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The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1938-07-28
1000 Attend Annual
Meeting of Vern1ilion
Range Old Settlers
TWenty-fourth Meet Draws
Largest Crowd in Last
Five Years.
DIR. AYRES PRESIDENT
J..Adam Bede, DR.. Bradley,
w. Pittenger, Speak at
Tower Picnic.

| DR.. George T. Ayres of this city was
elected president of the Vermilion
Range Old Settlers association at the
Oath annual reunion of that body at
Tower on Thursday. James Beatty of
Cook was chosen first vice president;
William Tracy of Minneapolis, second
vice president; Dennis Hayes, Duluth,
and Bror MagnuSSon, Chisholm, direc-
tors for three year term.
John Dragavon, Ely, was chosen sec
rotary; John E. Micklich, Soudan, as
siStant secretary, and W. G.. Pryor,
Tower, treasurer. Holdover directors
are B. o. Strachan, Ely, and C. E.
Carlson, Duluth, 1889; E. j. Morcom,
Soudan, and Hans Olson, Tower, 1910.
The twenty-fourth annual reunion
was decided success Notwithstanding
the statements made that the associ-
alton was losing out and that the old
settlers were fast passing on and the
younger old-timers were not interested.
offset this erroneous rumor it was
stated by the membership committee
that over Is new members were signed
up at the meeting in Tower, Thursday.
There were old timers present from
Long Beach, California; Birmingham,
Alabama; Cleveland, Ohio; Chicago,
Minneapolis, st. Paul, Milwaukee. Du-
luth and the range towns. A large num-
Der were present from Eveleth, CHS
holm and Hibbing, besides the attend
ance from Ely exceeded expectations.
1t is estimated that the real old
settlers were present in larger num-
bers than during the past five years.
Many familiar faces were missed this
year as well as on previous years. Many
OF those who came to the range follow
ing the beginning of mining and ship
ping from Soudan in 1884, were missed
but their descendants were present in
full force. A conservative estimate was
made on the grounds that there were
1000 people present. Parking spots for
the cars were at premium, cars being
parked from Mckinley Park halfway to
Soudan.
The reunion began at the city hall in
Tower at o'clock when registration
was opened by the capable force of
assistants to the secretary who were
kept busy issuing membership cards and
ribbons denoting that the dues of 81
per year had been paid. The reception
committee was on hand. Visiting with
the old settlers arriving every few
and the excellent music fur
nished by the Tower-Soudan high
school band, under the efficient direc-
ton of R. Darn, the time passed very
until 11:3O when a parade
was formed and to the strains of the
band marched to the Mckinley monu-
ment where cars were at hand to trans
port all to Mckinley Park
About 100 old timers afoot followed
the band and several hundred more in
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1938-07-28
Ely Teacher Married
To Minneapolis Man.

Cards have been received in this city
announcing the marriage of Miss
Sophia Theodore Vranesh, teacher in
the Ely schools last year, to William
Harvey Ward of Minneapolis, on Sat-
urday, July %, at Minneapolis.
Miss Mary Vranesh, sister of the
bride, and Walter Kemprath, brother
in-law to the groom, were the attend
ants. After a wedding breakfast at
the Curtis hotel, the couple left on a
honeymoon trip to the western part of
the United States and Canada.
They will make their home at Walker,
Minnesota, where Mr.. Ward is an
architect. The bride is a graduate of
the University of Minnesota, cum laude,
and has been teacher in the Ely
schools where she has host of friends.
The groom is graduate of Carnegie
Tech, Pittsburgh.
Prior to her marriage, Mrs. Ward was
feted at numerous showers in this city
and at her home town of Chisholm,
where her parents, Mr.. and Mrs.
Theodore VraneSh, reside.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1938-07-28
ELY CIVIC CLUB
States BROAD
ACTIVITY LIST
WPA Work on Dam Building,
Emeralite Plant Opening,
Sales Drive, Projects.

| The establishment of a PWA project
for the reconstruction of a series Oh
dams controlling the flow of water from
number of lakes in the Ely territory
the possible reopening of the Emeralite
plant, and the promotion of a sales
drive here were among the items OF
business discussed at the July meeting
of the Commercial club held Tuesday
evening in the Community Center.
1t was also brought out that there
was small chance for the relocation of
No. at the east end of town or the
surfacing of No. 81 to its intersection
with No. 1859 during 1888. mo funds
for these projects was given as the
reason. 1t is believed, however, that
they are assured for next year.
Walter Olson, st. Paul, head of the
division of drainage waters, in con-
ference with Ray Hoefler this week, in
dicated that his department would be
interested in starting a WPA project
for the reconstruction of old logging
dams near here. Dams at the outlet of
Bear Island, BURNSIDE, Fall, Newton
and Shagawa lakes and the series of
dams on the KaWishiwi and Stoney
rivers were suggested for the project.
In making report to the club, Hoe
fler said that an engineer would be
sent here soon to investigate the Sit
uation and set up a project and it
might be approved in time to provide
WPA labor for this fall and winter.
E. B. Moon, secretary of the whole
sale department of the ST. Paul Asso-
citation of Commerce, has been invited
to inaugurate sales drive here with
an address set for Thursday, August II,
to which everyone is invited to attend
This meeting is being held not only for
the business and professional men and
their employees but for the consumer
public as well. An entertainment pro-
gram will also be arranged.
The committee set up a short time
ago to consider the establishment of a
sales campaign here will be in charge
of the August IL gathering and will
convene at p. m. today to lay plans.
The Emeralite plant has been taken
over by the Reconstruction Finance cor
poration, George Somero said in out
lining the possibility of reopening it.
An inventory and appraisal of the prop
erty is now being made.
An attempt will be made to get some
roofing manufacturer to take it over,
and if this falls through it might he
made WPA project sponsored by
either the state or the county, with the
product being used in road construc-
ton.
In suggesting that the club would do
well in backing the drive to reopen the
plant, Mr.. Somero stated that if no
sponsorer for the project would be OBJ
tanned the. RFC might operate it or
possibly would junk it.
A committee consisting of the city
council, Waino Somero and Ray Hoefler
is scheduled to go to st. Paul next
Thursday for a conference with N. w
Elsberg, commissioner of highways,
over the relocation of No. l. In a let
ter to Hoefler, Elsberg, in pointing out
that there were limited amount of
funds available for the construction of
highways such as this" also wrote that
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1938-07-28
ELY PIONEER
PASSED AWAY
Henry Kurvinen Died Monday
In Duluth; Funeral Held
Here Yesterday.

One Of Ely'S pioneer settlers passed
away at st. Marys hospital in Duluth,
Monday, when Henry Kurvinen died
after an illness that dated back for over
a year. His ailment did not assume
serious form until two weeks ago when
he went to the Duluth hospital
The remains were brought to the city
Wednesday and lay in state at the
Laing Mortuary where many friends
and neighbors called to pay their last
respects to one whom they respected
and one who was favorite among a
host of friends and acquaintance.
From the Laing mortuary the remains
were taken to the First Evangelical
Lutheran church where the funeral was
held yesterday afternoon, the Rev. E.
A. Heino conducting the same. The
church was filled to the doors and a
large encourage followed the remains
to the Ely cemetery where they were
inferred in the family lot.
Pail bearers had been selected from
among his old friends and were Jack
Meittunen, ST., Jacob Lampi, Matt
Laitala, Fred Neff, Nestor Rova and
Oscar Hakko. The floral offerings were
many and beautiful.
Henry Kurvinen was born in Kuuis-
amo, Finland, on July Is, 1853. While
young boy he came to America and
to northern Minnesota Later he came
to Tower and Ely. He came to the
Vermilion range when supplies and pro-
visions were transported by pack-sack
over the old Vermilion Trail. When
mining opened here he came to Ely. He
was employed at the mines as engineer
for many vars. Later he has been
with the school district as engineer in
the heating plant.
He was married to Miss Mariana Ross
in Minneapolis in 1890. Bringing his
bride to this city he remained here TO
the time of his death. All the members
Of his family were born in this city and
during their residence were identified
with civic and social achievements.
Mr.. Kurvinen was one of the three
remaining charter members of the
Finnish Lutheran church. He would
have been seventy-five years of age on
July Is. Mrs. Kurvinen preceded him
in death eight years ago and the eldest
son, Herbert, was killed in an airplane
crash in 1882.
Surviving are four daughters and one
son. The daughters are Florence Kur-
vinen of New York City; Mrs. Clyde
Thomas of Palo Alto: California; DR..
Corrina Kurvinen of San Francisco;
Mrs. Theodore Thompson of this city
The son is Irving Kurvinen of Los
Angeles, Cal. All of the survivors, with
the exception of Mrs. Thomas, were here
for the funeral yesterday. Five grand
children also survive.
The sympathy of the community is
rendered the surviving daughters and
son.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1938-07-28
WARNING!
To Spruce Tree Owners

Considerable trouble has been re-
ported by spruce tree owners in this
section and owners are urged to
watch them carefully for kind of
larva or worm which is causing con-
siderable damage. The worm is
about one-half inch long and is
difficult to distinguish on account
of its green color.
A warning is issued by the agri-
cultural teachers who have found
trees in various parts of the country
infected. They advise spray of
black flag 40, teaspoon to a gallon
of water to which soap chips have
been added.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1938-07-28
On This
Occasion
A Few Observations on Matters
Material and Immaterial by
the Editor.

The st. Louis County Wei
fare board has cracked down
on relief chiselers and last
week caused the arrest of two
in Duluth. One of these had
$4,000 in the bank and only
withdrew $50 during the year
when on relief. The county
claims $264.43 were chiseled
out of them not counting the
ERA and WPA work to which
he was not entitled. The other
case was that of a single man
who had received board, lodg-
ing, transportation, medical
care and clothing from the
county while he had $4,000 in
the bank. He owes the county
$149. Every relief order these
chiselers signed constitutes a
crime.
In commenting on these cases
a prominent official of the
county stated: cit is cases such
as these that make it tough for
honest citizens in dire need, to
obtain the help they should
have" The board is continuing
the Investigations and will
probably invade the range
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1938-07-28

pounded out the one home run of the
game.
Petrich turned in his usual fine ex-
hibition of pitching, allowing nine scat
tered hits, three runs, walking one, and
striking out eight. From the combined
deliveries Of Barone and Kirby came
16 hits, IL runs, five free tickets to first,
and three strike outs.
Ely travels over the weekend, going
to Keewatin, Saturday, to provide en-
tertainment for a Moose convention
being held there, and then Sunday to
International Falls.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1938-07-28
Band Concert
Whiteside Park, Friday, July 20, at 1880 P. M.
PROGRAM

Raymond Overture --------------------- Thomas
The Chocolate Selection Straus
The Old Refrain Xylophone Duet
Jacqueline Jackson-Patrcia Moonan
Ballet Music from Faust Gounod
Comm Round the Mountain Novelty) Fillmore
Yankee Rhythm CA Medley) Lake
Down South (American Sketch) MIDDLETON
Medley of Piano Accordion Solos,
Arthur Buraglio and The Band
Amparito Roca Spanish March) -Texdor
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1938-07-28
Ely Community Fair to be
Held September I and 2

VIM j. Nudge and Mrs. Jack Sera-
phine.
This year will make the fourteenth
year the fair has been held.
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The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1938-10-13

Il couldn't do aDithout electric It's economical
Electric control cooking reuland
time the kitchen day. That's what saying
about cooking DIS
COVER FOR YOURSELF We will show actual bills proving
the cooking your community
Come in today and
Surface Meal
. Calves Livery Savory
Green Peppers Tomatoes
Carmel Apples
CALVES LIVER SAVORY
p Id. sliced bacon 11a teaspoon salt
cooking "a teaspoon paprka
sliced calves green peppers.
5 large Spanish onions Medum-ripe tomatoes.
Fry bacon until crisp remove and drain paper Pour off
all but add add peeled sliced and
until golden side liver
brown WELL Meanwhile tomatoes about inch
thick liver
garnished with the crisp bacon
CARMEL. APPLES
l Cup brown sugar. " Teaspoon vanilla.
y Cup water. l Tablespoon starch
6 Medium l milk or 2
Tablespoon butter. GRATED milk and "
Salt
Cook the water together while until
the dissolved Place the apples which have been pared
Guartered and When the apples
DONE Ol5 minutes the brown from the
apples into the white which the
naming Cook minutes longer Low and add
vanilla and salt Pour this the apples when served
Large burner HIGH
Large burner minutes
on m
Small burner LOW 20 minutes 277
.942 SCISSORS or LESS than hreec cents
Be to your telephone and call 1863 if you have
any questions to ask about electric cooking
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1938-10-13
What It Means:
Diplomacy In The Open

son expressed in the first of his
IA points: Diplomacy shall pro-
coed always frankly and in the
public view"
But mechanical development
did not serve the cause of peace
merely by creating the pressures
of public opinion. It gave wings
to the negotiators. Airliners had
not been so perfected in 1914 that
a prime minister could step into
one and be whisked into the pres
ence of chancellor safely and in
a matter of hours. Long distance
telephone communication had not
been SO perfected that a Mussolini
could call a Hitler in a matter of
moments; talk with him as easily
as if he were in the same room
and agree upon pause and a
procedure.
The Big Four
Perfected cable transmission
expedited data from ambassadors
and ministers to their home gov
ernments and facilitated quick
communication between the lead
ers of interested governments.
The loud speaker, the vacuum
tube, the gas engine and wire
photo were as much the big four
of Munich as Chamberlain, Hitler,
Mussolini and Deladier.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1938-10-13

uted through Chapters, by millions of
school children and members of the
Junior Red Cross. And the answers
are provided on the check list, too.
National attention was concen-
trated on the Home and Farm acct
dent problem in 1886 by the Red
Cross. In that year, $4,000 men,
women and children lost their lives
in home accidents, which were
largely preventable. In 1887, this
toll of life was reduced, and only
$4,000 lives were sacrificed to care
lessness. The spread Of knowledge
on hazards whic,. Y - subject to
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1938-10-13
5 YEARS AGO

1EAHS ALO
A daylight hold-up at the Cob
lirSch elevator in Wabasso and
robbery of the Melges Produce
station here netted thieves $780,
Lee Beecher, 83, former depot
agent here, died at Rochester,
Harry Griffin raised a crop of
cotton in his garden.-Fred Bank
er was made president of the
county Wheat Production Control
association.-Mrs. Emil Serr of
Walnut Grove was injured when
struck by car in Missouri.-Joe
Corbett Jr. and Mildred Schools
of Milwaukee were married.-C.
V. Everett who plated Belview
and Benjamin j. Simpson of Sac
ramento, Calf, who was the first
baby born in the village, met in
the sheriff's office here.
Il i
10 YEARS AGO
DR.. w. A. Brand was named
chairman of the county All-Party
Smith for President club.-Win-
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1938-10-13
Soil Moisture
Tests Measure
Next Year CrOb
BY The AP Feature Service

Topeka, KaS. Farm experts
this fall are going to try to FORE
cast nearly year ahead of time
the approximate size of wheat
yields in the western dry land
farm belt.
They hope to take some of the
gamble out of wheat raising
through soil moisture tests.
Experts of the bureau of agri-
culture economics, working at the
Kansas experiment stations, dis
covered that depth of soil mois-
ture at the time wheat is planted
in the fall apparently largely de-
termineS the size of the crop har-
vested the following summer.
Experiments indicate western
Kansas wheat seeded in dry beds
will result in complete failure II
times out of 100," says H. L. Col
Inns, statistician for the depart
ment of agriculture at Topeka.
with one foot of soil moisture
there will be a crop failure "a
times out of 100; with two feet of
soil moisture there are failures Is
times out of 100; with three feet,
10 times out of 100."
To test the new method on a
wide scale holes will be drilled
every ten miles over a 3,500-mile
route in Kansas and a similar
route in Nebraska. Depth of soil
moisture then will be compared to
crop production on the land that
is drilled.
"The purpose is to supply
wheat growers information re-
lating to depth of soil moisture at
seeding time and assist them in
determining whether they should
seed wheat acreage. It also gives
additional information upon
which to base an early season
forecast of probable wheat pro-
duction," Collins said.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1938-10-13
NURING the month of October,

NURING the month of October,
e~ the American Red Cross will
carry a safety message into ten
million homes and farms through
out the nation, urging a cEeck-up
on accident hazards.
Do you know these hazards? How
safe are you at home? Do you know
that deaths from injuries on the
farm are steadily increasing? What
are the causes? These are few of
the questions the Home and Farm
Accident Prevention Service of the
Red Cross will send into homes. on
an accident check list to be distrii)-
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1938-10-13

correction was everywhere credited
with this cut in the death toll.
The 1882 deaths from home acct
dents were divided as follows, &C
cording to the National Safety
Council: falls, 1880; burns and
explosions, 5000; poisonings, LOO;
firearms, 500: mechanical suffoca-
ton, 1000: poison gases, LOO. ~
The Red Cross appeals to those
in the home and on the farm to care
fully check hazards which may exist
inside and outside their houses, and
perhaps save life or prevent a life
long injury.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1938-10-13

Cooper's corner.-Rev. F. A. Cone
filled an important engagement at
Hamline where he married Miss
Johnson. - Herman Shoemaker'S
genial countenance was again
seen at E. N. Swans store at
North Redwood where he was
willing and able to wait on GUS
toners. ".'.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1938-10-13
4acks.1tssa Glanced

dom defeated the Redwood Falls
football team 25 to 12.-Christine
Larsen of Redwood Falls and Earl
Taylor of Sterling, Illinois were
married.-1300 hunting licenses
were held in the county.-Deaths
included. those of Mrs. G.. r. Pry-
or and Mrs. Andrew Stewart
Mr.. and Mrs. A. H. Snyder of
Ida Grove, Iowa, opened a ham,
burger shop east of the Dream
theatre. - Frederick Gilfillan,
brother of c. o. Gilfillan, made
an Atlantic crossing in the Graf
Zeppelin from Germony.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1938-10-13
The World On The Wire

In 1888 such appeals had be-
come not only desirable but prac-
tically imperative. The peoples of
the world were avidly seeking in
formation they knew could reach
them and leaders could not well
deny it to them. Their representa-
tives were at every diplomatic
door observing, waiting, reporting
by wire and air.
Not only did the 1888 public in
sist on being able to read, inn
mediately after delivery, the texts
of speeches and diplomatic docu-
ments, but it wanted to hear the
voices of the speakers on its radio
receivers and to see how they APP
peared when they spoke, this
being possible through the mir
acle of radiophoto and wirephoto
transmission. Facts and argu-
ments caught up with hysteria.
In the Czechoslovak incident,
after it had become a probable
cause of general war, diplomacy
nearly reached for the first time
the ideal President Woodrow Will
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1938-10-13

Once in a Lifetime you see a
girl at a beach who looks like an
advertisement for a bathing suit.
lex.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1938-10-13

We'd Rather Stay At Home
than so to a party and have to sit
around listening to somebody tell
the plot of movie.-ex.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1938-10-13
SO YEARS AGO

Pitts Tenney moved into his
new shop next to Hitchcock's.-
c. E. Smith, the jeweler, was
going out of business.-A good
deal of anxiety was felt over the
illness of little Howard Robinson,
son of j. B. Robinson.-The stone
gutter on the south side of Second
street was being extended to J. p.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1938-10-13
BY MILO THOMPSON
Chief Of the Washington
Bureau. Associated Press

Washington-A feeling is grow
ing in Washington circles that it
was not primarily four men at
Munich, or a British prime minis
ter rushing by air to the doorstep
of Hitler, or appeals by neutrals
for. peace under the leadership of
President Roosevelt, that averted
war.
1t was just as much, or more,
the development which made all
those things possible: modern
communication and journalism,
ard back of that the inventive
genius which made this efficiency
possible.
The increased availability of
improved communication facili-
ties is the chief difference be-
tween 1914, when war was not
averted, and 1888, when, under
similar circumstances, it was.
Never before this time were dip
lomatic gestures SO instantly
known, arguments SO speedily
disseminated and covenants so
openly arrived at.
i i 4:
Bismarck Worked In Secret
The difference is even more
striking when one compares the
events of 1888 with the times
when Germany's Iron Chancellor
Birmarck, by diplomatic methods
devious and secret, confident of
Tho ,,;,l,+ of Cory,oopio ,,oiob+
welded together a German en-
pire.
But it is not necessary to go be-
yond 1914. At that time, as Mr..
David Lloyd George of Britain
once said, mo one at the head
of affairs quite meant war. 1t was
something into which they glided,
or rather staggered and stumbled,
perhaps through folly; and dis
cussion, I have no doubt, would
have aVerted it."
There was plenty of discussion
in 1914, as matter of fact, but it
did not circulate fast enough to
overtalle the onrush of the flames
of patriotic passion. There was
correspondence between the chief
executives of countries involved,
between chancelleries and foreign
offices.
The flow of publicized commu-
nications testified to the existence
of a new ard influential public
opinion about war and peace,
even in 1914. Nations found it de-
sirable to appeal to that public
opinion for moral support.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1938-10-13

THE WAY MOST GIRLS ARE DRESS
ing these days there doesn't seem to be
much excuse for Peeping Toms.-Fergus
Falls Tribune.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1938-10-13

ONE WAY TO GET ELECTED TIC
office is to damn the public utilities and mai
your posters on their telephone poles
Springfield Advance-PreSS.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1938-10-13

THIS WEATHER is WONDERFUL,
providing you're not selling coal or clothing,
or trying to sell advertising to the fellows
who are