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The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1937-08-19

IF AUTUMN comes will you be
left behind with faded summer
frocks, Madam? No, no, many
times ro-that is, not if you will
but accept this cordial invitation
from Sew-Your-Own. It's the
easy way to become frock-sure of
chic for yourself and your daugh-
tiers, as well. So Madam, why not
sew, sew, sew-your-own!
A Dutch Treat.
It isn't often mother gets a break
Cts beauty before age, you know
but this trip she does. Sew-Your-
Own has designed. especially for
her, an all-occasion frock (above
left) that's simply lovely to look
at. If fathers compliments have
become a bit rusty from lack of
use, this frock will bring them
back to their former brightness.
It's pretty in any fabric: Bingham,
silk crepe, rayon prints, percale,
or sheer wool.
SWEEP n Simple.
It's treat, too, for mother when
she finds a dress for Little Sis
that's as carefully planned as the
captivating model above center.
1t gives the growing girl the f1ufing
out she needs in the shoulders, and
the prettily fared skirt offers her
graceful poise indoors, plus full
freedom for activity out of doors.
Chic for the G. F.
And a treat for all concerned is
the frock Sew You're Own has Gre
ated for The Girl Friend. She may
be collegiate, high schoolish. a
steno, mothers helper, or a young
lady of leisure, but whatever she
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1937-08-19
Keeping Up
Wdj96Se;en{e
&SsS"Y IS 2ecMxs
Canada Looks to
Beavers for Key
to Drouth Problem
Their Return May Stem
Erosion of Soil, Also
Science Service.-WNU Service.

Observation-Disclosures of beav-
ers will play a part in solving
the drouth and soil erosion prob
lens in Canada. Because of
their industrious building of
dams and underwater homes,
beavers regulate the flow of wa
ter, make streams navigable,
create reservoirs for time of
small rainfall, and so Indirect
ly keep sufficient seepage IN
the ground to allow trees and
grasses to grow.
In charge of the venture is Can
ada's beaver man, Grey Owl.
Grey Owl likes beavers. He has
them in to lunch, he takes them on
his travels. Grey Owl feeds baby
beavers milk from a syringe, he
likes the young beavers wet on his
knee. He let's them build their house
in his cabin, and delights when they
chew the legs of his chairs.
Helps Beavers Build.
Grey Owl decided that if the beav-
ers were once more to be numer-
Gus they must overcome their fear
of mankind.
Here is how he started to cult
vate the beavers confidence. When
he saw the animals having difficult
ties with extra large trees, his axe
cut through the timber quicker than
their teeth. The beavers found trees
chopped down for them ready to
use in building their houses. They
found man actually helping them
construct dams, plug the difficult
places, make their houses water
proof. Grey Owls wife, Anahareo,
taught the beavers to come at her
call. Beavers swim out to her
canoe. Wherever Grey Owl and
Anahareo go for the Canadian gov
eminent they in this way help the
beavers of their new locality, teach
them to trust man.
Where they found injured or Or
phaned baby beaver they nursed
and fed them. They found beaver
like apples and boiled rice, in addi-
ton to their natural food of will
low shoots and leaves. Grey Owl
found that the beavers cry like hui
mans, that their voice registers feel
ings with infections easy to inter-
pref, that beavers have the simpler
emotions, show gratitude and affec-
ton.
Changes Working Hours.
To further aid in studying the
beaver, Grey Owl has been able to
change the beaver from a night
worker to a day worker so that
cameras could film the little ami
mails in action. Due to Grey Owls
perseverance with these animals,
numerous government films have
been made to show the necessity of
saving the beaver from constant
hunting.
The results are already showing
after Grey Owls few years of work
with the beavers for the Canadian
government. In all the game pre-
serves where he has operated
beavers are reported on the in
crease, and where his system has
been applied in other sections of
the Dominion the results are equal
ly promising. In addition waterfowl
which have found in recent years
difficulty in finding marshes for
nesting, have been more numerous
in the parks where Grey Owl has
operated, showing that beavers,
through their dam building create
sufficient seepage near marshes
which would otherwise have dried
I'D in recent drouth years.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1937-08-19
Uncle MI6
Sap: ~
Calm With the Calm

The silentest thing is bomb I'm
til it explodes. Don't peck and
pound at conditions when they're
calm.
If a man has had to dig for his
success, you may still see some of
the mud on his fingers.
A man who can hang on to dol
lar can provide for a wife. The
two will have food on the table.
Belief may be one part credulity
and all the rest desire to get
something.
Be Yourself
There never can be equality
among human beings in their char
acters, their abilities or their pop
ularity. So why worry over
equality?
That word expert" itself de-
rives from the same root as
experience"
The young man who says what
he likes gets over that folly.
He who laughs last will tell the
anecdote wrong when he repeats it.
We don't know but that Ed Howe
said this: "When you can read a
man like book you usually find
him a primer
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1937-08-19
Now You'll Know That

There is no grape in grape
fruit, or bread in breadfruit.
A pineapple is neither pine
nor apple.
A prickly pear is not a pear.
An alligator pear is neither a
pear nor an alligator.
A sugar plum is not a plum.
Apple butter is not butter.
All the butter is taken out of
buttermilk, and there is none in
butternuts or in buttercups.
The flies in the dairy are not
butterflies.
Peanuts are not peas, and it
is doubtful if they are nuts.
Sailors wear pea-jackets -
peas do not, they have peas-cod,
which, by the way, are not fish.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1937-08-19
Our Insuniciency

There are few things reason can
discover with so much certainty
and ease as its own insufficiency.
Collier.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1937-01-14
COM. CLUB
CONTINUED from Page One

that Ely was the logical place for such
a building The officials of the club
will look into the matter with the pur-
pose of securing the building for Ely
In view of the prospects of the per-
manency of the CCC camps in this
district, it was deemed advisable tc
contact officials with view of having
headquarters established here.
The matter of snow-plowing High
way No. l or the Stony road, especial
ly that portion between the halfway
and Camp 6, was discussed. A letter
was ordered written to the state de-
partment in regards to snow removal
on the highway inasmuch as timber
operators, CCC trucks and travel to
the north shore over this highway is
affected.
The election of three directors fol
the coming three years resulted in the
following being chosen:
M. j. Murphy and Frank zgont
were elected on the first ballot but il
required another ballot to elect the
third member, Helmer Olson. The first
ballot showed the selection equally
divided between Mr.. Olson, Frank
Jenko, Frank Strukel and William
Burley. The second ballot elected Mr.
Olson.
Mr.. Murphy, Mr.. zgonc and Mr.. Oh
son will replace T. j. Carey, George
Somero and E. w. Hanson on the di-
rectorate which will meet in a few
days to choose officers from among
their number
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1937-01-14
v. 0. L0MASNEY
HEADS BOARD
Fall Lake Member of County
Board Elected Chairman at
Organization Meet.

w. o. Lomasney, county commissioner
of Lake County for the Fall Lake dis
trict, was elected chairman of the Lake
County board at Two Harbors at the
organization meeting last week. Hans
Ojard, Knife River, was chosen vice
chairman.
H. c. Hanson was reappointed high
way engineer for two years and Chair
man Lomasney, along with DR.. Paul
Monroe and Arthur Lorntson of Beaver
Bay as members of the board of health
The Lake county board of education
at its annual organization meeting,
elected j. R. Lindgren chairman to
succeed John M. Jacobson. Bernel
Bailey was reelected clerk and Mrs
Kate Evans was reelected treasurer
The school at Section Thirty is in the
Lake county district along with all other
schools of the county.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1937-01-14
TIUO Inch Needle
Found Inside Egg.

Hector-A recent Believe 1t Or Not"
feature of Robert Ripley carried an
item about a man who found a portion
of needle inside an egg. But that is
small news compared with the discovery
made by Lars Anderson, baker in Hec-
tor. Recently, while working in the
bakery, Anderson broke open an egg
which, upon examination, was found to
contain a needle approximately two
inches long. The steel was black and
corroded, but nevertheless was a regular
sewing needle. Anderson reports that
it is the first time in his eleven years
as a baker that he had found anything
like a needle in an egg, and it will
probably be many more years before he
discovers another. Although hens often
pick at anything bright in the yard
how a needle could be swallowed and go
through into an egg is hard to under
stand.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1937-01-14
new BUILDING
Continued From Page One. }

rlOlu rage SllC.I
contracts for heating, plumbing and al,
conditioning were awarded to the E
w. Hickey Company, st. Paul, fol
$27 $50 and the electrical work to the
Commercial Electric Company, Duluth
for $500
With furniture and equipment other
than the plumbing and electrical work
named, the cost of the completed Struc-
ture will total $234,OOO.
In order to meet the additional cost
for stone exterior, occasioned by the
rise in prices of materials since the es-
innate was made nearly a year ago and
the higher bids, the city council has
pledged itself to raise the additional
funds needed over and above the $83 GOO
granted by the PWA and the 100000
bond issue voted by the electorate OF
Ely last year.
An application will be made for an
additional grant for a part of the extra
cost and should this not be allowed, the
council proposes to take the money
4AoAiA 1VSho ySoA ~ OoStSSG vi AAAeby Vail 4oA
another bond election to finance the
building. The resolution passed at the
meeting of December %, was plain and
stated that should the additional grant
not be forthcoming, the council was
prepared to go ahead with the work and
that the additional funds would be Sc
cured as stated.
The shovel with which Mayor Peshel
turned over the ground Monday morn
ing will be enshrined in the city hall
to be kept as souvenir commemorative
the beginning of a project that means
much to the city. With this new build
ing and the new government building
to be erected this year, the public
structures of the city will be materially
enhanced. Pictures of the beginning of
work were taken by Ray Hoefler, Sec
rotary of the Commercial Club, and
these also will become a valuable souv-
enir in the years to come.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1937-01-14
Private MRS Jobs Place
Nine Here for December

The Ely MRS Office placed nine in
private jobs for the month of December
Two were made by Two Harbors and Ia
at Grand Rapids. Virginia placed SO
while Hibbing followed closely with 81
Hibbing made 25 public placements and
Virginia 81.
In addition Ely made two public
placements. Two Harbors 81, Flood
wood 16, Grand Rapids 4, and Grand
Marais g. The total placements made
by the district Office at Virginia for the
year 1886 numbered 1922.
Plans were formulated by state MRS
officials during the month to close three
district offices effective this month
The Floodwood Office was closed last
Thursday. The Ely and Grand Rapids
Offices will be closed by January Is, &C
cording to officials.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1937-01-14
Fifth Annual Church
Conference Slated.

On Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday,
February l, 2, 3, the protestant Evan
gelical pastors of Minnesota will gather
in st. Paul for their fifth annual state
pastors conference.
On this occasion the st. Paul minis
tiers council will be the hosts of the
ministers of the state. The officers of
the council, DR.. Arthur Lee Odell, pas
tor of the House of Hope Presbyterian
church, st. Paul, chairman; Rev. F. E.
Stillwell, rector of the Church Of the
Ascension, and Rev. Clifford A. Nelson
secretary, together with the members
of the council, will provide entertain
ment for all pastors attending the con-
ference.
The conference will open Monday
afternoon and close on wednesday,
noon. More than 500 pastors attended
the 1886 conference and plans are being
made for similar number in 1887.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1937-01-14

camping at night beneath the pines and
Spruces that for centuries have shell
tered wilderness people. Here you can
fish in rivers and lakes that have never
been molested, here you can cruise
along the dark timbered shores that
harbor the moose and beaver. You will
find yourself in a country unspoiled and
primitive where the most adventure
some can satisfy the urge to live the
happy, carefree life of the wilderness.
For those who seek solitude and escape
from the usual resort atmosphere, this
country is waiting. With little
thought and planning you can even
have both, exactly the type of vacation
you will enjoy most and it is here. Ely
can say that it has something different
to offer. Many like to come because
of the very fact that they can enjoy
a combination type of vacation, some
thing that they can have nowhere else,
spending part of their time at one of
the resorts near civilization and then
when they want change, embark on
a wilderness jaunt where they can
really rough it, going in on their own
or with guides, portaging, packing,
cutting their own trails, living the un-
trammelled, free, bushwhacking life of
the voyageur
Ely, the wilderness section of the
Arrowhead country invites you to come
and see for yourself what she has to
offer. Once you spend a season with
us, we know you will come again for
we feel that here We have the ideal
combination of civilization and wilder
ness that cannot help but make you
happy.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1937-01-14
COX ELECTED
FOR 22ND Term
Veteran Fire Chief Honored
Other Officers Named at
Annual Meeting.

The Ely Fire Department at the
annual meeting last week reelected 1.
c. Cox, chief for the 22nd year. Along
with Mr.. Cox the following were chosen
to head the department:
Richard Hodge, first assistant chief;
j. A. Rothman, second assistant chief;
David ChilderS, secretary; A. o. Knut-
son, treasurer; Jack Seraphine, captain
of truck No. l; Emil Erickson, captain
of Truck No. 2; Joseph Gerzin, ST.,
foreman of hook and ladder squad; E.
A. LeBeau, foreman of the chemical
squad.
Officers for the Fireman'S Relief
association also were chosen with Chief
Cox as president; Richard Hodge, vice
president; David Childers, secretary and
A. 0. KnutSon, treasurer.
The annual report of officers showed
both the department and Relief group
in excellent financial condition.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1937-01-14
Struck By IcicIe
Failing From Tank

Deer Rivera narrow escape that
John Martin will remember for long
time occurred at Deer River last week
when a large icicle dropped from a
water tank and struck him as he was
walking along the street. The tank was
Is or 20 feet from the sidewalk, heavy
wind taking it that distance in the all
as it fell. Although badly stunned
Martin continued down the street
where companion took him to doc
tors Office. Three stitches were re-
quired to close the wound, which might
have been fatal if the icicle had landed
with the point down.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1937-01-14
mrs CLOSES
| ELY OFFICE
Shortage of Business Transfers
Manager Hewett From Ely
to Virginia Office.

Arvid b. Olson, in charge of the
National Unemployment office at Vir-
ginia, and E. Miller of Hibbing, were
in the city Friday evening to confer
with Thomas Hewett, manager of the
Ely Office.
Mr.. Olson stated that the Office, now
being conducted in the city hall, will
be closed on Friday, January Is. Ser
vice of the MRS will, however, be re-
tanned for Ely inasmuch as Mr.. Hewett
will be here on Mondays and Tuesdays
of each week.
Along with Ely, the offices at Flood
wood and Grand Rapids also have been
closed. The business transacted by
these three Offices during the past
month has not been sufficient to war
rant the continuance of the Offices.
Mr.. Hewett will be connected with
the Virginia Office and from there will
make trips to this city as stated on
Tuesday and Wednesday of each week.
Placements for Ely only numbered
nine during the past month. Re-regis-
trations and re-interviews also fell off
materially, hence the closing order was
issued.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1937-01-14
NOTICE FOR BIDS
Ely, Minnesota, January 6, 1887.
Office of the City Clerk.

NOTICE Is HEREBY GIVEN That
sealed proposals will be received by the
City Council of the City of Ely, Min
nesota, up to eight 90 o'clock p M,
Tuesday, January 10, 1887, for doing all
official printing and advertising for the
City of Ely, Minnesota, for the year
1897.
A surety bond in the amount of
$4,000 must be furnished by the sue
cessful bidder.
Address all proposals to the under
signed and mark plainly on the outside
of the envelope proposals for Printing"
The City Council of the City of Ely,
Minnesota, reserves the right to reject
any and all bids.
By order of the City Council of the
City of Ely, Minnesota.
A. O. KNUTSON,
1T LA City Clerk.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1937-01-14
NOTICE FOR BIDS

Notice is hereby given that the Jugo-
Slav National Home organization will
receive sealed bids up to and including
the 22nd day of January, 1897, for an
automatic coal stoker and installation
of the same in the Jugo-Slav National
Home building.
Send all bids to Anton Poljanec, sec
rotary of the National Home.
The National Home reserves the right
to reject any or all bids
ANTON POLJANEC,
Secretary.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1937-01-14
Indian Colony is
Proposed Near Isle.

Isle-A proposal to purchase a section
of land five miles north of Isle and
establish thereon colony of $50 Indian
families was made public last week
when government man called on prop
erty owners Most of the Indians would
be moved to Isle from the Leech Lake
district. The section looked at in
cludes Twin Bays. Residents of Isle
are seeking more information before
they decide whether to be pleased or
worried about the proximity of the
Redskins.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1937-01-14
Big Advertising Man
Thanks NelUspdpers;
Miner, Ely, MINI.

Miner, Ely, MINI.
Gentlemen: I was thumbing through
a copy of Ralph Waldo Emerson the
other day and I saw phrase which
started me thinking about my many
years of friendly association with adj
vertisers and publishers and which
prompts me to write you this letter
of greeting.
The phrase was as follows: "The
silence that accepts merit as the most
natural thing in the world is the highest
applause"
Now, that sentence may be perfectly
true. 1t certainly expresses the at
titude which almost all of us have
taken in the past toward many people
and many institutions that we admire
and appreciate the most. But I be-
lieve that the troublous years which we
have now happily put behind us have
altered that attitude and made all of
us bit more ready to think of the
other fellow and to applaud the job
that he is doing, not just silently, but
out loud so that he can hear and know
And so I am writing to you and to
number of other publishers through
out the country today to congratulate
you on the splendid job which you have
been doing and to thank you for the
fine contributions which you have made
to the growth and prosperity of the
Campbell-Ewald Company and its
clients
All advertising media are important
of course, but the Campbell-Ewald
Company has always considered the
newspaper the most vital factor in in
| fluencing the local market for a ma
tional producer, and we and our clients
continue to hold this same conviction
today.
Our largest individual client, the
Chevrolet Motor Company, has just
completed the most successful year in
its history. 1t has sold LIPS 900 1886
Chevrolets, taking first place in both
passenger car and truck sales for the
seventh time in the past ten years. 1t
has also sold more than 100000 used
cars, breaking all previous sales records
in that important field as WELL All OF
which, you will agree, is a significant
selling achievement.
| In that achievement, the newspapers
/ of America-your newspaper-have
played an important part, and I want
to thank you most sincerely on behalf
of the Chevrolet Motor Company and
my own organization.
All of our other clients, in many lines
of business, have likewise enjoyed a
highly successful and profitable year
as has the Campbell Ewald Company
| itself.
In the achievements of these organi-
cations also the newspapers of America
your newspaper-have played a lead
ing role and I want to thank you on
behalf of these clients, too, for the fine
support and cooperation which you
have always given to them and to us.
This has become a rather long letter
but that line of Emerson's did start me
thinking and did cause me to decide
to make my appreciation evident.
My thanks to you again and my best
wishes for Happy, Prosperous New
Year in 1887
Sincerely,
H. T. EWAIID,
President, Campbell-Ewald Company
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1937-01-14
NOTICE FOR BIDS
Ely, Minnesota, January 6, 1887.
Office of the City Clerk.

NOTICE IE HEREBY GIVEN That
sealed proposals will be received by the
City Council of the City of Ely, Min
nesota, up to eight 60 o'clock P. M.
Tuesday, January 10, 1887, for furnish
ing the City of Ely, Minnesota, with its
requirements of Incandescent Lamps fol-
a period of one Cd year from the date
of the execution of the contract.
A certified check in the amount OF
$4,000 must accompany each proposal as
a guarantee of good faith.
The City Council of the City of Ely
Minnesota, reserves the right to re-
ject any and all bids.
Address all proposals to the under
signed and mark plainly upon the out
side of the envelope, Proposal for In
Candescent Lamps"
BY order of the City Council of the
City of Ely, Minnesota.
A. O. KNUTSON,
IT lila City Clerk.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1937-01-14

The driftless area Is a region Of
about 10000 square miles In south
western Wisconsin, southeastern Min
nesota and northeastern Iowa. 1t is
so called because it was not covered
by the continental glacier which af-
fected the surrounding regions.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1937-01-14
Lantern to Hunt Snails

An odd exhibit in the collection of
heating and lighting utensils in the
United States Museum at Washington
is an attractive little lantern found in
Spain many years ago and said to have
been used as light in hunting for
Snails.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1937-01-14
Civil War Greenbacks

The act of February %, 1862, au-
thorized the issue of S15O,OOO,OOO in
Treasury notes and made them legal
tender on par with notes issued against
specie.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1937-01-14
Where Seed Pearls Are Found

seed" pearls are so called because
they are tiny and appear like seeds.
They are the pearls of Germany, Ire
land, Scotland, Russia and China.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1937-01-14
Not President of u, S.

John Hancock was the President Of
the Continental congress from 1775 to
1850, which office at that time was the
highest in the country
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1937-01-14
Jefferson Day Observed

JEFFERSON Lay observed
The birthday of Thomas jefferson
is observed as state holiday in Ala
bama.