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The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1940-08-22
Hoffman, Says State Anxious
to Finish Job; Ely-Tower
Improvement Out.

The state highway department may
complete the blacktopping of the lower
end of No. l by 1941, M. j. Hoffman,
highway commissioner, told a delega-
ton of Ely and Tower civic leaders at
a conference in st. Paul.
Ten miles of this stretch will be COM
pleted this fall if preparation Of road
bed for surfacing progresses satisfac-
torily, Hoffman, told the group last
Thursday, according to Ray Hoefler
secretary of the Ely Commercial club
The highway commissioner, who has
minced no words in other discussions
on improving road conditions in this
area, would promise nothing insofar as
the Ely-Tower road was concerned
He discouraged the ENJOYS from ex-
pecting paving for many years to come
1t was revealed that the department
was having difficulty in obtaining a
right-of-way from Tower property own
ers for the relocation of No. through
that city. Hoffman, indicated that
the state would start condemnation
proceedings Immediately to acquire
property needed.
The department during the past two
years has followed policy of con-
Meeting all unimproved and unsurfaced
links in its bituminous and paved roads
system. 1t is for this reason that the
department is placing emphasis on COM
pleting the blacktop on No. from
north of Isabella to No. 81 on Lake
Superior.
Blacktopping ten miles of the road
this fall would surface it to point five
miles south of Isabella and would leave
about is miles to be completed later
While Hoffman, did not promise the
16 miles would be completed next year,
he said the department was anxious to
include it in the budget for 1941.
In relocating the road through Tower
there are several cuts and fills to be
made Hoffman, was urged to COM
pIeta this work this fall so that paving
could be laid next year.
He said that he had no idea what
paving or blacktopping the Ely Tower
road would cost, and he was urged by
the delegation to prepare cost estimates
and to determine what relocations in
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1940-08-22
R0zIc FUNERAL
HELD SATURDAY
Resident of Ely Since 1928
Dies in Virginia; Wife,
Children Survive.

Funeral services for Joseph Rozic, A
years old, were conducted Saturday
morning at 9 o'clock at st. Anthony IS
Catholic church, the Rev. Frank Mi
helcic in charge. Rozic died in the
Virginia hospital Wednesday of last
week. Burial was in the local ceme-
terry.
Born in Yugo-Slavia on March Is,
1896, he came to the Minnesota iron
range about Is years ago. He had been
resident of Ely since 1928, all of
which time he had been an employe
of the Oliver Iron Mining company.
He was a member of St. Anthony's
lodge, KSKJ, and ST. Barbara's lodge,
SSCU.
He is survived by his widow and
three children, Jennie, Joseph and
Edward. The body was in charge of
the FenSke Mortuary.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1940-08-22
Library Makes
ANNUAL REPORT
City Circulation Drops, But
That for Rural Stations
Show Increase.

The circulation of the Ely city il
brary has decreased but that of the
rural section has increased, according
to the report for the year ending June
80, just completed by Mrs. Ruth King,
librarian.
The rural circulation is now greater
than that for the city of Ely, the Diff
ference being approximately 10000.
Circulation for the city for the IL
month period covered by the report was
ASP as compared with 1884 for the
preceding period. For the rural Ii
brary it was 54,590 as compared with
48,556.
Greatest decrease for the city was in
children's books whose circulation
dropped 5000, while adults books
showed a decrease of 1,5OO. During the
period covered by the report there were
90 nonresident persons, mostly tour
lists, who used the library
Books at the library total 1861, OF
which 5,673 are county books used for
rural readers but which are also avail
able to Ely people, and 9,018 are books
belonging to the city library which are
also loaned to rural patrons
During the period covered by the
report 1888 books, half adult and halt
Juvenile were added to the city library
as compared with 470 the preceding
y months The city, however, got a
bargain from Chisholm and purchased
I'll books for from Is cents to IS cents
each, and these are included in the
788 A total of 1919 books were added
to the county library, which is sup
ported by special appropriation from
the county and is largely responsible
for the new books that have been pur-
chased in the last two and half year!
since it was started.
The city had 253 more borrower:
during the period covered by the re.
port than the preceding six months
There were 1850 adults and 672 child
rem using the library or a total o
1922, as compared with 1910 adult
and 819 children, a total of 2,379, TIT
preceding u months.
The county library also showed {
nice gain in borrowers, from 1852 il
1899 to 1869 in 1910 Its number o
rural stations was increased from Il
to Is.
Western stories still are the mos
popular, although upon Zane Grey
death the books of this noted stor,
teller went uncaIled for for some un
explained reason. Books on war sub
iects have had the biggest boom.
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Continued on Last Pager
ELY-cHISH0LM
IN PLAY0FFS
Club Paired Against League
Leaders in Game Set for
Friday Night.

The Ely city baseball team will play
at Chisholm, Friday night, in the sec
ond game Of the Range Amateur
leagues playoffs, according to Manager
w. V. Langen, who with Barney Banks
attended league meeting in Virginia,
Monday night. Virginia will travel to
Hibbing tonight to inaugurate the
series.
Winners will meet Sunday in the
first game of three-game series to
see who represents the circuit in the
regional baseball tournament.
Ely is given an even chance to whip
the league title holders even though
Chisholm defeated the local club dur
ing the season, So, in a game during
which Ely out-hit the Sox, two to one
Virginia and Hibbing are also even I'D.
Should Ely win, its game Sunday would
be played on the Mesabi range and
the second would be here. The To-
cation for the third, if necessary, would
De decided after the Ely game.
Clyde Hendee, Cook, will probably
hurl against Chisholm, Langen an
nounces, with Frank Vertnik in the
relief role.
Chisholm ended the regular season
IN first place with Is wins and de-
feats; Hibbing, second, Is and 4: vir-
ginia, third, IA and 4, and Ely fourth,
IA and 5. All postponed games were
cancelled of which Chisholm had two
with Calumet and Virginia, one with
Taconite and Ely. Hibbing was the
only club to complete its schedule.
Bull forfeited its game here last Sun
day to Ely.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1940-08-22
LABOR day TO
BE Celebrated
Third Annual Observance i:
Planned by Steel Workers
Union No. 1864.

Plans for Ely's third annual Labor
Day celebration, sponsored by the Steel
Workers Union No. 1864, were made at
meeting held Saturday morning. John
Muhvich was named general chairman.
The observance will open at a. m.
in the Community Center auditorium
with concert by the municipal band.
A prominent speaker is being secured
to give an address. A sports program
for children will follow:
Something new for local athletes will
be staged at the baseball park in the
afternoon, when pig will be turned
loose for the boys to run down. The
pig chase will be followed by baseball
game between Ely and a team yet to be
selected
In the evening the Tourist Service
diamondball team will play picked
group of players from other teams in
the league. A dance in the auditorium
with Tiny Specht's orchestra providing
the music will conclude the celebration.
Committees follow:
General-Muhvlch chairman; j. Emil
Maxi, Anton Petchek, John Jurisich,
Elmo Passo Charles Myntti, George
Burck and Sam E. Swanson
SportS-Frank Jasper, Stanley Lou
shin, Risto women, Urho Hokkanen,
John Krall, Steve Strutzel and Frank
Bolka.
10 Oh INyrT n
Prowse, Dominic Finco, Bob Neckich,
Nat Mondati, Toivo Hill, John Kotzian
and Elmo Aspie.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1940-08-22
FOREST HEAD
TO COME HERE
Minnesota Section of Society of
American Foresters Also
Schedule Visit.

Joy H Price. regional forester, and
Ray Harmon, in charge of recreation
and lands fer Region Nine, both OF
Milwaukee, ana L. R. Neff, Duluth, in
charge of recreation and lands for the
Superior National Forest, will be here
the first part of September for a weeks
tour of border lakes
The party, which will also include a
representative of the u S. forest SER
vice from Washington, is expected to
arrive Sept and will view the border
area in anticipation of developing re-
creational facilities.
Also expected here the first part OF
next month is party representing the
Minnesota section Of the Society of
American Foresters The group will
visit Lac LaCroix, Sept. and 8. Num-
bering from 40 to so persons, it will be
one of the largest parties taken on a
show me" trip by the U. S. forest
service.
In charge of the trip will be Ranger
Jack Valentine of the La Croix district,
and Clare Hendee, Duluth, forest super
visor.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1940-08-22
co n vENTI0N
SATURDAY
H C II L C II T S

forum, will be in the Community
Center. The drum corps exhibition will
be in the new Memorial stadium.
Headquarters for visiting bands,
which number nine, and drum corps,
three not counting Ely, will be set up
in the city hall, and two troops Of Boy
Scouts will act as hosts to the musicians
Following the parade the units will be
served lunch in the Memorial cafe
terra
Friday evening at o'clock the so
Ely delegates will meet in the Jugo-
Slav National Home to receive their
final instructions, according to Joseph
Spreitzer, Jr., convention chairman and
president of the Ely American Slovene
club, which is sponsoring the state
conclave
Saturday afternoon at 2:3O o'clock
the four convention committees will
meet to officially inaugurate the con-
clave. They include the credentials
and registration committee, Mrs. Rose
Svetich, Ely, chairman; the auditing
committee, Charles Hren, Gary-New
Duluth, chairman, and including Mrs
Louis Gradisher of this city; the by
laws committee, Anthony Cerjance,
Eveleth, chairman, and including
Joseph Spreitzer. Jr, and the resolu-
tons committee, Anton Smolich, Aur-
ora, chairman, and on which John
Dragavon and Ivan Tauzell are serving
At o'clock in the evening the Range
Review will be staged under the di-
rection of Joseph Debevec, and a SELL
out crowd is foreseen.
Sunday morning at o'clock the
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1940-08-22
OFFICIALS FOR
PRIMARY NAMED
Election Judges and Polling
Places Are Designated by
City Council.

Election officials for the primary
election, Tuesday, Sept. 10, were named
by the city council at its regular semi
monthly meeting, Tuesday evening.
The meeting, which lasted less than
a half hour, not including the time
spent discussing election officials, was
almost entirely devoid of business.
1t was decided to advertise for bids
on $4,000 gallons of fuel oil and 200
tons of stoker coal to be opened at the
first meeting in September.
The council will meet informally,
Friday night, to discuss delinquent light
and water accounts.
Ditching and raising a grade to cor
rect a drainage problem on Camp
street, between 10th and 18th avenues
east, will be included in a WPA pro-
ject, and will start when winter
weather ends WPA sidewalk construc-
ton in the east end.
1t was also voted to seek approval
Of a WPA project for putting side
walks, curbs and cutters along the
north and south sides of Chapman
street from 18th to 18th avenues, east.
Election officials named follow:
First Precinct, regular judges, Mary
Gradisher, Louise Markovich, Ann Cam
ash; relief judges, Josephine Burja,
Mrs. Pete Preblich, Joseph Mavetz, ST.;
polling place, Bourgin building ground
floor, 2O9 E. Sheridan street.
Second Precinct, regular judges, Gene
Laitala, Ella Klobuchar, Mrs Toivo
Pekkala; relief judges, Agnes Fogel-
berg, Elvira Dargontina, Harriet Kot-
zian; polling place, Community Center
building Qst floor, Room 1922, South
1st Ave East.
Third Precinct, regular judges, Sylvia
Braga, Betty Dillon, Oscar Berglund;
relief judges, Mrs. Art Nyman, Mrs.
Myrtle Rice, Mrs. Matt Koivisto; poll
ing place, Lincoln School building, Har-
vey Street between End and 3rd Ave
West.
Fourth Precinct, regular judges, Al
bert Banks, Joe F. Tomsich, Fred Pow
he; relief judges, Agnes Zimmerman,
Martin Skala, ST., Anna Stukel; polling
place, City Garage building (Street
Commissioner Office, COS E. Sheridan
Street.
Fifth Precinct, regular judges, Mrs.
Heinz Koivumaki, Roy Lahti, Mrs. Paul
Yadlosky; relief judges, Elaine Lind
beck, Margaret Seliga, Amy Pluth; pol
ling place, Washington School building
ground floor, Room I'D fronting Fifth
Avenue East.
Sixth Precinct, regular judges, Mrs.
Joseph Camaish, Mrs. Joe Lobe, Jr.,
Mrs. Frank Vranesich; relief judges,
Mrs. Arvid Larson, Mrs. Rose Kruger,
Mrs. Ernest Anderson; polling place,
Pioneer School building ground floor,
Room 81 on Camp Street between 9th
and 9th Avenues East.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1940-08-22
County Club, Civic Body
to Sponsor F air Display
Hoefler, Newgord, Sletten in
St. Paul Erecting 1910
Outdoor Display.

Ray Hoefler, secretary of the Ely
Commercial club, DR.. H. c. Newgord,
and william Sletten left Tuesday for
st. Paul, where they will put up the
state fair exhibit of the st. Louis
County Club and Farm Bureau associ-
alton and the Ely civic body.
The display, housed in the only
county building on the grounds,
will again feature the small rustic
bridge over which more than a million
persons have trod during the past six
years. Annually about 100000 persons
visit the exhibit.
In a setting of specially selected pine
boughs,. the display includes miniature
water fall a small lake, and a re-
plea of an iron mine There is small
lookout tower used by the q. S. forest
service in spotting fires. and on dis
play are various species of mounted
fish and stuffed animals.
First set up at the state fair in 1917
by Fred James, now city assessor, the
Ely display has been one of the bes!
outdoor exhibits at the exposition.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1940-08-22
ELy Host to American
Jugo-Slau State Meet
Saturday and Sunday
1000 Visitors Expected to
Attend Conclave Here
This Weekend.
RECORD PARADE SET
Range Review, Drum Corps
Drill, Banquet, Slated
on Program.

Ely will play host to its first state
convention of the American Jugoslav
association Saturday and Sunday. The
vanguard of delegates and the state
officers are expected to arrive Saturday
morning, and the convention will swing
into action Saturday afternoon
Business sessions will be conducted
Sunday morning and afternoon, and
banquet will be held Sunday evening.
Highlighting the entertainment pro-
gram will be the Range Review, Satur-
day night, the parade Sunday after
noon, and the drum corps and drill
team exhibition Sunday night.
All sessions, except the Range Re-
view, which is in the Washington audi
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1940-08-22
Adkins, DragaUOn at
HarbOrs Rotary Meet.

Stanley Adkins, president of the Ely
Rotary club, and John Dragavon, sec
rotary, attended district Rotary as
sembly at Two Harbors, Sunday and
Monday.
Sunday evening the delegates, num-
bering approximately 200, attended a
community church service, after which
they enjoyed a cruise on Lake Su-
perior Sessions were conducted all day
Monday climaxed by banquet in the
evening at which the Duluth club pre-
sented IAN Historical Review
Arthur Widnan of Fort William, On
tario, Canada, governor of the 117th
district, presided at the assembly.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1940-08-22
u. s. Forest Service to
Haze Novel Display at
Ely Community Fair
Animated Views Will Show
Outdoor Recreation in
National Forest.
FAIR DATES AUG. 29-3C
Nearly $500 in Prize Money
Offered Ely Exhibitors;
Board Meets Monday.

The U. S. forest service is sending a
special display from its regional office
at Milwaukee to be put up at the
18th annual Ely Community Fair to be
held Thursday and Friday, Aug. 20 and
80
Animated pictures on colored trans
parency, Illuminated from the back, will
illustrate fishing, forest recreation,
wildlife management, and camping. The
display will be four-panel affair.
Final plans for the fair will be made
at a meeting of the fair board sched-
uled for Monday evening at 7:30
o'clock.
1t is believed that flowers and fruit
have not been injured by the unusually
dry weather, Secretary Louis Zgonc
states. Entries, which totaled 1863 last
year, will probably be somewhat less
this year because individual vegetable
items will not be accepted. Collections
of vegetables numbering at least six
items may be entered, however.
The 1899 fair received the plaudits Of
the judges, who came here from the
st. Louis county fair at Hibbing. They
reported that entries compared favor
ably with those at Hibbing, and that
Ely had as large a baking display as
at the county fair.
Entries may be brought in on the
first day of the fair from to 5 p. m.
They will be exhibited to the public the
second day, both in the afternoon and
evening. Exhibits must not be marked
with the owners name.
Exhibitors will vie for prize money
totaling from S475 to $500.
There are "a classificationS in the
domestic science and sewing division;
% in the baking, eight types of bread,
Is types Of cake, and four types Of pie;
IS classifcations Of canned goods, Is
of pickles, and eight of fruit, and A
displays Of flowers. Except in special
cases, prizes are 81 for first, rs cents
for second, and so cents for third
There will be prizes totaling $3.50
for the best collections of vegetables
Awards will also be made for the largest
pumpkin and largest head of cabbage.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1940-08-22
82-Year-OLd Clues
Sons Fishing Lesson

C. M. Hanson, 82-year-old resident of
Grantsburg, Wis. gave his two sons,
Ernest W. Hanson Of this city and
Oscar E. Hanson of Davenport, Iowa, a
lesson in the art of fishing, Monday, by
hooking a 9-pound great northern pike
on a seaplane trip to Four-Town lake.
John Klobuchar, who accompanied
them, also was relegated to the role of
student This was the largest fish the
party caught.
This was the eloer Mr.. Hanson's first
airplane ride and he greatly enjoyed it.
william Leithold acted as pilot, and
the entire party returned with the
limit of fish.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1940-08-22
WOMEN SET LEAP
YEAR RECORD IN
ART OF FISHING.

Maybe it's because it's Leap Year,
or maybe not, but anyway the women
have it all over the men in fishing
proweSS-the kind with fins, not feet.
The fairer sex holds the wau-eyed
pike record and also accomplished the
feat of catching two fish at one time.
A 1O-pound, 9 ounce wall-eye hooked
by Mrs. William c. Hanson, Jefferson,
Iowa, is the largest pike caught here
this season. The fish taken in the
North Kawishiwi river on June-bug
spinner, measured 2915 inches in length.
A guest at Silver Rapids lodge, she is
the wife of the jefferson county, Iowa,
attorney.
Miss Lois Hattery, Chicago, hooked
two bass on one cast in small lake
off Wicksteed lake, located in the south
west corner of Hunters Island
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1940-08-22
MAGAZINE EXECUTIVES HERE.

Miller Cross, western advertising
manager of This Week magazine, and
Eugene Peirsel, executive of the
Crowell-Collier Publishing company
both of Chicago, spent two weeks on
Eastwood lake in one of Jacob L. Pete's
cabin boats. The two men were accom-
panied by their wives, and report the
fishing was great. They hooked a
couple of waIl-eyes weighing about 6
pounds and several northerns weighing
Is pounds.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1940-08-22
May Complete Surfacing
of Finland Road by 1911

the road would be necessary.
Attending the conference from here
were Hoefler, James I. Laing, City
Engineer Waino Somero, and Aldermen
Frank Vranesich and John NJ Maxi;
from Tower, Anton Gornick, j. B. Myre
and Robert Olson.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1940-08-22
GAS CATCHES FIRE.

A pan Of gasoline being drained from
a car in Pete's Garage Saturday morn
ing became ignited and sent biIlowing
black clouds of smoke pouring from
the place Members of the fire de-
partment dragged it from the place
with a hooked pole. There was no
damage to the building.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1940-08-22
REGISTRATION
Dates Are SET
j. c. Students May Register
for Coming Term Starting
on Wednesday.

Registration of Ely Junior College
students will start next Wednesday, &C
cording to an announcement by Sigurd
r. Olson, dean. An effort will be made
to complete registration of students by
Aug. so.
Dean Olson will be in his office all
next week for consultations with
students
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1940-08-22
GETS RELIEF HERE.

F. w. Diedrich, a victim of hay fever,
and Mrs. Diedrich, Ripon, Wis, arrived
here this week for six-weeks stay at
BURNSIDE lake. This is their ninth an
nual trip.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1940-08-22
NO COAL CARRIED.

Since most of the coal required has
already been delivered to the Duluth
Superior harbor, west-bound ore yes
sells are coming in light.
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1940-10-14
New Sci OF
False Teeth

Henry Shuler, of Anchorage, had
been cumming it too long. So he
got a block of sourwood and whit
tied it down to where it would fit
in his mouth. Mrs. Shuler had a
set of pearl buttons, and the first
thing she knew Henry had carved
seven of the prettiest pearl button
teeth you ever saw.
He cut grooves in the sourWood
plate for the teeth to fit into, and
drove pins through the remaining
eye in each button to hold them in
place.
That would have been enough for
most people, but not for Henry. His
lower jaw did not have a thing to
work against. He went to work
again.
When he got through with his
lower plate there were seven pearl
button teeth in the middle, and on
each end where the heavy duty
chewing comes, there was a very
adequate thick tooth made out of
hog bone.
Several dentists have offered to
give Henry set of store teeth for
his homemade ones. - Anchorage
Daily Times.
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1940-10-14
3 Aboard
Yukon for
This PORT

SEATTLE, Oct. a. Steamer
Yukon sailed for Southeast and
Southwest Alaska ports at o'clock
last Saturday afternoon with 113
first class and % steerage pas
sengers.
Passengers booked for Juneau on
the Yukon include the following:
Mr.. and Mrs. Jan King and child,
Mrs. w. x. Burford, Charles Muir
ply, Major Robert b. Wood MRS.
II j. Butcher. Andrew Erickson.
Charles o. Sabin, Jack Senescu.
MRS. r.. E. Baker, Stella Baker, Mrs
Amy Montgomery, Mrs. Dorothy
irving, E. II. Jones.
C. W. Larsen, Isaac Puraneu, Mr..
and Mrs. Les Teagle, Sharon Teagle.
Elcia Pratt, Bernice Larson, Mrs.
II. Arlowe, Duane Arlowe, lauren
Arlowe, Mary Loken, Edna Almquist.
Mrs. r. o. Henderson and infant,
Fred Buckley, John G. Elliott, Lloyd
P. Garner.
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1940-10-14
OUTFIT DEPARTS
TO SINK pILlNG
AT PORTAGE BAY

Runners and reports come and go
about whether or not the proposed
cutoff for the Alaska Railroad will
ever be engineered to make the
roads terminus at Portage Bay, an
arm of Prince William Sound, says
the Cordova Times.
But something more concrete than
such reports was the departure from
Cordova Of William H. King and his
pile-driver and crew to drive series
Of test piles in the bay. The outfit
left here towed by the tender Suaco.
They will. according to the con-
tract with the railroads engineering
authority, drive 10 pilings in various
locations in Portage Bay to test the
bottom for future dock building.
Porter Berryhll, government en-
gineer. who was here several lays
making arrangements for the driv-
ing, will supervise the work.