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The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1936-08-06
Pony Express Forerunner

Although history has never made
1t quite clear, the Lyons collec-
ton Of Pony Express stamps and
"franked" envelopes reveals that
that there were really two pony ex-
presses, although the first was not
officially known as such. This orig
inal organization was a Wells Fargo
service that came into being in 1855
and undoubtedly paved the way for
the official Pony Express, which
made its debut April 8, 1860,
financed by Senator Gwin and Alex
ander Majors, a pioneer freighter
of the plains.
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BY Commissioner Murray:

BY Commissioner Murray:
Resolved. That the Attorney for the
County Board is hereby authorized
to commence condemnation proceed
ings in behalf of the County of st.
Louis to acquire additional right-of-
way for the Sunset Lake Road over
and across Gov. Lot l. Section l5,
Township 81, Range II W., in accord
ance with the plat on file and of
record in the office of the Highway
Engineer.
Commissioner Newman moved the
adoption of the resolution and it was
declared adopted upon the following
vote:
Yeas Commissioners r k n d.
Schadewald, Anderson. w m a n.
Murray, Pasich and Chairman YER
anth-7.
NayS-None.
Adopted July 81. 1886.
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Commissioner Murray moved the
adoption of the resolution and it was
declared adopted upon the following
vote:
Yeas Commissioners Eklund.
Schadewald, Anderson, n w IN a n.
Murray, Pasich and Chairman YER
anth-7.
Nays-None.\
AdOpted JULY 81. 1896.
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Nh !" WIN
Adopted July 81. 1886.
BY Commissioner Murray:

BY Commissioner Murray:
Resolved, That workmen's compen-
sation be and hereby is awarded 70
the following named persons. who
have been injured by accident, while
in the employ of st. Louis County,
which accident arose out of and in the
course of said employment, and the
County Auditor is hereby directed to
draw a warrant in favor of each of
said employees on the Road and
Bridge Fund. Workmen's Compen-
satiOn Account. as follows:
Second District.
Edward Behning, sos +: 18th St.
Duluth, July 4, 1896, to July y. 1896,
and in the total sum of $24.OO, in fun
settlement of all compensation due.
Fifth District.
Mike f. Rahja, Melrude. June %,
1896. to July 26, 1886, weeks at $!.34
being so per cent of total disability,
and in the total sum of $29.36.
Sixth District.
Steve PUTT, 500 5th Ave. s., Vir-
ginia, July 8, 1886, to July q, 1886,
2 weeks at $19.O7 weekly. and in the
Seventh District.
August Mattiolis, 22O3 9Th Ave,
Hibbing, June 10. 1886, to June %
1886. weeks at $4,000 weekly, and in
the total sum of $4,000.
Matt Kelz, Star R. No; 2 aibbing
at $1467 weekly, and in the total
sum of $117.36.
Alberto Ottaviani. 100 Park St.
Hibbing. June %. 1886, to July 20
| 1886, weeks at $14.67 weekly, and in
the total sum of $5S.6S.
Mike Radjenovich, Box SO. Bull
March IS. 1886. to April IS. 1886,
weeks at 1874 weekly. and in the tota
sum of $2936. in full settlement OF
all compensation due said emploXe
Commissioner Murray moved the
adoption of the resolution and it was
declared adopted upon the following
vote:
| Yeas - Commissioners E k u d
! Schadewald, Anderson, \ w m n
! Murray. Pasich and Chairman Yer
| anth-7.
! NayS-NOne.
! AdOnted Tuly 81 1886.
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= Commissioner Newman:

" Commissioner Newman:
Whereas, The Board of Supervisors
the Township of Midway in st.
OuiS County, has taken due and
nd establishment of a township road,
- the full width of sc feet. the mid
lie line of which road is described
beginning at point on the Midway
Dad at the West quarter corner of
ection 20. Township 40, Range Is,
renee along the East and West "a
ne a distance of 1900 feet, thence in
nOrtheasterly direction along the
re of a 10 degree curve, the central
ugle Of which is 27 degrees So, to
le left for a distance of Pitts feet
a point; thence along the tangent
{ 25.OS feet TO point; thence in an
lSterly direction along the arc of a
degree curve to the right, the
autral angle of which is so degrees,
n a distance of 301.55 feet to a
oint: thence in a sOutheasterly di-
.CtiOn along the tangent of the last
leutiOned 20 degree curve for a dis
luCe of 11.5S feet to point; thence
a SOutheaSterly direction along the
re Of a IA degree curve to the left,
L. central angle of which is 81 de-
rees To- for a distance of 23O.33 feet
a point; said point being on the
asst and West quarter line of Section
}, Township 40, Range Is; and
Whereas. Said Township Board of
ne Township of Midway has petit
oned this Board to take over and
Iaintain as part of the County high
.ay system of said County. the above
escribed road, and to maintain the
-Ime as needed, as part of said road
vstem; and
Whereas. Said road appears to con-
eCt the Midway Road with Trunk
Highway No. 81 in said County. and
n N
aid highways, and will be of service
- the people of said County.
Now. Therefore, Be 1t Resolved,
hat this Board hereby agrees to
axe over and include and maintain
$ part Of the highway system of st.
.ouis County the above described
DAD TO the full width of Sc feet. be-
lg 80 feet on each side of the center
ne thereof, and agrees to maintain
he same as found reasonable and nee
ssary within the financial means OF
aid County, but solely on the con
ition that the Township Board OF
aid Township of Midway remove all
anCeS or cause the same to be re-
1oved. to the full distance of 30
aet on each side of the center line OF
aid highway as laid out and estab--
shed by said Township Board, and
lso to pay all damages that may
nally be awarded to any property
wner by reason of the legalizatiOn
establishment and construction OF
aid highway. found needed for the
roper and reasonable improvement
hereof.
Commissioner Newman moved the
doption of the resolution and it was
eclared adopted upon the following
Ote:
Yeas - Commissioners E k u d
.chadewaId. Anderson. n w m n
Iurray, Pasich and Chairman Yer
NTH.
NayS-NOne.
Adopted July 81, 1886.
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Y Commissioner Newman

Y Commissioner Newman:
- Resolved. That the rate of $3.50 per
our. be and the same is hereby ap-
roved as a temporary rate for OPP
rator and tractor, to be paid Nels
ATARI of Cook. Minnesota, in Division
o. >.
Commissioner Pasich moved the
doption of the resolution and it was
eclared adopted upon the following
Ote:
Yeas Commissioners + k | u d.
chadewald, Anderson. n W m a n.
-Iurray. Pasich and Chairman Yer
NTH.
NayS-NOne.
Adopted July 81, 1886.
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Continued from Preceding Page.

Commissioner Anderson moved the
doption of the resolution and it was
eclared adopted upon the following
Ote:
Yeas - Commissioners + k u d.
chadewald, Anderson. n e W m n,
Iurray, Pasich and Chairman Yer
nth.
NaYS-NOne.
Adopted July 81. 1886.
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Rv Commissioner Pasich

Resolved. That the appointment OF
John Doig, Raw Mcdonald, and John
Matkovich as Temporary Inspectors:
on a full time basis. at a rate of
$4,000 per month beginning July lst'
1896, be and they are hereby con-
firmed in accordance with Chapter
&c, Laws of 1919. said services to De
Terminated at the pleasure of the
County Highway Engineer
Commissioner Pasich moved the
adoption of the resolution and it was
declared adopted upon the following
vote:
Yeas - Commissioners e k u d.
Schadewald. Anderson. n e w m = n
Murray, Pasich and Chairman Yer
anth-7.
Nays-None.
AdOnted July 81, 1896.
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BY Commissioner Murray:

Bv Commissioners Murray:
Resolved. That the bid of Albert
Obraske of Moose Lake. Minnesota
to purchase from st. Louis County,
1928, located in the First Commits
sioner's District for the sum of $4,000
be and the same is hereby accepted
and said sale authorized.
Be 1t Further Resolved. That the
sum of $4,000 be and the same is here
bv credited to Equipment Division
No. 20.
Commissioner Murray moved the
adontion of the resolution and it was
declared adopted upon the following
vote:
Schadewald, Anderson. n w m n.
Murray, Pasich and Chairman Yer
anth-7.
Nays-None.
Adopted July 81, 1886.
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BY commissioner 1dSlCH.
Whereas 1t has come to the at
tention of the County Board that on
WPA and PWA Federal jobs, truck
hire is being paid less than the mini
mum County scale; and
Whereas, The Labor Advancement
Association, Inc, of st. Louis County
has requested this Board to take
suitable action to the end that the
minimum scale be paid for this class
of work.
Now, Therefore. Be 1t Resolved,
That the proper officials of the Fed
eral WPA and PWA are hereby re-
quested to pay the rate for man and
truck set out as the minimum in ST
Louis County.
Commissioner Pasich moved the
adoption of the resolution and 1t was
declared adopted upon the following
vote:
Yeas - Commissioners f k n d,
Schadewald, Anderson. n e W m n
Murray, Pasich and Chairman Ner-
anth-7.
Nays-None.
Adopted July 81, 1886.
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By Commissioner Murray:
Resolved, That the sum of $4,000
be and the same is hereby transferred
from Commissioner District No.
to Division No. l, Patrol Section 0;
Be 1t Further Resolved, That the
sum of $4,000 be and the same is
hereby transferred from COMMISSION
er's District No. to Division No. z.
Patrol Section O.
Commissioners Murray moved the
adoption of the resolution and it was
declared adopted upon the following
vote: r,-,,
Yeas - Commissioners Eklund.
Schadewald, Anderson, Newman, Muir
raw. Pasich and Chairman Veranth-7.
Nays-None.
Adopted July 81. 1886.
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Commissioner Murray moved the
adoption of the resolution and it was
declared adopted upon the following
vote:
Yeas Commissioners h k u d.
Schadewald. Anderson, e w m a n.
Murray. Pasich and Chairman Yer
anth-7.
Nays-None.
Adopted July 81, 1886.
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NayS-NO one.
Adopted July 81, 1885.
To the County Board:

To the County Board:
Your Committee on Claims and Ac-
counts to whom were referred the
miscellaneous expense bills and coun-
ty road and ditch bills against the
County of st. Louis. having consid-
cred same. recommend the adoption
of the following resolution.
w. A. NEWMAN,
A. G. SCHADEWALD,
STUART MURRAY,
]. w. PASICH.
Committee.
Resolved. That the material and SER
vice payrolls containing various
claims and bills against the County of
st. Louis for the various funds here
are hereby approved and the County
Auditor is hereby instructed to draw
warrants for the several amounts
contained herein as follows:
County Road and Bridge Fund,
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EWSPAPER ADVERTISER IS
COMMISSIONING
ADVERTISING

All begin the he
find place at which TO buy it, advertising fails
medium by which readers
Epoin-o shopping odvetsng ..
homeo mind
Here which other advertising has!
enables the advertiser immediate He and describe
merchandise tell be bought the reader
-of a time when the reader $ planning o buyI
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At this time a resolution reap
pointing John P. Murphy as mem
Der of the st. Louis County Sana-
torium Commission was read.
Commissioner Pasich moved to sub
stitute the name of Walter Brown
of Chisholm for that of John P:
Murphy, which motion was seconded
by Commissioner Murray and was
declared lost by the Chairman.
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BY Commissioner Murray:
Resolved, That effective June list,
1896. the rate for an operator for a
small bituminous mixer shall be Csc
per hour.
Commissioner Murray moved the
adoption of the resolution and 1t was
declared adopted upon the following
vote:
Yeas - Commissioners f u n d,
Schadewald, Anderson. \ w m a H.
Murray. Pasich and Chairman YER
anth-7.
NayS-None.
Adopted July 81. 1886.
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The matter of the disappointment
of John p. Murphy as a member of
the st. Louis County Sanatorium
Commission was thereupon laid over
to the meeting of the County Board
to be held on August 6, 1895.
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Division 10 ................ 23.70
Division 20 NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.. 2,Sl1.1S
Division u ................. 3,l65.2O
Division 80 ................. 1881
Division 81 ................. 69.95
Division so Neutrality-suspicious.. 1894
Division 81 ................. 100
County Road and Bridge Fund,
Fund q
Workmen's Compensation :. 5000
Observation-Disclosures. 9,O22. So
Ditch Fund, Fund ........ 1890
Garage Revolving Fund, Fund
Montana labor news., 1936-05-28
Wage Committee Reports

The change in regard to wages agreed upon
by the wage scale committee of the Miners, En-
gineers, Smeltermen and the Great Falls mill
men, and which was concurred in by the various
locals are that the present sliding scale in the
present agreement should be abolished in favor
Twfaaaffla flat wage increase Of $100 per day over the
week of five S-hour d ffgg and "a 4O-hour work
about the same weekly wage as at present for
one day less per week. The present sliding scale
with the $425 basic rate is explained in section
7 Of the existing agreement.
The present contract system, which is no con-
tract system because it is not mutual, has been
discussed and it was deemed desirable to change
it SO that prices should be set at the beginning
OF a contract that would carry throughout the
duration OF the contract, the miner and the man
agement to enter into an agreement as to the
price to be paid before the contract is started and
provides further that, should a question arise
between the management and the contractor as
to the price set upon a contract, a committee of
the union and a committee of the companies will
arrive at a settlement as to the price.
In regard to grievances it was also agreed
upon that in the event a man was discharged,
and the company could show no just reason for
his discharge, then the man would be reinstated
Montana labor news., 1936-05-28
DICKINSON IN CLARION
CALL FOR INSPECTED
DOG FOOD FOR HUMANS

ex-
coriating the New Deal philosophy OF
scarcity, Senator Dickinson, Republi-
can, Iowa, delivered a ringing speech
on the floor of the Senate demanding
that the 100000 cans of dog food
annually consumed by human beings in
the United States be inspected and ap-
proved by the Department of Agri-
culture.
Dickinson, a tail end candidate for
the Republican nomination for the
Presidency, declared that L. ]. Becker,
former secretary Of the National Dog
Food Manufacturers Association, es-
timated that 20 per cent of the entire
output of 500,000,000 cans of dog food
is consumed by human beings, too poor
to buy meat.
The interesting thing about the dog
food business is its unprecedented pros
perity," Dickinson detained. Its
production has increased by leaps and
bounds for no apparent reason. There
has been neither a sudden rise in the
birth rate in dogdom nor changes in
dog appetites. The increase in dog
food consumption can be accounted
for because it was, and is today, being
used for human beings"
Now the alarming fact is" Dickin-
son told the astonished Senators. mot
that men and women have actually
been compelled to eat food prepared
for dogs, but that only Is Of the 200
Montana labor news., 1936-05-28
Townsendites Coming To
Mining City

All of the people who are members OF the var
ious Townsend Clubs of the State Of Montana
are holding a convention in Butte Sunday, May
81. These people are treking into Butte by
automobile, bus, train and airplane. The pro-
gram of the convention is published elsewhere
in this issue.
This gathering will bring together the active
men and women of Montana who feel that the
people of this country need more economic sec
urity. One Of the most pitiful sights to behold
is the restitution enveloping many old people.
especially an old couple who have reared a fam
lily and who have been left to forage for them
selves. In some of these cases, the children
are simply unable to care for their mother and
father, but be that as it may, there is no need in
this country or in any other country for desti-
tuition among old folks who have given their
toll to the creation Of wealth which is utilized
under the Capitalist system by a few favored
rich. The Townsend Movement has done more
than all Of the propaganda, books and statutes
that have been written and passed about social
security to bring to the attention of this Nation
a consciousness of the vast resources of this
country, its ability to take care of its old peo-
pie and of the imperative need of some form of
drastic legislation to put those ideas into effect.
The convention at Butte of the Townsend
Clubs will lend its power and its force to the
propagating of that idea. The efforts now be-
ing conducted by certain elements in the United
States Congress to belittle the Townsend Move
ment will only tend to increase the fervor Of
its advocates and to accentuate what nearly all
Of us are familiar with, that Capitalist Govern
ments Suppress or try to suppress all remedial
Legislation in the interests Of the common peo-
pie.
Montana labor news., 1936-05-28
Silicosis Suits Blocked By
Court Edict

A reactionary decision handed down in St.
Louis, Mo, by Federal District Judge George H.
Moore, based on the decayed assumption of
risk theory, is interpreted by attorneys for the
National Lead Company as sufficient ground for
inva1idating 800 claims ~aggregating 100000 in
s%ilicosis suits brought against the concern.
Wise Pryor of Bismarck, Mo-, had sued the
company for $4,000 damages, alleging that he
had contracted s%ilicosis, a lung disease, during
30 years Of employment. Failure of the COM
pany to install and apply adequate devices and
methods to prevent silicosis was alleged.
Testimony was introduced showing that the
company had provided water for a wet drill in
the mine. Judge Moore ruled that this consti-
tuted an adequate safety device as well as suf-
ficient warning of the danger of the occupation
and held that no negligence by the company had
been shown.
He decided that when Pryor continued to
work for the company his action constituted an
assumption Of risk for which the company was
not legally responsible.
Montana labor news., 1936-05-28
Labor Spy Inquiry

The Senate Committee on Education and La
Dor, whose chairman is Senator David I. Walsh
of Massachusetts, has reported favorably to the
Senate the resolution sponsored by Senator To
Toilette of Wisconsin for a thorough investiga-
ton into labor spying, violation of free speech
and assembly, interference with the right of la
Dor to organize and bargain collectively and the
stores of machine guns and bombs held by cor
r%~rations for use in strikes.
The resolution asked for an appropriation =
$4,000 to make the investigate was re-
ferred to the Audit r ..'.illl'ee j le oe"ate'
which nasee- 0n the disbursement of Senate
funds Tor such inquiries.
The report submitted by Senator La Toilette
said chat testimony before the committee fur
nished "presumptive proof in abundance of VIC
lations of civil liberties secured by the Consti-
tuition and Of undue interference with the rights
of labor as defined in the Wagner Labor Dis
putes Act" adding:
"a state of affairs is disclosed which is
markedly at variance with our lawfully estab-
lished national labor policy"
The committee charged that industrialists
since 1888 had been stocking up with gas bombs
and machine guns to be used in strikes and said
that according to estimates 10000 professional
spies" were employed by industry at a cost of
$80,OOO,O0O.
Montana labor news., 1936-05-28
TENNESSEE STATE FEDE-
RATION HELPS TO
PICKET MILL

CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. - (FP) -
After a 3-day session at Chattanooga,
delegates to the Tennessee State Fed
Grafton Of Labor convention moved on
to lockwood I'd help establish the
right of strikers to picket the Rock
wood Hosiery Mill, where police and
vigilantes have been active.
The convention exchanged kilograms
with Governor McAlster, inviting him
to join the picket line at lockwood,
and receiving the reply that he had a
previous engagement. Teargas has
been used to smash the picket line
and two union leaders are in Jail on
charges of dynamiting the towns wat
err main.
The State Federation convention in
dorsed industrial unionism, condemned
the Memphis Board Of Education for
outlawing the Teachers Union and
denounced the Southern States Indus
trial Council and anti-labor detective
agencies. Among those who went tc
lockwood were George Googe, southc-
ern representative of the American
Federation Of Labor; Director Myles
Horton of the Highlander Folk School
Franz Daniel and Elizabeth Halves, or
ganizers for the Amalgamted Clothing
Workers, and Matt Lynch, young
hosiery workers organizer recently
kidnapped from lockwood.
Montana labor news., 1936-05-28

and be paid for all time lost.
The present agreement calls for 90 days notice
OF a desire to change the agreement. 1t was
agreed upon by the copper crafts, including the
miners. to reduce this notification clause to 80
days.
The agreement as it is, also provides that
should any condition lead TO a stoppage of pro-
duction, the Union shall leave sufficient main
flamenco men on the job to keep the mines in
shape. A change is desired here to the effect that
in the event of a cessation of work on account
OF a dispute with the Company the Union will
leave maintenance men on the job, but that if
the dispute is not settled within IS days all such
men shall be withdrawn by the Union.
The starting date Of the agreement is Septem-
Der 20 of any year, and in the last two instances
was entered into for l2-month periods. All crafts
involved desire the next agreement to be entered
into for a period OF 8 months, because in these
changing times a long contract is not desirable.
In regard to seniority, no decision as yet has
been reached by the Miners; Anaconda and
Great Falls, however, have arrived at some de-
mand which could not be applied locally.
The boards provided in the present agreement
have been under discussion and a more effective
method Of dealing with grievances is being
sought, but as yet no one has come up with the
right answer.
Further meetings of the joint committee are
to be held and their recommendations reported
back to the various locals.-Miners Voice.
Montana labor news., 1936-05-28
RELIEF HETEROGENEOUS

Relief will be cut by about so pei
cent for the coming fiscal year
Roosevelt has asked for only $780,
OOO,OO0, compared with $4,8S0,0OO,0O o
last year. There is no guarantee that
all or even this sum will be used. for
there was about 81, 000,OOO,0O0 unex-
pended Of last years appropriation
This sum carried forward actually ap-
pears in the advertised budget for re-
Lief for both years, giving the impress
sion that $4,8S0,0O0,OO0 was the figure
for last year (whereas $3.50, 600, 600,
was actually used) and added to this
years budget, raising it to $1,000, 0O0,-
600. The A. F. of L. estimates the I'M
employed now at 100000; the Labor
Research Association, 16,65S.OOO.
Roosevelt, having ended all direct re-
lief and transferred federal funds to
work relief, now promises to cut 700
600 off work relief.