The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1940-02-29

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shows, and as result used but $211
of city's tax funds for the 1889 shows.
Ely moving pictures and representatives
attended shows at the Navy Pier in
Chicago, at the Amphitheatre in Chi
cago, at indianapolis, Cincinnati, and
Minneapolis.
| Placed advertising in half dozen
newspapers.
Maintained tourist information bur-
eau in Ely and furnished maps and
literature to Ely Tourist Camp.
| Answered 900 direct inquiries on va
cation possibilities at Ely. Sent letter
and literature to 355 additional names
20 additional names taken from Min
nesota Arrowhead lists. Inquiries re-
ceived by states: Illinois 319; Minnesota
300; Iowa Y; Indiana 81; Wisconsin &c.;
Missouri 35; Ohio 20; Michigan a.;
Kansas ID; California IL; South Da-
kota IL; North Dakota 8; Texas 4;
Oklahoma S, and IA other states.
Sent 1000 folders to auto clubs, in
formation booths, hotels, etc. who asked
for Ely literature for free distribution.
Added a mounted brooktrout to our
outdoor life display material.
Put up outdoor life display at St.
Louis county building at the State Fair
again and helped finance cost of same.
Maintained memberships in Mime
sofa Arrowhead association and cared
for Ely's quota to same. Also main
tanned membership in St. Louis County
club, Northeastern Minnesota Good
Roads association.
Secured appointment of Ely men to
various important committees in these
organizations and sent delegates to ali
meetings of same.
Sent secretary to and maintained
membership in Minnesota Association
of Commercial Secretaries.
Sent delegates to Range Civic as
| ISOLATION meetings.
Sent delegates to International Joint
Committee hearing in Duluth and also
up to Prairie Portage Dam with this
commission.
Contacted Minnesota Power & Light
T w.,
the Board of Lake County Commits
sioners of Lake County, and the Board
of Trustees of the Town of Fall Lake
relative to the bridge at Silver Rapids
and the water level on White Iron
lake.
Suggested several projects to the Min
nesota Conservation Department, in
Guiding work on the old logging dams
to maintain the present average water
levels; more restrictions on wild rice
havesting; fish hatchery at Ely;
brushing out portages and fixing land
ings at either end
Filled out about rs applications for
fish fry for the lakes and streams near
Ely and planted 455 cans of wall-eyed
pike fry, about as manv cans Of lake
trout, over 100 cans of brook trout, ard
about so cans of bass
Asked State to establish one or more
spawn-taking stations near Ely.
Entertained the new director of the
Minnesota Tourist Bureau Urged a
larger appropriation for the Bureau.
Cooperated with the Bureau in spon-
Soring trips for several outdoor writers
to Ely Sponsored trip by photographer
from the Bureau who took several
dozen pictures near Ely for use in
newspapers and magazine stories
Helped resorts secure buoys from the
Division of Drainage and Waters for
marking the reefs and channels in the
lakes near Ely.
Asked the resort owners to get to-
gether on one large sign board to re-
place the many individual signs at the
east entrance to the city and was sue
cessful in getting one large sign board
to replace twenty-eight individual signs
at that intersection
Purchased and erected two large ELY
Signboards.
Sent letters to the various candidates
for political offices asking that they take
down their old signs and posters
The Clubs good roads committee at
tended several meetings out of the
city and kept Ely's highway program
before county and state officials. Sc
cured the so-called Sheridan street ex-
tension and other work on state and |
county highways.
Sent delegates and letters to the |
legislature at st. Paul on various bills, |
including the Weber-Carley Bill and |
the So-called garnishment bill Sug-
gested changes in the Reciprocal Trade
Agreements Act and asked for infor-
nation on the Timber Producers associ-
alton letter relative to the government
plans for cutting timber on govern
ment lands.
Showed Ely moving pictures to vari-
GUS clubs in Ely and also used the
clubs protector for various pictures at |