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The Ely miner., 1939-09-14
Ely Moose Lodge
Will Celebrate Siluer
Anniversary, Friday
Birthday Ball, Initiation
of Candidates Will be
Feature Events.
80 CHARTER MEMBERS
Institution of Lodge Was
on September IL, 1914;
History Given.

Ely Moose viii observe the 18th an
niversary Of the founding Of their lodge
here this week, with a birthday bail
scheduled for Friday evening and an
initiation and stag feed for members
set for Saturday evening.
A degree team from Two Harbors is
expected to be present to initiate candi-
dates. An attempt is being made 20
obtain Is new members, one for each
year the organization has been in ex-
.istence.
Charter members who we're present
at the institution of the lodge on Sept
II, 1914, who are still members viii be
presented with 25-year medals. Dele
cations from Moose lodges on the
range are expected to be present and
take part in the affair
Cliff Kyes and his orchestra Of St.
Louis will play for the anniversary ball.
Signed to a contract while on a vaca-
ton trip here during the early part
OF the summer, KyeS will bring what IS
probably one Of the best dance bands
ever to appear in Ely.
Advance ticket sales, committee mem
berS state, indicate that a CAPACITY
crowd will be in attendance. A fea-
ture attraction is the marimba PLAYING
of the leader. The dance is being held
in the Community Center auditorium
National Director James Geraghty
came here on Sept. 8, 1914, and on that
date organized lodge No. 1880 with A
charter membership Of CO. Formal inf-
tiation and installation, however, did
not take place until Sept. IT. The lodge
was located in the building now oc-
cupied by the Yugoslav National Home.
where it remained for about six years
when it moved TO rooms over the N.
j. Murphy clothing store The ORGAN
ization occupied this location until its
present building, which it owns. was
remodeled. into which it moved on
Feb 1, 1888
John A. Harri was the first dictator.
serving short term until spring when
new officers were elected. Barth Cofey.
new deceased, was past dictator; Jos. A
Rothman, vice dictator; william Mills
secretary; William Olds, Jr, treasurer:
Carl Sletten, now a resident of Ore
gon, prelate. Matt Lindy was inside
guard and Theodore Thompson, out
side guard. Trustees were Matt Her
ranen, William Grew, now a resident
of Virginia, and l. Kreamer, whose
present address is unknown.
Until Tower-Soudan organized a lodge
along about the end of the world war.
they held membership in the Ely or
ganization. At this time the member
ship was near the 500 mark.
At about the same time John. George.
and Anna Snider, orphaned by the
death of their father from the flu.
were admitted to the children's home
at Mooseheart. where they were gradu-
The Ely miner., 1939-09-14
Nebraska Youngster
DroUns in Boathouse
on White Iron Lake
May Offer Extension
Course in American
Govt, World Politics

Ely people who would like to study
world politics or American government
from professional angle may have that
opportunity through the starting of a
course in one of the subjects under the
auspices Of the university extension SER
vice.
If enough interest in the work is
shown by local residents, who will be
given full university credit for it, j.
Oliver Hall, political science instructor
in the Ely Junior College, may be sell
ected to teach one of the courses.
They would probably start the first
of October and be held in the evening
once each week during the first semes-
ter. A charge of SO per semester is
made
Persons interested are asked to phone
Floyd Dunstan, Junior College Secre-
tary. A poll of the teachers is being
conducted to see how many of them
are interested.
Both subjects are of vital interest and
concern to all Americans at this time
Several requests for such work have al
ready come from local people.
The Ely miner., 1939-09-14
MOUe Started to Ban
Sex and Crime Mags.

A committee has been organized by
st. Anthony's Catholic church to have
charge of the Better Literature" drive
throughout the dioceses of
the United States against the sex
and the crime glorification
sheets being offered on the news stands
of the country.
Assisting the committee to rid the
stands of this class of reading material
in this city are the Ely News Store,
VIM. Poulos, James Drug Store and
Fortier's Walgreen Store The several
lodges and youth societies are being
contacted to inaugurate campaign Of
education against the crime and sex
The Protestant churches
also are joining in the movement.
The Ely miner., 1939-09-14
DIR. Alfred Haapanen, Presi-
dent of Synod, in Charge
of Ceremony.

An impressive corner stone laying
ceremony is scheduled for Sunday
morning at the new church being erec-
ted by the Suomi Synod Lutheran con-
gregation.
Set to start at 1890 o'clock, the rites
viii be in charge of DR.. Alfred Haapa-
nen, Hancock, Mich, assisted by the
Rev. Douglas OIlila, pastor of the local
church. DR.. Haapanen, who will lay
the stone himself, IS president of the
Suomi Synod.
A copper container holding a his
tory of the congregation, names Of
members and other data viii be sealed
behind the stone.
The ceremony will be concluded with
a divine service in the Community Gen.
ter starting at 7:30 p. m Activities Of
the church are now being conducted in
the Community Center and viii con-
tinue there until the building is COM
-pleted.
Brick work on the building IS COM
pleted and the roof steel is in place.
Construction work is being rushed so
that the edifice viii be completed by
Christmas time or sooner.
The Ely miner., 1939-09-14
Suomi Synod Church Will
Lay Corner Stone Sunday
August Births Reported
By Registrar Parker

The reports of births for the month
of August submitted by Registrar o.
w. Parker to the city council at it's
last meeting showed that during the
month, births in the city numbered
eleven with six girls and five boys
Among the births were a set of twins,
boy and girl born to Mr. and Mrs
John McNeal. Those reported were:
August 1, to Mr.. and Mrs. Joseph
Pryatel, son.
August 2, to Mr.. and Mrs Joseph
GlinShek, Jr., a daughter.
August 6, to Mr. and Mrs. John Steve
Struckel, a daughter
August 9. to Mr.. and Mrs. Robert
John Mattila, a daughter.
August II, to Mr.. and Mrs. Steven
Pluth, a son.
August II. to Mr.. and Mrs. Louis
Skradsd, daughter
August u, to Mr. and Mrs. Uno
Nrva, a SON.
August "A, to Mr.. and Mrs. John
McNeal, twins, a son and daughter.
August IS, to Mr.. and Mrs. Ralph
Einard Maxi. a daughter
August 20, to Mr.. and Mrs John j.
Mehelich. a son.
The Ely miner., 1939-09-14
Found in Boat House After
Hours Search; Call
Ely for Help.
WAS TWO YEAR OLD
Efforts of Volunteers With
Resuscitator to Revive
Child Futile.

Sally Lee Prather, the two-year-old
daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. Jack Prather
Of Kearney, Nebr., was drowned Tues
day morning at Burley Park on White
Iron Lake.
Mrs. Prather missed the child early
in the morning and thought perhaps
she had wandered into the woods The
Ely fire department was given a call
for assistance, and Jack Gianotti, on
duty at the time, rounded up ten men,
bers, and Deputy Sheriff Adolph Do
lenshak, to Instigate a search.
Before they could leave for the scene,
they were notified that the youngsters
body had been found in the boathouse
at the park. She apparently had
walked out onto the pier and into the
open water in the boathouse. The
water was two feet deep. The body had
been in the water for about an hour
Fire department members took their
resuscitatOr TO the scene and it was
used on the child for more than three
hours in an attempt to revive her. DR..
P. D. McCarty and DR.. H. N. Suther-
land were present.
Mr.. and Mrs. Prather, accompanied
by Mrs. Prather'S father, Bob Rhodes,
also of Kearney, left the same after
noon for their home. The girls body,
taken to the Laing mortuary, was
shipped to the Nebraska city Wednes-
day.
Tuesday morning Mr.. Prather and
Mr.. Rhodes had gone to Shagawa lake
to fish. The little girl was outside the
cabin playing, and when last seen was
riding on the merry-go-round near
the office. Mrs. Prather, who was
watching her, suddenly missed the girl,
and the search for her started.
Finding no trace of her in the i'm
mediate vicinity of the Office, they went
to the lake. They found her inside the
first door of the boathouse.
This was the Prather families first
visit to this area.
This raises the drownings in the Ely
territory this year to five.
Firemen who assisted in the attempt
to revive the girl were: Chief I. G. Cox,
Rudy Banovetz, Emil Erickson, Tom
Harri, Louis GerZin, Louis Palcher, Al
bert McMahan, Joe Rothman, Jr.. Art
KnutSon, and Jack Gianotti
The Ely miner., 1939-09-14
Delegates Chosen For
s. ". p. J. COncLuUe.

At the meeting of the Morning
Sunday evening, Mrs. Frances Kalan
and Mrs. Mary Startz were elected
delegates to attend the Minnesota
Federation of S. N. P. j. lodges at
Chisholm on September "a Mrs STAN
ley Vessel was named alternate
At the federation session, election of
officers, annual reports and the discus
sion of changes in the bylaws will be
the business transacted. A report of
the annual Federation picnic held at
BuhI on July 80 will be presented.
Besides the delegates and alternates
elected, many from this city contem-
plate attending the Chisholm sessions.
The Ely miner., 1939-09-14
On This
Occasion
A Few Observations on Matters
Material and Immaterial by
the Editor.

Propositions which have
gathered considerable support
are that the president or con-
gress, or both, should take steps
necessary to again return into
circulation the vast hoard of
gold held for safekeeping by
the U. S. Treasury or issue gold
certificates for newly mined
gold produced in the United
States or its territories. The
suggestion was made by prom
inent men at the American
Mining Congress at Salt Lake
City two weeks ago.
The Ely miner., 1939-09-14
NOT ON A STACK OF BIBLES
He Wouldn't Believe 1t!

Harold G. Chafey. CCC camp inSpec-
tor from washington, D. c., who spent
last weekend at the Portage River
camp, won't forget his trip here for
long time.
Saturday noon Chafey, accompanied
by j. w. Shaw, camp superintendent,
and son James, Jr., and Ranger Jack
Valentine of the La Croix district,
went to one of Ranger Valentines "pri-
Vate" fishing bays on La Croix
BY Sunday when they returned, mem
The Ely miner., 1939-09-14
WaIbanks HOnOred on
SiLUer Wedding Date.

The White Iron neighbors of Mr.. and
Mrs. Ed. Walbank surprised them on
Saturday evening at their lake cottage
on the occasion of their 25th wedding
anniversary.
The evening was very pleasantly
spent playing "skittles," the fascinating
new game, and extending well wishes
for many more such gatherings. During
the evening, Mr.. and Mrs. Walbank
we're rendered a purse of silver as a
souvenir of the occasion, the presen-
tation address being made by A. o.
Knutson. A most delightful lunch was
served
The Ely miner., 1939-09-14

bers of the party had caught eight great
northern pike that totaled 95 pounds
in weight, the U. S. forest ranger said.
Chafey was flabbergaSted.
II wouldn't have believed you had
fish like this up here even if you had
sworn so on a stack of Bibles" Valen-
tine quoted Chafey as declaring. While
he had been in this territory before,
this was his first venture into the wiIds
with a rod and reel.
The Ely miner., 1939-09-14

Some of the speakers ad-
dressing public gatherings have
had much to say as to what
has not been done by Governor
Stassen on this, that, and the
other projects. Analysing the
speakers and their remarks it
is found that the governor and
the party in power successful
ly spiked some pet measure of
the speaker, whereby personal
gains or losss were the consid-
Grafton. So far none of the
carping critics have advanced
suggestions to ease the prob
lens confronting the admins
tration but are still harping on
the subjects laid on the shelf at
The Ely miner., 1939-09-14
ZgOnc Bros. Mark End
of Season With Dinner

Frank and John Zgonc entertained
a group of 10 Ely men at stag T bone
steak dinner Tuesday evening at their
resort on Lake One The event is an
annual affair held at the conclusion
of each tourist season.
Joe Gerzin, Jr., acted as POSTMASTER,
gave lengthy discourse on the tourist
business, according to Frank Zgonc.
The Ely miner., 1939-09-14
Mr.. and Mrs. b. StrachGn
Mark 3Oth Wedding Date.

Mr.. and Mrs. B. o. Strachan cele-
brated their 30th wedding anniversary
on Sept. 1, and to help them celebrate
Miss Josephine Strachan arrived from
Cleveland and Charles Strachan from
Hibbing.
Other relatives present were Mrs.
Andrew Lee of Darlington, North Da-
kota; Misses Ellla j. and Mary May
Miller, sisters, and c. B. Miller, father
of Mrs. Strachan from Minneapolis.
The Ely miner., 1939-09-14
ChicagOdn Gets 25-Lb.
Great Northern Pike.

A 25-pound great northern pike
measuring 42 inches in length was
caught in Moose Lake Monday by John
Borgurskis of Cicero, H., a Chicago
suburb. Borgurskis, who is staying at
Kinks resort, is having the mammoth
fish stuffed at the Ely hardware.
The Ely miner., 1939-09-14
BrOlUn GiUen Fine and
TUO-Yedr Prison Term.

Norman A. Brown, former Ely post
master who recently pleaded guilty to
enbezzlement charges in federal dis
trict court at St. Paul, has been SEN
fenced TO two years Imprisonment and
fined $500 by Judge Robert C. Bel.
The fine equaled the amount en-
beZzIed
The Ely miner., 1939-09-14
PARKER HEADS
MEDICAL UNIT
Elected President of Northern
Minnesota Medical Assn
at Detroit Lakes.

Dr. Owen W. Parker was elected pres
ident of the Northern Minnesota Medi-
cal association at its annual convention
held in Detroit Lakes last week.
Other new officers are Dr. W. T.
wenner, St. Cloud. vice president, and
DR. Clarence Jacobson, Chisholm, secre-
tary and treasurer.
The Ely miner., 1939-09-14
VISIT IN MILWAUKEE.

Alderman and Mrs. John Debeltz and
daughter, Mrs. Debeltz, Sr., Julia and
Frank Debeltz and Frank Kromar left
Sunday for Milwaukee where they will
visit with relatives for a week.
The Ely miner., 1939-09-14
To Distribute Surplus
Commodities Friday.

There will be a distribution of sur
plus commodities at the county garage
at 10 a. m on Friday, Sept. Is.
The Ely miner., 1939-09-14
Fair Prize Winners to
Receive Checks Frid1u.

Checks will be mailed to prize win
ners at the Ely Community Fair on
Friday according to Secretary Frank
strukel. A total of s483 in prizes is
being awarded.
The Ely miner., 1939-09-14
Mountain Iron Man
NelU Junior Clerk Here.

Erho Wainio, Mountain Iron, has been
appointed junior clerk in the u S.
forest service Office here. The position
is part of the ERA project for the
forest service.
The Ely miner., 1939-09-14
Miss Anita Gordon
Teaching at Aurora.

Miss Anita Gordon has accepted a
position as an English teacher in the
Aurora high school, starting work with
the opening day of school. Miss Cor
don will also serve as debate coach.
The Ely miner., 1939-09-14

Cliff Kyes, pictured above pre-
siding over his marimba, will bring
his orchestra here Friday for the
25th anniversary ball of the local
Moose lodge. Booking out of st.
Louis, Kyes had achieved consid-
erabIe fame throughout the middle
west not only with his orchestra
but with his marimba as well.
The Ely miner., 1939-09-14

Continued on Last Page)
Evening star., 1939-05-25
Federal Lond Bunks

NEW YORK. May 25 tP.-Federal Land
Evening star., 1939-05-25
Exchange Official Called
In Elfast Investigation
By the Associated Press.

bN tpe Associated PreSS.
NEW YORK, May 25.-Howland
S. Davis, vice president of the New
York Stock Exchange, today was
summoned on short notice to ap-
pear before Attorney General John
N Bennett, jr., for questioning.
1t was reported Davis was to be
asked the reason for an alleged de-
lay by the stock exchange in notify
ing the attorney general of an ex-
change investigation into the affairs
of Henry c. Elfast. expelled from
membership yesterday.
The subpoena for Davis was is
sued shortly after witnesses, who
complained of $4,000 alleged short
ages in six customer accounts han
died by Elfast in the firm of Elfast
F'risk & Co., were questioned by
Bennett and his assistant, Ambrose
Mccall, a spokesman for Bennett
said.
Elfast was expelled late yester-
day by the Board of Governors of
the exchange on charge of mis-
handling customers margin ac-
= counts. He did not appear to de-
fend himself, and the exchange re-
ported it had not been in touch
with him for some time. The ex-
changes investigation began last
March.
Benefits Office said he had not
been notified of the investigation
until night before last, and that his
detectives yesterday were unable to
find Elfast to serve Supreme Court
writ upon him beginning an in
vestigation into his affairs.
Evening star., 1939-05-25
Chicago Livestock

CHICAGO, May 25 dP.-(United States
Department of Agriculture) .-Salable hogs
5000 moderately active; steady to D
higher than Wednesday average; top. 6;95,
kparingly; bulk good and choice 170-240
pounds, 675-6.90; 250-2so pounds, $50
seood medium Weight Weight and heavy, packing
6.10.
salable cattle, 5000; salable calves
1900; very dull trade generally; weighty
steers under pressure; weak to % lower;
yearlings and light steers steady; thin
stockers steady; very little trade in fed
hefers' but market slow, and uneven;
gutter grades and common beef cows COWS, weak S
medium weight bulls weak to 25 lower
lew heavy sausage offerings about steady,
put general bull market on lower key
selected heavy calves sold up to 1000
on kosner account but market mostly
800 70 1000 affair steady to % higher;
thin stockers closing the week fully steady,
but weighty nor feeders 25 or more lower
weiehty steers. bid. l0'75; mostly $50
1923 steer and yearling market. with
heavy at new low on cron
Salable sheep 1000; late Wednesday.
fed lambs weak; best fed 97-pound clip
pers, 800; bulk, S.40-s.75, s old crop wooled
Calliornia wooled. ,sprinsers, $50 outs, at
20 per cent outs; todags fat lambs and
93-pound wooled lamb, $780, bulk good
fed clipped lambs 900; Others ST5, with
better kinds held higher; small lot native
spring lambs, 10.50-10.75; few fat ewes,
around 400. bulk weighty kinds. 3,o0-3. so;
with oyerweights under 500.
Evening star., 1939-05-25
Revised Cotton Estimates
Issued on 1888 Output
BY the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
The Agriculture Department IS
sued revised estimates today for the
1888 cotton crop showing production,
exclusive of linters. to have been
II ,943 900 bales of 500 pounds gross
weight, compared with 1895, 900
bales in 1887.
Cotton under cultivation July /,
1888, was 25018,00O acres, compared
with 34,090000 acres a year pre-
viously. The area picked last year
was 24,248.000 acres, compared with
80 1926 900 in 1887.
Yield of lint cotton was 1858
pounds to the acre, compared with
269.9 pounds in 1887
Production of cottonseed totaled
100000 tons, compared with 8,426,-
600 tons the previous year.
Ginnings reported by the Census
Bureau for the 1888 crop were H.
944 $40 bales of 500 pounds gross
weight, compared with 18,945 ,022 for
1887.
Evening star., 1939-05-25
BONDS ON N. Y. STOCK EXCHANGE
Eastern Daylikht Savinr TimeJ
Approximate Transactions Today.

BY private wire direct to The Star.
Evening star., 1939-05-25
| London Market
Boosted Sharply
| By Peace Hopes
By the Associated Press.

6S tut associated Press
LONDON, May 25.-The stock
market took a strong upward swing
today as the cabinet agreement on
the principle of a mutual aid pact
between Britain, France and Russia
strengthened optimism over the
. European situation.
Transatlantic shares reflected yes
terday's improvement in Wall Street,
with Chrysler up the equivalent of
S225, United States Steel S137 and
International Nickel rs cents. Oil
stocks were in demand as were
mining shares, particularly the
Western Rand issues.
British 31a per cent war loan
bonds advanced and the German
5 per cent issue was boosted per
cent.
Evening star., 1939-05-25
U. S. Treasury Notes
NEW YORK. May 25 LP,.---Prices quoted
n dollars and thirty-seconds.
Yonkers Issue Offered

NEW YORK, May Is (SpeciaD -
Halsey, Stuart & Co. Inc, G. Mp.
Murphy g. Co. and Schlater, Noyes
g. Gardner, Inc, are offering at
prices to yield 070 to 200 per cent
an issue of SLOTS, 900 city of Yonkers,
N. Y, 280 per cent bonds, due May
/, 194o-1958, inclusive. The bonds are
regarded by the bankers as legal
investment for savings banks and
trust funds in New York State. .
Evening star., 1939-05-25
Vacuum Cleaner Sales
Show April Goin
spe cial Dispatch to The Star.

Special Dispatch to The Star.
CLEVELAND, May 25.-Elecrical
vacuum cleaner sales reported by the
industry for April totaled 125, OPS,
compared to 12O925 in the same
month of 1888, c. G. Frantz, secre-
tary of the Vacuum Cleaner Manu-
facturers' Association, announced
here today. With the single excep-
ton of January, it was the sixth con-
secutive month showing an increase
above the same period year before.
January-April sales totaled 492, ,202
cleaners, compared to 493,723 in the
same period of 1888.
Evening star., 1939-05-25
Sears Sales Up
28 Per Cent From
| 1888 Levels
BY the Associated Press.

BY tht Associated Press.
CHICAGO, May 25.-Sears, Roe
buck & Co. reported today gross
sales for the fourth period of its
fiscal year, April "a to May 81, to-
tailed s54,378, ,932, an increase of s11,-
S81, 1886, or % per cent compared
with $40 2,496,947 sales for the cor
responding 1888 period.
For the first four periods this
year, January 80 to May 81, sales
aggregated $l79.807,116, an increase
of $50 ,532 ,018. or 20.5 per cent COM
pared with sales of $149 ,275 ,O98 for
the like period year ago.
Evening star., 1939-05-25
Construction Awards
Rise III Per Cent
Above Year Ago
Up n Per Cent in Week:
Public and Privote
Totals Both Gain
BY the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
NEW YORK, May 25.-Engineer-
ing construction awards for the week
ended Tuesday, totaling ST. 1872 ,000
were 27 per cent higher than the
previous week and 1T per cent
above the corresponding week last
year, Engineering News-Record re-
ported today.
Both private and public awards
showed substantial advances for the
week.
Engineering construction volume
for the year to date is running 25.5
per cent ahead of year ago.
Details follow:
Last week Previous week Year ago
S71 1922 900 S56.0l3,000 S32. $4,000
Private.
21,619,000 1851. 900 s535,0OO
State and Municipal.
44,147,000 10000, 900 2261s,00O
Federal
5.556.0O0 3,412.OO0 1697,O00
Evening star., 1939-05-25
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
NEW YORK, May 25.-Prices
continued to move upward under
fairly active buying in the bond
market today.
Leaders in the rise included
Northern Pacific 4s, Walworth As,
Youngstown Sheet & Tube As, Beth
lehem Steel 3l2s and GAS, Interna-
tional Telephone 5s, Illinois Gen.
trail ASS, Nickel Plate AIS, Allie
ghany IS of '49 and so and Portland
General Electric AVS.
United States Treasures gained
but Home Owners Loan 2&s fell
more than a full point on a small
turnover. Foreign governments i'm
proved slightly.
Evening star., 1939-05-25

rants n-Nw. n fstp)-Stssnns vi
sNegotiability impaired b maturity.
Evening star., 1939-05-25
ITS Tons of Lead Sold

NEW YORK, May 25 lP.-St
Joseph Lead Co. reported $50 tons
of Southeast Missouri pig lead sold
yesterday at $3.50 per 100 pounds,
East st. Louis; so tons at S480, New
York, and rs tons at the New York
average.
Evening star., 1939-05-25
Large Gain Revealed
In Buby Bond Sales
By the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
The Treasury reports sales of
United States savings (baby) bonds
so far this fiscal year total $685.
654,858, compared with $461 ,381 $50
in the comparable period Of the
previous year.
Evening star., 1939-05-25

r In bankruptcy or receivership or be,ns
reorganized under Bankruptcy Act. or
securities assumed by such companies
are annual disbursements based on the last
quarterly or semi-annual declaration Un-
less otherwise noted special or extra divi-
dendS are not included
xd Ex dividend xr Elk rights. Also
extra or extras Paid last year. I Pay
able in stock g Declared or oaid SO far
this year Cash or stock k Accumu-
lated dividend paid or declared this wear
ur Under rule WV With warrants. xv
without warrants war Warrants
Evening star., 1939-05-25
New York Bunk Stocks

NEW YORK. May 25 R,.-Investment
Bankers Conference. Inc:
Quotations as of o'clock)