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Coulee City dispatch. [volume] (Coulee City, Wash.) 19??-19??, 1939-08-03

great deal higher than he did year
ago, when he was considered just
another good tennis player. Twelve
months ago Elwood was not cOnsid-
cred seriously as Davis Cup timber.
He was held in such low esteem
that the brass hats did not think
enough of him to send him across
to England with Miss Marble, Miss
Jacobs, Mrs. Palfrey and Riggs.
They gave him boat fare and told
him to shift for himself.
Riggs Not Greatest,
Riggs. of course, hasn't been list.
ed as the greatest player who ever
appeared at Wimbledon. Which is
remarkable in that it was said
about Don Bulge, Fred Perry and
Ellsworth Vines. It was also said
about Henri Cochet, Bill Thompson
and Tony Wilding. : f
And it is also true. that this years.
Wimbledon match left one thing to
be desired Baron Gottfried Won
Cramm, who defeated Riggs 81, go
at the Queens club tournament, is
considered by many to be the best
amateur of today's game. Won
Cramm did not play at Wimbledon.
Another United States hopeful is
frankie Parker. Remember him?
A few years ago he looked to be a
pretty good tennis player. Experts
agreed that if Frank could polish
up his forehand he would be near
the top. But that forehand didn't
seem to acquire much polish. Sew
eral months ago experts were all
for dropping him. He had lost to
Cooke at Seabright. Hunt trounced
him at Rye, and last year he took
bad beatings from Bulge and Brom-
witch. His forehand was still the
worst of any ranking American
player.
Now comes reports from the West
that Parker has at last discovered
himself. His fOrehand has definite
ly improved. Going out to Califor-
mia, he discarded his old style and
worked out new forehand. In Chi
cago Frank won the national clay
court championship. Then he
teamed with Gene Mako to win the
doubles from Johnny Doeg and
Wayne Sabin, both under considera-
ton for Davis cup action.
Australia Not on Scene
Another thing that keeps Davis
Cup enthusiasts from figuring toe
strongly on an American victory is
the fact that Australian players
were occupied elsewhere. And Ions
ago Australia was selected as the
logical place to house the big-earec
Davis Cup.
Germany wants the Davis cup and
wants it badly. Won Cramm, VIII,
was arrested and imprisoned in Ger
many on a morals charge, is likely
to be restored to his former socia
status in the Reich. Then Germany
would be the Odds-on favOrite to win
Germanys chances were aidec
materially when they annexed
Czecho-Slovakia, for that move add
ed Roderick Mcneil to Herr Hitler.
volley artists. Mcneil is one of tn,
worlds best four amteurs.
However, when Riggs, Cooke, e
al start hammering the ball acros
the net, anything can happen. The.
might even win.
Coulee City dispatch. [volume] (Coulee City, Wash.) 19??-19??, 1939-08-03
Sport Shorts

T GU GEHRIG'S daily stint really
~ isn't hard. He merely walks to
the plate before each game and pre-
sents the lineup to the chief umpire.
Coulee City dispatch. [volume] (Coulee City, Wash.) 19??-19??, 1939-08-03

AboUe: An enthusiastic am
ateur driuer is Mrs. E.. Roland
Hartman, whose husband is
president of the Grand Circuit
and gunner OF Historic track.
Driving Calumet Eric, she is
sho,on here trying out style
Of sulky popular before 1892.
the year in Which the modern,
small-,oheeled bike sulky was
first used. The ne,o type OF
sulky, much faster and more
sturdily built, is seen at the
right ouer the heads of lolling
spectators.
Evening star., 1939-06-26

tions. Mrs. Slow Poke would b
some time in getting out Of sight.
Somehow it seemed as If she moved
more slowly than ever, II that were
possible. Peters eyes closed, and
this time they stayed closed. Mrs.
Slow Poke stole back and her own
eyes twinkled as she saw that Peter
really was asleep. Then she started
OF in what was really q great hurry
for her. She was going straight on
about her business,
Evening star., 1939-06-26

to him. She simply kept right on
her way as if he were nowhere
about. She was quite as slow NOV
ing as Slow Poke himself, but She
kept right on going and wasted
neither time nor breath in talking.
Gradually Peter got it into his fun
ny little head that whatever he
found out about Mrs. Slow Poke he
would have to find out by means
OF his eyes and not with his tongue
and ears. He would have to md It
Evening star., 1939-06-26

would close, fly open again. Then
Peter would look about him to see
If any one had noticed him.
BY and by, Peter found a par
ticularly comfortable spot from
which to watch Mrs. Slow Poke.
It was under q little hemlock tree.
The branches were so close to the
ground that under them Peter was
hidden from any one who might
happen along. From 1t Peter could
ses for quite . distance In al direc-
Evening star., 1939-06-26

Poke took no notice of him. II she
knew that he was spying on her
she didn't show it. She just went
right on about her own business as
If she were quite by herself.
Now sitting still on q warm day
Is apt to make one sleepy. It worked
just that way with Peter. His stom-
ach was full, it was warm and very
still there in the Green Forest, and,
in spite Of his curiosity, Peter be-
gan to grow very sleepy. His eyes
Evening star., 1939-06-26

out by watching her. Mrs. Slow
Poke seemed to be looking for some
thing. She didn't 60 in straight
line. But turned first this way and
then that way. Every once in a
while she would stop and dig a lit
tie. She never made much OF q
hole. In fact, Peter probably never
would have noticed them but for
the fact that he saw her make
them.
Nov what Is she doing that for?"
Evening star., 1939-06-26
Bedtime Stories
BY THORNTON w. BURGESS.
Who neglects business soon will fnd
He has no business to mind.

Mrs. Slow Poke the Box Turtle
isn't the negligent kind of a person.
No, indeed. Peter Rabbit soon
found this out. OF course, as soon
as he discovered who she was, he
was fairly bursting with desire to
ask questions. There was a lot he
wanted to know. He wanted to
know where she had come from,
where she was going, If she had
laid her eggs yet, if so, where, and
lots of other things.
But it was clear even to Peter
that Mrs. Slow Poke had something
on her mind and didn't propose to
stop and gossip. After answering
his greetings she paid no attention
Evening star., 1939-06-26
Peter wondered.

Peter wondered.
But he didn't ask, because by this
time he had learned that 1t was
quite useless to ask questions Of
Mrs. Slow Poke.
It was no trouble to watch her.
All Peter had to do was to sit still.
She was so slow that it would take
her quite while to get out of sight.
Then in a few jumps Peter would
have her in sight again, and once
more would stt still. Mrs. Slow
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1939-07-13
Signs Shape Warns
Drivers of Hazard.

Very few motorists realize that it is
not only necessary to watch and obey
all highway markers and signs but to
also know them by their shapes. Ac-
cording to the safety division of the
Minnesota Highway department, many
motorists have run into serious trouble
by having missed the wording on a
curve or other dangerous zone marker,
yet could have avoided this difficulty
by knowing a danger zone existed
through the shape of the sign only.
AS move toward the reduction of
all future highway accidents the high
way department issues the following
information regarding shapes of official
warning signs:
A "diamond-shaped" sign warns of
actual danger where permanent haz-
ard exists, such as a curve or steep hill;
square sign calls for alertness, caution,
danger may exist ahead, such as a
school zone or cattle crossing; an oc-
tagonal sign always calls for a COM
plete stop such as may be found on all
roads that intersect main highway
and on many city streets. The round
sign is found only at railroad crossings,
and even though Minnesota is rapidly
eliminating this hazard by the con-
struction of underpass and overhead
crossings, there still are a great number
of people killed each year at railroad
crossings.
Whenever in doubt, especially at
night, check on the shape of the sign
you are passing and drive accordingly.
AS soon as this becomes a habit, you
will know just what type of hazard
exists ahead.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1939-07-13
MINING SAFER
DURING 1888

The accident rate of iron ore mining
in the United States decreased so per
cent during 1888, according to figures
compiled by John w. Finch, Washing
ton, director of the federal bureau of
mines, and released by F. S. Crawford
Duluth, district engineer of the bureau
While a rise in the rate from 1877
to 308 per million man-hours was re-
corded from 1885 to 1897, a fall in the
rate to 1877 was marked in 1888, the
report points out.
1.-THE improvement was general
throughout the industry" Mr.. Finch's
statement read. Not only did separate
comparisons of underground, open pit
and surface operations show declines,
but also all of the important producing
states had better accident records in
1888. The great improvement in the
accident rate during 1888 was probably
due TO progress in accident prevention
because normally sharp fall in en-
ployment is also accompanied by a fall
in the accident rate. At such times the
less efficient or experienced employees
tend to leave the industry and the re-
naming employees are usually more
safety minded"
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1939-07-13
Tourist Business in Ely
Section Gets Under Way
Prospects Bright for Season,
Secretary Hoefler Reports;
40 Seek Information.

The tourist business in the Ely terri
tory, delayed during June by cool, rainy
weather throughout the middlewest,
finally got under way on the first of
July. The four-day holiday for the
Fourth brought hundreds Of visitors
here on their annual pilgrimage to in
augurate the tourist season with bang.
With the trek of fishermen, nature
lovers and plain vacationers starting a
little late, it is believed that the in
flux of tourists will continue little
longer during the early part of the fall.
Prospects for good season for the
Ely territory are bright, according to
Ray Hoefler, secretary of the Ely Com
mercial club. Inquiries so far this year
are about equal to those at the same
time last year he said, and this in view
of the fact that financial retrenchment
has neceSsitated the cancellation of
nearly all the clubs newspaper and
magazine advertising carried on at this
time.
During April, May and June, 410 in
quiries were received at the secretarys
office from nearly every state in the
Union. They came from as far west
as California, as far east as New
York and as far south as Florida. All
of these states have been represented
here this year, proof of the results
obtained by the publicity campaign Of
the club secretary.
One reason for Hoefler's prediction
that July and August will be good is
that in nearly every case when an in
quirer states the time of his con-
templated visit it is scheduled for one
of these two months. About an equal
number say they plan to come in June
or September, but the two months in
between are the great vacation months.
Thirty-one persons asked for infor-
nation during the last three days in
June. One inquiry came from an in
surance man in Denver, Colo, who was
seeking information about trip around
Hunters Island for a party of four.
An empioye in the county attorneys
office in jacksonville, KY, asked about
resorts and fishing. A Columbus, Ohio
writer and a st. Louis, Mo-, man wanted
folders on resorts and canoe trips.
Other letters came from Iowa, Illinois,
Wisconsin, North Dakota, Indiana and
Minnesota.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1939-07-13
Twenty-Five Years Ago
From Issue of July II, 1914.

Arrangements have been completed
for the Firemens Tournament and
Home Coming in this city, July % to
Is. Attractions on the program, be-
sides the prizes for the firemen's events
in which Proctor, Biwabik, Aurora, Vir-
ginia, Eveleth, Ely and Winton will
participate, will include H. j. Webster
and his biplane, the first ever to be
seen in Ely; Corey Bros. combined car
nival Company with eight shows and
several riding devices; fireworks dis
plays; pavilion dances and music by the
Ely Concert Band; ball game between
Winton and Ely. Friday will be Win
ton and Tower Day and the D. & I. R.
will run special train to Tower after
the nights festivities.
Supt. W. A. McCurdy and Miss Ada
E. Patterson will be married in Duluth
on Wednesday. They will leave at once
for a wedding trip through the East,
spending considerable time at Wash
ington, D. C.***The contract has been
let for the first twenty miles Of the
Grand Marais & Northwestern Rail-
road, out of Grand Marais, to John
Bergman of Duluth. The first twenty
miles of the new road will take the
construction to a point approximately
where it will intersect the line of the
Duluth & Northern Minnesota road
running north from Knife River toward
Port Arthur. The road will be con-
tinued to Ely from Grand Marais, a
distance of rs miles it is said.
Pietari Nickolai Sunola and Olga
Maria Kiviharju and Luigi Garni and
Giovannina Bottiani, secured licenses
to marry yesterday. "*"Mr. and Mrs
John Strukel mourn the death of their
infant child. ***The two-year-old son OF
Mr.. and Mrs. Victor Thompson died
Friday The Rev. Hirvi conducted the
funeral. 49, George Brozich is building
handsome new residence on Sheridan
street. The residence is of the bunga-
low type. ***E. A. st. Marie and Miss
Louise E. Minkel secured license tc
marry yesterday The marriage viii
take place tomorrow
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1939-07-13
100 MILES TO
TRAVEL ten
Knotty Transportation Problem
Faces Forest Service in
La Croix Project.

A tough transportation problem faces
Jack Valentine, ranger for the La Croix
district, in building the forest services
new boat house and cabin at the guard
station on the east end of Lac La Croix.
Located about ten miles from the
city as the crow flies, the site for the
boat house can be reached in the
transportation of materials only by
travelling a circular 100 mile route,
about IS miles of it over boundary
waters.
If the forest service receives its sea-
plane, however, by the middle of the
month as it expects to, the ship will be
put into service and will provide an easy
solution for a knotty problem.
Four hundred sacks of cement, be-
sides other materials must be taken in
If the land-water route is travelled
the materials must be taken up the
Echo trail 80 miles to Crane lake. They
will then be loaded into boats and
hauled up through Crane lake, around
the south edge of Sandy lake, southeast
through Little Vermilion lake into the
Loon river. They will then be pilotec
through Loon lake into La Croix ano
through the entire length of the latter
to the guard station. The water route
is about IS miles long.
An old camp is located at the spo
but it will be removed.
The new boat house will be abou
20 by 40 feet in dimension, large enough
to accommodate the 28-foot Hackercraf
of the forest service. 1t will have {
concrete foundation and log sides.
lthree-room log cabin will be put up.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1939-07-13

be referred to the Sales & Purchasing
Committee with power to act. Motion
carried unanimously.
Moved by Gianotti, supported by
Dragavon, that the resignation of Miss
Mary Louise Myers, as high school in
structor be accepted. Motion carried
unanimously.
Application from August Jerich for
part time employment was read and
filed.
Communication from Matt Praprotnik
requesting the privilege of demonstrate
ing the Won Schrader method of clean
ing painted walls was read and filed.
Communication from the South Sla-
vonic Catholic Union requesting per-
mission to use the Washington Audi
torium on August 4th and 5th for their
Juvenile Convention and the use of
school buses on August 4th and 9Th
was read.
Moved by Kotchevar, supported by
Gianotti, that the communication from
the South Slavonic Catholic Union be
accepted and that they be granted the
use of the Washington School Audi
forum on August 4th and 5th, and the
use of the school BUSES on August 4th
and 9Th, on the condition that the
necessary insurance, gas and oil are
provided and that the drivers salaries
and expenses are paid. Motion carried
unanimously
Moved and supported, the meeting
adjourn. Motion carried.
ANTON F. KOTCHEVAR,
C1nrk
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1939-07-13
Fifty Years Ago
From Issue of July 16, 1889.

The last payroll on the Ely-Sellwood
road amounted to $146.70. ***Miss Edith
CadieuX has returned to her home at
Lamour, Dakota. ***The Brownell home
has been completed and Mrs. BroWnell
and family will arrive from Tower this
evening. ***The president was absent on
Tuesday evening and no meeting o. the
council was held***A bonus of SOS, 900
for the Port Arthur, Duluth g. Western
railroad was voted at Port Arthur.
Work will commence Immediately.
A number of surveyors have been in
town the past week for the purpose of
establishing grade for Harvey street
and also for laying the water mains on
Chapman street. ***Miss Mabel Walker
left for her home at Brantford, Ont,
Saturday after visit with her sister,
Mrs. r. S. Miller. *** Arrangements have
been completed for putting in coupon
railroad tickets in the Ely station.**
The weeks shipments of iron ore from
the Lake Superior district aggregate
347, 666 tons, of which quantity 247 ,666
tons went from Two Harbors of Tower
and Ely ores.
News has been received of the death
at New London, Wis, of one of the
earliest explorers of the Menominee,
Mich, and the Vermilion iron ranges
Jack" Armstrong. He was 50 years of
age at the time of his death. John
Davis, an explorer, has been unac-
counted for for two weeks. His friends
are anxious to hear from or about him.
Rev. E. N. Raymond of Tower, ex-
changed pulpits with the Rev. G. E.
Freeman here last Sunday. *Wah-
pahn-to-que-ash, chief of one of the
Chippewa tribes near here, died We'd
nesday at the camp across Shagawa
lake. He was 10 years of age. The
funeral ceremonise lasted several days
and attracted large crowds. The cere-
monies were conducted both here and
at Fall Lake.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1939-07-13
few BUILDING
SUMMER HOMES
Forest Service Receives Many
Inquiries, However, Seeking
Site Information.

Only few people have taken adj
vantage of the U. S. forest services
offer to lease grounds for summer
home sites in the La Croix and Ka-
wishiwi districts, according to the Ely
Office of the forest service.
Many inquiries, however, have been
received here but none of them have
been followed up with the leasing of
land. There are two sites available in
the La Croix district and one in the
KaWiShiWi.
Most of the inquiries received by
Ranger Jack Valentine of the La Croix
district, are from people DESTROYS of
building summer homes on Lac La
Croix, territory that is not available
because it falls within the roadless or
wilderness area. Those coming to
Ranger Frank Legat of the Kawishiwi
district request sites near Ely, easily
accessible by road and with sandy
beaches for children.
Ranger Legat has just the answer to
such requests at his summer home site
on the south edge of Birch lake. Sew
eral new sites were laid out last winter,
with a total of ten available. Four are
occupied. The forest service contem-
plates building a stub road into each if
the demand warrants.
In the La Croix district, land adj
jacent to the west part of Big lake and
on jeanette lake has been plated for
summer cottages. No roads have been
constructed into these spots, however,
because there has been no demand for
them. There will be as soon as the
occasion warrants.
A site map was laid out some time
ago on the east side of Crane lake, but
was cancelled recently because of the
fluctuation of the water level in the
lake caused by the operation of the
Kettle River dam. Four homes, how
ever, have been built there.
The plots are from one-half to three
quarters of an acre in size, and can be
leased for an annual rental of SIS.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1939-07-13
new BOOKS
AT THE LIBRARY

California" is guide to the Golden
Gate state. 1t contains more than $50
illustrations.
wind and Stars'-Antoine De Saint
Exupery. A dramatic episode of an
airplane tourist.
yoke of Stars"-Frances Frost. A
novel,
Fighting Jack Warbonnet' Frank c..
Robertson. A western.
1.-THE Other Brother Fair
child Cushman. A novel of married
romance.
"a Good Home With Nice People
Josephine Lawrence. A story of girl
whose weekly wage included "a good
home with nice people"
"The Americana Annual" an en-
cyclopedia of current events for 1899.
ChiIdren's Books: Our Town and
City Animals" 1.-THE Big Top" Health
and Growing Up"
Paths to Conservation" -Tippett. A
book of animals, trees and plants.
The library has received about 20 new
Finnish books. Included are both fic-
ton and non-fiction.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1939-07-13
Trout Distribution
Started This Week.

This week marks the opening of trout
planting time in Minnesota, when over
three million fingerlings and yearlingS
will be hauled by truck and baggage
car from the state hatcheries and rear
ing ponds to the hundreds of streams
Of the state, according to the state
division of game and fish.
The trout that were Matched last fall
and winter have reached a size of three
to five inches and compose the bulk
of the paintings. However, a sub
stantial start has been made in rear
ing trout to catchable size, and these
will be released in streams near the
hatcheries.
One hundred thousand of these year.
lings have grown to a length of from
eight to ten inches in one pond alone
at the Lanesboro state fish hatchery.
Others have been reared at Glenwood,
st. Paul, Detroit Lakes, and French
River. A series of rearing ponds is
being constructed at Crystal Springs,
near Whitewater state park, where fish
will be raised to catchable size before
being released in streams.
In number of Minnesota communi-
ties, local Sportsmen's organizations, in
cooperation with their local game war
dens and the division of game and
fish, are operating rearing and Matching
ponds for panfish to stock local waters.
The bass, crappies and sunfish raised
in these ponds are distributed in the
fall of the year when they reach
lingering size, with a good chance for
survival under favorable conditions.
New ponds have been developed at
the Mounds Park hatchery, st. Paul,
and the ponds at the Glenwood hatch
cry are being reconstructed and i'm
proved.
The state division of game and fish
is working as rapidly as possible toward
a program of raising fish to a larger
size before distribution is made, but
this is program that must be de-
veloped gradually.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1939-07-13
LOOKING BACK IN into gh the M G,ass

Superior, yesterday. She was SO years
of age and has resided at Bayport and
Saltwater for many years. Mrs. Wiki
low was well known in this city and
many friends extend sympathy to the
survivors.
Curtis M. johnson and Mrs. Charles
B. Mitchell will be the speakers at the
Old Settlers banquet at the Forest
hotel on July Is. Mr.. johnson will also
deliver an address at the Sandy Point
picnic in the afternoon. His subject for
the afternoon address will be Pioneers
Preparedness and Progress" President
Olof Knutson will be POSTMASTER for
the banquet.
Two directors for School District No.
IL will be chosen Tuesday. Those on
the ticket are VIM. F. Anderson, Ed. G.
Jones, Joe Palcher and A. j. McMahan.
***William Herbert Richards and Miss
Clara Ivis Powell secured a license to
marry this week ***A license to marry
was issued this week to John Leonard
Lampi and Miss Tyne Marie Ojala.