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The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1940-02-08
give DATAON
PENSION BILL
1903 In Eighth Congressional
District Would Benefit
Through Program.

Enactment Of H. R. 2726 Cnow be-
fore the Congressional Committee of
World War legislation would, during
the first year thereafter, extend pen
sions to about 491 needy widows, 982
children and 135 dependent parents Of
deceased World War veterans. who re-
side in the 9th congressional district
of Minnesota, aggregating about s290,-
GIT, according to L. c. SLENDER, COM
mander of the Ely post, Veterans of
Foreign Wars.
Such payments, during the first year
would go to about $4,000 persons in
Minnesota, including 4,550 dependent
widows, 9,10O children, and 1850 needy
parents, in the total sum of about
s., 696, 900.
Such pensions, long provided as to
widows and orphans Of veterans of
wars prior to the World War, would
greatly educe the future load of Min
nesotas public assistance agencies The
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1940-02-08
Is Boys Honored at
Ceremony Launching
National Scout Week
Bean Supper" Slated for
Tonight to Open Rites
Of Ely Troops.
A. MATTIOLI SPEAKER
B. Strachan, Toastmaster /;
Local ScOuterS to Give
Merit Awards.

Thirteen Ely Scouts will receive
awards at a court of honor to be held
tonight at the bean supper" in the
Community Center cafeteria inaug-
urating national Scout week.
All Scouts, their parents. Scoutmasters
and committeeman will attend the sup
per. A feature viii be the address of
President Roosevelt, honorary head of
the Boy Scouts Of America, which viii
be tuned in by radio for the gathering
TO hear.
The supper will be served at $50
o'clock. B. o. StraChan, chairman of
the VermiIIion range district, will serve
Scout executive for the Eeadwaters
area, will give a talk on Scouting and
show Scout molten pictures. The Junior
College orchestra will play.
Speaking also during the presidential
broadcast will be Walter w Head, ST.
Louis, president OF the Boy Scouts of
America, who will talk from Detroit.
A feature Of the White House broad
cast will be the annual rededication by
the Nations Scouts to the Scout oath,
theguiding principle of Scouting. At
the conclusion Of his address, the
President, who will be introduced by
Mr.. Head. will ask the listening Scouts
TO take the cath. Dr. James E. West.
chief Scout executive and editor Of
Boys Life, will "Cut into" the broadcast
from Miami. Florida, to lead the Scouts
in the oath.
At the court of honor, to be con-
Quoted by Ed c. Boitho, chairman of
the group, Ray Reigel, Sigurd F. Olson,
Thomas Murn and John Dragavon, the
following Scouts will be given awards:
Albert Manner, Second class Scout
badge, and merit badges in aviation,
handicraft, woodwork metal work;
Dan Mestnik, merit badges in business,
chemistry, architecture, gardening, ma
chinery; John Schwab, merit badges
fer business; FaHl Yadlosky, merit
badges for machinery and scholarship;
Tony Grahek, merit badge for chen1is-
try: Bernard Grahek, Second class
badge and merit badges in woodwork
and metalwork; John Fink, First class
badge. All are from Troop TIA.
Keith Brownell, merit badge in life
saving: Randall Forselius, merit badge
in wood carving and scholarship; An
drew Spolarich, merit badge in mech
anicaI drawing; Jerry Cruise, Second
class badge and merit badge in per-
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1940-02-08
2,943 New Members Admitted
During 1889; Gross Assets
Increased $227, 1920.

The year 1889 was an unusually good
one for the South Slavonic Catholic
Union Of America, according to Anton
Zbasnik, supreme secretary. Gross as
sets of the society, which has its head
quarters here, were increased by
s227 1890, totaling S2,700, 1861 as Of
December 81, 1899.
During the year 2,948 new members
were admitted, 1,051 into the adult de-
partment and 1897 into the juvenile
The union now has 23,305 members.
Deaths totaled 167, but during the
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1940-02-08
Municipal Liquor Store
Suggestion is Turned
Do.Un by City Council
Council, by Vote of 4 to 3,
Refuse to Sidetrack the
Present Licenses.
FAVOR IA APPLICANTS
Two Ely Groups to Sponsor
Carnivals Here; Study
Truck Requests.

The question of establishing a NUM-
cipal liquor store IN Ely came I'D az
the meeting of the city council Tues
day evening, but was killed when the
body refused by 4-3 vote 70 lay ap-
plications for renewal Of on and off,
sale licenses ON the table until the
proposal had been studied
Alderman Archie Hedloff who brought
up the subject, commended that the
city could realize between sixty and
seventy thousand dollars per year rev.
enue" through municipality owned
store.
Pointing to the cut IN income the city
that ''the taxpayers be given chance
TO voice an opinion" on the proposal,
and then offered a motion 20 delay
approving the off-sale licenses pend
ing before the council The licenses
expire March /.
The motion lost when Mayor Bern
Lambert, and Aldermen Toimi A1ola.
A. E. Friedsburg, and John NJ Maxi
opposed it. Voting for it were Alder
men Hedloff, ice Milkovich, and Frank
Vranesich.
The council thereupon granted l.
censes TO nine on-sale places, one spe-
cial license and four package store
licenses
The establishment OF a municipal
store would have given the city mon
opoly on the liquor business IN the
city. IF only a package store were put
in, it would still be Illegal TO grant on
sale licenses to private parties
considerable discussion was held On
the proposal of purchasing a fire truck.
with the council more or less agreeing
that a new truck should be purchased
and the old one kept as a reserve unit
Feb. Is the council viii travel To range
cities to inspect trucks there
Bids on a truck for the water and
light department. VIII be opened ON
March 5. It is necessary and vital" 70
replace the old one a committee COM
posed of Frank Vranesich, Ahola and
Hedloff reported
Both the Booster club Of the IOOF
lodge and the Frank Lozar post OF the
American Legion, in conjunction with
the drum and bugie corps, were grant
ed permission to sponsor carnivals here
this summer after several councilmen
objected to being forced to choose be-
tween the two as to which should have
a carnival
The recent purchase Of the fire dam
aged stock of the Ely Cash Market BY
a Minneapolis concern for apparent re-
sale at some point IN the state was at
tackled by DR.. J. z. Thompson in a
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1940-02-08
AAUW to Entertain
Junior College Girls.

The American Association of Univer-
city Women will entertain the girls
of the Ely Junior College at tea on
Valentines day, Feb a. It will be
served in Memorial cafeteria at AIS
p. m.
Mrs. Conrad G. Haugen is general
chairman and Miss Jessie H Michael
son is in charge Of invitations. This
is the fifth consecutive year that the
AAUW has feted the college girls.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1940-02-08
Funeral for Geo. Simon
Conducted Here SATURDAY..

George Simon, 43, who died in No
pening sanitorium, Jan. 80, was buried
in the Ely cemetery Saturday. Funeral
services we're conducted from the Fen
ske mortuary, with the Rev. H Russell
Browne in charge.
Simon was born in Bulgaria and
came to this country " years ago. He
was involved in silocosis damage suit
brought against the Oliver Iron Mining
company by whom he at one time had
been employed as a miner.
No close relatives in this country
survive him. He had been confined to
Nopeming for five and a half years.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1940-02-08
Three Girls, TlUO Boys
Born Here in JGHtuarV

Three girls and two boys were born
in Ely during the month of January,
according to information obtained from
Dr. Owen w. Parker. city health officer.
DR.. Parker's report follows;
Jan. Il, daughter to Mr. and Mrs.
James Ryan.
Jan. Is, a daughter to Mr.. and Mrs.
j. Toikka, Tower.
Jan. 10, son to Mr. and Mrs.
Rennold H. Theno
Jan. &c, daughter to Mr.. and Mrs.
william Walsh
JAN 30, son to Mr. and Mrs John
H. Pelto.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1940-02-08
COLLEGE MAY
GRADUATE so
Largest Number In History Is
Foreseen; Enrolment is
Double 1885 Figure.

Enrolment of the Ely Junior Col
lege has more than doubled during the
past six years, according to figures OBJ
tanned from Dean Sigrd p Olson
This spring the college viii graduate
the largest number of students since
it was founded in 1922 If the possible
list of graduates all receive their sheep
skins.
These facts became known when the
number of students who may be eli
gible for graduation was compiled by
Dean Olson.
Fifty students have been placed on
this list as compared with % which
were graduated in 1895, or an increase
of %. In 1896, "A were graduated, IN
1887. 80; in 1888, "a. and in 1889. Al.
illustrating the gradual growth Of the
college
A larger enrolment of freshmen stu
dents and tendency for more Of them
to complete their two years Of college
are given as the reasons for the IN
crease by Dean Olson.
From 1895 to 1888. rs per cent of the
college graduates continued their edu-
cation at institutions of higher learn
ing and have or will ultimately receive
degrees, the local jaysee head said
Not all of them entered schools the
year after leaving the Ely institution.
for some Of them stayed out year or
two for various reasons before con-
tinuing, he said For that reason the
figures for 1893 are not available.
In 1935, II students. or n per cent Of
the number graduating. eventually
registered at other colleges or universe
ties; in 1896, Is students, or rs per
cent; IN 1881, Is students. or 90 per
cent; in 1893, q students. or q per
cent
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1940-02-08

The story is told of the doctor in a
neighboring town who received seven
neckties from an Eastern manufacturer
with a nice letter in which it was
stated that the liberty was taken of
sending the ties unordered and he
hoped the doctor would send S315.
The NJ. D. was equal to the occasion and
answered IT am taking the liberty of
sending you 200 ABCDEFG pills. I
made these pills myself ard know they
are coed. They are worth s3.15. Please
accept them in payment of the neckties
YOU sent me last week"
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1940-02-08
LincOLn's Birthday
to be School HOLiday

Lincoln's birthday, which is on Mon
day, Feb. II, will be a holiday for
students of school district No. Il, &C
cording to an announcement made by
Supt. Stanley Adkins. Both Lincoln's
and Washington's natal days will be
observed with appropriate exercises on
the birthday of the latter, which is
Thursday, Feb. q.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1940-02-08

A suggestion has been made that as
a measure of preparedness in this
country in order TO save time and
trouble IN case America was forced into
the European conflict, that the draft
boards be revived to register everyone
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1940-02-08
On This
Occasion
A Few Observations ON Matters
Material and ImmateriaI by
the Editor.

The illegal part Of the fishing in
dustry in Itasca county, where license
to net bullheadS had been granted in
several lakes, while every lake was
fiShed without a license, has gotten
into the headlines at last with a claim
that the bullhead industry IN that
county crossed in the neighborhood Of
100000 a year. G. Howard Spaeth,
state tax commissioner, is investigating
the industry with a view Of collecting
income taxes from the combine, said
to be a relatively small family affair.
1t was said by party who investigated
the industry, that 25,0O0 to 10000
pounds of the fish leave Grand Rapids
weekly during the netting season.
This getting a license to fish in sew
eraI lakes and then carrying operations
into everything for miles around puts
us in mind of the old time loggers IL
Minnesota who bought forty of tim
Der and then cut everything for five
miles in each direction.
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Moose Pass miner., 1940-06-30

iting Colonial Out tchman signed the regi ister and hi 8 place of residence --"Panka . lanbranden, Sumat ra." l, "Sumatra!" exclaimed the hotel clerk ,"That 8 a litt1 i s1and out in the Pacific, is it not?"
 "Ve11," replied the Dutchran in he sitant ,broken English, II should not say Sumatra ees in de Pacific. Eet is between de China Zee und de Indian Ocean. Und it ees not so leetle unless you t'ink California ees a 1eet1e State. Sunatra ees about t'orty-tausand square
Moose Pass miner., 1940-06-30

miles beeger dan ca1iforn- ia!" -C.S. Monitor
 A Chinese student at the Uni versity of Michigan who smemorized phrases from an ct iquette book had his first opport unity to try them out at a reception given by Pres- ident Ruthven. When a cup of tea was handed to him, he so1emly responded: Thank you, sir or madam, as the case may be-"
 Assoc iated Pre- ss-
 Lionel Barrymore, 63, is working on his tooth film.
Moose Pass miner., 1940-06-30

{Cont lnued)
 washed by the Japan current where the climate is ni1d
 and everything can be grown and coal is picked off the top of the ground, that it's population will probably
 double in an another year. In fact, a road connecting Homer and Seward by way of the Moose Pass to Hope high way, is is all that is need i ed to settle thou sands i'm stead of hundreds on the west side of Kenai Peninsula
 WHO'S WHO IN ANERICA," with more thames in the
 news" than ever before has been released for l94o-4l. Sketches in the book relate to acc omp Ii shments of the nat on's most famous name s. There are 31 ,752 sketches ir the new version of 'Who's Who." Oldest member inc lu l ded is Brigadier-Genera1 William Henry Bisbce, retire. who is 100. He is a Civil War veteran. Youngest name| inc luded is that Of Shirley Temple, also retired at the age of Il. The 1onge st sketch is that of Columbia university's s president, Nicholas Murray But Ter.
 SUMATRA vs. CALIFORNIA
 In a large Los Angeles hotel some months ago,a vis-'
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1940-06-13
THIRSTY CHILD SAVES
FAMILY FROM BURNING

Goldsboro. = Thirteen people,
including seven children, were
saved from injury and possibly
death, when one, a seven-year-
old girl, walked her grandmother,
Mrs. Susie Page, and asked for a
drink of water. The grandmother
found that the house was burn
ing. 1t was about 2::30 o'clock Fri
day morning on East Beech street.
Saturday, the families and what
little they had salvaged of their
belongings were housed in the
homes of neighbors.
Mrs. Page and her children and
grandchildren occupied the lower
floor of the frame dwelling and
a Mr.. and Mrs. Jackson and their
two children lived upstairs. When
Mrs. Page opened her bedroom
door to get the water for the
child, she saw that the back Of
the house was in light blaze,
and gave the alarm.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1940-06-13
Mrs. Taylor Was
Buried Thursday
Well Known Grassy Creek
Woman Dies From Heart
Attack at Age of "a.

A large crowd CT friends and
relatives attended the funeral OF
Mrs. Martha Taylor, we'll known
Grassy Creek woman which was
hald on Thursday, following her
death on Wed, from a heart at
tack. Service was conducted at
the Chestnut Hill Baptist church
by the Revs. Herbert Caldwell,
Mr.. Shumate and Edgar Denney.
Burial followed in the Chestnut
Hill cemetery.
The deceased who was "A years
old at the time of her death was
a native of this county and was
the daughter of Mr.. and Mrs.
Jake Ham. She had been critical
ly ill for some time.
She is survived by one broth
er, F. ]. Ham; five sons, James
Taylor, of Chicago; John Taylor,
of Penhood, Va; Walter Taylor,
Of Robbinsville, Md; Wiley and
Robert Taylor, of the home; three
daughters, Mrs. Guy Teaster and
Mrs. Carl Suits, of the home.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1940-06-13
1910 GOODS STUNNING
CAREER FOR MARRIAGE

Evanston, Ill.-The college CO.
ed of 1910 is stunning career"
for marriage and motherhood.
This conclusion was reported in
an interview this week by Mrs.
Ruth o. McCarn. psychologist
and counselor of women at
Northwestern University.
f. She described the choice of
marriage and motherhood instead
of a career as tremendously more
popular with the goods of today
than with those of the last gene
ration.
Twenty years ago as a result
over the over-emphasis of the
feminist movement" she said,
women thought in terms of ca
reers.
To-day very few young women
have professional ambitions. Most
of them are interested in the pro-
blems of how to marry as soon
as possible in the face of finan-
cial difficulties, and how to plan
for a family"
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1940-06-13
FINALS AT CHAPEL
HILL THIS WEEK

Chapel Hill.-Intelligent COOP
Grafton between forces of liberal
education and religion will be
zone of the underlying defenses
of the American way of life in
the days of crisis ahead" DR.. Al
bert w. Beaver, of Rochester, n
Y, president of the Colgate-Ro-
chester Divinity school, told a re-
cord graduating class of more
than 600 at the University OF
North Carolina in baccalaureate
sermon Sunday morning.
Speaking at the opening exer-
cises of the University's 145th
commencement, DR.. Beaver, a
noted Baptist leader and a for
mer president of the Federal
Council of the Churches of Christ
in Ame13e2, warned the graduates
that Gin the whether we can pre-
serve for the dark days ahead the
question as to world the essential
values that have been developed
on this continent depends much
on the earnest cooperation be-
tween the various institutions
that have protected and propaga-
ted our values"
"The forces which threaten
America he declared threaten
both the institutions of education
and religion: We stand or fall to-
gether, not separately"
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1940-06-13
WANTS NAT. EXPENSES
REDUCED BY CONGRESS

Washington.-"It is too late to
lament over the billions that
have been spent under the deficit
policy. It is high time, however,
to take vigorous steps to place
federal finances on a basis solid
enough to Withstand the strains
of the new emergencies OF pre-
paredness and for the certain RI
gors of later readjustment to a
more normal economy"
In these words the National
Economy league states the ele-
ments of the fiscal problem OF
preparedness in its latest study,
defense Dollars, by Willard u.
Arant, research director, with the
concurrence of Prof. Harley l..
Lutz. consulting economist.
In harmony with the leagues
attitude, Senator Byrd, OF Vlr-
ginia. a member of the finance
committee, continued to exhort
his colleagues to reduce non-es-
sential expenditures while in
creasing taxes to defray national
defense costs. He announced such
an amendment will be offered to
the new tax bill (not to the pend
ing relief bill as previously pro-
pOsed).
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1940-06-13
MISS ELLIOTT SAYS
PRICES NOT TO RISE

Washington.-Miss Harriet Ell
lott, consumers representative
on the Presidents national de-
Tense commission, promised
American housewives that they
would not be plagued by the high
cost of living, the bugaboo of
World War days.
Preliminary steps toward such
Observation-Disclosures defense" were
taken yesterday, she said, in a
meeting with group of govern
ment officials. They decided that
the country's existing standard of
living must be maintained and
even improved to keep the nation
physically fit to cope with pre-
paredness burdens.
Mr.. Roosevelt has ASST gned Miss
Elliott the task of watching price
trends in consumer goods; pro-
tecting standards of living and
being prepared with a program
should prices of consumers goods
tend to skyrocket.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1940-06-13
PRESIDENT ROOSEVELT
LINER DOCKS SAFELY

New York.-Nosing her way
down a rain-pelted bay, the Uni
ted States liner President Roose-
welt Sunday night returned to the
safe haven of their homeland ap-
proximately 700 American refu-
gees fleeing the terror of Eur,
ope's modern warfare.
Delayed by fog for an hour as
she reached Fire Island, the ship
carried a majority of women and
children who boarded the vessel
last Sunday at Galway, Ireland,
whence she was ordered by the
state department May "a.
Making up the human cargo
were Rhodes scholars, students
who had been studying for the
priesthood in Italy, relatives OF
consular officials and American
business men who had been seek
ing contracts from the allies.
A Red Cross ambulance, four
nurses and nine other volunteers
were on hand to aid those who
might be without funds, and to
speed children to the homes Of
relatives.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1940-06-13
ALL NORWAY HAS BEEN
SURRENDERED TO NAZIS

Stockholm.-All Norway was
surrendered to Germany Sunday
at midnight after fight of ex-
act two months against the nazi
invaders, but King Haakon and
his government who fled to Eng
land, announced they would help
the British and French on the
western front.
The British and French who
gave aid to Norway throughout
the conflict, were reported with
drawing from their hard-won
gains at Narvik and along the
Narvik railway in the far north,
the only territory they had been
able to wrest from the Germans
since the invasion began April 9
with nazi seizure of that ore port,
Oslo, and other Norwegian cities.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1940-06-13
MANY PASSENGERS ARE
HURT in TRAIN WRECK

AllenWood, N. J.-More than a
dozen passengers were injured
Sunday night when a Pennsyl-
vania local train was derailed by
a washout one mile east of Farm
ingdale.
The engineer and fireman were
reported pinned in the over
turned locomotive and it was
feared they were killed.
One coach was overturned, &C
cording to railroad officials.
The dispatchers office said it
was reported that about Is pas
sengers were injured, most of
them cut by glass.
The engineer was Thomas Ford,
Point Pleasant, N. j., and the
fireman William H. Vandyke, of
Long Branch.
The accident occurred shortly
before the train reached Allen
wood, where it was scheduled to
stop at 9:38 p. m. (EDT) on a trip
from Trenton to Long Branch.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1940-06-13
BRITISH BOMBERS BLOW
UP NAZI AMMUNITION

acknowledgements British
bombers blew up hidden German
ammunition dumps in the Ar
dennes mountains, set fire to nazi
oil tanks in Belgium, and bombed
and machine-gunned en- m y
troops behind the front, the air
ministry reported Sunday.
At the same time, the health
ministry said the beginning OF
German bombing in England
made it imperative to move H.
600 children from greater London
to safer areas in the west, princl-
pally in Cornkwall, Devonshlre'
Somerset and Wales. The mass
transfer will begin Thursday.
In the last three weeks more
than $4,000 children have been
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1940-06-13
BROUGHTON TO SPEAK
Atm. c. PRESS MEETING

Hendersonville-J. M. Brough-
ton, Democratic nominee for gov
ernor, will speak at the opening
session of the North Carolina
Press convention here June II,
Miss Beatrice Cobb, of Morgan
ton, association secretary, an
nounced this week.
Other speakers will include
Porter w. Carswell, director OF
Rotary International and presi-
dent of the Georgia highway
league who lives at Waynesboro,
and DR.. Clarence Poe, of Raleigh,
editor of the Progressive Farm
er.
Approximately so newspaper
editors and publishers are ex-
pected for the three-day meeting
at which, in addition to address
ses, there will be shop talks and
tours in the Pisgah National For
est.