The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1940-03-14
Fifty Years Ago
From Issue of March IL, 1890.

The Chandler is sinking No. l and
No. shaft to the fourth level.
The Minnesota Sheriff's association
has elected Sheriff Sharvy as one of
the vice presidents. This is the first
time that a St. Louis county sheriff
has been elected to any office by the
association.
August FenSke has purchased the
Oliver House safe from Mr.. st. Ger
man. A freight train in charge
of Conductor George w Cornell, came
in Friday with a long string Of flat cars.
Al Tourville left yesterday morning
for Seattle, where he will make his
home. Mr.. Tourville has been resi-
dent Of Ely for the past two years and
IN his departure the village loses an
esteemed citizen.
A man from Bare Butte Valley, South
Dakota, lost his pocketbook containing
$3.50, which was found by a man of
Elk Creek. A month later, on learning
who was the owner, he returned the
same, and the owner was very thankful
but demanded interest for the use
Of the money for that time. Judgement
was given for s1.45 and costs.
The Chicago and Minnesota Ore COM
pany are putting in a plant Of ma
chinery on 10-62-14 for exploring pur-
poses and so far the indications are
promising and the company feel great
" encouraged as TO the result of their
labor. However, nothing definite has
yet been obtained as TO an iron mine
being opened there.
A progressive euchre party, composed
Of Mr.. and Mrs. o. D. Kinney, Mr..
and Mrs. Levy, Mr.. and Mrs. Dutton,
Mr.. and Mrs. Hoover, Mrs. Dr.. Ship
man, Miss Ella Wilson, Miss Myrick,
Miss Emma Wilson, DR.. Moore, Z. J.
Poirier, W. T. James and W. c. Bar
rett, congregaCed at the residence of
VIM McQuade last Friday. The head
prizes were won by W. c. Barrett and
Mrs. Hoover and the foot prize was
awarded to Mr.. Hoover
The Chandler mine now has about
72,00O tons Of ore in their StockpileS, |
and making a daily increase Of about |
1000 tons. Last Saturday, 1900 tons
were hoisted. The company expects to |
have $4,000 tons in their stockpiIes by |
the first of May and expect to ship |
$4,000 tons the coming season if all |
goes well.
Election day dawned clear and bright |
and the good work started at an early |
hour. The regular nominees, except |
one or two, were totally ignored, but
only to strengthen the two tickets in
the field. The mines went into the |
field electioneering with a torch light /
procession, Saturday night, and had |
all their own way until this morning
when they found that they had very
strong opposition, the business men and
taxpayers entering into the fight with
vigor, the principal fight being be-
tween W. T. James and H c. Kelly for
village treasurer. The result was as
follows:
President, c. C. Shipman, 3O2; re-
cOrder, T. Scadden, 1873; Fred Christ
opher, 149; treasurer, H c. Kelly, 161,
w. T. James, 40; trustee, H. Thomas,
lat, W c. Hoskin, 163, Ed Cram, 14e,
A EAe1Sen, 101, VIM. McQuaCe, lat,
Ed. Robinson, 147; justice of peace,
Fred Christopher, $50. F. o. Adamson,
152: constable, N. J. Clark, 149, P. o.
OBrien, 152.
On Tuesday evening, at the resi-
dence Of H. NJ. Clark, Rudolph Schultz
and Miss Mary Okerlund were married
by Justice Goldsworthy. A large num-
Der of friends and relatives were
present and after the ceremony a
fine array Of presents we're presented
the couple. The party proceeded to
"trip the light fantastic" and a supper
was later served by Mrs. Clark. Miss
Lille Okerlund, sister of the bride
from Cambridge, Mimi, arrived on the
evening train to witness the ceremony