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The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1939-08-17
All, A Precious Coin?
Nope, It's q Fake.

Blue Earth-No matter what we try
to do, no matter how hard we work,
life continues to play strange tricks.
And in spite of all the universities one
faces there seems always to be some
thing that is exceedingly funny about
the whole thing. For instance, here
the other day when the Methodist
minister wo is a collector of old coins
was hoeing in his garden his hoe struck
a piece of metal. It was apparent that
the disc-shaped piece had been in the
ground for some time and the good
minister thought surely he had real
find He rushed into the house to get
the aid of the family in securing the
disc to determine just what it was.
After the members of the family had
taken turns scrubbing and the metal
object was as clean as they could get it
the minister got his glass to enable him
to read the writing on the coin.
Ironically enough the coin read cts
He'll to Be Poor"
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1939-08-17
ION HUNTERS
| ISLAND TRIP
Girls From Hackensack Camp
on Annual Pilgrimage Into
Wilderness Area.

A party of seven girls, one counselor,
and two guides from Holiday Camp near
Hackensack, Mimi, left Ely Monday on
the annual Canadian canoe trip, spon-
sored by the camp for girls who can
qualify.
Under the direction of Albert Berg
lund, former Ely resident who is physi-
cal edulation director at the camp, the
group will travel through the Hunters
Island territory, starting at Moose Lake
and ending at Winton. They will be
gone a week.
Composing the party, besides Guide
Berglund, are John Sproatt, Iowa City,
Iowa, assistant guide; Miss Gladys
Taggart, Wichita, Kan, counselor; Miss
Elizabeth Waugh, Lincoln, Neb.; Miss
Peggy Rutherford, Minneapolis; Miss
Ann Wallace, Des MoineS, Ia; Miss
Sally Bokum, Chicago; Miss Louise
Kousberg, Winnetka, ILL.,; Miss Dorothy
Dignan, Pittsburgh, and Miss Jane
Garst, Coon Rapids, Ia.
| Berglund, son of Andrew E. Berglund
of this city, is an instructor in the
schools at Winnetka, Illinois, who an
nually works at the Hackensack camp
during the summer while the Winnetka
schools are closed.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1939-08-17
ELYITES HEAR
lCnntinlled from Page Onel

he dwelt on the hard work required
of musicians and the expense they are
put to in attaining their goal. He also
called attention in his talk to the
benefits to a community by having a
good band.
Arthur Sanstedt of Virginia acted as
master of ceremonies in his usual
pleasant and efficient manner.
An appetizing spaghetti dinner was
served a committee and in the eve
ming a dance closed the festival with
music by the Royal knights Orchestra
directed by Mr.. Hakkala.
At the business meeting it was de-
cided to hold the 1910 festival in one
of the range towns to be selected later.
The 1910 officers who will serve and
elected at the business session are:
-Henning Hautala, Hib-
bling.
First Vice President-Uste Rupar,
Balkan.
Second Vice President Olaf Ola
Zim.
Third Vice President-Paul Hanka,
Embarrass.
Secretary and Treasurer = Arthur
Sandstedt, Virginia.
Executive Secretary-B. G.. Leighton,
Virginia.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1939-08-17
JuIy License ReUOcatiOns
Drop From 1876 to Al.

July drivers license revocations fell
from 1876 for that month of 1888 to Al
for the month just past, w. F. RoSen-
valid, director of the safety division,
reported this week to M. j. HOFFMAN,,
state commissioner of highways.
The 70 per cent drop was attributed
in part to reduction in reported major
traffic offenses, chiefly drunken driv-
ing, in part to the change in state law,
which now requires revocation OF a
motorists drivers license only when
such action is recommended by the
court in cases of conviction for drunken
driving in violation of the state law.
Under the old law, every conviction
for drunken driving required revocation
of the convicted drivers license to drive
Under the new law, revocation is man.
datory only if prosecution has been
brought under a municipal ordinance
rather than the state law, or if the
violation is second offense. First Of
tenders under the state law are de-
prived of their licenses only on recon-
tmendation of the sentencing court.
Although revocations during July
dropped far below last year, 80 license:
were suspended as. compared to SO fo7
July of a year ago.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1939-08-17
CITY, SCHOOL
GIVEN CHECKS
May Tax Apportionment Sends
More Than Three Hundred
Thousand Dollars Here.

The City of Ely and School District
No y have received a total Of more
than three hundred thousand dollars
from County Auditor Walter E. Bergen
as their share of the May tax APP
portionments of over ten million dollars.
The exact size of the city's check was
$119,676.35 and that for the school
district, $19O,43922.
Of the total apportionment of sle,-
23O,749.21, the state received s1,Soo l2f'
the county $2,319,449, cities and villages
S31O6,54l, towns $353,o27, schools 49,
O51,754, unorganized roads, SS,0ss,
bitches $1,155, and special mill school
tax, S95,355.
The apportionment for the same
period in 1888 was about $SOoy0G0 more
Tower received S2,72593, and the
school there, S5O,734.93. Figures fol
other municipalities il The county fol-
low:
Duluth, 1895, 725 Al Chisholm, $3.50 =
OO7.19; Eveleth, 12,T36.S7; Fraser
$5O749O; Virginia, $s2S,039.42; AURORA
S17225.52; Biwa5ik, $37 ,9G5 %; Bull
$50 $4,000; Franklin, S19,62868; Gilbert
$67O32 "a; Hibbing, S663,37S05; Kinney
$24, 1850; Mountain Iron, S7S,823.4 40
Balkan, $4O57O31; Stuntz Sill s30.75
and White, $68,O23.07.
Schools sums divided included: Du
luth, 1881 O64.54; Tower, $50.734 50; Gil
bert, $113, 795; Mountain Iron, SLOT .298.
IS; Virginia, $363,043,32; Biwabik, SAT,
59761; Hibbing, $488,.t5SO; Bull, S6e,
1876; Eveleth, S244,l782S; Chisholm
sos, 33O.61, and unorganized, SIS, $50 2:
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1939-08-17
NOTICE FOR BIDS
Ely, Minnesota, August 16, 1899.
Office of the City Clerk.

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN That
sealed proposals, or bids, will be re-
ceived in the office of the City Clerk of
the City of Ely, in st. Louis County,
Minnesota, up to seven-thirty G:3O
o'clock P. M, Tuesday September 5,
1899, for the furnishing of the City
of Ely, Minnesota, with 200 tons, more
or less, free burning, dustleSS treated,
IL" mesh, stoker screenings delivered
F. o. B. Cars, Ely, Minnesota.
Said coal to be delivered in carload
lots from time to time as designated
by the City of Ely, Minnesota, each de-
livery to be accompanied by proper
evidence of weight.
Each bidder shall accompany his pro-
posal with a certified check in the sum
of ten G0) per cent of the contract
price, made payable to the City Treas
urer; check to be drawn on some Ma
tional or State Bank duly authorized
to do business in the state of Minnesota.
Successful bidder shall be required to
furnish satisfactory bond for the full
amount of the contract.
Check of the successful bidder shall
be held until satisfactory surety bond
has been rendered by the successful
bidder and contract signed. All other
checks shall be returned within five
90 days from date contract is awarded.
If successful bidder to whom this
contract is awarded fails to furnish
bond and sign contract within five 90
days after being awarded the contract,
said deposit shall be forfeited to the
City of Ely, Minnesota, who shall then
proceed to award the contract to other
parties.
All bids must be addressed to the
City Clerk, City of Ely, Minnesota and
bear plainly on the outside thereof the
name and address of the bidder, to-
gether with the mark bid on Coal"
The City Council of the City of Ely,
Minnesota, reserves the right to reject
any and all bids.
BY order of the City Council of the
City of Ely, Minnesota.
A. o. KNUTSON,
SIT 8-24 City Clerk.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1939-08-17
P.D. MOLD VIEWS
ELY Street JOB
Says Sheridan Street Project
May be Completed Later
in the Summer.

The Sheridan street extension job
was withdrawn from letting during the
placing of contracts on state highway
jobs, Aug. 4, P. D. Mold, Duluth, dis
trict engineer, stated when here Friday.
Mr.. Mold made an inspection Of the
project. He said that it might be COM
pleted later in the summer
While no announcement has been
made as to the reason for withdrawing
the project from the bidding, the Miner
has learned from a reliable source that
the expense involved in constructing a
new grade for greater curve to direct
traffic south over No. 1 was one reason
for delay. This is a provision contained
in the original plans but eliminated
last fall as an economy move.
It is believed that the present ~
junction of East Sheridan street with
No. l will not be altered, and a BIZ
luminous surface will be placed over
the new road.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1939-08-17
NOTICE FOR BIDS
Ely, Minnesota, August 16, 1889.
Office of the City Clerk.

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN That
sealed proposals, or bids, will be re-
ceived in the Office of the City Clerk
of the City of Ely, st. Louis County,
Minnesota, up to seven-thirty G:30)
o'clock P. M, Tuesday, September 5,
1899, for the furnishing of $4,000 gal
Ions, more or less, No. Fuel oil, de-
livered F. O. B. tanks at the Detention
Hospital, Water & Light Plant and
Community Center buildings, over a
period of one Cd year.
Said fuel oil to be delivered in
quantities from time to time as desig-
mated by the City of Ely, Minnesota.
Each bidder shall accompany his pro-
posal with a certified check in the sum
of ten d0 per cent of the contract
price, made payable to the City Treas
urer; check to be drawn on some Ma
tional or State Bank duly authorized
to do business in the state of Mime
sofa.
Successful bidder shall be required to
furnish satisfactory surety bond for
the full amount of the contract.
Check of the successful bidder shall
has been rendered by the successful
be held until satisfactory surety bond
bidder and contract signed. All other
checks shall be returned within five
90 days from date contract is awarded
If successful bidder to whom this
contract is awarded fails to furnish
bond and sign contract within five (5)
days after being awarded the contract,
said deposit shall be forfeited to the
City of Ely, Minnesota, who shall then
proceed to award the contract to other
parties.
All bids must be addressed to the
City Clerk, City of Ely, Minnesota, and
bear plainly on the outside of the en-
velope IBID on Fuel OIL"
The City Council of the City of Ely,
Minnesota, reserves the right to reject
and and all bids.
BY order Of the City Council of the
City of Ely, Minnesota.
A. o. KNUTSON,
|8-17 8-24 City Clerk.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1939-08-17
Proposed
ORDINANCE No. SO

AN ORDINANCE AMENDING ORDIN-
ANCE NO. 80 AS AMENDED BY Or
DINANCE NO. A, ENTITLED, IAN
ORDINANCE LICENSING AND REG
ULATING THE SALE OF INTOXI-
eating LIQUOR, REPEATING. IN
CONSISTENT ORDINANCES, and
PROVIDING A PENALTY FOR THE
VIOLATION THEREOF" BY STRIK-
ING FROM SECTION 7 OF Or
DINANCE NO. 80, AS AMENDED BY
SECTION OF ORDINANCE NO. A,
THE FOLLOWING LANGUAGE, GALL
EXCLUSIVE LIQUOR STORES
SHALL REMAIN CLOSED FOR ALL
PURPOSES EXCEPT DURING THE
HOURS THEY MAY SELL INTOXI-
eating LIQUOR AS ABOVE SET
OUT"
The Council of the City of Ely do
ordain:
SECTION l. That Section of Or
dinance No. SO as amended by Section
of Ordinance No. A, shall be amended
so as to read as follows:
Section Z. Hours of Operation. No
sale of Intoxicating liquor shall be
made on Sunday or before 800
o'clock P M, on any Memorial Day
or before 800 o'clock P. NJ on any
Election Day in the city. No ION
Sale" shall be made before 800
o'clock A. NJ or after 1900 o'clock
midnight of any day. No "Off Sale"
shall be made before 800 o'clock A.
M or after 800 o'clock P M. of any
day except Saturday on which "Off
Sales" may be made until 1000
o'clock P M.
SECTION 2. This ordinance shall
take effect and be in force ten (10)
days from and after its passage and
publication.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1939-08-17
Pigs is Pigs, But This
Lady Has Rare Varieties.

New Ulm-MrS. Ross Kobe has some
very exceptional pigs-eighty of them
in ALL They hail from all parts of the
state, from other states and from
foreign countries and they are as diff
ferent as the places of their origin.
Two years ago Mrs. Kobe took trip to
Milwaukee to visit a brother and in the
course of discussing old times an old
treasured possession of the family was
brought out. 1t was an odd little pig
made of wood and covered with real
pigskin 1t was fitted with musical
chimes that play tune when the little
pigs tail is turned. This started Mrs.
Kobe on her hobby of collecting pigs.
They flocked to her sty-box about
three feet square-in such numbers that
she had to make more room for them.
Mrs. Kobe manipulates one of the pigs
by putting a fly in the mouth of the
piggie and the fly inside makes the
pigs ears and legs wiggle. This is only
one of the many in her collection that
are really worth looking at.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1939-08-17

and Mizera beached their canoe and
walked to La Croix. They found no
sign of Noble and his son.
Becoming alarmed they ran back
along the roaring stream and found the
canoe in the center of it, bent around
a rock Unable to find trace of the
two, they padded to Canadian look
out tower at the south end of McAree
for help.
Fort Francis was contacted via short
wave radio and the Portage River CCC
camp by phone, which has direct
connection with the McAree lookout
tower. The message was relayed from
the CCC camp to William zupancich
local outfitter, Friday morning.
zupancich Immediately secured the
services of Ringnell and his ship for
flight to the spot. Through the eff
forts of Harry Brady, Ely member of
the U. S. customs patrol, permission was
obtained from customs officials on both
sides of the boundary to fly to McAree
Shortly after dinner, Friday, the
parry, uiCltulliS ltilSLcu, AuPdiiC1eIi
Brady and Joseph Krall, chief game
warden, started for the site. Ringnell
returned in the evening with Simmons
leaving the others there to assist in the
search for the bodies.
Noble, an employe of the American
Rolling Mills company, has two other
sons, one two and one-half years old
and another IL.
Nine Canadians, in charge of Con-
stable Nix of the Provincial police, as
sisted in the search. Professor Blaney
dean of Carlton college, who has a
summer home on La Croix, also assisted
This brings the drownings in the Ely
territory to four this year.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1939-08-17
Old Copies of Weekly
Found In BrOlUn County.

Gaylord-While on a sightseeing
trip in Brown County, recently, Mr..
Spiering examined an abandoned log
shack and noticed some papers stuck
in crevice in one wall. The papers
proved to be a small packet of "The
Century weekly journal published by
j. S. Gibbons on Park Row, New York.
They date from July 26, 1860 to Aug.
80, 1860 inclusive and are remarkably
well preserved, all the print being
clearly legible, though the outside pages
and edges are frayed and the sheets
have yellowed. Intensely interesting
are the accounts of clashes with the
Indians and political data of that ex-
citing period. Mr.. Spiering intends to
present the papers to the Brown County
Historical Society.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1939-08-17
URGE PROJECT
(Continued from Page One)

of new slide at $500, not including
the grading.
No action was taken on the request
of Paul Buccowich, Jr., superintendent
of the water and light department, for
fence to be erected around the city
water tower property to keep people
from climbing the tower. Buccowich re-
ported that people not only climb the
tower but often shin up the steel work.
The payment of delinquent light and
water bills came in for a heated dis
custom The council voted to discon-
meet all homes delinquent if payment
is not forthcoming after notice has
been issued.
Alderman Spreitzer, chairman of the
sanitation committee, reported that al
leys were again beginning to look
like a sight," and he urged that steps
be taken to correct this condition.
Upon recommendation of Secretary
Ray Hoefler of the Ely Commercial
club, Miss Caroline Buraglio was given
the position as his secretary upon the
resignation of Miss Emma Peyla, which
he said would be forthcoming within a
few weeks.
The club was given the 81 200 balance
in the civic fund and an additional $50
for the Community Fair. To this
amount will be added another $50 from
club funds to restore the 500 cut
given the fair.
No action was taken upon the recon-
mendation of the city engineer that
200 feet of sewer be replaced on Pat
tison street because of settling of the
present sewer line. Cost of replacement
was estimated at $2,100.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1939-08-17
SCHOOL BOARD
Continued from Page One)

Continued from Page One)
occupied by the Junior College. Their
bid was $50, and an additional $40 il
automatic electric controls are installed
Five companies bid on the stadium
job. The unsuccessful ones were L. j
Klippen, Duluth, $10,985; American
Bridge Company, Duluth, ,512; Lind
bergh Madison Welding Company
$11,373; and Warden Allen, Milwaukee
$12,450.
Rautio and Rautio offered a bid of
$1,445 on the plumbing.
The Commercial Electric Company
Duluth, was the only other bidder for
the lighting jobs, bidding $1,000 for the
field and 1926 for the stadium
Cherne & Company submitted bid
of $3.50 for fresh air intakes, and an
additional 1898 for electrical controls
The Savoy school building was sold
to George A. Larson for 1851. Other
bidders were Anton Klun, 1926, and
Anton Murgel, sos.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1939-08-17
NOTED WRITER
VISITING HERE

Charles S. Decker, New York City
noted writer of outdoor articles and
fishing stories, arrived in Ely yester-
day on a two-months trip through the
Arrowhead country. Mr.. Decker has
stated that he plans to stay here two
weeks.
His brother, Edward N. Decker, also
of New York, former editor of Forest
and Stream, will join him within a
few weeks.
Mr.. Decker is making his head
quarters at the Forest Hotel.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1939-08-17
IL FILE FOR
EXAMINATION
Believe Tests for Post Office
Job Here Will be Given
First of Sept.

About Il applications have been filed
with the civil service commission in
Washington by persons seeking per-
mission to take the competitive exam
nations for the poStmastership of Ely,
it is believed. Deadline for filing was
Tuesday.
Examinations will be conducted the
first part of next month, it is thought.
They will be given here under the
direction of o. A. Hegman, local Secre-
tary for the commission.
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make return
TRIP TO ELY

A group of eight Boy Scouts from
Chicago, under the supervision of
Sccutmaster Eric Lindskoop, arrived
in Ely Monday for a tWo-weeks stay
at Big Lake on the Echo Trail. August
Lindskoop, father of the Scout head,
accompanied them.
The same group was here year ago,
when they also camped at Big Lake.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1939-08-17
Frances Error

When France claimed a section
of Antarctica many years ago, it
issued a proclamation against
shooting polar bears within the ter
ritory, not realizing, observes Col
ier's Weekly, that no land mammal
of any kind inhabits these vast
South Polar regions.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1939-08-17
PRIZE LIST
OUT In WEEK

The prize list for the Ely Community
Fair will be out next week, according to
Frank Strukel secretary. Entries will
be accepted from the Ely trade terri
tory, a provision adopted last year.
Deadline for entries is Aug. 81. Dis
plays will be ready for public inspection
Sept. l.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1939-08-17
Nautical Terms

A fathom is six feet. A log is the
official daily record of a voyage, in
Guiding weather, direction and We
locity of the wind, and distance trav-
eled. AS one aboard ship faces the
bow, the port side is on his left and
the starboard side on his right.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1939-08-17
BABY Buggy Rules

In Edmonton, England, it is illegal
to wheel baby buggies on paths or
sidewalks two or more abreast, or
to use them for any other purpose
than for carrying children or inva-
lids.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1939-08-17
George Eli0t's Country

Visitors to Staffordshire in Eng
land find it is the Loamshire of
George Eliot's novels. Ellastone is
the "Haysthorpe" of Adam Bede,
and the cottage of the novelist's
childhood can be seen there.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1939-08-17

First Use of 'Americanism'
The term "Americanism was
first used by John Witherspoon,
president of Princeton university, in
1881.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1939-08-17
Anelo-Saxon Poetry

Anglo-Saxon poetry is Alternative,
that is, the beginning of the words
correspond, but not the ends.
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Drowned

CONTINUED from Page One)
Evening star., 1939-01-20
Sisson Is Refused
Release on Parole

The application of Robert A.
Sisson. former assistant cashier of
the Hamilton National Bank, for
release on parole was denied yester-
day by the District Parole Board.
The board said, however, that an
other application would be enter
tanned after June Is.
Sisson, who is serving a sentence
of from one and one-half to three
years for embezzlement of nearly
$25 900 in bank funds, will be eligible
for release without parole October
IS on the basis of good behavior"
allowances.
In denying the petition, the board
stated that it previously had held
that bank officers occupy a position
Of public trust and that leniency
with respect to violators of such
trust was against public policy.
Evening star., 1939-01-20

beetles. they may and do damage
meat that has to be eventually de-
stroyed by acid, or, in other words,
completely burned so that it Is not
placed where uncontaminated tood
may be found by these husky, de-
termined beetles.
When the younger beetles have
feasted all they wish to, and it is
time for them to seek place where
they may be quiet while transform
ing into the adult form, they leave
the fatty portions and dig, or, to be
more specific. gnaw their way into
part that is firmer and where
there are present flbers of the ham,
or IN many cases they make their
way into nearby beam.
When a place has finally been
reached that is satisfactory to the
red-legged ham beetle youth, it be-
gins at once to make a cocoon OF
Evening star., 1939-01-20

an exquisite glistening white ma
terial that closely resembles paper.
In this it goes contrary to the usual
warp of other insects, since almost
all the coccoons we are used to ex-
amining are made of some form of
silk. This white robe is constructed
of small round globes. These in
finitesimal globules stick fast to
each other and when they are dry
presto-a parchment-like garment
hides the ham eater from view. It
is in this beautiful casket that the
transformation is accomplished.
The legs and basal joints of the
antennae are bright red. The total
length Of these workers, adult or
young, is never more than quarter
of an inch. Size, as you know, has
little to do with the amount of dam
age that can be accomplished when
a multitude Of them works In unison.
Evening star., 1939-01-20
Law Guild Will Open
Conference Tomorrow

A two-day conference sponsored
by the National Lawyers Guild will
open tomorrow at the Carlton Hotel
with a luncheon at which Judge
Robert E. Healy. securities and ex-
change commissioner, will speak.
Following the luncheon, Reuben
Oppenheimer of the Baltimore bar
will discuss the combination for the
functions of judge and prosecutor
In administrative agencies. His talk
will be followed by panel discus
sion on administrative organization
and procedure.
Douglas B. Maggs of Duke Uni
versity will preside at Sundays ses-
sion. Walton H. Hamilton Of Yale
University Law School and Louis L.
Jaffe, University of Buffalo, will
speak.