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The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1940-06-27
Rotary Has Ladies Night
At Birch Point, TOUer

The Ely Rotary club was in Tower
for a ladies' night meeting on We'd
nesday at the invitation of the Tower
members
The meeting took place at A. G.
Anderson's Birch Point resort and din
ner was served to SO people, thirty of
whom were from this city.
An excellent program had been pre-
pared under the Craftsmanship of DR.. C.
Gordon Watson. Community singing
opened the program to music played by
Mrs. E. w. Hanson and the singing di-
rected by Bill Moves of Tower.
James Bradley Griffin of Chicago
gave several readings among which was
a tribute to the Statue of Liberty in
New York harbor and the thrill the
statue furnished to those coming to
our shores from foreign lands.
Clarence Tormoen of Duluth, re-
Gently knighted by the King of Norway
was the speaker of the evening. He
spoke on the Norwegian country and
its people. The services of Mr.. Tor.
moen had been secured for the meeting
by Mayor Martin GunderSon of Tower
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1940-06-27
ALFRED Ryan
ENTERS Navy
Junior College Graduate at
Minneapolis Taking Last
Examinations.

Alfred Ryan, graduate of the Ely
Junior College this spring, left for Eve
leth, Monday, where he joined a group
of other range young men who have
applied for enlistment in the u. S.
navy for trip to Minneapolis for their
final examinations
If successful in passing this exam
ination. Ryan will leave Immediately
for Great Lakes, ILL.,, for three month
preparatory training period, after which
he will be assigned to trade school
or to a ship of the U. S. fleet at San
Diego.
Ryan has applied for training in
aerial photography. He was president
of the college photography club, chief
photographer for the Voyageur, college
yearbook, and photography editor for
the book during the two years it has
been published. He was also reporter
on the Lookout staff. Ryan headed
the j. G. testers, newly organized dram
attic club, and took a leading part in
college plays.
His enlistment in the navy will be fol
six years.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1940-06-27
Pete Named
TO COMMITTEE
On Group Which Will Select
Officers for Conservation
Committee.

Commissioner Jacob L. Pete of this
city has been named as a member of
five-man nominating committee to
select a slate of officers for a con-
servation committee to prepare a re-
port on st. Louis county conservation
needs.
The report will be given to the
legislative interim commission on for
estry at hearings to be held in Duluth,
July II.
Mayor c. R. Berghult of Duluth, who
presided over a meeting of range and
Duluth conservation leaders at the
Head of the Lakes last week, named
the nominating committee members
They include Pete, j. c. Ryan, Max
linen; Rep. A. C. Warwick, Harry j
LaDue, and Robert Hood, all of Du-
luth. They will report at the next
meeting scheduled for Tuesday
Lake and Cook counties have beer
invited to submit reports to the COM
mission so as to make the presentation
of conservation needs in this part o.
the state as complete as possible.
Subcommittee were named, with the
following men as chairmen: Reforest.
alton, John Blatnik, Chisholm; game
A. w. Rappana, Duluth Junior Cham
Der of Commerce; fish, C. M. Severson
Duluth Conservation club; zoning anc
land planning, A. B. Horowitz, Duluth
city planning engineer; road beautifi
cation, Mr. LaDue; tax forfeited lands
Judge G. R. Magney, and legislative
Mr.. Hood.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1940-06-27
NOTICE FOR BIDS
LINCOLN SCHOOL INSULATION

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, That
sealed proposals will be received by the
Board of Education of Independent
School District No. II, Ely, Minnesota
up to seven-thirty o'clock P. M, July
8, 1910 for complete insulation of the
ceiling above the second floor of the
Lincoln School:
a. Labor and material
b. Material only
All bidders will be required to fur
nish and attach to their bids, specifi-
cations in detail, showing extent and
thickness of insulation contemplated
and name and grade of materials to
be used
All bids must be accompanied by a
certified check equal to ten per cent of
the amount bid and made payable to
John Dragavon, Treasurer, as a guar
antee that the bidder will enter into
contract and will furnish bond as
required by law, if awarded the con-
tract. If awarded contract for labor
and material the successful bidder will
be required to carry Workmen's COM
pensation insurance.
All bids must be in sealed envelopes,
addressed to Anton F. Kotchevar, Sec
rotary, 600 East Harvey St., Ely Mime
sofa and plainly marked on the outside,
bid, Lincoln School Insulation"
The Board of Education reserves the
right to reject any or all bids.
ANTON F. KOTCHEVAR,
$40 6-27 Secretary.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1940-06-27
NOTICE FOR Bids
TRANSPORTATION OF PUPILS

NOTICE is HEREBY GIVEN, That
sealed proposals will be received by
the Board of Education of Independent
School District No. IL, Ely, Minnesota,
up to seven-thirty O. clock P. M, July
8, 1910 for the transportation of pupils
during the school year 1910 and 1941
according to specifications and bid
forms on file in the office of the Board
of Education.
A complete description of the equip
ment to be used for the transportation
of pupils must accompany all bids.
Each successful bidder will be re-
quired to carry Workmen's compensa-
ton insurance and to furnish a bond
in the sum of $4,000, as required by
law, and to carry liability insurance to
the extent of the 100000 to $4,000 90
limitations, and to file such policy in
the office of the secretary on or before
September /, 1910.
All bids must be accompanied by a
certified check in the amount of $4,000
and made payable to John Dragavon,
Treasurer.
All bids must be in sealed envelopes
addressed to Anton F. Kotchevar, Sec
rotary, 900 East Harvey ST., Ely, Mime
sofa and plainly marked on the outside
bid on Transportation, Route No.. .. u
The Board of Education reserves the
right to reject any or all bids.
ANTON F. KOTCIIEVAR,
$40 6-27 Secretary.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1940-06-27
FOOD STAMPS
CONTINUED from Page One)

$3.50 is made. The buyer may give
the merchant $2.75 in stamps and re-
ceive credit slip for the difference
between the two amounts, or cents.
Or he may give the merchant $3.50 in
stamps and 10 cents in cash.
The food stamp plan is a new way
of distributing surplus foods that was
first tried in May, 1889, at Rochester,
New York. Since then some 70 adj
ditional areas, including all of St.
Louis county, have been opened or
designated for operation. Because of
its success it is being gradually ex-
banded.
Its purpose is to make use of farm
products of which there is surplus,
due to the fact that many persons do
not have the money to buy them.
Many families have been denied a Suf-
ficiency of the foods needed to keep
children and adults healthy. At the
same time farmers have more of these
foods than the housewives of America
can buy. The objective of the stamp
plan is to use part of the farm sur
plus in such way as to give persons
receiving public assistance more food
and better balanced diets.
The plan will operate in st. Louis
county under the U. S. department of
agriculture, in cooperation with the
state and county welfare agencies,
wholesale and retail food merchants,
and banks. Merchants may redeem
stamps for cash at banks.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1940-06-27

State of Minnesota, County of st.
LOuiS-sS
IN PROBATE COURT
In the Matter of the Estate of Victor
Koivumaki, Decedent.
A certain instrument purporting to
be the last will and testament of the
above named decedent, having been
filed herein, and the petition of Heinz
Koivumaki, alleging that the estate of
said decedent is exempt from all debts
and charges in Probate Court, and
praying that said instrument be ad-
mitted to probate as the last will and
testament of said decedent and that the
Court make its decree of distribution
assigning said estate forthwith to the
persons thereunto entitled, or that
Letters Testamentary be issued to Helmi
Koivumaki;
It Is Ordered, that said petition be
heard before this Court on Monday,
July 9th, 1910, at nine o'clock A. M,
in the Probate Court Room in the
Court House in Duluth, Minnesota, and
that all persons interested show cause,
if any they have, at said time and
place, why the said petition should not
be granted.
Witness the HON. VIM j. ARCHER,
Judge of Probate Court, this 9Th day
of June, 1910.
Sheldon Watts, Clerk of Probate.
(Seal of Probate Court
Peter Moscatelli, Attorney for Petit
toner, Ely, Minnesota. 6-13 6-N
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1940-06-27
CANNOT ship
DRESSED fish

Should fish be dressed OF
undressed?
That's a question that is puzzling
many anglers who want to ship their
fish back home and still stay within
the law.
Joe Lingle, warden supervisor, div
ision of game and fish, said that resi-
dents may clean and scale fish before
they are transported, but warned they
must not be steaked. Wardens cannot
identify dressed fish as readily as
they can one that is undreSsed Fish
may be gilled and scaled, but fins and
heads must be left on while trans
porting.
The law states non-residents may
ship only undressed fish However, de-
partment policy permits the gilling Of
fish so they will not be spoiled in
transit.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1940-06-27
NOTICE FOR BIDS
Ely, Minnesota, June 10, 1910.
Office of the City Clerk.

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that
sealed proposals, or bids, will be re-
ceived in the Office of the City Clerk
of the City of Ely, st. Louis County
Minnesota, up to 7:3O o'clock P M,
Tuesday, July 2, 1910, for the furnish
ing of one Cd carload Cedar Poles,
consisting of 1875, more or less, 35-ft
Poles, minimum top circumference, %
inches; minimum circumference Oft.
from butt, 38 inches; 8" guaranteed
creosote butt treatment, delivered F.
o. B. Ely, Minnesota.
All poles to be Western Red Cedar
and must comply with or be equal to
American Standards Association, Glass
8, specifications now in effect.
Each bidder shall accompany his pro-
posal with certified check in the
amount of ten per cent C10%o) of the
contract price, made payable to the
City Treasurer, check to be drawn on
some National or State Bank duly
authorized to do business in the state
of Minnesota.
Successful bidder shall be required to
furnish satisfactory surety bond for
the full amount of the contract.
Check of the successful bidder shall
be held until satisfactory surety bond
has been rendered by the successful
bidder and contract signed All other
checks shall be returned within ten
Q0) days from date contract is
awarded
If successful bidder to whom this
contract is awarded fails to furnish
bond and sign contract within ten (1O)
days after being awarded the contract,
said deposit shall be forfeited to the
City of Ely, Minnesota, who shall then
proceed to award the contract to other
parties.
All bids must be in sealed envelopes
bearing plainly on the outside Thereof
the name and address of the bidder,
endorsed bid on Cedar Poles" and
addressed to the City Clerk, City of
Ely, Minnesota
The City Council of the City of Ely,
Minnesota, reserves the right to reject
any and all bids upon this material.
BY order of the City Council of the
City of Ely, Minnesota.
A. o. KNUTSON,
6-2O 6-N City Clerk.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1940-06-27
NOTICE FOR BIDS
STEAM COAL

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, That
sealed proposals will be received by the
Board of Education of Independent
School District No. IL, Ely, Minnesota,
up to seven-thirty o'clock P. M, July
8, 1910 for the following quantities of
steam coal, delivered F. O. B. School
Buildings, as ordered and directed by
the Board of Education for period Of
one year:
$500 tons, more or less, free burn
ing, ~" mesh stoker screen
ings
Alternate:
$500 tons, more or less, free burn
ing, IL" mesh stoker screen
ings, oil treated
$50 tons, more or less, stove size
60 tons, more or less, screened
lump coal
100 tons, more or less, furnace
coke
10 tons, more or less, nut coke
All coal must be weighed on the
oCliOol oSdiCo, CACCpO CCdl OcllVcIGu W
the Winton School. The contractor de-
livering coal to the Winton School must
furnish either Railroad Company
Weights or State Weighmaster's Ger
tificates for all coal delivered.
A surety bond in the amount of
$4,000, or personal bond in the
amount of 100000 must be furnished
by the successful bidder
All bids must be accompanied by a
certified check in the amount of 5000. 90
and made payable to John Dragavon,
Treasurer.
All bids must be in sealed envelopes,
addressed to Anton F. Kotchevar, Sec
rotary, 600 East Harvey St., Ely Min
nesota and plainly marked on the out
side, IBID on Coal"
The Board of Education reserves the
right to reject any or all bids.
ANTON F. KOTCHEVAR,
$40 SGT Secretary.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1940-06-27
Pupil

School costs are extraordinarily high
among these thirteen districts" Mr..
Fowlkes wrote in his report, 'even after
due allowance for the educational pro-
gram and services rendered.
mot only are the range costs high,
but the percentage of funds allocated
to the various major accounts is con-
Trajectory to good administrative prac-
tice"
He compares the 10 range schools
with Is other districts in the state,
comparable in educational program,
organization, and enrolment" Fair
mont, with an enrolment of 1878 and
comparable with Ely, spends $64.12 per
pupil. Albert Lea, enrolment 3,073 and
comparable with Virginia, spends $73 O4
per pupil.
He condemns the "unsound practice
of using school districts as the agency
for meeting relief problems among these
range communities" A "glaring ex-
ample of using the school district as a
money-raising agency" he said, was
AolOA q lCFylilS VI 91V,OoV Pei yCdl lOl
the past seven years, which sum has
been Immediately transferred to the
general village budget"
This action was TAKEN" he con-
tinued, sin connection with the i'm
provement of the financial position OF
the village at time when the village
finances apparently were in very poor
condition"
The report of Mr.. Fowlkes is 72 pages
in length and presents comprehensive
study of the Is range schools.
In discussing his recommended pro-
gram he suggests that the school dis
tricts be reorganized within the neal
future. AS an example, he said, the
Biwabik plant might be closed and the
pupils transported to Aurora. He said
| that it might be possible to have foul
or five districts rather than 49,
He urged that boards of education
superintendent, and the mining in
dustry "join in effecting policies, or
ganization, and administration of pub
lie education, so that the boys and girls
will receive the experiences which will
help them to develop into competent
and intelligent citizens"
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1940-06-27
Elv's Greatest Asset is
Ideal Summer Climate
Figures Show That There just
Isn't Amy Hot Weather in
Average Year.

1t isn't the fish but the country and
the weather that attracts people 10
the Minnesota Arrowhead, research
conducted recently by a Minneapolis
advertising executive indicated. Figures
on the average summer temperatures
for Ely show why this territory has
long been a favorite for persons va
cation bound. And of course, the
country and the fish, too, play an
important part.
There Just isn't any hot weather
here during the average summer and
the figures prove it. They also show
why a blanket or two even in August
are required for comfortable sleeping.
Long after residents of the middlewest
have rolled up their shirt sleeves, wiped
numberless drops of perspiratlon from
their foreheads, and on many oc-
casions have retired for the night on
the family lawn underneath stars that
still Sizzle because the bedroom still
still sizzle because the bedrooms still
about the one or two hot days we have
had during the average summer and
stand on the sunny side of the street
to keep the goose-pimples down.
That's why Ely's summer climate is
so invigorating and acts like tonic
to sun-baked middlewesterners who are
accustomed to seeing the mercury soal
to los in the shade for days on enc
in midsummer.
During June, July and August Of
l937-38-39 Ely has an average high
temperature of only Is and the mercury
has dropped to an average low OF 55
an inspection of records kept by. the
u. S. forest service reveals.
If the average holds true for the
present summer, the thermometer viii
register 90 degrees or more only five
times, and we have already had one
of those times during the present
month
Highest temperature recorded during
June, July, and August of the paS1
three years was 81 degrees in August
of 1888. Lowest temperature was 81
degrees on two successive nights ir
June of 1887. Sc far June of 1910 ha:
been about an average June, with ar
average high of 70 and low of SO being
recorded.
I7io,,rac for tho &c i,oUO1va6 fO11OW
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1940-06-27
ELY CIVIC CLUB
Continued from Page One)

would be years before Ely could expect
paving for the road.
Upon the suggestion of Jacob l..
Pete, the club decided to meet with
the Tower civic body to take immediate
steps in seeking improvement of the
road.
Early this spring the highway COM
mission drew plans for relocating No.
/ through Tower to the underpass at
Soudan and at meeting of the Tower
club these plans were approved 1t was
pointed out at that time by the de-
partment that no date had been set
for starting the work, and up to this
time it is still on the ito come" list.
Because of the large amount of grad
ing and fill involved, the road could
not be surfaced until year after it
had been relocated in order to allow for
settling of the fill.
The benefits that would accrue to the
city by having an accredited airport
were emphasized by DR.. o. E. Snyker
who led the discussion on improving
the field. If it were listed on air maps
as approved by the Civil Aeronautics
Authority, Snyker stated, there is no
question but that flying tourists would
visit this city in increasing numbers.
He emphasized that improving the
field would be a requisite to obtaining
student pilot training base here, a
project that is now under considera-
ton by the board of education of
district No. IL.
Through the efforts of a group of
flying enthusiasts, led by DR.. Snyker,
the field has been cleared of brush,
and has been graded preparatory to
crawling Surfacing of the runways
will be done within a short time, and
a "graveling bee" may be scheduled at
which local people will be asked to
donate their services to complete the
work.
The question of the city taking over
the field also came up for considerable
comment Commissioner Pete pointed
out that Duluth, Hibbing, and Virginia
had taken over fields that the county
had started at the time the local field
was constructed, and that this city
could secure deed to the property fol
ST..
The county board, he said, had con-
tinually refused to allocate money fol
improving the airport here inasmuch
as all other fields were maintained by
municipalities themselves.
He said, however, that state law
would permit the city and county to
jointly maintain the airport and split
the expense thereof.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1940-06-27

Belle Plaine-A wild deer scampered
about Belle PLANES streets recently,
creating no end of excitement with the
deer as excited as everyone else. She
was a nice-sized doe, and was seen by
Leslie Coyle coming from the town
dump towards the creamery. When
she got onto a busy street, she began
to cut corners, ran across VIM. Schultz's
garden, galloped by the Sisters school,
and out of town by way of highway
No. Is.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1940-06-27
William ". Rom Awarded
Research Scholarship.

Prof. D. M. Hatfield, instructor of
Economic Zoology of the University of
Minnesota, informs the Miner that
William N. Rom, son of Mrs. Mary Rom
of this city, has been awarded a re-
search scholarship at the Oklahoma
University.
Prof. Hatfield further states that "Mr.
Rom is one of our better students at
the University of Minnesota We shall
be sorry to lose him but happy to see
him gain this opportunity to do post
graduate work.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1940-06-27
Hooks Record WaI-Eye
in White Iron Lake

A ten-pound wall-eyed pike WIS
hooked last week in White Iron lake
by Horace Butler Libertyville, III The
fish was 90 inches long and 16 inches
in girth. 1t has been mounted by
Charles Merhar, ST., at the Ely Hard
ware & Furniture Co. Butler was a
guest at the Pine Point resort of August
SeliSkar.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1940-06-27
SCHOOL DIST.
CONTINUED from Page One)

services not directly a part of the
school, such as promotion of health,
cafeteria, adult education, enforcement
of compulsory attendance, transporta-
ton, WPA projects, and recreation, $12
recommended, plus $40 per pupil trans
ported, $1,000 for Ely; Eveleth, $1535;
Coleraine, $21.54; Virginia, $45.77; Gill
bert, $40 &c; Aurora, $40.33.
Fixed charges, which includes in
terest, insurance, rent, and contribu-
tions and contingencies, So recon-
mended; $6.42 for Ely; Virginia, SLIT;
Coleraine, 1888; Aurora, $6.73; Noun
tain Iron, $12.98.
Following is table compiled by Mr.
Fowlkes for the thirteen school dis
tricts on the range for the year 1888
showing the total current expenditures
total enrolment, and per pupil ex-
penditure:
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1940-06-27
Three Ely Men Named
TO Moose Committees,

Three Ely men have been named on
committees to serve during the state
Moose convention in Two Harbors, July
1927, according to word received here
from Emmett Jones, Two Harbors, state
president, and Henry Curtis, Jr., Du-
luth, state secretary.
They include Anton Klun, Jr., cred
entails committee; Anton Kotchevar,
ritualiStic, and Lyle Brennan, grievance.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1940-06-27
Mems, WOmen's Tennis
Tourney at Chisholm

A range mems and women's tennis
tournament will be held at Chisholm,
July IL, Is and IA. Entry blanks may
be secured at The Ely Miner Office.
They must be in by July IL. Trophies
valued at $12O will be awarded winners.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1940-06-27
Irish POpularize Harp

Ireland has discovered that the
harp, long associated with that
country, is seldom heard there, and
a campaign to popularize the instru-
ment has been started.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1940-06-27
Isles of Bermuda

Counting coral atolls, there are
1865 islands in the Bermuda group.
Bermuda jokesters say that an ex-
ira island appears every Leap year.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1940-06-27
st. Paul Man Catches
2I-Lb. Great Northern

William c. Kohls, st. Paul. hooked
a 21-pound great northern pike, the
largest reported so far this season, in
Boot lake last week. Kohls was men,
Der of party of five st. Paul men
who were on a seaplane fishing trip
under the guidance of William Leith-
old, local pilot. A number Of 10 and
15-pound northerns were also caught
The MINER SELLS Every Thursday
At the ELY NEWS STORE!
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1940-06-27

ORDER FOR HEARING ON PETI-
TION FOR ALLOWANCE OF WILL
AND FOR SUMMARY DISTRIBU-
TION.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1940-06-27
Figures for the years involved follow
Deer Visits TOJUn.

Three-year average, ..78