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The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1939-05-18
H. S., JAYSEES
AWAIT PR0MS
Seasons Biggest Social Events
Next Week; List Program
for Banquet.

The two biggest social events of the
year for the Junior and senior students
of Memorial high school and members
of the Junior College are scheduled for
next week. The high schools senior
banquet and junior-senior prom are on
Tuesday evening and the college prom
on Friday evening. Both dances will
be held in Memorial gymnasium.
Miss Thekla E. johnson, assistant
principal is general chairman of the
banquet to be held in the Memorial
cafeteria. Conrad G.. Haugen, prin-
cipal, will act as POSTMASTER.
Opening the program. will be two
selections by the senior girls chorus,
Song of the Mocking Bird (Stultz) and
The Owl and the Pussy Cat Fox)
Miss Evelyn Tjader will play a viola
solo, "Siciliana" (MascognD, accom-
panied by Miss Althea Bush.
Two addresses will be given, "In a
Pleasant Humor" by Miss Molly Jerich
and "Of Planets and Suns" by Douglas
NankerviS. Miss Eudora Anderson will
play a violin solo, Concert in Mol"
NNlfd1N1l, dSSOAiikfnA1RCO ny NAloS odAA-
eta Agnew. Stanley Adkins, superin-
tendent of schools, will give talk en-
titled ITO the Seniors"
The Senior girls chorus will conclude
the program by singing "The World is
Waiting for the Sunrise" (Seitz) and
THE Woodpecker" (Nevin-Harri0.
Members of the college will also at
tend the high school prom at which
Eddie Pirsh and his swing band will
provide the music.
The Junior College has obtained Tiny
Specht's nine-piece band of Virginia
for its prom. Members of the high
school senior class will be invited to
this affair. A floor show is being
planned.
| A number of special committees have
been named to complete final arrange
ments. They include: Lighting, Wayne
Brownell, William Lindgren, Robert
Mann and Joe Novak; programs, Leslie
Ormandy, Lndgren, Marjorie Gustafson
and Marjorie Berglund; circus-tent
ceiling for gymnasium, Jack. Gianotti,
David Childers, Earl Edwards and
Robert Carlson, and refreshments,
Peggy McMahan, Louise Strom and
Dorothy and Helen Stonich.
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: 1t Happened at the Capitol

able.
Fixed expenditures include $4,370,0
in bond and interest payments, $430, 600
to the vehicle license division, and APP
proximately three million in deficit
and carry-over contracts from last year.
The maintenance budget, by rigid econ
omies of field and office staff, will be
cut almost in half to $6,135 900 in 1889,
as against $11, $4,000 in 1888.
This will leave approximately 13,000,-
900 for construction work this year-or
more than 100000 more than was
spent in construction last year.
Has Big Job.
Visiting with Mr.. Hoffman, in his
Office, the writer was impressed with the
tremendous job he has. Hundreds of
delegations wait upon him, asking for
and demanding road construction in
every section Of the state. He must be
courteous ad in most cases he is forced
to say NO" for even highway funds
run out.
| He deals constantly with figures in
the millions, figures which would con-
fuse and overwhelm anyone except an
expert accountant-he must be an en-
gineer and know all the hundred and
one details that go into road building
he must be able to get along with con-
tractors and labor unions alike-he must
be capable administrator to run an
Organization of such magnitude smooth
ly and efficiently.
| The new commissioner seems to have
all these qualifications. He, as well as
most of his key men, have been with
the department since the "horse and
buggy" days. He started with the de-
partment in 1914, when it served large
ly in an advisory capacity to the coun-
ties of the state. All department en-
ployes travelled by rail to the four
corners of the state; the department
had no cars, no trucks, no snow plows.
Expenses Increase.
Just as activities Of the department
have grown since 1921, when the
present department was organized, SO
have also expenses Of operations.
Looking through the commissioner s
budget plans, we found that in 1921,
personal and travelling expenses for the
department were listed at $4,000. They
remained fairly stationary for ten
years, going up to 100000 in 1881.
From that point on they have been
raising by leaps and bounds. In 1885,
they totaled $450,0O0, going to a new
high of $4,000 in 1886, and to $484, 600
in 1888.
With logged determination, Hoff-
mann insists that such expenses must
be cut. He is going to see that the
state gets full value for every road
dollar spent by his department His
staff of engineers and assistants in the
central office as well as in the sixteen
maintenance districts, feel the same way
about it.
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Fish Maip Used BY Chinese

A type of Fish mail' is so well
known in China that letters are nick
named 'brace of carp" The term
refers to an old legend of days when
intrigue ruled the royal court. and
each man was justly suspicious OF
his neighbor. A plot was Matched
at court and, when powerful
prince got wind of it, the conspira-
tors eluded his traps by sending
each other gifts of carp. In each
fish was a note. Because of this
legend, the story-loving Chinese long
folded their notes roughly into the
shape of carp. They even pictured
the messenger carp on some of their
early postal stamps.
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BY Frank E. Bargen
Hutchinson leader)


Under the administration Of M. j.
Hoffman,, highway commissioner ap-
pointed by Governor Stassen, countless
savings are being made which is plac-
ing the department on a more efficient
and economical basis.
Last october, the department had
1900 employees on the payroll. Today
the number is only little over 5000
Although this number will rise when
the heavy summer work begins, Com
missioner Hoffman, does not expect 1t
to go beyond 5000. The number on the
regular payroll for April last year was
APO and the number in April this year
was 800, drop of 1870.
Consultations looking toward greater
efficiency have been inaugurated. An
example of this is indicated in the
plant and equipment division, which
had been set up as a separate unit OF
the maintenance division, with the men
taking their instructions from the st.
Paul headquarters. Special crews were
shipped out of the ST. Paul office to all
parts of the state to do work which can
Just as well be done by the regular dis
trict maintenance crews.
For example, special crew was
shipped from st. Paul to repair guard
rails at Crookston, when the local office
had men available who were equipped
to do this work The plant and equip
ment division has now been abolished
and this work is now being done by the
local maintenance men.
Save Half Million
As a result of this one consolidation
it is estimated that the saving to the
state this year will be approximately a
half million dollars. The cost of op-
Grating the plant and equipment di-
vision in 1888 was $741 GOETHE esti-
mated cost for 1889 is $240, O00-a saving
of $501 900.
Commissioner Hoffman, says that
highway construction work under his
administration will be done on the con-
tract basis only except where there is
an unusual situation which requires day
labor. All construction work by the
maintenance division has been abolished
and elaborate safeguards have been set
up to assure open bidding and lowest
prices to the state on all construction
contracts as well as all department
purchases.
No one will sign payrolls or other i'm
portant highway documents except the
officials who are specifically authorized
to do so, and they in turn will be held
responsible for their every official act.
Revenues are S21,000,0 900.
The department this year will have
total revenues of approximately $21,-
100000 about 100000 from vehicle
licenses and $780, 1000 from the gas
tax. In addition, federal aid commit
ments of about six million will be avail
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ELY TEACHERS
Continued on Last Page)

association, presided. Following the
program, he announced the following
committees for the year:
Legislative Committee Conrad G..
Haugen, chairman; Gunhild Paulson,
Stephen Smrekar, Izaak Martel, PanSy
Van Dyken, Jessie Nicholson and
Marion Kraker
Program Committee Elizabeth Will
kin, chairman; Margaret Schwartzbauer
Elaine Fenske, Madalynne Grevich and
Gertrude Clancy.
Publicity Committee -Sigurd F. Olson,
chairman; Luella Holt, Esther Paciotti,
Rose Schmidt and Faith Walsh
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Funeral of Frank Merhar
Took Place MOnday.

Frank Merhar, who has been en-
ployed as a miner and later as care
taker at the Emeralite plant, up to the
time the same was closed, but who con-
tinued to reside at the Robert Ellis
farm near the location, died Saturday
after an illness of seevral years.
He was born in Yugo-Slavia on Feb
ruary %, 1871. He has been a resident
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1939-05-18

of Ely for q years. A wife and four
children survive him in Europe. He had
no relatives in this country.
The funeral took place from the Ely
Mortuary, Monday afternoon. Many
friends attended the funeral.
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slate ANNUAL
CONTINUED from Page onel

utility cabinets, Spinet desks, book cases,
end tables, tie racks and other articles.
, Seventh, eighth and ninth grade
pupils of Steve Smrekar, in the bench
and sheet metal department, will dis
play such items as metal table and
floor lamps, minnow buckets, tackle
boxes, sleds, sanitary pals, ash trays
and bread boxes.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1939-05-18

Oldest Commercial Company
At Falun in Sweden is the oldest
commercial company in the world.
It has owned a mine there for TOO
years and extracted from it over
half a million tons of copper, more
than Is tons of silver and a ton of
gold
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1939-05-18
ORDER FOR HEARING ON PETI-
TION FOR LICENSE To SELL REAL
ESTATE.
State of Minnesota, County of st.
LouiS--Ss.
Y PROBATE COURT
(No. 32478)

LouiS-Ss.
IN PROBATE COURT
(No. 32476)
In the Matter of the Estate Of Nick
Evanoff, Decedent.
1t Is Ordered that the petition Of the
representative Of said estate for license
to sell the real estate described therein
be heard before this Court on Monday.
June 5th, 1899, at ten o'clock A NJ, in
the Probate Court Room in the Court
House in Duluth, Minnesota, and that
all persons interested then show cause,
if any they have, why such license
should not be granted.
Witness the HON. VIM. j. ARCHER,
Judge of Probate Court, this 5th day
of May, 1899.
Sheldon Watts, Clerk Of Probate.
(Seal of Probate Court
Thomas J. Carey, Attorney for Petit
toner, Ely, Minnesota. 5-11-18-25
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Attend SWP Painting
Demonstration at Hibbinq.

Frank and Albert Veranth attended
Sherwin- Williams paint demonstration
at Hibbir1g Friday.
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Oysters Change Seq

The sexes are separate in the At
lantic coast oyster. The young oys-
tiers less than a year old are gen.
orally male, but some of them later
change into females.
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ne cat mar 17cJHeeeo
SIX 6AeY cfIckS..
BELONGING 10
L7o1kS hAxLiTT or
s4oAiA tskE, siicfIe1N.

Capt Robert ONe u Tavern when
civil broke of
defense OF three plantations when
owners right after the Fort Sumter incident
which Union soldiers protected southerners-he
Is probably the on May in the South
former be in
MS widow alive unless
ows Presidents have refused
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need and every purse this year.
Ewes Whitfield.
Evening star., 1939-06-07
B. & 0. Car|oadings
Increase in May
SPECIAL Dispatch to The Star.

BALTIMORE, June 7.-Baltimore
& Ohio carloadings for May, 1899,
totaled 166.438. including 1O8,949 cars
loaded on line and 57,489 received
from connections. This was an in
crease of 24.432 cars loaded over the
month of April. this year, when the
total was 142,0O6. comprising 88.O11
cars loaded on line and 53.995 re-
ceived from connections.
Mays total also exceeded by H.
I'll carloads the month of May last
year, which showed a total of 49,
667, embracing 92,277 cars loaded on
line and $500 received from con-
nections. For the month of May,
1880. total loads were 294934, con-
sisting of 195,425 cars loaded on line
and 99,509 received from connec-
tions.
For last week (ended June 81 the
total was 36.166, of which 23,327
cars were loaded on line and 1889
received from connections. This was
an increase of 4,027 cars over the
corresponding week of last year,
when the total was 32,139, compris-
ing 1882 cars loaded on line and
l2.187 received from connections.
During the previous week of this
year (the week ended May 27) total
loads were 42,365, including 28.0O5
cars loaded on line and 1850 re-
ceived from connections. In the
corresponding week of the year,
1880. carloads totaled 65866, of which
A, $50 cars were loaded on line and
21,616 received from connections.
Evening star., 1939-06-07
Conference Approves
Charter Amendments
B! the Associated Press.

NEW YORK, June THE Board
OF Governors of the Investment
Bankers Conference. having a men,
bershlp of 1900 investment dealers
throughout the country. today ap-
proved amendments to its charter as
a step toward registration with the
Securities and Exchange Commits
sion as national securities asso-
citation.
The proposed amendments, which
will be submitted to the member
ship for final approval, affect pres
ent bylaws, rules of fair practice
and code of procedure for handling
trade practice complaints.
The organization said its action
today eliminated conferences over
period OF several years between
representatives of the investment
banking business and the S. E. C. in
an effort to work out a system of
cooperative self-regulation in So
called over-the-counter security
markets.
1t was decided the conference
would register with the S. E. c.
under the amended name of Ma
tlonla Association of Security Deal
ers, Inc.
Evening star., 1939-06-07
Stock Averages
BY VICTOR EUBANK,
Associa ted Press Financial Writer


NEW YORK. June 7.-Buyers
chose their stocks warily today and
the markets slow rise met increased
resistance, causing mixed price
changes.
A few so-called investment fav-
orltes stepped to the front of the
creeping procession for a while.
Later, as demand waned. enough
selling came in to whittle prices
throughout the list Many shares.
however, retained gains of frac-
tions to around a point.
Spectators appeared to be mark
ing time, although hopes for busi-
ness improvement after midyear
took mold in some quarters. A few
stocks pushed ahead to the high
est levels of the recovery from the
April lows. The rank and file con-
tlnued to drag in the recently re.
stricted range
transactions, somewhat smaller
than IN the preceding session, ap-
proxlmated $4,000 shares.
0N4NhstH III SUCH issues as West.
lnghouse, American Can. Du Pont,
american Telephone and Interna-
tlonal Harvester was accompanied
by reports in brokerage circles some
investors who sold during the March
war scare were reinstating their
holdings.
Showing little change either was
were United States Steel. Bethlex
mem, General Motors. Chrysler,
Goodyear, Sears -Roebuck. Anacon-
da, American Smelling and Douglas.
In the curb, gains were sliced be.
lore the finish in most issues. New
mont was up 3 at one time. Higher
the greater part of the session were
American Cyanamid B. Creole Pc
troleum, American Gas g. Electric
and American Airlines.
Evening star., 1939-06-07

is essentially a business of human
relationships, he said. A banks
most valuable assets are not its
loans and investments, but its salts
fed customers and the confidence
and good will of the community. Yet
it is only within recent years that
the banking profession has given
any considerable attention to the
systematic development of public
relations program.
Mr.. Roberts referred to the fact
that Robert V. Fleming. president of
Riggs, was one of the early leaders
in stressing, while he was president
of the American Bankers ASsocia-
ton, the Importance of spreading
constructive information about the
banks. 1t was at that time that Mr..
Fleming decided that since very few
of the banks customers came in di-
rect contact with the officers, it was
most essential that every member
of the staff be given special training
IN public relationship.
The film taken in the Riggs Bank
showing the movements of checks
from the time they are presented
until they are cleared by the bank
has aroused such interest that it has
been presented so times to various
organizations. to an aggregate audi
ence of $4,000 people, Mr.. Roberts
told the convention. in concluding
his practical talk.
Peoples Drug Sales Climb.
Sales of Peoples Drug Stores, Inc,
IN May scored a substantial advance
over last year. totaling $l858 646 88.
in comparison with S1718,51614 in
May, 1888. an increase of Sl40, 0,130.74
or 8.15 per cent, it was announced at
the head Office of the big drug chain
here today.
Sales in the first five months of
1889 amounted to $9,O95 ,628.l8,
against 05392l, an increase
over the same months last year of
$405 038 81, or 1856 per cent, the re-
port said.
Exchange Trading Improves.
The Securities and Exchange Com
mission reported today that the VOL
ume of trading was much larger in
April than in March The dollar
volume of all sales amounted to
Sl03,974. against only $58,018 in
March.
Stock sales totaled SOCIAL against
$40, ,669 in the previous month. in
volving a turnover of 2,708 shares,
against 925 shares.
Bond sales totaled $43,833, COM
pared with $l7,349 in the previous
month, today's report said. The up
turn here contrasted with a de-
crease on the New York Exchange.
Heard in Financial District.
Mackubbin. Legg & Co. announced
at their Office here today that the
issue of s1OO00,O0O Houston Oil Co.
of Texas l5-year Al per cent sink
ing fund debentures offered yester-
day were quickly sold, the issue
being greatly oversubscribed.
Evening star., 1939-06-07
Sugar Deliveries Rise
During First Period
BY the Associated Press.

bS tne Associated PreSS.
The Agriculture Department re-
ported yesterday that sugar deliv-
cred to American markets under the
quota system totaled 1888, 1888 short
tons during the first four months of
this year. Deliveries during the like
period last year totaled 1901 $40
short tons.
The source of the deliveries was
as follows: Raw sugar by refiners,
1895 short tons; refined sugar by re-
fners, 1,44l ,491; refined sugar BY
beet professors, 353, 1856; refined
sugar by importers, 146 6,985, and re-
fined sugar by domestic cane mills,
39,177.
Stocks of sugar on hand in this
country on April 20 were reported at
1,915,878 short tons, raw value, COM
pared with 1,760,288 on the same
date last year.
Evening star., 1939-06-07

will be larger than last year, when
the meeting was held at the same
mountain resort.
John A. Reilly. president of the
Second National Bank, has been
general convention chairman and
had oversight of the advance ar
rangements, G. F. Jacobsen. presi-
dent of the National Metropolitan
Bank being vice chairman. The
general committee has been assisted
by very efficient special committees,
as follows:
Program, Thomas j. Groom, chair
man; entertainment, A. Scott Offutt,
chairman: transportation, Willard
G. Barker, chairman: hotel, Robert
H. Lacey. chairman; sports, William
B. Willard, chairman; publicity,
Sidney F. Taliaferro, chairman; La
dies Committee, Mrs. Hilleary G..
Hoskinson, chairman.
An excellent convention program
has been arranged, delightful enter
tainment provided, and there is
every reason to believe that this con-
vention will be one of the best ever
held by the association, President
Hilleary G. Hoskinson said today.
Incidentally Mr.. Hoskinson has
had a very successful year in the
presidents chair. Running a bank
ers' association these days is not an
easy task. New problems arise al
most every day, many of which call
for the associations attention and
study. Many of these problems have
not been previously encountered, so
there are no precedents to follow
The business sessions at Hot
Springs will be held on Thursday,
Friday and Saturday forenoons. The
afternoons and evenings will be filled
with sports and other events The
usual golf cups are being offered
and will be eagerly sought.
The convention will conclude with
the election of officers for the COM
ing year in the association and also
choice of members to represent the
District association in the American
Bankers Association.
According to present indications,
Ord Preston, first vice president, will
succeed President Hoskinson when
the slate for the coming year is
nominated.
Riggs Program Depicted.
I. J. Roberts, assistant cashier of
the Riggs National Bank, told the
delegates at the Institute of Bank
ing Convention in Grand Rapids to-
Evening star., 1939-06-07
Government Deficit
Continues to Grow
BY the Associated Press

BY the Associated Press.
NEW YORK. June THE Gov
ernment deficit continued to run
further ahead of last year during
May as expenditures exceeded re-
ceipts by $685.. 8.127 900. compared with
an excess of $34.330,0OO in the same
month year ago.
Income from taxes and other
sources was 6 per cent greater than
year ago, but Government spend
ing increased by a much more sub
stantial amount.
The months deficit was financed
by Sll9,265 900 drawn from Treasury
balances and by a $218,862 900 in
crease in the public debt to a total
of $40,281, ,8O8 900.
Evening star., 1939-06-07
Chicago Grain
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
CHICAGO. June 7-Wheat fu-
lures advanced as much as = cent
today in light trade. but best prices
were not maintained and late in the
session quotations were fractions
within yesterdays close.
The July contract. after gaining
= cent at 761a, declined to 75ss,
down Il from the previous. Bulk of
demand appeared to center in the
more deferred deliveries, September
gaining 5 at 1888 and December }.
at 77l2. The price improvement re-
f1ected buying by locals believed to
be reinstating long lines of wheat.
Wheat closed 3 off to as up, July,
75ia-'s; September. 75s. -7s; corn.
~ higher; July. sos; September
52'2-'s; oats, 12-54 up: July, 33a. ;
September, 32l4; soy beans. ia
up; rye. ls-ss higher; lard, 2 to 5
cents lower.
Evening star., 1939-06-07

day all about the
customer rel a.
t i o n S program
which has been
6 o i n G in t h e
Riggs Bank for
t he la S t four
years. Mr.. Rob-
erts addressed a
conference de-
voted wholly to
public relations.
His S u b j e C t
was "Our Banks S
Program of En-
ploy e Training
for pllb1ic Rela-
tionS." Banking
Evening star., 1939-06-07
Odd-Lot DEALINGS

The Securities Commission report
ed yesterday these transactions by
customers with odd-lot dealers or
specialists on the New York Stock
Exchange for June S: 2,133 pur-
chases, involving 54,732 shares;
1888 sales, involving 58,088 shares,
including 1872 short -order sales Of
4,122 shares
Evening star., 1939-06-07
Job Placements Boosted
By the Associated Press

RICHMOND. Va. June The
Richmond Office of the Virginia
State employment service reported
the placement of 885 job applicants
IN May, an increase of rs place.
ments over the April total. Fifty
three per cent of the placements
were in private industry and ~ per
cent in public work.
Evening star., 1939-06-07

chesapeake q
Ohio R. R. for
Hot Springs, Va,
to attend the
21st annual con-
vention of the
District B a n k
ers' Association,
which opens a
four-day session
at the Home
stead tomorrow
m orn i n G. The
party will return
late Sunday eve
ming. The at
tendance at this
., n r'~ o1ro1oro
Evening star., 1939-06-07
New York Sugar

NEW YORK. June 7 0P.-Reactine un-
der Cuban selling and outside liquidation,
domestic sugar futures drifted lower today
producing interests and hedse lifting by
trade houses Prices were down 2 to 4
POINTS in late afternoon, with September
of at 19S
World futures were relatively steady in
narrow turnover Cuban producing in
terests bought July 3 higher at 80.
Raws were steady Puerto Rico for mid
June delivery were offered at 2.s7. Cubas
we're nomnally 200. duty-paid basis Re-
fned ranged from 44O to 45O
Futures No. 8 closed "a lower. Sales.
9 .05O tons,