance to the
beautiful white marble edifice
now nearing completion, which
will be the future home of the
Supreme Court of the United
States, is carved in large let
tiers the inscription: Equal JUS
tice Under Law"
This is the end and aim OF
the judicial branch Of the Amer.
lean system of government
the government provided for in
the Constitution of the United
States.
Under the American system
of government every lawyer is
supposed to be an officer OF
the court. When he falls short
of his duty as an officer Of the
court, either because Of his
mental or moral unfitness to be
a lawyer, he betrays the court
and weakens the judicial branch
of the government.
The United States needs to-
day neither more nor fewer law
yers, but better lawyers. Al
though there were 160,605 law
yers in this country in 1880, the
proportion Of lawyers to popu'
lation is not on the increase.
The last census shows that there
were 131 lawyers in the United
States for each 100000 popula-
ton in 1880, as compared with
135 in 1890 and IA in 1900.
ESSENTIAL STEP
For many years there has been
an increasing demand for a
thorough reorganization of what
is we'll defined by Alfred z. Reed,
author of a Review of Legal
Education in the United States
and Canada" for the last year as
"our present complicated and in
effective systems Of professional
education and licensure."
Various associations, such as
the American Bar Association,
as well as law schools OF tne
highest type have urged action
by the several States to dis
courage the establishment or
continuance of correspondence
law schools, part-time and short
term law schools, many of which
are little better than claw de-
gree factories" bent upon guam
tity production.
This national movement to
raise the standard of legal edu-
cation as a first essential step
for providing better lawyers in
cludes among it's other detectives
the overhauling of State bar re-
quirements. The purpose of this
overhauling is to reduce the
number of semi-illiterate, incom-
petent or otherwise undesirable
persons who seek license to
practice law that they may ex-
tract their fees from the I'm"
fortunate victims who become
their clients.
investigations by the Depart
The Washington times., 1935-05-04

hundred empty miles-he was
their spokesman.
Into the mouth of marooned
telegraph operator in Alaska he
put these words:
II will not wash my face,
I will not brush my hair,
I "pig" around the place,
There's nobody to care.
I feel as if I was
The only living thing
On all this blighted earth;
And so I frowst and shrink
And crouching by my hearth
hear the thoughts I think"
There is terrible human mis-
cry in those wordS-and one
does not need to be a tele-
graph operator in Alaska to
know that misery.
MONOTONY
Many a lonely little city
stenog knows it, going home to
her lonely niche, night after
night-looking with hungry eyes
at laughing friendly faces
which have no eyes for her.
Many a weary wife and
mother knows it, marooned
within the four walls Of her
home, watching enviously the
girls who pass so gaily on their
way to matinee or office.
Many a discouraged man,
plugging away between his
bench or desk or hall bed
room knows it and gradually
lets slip the interests which
bind him to life.
YOU, too, have known it,
haven't you, Pal? Lost your
grip. Felt all ambition and curl
osity and interest fade out Of
you. Slumped.
Queer thing that slump. Big
tragedies rarely cause it, Most
of us are pretty good sports in
the face of real hard knocks.
Something in us gets up and
fights when there's anything
worth fighting for.
But when life lets down
when the everlasting Sameness
of things seeps over us in a
slimey gray tide-when one day
is just like the day before, and
there's nothing to hope for or
hustle for-then our souls turn
to chunks of cold tallow.
I know. I've been there. SO
have you.
There's only one thing that