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The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1939-01-05

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The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1939-01-05
OFFICIAL PROCEEDINGS
OF THE
CITY COUNCIL
CITY OF ELY.
Council Chambers, Ely, Minnesota.
Monday, January 2, 1889.

Council Chambers, Ely, Minnesota.
Monday, January 2, 1899.
SPECIAL MEETING.
Special meeting of the City Council
was called to order at 7:39 o'clock P.
M, by Mayor Jack Peshel.
The Call was read as follows:
Ely, Minnesota, December 80, 1888.
To Mayor Jack Peshel, Aldermen John
Debeltz, Alex Lobe, Arthur Nyman,
Joseph Spreitzer, Jr., and Frank
Zgonc.
Members of the City Council of the
City of Ely,
Ely, Minnesota.
Gentlemen:
You and each of you are hereby mott
fled that there will be a special meeting
of the City Council of the City Of Ely,
Minnesota, in the Council Chambers of
the City Hall in said city, at 7:30 o'clock
P. NJ, on Monday, January 2, 1889, for
the purpose of considering and acting
on the payrollS and bills for the month
of December, 1885, and such other mat
tiers requiring immediate attention be-
fore the close of the official year.
BY order of the Mayor.
A o. KNUTSON, City Clerk,
City of Ely, Minnesota.
I, E. A. LeBeau, as one Of the Police
Officers of the City of Ely, Minnesota,
do hereby certify that true copy of
the foregoing notice was delivered by
me to each of the above-named men,
bers of the City Council of the City of
Ely, Minnesota, on the 30th day Of
December, 1888, within the territorial
limits of the City of Ely, Minnesota.
E. A. LeBEAU, Police Officer,
City of Ely, Minnesota.
Present: Aldermen Debeltz, Lobe,
Spreitzer, zgonc, Mayor Peshel 90.
Absent: Alderman Nyman ID.
Report of the Committee on Accounts
and Finance was read as follows:
Ely, Minnesota, January 2, 1889.
To the Honorable Mayor and City
Council,
City of Ely, Minnesota.
Gentlemen:
We, your Committee on Accounts and
Finance, having examined the follow
ing payrolls and bills for the month
of December, 1888, find them to be
correct and recommend that they be al
lowed and paid:
Payroll Official Department, 5 1882 IS
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more than year before, made at fair.
Signs of fall: bowling to start Saturday;
initial football game at Hibbing, Fri
day night.
Sept. l5-Burntside Lodge suffers
5000 loss as boathouse burns. Ernest
Madden reelected manager of base
ball team after most successful season
in years.
Sept. 22-District meeting of National
Council of Catholic Women, Monday
and Tuesday, draws large crowd
Sportsmen in meeting favor opening
Eastwood territory to hunting. One
hundred at S. N. P. j. convention here
Sunday.
Sept. 29-Duck hunters oil guns in
preparation for opening of season, Sat-
urday; township GA range 10 declared
open. Wayne Bolitho, IS, wins Shay
ava club golf championship. Harold
E. Stassen, candidate for governor, gives
address here today.
Oct. 6tMrs. Joseph Hoffman and
daughter, Mrs. Joseph Cook, drown in
Fall lake, Monday. John A. Harri in
stalled Saturday as commander of newly
formed v. F. w. post. New candidates
today. Mining companies secure court
initiated at District w. B. A. meeting
order to halt city spending.
Oct. 13-Governor Benson makes first
address here as 600 Elyites turn out.
Ely Rotarians eat pasties $500 feet
under ground.
Oct. 27-Large delegation to attend
opening of new paving on 1859 today.
Cooperative month observed by 400
people at meeting last Thursday. Owen
and Charles Salo awarded s4,e64 in car
collision case.
Nov. 3-Complete drilling of 51z foot
The Wyandotte herald. (Wyandotte, Mich.) 1879-1943, 1939-05-12
Notice Of Bond Sale
So. 0OO.00 SPECIAL ASSESSMENT
WATER MAIN GENERAL OBLI-
GATION) BONDS, CITY OF Wy
ANDOTTE. MICHIGAN

Sealed bids for the purchase OF Spe-
cial Assessment Bonds of the City OF
WyandOtte, Michigan, of the face
amount of $37 100000 will be received
by the City Clerk at his office in the
City Hall, WyandOtte, Michigan, until
CD four o'clock p. NJ. Eastern Stand
ard Time, Tuesday, May 10th, 1889,
said sealed proposals will be opened
aud considered by the City Council at
Its regular meeting at (S) O'Clock L.
NJ. Eastern Standard Time, Tuesday,
May 10th, 1899, in the CO1ncil Cham
bers i'll the City Hall.
The Bonds shall be dated June l,
1880 and shall mature Serially without
option of prior payment $9,OOO.OO June
/. 1910 and $7,OOO.OO June L, 1941 TO
June l, 1914 both inclusive; shall be
coupon bonds of the denomination VI
$1,000 each and shall bear interest
at the rate, or rates, not exceeding $50
per annum, expressed In mulhples or
IA of TO and said interest shall be
payable semi-annually ON both Deem
Der and June 1, OF each year.
Both principal and interest shall be
payable at the WyandOtte Savings
Bank, Wyandotte, Michigan:
The interest rate may vary on any
OF esuoh years maturity, but all Bonds
maturing in any one year must carry
the same rate of interest.
The Bonds shall be awarded TO the
bidder whose bid produces the lowest
interest cost to the City after deducting
the premium offered, If any. Interest on
premium shall not be considered as
sseductable in determining the net In
terest cost.
No proposal for less than all OF the
Bonds will be considered.
Bonds are issued in anticipation W
the collection Of special assessments,
and the full faith and credit Of the
City of WyandOtte, Michigan is piedg-
ed for their payment
Envelopes containing the bids should
be plainly marked Proposal fof
Bonds" =
A certified check for 29c Of the par
amount OF the Bonds drawn upon an
Incorporated bank or Trust Company
and payable to the order OF the Urea
surer OF the City Of Wyandotte, Michl-
gan, must accompany eacA proposal,
the same TO be retained as stipulated
damages in case accepted bidder re-
fuses to purchase bonds.
The City OF Wyandotte will pay Tor
the printing and furnishing OF bonds:
The City will Furnish the opinion OF
Miller. Garfield. Paddock and Stone,
Detroit, Michigan. approving the legal
ity Of the Bonds.
The right Is reserved to reject any
and or all bids.
City OF WyandOtte, Mchagan
LAWRENCE J. LaOOURSE.
City Clerk
Dated: At wyandOtte, Michigan, this
26th day 6 April. A. ID. 1872 lo"Z
The Wyandotte herald. (Wyandotte, Mich.) 1879-1943, 1939-05-12
Poland's Capital One of
Cayest European Cities

Poland is not ordinarily thought
Of as particularly cosmopolitan or
youthful nation; yet Warsaw, its
capital, is one of the gayest cities
after dark in all Europe To begin
with, it is the pleasant Polish GUS
tom to close all offices at three p.
m. every day, thus giving every
one an excellent start for a long
evening. Dinner comes about four,
and from then on until past mid
night good many residents of War
saw, as well as visitors from other
countries, amuse themselves at the
cafes, night clubs, and theaters.
Opera and drama are popular in
Poland, and believe it or not, two
of the favorite polish" dramatists
are named w. Shakespeare and G..
B. Shaw. One of the latter's plays,
as a matter of fact, had its world
premiere in Warsaw.
The whole town seems to be out
for entertainment In one form or
another almost every night; and the
simple explanation is that, in Pc
land, entertainment is one of the
cheapest of all commodities.
A rather informal atmosphere
prevails at most of the cafes and
clubs, for Poles like to drop in"
at their favorite rendezvous on the
spur of the moment. Dancing is
found everywhere; and while the
usual fox-trots, tangos and rumbas
are extremely popular at hotels and
night clubs, the polka, the mazur,
and other dashing, reckless native
dances are still highly favored at
fashionable private parties and
balls, even as they are among the
peasants of the country districts of
Poland.
The Wyandotte herald. (Wyandotte, Mich.) 1879-1943, 1939-05-12
Notice Of Bond Sale
S56,O0O.Oe SPECIAL ASSESSMENT
PAVING GENERAL OBLIGA-
TION) BONDS, CITY OF VIVIAN
DOTTE. MICHIGAN

Sealed bids for the purchase of Spe-
c,al Assessment Bonds of the City OF
WyandOtte, Michigan, of the face
amount of $J6OO0.O0 will be received
by the City Clerk at his office in the
City Hall, WyandOtte, Michigan, until
ca four o'clock L. NJ. Eastern Stand
ard Time, Tuesday, May Ii, 1899, said
sealed proposals will be opened and
considered by the City Council at its
r. gular meeting at (S) eight o'clock
L. NJ. Eastern Standard Time, Tues
Cay, May 10Th, 1889, in the Council
Chambers in the City Hall. -
The Bonds shall be dated JUNE 1,
1899, and shall mature serially with
out option of prior payment $16,OOO.OO
June i, 1910 and $1O,OOO.OO June 1,
1941 to June /, 1914 both inclusive;
shall be coupon bonds of the denOmina
ton of $1,OOO.OO each and shall bear
interest at the rate, or rates, not ex-
ceeding 3To per annum, expressed in
multples OF Il of 40, and said inter
est shall be payable semi-annually on
both December 1, and June 1, Of each
year. Both principal and interest shall
be payable at the WyandOtte Savings
Bank, WyandOtte, Michigan.
The interest rate may vary on any
or each years maturity, but all bonds
maturing In any one year must carry
the same rate Of interest.
The Bonds shall be awarded to the
bidder whose bid produces the lowest
interest cost to the City after deduct
irg the premium offered, if any. Inter
est on premium shall not be consider
ed as deductible in determining the
net interest cost.
No proposal for less than all of the
bonds will be considered.
Bonds are issued In anticipation OF
the collection of special assessments,
and the full faith and credit Of the
City Of WyandOtte, Michigan Is pledg-
ell for their payment.
Envelopes containing the bids should
be plainly marked Proposal for
Bonds"
A certified check for Pee OF the par
amount of the bonds drawn upon an
incorporated bank or Trust Company
and payable to the order of the Urea
slrer OF the City OF WyandOtte, Michi-
gan, must accompany each proposal,
the same to be retained as stipulated
damages in case accepted bidder re-
fuses to purchase bonds.
The City Of WyandOtte will pay for
the printing and furnishing Of bonds.
The City will furnish the opinion OF
Miller, Garfield, Paddock and Stone,
Detroit, Michigan, approving the legal
ity Of the Bonds.
The right Is reserved to reject any
and or all bids
City OF Wyandotte, Michigan.
LAWRENCE J. IACOURSE,
City Clerk.
Dated: At wyandotte, Michigan, this
26th day Of April, A ID. 1889. 1Sw2
The Wyandotte herald. (Wyandotte, Mich.) 1879-1943, 1939-05-12
McInerney & McInerney, Attorneys
2911 Biddle Ave.
Wyandotte, Mich.

STATE OF MICHIGAN, County of
Wayne-sS. At a session OF the Pro
bate Court for said County of Wayne,
held at the Probate Court room in the
City OF Detroit, on the twenty-second
day OF April in the year one thousand
nine hundred and thirty-nine. Present
Patrick II. O'Brien, Judge OF Probate.
In the matter OF the estate OF
MIKE TEDESCO, also known as
MICHAEL TEDESCO and MICHELE
TEDESCO, deceased. On reading and
filing the petition of Mary Tedesco
vizachro praying that administration
Of said estate be granted TO Emil Viz
achrO or some other suitable person
It Is ordered, that the twentieth day
of July, next at ten O'Clock in the
forenoon at said Court room be APP
pointed for hea ring said petition. And
1t is further ordered, that a copy OF
this order be published three succes-
sive weeks previous to said time of
hearing, in the WyandOtte Herald, a
newspaper printed and circulating in
said County Of Wayne.
PATRICK III. O. BRIEN,
Judge Of Probate.
"a true copy
ALLEN r EDISON,
Deputy Probate Register. 11w3
The Wyandotte herald. (Wyandotte, Mich.) 1879-1943, 1939-05-12
Dingo Dog Of Australia


The Australian dmgo. has proved
something Of q mystery to biologists,
writes Frederic J. Haskin IN the
Washington Star. The dog is q stout
~ built, somewhat shortlegged ami
NAL averaging so inches OVER all in
Guiding IL inches of tail. It is dun
colored as a rule, although some
have black spots which, il is
claimed, have arisen from inter-
breeding with imported European
dogs.
The stance is graceful, not unlike
that OF a greyhound and the fox
Ii Re, triangular ears and the pointed
nose give an impression Of keen
ness. The animal is fleet and
mighty hunter. It likes mankind,
but Is quite lacking, it would appear,
In the undying faithfulness of most
dogs. 1t is not at all unusual for
dingo to shift its allegiance. For
example, visitor may come to a
camp to which a dingo has been at
tached for months, even years. The
dog will decide it likes the visitor
better than its master and follow
him off.
The dingo, as rule, does not hunt
In packs but singly. The spinifex
rat is the usual prey. However,
since the Introduction of sheep and
the establishment of the great sheep
stations the dingoes have preyed un-
mercifully upon the creatures. A
sheep station in the United States
would be called sheep ranch. Aus
tra ALA has its own nomenclature.
Thus where Americans refer to
flock Of sheep Australians call it
mob OF sheep. A single dingo has
been known to pull down 100 sheep
In single night.
The Wyandotte herald. (Wyandotte, Mich.) 1879-1943, 1939-05-12
Sap of Sapodilla Tree
Chewing Gum Ingredient

II blight should destroy the sapo-
dilla tree millions Of Americans
would mourn-for it is the sap Of the
sapodilla tree that supplies chicle.
And chicle is the basic ingredient of
chewing gum. relates a writer in
the Philadelphia Record.
The chicle is drained from the
trees in Central America jungles in
the rainy season by machete-bear-
ing natives, called chicleros. They
climb the trees, cover them with
croSs-hatchings of cuts, connect
these with central canals that drain
the sap into canvas bags.
The liquid is then boiled, poured
into molds, hardened into bricks,
and thus shipped. On arrival in
factories in the United States, the
bricks are dried out for 30 hours,
then melted, filtered, poured into
mixers, stirred with pulverized SUI
gar, corn syrup and favoring, then
cooled and rolled.
The rolled gum is fed into break
ing" machines which cut % sticks OF
gum with one click of the punch
pr ss, turning out $500 sticks min
ute. Wrapping machines turn out
120 finished packs of five sticks each,
per minute.
Belize, in British Honduras, is the
headquarters of the chicle contrac-
tors, who hire native crews to ex-
tract the sap. +
The Wyandotte herald. (Wyandotte, Mich.) 1879-1943, 1939-05-12
Island Of Malta Really
Made Up of Five Islands

The island OF Malta, forming as
Il does the most strategic naval
base IN the Mediterranean and
Britain's most formidable station on
the short route to India, In reality
consists of FIVE islands, four Of
which could be contained in the
largest, which gives the group its
name and which has an area of
slightly less than 100 square miles.
Two are mere rocky pinnacles
which are used for target practice
by the British feet. The others are
inhabited and have been Hkened to
the Three Bears with Malta on one
side, Coco, the middle-sized Bear
on the other and Comino, the Little
Bear in between.
Archeologically the islands pre-
sent a pageant of western civiliza-
ton from the dolmens of the Stone
age to the most modern Of naval
bases; and the patois Of the native
Maltese is said to be the only rem
nant of the language Of the Phoeni-
clans, albeit it contains admixtures
from the tongues Of the Greeks,
Romans, Saracens, Normans, Span
iards, French and English, who at
various times have been the over
lords. The remains Of three tenn
piles built of great stone slags attest
the existence of prehistoric races,
as do parallel tracks which have
never been satisfactorily explained,
but in solid rock and extending
down into the sea. Coco has been
identified as the scene of Homer's
legend of Ulysses and Calypso.
From tombs and other structures
built by them it is estimated that
the Phoenicians settled in Malta
about 1000 B. c., supplanting civ
ilization comparable in some re-
spects to the Minoan of ancient
Crete, and later the islands were
used as one Of their bases by the
Carthagenians in their disastrous
wars with Rome.
The Wyandotte herald. (Wyandotte, Mich.) 1879-1943, 1939-05-12
Masks Of Old

Beauty and the mask have rarely
gone together. When ancient peo-
Piles made their masks-and man
has been making them from primi-
tive ages-they were made as hor-
rible as possible. Their purpose
was to protect the wearer from
"evil spirits" says the Washington
Post. No more beautiful are the
masks of today. And there are
many. Besides the much-publicized
air raid mask, there are padded
leather faces to protect boxers
during training; smoke and gas
guards for flremen and policemen;
sand-siftmg nose and mouthpieces
for dust bowl storms, and, of course,
the mud pack mask for milady's
complexion.
The Wyandotte herald. (Wyandotte, Mich.) 1879-1943, 1939-05-12


The camphor tree, an evergreen,
looks like a linden, has a smooth,
greenish bark, with white flowers
and red berries. The chief obstacle
to its cultivation is its slow growth,
as a tree is so years old before 1t is
available. The camphor is obtained
by chopping the trunk and roots into
small chips, and applying heat in
a still. The camphor comes off as a
vapor, and is condensed. AS cam
phor fumes overstimulate the tear
glands, the workers in the refineries
weep, and weep, and weep. The
Venetians were the first people in
Europe to refine camphor. They
probably learned the trick from the
Chinese. Then the Dutch got a
monopoly on refining, and it is only
In recent times that the process has
become generally known.
The Wyandotte herald. (Wyandotte, Mich.) 1879-1943, 1939-05-12
Filters Report Island
As Primitive Paradise

SINGAPORE.-Amazing tales c
. primitive paradise IN The In1lGn
OCEAN were mid by = Rrty Of RoyaA
Air Force officers and men WhO
have Io1urned - 6inoapoce hon
the NicAbur islands.
fhet Wsfe sent there % ro6o1r
one Of the Short Sun0otlind 49,
boats which was damae6d ~
forced -iAuding xt 'NsncuWfy islanl.
A. The qQly white mla . IL ~
lind, th1y were ttie fusSh u ~
matriarchal monarch, Queen Ish]ea,
who entertained them Nth var
dances and . royal regatta ID VIA
native canoes todk paft.
The Wyandotte herald. (Wyandotte, Mich.) 1879-1943, 1939-05-12

Bolivia, the Switzerland of South
America, has been ruled by q few
families Of pure Spanish ancestry
for the past 40 years, but it's popu-
lation includes a great number Of
Indians. There are the Quechuas
and Aymaras, over whom the Incas
ruled; the indolent Chiquitanos Of
the eastern section who live 10 pfim-
tive palm novels IN the lowlands;
the Chiriguanos. q yarlike race Iv-
ing in the foothills Of the Andes. and
the lawless Tobias, robust. hickbod-
led, Unframed.
The Wyandotte herald. (Wyandotte, Mich.) 1879-1943, 1939-05-12

The frst submarines were small
Affairs. The very first, built in 1870.
was merely q large wooden row.
boat, decked over and made water
tight BY q covering Of thick, well
CREASED leather. King james, Of
England, Travelled under water sew
eral hours in one of the strange
craft, propelled by IL rowers. "A
similar submarine, built q few years
later, was equipped with several
leather bottles. Water was admit
ted into the bottles to make the craft
submerge. To rise to the surface
the inventor squeezed out the water
with q lever and bound up the
neck OF each emptied bottle with q
string.
The Wyandotte herald. (Wyandotte, Mich.) 1879-1943, 1939-05-12

The Battle of Lake Erie was
fought on September 10, 1873, in
the second year Of the War Of 1914.
The light lastad approximately
three hours. ending IN yictory for
the American feet The British lost
Us men and the Americans l23.
Oliver Hazard Perry, commander
Of the American feet, wrote Gen.
eral Harrison: I've have met the
enemy and they are ours-two
ships, two briggs, one schooner and
one sloop."
The Wyandotte herald. (Wyandotte, Mich.) 1879-1943, 1939-05-12

kee0o0t Lake u f00n0s0ee
Reeltcot lake Is IN O6ion and Lake
counties, Tennessee, near tle north
west angle Of the state and extend
ing into Fulton county. Kentucky.
It is a large and shallow expanse Of
water, 10 miles long, and was
formed during the earthquake Of
1911. 1t receives Reelfoot. Pawpaw,
and other creeks, and discharges
through the Reelfoot river into the
Obion river. 1t Is widely known
among sportsnen for its bass Ash
ing.
The Wyandotte herald. (Wyandotte, Mich.) 1879-1943, 1939-05-12

H.
CLEVELAND, OMO.-When
his friends insisted fhat he sbpsad
zee his first motion picture. il
cob Mabel, los years Old, laid -
wanted to be paid II Ne were 70
sit through 9 aim.
''But ] was wrong" he admit
ted after seeing = technicolor
production. 'sIt was % good I
would Be willing - pee anpther."
Mabel. an Hungariep-born nep-
prietor Of : clothing store, never
had ridden IN an automobile or
seem = show.
a Meatsr manager red about
Nabel, and made the necessary
arrangements.
The Wyandotte herald. (Wyandotte, Mich.) 1879-1943, 1939-05-12

245,223
STATE OF MICHIGAN, County Of
Wayne-Ss. At a session of the Pro
bate Court for said County OF Wayne,
held ut the Probate Court roeGn in the
City OF Detroit on the seventeenth day
Of April in the year one thousand nine
hundred and thirty-nine. Present Jos
eph A. Murphy, Judge OF Probate In
the matter OF the estate OF AMBER
GROH, deceased. Wyandotte Savings
Bank, administration with the via an
nexed Of said estate, having rendered
to this court its first and final ac-
count In said matter and flied there
with its petition praying that its re-
sigma ton as administrators with the
viii annexed be accepted and that the
residue OF said. estate be assigned to
some suitable person as administrator
de bonis NON with the viii annexed Of
said estate. It Is ordered. that the
thirty<frst day Of May, next at ten
O'Clock In the forenoon at said Court
room be appointed for examining and
SLOWING said account and hearing said
petition. And 1t is further ordered, that
4 copy of this order be published three
successive weeks previous to said time
Of hearing, in the Wyandofte Herald, a
newspaper printed and circulating in
said Coanty Of Wayne.
JOSEPH A. MURPHY,
Judge of Probate.
CA true copy)
ALLEN r.. EDISON,
Deputy Probate Register. 17w3
The Wyandotte herald. (Wyandotte, Mich.) 1879-1943, 1939-05-12

1V3u 1ABuS bHnPSsSs 1HSOSsS
leads are equipped with tongues
of special design to aid them in snip
ping up insects without bothering 10
exert themselves greatly. Like many
other forms q animal life, says the
American Wildlife Institute, the toad
has q tongue which Il shoots out to
irnpale insects. Unlike the other In
sect catherine tongues, the toad's
10 not attached to the throat, but to
the front Of the upper jaw. II lies
with It's free end pointing backward
and 10 not darted out, but snapped
fprward Ike D rubber band.
The Wyandotte herald. (Wyandotte, Mich.) 1879-1943, 1939-05-12
Etiquette Tip

When speaking to social equal.
a wife refers to her husband by his
given name.
The Wyandotte herald. (Wyandotte, Mich.) 1879-1943, 1939-05-12
VentriIOuuiSm

The art of ventriloquism was
known to the ancient Egyptians and
Hebrews.
The Wyandotte herald. (Wyandotte, Mich.) 1879-1943, 1939-05-12
London Street

London has a street by the name
of Hanging Sword Alley.
The Wyandotte herald. (Wyandotte, Mich.) 1879-1943, 1939-05-12

Platinum was known TO the an
clients, but its high melting point
prevented their working it.
The Wyandotte herald. (Wyandotte, Mich.) 1879-1943, 1939-05-12
Named for Baf6n

William Baffin discovered the bay
named for him in 1915.
The Wyandotte herald. (Wyandotte, Mich.) 1879-1943, 1939-05-12
LARGEST Masonic TEMPLE

Detroit's Masonic temple is the
largest in the world.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1939-12-21
Horse of the Year

The horse of the year was Challe-
don. He failed in the Kentucky Der
by, but went on to win all other
stakes. He proved his greatness
when he Outran Kayak at Pimlico.
Bob Feller of Cleveland, Joe Di-
Maggie and Charlie Keller of the