The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1936-06-25

the efficient manner the traffic was
handled.
B. o. Strachan, superintendent of the
Oliver Company extended the greetings
of the company and the forces of the
mines to the assembled guests in a
short address. The Suomi Song" by
the united choirs on the ground fol-
lowed directed by Mr.. Tikkainen of
Virginia.
The Hautala Band of Hibbing, fam
Gus in the musical annals of that city,
rendered a selection and Jack Ander-
son, directed number by the Suomi
Synod choir of Virginia.
County Commissioner Joseph Ver-
anth rendered the greetings of the
county commissioners and particularly
the people of the Fourth district to
the Festival. Mr.. Veranth gave sew
eral pertinent facts on the conduct of
county government to the assemblage.
He was roundly applauded.
DR.. John E. Thompson was chairman
of the program and announced the
several numbers in both the Finnish
and English language. He also intro
duced the several speakers. DR.. Thomp-
son was forced to change several num-
berS on the program owing to the non
arrival of Mr.. Hurja, the main speak
er, who had been detained by several
conferences in the city and several of
the numbers to follow him were adj
vanced awaiting his arrival.
Arthur Lampe, superintendent of
schools of st. Louis county, made an
Introductory address during which he
brought out facts regarding the noted
man whom all were anxious to see and
hear. An ovation followed the intro
duction when Mr.. Hurja arose to
speak. He is powerful man standing
over six feet in height and weighing
over 200 pounds. He speaks with
carrying voice and uses excellent Eng
lish and is master of the Finnish.
Mr.. Hurja's address was followed by
musical selections by the band and the
Mems Chorus of Virginia with Will
liam R. Walkama directing. Samuel
Koskela of Floodwood favored the fes-
tival crowd with a reading and the
BaSSett choir under the direction of
RENO Koski sang. Mr.. Koski is a
former member of the Ely musical
colony and for the past year has been
directing the choir of BaSsett where
he has been employed and has develop
ed this organization to a fine degree.
Martin Nelson, candidate for COVER
nor on the Republican ticket was in
troduced and made an address in which
he cited the achievements of the Fin
nish nation; their prompt payment of
war and other debts and the thrift
and enterprise displayed by the sturdy
Finnish residents of the state in de-
veloping the agricultural resources
Mr.. Nelson, unlike the previous
speaker, confined his remarks to the
business of celebrating Midsummer Day
and only once did he kick over the
traces when he decried the taking of
the power from the hands of the
people and placing it into the hands
of one man. He cited several foreign
nations in this illustration notably:
Italy, Germany, Russia and Japan and
deplored the relationships with the
statement that America was not so
constituted and that the people still
ruled here.
Like Mr.. Hurja, he also left imme-
diately after his address for Minneap-
oils where he was slated to make a
Midsummer address that evening, a
plane having been sent from the Twin
Cities to see that he got to the Swed-
ish celebration in time.
President Donald Cowling of Garlic
ton College at Northfield made a ring
ing address in which he questioned sew
eral statements made by Mr.. Hurja
President Cowling did not mince mat
tiers and stated that he had spent sew
eral months in Russia and that the
people of that country were emerging
from their dictatorial bondage and
were now in better economic condi-
ton than they were under the Gar
iSt regime.
He stated that he was neither a Re-
publican or a Democrat, that there
were excellent principles embodied in
both parties but that these princi-
pies were being submerged by seekers
after personal gain. He leaned just
a little toward the Republican princi-
piles of protection for American indus
try and stated he was not a Red"
but that he was a little bit Pink"
1t was his opinion that more attention