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Evening star., 1940-12-18

leaves, with q rough surface. The
plants may be obtained for a NOM
inal price from growers. From then
on, you may increase your own
plants in any way you find best. and
even present your friends with a
plant or two for their herb gardens.
Evening star., 1940-12-18
BY LILLIAN cox ATHEY.

Many of us take the common sage
too casually. True, we recognize it
as a sweet herb and one that is most
important as a seasoning agent for
dressing in turkey, chicken, goose,
pork, sausage, soups and sauces. We
do not realize that the common sage
ranks first as culinary herb in
America. The only plant second in
cultivation is parsely and it is used
more for garnishing than seasoning.
For three centuries this shrubby
perennial from Southern Europe has
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1940-06-13
ESTABLISHES
new BUSINESS
Chrysler-Plymouth Agency to
be Operated in City by
Wisconsin Man.

Claude Richards, Glidden, Wis, has
leased the garage building of Victor
j. Thompson at 227 South Central ave-
nue. and has established a Chrysler-
Plymouth sgency here
Mr. Richards, who has been in the
automobile business since 1885, will
operate his service department on a
24-hour basis. He will feature Mobile
specialized fabrication Earl Omholt
and Ernest Gilbert, both of Glidden
will have charge of the mechanical
and service departments.
The garage is now open for business,
but formal opening has been sched-
uled for next week at which special
representatives of the Chrysler-Ply-
mouth corporation will be present. Fol-
lowing the erection of a hoist, which
is now under way, a greasing expert
of the Socony-Vacuum corporation will
come here for a demonstration
Mr.. Richards is married and has q
daughter Z years old and Mr. Omholt
is also married and has a son 5 years
of age.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1940-06-13
Food Stamp Plan to be
Discussed by Merchants
Meeting Set for Wednesday;
Only Those Turning Out
to be Eligible.

Ely, Winton and Tower grocerS will
meet in the Community Center audi
forum, Wednesday evening Of next
week at 7:3O o'clock to discuss the food
stamp plan, according to Joseph
Kovach, chairman of the retail mer-
chants committee of the Ely Com
mercial club.
Only merchants present at this meet :
ing will be granted permission to par
ticipate in the plan, Kovach has been
informed. Besides store owners, all
employees are required to attend the
meeting, ne said.
Representatives CT the surplus Com
nodities corporation will be present,
and will also be in the city during the
next few days contracting merchants on
the plan.
Kovacn, who is also president of tbs
Ely Grocers ard Meat Dealers as
ISOLATION, has been named as key man
for the plan on the Vernilion range
He will go to Duluth, Monday, to at
tend a school of instruction to be held
in the Holland hotel for grocers
throughout the county
The plan is tentatively scheduled to
start July l.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1940-06-13
Elyites Invited to Inspect CCC
Camp; Accomplishments
Are Enumerated.

Civilian Conservation Corps camp 7O4
will hold open house, Sunday afternoon,
from 100 to 4 o'clock to which people
of this territory are invited Capt. A.
R. Morley is the commanding officer.
Guides viii be provided to take visi-
tors on tour of the camp. Entertain
ment will be furnished by the Ely
municipal band There will be base
ball game, and lunch viii be served.
The camp is 81 miles south OF Ely
on the Ely-Finland road and occupies
the old site of Company 701 on Nc
Dougall lake, which was the frs camp
established in the Seventh corps area
Company 704 is rated as one Of the
four best camps in the state Of Mime
sofa and at present has about rs men
from Ely and the range.
A wide range of activities have been
carried on by the camp. A short time
ago the camp paper was selected as
the model paper for CCC camps in the
United States. In 1889 the enrollees
won the state CCC basketball ctampi-
onsfip.
Among its accomplishments during
the fiscal year, July 1, 1889, to July
1910, were the planting Of $4,000 trees;
200 acres of timber stand improve
ment; LOO acres of quality pruning
white pine, red pine; 1000 acres planta.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1940-06-13
COOP HOLDS
ANNUAL Meet
Formulates Plans to Enlarge
Store Building; Sales Show
Marked Increase.

The annual meeting Of the Ely CO.
Operative association was held Sunday
in the Workers Hall New directors
were elected and the financial report
of the association given.
The capital stock was increased from
$4,000 to $4,000 and the reserve fund
was also increased because of con-
templated enlargement of the store
building. Increase in business, which
has been $50 per cent since 1888, neces-
states remodeling the building. About
100 members attended the meeting.
Two directors John Huhta and Emil
Laine, were named and Jacob SaIo was
reelected. Besides these men the board
is composed of Herman Pohjonen. Carl
Salo, John Korpela and Emil Makipilla.
The date of the annual meeting was
changed to the second Monday in June
The financial report showed that
during the fiscal year just ended the
association did s164.27O worth of bust
ness, with a net profit of s11. 733 90
Current liabilities have been decreased
with current assets showing a ratio of
II to l over liabilities as of April 80.
The association now has a member
ship of ATT which owns S13.I4O worth
OF issued stock and s2,935.77 worth of
share subscriptions. The auditors re-
port for the year showed expenses had
increased LOS per cent and sales had
increased 10 per cent. The net income
for distribution was s11, 1880, or 7s8
per cent
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1940-06-13
Open House Scheduled
by Co. 7O4 for Sunday

ton release, and $50 acres plantation
furrowing.
The camp also completed the South
Kawishiwi camp grounds, a site used
extensively by tourists and by Ely
people for picnics. The camp has g
large lodge, dressing rooms for SWIM
mers, and a fine beach The grounds
are spotted with numerous tables anc
stone fire places. and have tap water
available A caretaker is on hand dur
ing the summer months while the
lodge is open.
Company 704 also maintained 7E
miles of road, constructed two miles
and completed four miles of roadside
cleanup. Four canoe camp grounds
were built. There were $50 acres OF
blister rust control.
Fffty-one miles of telephone line were
maintained and one mile constructed
One hundred bushels of seed cones were
collected.
There were 824 man days of fire
fighting, 321 man days of deer census
and mortality checking, and I'll mar
days of searching for persons lost in
the woods.
Insect pest control work was carried
on on IS acres. wild life food planting
on two acres, rodent control on BE
acres. and fire hazard reduction on 2Ot
acres.
This spring a heavy training pro-
gram for enrollee fire fighters has beer
carried on It is expected through such
training, fires viii be held 10 a min.
imum in acres burned.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1940-06-13
Pupils of Miss Thomas
In Recital at &. &. Frid1u.

The following pupils from the class
CT Miss Irene Thomas will give a piano
recital in the Community Center audi
forum at 7:30 P NJ, Friday: Dina
Burgin, Melvin Feldman, Dick Gianotti.
Marilyn and Betty Handberg, Winston
Homer, Shirley Johnson, Noureen Ken
drick, Mabel Lampi, Roseline ManteI,
Dick Maxi, Kenneth Milavetz, Kathleen
Nyberg, Jean and Phyllis Palmgard aid
Shirley Trembath
Miss Mona Lindahl, winner OF the
Junior High School declamatory con-
test in Virginia, will assist with q read
ing, and string ensemble, under the
direction of Miss Atnea Bush, and COM
posed of Eudora Anderson, Mary Krni-
char, Verna Jamsa, Marian Rautio.
Shirley Johnson and Patricia Moonan.
will play. Anyone interested is cordially
invited TO attend.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1940-06-13

w. P. Wolff on Program of
Safety Conference to be
Held In Duluth.

w. P Wolff, chief engineer for the
Oliver Iron Mining company on the
Vermilion range, will appear on the
program of the 18th annual mine safety
conference of the Lake Superior section
of the National Safety council to be
held in Hotel Duluth, Thursday and
Friday, June 20 and 81
Mr.. Wolff will speak on Safety in
Raising"
The conference will open on Thurs
day morning at 9:45 o'clock with an
address of welcome by Mayor C. R.
Berghult, Duluth Talks on super
vision and safety, use and care of
electric cap lamps, blasting safety, and
open pit mining will be given.
In the afternoon additional safety
talks will be given, including that of
Mr.. VOLTS. A banquet will be served
at Sis o'clock with Judge w. j. Archer,
Duluth, as POSTMASTER
The conference will continue Tues
day morning, ending in a business
session and adjournment at noon.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1940-06-13
MANY ATTEND
anniversary
Mems Brotherhood Organized
by Evangelical Church;
to Meet Quarterly.

Three hundred persons attended the
fiftieth anniversary concert Of the First
Evangelical Lutheran church held Sun
day evening in the Community Center
auditorium
In the afternoon a Mems Brotherhood
Of the northern Minnesota district CT
the church was formed with jacob
Esala. Sandy, chosen as president. Gust
Nurmi. Ely, first vice president; John
Dahl, Vermilion, second vice president.
Charles Harju, Ely. secretary. and John
Lintula, Virginia, treasurer.
The Brotherhood VIII meet quarterly
with the next get-together set 70.
Aug. ID at Sandy.
Three carloads Of Port Arthur people.
headed by the Rev. J. E Ncpola. who
was the principal anniversary speaker.
came Saturday and remained until
Monday to take part in the celebration.
The Rev. Mr.. Nopola gave the an
niversary sermon Sunday morning. Also
speaking was the Rev. j. h Heimonen.
Marquette, Mich.
The a cappella choir Of the Sandy
Evangelical church, directed BY Ms
John Lintula, Virginia, gave a concert
at the evening meeting. Soloists in
Guided Miss Ami Rantanen. PORT Ar
thur. piano; Hugo Esala. Sandy, tenor.
and Mrs. Lintula, soprano.
Speakers at the afternoon festival
included the Port Arthur pastor, Jacob
Esala, and the Rev. z A. Heino, pastor
OF the Ely church George and vena
Jamsa contributed a violin duet. and
Miss Joan Keskitalo, Duluth. sang. ac-
companied by Mrs. LintuIa ON the
piano.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1940-06-13
Board of Education
May Establish Student
Flying Course for j. G..
Additional Information is
Sought; Four Schools
Now in State.
40 STUDENTS READY
Ground Work in College
With Government Eye
on Flying End.

Establishment of a student flying
course in the Ely Junior College was
discussed by members Of the school
board of district No. u at their Monday
evening meeting.
Additional information is being sought
before action on the project VIII De
taken.
If the board decides to go ahead It
viii follow the lead set by Hibbiug.
Virginia, Duluth and Rochester Junior
Colleges which have conducted pilot
training courses. These four schools
are continuing the work during the
summer.
Before the course could be offered
here it would probably mean that the
city would have to take over the county
owned airport and make such improve
ments to the field that would qualify
it for use by student pilots. A deed 10
the field has been offered the city az
various times for 81.
No money for improving the field can
be expected from the county, Commits
sloner Jacob L. Pete has informed local
boosters of the airport at various times.
pointing out that the city should take
over the property and maintain il as
a municipal project.
Twenty-six college and a high school
students have already signed up for
the course when and if it IS estab-
hshed here Before they could qualify,
however, they would have to pass the
necessary physical examination. secure
their parents consent, and be between
the ags of Is and Is years.
Purpose of the course is to prepare
students for private pilots certificates
It includes Y hours of ground work
which would be taught in the college
and IS to so hours Of flight work at
the airport.
Rigid supervision by the federal
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1940-06-13
Interim Commission
States Meet of Range
School Groups June ri
Revised Schedule Includes
Meet of All Districts
at Hibbing.
HERE OVER WEEKEND
Commission Plans Session,
Saturday, June %, to
Query City.

A hearing for all school districts or
the range will be conducted by the
iron ore interim commission at Hib-
bling Friday and Saturday, June q
and %, Peter MoscateIu. school attor-
ney, reported to the board of district
No. z at its Monday meeting.
Saturday evening, June %, at 8
o'clock the commission will convene in
the city hall here.
Fred Gina, Virginia, executive secre-
tary for the Range Civic association
and Range Municipalities association
informed The Miner Wednesday in
a telephone conversation that he had
contacted Frederick j. Miller. Little
Falls, commission chairman, and w
<. Montague, Duluth, member of The
law firm which represents the Lake
Superior Taxpayers association, on
holding one session at a central loca-
ton for all school districts and that
they had agreed to this arrangement
It is possible that a similar hearing
viii be conducted for cities, but ar
engagements have not been completed
for this, Gina said
Originally separate hearings for var
ious school districts were scheduled at
a number Of cities, with a like arrange
ment for cities. The latter schedule
stays the same unless it is changed in
the next day or two.
The original Itinerary of the commits
sion, however, has not been changed.
Gina said, but now that a central
meeting has been scheduled for schools,
and one is in prospect for cities, what
they will consist of is problematicaI
If one hearing is arranged for all
cities it will be at Virginia June "a
and IS.
Michael Rom, assistant clerk for the
district, Stanley Adkins, superintendent
Of schools, MoscateIh, and several
members of the board will attend the
hearing at Hibbing.
To date the city has made no ar
rangements for representation before
the commission
Just how the commission will con-
duct its hearings and what material
will be presented is a matter of con-
siderable speculation. It has compiled
endless amounts of data on the fin
anciaI setups of range cities and school
districts.
Cities and schools and mining COM
panies will be permitted to offer evil
dence and to "elicit information" from
the others witnesses "to bring out all
the facts" according to information
sent out some weeks ago by Chairman
Miller Written briefs viii also be ac-
cepted, but they must bear the adj
mission of service of a copy upon the
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1940-06-13
LEGION AWARD
TO Nm. Mills
Presented at Commencement
Exercises; III Students
Receive Diplomas.

William Mills, Memorial high school
senior, was named winner of the Ameri-
can Legion award at commencement
exercises held last Thursday night.
Presentation Of the award, a medal, was
made by Thomas j. Murn, first vice
commander of the Frank Lozar post
No. 248.
Mills earned letters in football and
basketball during his junior and senior
years, and has taken an active part in
other extra curricular activities.
Scholastically he ranked in the upper
one-third of his class. In 1899 the
award went to John zaic and the year
before to Edward T. Buckley.
Fifty Junior College and III high
school students received diplomas.
The college had the largest class since
its organization.
The Right Reverend B. T Kemerer,
D. D. Bishop of Duluth, gave the COM
mencement address In developing the
theme of his talk, Striking Pay Dirt, y
Bishop Kemerer said that everyone
should develop his natural capacities
in order to make the most of his life
Milton Gordon, giving the salutatory
address for the high school, emphasized
the improved social status of the
people resulting from opportunities for
education and Harold Gordon de-
ivering the valedictory, pointed to the
responsibility for development in a
changed world. Marjorie Berglund,
giving the valedictory for the college,
voiced appreciation for the opportunity
for securing college education at
home.
The school orchestra and the a
cappella chorus offered musical num-
bers. The Rev James E. Dowler gave
the invocation and the benediction.
Stanley Adkins, superintendent Of
schools, presented the graduates, and
Dr. T. Ahola, board chairman, handed
out the diplomas.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1940-06-13

Supervising the operation of the food
stamp plan in northern ST. Louis
county, Mr. Rosch will have Offices in
Ely, Virginia and Hibbing. The plan
will be inaugurated July l.
Details of the plan will be explained
to Ely merchants at a meeting to be
conducted within a short time. Last
week the city council named Clerk a.
o. Knutson as food stamp issuing
officer for this territory
Mr.. Rosch, who will work under
Arthur j. Kennedy, Duluth, local
representative for the entire county,
comes to the county from Hutchinson,
Kansas.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1940-06-13
Hddpdnienai to Teach
at Red Cross School.

Edmund M. Haapaniemi, swimming
instructor in the local school system,
will serve on the staff of the North
west national aquatic squad at Lyman
Lodge, Excelsior, Mimi, from June IL
to %. Red Cross life saving, first aid,
swimming, and boating methods are
taught students enrolling in the school,
June u, Coach Haapaniemi will leave
for New York University, New York
City, to take work on his masters de-
gree. He will return to Ely, Aug. Is.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1940-06-13
ReU. BrOLUne to North
Dakota for Funeral.

The Rev H Russell Browne and Mrs
Browne were called to Grand Forks,
N. D., where on Wednesday the former
conducted the funeral of an old friend.
Thirty-two years ago the Rev. Browne
was student pastor of the church from
which the funeral was conducted
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1940-06-13
On This
Occasion
A Few Observations ON Matters
Material and Immaterial by
the Editor.

A cheering bit of war news is the
message from Scotland that the
country has a four-year supply OF
Scotch whiskey in storage. This news
reIayed to the U. S. commerce depart
ment also stated that despite higher
production and shipping costs the ex-
port price of Scotch had not been in
creased.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1940-06-13
First Village Council
Meeting in June, 1883.

The first village council meeting in
Ely was held on June %, 1888, and on
March 80, 1891, the village was in
corporated as city, according to in
formation obtained from the office Of
A. o. Knutson, city CLERK.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1940-06-13
RETURNS TO ELY.

Miss Dorothy Richards, freshman
student at the Minneapolis School of
Art, returned Friday to Ely for the
summer vacation. Her father, John
Richards, went to Minneapolis to &C
company her home and while there
attended the commencement exercises
for the graduating class.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1940-06-13

Did you ever see a bald headed
woman? A fellow says he didn't. We
don't know that we ever did, but there
are lot of things we never saw. Did
you ever see a woman who carried
bottle of wtiskey in her hip pocket, as
she started fishing, sit on the damp
ground. come home and lick her hus-
band? says the Saltwater Gazette.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1940-06-13

Mr. Erickson Of Duluth, former Elyite,
and present national committeeman Of
the Democratic party, is being recon-
mended by prominent Democrats of the
state for reelection for second four
year term. The endorsement is based
on his close cooperation and harmony
with officers of the Democratic state
central committee and his untiring ef-
forts in behalf of the party in the state.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1940-06-13

POLICE CHIEF VISITS.
John Bowman, chief of police for the
Oliver at Soudan, and family, were
visitors in the city, Tuesday
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1940-06-13

Assistant superintendent of the Yer
million range properties of the Oliver
Iron Mining company for the past
eight years, Mr.. Jones has been pro-
NOTED to the position of assistant gen.
eral superintendent. The promotion
order was signed by President Leroy
Salsich and went into effect on June /.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1940-06-13

The Minnesota unit of the National
Association Of township officers at its
annual meeting in Minneapolis last
week advocated return to the four
cent gas tax and opposed the repeal Of
the one-mill road and bridge tax unless
the gas tax is raised TO five cents.
The present cent tax is due TO drop
TO 8 cents on September 1. AT present
one-third of the gas tax collected in
Minnesota is allocated to counties for
their road systems. The more the
counties get the less townships need to
maintain under the present plan. The
reduction in county funds might even
tuaIly force some counties TO curtail
their highway aid program and throw
the building of highways entirely back
on the townships.
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The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1940-06-13

The legislature which meets next
winter will probably return the gas tax
Co four cents and may even raise the
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Twin-City herald., 1940-03-16
A GREAT BAPTIST coNvocA-
TION

- A great day OF Baptist Fellowship
was enjoyed by American, Swedish,
Dane, Norwegian, German, Slovak.
Negro, and many friends of the Bap-
tist of the Twin Cities at the First
Baptist Church, 10th and Harmon
Place, Minneapolis, Minnesota, all day
March llth, l940l
".The Mission Of the Church In a
Distressed World" was the theme for
discussion.
The representatives from Bethesda,
were Mrs. w. F, K. Wadlington, Mrs.
Dorothy Maxwell, and Mrs. Katherine
w. Bolts and State Director Mrs. u.
Smith. The St9te Moderator, Rev. H.
Bcsts and Others. Members from Zion
were among those present Rev D.
E. Beasley, Mrs. A. o. Jordon, Presi-
dent of Women's Auxiiaries, S. GAY
lord, Black, Brown, Kelly and others
from Pilgram, St Paul. were present.
Twin-City herald., 1940-03-16

n ba, k the curtin of the future
and adequately reveal the roll yet to
= G One of the important fea-
lures of the house is the social SCI
vice department now in the capable
hands of Mr.. Henry Thomas. Altho
Mr.. Thomas earned two degrees aca-
denically, he views his problems as a
student, combined with experience we
can unreservedly say he is qualified
for his position. Mr.. Thomas states
that the Church School, Parent and
I'D -2unitv house are charged
with the guardianship OF our youth
and that weakness must exist in one
OF them when juvilnile delinquency
EXISTS. He asks for constructive criti-
cism, meaning not merely recital of
faults, but cures and preventives. No
one would be foolish enough to re-
strict this house to Negroes only, bur
only the absence of Brain. should
keep Negroes away. The benefits of
participation are too obvious to men,
ton.
Twin-City herald., 1940-03-16
KU KLUX KHAN WANTS
COMMUNIST PARTY BANNED

Atlanta, Ga, March, (CNA)-Sev-
eral hundred hooded members of the
Ku Klux Klan in full nightgown re-
gala distributed on the streets of At
lanta this week handbills entitled "An
Open Letter to Congress" and de-
manding legislation" to outlaw the
Communist Party in the United States
OF America and all other un-American
organizations. The Klan some years
ago attacked the Communist Party as
the Niger party"
The leaflet cited several red-baiting
statements by the witch-hunting dies
Committee to back up. its demand for
the outlawing of tht Communist Par
ty.
The recent activities of the Kian
have been directed against the CIO
on the grounds that the CIO is or
ganizing Southern Negro and whit.
workers on basis OF full equality.