davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1937-07-08
IS SLAV LODGES
Continued from Page One)

Messrs. Kun and Grahek.
These swimming and diving events
will highlight the sports program and
will be an attraction no one in this
city and surrounding territory should
miss. Ely has held the diving champi-
onship for the past twelve years. AL
of these are pupils of Max Herseth
swimming instructor of the Ely schools
himself an Olympic contender. Assisted
by Miss Govednik, a most pleasant
afternoon of water sports is promised
Other renowned local water enthusiasts
will also take part.
The committee in charge of the Com
memoration program, headed by Ivan
Tauzell as chairman, make the state
ment that there will be something doing
every minute of the afternoon and the
committee extend most cordial invita-.
ton to bring your family and friends
and enjoy yourself at the picnic
grounds.
A further high light of the parade
and the picnic events will be the pic.
lures of the affair. Moving picture
films will be made of the parade ant
the picnic and many will be able to SET
themselves on the screen. Be prepared
to participate.
The committee promise a dancing
program for the hours between and
o'clock to the best of music.
The Jugo-Slav National Home wa!
founded in this city some twenty year.
ago and it is for the founding the com.
memOration event is to be held.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1937-07-08
State Gas Taxes on 1000
Mile Trip Average $3.50.

The average motorist taking a vaca-
ton trip of 1000 miles this summer will
pay about $3.50 in State gasoline taxes,
according to statistics reported by the
Bureau of Public Roads of the United
States Department of Agriculture. In
return, he has the choice of about
1,0000 900 miles of surfaced road, over
any part of which he may make his
trip. His inclinations may take him to
the mountains, the seashore, on trans
continental trip, or back to the old
homestead. Wherever the choice, it is
likely that a surfaced road has been
built to it and is waiting for his use.
On his trip he will pass numerous
road construction jobs and many main
tenance crews at work. Much of the
construction costs and major part of
the maintenance costs are paid with
the motorists contribution of one
fourth of a cent per mile of travel This
figure is based on the average gasoline
tax rate of 1856 cents per gallon and the
assumption of Is miles of travel to the
gallon of gasoline. 1t does not include
the Federal tax of per cent per gallon.
Were the early tool roads still in
existence; were there enough of them
to make 1,OO0-mile trip; and were the
old rates for coaches applied to auto
mobiles, the motorist would be charged
$25 for his trip.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1937-07-08
Film of Romeo and Juliet"
Faithful to Shakespeare.

Romeo and Juliet" is presented on
the screen, word for word and line
for line, as Shakespeare wrote it.
ct was Irving G.. Thalberg's wish
that the classic be given to the motion
picture audience in its purest form with
absolute fidelity to Shakespeare" said
Talbot Jennings, noted Metro Glodwyn-
Mayer writer and ShakeSpearean
scholar, who made the adaptation of
the masterpiece, which opens in mid
night showing at eleven fifteen on Sat
urday night and continues through
Sunday and Monday at the Ely theatre.
"Not one single line of dialogue has
been added, but Romeo and Juliet is
more completely presented in the film
than is possible on the stage. 1t was
filmed exactly as Shakespeare wrote it
an intended it to be played
Adapting Romeo and Juliet was a
relatively simple task for it is written in
almost perfect scenario form The plays
of ShakeSpeareis day bear a remark
able resemblance to the motion picture
of today. Their action was continuous
and played without pause, even between
acts. Scenery was virtually non
existent.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1937-07-08


the best decorated doll buggies, the best
decorated bicycles and the marching
Scout units were awarded prizes rang
ing from so cents to SIS in the several
divisions. Three prizes were awarded
each classification.
At the ball park the drum corps pre-
sented their drill formations and con-
cert was played by the combined NUM-
cipal and School bands. Later at the
park, the boys and girls races were run
Contests for older athletes also were
programmed at the ball park. There
was the mems free-for-al 100 yard
race; Finnish horse race; potato races
sack races; 3-legged races; cracker eat
ing contest and novelty races and
stunts of all kinds. John Grahek won
the mems free for all.
At II o'clock the Drum and Bugle
Corps gave an exhibition on the streets
and at 80 the Junior School band
played concert on downtown corners
A base ball game at 2:30 between
Ely and Bull attracted large crowd
The game was well played and resulted
in a victory for Ely, to z.
At o'clock the Legion Junior team
played the alumni of the past Legion
teams and defeated the older heads by
substantial score.
The celebration closed with ball at
the Washington auditorium for which
Johnny Smrekar and his orchestra
| furnished the music.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1937-07-08
|&|t E! g. ! e. 5

The next time you are riding in an
automobile, just note the action of
pedestrians. Is it any wonder that al
most fifty per cent of the automobile
fatalities are caused by pedestrians?
Of course, the pedestrian has some
rights and he should exercise those
rights. There is no right under high
heaven that allows the pedestrian to
cross in the middle of the block, to
come from behind parked cars, or to
jay-walk at corners. He takes his life
in his own hands and is subject to the
mercy of the automobile driver who
does not see him and cannot control the
pedestrians actions. When we come to
the realization that we must walk right
and in the proper place, then we will
have an opportunity to make big cut
into the automobile fatalities in the
nation.
Walk In the manner and in the place
where you are supposed to walk.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1937-07-08

Minnesota section where there is
climate, that is"
Unfortunately, he stated, he was due
in Duluth and Ashland on certain day
where he was scheduled for talk and
therefore would not be able to spend
as much time here as he would like to.
He enjoys outdoor life and it would be
very agreeable, he said, to make a
lengthy canoe trip into international
waters to add to his store of recol-
lections of enjoyable trips made.
Captain Lloyd, known as Burning
Daylight" subject of Jack London's
book of that name, has travelled in 81
different countries. He is a soldier of
fortune and adventurer of many wars
and is the oldest globe trotting re-
porter on the road today. He has writ
ten copy for more than 5000 news
papers of the world. He carries clip
pings and headings with him of the
majority Of the worlds journals, neatly
bound and treasured as souvenirs
of the places he has been.
He speaks before clubs and has been
giving interviews for nearly 80 years
In this manner he provides himself
with meal ticket. He travels by
thumbing his way and stated that the
northern country is the most hospitable
both for rides and an occasional meal
He speaks pridefully of never having
Nbummed" meal even during the de-
preston and has never accepted even
a cup of coffee of the government
He carries black ebony cane, the
gift of Mahatmi Gandi; a chain, the
gift of Lord Kitchener, and a watch, the
gift of Teddy Roosevelt. A dollar orn-
aments his chain, the gift of the son
of Pancho Villa, the dollar being worn
by Villa when he was shot; pin of a
pure Pyhites nugget given him by John
L. Sullivan. The belt he wears was the
gift of Vice President Garner. The
bandana he wears around his neck is
held in place by pin fashioned from
a sheep vertebrae with a head made Of
beads resembling sheep head.
He has circumnavigated the world
TOUR times. Last year he visited forty
two states in nine countries. He is a
veteran of the World War; the Spanish
American War; French Foreign Legion;
member of the Veterans of Foreign
Wars and a very prominent member OF
the ElkS
Capt. Lloyd can tell interesting tales
of the boom towns of the western min
ing districts. He was intimately &C
quainted with such characters of the
wild west as Buffalo Bill; Wild Bill
Hickok; Calamity Jane and many
others. Born in Texas, his father a
Texas ranger was shot by rustlers when
Jack was nine years old Since that
time he has been on his own, he said
He was married to the girl Jack Lon
don memoralized as "Dede" in his
book. She died in South Africa.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1937-07-08


Smrekar to which admission for the
children will be free.
On Saturday afternoon, the delegates
will be photographed at the Home Of
flee building and will take a trip
around Shagawa Lake and to White
Iron Beach, where they will be served
with lunch and refreshments.
Sunday, preceding the picnic, there
will be a parade of the delegates and
local juvenile members headed by the
local children's band, and the Ameri-
can Legion Drum and Bugle Corps.
The Ely Municipal Band will play a
program at the picnic in the afternoon.
Monday morning, August 9, the chill
dren will assemble in the Home Of
flee of the society to receive their ex-
pense checks and return tickets and
will leave on the afternoon train for
Duluth and from there to their respec-
tive homes.
The convention will be held in the
Washington Auditorium and the par
entS of the juvenile members located in
this city have been appealed to by the
local convention committee and the
supreme board to urge their children
even though they are not delegates, to
attend the sessions and also to partici-
pate in the parade.
The juvenile membership drive was
conducted by the supreme Office in COL
liberation with Stanley Pechaver,
known in the circles of the SSCU jul
veniles as Little Stan," acting as cam
paign director and whose very interest
ing articles kept the juveniles constant
ly on the drive.
The juvenile convention will be pre-
coded by the semi-annual audit of the
books and affairs of the Supreme Sec
rotary, Supreme Treasurer and Mana
ger of the official organ; the audit to
begin July 81 in the Home Office, and
by the Semi-annual meeting of the
Supreme Board which takes place Aug
ust and will probably continue until
August 3.
The following members of the Su-
preme Board will be present at the
audit: Supreme President, Paul Bartel
of Waukegan, Illinois; Supreme Sec
rotary, Anton Zbasnik, of Ely; Assis-
tant Supreme Secretary, Frank Tom
SIGH of Ely; Supreme Treasurer Louis
Champa of Ely; Chairman of the Board
of Trustees, John Kumse of Lorain,
Ohio; and Supreme Trustees: Janko N.
Rogeli of Cleveland, Ohio; Frank E.
Vranichar of Joliet, Illinois; Matt An
zelc of Aurora, Minnesota; Andrew Mil
avec, Jr., of Meadowlands, Pennsylvania.
In addition to those mentioned above,
there will be at the meeting of the
Supreme Board Second Supreme Vice
President, Paul Oblak of Center, Penn
sylvania; DR.. F. j. Arch of Pittsburgh,
Pennsylvania, and Anton j. Terbovec,
editor-manager of Nova Doba, the Of
ficial organ of the SSCU.
Additional details concerning the
convention and entertainment to be
rendered the delegates and guests will
be furnished later.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1937-07-08
Finds Buffalo Head
OF Many Years Ago

Jackson-John Mellum, farmer in
Belmont township, near here, exhibited
last week an American buffalo head that
is believed to be one of the most per-
feet specimens found in years in this
vicinity. Mr.. Mellum found the head
after the recent heavy rainfall in a
deep gulley after he had gone to the
pasture to drive home the horses. The
specimen, which no doubt, had been
covered under mother earth for years,
was still in perfect preservation, the
horns and entire skeleton being almost
perfect in all details. The American
buffalo was a native of the western
plains before the coming Of the white
man, the Indians depending on it
largely for their food and clothing and
to furnish them subsistence during the
long winter months
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1937-07-08
Man Burned as
Hot Tar Spills.

Moorhead-HiS head and hands badly
burned, c. H. Stroberger has been con-
fined to his home, recovering from the
effects of an accident in which he
turned a full paid Of hot tar over his
head while aiding in retarring the roof
of building. He climbed ladder to
hand the pail of hot tar to the man on
the roof and in so doing was blinded by
the sun and hit the end Of the pail
against the roof edge, splitting the con-
tents over himself. Since he wore no
hat at the time, his head was exposed
to the full force of the tar. His eyes
were protected by glasses. Blisters ap-
peared on his hands and arms and the
skin was peeled from his head when
doctors prepared to dress the burns.
Removal of the tar required almost
three hours work.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1937-07-08

of officers will take place
o. T. Friedsburg and E. w. Hanson
are the committee in charge of the
banquet. A. 0. KnutSon will have
charge of the music for the day. An
other committee having much on their
shoulders is the membership committee
composed of Jack Seraphine, chairman;
Andrew Watilo, Jr., Joseph Veranth, L.
M. Brownell, D. L. Childers, Edwin W.
Toms, Ely; M F. Johnson and w. G..
Smith, Tower, and Nick Nelson, Cook.
New members are to be taken care
of by a committee of Jack Gianotti,
chairman; John Palmgard, Jr., Wilson
Carlson, B. M. Lambert, Anton Kot-
chevar and A. G. Prisk.
At the banquet-business meeting a
new set of officers will be chosen to
replace the officers now serving. The
present officers are William H. Sloggett,
Birmingham, Alabama, president; Clark
Winchell, Angora, vice president; An
drew Watilo, Ely, secretary; A. M. Cor
nick, Tower, assistant secretary; John
Dragavon, Ely, treasurer. The board of
directors at present serving are B. o.
Strachan, Ely; G. E. Carlson, Duluth;
E. j. Morcom and Hans Olson, Tower;
Bror Magnusson, Chisholm. The newly
elected officers will assume their duties
on January l, 1888.
The arrangements for the 1887
gathering will be in charge of an exc
cutive committee consisting of Fred
James, chairman; E. G. Jones, B. o.
Strachan, Douglas Nankervis, E. A. Le-
Beau, Peter Schaefer, Jack Gianotti,
Jack Seraphine, A. o. Knutson, L G..
Cox, O. T. Friedsburg and w. p. Chinn.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1937-07-08
Infant SdUed From
SuffOcdtiOn Death

Arlington-Prompt action on the part
of the parents and local physicians
efficient methods were no doubt re-
sponsible for saving the life of the in
FAINT son of Mr.. and Mrs. Arthur
Schauer of Kelso. The six months old
baby was nearly suffocated when he
pulled a rubber garment over his face
in his sleep, the soft rubber so effec-
lively covering his mouth that breath
ing stopped. His mother found him in
an apparent lifeless state and he was
rushed Immediately to Arlington, where
a doctor applied treatment.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1937-07-08
Income Taxes Less Costly
Than LeUieS on Gasoline.

Income taxes paid in March cost the
taxpayers plenty, but cause no constant
drain of citizens pocketboOks like that
occasioned by gasoline sales, taxes, &C
cording to Joseph r. Schroeder, Sec
rotary of the Minnesota Petroleum In
dustries Committee.
Mr.. Schroeder explained that less
than 100000 citizens pay federal in
come taxes in March, but more than
28,5O0,OOO citizens pay state and federal
gasoline sales taxes every month. He
said that more than one-haf of the
income taxpayers pay only $28, where
as the average of gasoline sales taxes
paid by the entire 285O0000 motorist
taxpayers is above $50.
LESS than 100000 citizens pay fed
eral income taxes" said Mr.. Schroeder,
while more than 28,5O0,000 pay state
and federal gasoline taxes. About
100000 income taxpayers, or more
than one-half, make an average pay
ment of only $28 year. The average
cost of state and federal gasoline
sales taxes to the 28,50Oy000 motorists
is above $50 per year. Individual in
come tax returns for 1885 totalled
$654,116,O61, whereas state and federal
gasoline sales taxes cost more than
$786, 100000"
when we figure that 80 per cent or
more than 25OO0OO0 motorist taxpayers
have incomes of less than $1,000 year
and yet pay gasoline sales taxes averag-
ing more than $50 year, We can see
that gasoline sales taxes are really
poor mans income taxes Many of
these people could not earn their in
comes unless they used their motor
vehicles, but government still insists
upon taxing the motorist as if he were
wealthy and gasoline as if it were a
luxury.
Federal income taxes were paid in
March. Gasoline sales taxes are paid
every month. The income tax rate is
four per cent. The gasoline sales tax
rate averages nearly 40 per cent. The
income taxpayer is entitled to our SYM
pathy, but the really big-money tax
payer is the motoriSt."
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1937-07-08
OLIVER TABLES
CONTINUED from Page One)

with the CLIO organization. Neither Mr..
Jones nor myself have been to Duluth
or have been called to go to Duluth"
The Zenith mine closed by the CLIO
strike in the steel mills three weeks ago
began operations on Tuesday morning
with full crew of men. Immediately
another report was broadcast that the
mills had signed with CIO and that was
the reason why the Zenith resumed
operations.
While the steel mills opened, the &C
counts in the daily papers stated it was
in spite of the strikers and that all
abundance Of men able and willing to
work caused the mills to open.
One Of the mills, the Inland Steel
Company at Chicago, issued statement
in which they stated: with reference
to the settlement of the Inland Steel
Company strike at Chicago, the impress
sion might be gained from the Associ-
ated Press dispatches and our local
newspapers, that the Inland Steel Com
pany signed an agreement, and that was
the reason the strike was called off by
the organization involved"
! In the statement made by Clarence
Randall, vice president of the Inland
Steel Company, released to the Chicago
press, MIR. Randall said: 1--WE signed
nothing with anyone last night. We
made agreement with nobody. The
CLIO merely accepted the provision OF
our labor policy which we announced
before the strike started"
The labor policy Mr.. Randall refers
to, was a statement to their employees
issued late in May in which the Inland
Steel company stated to their employees
the policy Of the company respecting
collective bargaining, wages, hours, va
cations, working conditions, etc., and
had no direct connections with the de-
mands made later by CLIO.
The people of Ely are pleased with
the reopening of the Zenith mine of the
Pickands, Mather Company. The mine
has payroll of about $4,000 week
and the three weeks of closing mean!
over $4,000 cut of cash in circulation
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1937-07-08
HOlstein Bull Jumps From
Truck, Leads Merry Chase.

New Ulm-A Holstein bull, weighing
almost a ton, resented being lead to
slaughter" and while preparations were
being made to unload the bulky animal
he tore the rope that tied him to the
livestock truck, jumped from the cattle
rack, and sprinted lively away. Head
ing north, through the alley, Mr.. Bull
got into garden and stood defiant,
paving up on onion patch. Eluding
his pursuers, the burly animal cavorted
along the alley, taking notion to in
spect the hatchery poultry yard. The
woven wire fence proved no insur-
mountable obstacle-the bull went
through it like creased lightning" The
chickens unaccustomed to such big
bold intruder, fluttered in all directions
and escaped from the enclosure, through
the aperture in the fence where the
bull had entered. BY the time the bull
retraced his steps, he had become quite
tabe from sheer exhaustion.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1937-07-08
Letter Delayed
In Plane Crash.

Montevideo- Salvaged from the
wreckage of the Western Air Express
plane which vanished last December Is,
letter which had been mailed Dec
enlber IA by Mrs. Paul Wade from Cor
onado, California, to her parents, Mr..
and Mrs. c. j. Arntzen at Montevideo,
was received by them last week. The
envelope in which the letter had been
mailed was unchanged, was postmarked
December IA, and stamped Delay due
to air mail interruption at Salt Lake
City, December IS. Wreckage of the
plane which vanished with seven per-
sons aboard was discovered June 6, near
Alpine, Utah, scattered on both sides of
a sharp mountain peak still half-buried
in the unmelted remnant of winters
snow.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1937-07-08
Meets Brother, 40,
For the First Time.

HutchinSon-Just imagine seeing for
the first time brother who was born
40 years ago. That is the experience
of Mrs. Anna Hammer of Hutchinson
during the last week when her brother,
Albert Fratzke of Strettin, Germany,
arrived in Minneapolis, where she and
another brother, John Fratzke of Min
neapolis met him. Mrs. Hammer left
Germany 40 years ago when she was
13 years old and her brother, Albert,
was born shortly after she came to
America. He is now guest at their
home.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1937-07-08
Wolf Is Cunning

The wolf tribe is cunning. The
European wolf, which resembles
our timber wolf, even invades
French villages during severe win
tiers and, when hard pressed for
food, has contrived to snatch ba-
bies. The coyote, a smaller spe-
cles OF wolf, also shows the family
cunning. Usually two coyotes work
together. One will start a deer and
chase it around in a circle until it
comes back to the starting point.
The second coyote then takes up
the chase. When the deer is finally
exhausted both pull it down and
have a feast.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1937-07-08
ORDER FOR HEARING ON FINAL
ACCOUNT AND PETITION FOR
DISTRIBUTION OF THE ESTATE.
State of Minnesota, County of st.
Louis-S.
IN PROBATE COURT.
mo 234Q2l

LouiS-SS.
IN PROBATE COURT.
(No. 23498)
In the Matter of the Estate of Johan
Merhar, Decedent.
1t Is Ordered that the petition for
settlement and allowance of the final
account filed herein by Anthony
Merhar, as representative of the estate
of said decedent, and for the assign
ment of the residue of said estate to the
persons entitled thereto, be heard be-
fore this Court on Monday, July Goth,
1897, at ten o'clock A. M, in the Pro-
bate Court Room in the Court House
in Duluth, Minnesota, and that all
persons interested then show cause, if
any they have, why such petition should
not be granted.
Witness the HON. VIM. j. ARCHER,
Judge of Probate Court, this 25th day
of June, 1887.
Sheldon Watts, Clerk of Probate.
(Seal of Probate Court
A. j. Thomas, Attorney for Petitioner,
Ely, Minnesota. I'll tbs
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1937-07-08
Stage Coach Once Speediest

The pony express, an authority
writes, carried a letter from st.
Joseph to Sacramento in ten days
for SIS. 1t was the fastest service
then available, and cut down by two
thirds the time required to cover
the distance by the fastest stage
coach service. The railroad dis
placed the pony express after it had
operated eighteen months.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1937-07-08

Origin of Word Fan"
The word "fan" is believed by
some authorities to be an abbrevi-
alton for fanatic.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1937-07-08

Communism Used in 1884
The word communism" first was
coined in the secret revolutionary
societies of Paris between 1884 and
1899.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1937-07-08
.SSCU JUVENILES

Continued from Page One)
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1937-07-08
old SETTLERS

Continued from Page One)
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1937-07-08
JACK LLOYD

CONTINUED from Page One)
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1937-07-08
JULY FOURTH

Continued from Page One)