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The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1939-07-05
MIAMI S0FTBAM
Ten LOST TO M!
WEST OUTFIT. 81
cIGARETTE WILLIE GATES
HELD VISITORS 10 ONE
HIT. HOME RuN sBY Held IN
sI1gTHsINNINc
By PEDRO AEUTLAR

After a year or more without
a diamondball game, locals fans
were treated to an exhibition of
the softball pastime yesterday
afternoon at Trumbo Field.
Re-Nu-Art Lumber Company
ten of Coral Gables engaged in a
game with a picked team of Key
West players, and the locals won,
5 TOD.
Cigarette Willie Gates pitched
for the Island City aggregation
and held the Lumbermen to one
hit, j homer BY Reid ID the sixth
&NAA
Jimmie Russell, on the mound
for the Coral Gables boys, kept
the local batters muffled with just
two safeties, but bad support by
This teammates caused his down
tall.
Meyer was the star afield for
the visitors. Gabriel Garcia,
Jackie Carbonell and Diaz play
led well for the locals.
A total of I2O employees and
their families accompanied the
ELumbermen to Key West, spend
ing the Fourth of July in the Is
land City. d. ". Renault, MIR,
and Mrs. L. l. Renault and Mr.,
and Mrs. Amedee Renault were
guests Of honor.
Score by innings: r. H. E.
ERe-Nu-Art 100 Dol "a l
Key West 8 600 032 KS 2 2
Home run: Reid; stolen bases.
Combs. Caraballo; struck out: BY
Russell /, by Gates 8; bases on
balls: off Gates Z. off Russell 2;
/ two-base hitl CarahalIo; umpiresi
&c. Aceyeco. Russell; time o.
game: loo: scorer: Aguilar.
Other Lumber Company play
ers making the trip here were r
Carey, Smith and Sihole.
Officials and employees of the
company wish to thank the citi-
zens of Key West for an enjoy
able time IN the city during their
stay here, and offer special
thanks to Richardson, Russell and
Aguilar for their kindness il
making their stay here a pleas
ant one.
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KEY WEST G0NCEIS WON SERIES WITH
TAMPAALLSfARS TWO GAMES 10 one
Locals; Morgado Banked Conchs In Second
Game With Beautiful Pitching
Nv o. /. MILAN

seSl - -
Key West conchs made it two
out Of three, from the Tampa ALI
Stars in three-game series that
packed the grandstands. bleach
ers and sidelines of the field at
Trumbo Field Monday and Tues
day to set. a 4th Of July gate re-
ceipt record. Tuesday afternoon
hundreds of fans sat through q
drizzling rain to watch the
conchs take the deciding and fin
Al game Of the series, "a, behind
the unbeatable ball hurled by
Robert Bethel through six and
one-third innings. Bethel weak
ened IN the last part of the sixth
stanza and gave way to Joe Casa,
who defeated the .Tampans in the
opening contest of the series
Monday afternoon.
Starting off Lopez, who mana
ger Fabian of the Ybor City ball
tossers claimed to be a former
Florida State Lacquer, Monday
afternoon proved no match for
the veteran Joe House) Casa. and
the Conchs' murderous row as
they blasted Lopez slants for
four runs and a half dozen hits
before he was relieved by Mar
tinez, who failed to halt the
boInbarding machinery of the
local gang.
Torres went in in the seventh
and did better work for the visi-
tors, holding down .Hamlin's
boys to one hit and no runs in
three innings. The final score
read conchs z, Tampa 2.
In the. second game of the Sc
ries, Tuesday morning, Morgado
got the pitching assignment for
the Ybor City team and display
ed. as beautiful a pitching exhibit
ton as seen around this neck o.
the woods in many moon. His
slants had the locals, with the
exception of William Gates, who
got two singles and a double in
four tries, baffled through the
sixth inning, holding the Conchs
scoreless and to six well scatter
ed hits. Hirgilio, that smart, lit
tie pilot of the West Coast team,
realized he had something in
Morgado and pulled him out to
keep him for the afternoons con-
test in case the going got too
rough for Torres. When Morgado
left the mound the score was
lilo IN favor of his team. The
locals got on to Lopez again in
the seventh and saved themselves
from being shutout when two
free passes, an error and. a single
to left by Leo Gonzalez put over
a marker.
While the slants of ,Morgado
had the Conchs to some extent
puzzled, the Iampans were nam
mering the deliveries of four
Key West pitchers for total OF
- nits ana II runs. BABY Scion
TEA ieltneloer Ior tne visisors'
lea tne Dating attack win Iour
ms ~ as many uips - uhs pan
Ottlseiolns ocionteaan.ot won
pig ovation nom tne ians Ior
Yes'eroay aIs .a .ne Concns
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AMERICAN LEAGUE
First Came
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Salvo, Hubbell and banning;
Macfayden and Lopez.
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Second Came
AT Brooklyn r. II. =.
Philadelphia - s 8 q
| BROOKLYN -------- 8 IL 2
Harrell, Pearson, Mulcahy and
Coble; Tamulis, Casey and
Phelps.
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The WEATHER

OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES
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Leonard and Terrell; Pearson,
Murphy and Dickey.
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HOIIlngSWOrth, klrkSleck, Fear
son and Davis; Pressnell and
Todd.
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Lohrman, Melton, CaStlema11,
Coffman and banning; Shoffner.
and Lopez.
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Wander Nicer and HerShberg-
Ter; Brown and Mueller.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1939-08-17
Ex-Governor Preus
and Family Visit Ely.

Mr. and Mrs. J. A O Preus and two
sons were in the city Friday on their
way to the PreuS summer cottage near
Grand Marais.
Jake" as he is Familiarity known by
many Of our people, served as Re
publican governor Of Minnesota from
1915 to 1921, before that having been
state auditor for u years.
While in office and member of the
state investment board, Mr.. Preus was
instrumental in securing appropriations
for the right-of-way for the st. Croix
Lumber company and Improvement of
the highway known as the Ely-Finland
road and now No. I, routed from Little
Marais to Oslo, straight across the state
to the North Dakota line near Grand
Forks.
At the time the agitation for the
highway was on, in company with Fred
B. James, Mr.. PreuS made what is
known to be the first automobile trip
in a Model T Ford over the route from
here to isabella where a horse and
rig was secured for the balance of the
way to Finland and over a precarious
road TO Beaver Bay.
The family now make their home in
Chicago where Mr.. Preus is connected
with an investment firm He IS a hay
fever sufferer and comes to his Grand
Marais cottage where he secures relief.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1939-08-17
FdreICeH Party for
Miss Edna Makipilia

A farewell party was held for Miss
Edna Mahpiha in the Community
Center last Thursday evening by a
group Of her friends. Miss Makipiha
was taken by her parents, Mr.. and Mrs
Emil Makipiha, TO Rochester Tuesday
where she enrolled in a ttree-year
course in nursing.
Present were Misses Vivian and Ven
ny Makpiha, sisters of Edna, Helen
Martin, Vienna Maenpaa, Ellie Tolonen,
Elsie and Mamie Ranta, Erma Kivipelto,
Dorothy Palo, Florence Hokkanen,
Merna Maxi, Helen Skantz, Betty Ed
wards, Elsie Korpi, Mrs. Robert Tuo-
mala, and Mr.. and Mrs. Taino Nikki-
nen.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1939-08-17
Special Meeting Set for August
"a; Claim Closing Would
Save 81, 600 Year.

A special meeting Of the school board
viii be held Thursday, Aug. "A. to take
final action on the matter of closing
the Winton school, it was decided Tues
day as the board considered business
postponed from the regular session the
day before.
The problems involved were dis
cussed at length
Ben S. Richards, board member, who
openly favored closing the school, cited
the savings amounting to approx
mately $1,000. involved It was his
opinion that the pupils would gain
from an educational standpoint if they
were brought to the schools here.
He suggested that a Woodworking
circular furnace be put in one room so
that the village would have a public
meeting place and that janitor be
employed on yearly basis. The build
ing would be cared for for some years
to come until an insight into the future
of the situation could be gained.
Cost Of Transporting pupils here would
be about 5000 for the term, and the
janitor, $500 per year, for a total Of
$500. as compared with the $500
per year 70 maintain the school,
Richards stated Closing the school
would net a savings Of about $1,000, he
pointed out.
During the discussion Jack Gianotti
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1939-08-17
Board to Take + inal Action
On Closing Winton School

stated he felt the school should be kept
open another year Ivan Tauzau de-
sired that the residents of Winton
should be fully aware Of the fact that
the board intended TO take definite
action, SO upon molten Of Richards it
was decided that such action would be
taken next week.
Earlier in the summer the matter
Of closing this school and Savoy came
up. Declining enrolment and the ex-
pense of continuing the schools
prompted action The Savoy school
was permanently discontinued at a re-
cent meeting and the building has been
sold
Pupils from Savoy and from Wintou,
if 1t is discontinued, viii be enrolled IN
the Washington building, and viii be
transported by buses already under
contract.
The board VIII advertise for bids TO
complete the fence on the east side OF
the Memorial building, the tennis
courts. and the front of the old high
building. The job was started as a WPA
project. An attempt 10 have It re-
opened was unsuccessful.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1939-08-17
Jury Verdict IS Set Aside in
George Simon SiLicosis Case

Judge Martin Hughes rendered a de-
cision Friday setting aside the verdict
of the jury in the case of George Simon
VS.. Oliver Mining Company in the
famous SiIicoSis case.
Proceedings were stayed for 20 days
in the matter in order TO give Simon
opportunity to appeal from the decision.
The case was heard before Judge
Hughes in Hibbing early in March and
an array Of witnesses from this city
and many experts were examined dur
ing the nine days the case was on
The jury hearing the case, on a 10
to decision awarded Judgment in
favor Of Simon against the Oliver COM
pany in the amount OF TOPS The YER
dict was appealed by the company and
the appeal was upheld by Judge
Hughes.
Simon had sued for $4,000 claiming
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1939-08-17
PROGRAM SET
FOR SEPT. 4
Races, Contests, Tug-of-War
Between Baseball Players
Are Features.

A long list of races and contests have
been arranged for Ely youngsters IS
an entertainment feature of the second
Labor Day celebration here Sept. 4
Included viii be a Finnish horse race
and pop drinking contest, both OF which
proved very popular with the contest
ants and spectators during the Fourth
CT July observance here.
A tug-of-war between members of
the Ely city baseball team and the Hib-
bing club, scheduled to tangle IN the
afternoon. is being arranged. A little
German band viii provide entertain
ment at the kittenbau game between
the city champions and an al-star
aggregation.
Frank Komar's orchestra has been
engaged for the dance.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1939-08-17
ELNTES Hear
RURAL BANDS
Large Delegation From This
City at Embarrass for Rural
Band Fest, Sunday.

Several cars loaded with Ely music
lovers attended the Third annual St.
Louis County Rural Band Festival held
at the rock gardens of Embarrass school
No. 10, Sunday.
Bands were present from Balkan.
Crimson, Palo, Zim, EmbarraSs. Aurora.
and Cook A maSsed band with over
100 musicians played concert with
Neil Hakkala Of Embarrass directing
Besides the maSsed band offerings. the
individual bands Of the group also
played selections.
Mr.. and Mrs. Charles Anderson of
this city sang solos and duets which
were highly appreciated by the nearly
thousand people present, as the encore
following the several numbers clearly
proved Mr.. and Mrs. Anderson were
accompanied by Mr.. Hakkala with his
piano accordion
Arthur lampe, county superintendent
Of schools, a musician who once was
a member of the Chicago Symphony
Orchestra, made an address in which
Continued On Last Page)
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1939-08-17
School Board Awards
Contract for Building
Athletic Field Stadium
Lenci, Lenci and Englund,
Virginia, Get Stadium
Job for S16,959.
COMPLETE OCTOBER 20
Vermilion Electric Shop to
Flood Light Field on
Bid of 1924.

Lenci, LenCi and Elglund, Virginia,
were awarded the contract for building
the stadium for Memorial nig1 school
football grounds on a base bid of
sI6.959 at a meeting Of the school
board. Monday evening.
The VermiIion Electric Srop was
given the contract for lighting the
field Its bid was S7,2S4 for eight
steel towers.
In its bid the Queen City firm. which
built the Community Center, stated
that II work could be started at once
the job would be completed by October
20.
About one month will BE- required 10
fabricaJe the towers, according TO Dare
Faust, Duluth, a representative Of the
American Bridge company. through
which the local electric company is
securing the steel. Another two weeks
viii be necessary in erecting them and
completing the wiring.
The field should be lighted by the
first OF October
The Junior College football games
Duluth and the high school game with
Aurora, Oct. g, will probably be ad-
vanced from Saturday 70 Friday night
and played under the lights. The Jay
sees game here with Virginia, Sept. 80
may also be included. II is possible
that the stadium viii be ready for the
last TWO games.
Fifty reflectors Of the new Ajax
high efficiency type, each containing
one 1,5O0-watt bulb viii be used in
lighting the field. according to Byrd
Brownel Of the electric company. Six
poles will have six reflectors each, and
and two back Of the stadium viii have
seven each.
The stadium viii be constructed Of
steel and concrete and will seat LOO
persons. The ground portion will con-
tain an office at the west end. and the
rest viii be built so that dressing rooms
may be added at a later date. Il will
be erected on the north side Of the
field.
When completed the project will give
Ely one Of the best equipped football
fields on the range.
The Vernilion Electric Shop was also
given the contract for wiring the
stadium on a bid of s229. Cherne &
Company was awarded the plumbing
contract for S1,626.
The selection Of corrugated plates
added S272 TO the base bid Of the
Virginia contractors.
Rautio & Rautio was given the con-
tract for installing fresh air intakes
on the old high school building now
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1939-08-17
URGE Project
BE COMPLETED
Council Asks State to Finish
Sheridan Street Job AS
Soon As Possible.

The city council went on record urg-
ing the state highway department 70
complete the Sheridan street extension
as soon as possible according TO the
original plans at its Tuesday evening
meeting.
Alderman Joseph Spretizer, who Of
fered the motion, stated that he felt
the city should take immediate steps 70
see that the job was finished this sum-
mer. The original plans call for max
ing much wider curve directing traf-
fic south over No. at the junction Of
East Sheridan street and the state
highway. The present ~ at the site
was constituted as an economy move,
il is reported
A long list Of items kept the city
governing body in session until nearly
midnight
On a three-four vote an amendment
TO ordinance No. II which would per
NIT on-Sale liquor stores TO dispense
81 beer on Sunday from u noon until
l a. N. viii be given its first publ
cation It received its initial reading
at this session Mayor Bern Lambert
and Aldermen Frank Zgonc and Frank
Vranesich opposed the action, while
Aldermen John Debeltz, Joseph Spreit-
ger, Jr., Joseph Milkovich. and Archie
Hedloff voted yes.
Petition opposing the amendment
signed by four on-Sale dealers and 10
81 taverns were read.
Another four-three vote laid On the
table bids by the Minnesota Power and
Light company for furnishing current
to the city Of Ely.
Ralph Lee was awarded a contract
Tor 1000 yards Of gravel al SITS per
yard delivered at the warehouse site.
City Engineer Waino Somero submit
ted report on the ski slide which vas
held up for further study. The re-
port recommended that the present site
De abandoned because 1t was too short
for long jumps. and that a new one
be obtained Il Is estimated the cost
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1939-08-17
LEGION UNITS
Win 5 PRIZES
Mrs. Alvin G. Schaefer Elected
Head of State Auxiliary
Organization.

The American Legion drum corps
and Legion Auxiliary musical orgaui-
cations garnered three firstS. one sec
ond, and one third at the state Legion
convention held in Minneapolis.
The drum corps, dressed in clown
suits, took first in the 20 and 8 parade.
The corps was judged the second best
appearing unit in the mammoth street
parade. It re-captured third place IN
the drum corps contest. Prize money
won by the corps totaled S29e dollars.
The Auxiliary glee club successfully
defended its class B honorS, but may
have TO compete in Class A mex year.
The quartet also retained its state
title in Class A.
Mrs. A. c. Schaefer, wife Of a former
Ely resident and well known in This
city, was elected president of the state
organization. The new presi-
dent has been active in auxiliary circles
for many years.
Hibbing, after a spirited fight with
Duluth. was awarded the 1910 state
convention.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1939-08-17
Springfield Man and
Son Lose Lives When
Canoe Tips in Rapids
M. c. Noble and Robert, Is,
Drown in North Outlet
of McAree Lake.
ACCIDENT THURSDAY
Disappeared While Guide
Prepared Meal; Bodies
Found Monday.

The initial trip Of three Springfield,
Illinois men into the canoe country Of
the Ely territory ended in tragedy two
days after its beginning with the drown
ing Of a father and his son in a roaring
rapids at the north outlet Of McAree
lake.
The dead are NJ. c. Noble, a. and his
son, Robert, Is
Monday morning the bodies Of the
two came 10 the surface below the
rapids, where a large searching party,
composed Of both Canadians and
Americans, had been dragging for them
since the first report of the accident
had reached here, Friday. The men
were drowned the day before.
Marrel Doran, Nashua, Iowa, brother
n-law Of Noble, has been here since
last weekend waiting to take charge
Of the bodies.
The boy had removed part Of his
clothing in an apparent attempt 70 save
himself or his father.
The rapids, rescue workers said. was
about $50 feet long, and four feet deep
IN places. It has a fall Of from Is 70
20 feet and IS very swift.
1t is believed that the two might have
hooked large fish and did not notice
that they we're being sucked into the
rapids until it was too late.
Frank B. Simmons, q, the third
member Of the party, who was flown 70
Ely IN rescue plane piIoted by Oscar
Ringneu, retold the story Of his har-
rowing experience to the Miner shortly
before he left, Friday, for Nashua,
Iowa, where the wife and two small
children Of the dead man were visiting
with her father
Noble, his son, Simmons, and Frank
Mi7era, veteran guide, were fishing IL
the north end of McAree lake, located
at the west end Of Lac La Croix On
the Canadian side Of the BOUNDARY. last
Thursday morning. The outlet 70 the
lake, which flows into La Croix, was a
short distance away.
Along about 80 o'clock in the after
noon, Simmons and Mizera, in one
canoe, became hungry and went 70
camp TO get something TO eat. They
in about an hour with some
sandwiches for the other two, who had
declined TO accompany them because
they wanted TO continue their fishing.
When they reached the spot the men
and canoe were gone Thinking they
had portrayed past the rapids, Simmons
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1939-08-17
ELY IS HOST TO
FIREMEN GROUP
"a Cities In Northeastern Mimi.
Expected to be Represented
Here In October.

Ely will play host to a get-together
meeting Of the Arrowhead Regional
Fremen,s association the first Satur-
day IN October, with representatives
from "a cities in northeastern Mime
sofa expected TO be present.
Several such meetings are held each
year at which better fire fighting
methods are discussed
A school of instruction is also con-
Quoted once a year, the last being at
Gilbert and the 1910 one scheduled for
Coleraine.
A dinner viii be served in the Com
munity Center cafeteria, followed by
the meeting. Wilson Carlson, Joe Mar
tinetti, and Jack Gianotti are in charge
Of arrangements. Plans are being made
for the entertainment of 200 fire
fighters.
Invitations viii be sent to Frank
Yetka, St. Paul, insurance commits
sioner; Floyd Franand, Hibbing; Ing
valid Erickson, Duluth, and Martin Mel
son. Cloquet, state fire marshaIls.
Berst-Forster Dixfield Co, Northwest
Paper Co., Wood Conversion Co., and
Minnesota Power & Light Co., Cloquet,
all members Of the regional association,
viii be invited to send representatives.
Members Of the association, besides
Ely include Aurora, Biwabik, Barnum,
Bovey, Bull, Chisholm, Calumet, Coler-
aine, Carlton, Cloquet, Cooley.
Cook, Deer River, Duluth, EveIeth.
Floodwood, Gilbert. Grand Rapids, Hib-
bing, Keewatin, Kinney, Mckinley.
Marble, Meadowlands Moose Lake,
Mountain Iron, Proctor, Nashwauk,
Taconite, Tower, Two Harbors, Virginia
and International Falls.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1939-08-17
TWO HARB0RS
Band TO PLAY
HERE SUNDAY
Exchange Concert Scheduled
at Whiteside Park Sunday
Eve at z o'clock.

Sunday evening at 7 o'clock the
people of this city will be treated to
a return concert played by the Two
Harbors band at the whiteside Park
hand stand
Two weeks ago the Ely Municipal
band was in Two Harbors and furnished
the people Of that city with a program
The concert Sunday evening is in the
exchange arrangement made by Mayors
Brickley of Two Harbors and Lambert
of this city.
The program arranged for Sunday is
as follows:
New Madison Square Garden
Pan American Election, .DeLamater
The Doll Dance, Brown
Barnum and Bailey's Favorite, king
Cornet Duet:
My Buddy, .........Ne ffman
The TWO Stars, Lewis
Played by Carl Dolin and Fred House
LuStspiel Overture, .Reler-BeIa
Your Hair Has Turned to
Silver, Tobias and De Rose
Old Comrades March, .......... Teike
The Chocolate Soldier
SeIecIlon, ...-.......... Oscar Strauss
II Bacio Waltzse, ..............A rditi
Hosts Of Freedom March, King
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1939-08-17
On This
Occasion
Few Observations on Matters
Material and Immaterial by
the Editor.

Congressman Pittenger states
that there has nothing hap
pened in Congress at this
session more important to
northern Minnesota than the
report of the National Re-
sources Com m TT e. "Of
course" he says, ''the report is
simply a statement of facts and
the matter of getting the Re
Mobilization program trans
ferred into legislation is going
to be quite a problem if there is
much money involved and if
the government should become
economy minded.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1939-08-17

Public sentiment in this
country is opposed to any war
of aggression waged for the
purpose of winning territory or
subduing people. The Ameri-
can people sympathesized with
Ethiopia, not with Italy. The
war now being waged in China
by Japan is abhorrent to the
people of this country. Sem
ator Schwellenbach of Wash
ington in a nationwide broad
cast recently stated that Eve,
more than any other nation in
the world, are directly assisting
in the continuation of Japan's
activities in China. Do the
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1939-08-17

that he had contracted SilicoSis while
working in the Pioneer and SibIey
mines. The defense commended that he
would have contracted tuberculosis
from which he was suffering, no mat
ter where he worked. In the complaint
ventilation at the mines was given as
the fault while testimony adduced by
experts any many employees diSapproved
the contention.