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The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1935-07-18
ORDER FOR HEARING ON PETI-
TION FOR ADMINISTRATION AND
NOTICE TO CREDITORS.

State of Minnesota, County of st.
LouiS-SS
IN PROBATE COURT.
In Re Estate of ANDREW WIRTANEN.
Decedent.
1T is ORDERED, That all persons
interested show cause, if any they have,
before this court on Monday, August
5th, 1885, at nine O'Clock A. M, at the
Probate Court Room in the Court House
in Duluth, Minnesota, why said petit
ton filed herein for GENERAL AD-
MINISTRATION and the appointment
of Maria Wirtanen as Administrative,
should not be granted
1T Is ORDERED, That all creditors
of the decedent file their claims in this
court within four months from the date
hereof, and that said claims be heard,
adjusted and allowed on Wednesday,
November Is, 1895, at ten o'clock A. NJ.
by this Court in the Probate Court
Room in the Court House in Duluth,
Minnesota.
Witness, the HON VIM j. ARCHER,
Judge of Probate, this End day of
July, 1895.
SHELDON WATTS, Clerk of Probate.
Seal of Probate Court, st. Louis County,
Minnesota.
A. W. Nelson, Attorney for Petitioner,
Ely Minnesota. 7-1l-le-25.
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FRATERNALISM
CONTINUED from Page One0

groups, Lieutenant Governor Peterson
expressed the belief that fraternalism
has played major role in the progress
of civilization. He declared that Den
mark has attained its position as the
most cultured nation in the world
through the cooperative spirit which
rules its people.
Decentralization of wealth, which he
said he believed could be accomplished
through federal income, inheritance and
gift taxes, was advocated by Mr.. Peter
son as one of the major corrections
which must be made in the present
social and economic order. In touching
on the economic situation, he pointed
to rural identification as the type of
progressive project necessary to the
nations welfare.
In supporting Senator Lonlmen's
statement that fraternalism is a vital
factor in the correction of the evils of
our social order, Mr.. Peterson linked
fraternaliSm with the church, school
and home as the institutions through
which civilization will progress. He
praised the range schools in declaring
that we must have progressive educa-
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The annual business meeting will
take place at the banquet when new
officers will be chosen and the finan-
cial reports given by the secretary and
treasurer. This part of the program
will only require about ten minutes
The business session is made necessary
at the banquet as no time has been
specified for this necessary procedure.
Waiter E. Englund has been named
toastmatser at the banquet. This will
insure smooth presentation of events.
In addition to being POSTMASTER, Mr..
Englund will make a few remarks in
the course of his introductions.
The annual ball takes place at the
Washington auditorium at 900 o'clock.
The popular Virginians have been en-
gagged to furnish music for this event
and Chairman Cox promises a real
evening of enjoyment with several old
time dances during the evening.
The committees accountable for the
successful carrying out of the reunion
are as follows:
Picnic and Booyah Committee. c..
Jones and B. O. Strachan, chairmen;
D. L. Childers, Peter Handberg, William
Jones, w. c. Carlson and Theodore
Sandstrom.
Membership Committee-Jack Sera-
phine, chairman; M. F. Johnson, Tower;
Nick Nelson, Cook; w. G. Smith, Tower;
Andrew Watilo, Jr., Joseph Veranth, L.
M. Brownell, D. l.. Childers and j. M.
Brown and Edwin Toms, secretary.
Parade Committee. A. LeBeau,
chairman, and Joseph Gerzin, Sr.
Music-A. o. Knutson, chairman.
Speakers Peter Schaefer, chairman.
Banquet-O. T. Freidsburg, chairman,
and E. w. Hanson.
Memorial-W. P. Chinn, chairman;
B. o. Strachan, G. c. Carlson, E. j.
Morcom, Charles E Carlson, Thomas
Owens and w. G. Sargent.
Reception-M. j. Murphy, chairman:
j. M. Brown, A. j. Thomas, John E.
Porthan, Mrs. Peter Schaefer, Mrs. Emil
Leino, Mrs. Charles Quigley, Joseph
Skala, Mike Weinzierl. w. C. Sargent,
Duluth; Charles. Peterson and Oscar
LaFrance, Chisholm; Thomas Owens,
Two Harbors; L. w. Wilson, liver
visited and John Glode, Eveleth; Brit
ton Prout, Bert Pearson and Paul
Chamberlain, Virginia; E. j.. Morcom
and Louis Chiabotti, Tower.
Dance Committee. G. Cox, chair
man; Frank Lindgren, Richard Hodge,
Albert McMahan and Harry Homer.
New Members Gianotti, chair
man; John Palmgard, Jr., Wilson Carl
son, B. M. Lambert, Albert Prisk and
Anton Kotchevar.
Sports Committee Douglas Nanker-
Wis. chairman.
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Moved by Gianotti, supported by
Skala, that the Board go into executive
session to consider the various bids.
Motion carried unanimously.
Moved by Anderson, supported by
Skala, that the bid of j. N. Rautio to
furnish all labor and materials neces-
sary in painting the Washington School
auditorium, in accordance with the
call for bids and to carry workmen's
compensation insurance for the sum of
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Mary Hutar with George Matesha ac-
companying; Piano solos by Mr.. Mat
esha, an accordion solo by Louis Kot-
zian, and the dinner music by the
string ensemble.
Besides the banquet, an extensive
program Of entertainment is being
planned for the delegates during their
4-day stay here. Final plans will be
announced soon, SSCU officials said.
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Age of Animals. Birds

The ages of dogs and horses can be
Appropriated by their teeth, observes
writer In the Los Angeles Times.
Look to the feet in attempting to judge
the age of birds. The skin and scales
covering the feet and tersi of birds
a year old or less. is smooth and of fine
texture. In older birds these are rough
er and cOarser. Also because Of con-
tinued trimming over long period Of
time, claws of older birds appear
round and blunt, rather than sharp
ano pointed like those of the young
birds.
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$685.00 be accepted and the proper
officers be authorized to enter, into
contract with him. Motion carried un-
animously.
Moved by Gianotti, supported by
Skala, that the meeting adjourn until
one O'Clock p. NJ, Saturday, July 90,
1885. Motion carried unanimously.
B. s. RICHARDS,
Secretary.
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Bees Have Policewomen

Bees have an efficient force of ''po-
licewomen." who guard the entrance
of the hive and demand countersign
from each insect that tries to enter.
This II to prevent bees from other
colonies or Of other species from get.
ting In and stealing the stored honey.
Sometimes one hive will steal all the
stores of another.
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sscU BANQUET
CONTINUED From Page One.)

ing the banquet.
An impressive list of prominent
speakers will address the banquet.
Anton zbasnik, supreme secretary Of
the SSCU; John Kumse, trustee; w. E.
Englund, Ely superintendent of schools;
Anton Okolish, chairman of the SSCU
judiciary board; Thomas j. Carey, city
attorney, and Arthur Lampe, county
superintendent of schools, will COM
prise the list of speakers.
The history of Lodge No. 100 will be
given by j. j. Peshe,l organizer.
Musical features on the banquet pro-
gram will include vocal solos by Miss
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1935-07-18

Humidity Spurs Chemical Action
Chemical actions are more rapid In
warm. humid regions than In places
that are very dry or cold.
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ton for informed public opinion.

The picnic and entertainment events
at Sandy Point were enjoyed by large
crowds throughout the day. A dance
in the evening closed the commemora-
ton program.
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4Otdl, ............... .$t ,S0o.oS
Moved by Anderson, supported by
Richards, that the report of the Com
mittee on Finance be approved and the
proper officers be authorized to issue
vouchers in payment of the various
amounts. Motion carried unanimously.
Moved by Gianotti, supported by
Jones. that the various acquisitions for
books, supplies and equipment be al
lowed and referred to the Sales and
Purchasing Committee with power to
act. Motion carried unanimously.
Moved by Jones, supported by Gian-
otti, that the secretary be instructed to
secure quotations on magazine re-
newals for the ensuing year. Motion
carried unanimously.
Bids on painting the Washington
School Auditorium were opened. as fol-
lows:
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CAN
HAVE BOOTHS
County Agent Neubauer Will
be in Charge Of Community
Fair Showings.

$4,000 will be pro-rated among the
Community exhibits on a point basis
and open to any community in st.
Louis county at the st. Louis County
Fair. Reservations for space must be
made with the county agent or fair
secretary at least ten days before the
fair says Geo. c. Pauley, secretary.
In judging, variety will count 400
and quality 600. The full score re-
quires 1900 points. The scale of points
is as follows:
tI,rocJ,aI
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Farm Home Sanitation

the home,
Health Department published
weekly
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varieties, .................1 100 points
Grains in Sheaf, 10
varieties, 100 points
Corn Tor Sllage, rs points
Sunflowers for silage, rs points
Native and wild grasses, $50 points
Legumes in sheaf, ........ 200 points
Potatoes, six varieties, 200 points
Stock Vegetables, at least
six varieties, ............150 points
Culinary and garden vegetables,
at least twenty varieties, 100 points
Fruits, fresh, at least five
varieties, so points
Fruits, fresh, at least ten
varieties, ..............1 100 points
Butter and Eggs, .... $50 points
Beauty and arrangement of
exhibit, ................ 200 points
Records, ....................2 $50 points
Total, ...................l 1890 points
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PROCEEDINGS OF The
SCHOOL BOARD
DISTRICT NO. Il.
Ely, Minnesota, July Q, 1895.

The regular meeting Of the Board Of
Education of Independent School Dis
trict No. IL was called to order at
seven-thirty o'clock p. NJ, by the
Chairman, Anton F. Kotchevar. On
roll call, the following members were
found to be present: Anderson, Gian-
otti, Jones, Kotchevar, Richards and
Skala. Absent: None.
Moved by Gianotti, supported by
Jones, that the minutes of the regular
meeting held on June 18th, special
meeting of June 18th and adjourned
meeting of July LIST, 1885, be approved
as read. Motion carried unanimously.
Communication from Company I'll,
CCC, requesting the use of the school
field for a track meet on July 18th was
read and referred to the Concessions
Committee with power to act.
Application from Miss Bessie Childers
for position on the election board was
read and filed.
Communication from the Employers
Mutual Liability Co. with reference to
automobile insurance was read and
filed.
The Committee on Buildings and
Grounds reported verbally that the
fence On each end of the tennis courts
was being set back approximately TN
seet to allow for more space on back
base lines.
Communication from the South Sla-
vonic Catholic Union of America re-
questing the use of the school buses in
transporting delegates to Tower on
August Bird on sightseeing tour was
read.
Moved by Jones, supported by Gian-
otti, that the South Slavonic Union be
granted the use of school buses in
transporting delegates to Tower on
August 3rd Motion carried unani-
The Committee on Finance reported
that they had checked the following
bills and pay rolls and recommended
their payment:
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Employees Pay Roll, ........$ 6,085. AZ
Agnew Variety Store, Supplies, 294
VIM. Bros. Boiler & Mfg. Co.,
Maintenance, ............. 57.50
Central Garage, Supplies, 80. l4.25
James B. Glow & Sons, Sup
plies, 1911
Crane Co., Maintenance, 49,. 1912
Ely Hardware & Furniture Co.,
Maintenance, .............. 1850
Ely Miner, Publishing, ..... Bits
The Fair, Supplies, .......... los
A. Flanagan Co., Supplies, -. 25.48
Funk and Wagnalls Co., Ref
erence Book, ........... els
General Biological Supply
House, Supplies, ............ 1.50
Gregg Publishing Co., Supplies, 600
James Drug Store, Supplies, :. 7.65
Laing Hardware Co., Mainten-
ance, 214.0e
Laurel Book Co., Supplies, 49,. 31.64
Linde Air Products Co., Main
tenance, ............... 1852
Joseph Mantel, Supplies, 49,. 1858
MARSHALL Wells Co., Mainten-
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Old SETTLERS

Continued From Page One.)
Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1935-07-06

Mcclure picked up a bit Of float. Ht
put it in his pocket and took 1t homs
for assay. The next day he asked
for a bond on the property. This was
in 1880. There were three owners
Merrill, Holland and Estell. The bond
was given for $4,000; Holland ane
Esten would not take stock in pay
ment; Merrill accepted stock merely
because he feared the deal would not
go through If he refused. It is said
by those who are in position to know,
that the owners would have accepted
much less than the figure agreed upon.
But Mcclure was not q bickerer; he
either accepted or rejected and the de-
velopment Of the great Granite noun
tain was begun.
It was vast undertaking. It must
be remembered that the Northern Pa
ctfic had not yet pushed its way
through Hell Gate canyon, at the foot
Of Flint creek. The location was re-
mote and inaccessible. Capital was shy
of quartz-mine investment. Dollars
were not easily coaxed for mine devel-
Opment In Montana. But Mcclure got
together enough to start the work.
Miners began the attack upon the great
ledge on the summit Of the divide.
1t was hard mining; steadily the CAPT.
tai dwindled, but Mcclure was positive,
and his confidence was mistaken,
though the hoped-for results seemed
as far away as when the work was
started. But he knew that, somewhere
ahead in that solid granite mass there
was rich ore. He was determined to
find 1t. And the miners drilled on and
on.
But even the infectious confidence
Of Mcclure had its limits as a persuasive
influence, and there came day when
there was no more money available
Or in prospect. Mcclure counted up and
found that he had Just enough to pay
the men for that shift. This did not
mean with him that the work would
be abandoned, but it looked dark, and
& seemed certain that the DEVELOPMENT
would be postponed. There was dis
but no dismay; the ore
was there; he knew it; it was just a
question OF getting funds to reach 1t.
There had been no values discover
d Ia the work that had been done. 1t
vas the last shift. but the miners
worked doggedly on. Through the day
here had been no change In the con-
1itk0ns underground. The last shot
vas tampeq home, the fuse was lighted
md the miners prepared to leave the
work which they had pushed so per
under the determined driving
If the man at the head OF the work.
That last shot was fired. 1t threw
bonanza ore upon the muckers' planks.
rhe Granite mountain was discovered
md Charles Mcclure became In that
one Of the greatest mining men
Il his time.
From that evening in 1880 until now
he great Granite mountain fissure has
Iteadily yielded It's wealth Of the white
METAL into the markets Of the world. |
{ has made millionaireS Of the back
o uncover the bonanza which made |
Granite mountain q household word. |
rhe mine developed under scientific !
management into model Of under
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inquiry it was searching. He investigat-
ed thoroughly; he approached his prob
lem from all angles When he had COM
pleted his study, he knew what he was
about and he either rejected the prop
oSition or adopted 1t. When he had
adopted and approved a property, he
knew no rest until he had demonstrated
by development the correctness of mis-
theory regarding it. Obstacles which
would have dismayed an ordinary man,
he brushed aside as If they were moth
ing. He had his goal set and he worked
straight toward 1t. He did not drive
blindly at It, but he worked inteIligently
and effectively; he planned his cam
paign and he followed his plan through
thick and thin.
Charles d. Mcclure was not born to
the mining business, but he was born
to the frontier, and Of q race Of from
tiersmen. It was In Carrolton, MO,
that he first saw the Light. The year
u6 his birth was 1874. For two gen.
erations his forebears had been In the
vanguard Of the westward advance;
their names are prominent in the
records Of more than one state and al
ways they figured with distinction.
They were pioneers of pioneers, Injured
to hardship, trained to advance, drilled
never to retreat. Born OF this fighting
blood and in an era Of knight-errantry
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/ It is not to be wondered at that the
year 1860 found al6-year-old boy work
Ing with freighting outfits through Ne
brasAa 70 Denver, and that the name Of
that boy was Mcclure.
BY inheritance fearless, by instinct
adventurous, by training q dead shot,
and by inclination q fighter, young
Mcclure, by these traits and by this
sterling honesty, soon won the complete
confidence Of his employers and, while
yet but q Lad In his teens, he was as
signed TO many confidential and peril
Gus missions. One of these was the
driving Of g. herd of cattle from Dem
yer to Montana, the route being over
trails dimly blazed and through the
Sioux infested valley Of the Platte.
Swimming difficult streams, fighting
at times against great odds, inspiring
his men always with his own indomit-
able spirit, the youngster accomplished
the remarkable feat Of arriving at his
destination without the loss of q man
or an animal.
Five years Of this experience found
Mcclure with an accumulation sufficient
to enable him to have a freighting OUT
fit of his own. In 1865 he was in the
transportation business between Salt
Lake and the new camps of Montana.
He was successful but he was not salts
fled. Freighting did not seem 10 him
to be the right way to make money.
The lure of the placers seized upon
him and he joined in the quest for gold.
Selling his freighting outfit, his first
mining venture was in old Confederate
gulch; this was followed by digreSsions
into fields Of lesser renown and attend
ed by varying success. His rich streaks
were not more infrequent than those Of
the average placer miner, but the pur-
suit impressed him as too uncertain
and he turned his attention to quartz
mining. He associated himself with
two uncles, the Parkinsons, and the
later COS found the partners establish
ed in the Unionville district. above
Helena, where Mcclure located enc par
ticularly valuable lode, an extension Of
the Whitlach Union.
But it was haphazard work and un-
satisfactory to Mcclure. he was soon
convinced that success In quartz min
ing depended upon a thorough know
ledge of geology and metallurgy and,
having reached this conclusion, he pro-
ceeded with characteristic energy to
equip himself for the pursuit which
was to become his life work, and IN
which he was destined to achieve con-
spicuous success. He went back TO Mis-
souri, and studied, studied with all the
energy OF which he was capable and
with such effect that he was able, when
he returned to Montana, TO take charge
Of the old Centennial min In Butte.
The year 1877 found Mcclure IN
Philipsburg, already a mining town Of
fame, where he assumed direction Of
the famous old Hope mill Here IN this
wonderful old property McTalre found
the field for which he was born: here
was the place which he was pre-deg4in-
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ed to occupy; here was the wealth.
yet hidden-which he was fore-ordain-
ed to uncover and give to the world.
For this, his years Of preparation had
fitted him, all unconsciously TO himself
but when the emergency rose he was
able TO meet It and when the 0ppOr-
tunity came he grasped it with the grip
of a winner. For this very situation
he had learned how to meet sudden
contingencies; for this, he had learned
to handle men; for this he had gained
experience in smoking out hidden foes;
for this he had studied the flow OF
streams, the nature Of rocks, the char
acter of ores and the details Of the ex-
traction Of metals. Life on the plains,
on the trail, in the mountains and
among the mines had fitted him adj
mirably; he was prepared In the best
school of all, the school Of experience.
This is not a mining treatise or
might tell-if could-of the changes
he made IN the Hope mill, which In
creased its efficiency and marked Nc
Lure as a remarkable metallurgist. The
Hope mill is the Oldest reduction plant
In Montana. It's story Is tale in itself.
For years and years its stamps have
pounded, pounded, pounded-when all
else was silent at the foot of Granite
mountain; for years it has produced
its wealth Of metal when all other
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| sources In the district failed: always
the Hope has made good its name and
has kept alive the confidence Of the
PhilipSburg people, whom regard as
the Quickest lot of folks In Montana
1t is q remarkable mine, the Hope, and
its mill is q wonderful institution It
has produced a vast amount Of wealth
in the long years of its almost uninter-
rupted operation and it has graduated
some remarkable men-but none great
er, none entitled to higher place In the
esteem Of Montana, than Charles D.
Mcclure.
He took up the movement Of the
Hope mill just as he took up everything
else-with a determination to win. 1t
was while he was winning with the
Hope that his attention was directed to
the Granite mine, then a mere prospect
In the forbidding granite region over
looking the Flint creek valley. Mcclure
had been looking over the country, but
with characteristic conservation, had
said nothing.
He had learned lot. All Of the min
ing in the district had been in the
secondary foundation: after a year of
study. Mcclure proSpected away from
this into the older rock. That pros
pecting made the Granite mountain
mine.
DR.. Josiah M. Merrill was the assay
er at the Hope. He soon acquired a
respect for the new uperintendent; it
was he who first directed the atten-
ton of Mcclure to the prospect on the
hill Merrill was one Of the owners Of
the Granite mountain location. 1t was
not promising prospect. The outcrop
was large, but there was nothing to in
dictate anything more than low-grade
mineral. The country, itself. was for
bidding. Rugged, precipitous, crowd
ed with huge boulders, supporting no
vegetation but its clothing of lodge
pole pine-there was little to tempt the
miner or to invite the prospector. There
had been a short tunnel and a 50-foot
Wine driven: this represented all the
work that had been done on the proper
ty. None of tbs owners had much con-
fidence IN the prospect.
Illustrative of the estimation in
which 1t was held, I was told, the other
day, of an interesting circumstance
connected with the early history of
Granite mountain mine. The 50-fooC
Wine referred to had been sunk by
contract; the contractor was to receive
a quarter interest ia the property for
his work. When he had finished, Hol-
land, one Of the locators, measured the
Wine and found II one foot short. APP
plying for the stock, which was to be
his payment. the contractor was told
10 finish the job. Rather than sink
that other foot, he let the whole thing
20 BY default. Thus lightly be threw
over his shoulder q quarter interest IN
the greatest silver mine the world has
ever known. II would be interesting
to know Just how he felt a few years
LATER.
In his prospecting on the surface.