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The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1937-12-16

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Notice is further given that said
assessment was completed at the time
and place above stated, and that the
City Council of the City of Ely, Mime
sofa, will meet in the Council Chamber
in the City Hall in said City on Tues
day, December 81, 1887, at o'clock p.
NJ, for the purpose of hearing OBJ
jections to the said assessment.
All objections to said assessment must
be filed in writing with the City Clerk
of said city at least one day prior to
the above named date of hearing and
that unless sufficient cause is shown to
the contrary, the said assessment will
be confirmed.
Dated this 18th day of December,
1887.
BY order of the City Council of the
City of Ely, Minnesota
A. O. KNUTSON,
1916 City Clerk.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1937-12-16
TUBERCULOSIS BROADCAST.

tuberculosis, Everybody's Problem"
will be discussed by Miss Edna Makipiha
over radio station WCCO, Thursday at
4:30. This is a statewide radio con-
test conducted by the Minnesota Health
Association for the annual Christmas
Seal campaign.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1937-12-16
HOLDERS OF U. S. STEEL STOCK.

Holders of U. S. Steel corporation
common stock on Nov 20, last, num-
bered 1863 J053, compared with 158,756 on
Sept. 1, last, an increase of 1927. On
Dec. 1, 1886, the number of holders was
171,101
Preferred stock Of the U S. Steel COR
poration on Oct. 20, last, was held by
62,503 individuals compared with 61,826
on August 2, 1887, an increase of SIT.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1937-12-16
Old Stamps a Curiosity

Old stamps used by Federal de-
partments before the days of frank
ing, free postage, are framed in q
room of the Interior building at
Washington. Private firms printed
them.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1937-12-16

The Ely Miner is placed on sale every
Thursday at the Ely News Store.
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ORDER FOR HEARING ON PETI-
TION FOR ADMINISTRATION, AP-
POINTMENT OF REPRESENTA-
TIVE AND NOTICE TO CREDITORS

State of Minnesota, County of st.
Telegraf. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1909-1951, 1937-03-26
Bolave Svaly?
Netrpte Dele. Ziskejte Vitanou
Ulevu Uzivanim
ORA. Petra Leciveho Oleie
Linimentu


Mnozf Tide pc tezke celoden-
nj praci potrebuji neco utisu-
jlc1ho k namazani unavenych
zad, non, paz1 a ramen. Ora.
Petra Lecivy Olej Liniment, ro-
dinny pohotovy pomocnik pc
vice neil $50 rokI, prinesl Vi
tanou 1levu tisicGm trp1c1m
revmatickymi a svalovymi bo-
lestmi, pfi mensfch porezanich
a ranach, namozeninach a wynn
knutinach. Protihnilobny. q
sporty. Nen1 k dostan1 v le-
karnach, nybrz pouze cd pove-
fenych m1stnich jednatelG.
MeJte lahev vzdy pc ruce.
V KanadG Dodavano BeZe Cla.
Telegraf. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1909-1951, 1937-03-26
Zajimavy pfipad.
Podivne z~achraneni.

sest let jsem zivorila, posled-
nj 2 leta mezi zivotem a smrt1.
Mela jsem dobre lekare specia-
listy a profesory, dali 81 sku-
tecnou praci ale marne. Til
KRAFT mne operovali, pc prve re
snad mann zlucove kamenky.
z pocatku bylo lepe, ale po-
zdeji teprve zle. Novy specia-
lista radil jinou operaci, ale
n%epomohla. Seslabla jsem a S
postele nemohla. Bolesti pTi-
serne. Dali mne zaopatrit. Na
radu lekarG jsem podstoupila
tret1 operaci, chteli mne "a
chranit, ale pax jsem lezela
nekdy jake mrtvola, casem v
bezvedom1. Rok jsem uzfvala
pilulky (dope) k umrtven1 bo-
lestf, nebot nikdo v uzdravenf
nedoufal. Opet jsem byla "a
opatrena svatostmi um1raj1-
cfch. Tu jsem poznala, jak
mnoho dobrych pratel nam.
Jak v nemoci, tax donna, vzdy
plno upT1mnych navstevnlkG.
Jeden z Mich poradil radiove
kompresy, jez prodava p. Ber-
nard Str1z, Box TIP, San Anto-
Mo, Tex. Koupili je splnit me
poslednf pranf. Ia nekolik IT,
dnG jich uzfvanf zivot Sc vra-
Gel, prestala jsem brat dope,
cely organisms jake by zacal
pracovat, chut k j1dlu, zaziv-
most (dT1ve skorem vzdy jsem
jfdlo zvratila), a spanek Sc
vracel, s1lila jsem, a ma vaze
hodne pribrala (pred tim jsem
byla kost a kGze), a "a sest
mes1cG uz1van1 Stf1zovych kom
pres jim co chci, konam donna
CT praci a jsem jiz $50 zdra-
va. Co mi bylo, nevfm, bud to
lekaTi skutecne nevedeli, ane-
DO mi to nikdo nechtel rfci.
Vsichni, kdo mne znajf, T1kaj1,
re je to jake zazrak, ale ved1,
re jen kompresy mi pomohly.
Cele mesto a okol1 mne Una i
cely m1j pr1pad. Sousede i
vzdalenejsf kupujf kompresy a
velice je doporucuj1. Jestli
KIDD nekde StT1zovy kompresy
hanf a cd koupi zrazuje, do
poust1 sc die meho nahledu ne
odpustitelne hanebnosti. Mo-
hou mnoho lidf cd hrozneho u
trpenf a predcasne smrti "a
chranit jake mne. sestileta ne
moe a til operace staly mnoho
pence, vse marne a Strfzovy
kompresy "a $35 mi ku zdravi
pomohly. Pravdu tohoto dopi-
SUI, ktera je znama cetnym pra-
telGm, vsude rada potvrdfm
Kdo neveTfs, pTijd Sc osobne
presvedcit. Kompresy doporu-
cuji kazdemu bez rozdilu Gin
trpf, ale tezce nemocnym ra.
dim k tr%pelivosti (pracuji pc.
malu), a vsem preji uzdraven.
a panu StTizovi mnoho UNA
1ych kupc1. - Mrs. Marie Va
lovcfk, Perth Amboy, N. j.
.F(Dopis pi. Valovcikove byl \
oznamku upraven a takto u
verejnen.) advt
Telegraf. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1909-1951, 1937-03-26

Piste dnes pro dive pravidelne
so centove 312 uncove lahvic-
ky Ora. Petra Leciveho Oleje
Linimentu "a zvlastn1 cenu
$1.0O, postovne vyplaceno. A
dresujte DR.. Peter Fahrney &
Sons Co., Dept d 8O312, 25O1
Washington Blvd, Chicago,
Ill. advt.
Telegraf. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1909-1951, 1937-03-26
Zamilovany do jehnste.

Ma farme Ralpha James v
Erie jeho bernardinsky pes
Bonnie" ujal Sc tret1ho jeh-
nete. o dive jehnata z trojcat
Sc stara jejich matka, tTeti
vsak zarlive opatruje Bernar-
din.
Evening star., 1937-09-10

offense in the Police Court Of the
District of Columbia.
I'D Any. wilful, false swearing in
any application, return or affidavit
required to be filed under said title
AS to any material fact therein will
be perjury and will be punished in
the manner prescribed by law for
such offense.
SECTION ~.
General.
(a) These regulations may be
altered and amended from time TO
time by the Commissioners.
(b) These regulations are such as
the Commissioners deem necessary TO
carry out the provisions OF said title.
A copy Of said title is appended
hereto as Appendix G."
(c) The taxes levied under, and
the penalties provided by said title
shall be collected by the collector of
taxes of the District of Columbia in
the manner provided by the provision
Of Title I-collection of personal
property taxes" of said act. a copy of
which is appended hereto as "Appen-
dix H.
I'D The license and license fee, and
tax required to be obtained and paid
under the provisions of said title
shall be distinct from and in addition
Evening star., 1937-09-10
SECTION rs.
Penalties.

The penalties provided in said title
are:
(a) For failure to file a return on
or before October /, 1897, or a cor
rected or sufficient return within 40
days after the same is required by
notice of the assessor, 10 per centum
of the tax due, plus additional 5 per
centum Of the tax for each month
delay.
OBJ For failure to pay the tax
when due (one-half during October.
1887. and the other half during March,
1889 per centum per month upon
the installment due. which unpaid in
stallment together with all unpaid
penalties thereon shall constitute q
deliquent tax.
(c) For engaging in business with
out a license under said title or failure
or refusal to file return or correction
within the time required by the pro-
visions of said title, or failure to COM
ply with any rule or regulation of the
commissioners for the administration
or enforcement of said title, a fine of
81 900 for each day of such wrongful
engaging in business, failure, refusal
or violation, upon conviction OF said
Evening star., 1937-09-10

be upon form or forms approved and
adopted by the assessor; and the as
SCISSOR may. If he deems it necessary
and appropriate, provide forms for
different kinds or classes of businesses.
The assessor shall, in his discretion.
amend, alter or withdraw any forms
approved and adopted by him and
may approve and adopt such other
forms for returns as he may deem
necessary and appropriate. Tax
payers filing returns may attach
thereto such statements of gross
receipts or such explanatory state
ments or remarks as they may deem
advisable.
(b) Forms for the filing of returns
or statement of gross. income will be
supplied to persons required to file the
same at the Office of the assessor of
the District of Columbia. And the
assessor shall be under no obligation
to furnish such forms at any other
place, or to mail such forms TO such
persons.
Co There is delegated to the as
SCISSOR, as the representative Of the
Commissioners, the authority con-
ferred unon the Commissioners by
section 4 of said title.
Evening star., 1937-09-10

shall be entitled, in the computation
of tax, to one exemption of $4,000.
Notwithstanding he may have several
places Of business and shall procure
a license for each place of business.
(c) II person shall be in business
before October Is, 1887, and applies
for license on or before that date,
he shall not be required to pay the
license fee of $40 if ID he has
been in business one year prior to his
application and has not received the
gross sum of $4,000 from said business,
or % If in business less than one
year prior to application, he has not
received gross sum of $4,000 upon
an assumed year, computed by divid-
ing his actual gross receipts by the
number of days during which he was
doing business and multiplying the
result by 365.
I'D After october IS. 1887. no
license will be issued without the
payment of the $40 license fee as
provided in said title.
(e) Hearings for revocation of
license for failure to file a return or
a corrected return as required by said
title, or to pay the tax provided
therein. or for any other violation of
said title, shall be held by the as
SCISSOR, as representative of the Com
missioners, who shall, after the
consideration of the facts, revoke the
license if he shall conclude from the
facts that the licensee has been guilty
of any of said violations. Notice of
said hearing shall be given by mailing
the same to licensee by registered mail
five (5) days before the date of said
hearing at the address given by the
licensee in his application. which
notice shall state the hour. dav and
place Of said hearing, and the grounds
for revocation OF the license. Such
hearing may be continued by the
assessor in his discretion for cause
shown.
SECTION IS.
Returns.
a. The return required to be filed
under the provisions of said title shall
Evening star., 1937-09-10

TO the license and license fee re-
quired to be obtained and paid under
the provisions Of an act approved
July /, 1892. entitled: AN act to
amend section of an act entitled.
An act making appropriations m
provide for the government OF tho
District of Columbia for the fiscal
year ending June 80, 1908, and for
other purposes approved July /,
1902, and for other PURPOSES" and any
other tax prescribed by law.
(e) The assessor shall, i'm his dis
cretion, amend, alter, or withdraw
any of the forms prescribed herein
or approve and adopt such other
forms for the enforcement of said
title as he may deem necessary.
MELVIN c. HAzEN.
GEORGE e. ALLEN.
DAN I. SULTAN.
Commissioners of the District of
Columbia.
Evening star., 1937-09-10
SECTION 19.
Receipts From Leasing or Use
of Real Estate


The ownership OF real estate and
the mere receipt of rent therefrom.
either by individuals, or by corpora
tlons Tor distribution to the stock
holders of such corporations. is not in
itself business However, the owning.
holding and/or managing of real
estate such as apartment houses and
office buildings, and the like. where
such buildings or portions thereof are
let to tenants to whom light and or
heat are furnished and for which
lanitor and similar services are per-
formed, Is business under the provi-
sions OF said title, and receipts there
from must be reported and the tax
computed thereon.
SECTION 20.
Receipts From Sale of Real Estate.
The amounts received as proceeds
from the sale of real estate are not
gross receipts under said title, and the
buying and selling of real estate is not
business under said title; provided,
however, that where any person who,
in regular and ordinary course of
business, is engaged in the buying,
selling or the developing of real prop
erty, or the building of houses thereon
for sale, such transactions are business
under said title. and the gross receipts
derived therefrom must be reported
and the tax computed thereon. Com
missions paid real estate brokers on
sales or on collections of rents. or the
procurement Of loans are gross re-
cepits.
SECTION a1.
Computation of Tax.
II taxpayer was engaged in busi-
ness during the calendar year 1896. his
return must cover, and he shall paw the
tax imposed by said title, upon his
gross receipts during that year. II he
has not engaged in business during
the whole of the calendar year 1896.
his return must cover, and he shall
pay the tax imposed by said title. upon
MS gross receipts during the period of
one year from the date when he be-
came so engaged, provided said period
of one year expired before August II.
1887. II such taxpayer WAS not en-
gagged in business during the entire
year prior to August II. 1887, but was
so engaged on that date. his return
shall cover the period in which he was
so engaged prior to August II, 1897.
and the tax imposed shall be computed
on sum which shall equal the amount
OF his gross receipts for such period
divided by the number of days of said
period, and the result thereof multi
piled by 365, for example:
Gross sales from merchandise.
:, less sales returned $4,000. 90
Heceints from services and other
business -- 5000. 90
GROSS receipts s------ 5000 90 |
Less exemption 4--~------ 1000. 90 !
Taxable gross receipts. period
May .. 1897 to August IL,
1897 600 days. $50 600 90 |
Divided by 100 mo OF DAYS
NAY 9, 1887 to August II.
ia3,l $4,000 |
in year, 1o3.450.00 |
rleg 1880 |
erty tax paid for 1885 $500 |
Amount of tax to be paid to COL
lector OF taxes. D. c. aT4ssO !
SECTION p.
Deduction Of Tax Collected.
In any sale in which the total
amount received by the seller includes
Evening star., 1937-09-10
Copies Of Business Tax Regulations Ready Next Week

! any tax due any governmental or
municipal authority, in which the
seller is merely the collecting agent.
the gross receipt to be reported in
connection with such sale shall be
the total amount received by the
seller from the purchaser. less the
tax; otherwise there shall be no de-
duction from gross receipts for taxes
paid Except the tax upon tangible
personal property paid by taxpayers
as provided in section of said title)
SECTION %.
Credit for Payment of Tax Upon
Tangible Personal Property.
Any tax levied by the District of
Columbia on tangible personal prop
erty (other than motor vehicle) for
the fiscal year 1937-1938, and paid by
such taxpayer shall be credited to
the tax due under said title. No such
credit will be allowed unless the
tangible personal property tax shall
be paid before or simultaneously with
the payment of the tax required to
w pniN uiiNcl tilS piONlSlDIl Ol SdlQ
title.
SECTION "a.
Licenses.
ta) The licenses to be issued under
said title shall be upon a form adopted
and approved by the assessor. Appli-
cation for license and affidavits of in
dividuals and corporations for use in
case where individuals and corpora
tions shall be exempt from the pay
ment of license fee shall be on
forms adopted and approved by the
assessor. The assessor shall in his
discretion, amend, alter or withdraw
any of said forms and approve and
ADOPT such other forms as the as
SCISSOR may deem necessary or ap-
CD Licenses must be obtained for
each place of business, and the filing
Zee OF $1,000 must be paid for the
issuance of each license, unless sppli-
can't shall be relieved of payment by
the provision of said title. A taxpayer
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Continued From Page B-l4.)

With sales, but not received, whether
IT the beginning or at the end of the
period covered by the returns. is not to
be considered in reporting receipts.
The amount of such interest actually
received during the period covered by
the return is to be reported as receipts.
SECTION 13.
Deduction for Goods Returned.
There may be taken as an allowable
seduction from gross receipts the sales
0 property sold and returned during
the period covered by the return. de-
Quoting from such price the amount
received on account of the sale and not
refunded or allowed as credit. II the
total amount received is refunded or
allowed as credit, the total sales
price of the article returned may be
deducted from gross receipts. If
part OF the total sales price is re-
FUNDED or allowed As credit, the
amount to be deducted from the gross
receipts is the sales price of the
article returned less the amount not
ANihtiucu VI rlioNSu dS u CItu1l. od1eS
returned during the period covered
BY the return. which sales were made
prior to the beginning of the period
covered by the return and not included
IN the gross receipts, may not be taken
as deduction from the gross receipts.
SECTION IA.
Sales TO Government.
(a) Amounts of money received from
the sale OF goods, wares or merchan-
disc or other property to the govern
n1ents of the United States and of the
District of Columbia are not gross re-
eeipts under said title where, by the
terms of any proposal, bid or contract,
the seller has the right to recover the
tax, if it should be paid. from either
the Government of the United States
or the government Of the District of
Columbia.
(b) The fact that a part of a per-
cons business may be the selling of
goods, wares and merchandise, or
other property to the governments of
the United States or of the District |
of Columbia does not relieve such per-
con from the necessity of obtaining the
license.
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SECTION Is.
Hotels.

The operation OF a hotel or inn is
business under said title, and the
gross receipts from such operation
must be reported. Provided. however
that il any person operating a hotel
shall advance any sum or sums for or
on account OF the patrons of said
hotel, such sums. less any profit from
said advancement, when repaid shall
not be considered gross income. and
may be deducted from the total
amount received from patrons by the
person operating said hotel, and the
remainder shall be reported as gross
receipts, upon which the tax shall be
computed.
The Dayton forum. [volume] (Dayton, Ohio) 1913-1949, 1937-09-10
Congressman Mitchell Files Complaint With
Interstate Commerce Commission Against
Railroads Which Jim Crowed Him

WASHINGTON (ANP)- "A form
al complaint last week was filed with
the Interstate Commerce Commission
by Atty Richard Il. Westbrooks of
Chicago and Congressman Arthur w. !.
Mitchell, lone Negro u. S. Repre-
sentative, against several defendants
railroads for their action in Jim
Growing Mr.. Mitchell last April
while on a trip from Chicago to Hot
Springs, Ark.
The complaint was filed on the
Congressman behalf and on behalf
Of all other colored persons subject
ed to the discriminatory acts Of the
defendants. It also requested issu-
ance of an order by the Interstate
Commerce Commission to have the
defendant railroads correct the abuse
complained Of and refrain from such
discriminatory acts in future.
The complaint was filed against
Frank o. Lowden, James +. German,
and Joseph B. Fleming, Trustees Of
the Estate of the Chicago, Rock Is
land and Pacific Railway Company
a corporation, and Pullman Com
The Dayton forum. [volume] (Dayton, Ohio) 1913-1949, 1937-09-10
CALVIN ENDS 5,3 l9 MILE TOUR
THROUGH SEVE NTEEN STATES

distance Of $500 miles. No one
knew we were coming, alld We Wate
gone before they could fully 1ealize
we were there. caught one ef my
uncles in TaSaikana sSifn.ig
yearling, cousin bakingsa cake. ny
father goii., to tile county store
with his boot On just after q rain,
and my grandmother calmly sitting
on the porch reading newspaper,
with no hint that was near
Picking Cottsn
My father spent two days with
our daughters, Befnicc and dolores,
showing them wtal lie OH the fa. nj
is like. He took delight in telling
them Of my own boyhood exploits,
especially my raising rtise-W nn!ns
corn, hogs and cate b4foss | left
for the big city. The children fo,3e
horseback, picked little cgtton (23
pounds, ate warter melon from the
field, gathered fruit, and drew water
from the well. Our youngest, Do
lores, had her curiosity To sea a we'll
and a pump appeased. Tley also
watched the cows being MIXED, ani
learned that all eggs dent come
from the grocer.
Eventually came the time to de-
part. and we left amid fond fare
wells, and laden with three flica
chickens to be eaten on the way.
This was the first time the family
had ever been home together.
The Trip North
The trip North and East was made
rather hurriedly. We paused in Lit
tie Rock for an hour while visited
the office Of the surveg--Journal, 901
Gaines Street, George w. Scott,
publisher, and of the Twin City
Press, 513 W. 9th Street, the Rev
J. II. Clayborn, editor. From there
we crossed the Arkansas River, then
went to West Memphis, then turned
north through Blytheville and reach
ed Cape Girardeau, Mo, in time to
hear at filing station the Louis
Farr fight from the 18th through the
18th round. Then on to ST. Louis,
arrivina at 1880 midnight, driving
more than 500 miles in fifteen hours.
indianapolis. Ind
Next morning we left ST. Louis at
2 o'clock, crossed the Mississippi into
illinois and took Route 40 to In
dianapolis, arriving at 2 o'clock. we
spent the night there, at the
the guest Of Mr.. f. E. De
Frantz. the secretary, and my family
on West Street. With me was Mr.. !.
The Dayton forum. [volume] (Dayton, Ohio) 1913-1949, 1937-09-10

WHO returned with us, and rendered
valuable assistance in driving. Visit
ed the Walker building. and ehatted
with Mr.. +. b. Ransom, the manager,
and the offices Of the Indianapolis
Recorder. SIS Indiana Avenue. and
was shown several improvements by
Editor Marcus G. Stewart. Also saw
the Lockfield Gardens, the PWA
housing project.
We left indianapolis at noon, GO
ing directly to Pittsburgh. Stopped
at Columbus, O., for dinner, and |
took time out to call at the office of
tho nearest paper, the Columbus
Advocate, 100 Hamilton Avenue, but
found it closed. We kept on, arriv-
ing in the Smoky City at 4 am.
Although we had wired ahead, it
looked for while like we might
have to spend the remainder of the
night on the front porch Of the Hol-
loways, as ringing the bell brought
no response. Finally Mr.. Holloway,
Courier artist, was aroused. Later
Mrs. Holloway admitted she heard
the bell in her sleep, but couldn't
wake up.
Pittsburgh to New York
The HolIoways serve excellent
breakfasts. We enjoyed the hospi-
tality two weeks ago en- route to
Chicago. This time there was even
more bacon and eggs and toast and
good coffee. A run down to tn
Courier office, where this time | SAY
and chatted with w. F. Bayless
Courier circulation manager, abon
the marvellous Courier circulation
and showed me land acquired ncH.
door where proposed expansion M
take place As we stood in front q
the building, Editor +. 4. Var
himself was driven up in his encF
nous Cadillac, and greeted the chat
ting group cordially.
From across the street at the
came Mr.. Henry G. Parker, Jf., Har
lemite who has come out here and is
making good as executive secretary
We left Pittsburgh at one o'cloc
ard took the Lincoln Highway East
Stopped at Sky Top Inn, on top Q
sideling Mountain, 2195 feet
Breezewood, Pa, for lunch, and at
Mitehell's restaurant. Center Sauarf
Gettysburg, for dinner. / was vii
much effort that we made It fraE
Downingtown to New York as th
almost steady driving since Moads
morning had worn us oil down. isa
the VS. never once paused, snl wo
finailv reached Holland Tunnel Will
out even fiat on the entire trim sn
no other trouble, and a few minute
later Tohn ID. Thomas. owner of Gray
Shop No. z welcomed US to a hgh
lunch before going home and to bed