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The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1939-02-09
JANUARY SEES
RAINS B-zERo
Unusual Weather Conditions
Recorded With Temperature
Range of 65 Degrees.

Weather during January was unusual
indeed, with both rain and Sub-zero
temperatures recorded, according to
records kept by the U. S. Forest service.
On JAM the high reading for the
month of 38 degrees above zero was
taken, and on Jan. "a a low Of ~ below
zero was marked up, for temperature
range of IS degrees. 1t was on Jan. 8
that rain was recorded. There was very
little snow fall, however, with but LIS
inches being reported.
Elyites shivered in but two cold snaps.
From Jan IL to 16 the average low
temperature was below, with a low
point of minus II being reached on
JAN Is. An average low of 9 below was
marked up for six days from Jan. 81
to 26, with the minimum temperature
of 81 below for Jan. "a, being included
in this period. On only IA of the
months 20 days for which temperatures
are available did the mercury dip to
zero or below.
The average maximum temperature
for the month was "a above and the
average minimum 23 above. This COM
pares favorably to the average high Of
% and average low of 6.5 above for the
month of December.
The last six days of the month were
ushered out by south winds that kept
temperatures lowering near the 80
above mark On the next to the last
day, many Ely business houses, taking
advantage of the mild weather, scrubbed
windows industriously and scraped two
months accumulation of ice from the
sidewalk.
On the other Is days of January the
wind blew from the north, and practi-
cally every day was recorded as cloudy.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1939-02-09
Fifty Years Ago
From Issue of February S, 1889

James Grierson, the Tower contractor
was here few days this week looking
over some building prospects. *+"Miss
Edith Cadieux is the latest addition to
the typographical talent. ***Miss Alice
Cadieux leaves for Chicago to spend a
few months. ***Tower is itching to be-
come city and charter is being pre-
pared. "'*Cleveland and Hill returned
Saturday from an exploring trip to the
east of ."*"The Spalding House at
Duluth has been leased to Mr.. Emer-
son of Kansas City. *""The several
houses here were raided Friday and
each yielded fine of $45 and costs be-
fore Justice Davey.
FenSke g. Lawrence are advertising a
fine line of collins and caSkets. **"A
change in time of the railroad is hailed
with delight by those who have been
compelled to eat dinner in Tower before
arriving home ***A bill has just been
introduced in the senate to increase the
salary of the treasurer of st. Louis
county to $500 and that of the auditor
to $4,000 and provide clerk hire. ***A.
Ritan of the firm of Sletten and Ritan
has been in Ely the past week over
hauling the stock. He is from Cumber-
land, Wis, where the firm also has a
store.
Duluth has had an epidemic of fires
the past week. The Opera House
burned on Monday and the day follow
ing, Dietz the Tailor and the Pennsyl-
vania House burned. Elmer F. Cham
berlain was burned in the Opera House
fire ***The southbound train now leaves
here at $50 A. M. and the train in
from Duluth arrives at 8:45 A. NJ, max
ing a return trip to Duluth possible the
same day. **"Two sleigh loads OF Ely's
flower and beauty braved 25-mile trip
over the lakes to Tower to attend the
Prof Kohn promenade concert. Those
in the party were Mr.. and Mrs. A. E.
Camp, Mr.. and Mrs. Alex Lawson,
Misses Lena Davey, Belle McCurdy,
Elizabeth Reynolds, Mary Ann Polking-
horne, Glen Camp and FloSsie Lawson
and MeSsrs. Sam Brown, E. j. Poirier,
Ike Mittenthal and A.Fottrell. The
party returned by the county road the
following day. *"The final shipments of
ore from the Vermilion range and other
Lake Superior ranges have been an
nounced. The shipments for the entire
Lake Superior district amounted to
5,023,329 tons. The Vermihon sent out
Sill 1923 tons last year.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1939-02-09
NEW BOOKS
BIG SHIPMENT COMING.
AT THE LIBRARY

"A shipment of $50 new books Is ex-
pected to be received at the public Ii
brary this week, according to Mrs Ruth
King, librarian. This is the largest
single shipment to come in since Ma
tional Book Week, observed several
months ago.
In the shipment are some Of the
latest novels, non-fiction, westerns,
travel, and aviation books off the press.
Included Is "Lunacy Becomes U.s.
Lesser, the latest out on the Nazi die
tator and Of a critical nature. New
Deal for Youth, Story Of the NYA (Na-
tionai Youth administration
and American Ski Annual for 1938-39"
are others.
MAGAZINES.
The library has long list of maya
mines available to readers. They in
clude: America-A Catholic Review of
the Week, The American Magazine, The
American Home. The Atlantic, Catholic
Digest, Christian Herald, The Common
tator, Golfers, The Country Gentleman.
Current History, Harper's, House
Beautiful Hygeia, Ladies Home Jour-
nal, McCall's, National Parent-Teachers,
Newsweek, Outdoor Life, Outdoors,
Parents, Pictorial Review, Red Book,
Scribners, Sports Afield, Time.
Woman's Home Companion, Life, Sat-
urday Evening Post, New York Times
Magazine, Readers Digest, Columbia,
Popular Mechanics, Popular Science,
Radio News, Scientific American.
NEWSPAPERS.
Newspapers which the library has
available for its patrons include: United
States News, National Tribune, Range
Facts and The Ely Miner, weeklies,
and New York Daily and Sunday Times,
Duluth News Tribune, Duluth Herald
and Minneapolis Journal, dailies.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1939-02-09
Commerce Department
Attracts Many Jaysees

elective subjects.
This curriculum Is outlined to meet
the needs of students who wish to pre-
pare for business positions after leav-
ing Junior College, and upon gradu-
alton they are given business diploma.
No plans have been formulated for
placing this years graduates in positions
but assistance will be given when pos
sible.
Some Of the work was offered preced-
ing the organization Of the commerce
department but good share of it was
added when the department was Or
ganiaed. Instructors include Miss Jessie
Nicholson, Miss Clara McIver and
Paul Cramer
Besides the vocational benefits de-
rived from the work, the students have
assimilated knowledge Of the every
day business world that everyone should
have Such courses as economics, his
tory and money and banking help them
In interpreting the news Of the day
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1939-02-09
Forecasts Weather
By "Setting" Onions.

Fairmont-Julius With knows his
onions" for he forecast the years
weather conditions by them. Regularly
every New Years eve he "sets" his
onions at the stroke Of midnight and
pours each onion cup partially full of
salt. Whatever it IS happens to the
onions, happens during this mystic hour
and none other. According to Wirth
you can set out all onions in the world
before New Years and afterward, but
not find out thing. After the fateful
hour, Julius examines the onions. He
can tell, according to the way the salt
has drawn moisture from the onion,
Just how wet or dry the month is going
to be. Julius onion fame is widespread
and his predictions have hit the nail
on the head so frequently that he has
had inquiries from several other states.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1939-02-09
Ten Years Ago
From Issue of February s, 1929.

A full house greeted the concert by
the Municipal Band last Sunday. Di-
rector Mrs. Noah had arranged a novel
program of band numbers and special
ties. Mrs. Lillian Mckay Ojalla rem
dered several fine vocal solos in which
she was accompanied by Mrs. Glen
Powers at the piano; Miss Eda Rae
Jones gave piano solo; Miss Hillman
and her xylophone, accompanied by the
band, gave several numbers. For "The
Thunderer" Sousa composition, the
trombone section of the band had been
recruited for the occasion by nine from
the High School band, viz: Arthur
Seraphine, Charles Trezona, Anna
Ahonen, Tony K1un, Wilfred Robert
son, Charles Johnson, Paul McCarty,
Evangeline Jeffrey and Celia Golob.
Matt Markovich of this city and Miss
Anna Mehelich of Chisholm secured
license to marry Monday.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1939-02-09
United States Held Liable
for Deaths in Forest Fire

Federal Judge M. M. Joyce ruled last
week in test case that the United
States government is liable for per-
sonal injury and loss of life as re-
suit of the devastating forest fires of
1918.
The northern Minnesota fire caused
500 deaths and severe injury to hun
dreds of others. Between 1921 and 1925
the value of each fire sufferers claim
was determined by the government.
Personal injury and death claims were
included in the estimates at that time
and all claims were settled at 40 per
cent by mutual consent.
The U. S. comptroller ruled, however,
that the 1885 congressional act did not
authorize payment of death or personal
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1939-02-09
Twenty-Five Years Ago
From Issue of February 6, 1914.

The annual statement of City Treas
urer George L. Brozich, just given out,
shows cash balance on hand of
$9,299.82 on January is, 1914. The year
started with a balance as of Jan. Is,
1913 of $14,059.11 and receipts during
the year totaled $1O8,71441. Expendi-
lures of $99,41459 during the year left
the balance on hand of $9,299.82.
Ely's basketballers defeated Chisholm,
26 to Is, Friday evening. Tonight the
team goes to Virginia. The members
of the Ely team, who go to Virginia,
will be Miller, Maxi, Hippaka, White,
Alfalfa and Lacey.
The marriage of Jacob Skala and
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1939-02-09

The u. S. Senate Chamber
The Senate chamber in the United
States Capitol is 113 feet inches in
length by 80 feet 8 inches in width
and SO feet in height. The gallery
accommodates 700 persons,
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1939-02-09

injury claims and refused to grant
them. He held up more than 600 such
payments as a result but inadvertently
paid the balance of $1,000 claim to the
special administrators Of the estate Of
Mary LaCourse Germantown. who died
in the fire.
Suit was brought by the government,
claiming it was an error that such pay
ment should be made. Judge Joyce
held that the claim was properly allow
able, opening the way for payment Of
the other claims.
Clay Supply in Texas
Every type of clay known to the
ceramic industry, except bah CLAW.
exists in Texas.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1939-02-09
MEMBERS OF THE BOARD:


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Member National Fraternal Congress of America.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1939-05-31
INFORMAL PASSAGE

The passage in the Senate yesterday
of House Bill 1899, granting new charter
to Key West recalls the premature an
nouncement by the Associated Press made
in The Citizen last Friday Those familiar
with the Senate's procedure on local bills
will understand how easy it is to make
mistakes, and really it is a wonder that
not more mistakes are made by the repre-
sentatives of the press.
A reading clerk announces that the
house has passed series of local bills and
reads them by numbers and by the names
of the introducers The clerk reads very
fast ard does not read the bills or even
their full titles. AS the bills are called
out by number the senator interested in
each indicates whether he wants it passed
or informally passed. which means tenn
porarily delayed Sometimes the senator
says "pass it, or informally pass it" but
sometimes he merely mods his head or
motions with his hand. The clerk reads on
until the end of the list is reached. Then
all bills to be passed are acted on in a
group with one roll call which merely is
the reading of the senator's names without
their even answering the roll. The bills
that were informally passed. are merely
kept in the seeretarys desk until the SEN
ator wants to have them passed. Neither
those passed nor those held over for later
action reprinted or read in full.
1t is all very confusing, especially
wheniit is considered that about three bills
a minute are handled in this manner.
When House Bill 1899 reached the
Senate, the reporter understood Senator
Ward to say 'pass it, when in fact the
senator said informally pass it." Thus
the error was made, and so wired to The
Citizen.
The bill has now passed the Senate
and will be referred to the electorate next
November for acceptance or rejection, pro-
vided 25 per cent of the registered voters
have signed petition within 80 days for
the referendum.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1939-05-31
BIG FAIRS AND LITTLE ONES

The nation now boasts two splendid
world fairs, one in California and the other
in New York.
The Federal government is repre-
scented at both expositions by handsome
structures, which cost considerable money.
These world fairs are creditable en-
terprises but they are not the only fairs
that will operate in the United States this
year. Soon there will begin procession
of county fairs that will move from one
end of the nation to the other.
In most of these county, or COM
munity, fairs the United States govern
ment will not be represented. Personally,
we see no reason why the government
should spend five or ten million dollars to
participate in two large expositions and
then not spend part of that amount to
make available to smaller fairs.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1939-05-31
THE FOOLISH DIcTAToRS

1t is difficult to see any wisdom in the
policies of Hitler and Mussolini so far as
contributing to the happiness and we'll
being of their own peoples is concerned,
either in the near or distant future. Surely
the populations of Germany and Italy have
little for which to thank the dictators so far.
Mussolini's conquest of Ethiopia does
not appear to have improved the condition
of the Italian people, while Hitler's seizure
of Austria and the annexation of the Sude-
ten area have been of no economic benefit
to Germany.
Both Italy and Germany cry about a
lack of raw materials, yet they squander
the raw materials they already have on
ornaments and preparations for war. This
at time when both nations are virtually
bankrupt, and no other nation has any
thought of attacking them.
By their arrogance and their threats
to the peace of the world, Hitler and Mus
solini have incurred the enmity of peace
loving nations, which are forced to incur
enormous debts to provide means of de-
Tense against the menace of aggression.
This enmity is heightened by the per-
secutions and general ruthlessness which
mark the dictators' policies toward certain
racial and religious groups of their own
citizens.
Even such powerful rulers as these
can not afford, in the long run, to be hated
by lovers of liberty and justice throughout
the world The policies which provoke
such hatred are utterly foolish, and may
eventually lead to disaster for all nations,
including Germany and Italy.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1939-05-31
u. S. MISSION WILL
AID SOCIAL SERVICE
CONTINUED from Page onel

Continued from Page One)
enrolment, curriculum, extern
sion courses, vocational place
ment; the organization of social
service agencies and their inte-
grafton with the government;
community organization for So
cial welfare; and financing So
/. cial service.
/ Child welfare in its various as
! poets. maternity care. and youth
organizations in social action will
be considered at a conference on
Youth.
| Social consequences of public
hygiene. extension of public hy-
giene to small communities, So
cial benefits of public health. and
hospitals and nursing personnel
will be taken up at session on
Hygiene and Health
Many Topics
! A conference on Education
will consider the following topics:
administration; elementary cours-
es-training for conom i a
standards of living rather than
preparing for advanced academic
! courses; normal courseS-empha-
sis on manual crafts and agricul-
ture; social importance of re-
ligious education; scholarships.
Discussion of Courts and
! Crime" will center on social as
poets of crime and its punishment
and children's and domestic rela-
tons courts.
Among the members of the
Mission are:
| DR.. John F. O'Hara, President
of the University of Notre Dame,
chairman.
Ri. Rev. Monsignor Joseph M.
Corrigan, President of the Catho-
lie University of America, Wash
ington, D. c.
| Very Rev. John J. Dillon. Presi-
dent of Providence College,
Providence, r. I.
Carl w. Alderman, Dean of the
Graduate School of Journalism,
Columbia University, New York.
James E. Mccarthy, Dean of
the College of Commerce, Uni
versity of Notre Dame; Special
| Commissioner of Taxation and
Insurance. State of Indiana.
! Val Nolan, United States Dis
trict Attorney. Indianapolis. Ind.
DR.. Francis Fronczak, Public
Health Commissioner, Buffalo,
". Y.
DR.. Edgar Schmiedeler, Direc-
tor of Rural Life Bureau, Nation
al Catholic Welfare Conference,
Washington, d. c.
| Rt. Rev. Monsignor Michael j.
Ready, General Secretary of the
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1939-05-31
CONCERT PLANS
ARE COMPLETED
SEVENTY PIECE ORCHESTRA
TO PLAY JUNE 8 AT LIGHT
HOUSE BUILDING

The appearance of the seventy
piece Florida Federal Symphony
Orchestra on Thursday evening,
June 8, at the Lighthouse Indus
trial Building under Chamber of
Commerce auspices looms in the
minds of the local sponsors as by
long odds the most important
musical event ever presented in
Key West.
A complete symphonic en-
semble of this character and size
is seldom booked for a city the
size of Key West, the sponsors
pointed out, for the good reason
that ordinarily the minimum
charge for such an attraction
would be nearly $4,000 a per-
Torrance. Ralph Parr, business
manager of the orchestra in Jack
sonville has explained that since
the orchestra is a unsupported
institution the services of the or
DR.. Aristides A. Moll, Execu-
tive Vice President of Pan Amer
lean Sanitary Bureau.
William E. Cotter, Counsel for
the Union Carbide and Carbon
Corporation, New York.
Rt. Rev. Monsignor John P
Treacy, Director of the Society
for the Propagation of the Faith,
Cleveland, Ohio.
Mrs. Antonio c.. Gonzalez, wife
of former United States Minister
to Venezuela.
Miss Regina O'Connell, Direc-
tor of Child Welfare, Catholic
Charities, Chicago, Ill.
Miss Josephine Brownson, Lac
tare Medalist, Detroit, Mich.
Miss Tess Marie Gorke. Execu-
tive Secretary of the Catholic
Youth Organization, Gary, Ind
Rev. James M. Drought, Vicar
General of Maryknoll; executive
organizer of the Mission.
Secretaries: Miss Rosamund
Joyce, Michael Grace, James Dean
Allen.
The Mission will return via Co
lombia, Panama, Jamaica, and
Haiti, reaching New York on
July 10.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1939-05-31

After two unsuccessful starts, F. w.
Woolworth opened his third store at Lam
CASTER Pa, 60 years ago, which proved
such success that the entire stock valued
at $30o was sold the very first day. Now
the Woolworth Company is an institution
of immense proportions, and pays hand
some dividends, one Key Wester alone re-
ceiving--in dividends what the first profit
able store had as stock on the opening
day.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1939-05-31

National Catholic Welfare Con-
ference, Washington, D. c.
John J. Hegeman. President of
Hegeman & Harris. New York,
constructors of Radio City,, New
York, and Federal Housing prof.
ectS.
DR.. Thomas Parran, Surgeon
General of the United States.
DR.. William F. Cunningham,
Professor of Educational Admin
istration, University of Notre
Dame.
Rev. DR.. John P. Boland, Chair
man of the New York State La
Dor Relations Board.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1939-05-31
TWINS FIVE TIMES

MANNING, Ia. - Fred Fred
erickson, farmer near here, says
he has had a Hereford cow, nine
years old, that has produced five
sets of tWins-one set each year
for the past five years.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1939-05-31
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WHO KNOWS?
(See The Answers" on Page u
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eessssossssssssssessssss
/. Who is the Worlds No.
Tennis Star?
2. Which was the most sue
cesSful money-maker on Broad
way during the 1888 '39 season?
3. What is the combined men,
bership of the Methodist church?
4. What was the net operating
income of the Class l railroads
during the first quarter of 1899?
5. How much cotton has the
u. S. under loan?
6. How many Presidents has
the u. S. had?
z. How many old-age inSur-
ance accounts has the Social Sc
curly Board?
8. Where is the biggest work
ing telescope in the world?
8. What was the British ma
tional income in 1887?
10. Which of the states in the
U. S. produce salt?
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1939-05-31
KEY WEST IN
DAYS GONE BY
Happenings Here just 10 Years
Ago Today As Taken From
The Files of The Citizen

Memorial Day exercises and
program of exercises at the Maine
Plot yesterday were witnessed
by hundreds, who thronged the
streets and congregated about
the enclosure where lie buried
the patriotic dead of the Inflated
Maine. The parade. which pre-
coded the ceremonies, was inn
posing and impressive. The inter-
mingling of national colors and
the various colored flags, BAN
ners and pennants of the various
organizations represented in the
line of march bright uniforms of
service men flashing regalia of
patriotic orders all combined to
make most inspiring scene. The
music rendered by the drum and
bugle corps of the local Golden
Eagles, the American Legion and
the Boy Scouts formed a pretty
pageant as the parade started
from the corner of EATON and
Duval streets. Exercises at the
Maine Plot were opened with a
few appropriate remarks by F. D.
Conner, commander of the Amer
lean Legion Post %, and follow
ed by the invocation by Rev.
Raymond Butman. Memorials in
the form of lovely floral designs
were placed about the Maine
monument.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1939-05-31
Hemingway, Carter, Strable-emine

Hemingway, Carter, Strable-eminent
nameSfn the literary world-all residents
of Monroe County, the former two of Key
West. With such a prominent nucleus,
Key West and Monroe County will some
day have colony of outstanding person
ages in the world of literature, and per-
haps in other arts.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1939-05-31

The Key West Citizen remarks that
THE brain is that part of the body too
seldom used by many people" Another
trouble is that folks who think they're
mentally equipped with plenty of ''spares"
use them overtime.-Times-U Union.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1939-05-31

The legal debt limit of the United
States-is $4,000, OOO, 900. Economists say
it WILDE reached on July 1. So let's go
after the limit or husband bust is more
correct
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1939-05-31

Iris a difficult matter for state legis-
latureg to get bill passed adversely af-
fecting newsboys, because so many legis-
lators themselves were newsboys in their
youths and found the job healthful oc-
cupatfon.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1939-05-31

Mr.. Pendergast who is going in re-
treat Ger about Is months will have plenty
time to cogitate on the significance of the
first syllable of his name-that it is
''migFfuer than the sword" and whole
lot worse.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1939-05-31

In upstate New York bakers rum
away horse scattered pies along the route,
while spellbound spectators cried, What
government agency is this? "-Detroit
News.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1939-05-31
IMPROVEMENTS FOR KEY WEST
ADVOCATED BY THE CITIZEN

l'~Water and Sewerage
q Comprehensive City Plan (Zoning).
3D. Hotels and Apartments.
A. Bathing Pavilion.
ST. Airports-Land and Sea.
g. Consolidation of County and City
Governments.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1939-05-31

Rome has higher birthrate than any
other.metropolis in either Europe or Am
erica=making ready for emigration to
Ethiopia or cannon fodder
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1939-05-31
BEARS OUT NAME

ENDFIELD, Eng.-A good con-
duct prize awarded by a school
of this city was won by boy
named Peter Perfect.