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The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1940-09-26
HOLD SERVICES
FOR A. L0ISEL
Rites Conducted from Family
Home; Resident of This
City for Is Years.

Funeral services for Andrew LoiSel.
81 years old, who died in the Shipman
hospital last Thursday night from a
self-inflicted gunshot wound. were con-
Quoted from his home at 735 East
Sheridan street Monday at o'clock.
the Rev. Carl Priley conducting the
rites
Pail bearers were Joseph Shikonja.
Martin Fink, George Schneider, Anton
Omerza, Joseph Jamnick and Matt
Zgonc.
Mr.. Loisel, who was born in Noun
tain Iron, June 8, 1903, had resided
here about 16 years, where he was
employed by the Oliver Iron Mining
company. He was a member Of St.
Anthony's lodge, KSKJ, and the Cath
Ole Order Of Foresters No. 1927.
Surviving are his widow and three
children, Cecilia, II, Marian, 3. and
Richard, L. his mother, Mrs. George
Loisel, ST., Winton; six brothers, Joe.
George and Charles, Winton; Napolean,
Aurora; Felix, Washington, and Leo.
Biwabik. and two sisters, Mrs. Joe
Amatrano, winton, and Mrs Charles
Grepp, Gilbert.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1940-09-26
ExTERMINATE
RATS THIS fall
DIR. Thompson Will Aid Local
People to Get Rid of Rats
on Their Premises.

City Veterinarian and Chemist DR.
j. E Thompson says that now is the
time to rid your place of rats and
issues the following statement:
Fall is the season when rats give
the greatest amount of trouble as the
freezing weather destroys their food
and the rodents make efforts to reach
warmer quarters. Complaints then are
numerous of rats destroying vegetables
stored in easements.
''The City of Ely furnishes freshly
prepared red squill bats with which to
exterminate the pests. The poison will
not kill pets and is destructive only to
rodents"
1.-THE rat poison will be furnished only
on Saturday mornings and only to
those people who place an order for
the same at least one day in advance
1.-The system of using only certain
days to bait the rats is more effective
than batting at random
If you are troubled with rats or mice
call DR.. Thompson's office at the City
Hall, place your order for the bait and
call for it the following Saturday
morning.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1940-09-26
Pete, HANSON
Are DIRECTORS
Named to Office in Minnesota
Arrowhead Assn; Hanford
Cox New President.

Jacob L. Pete and Ernest w. Hanson
were named directors of the Minnesota
Arrowhead association at the annual
meeting held Friday in Hotel Duluth
Pete, who has been a director for many
years, was renamed to the executive
committee.
Attending the session from Ely were
Robert Watts, Ray Hoefler, secretary
of the Ely Commercial club, Pete, and
son, Leonard. Membership of commit
tees will be released in about a week
Hanford F. Cox, Cloquet attorney,
was named president to succeed Willis
A. Putnam, Duluth banking official
Henry LaLiberte, Duluth, was elected
vice president and chairman of the
executive committee to replace Mr..
Cox. George H. Herreid, Deer River,
was reelected vice president; Herman
C. Matzke, Duluth, treasurer, and S.
Valentine Saxby, Duluth, executive
secretary
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1940-09-26
SET HEARING ON
SECOND papers
Hearing on Oct. 1, With Judge
Freeman or Judge Hughes
Presiding.

Not settled as yet, the final hearing
for naturalization papers at the City
Hall on october 1st, will be presided
over by Judge Edward Freeman or
Judge Martin Hughes of the district
court with John w. Held appearing for
the naturalization department. accord
ing to Joseph Klobuchar, deputy clerk
of the court.
The following persons, all from this
city, are being called for final hearing:
Matt Banich, Blaz Skrjanc, Martha
johanna Siren, Peter Arko, Anton Zgonc,
Lempi M. Terzini, Toivo Lame, Mike
Sop, Gertrude Caleb, Frank Stare,
Anton Hribar, John Smale and Dan
Cristof
Clerk Klobuchar also states that the
regular Fall term Of district court is
set for this city on October 8.
So far only two cases have been filed
for the term, both jury cases. More
will probably be on the docket as the
last day for filing notices of issue will
expire on october 1 for the Ely term
beginning on Oct. 8.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1940-09-26
$500 Witness Opening
Night Football Games.

Approximately 1890 persons turned
out Friday and Saturday for the open
ing night football games for the new
Memorial stadium, according to Ath-
letics Director Edward T. Buckley. The
Junior College defeated Hibbing and
the high school lost to Coleraine by
exactly the same score, to O.
Tickets for the high school encounter
here with Virginia, Saturday night, are
now on sale at Buckeyes Office in the
Memorial building. All seats are re-
served at no extra cost.
The high school band, under the di-
rection Of Frank v. DiNino, staged
colorfuI demonstrations between the
halves of both opening games. Andrew
Spolarich acted as drum major, with
Rose Ann Mayerle, LaVeryne Kangas,
and Anna Mae Krall as majorettes.
Their baton-twirling drew the plaudits
of the crowds.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1940-09-26
MEN, WOMEN DIVIDE
HONORS FOR FISHING
PROWESS FOR SEASON.

With the vacation season coming to
an end, the storytelling time, mostly
about the big one that got away. has
arrived. But there are three fish tales
that can be related and truthfully too
about the biggest catches of the year
here, and about the two bass that
were caught on one cast.
Holding the records, insofar as is
known, are two men and two women.
Honors for the largest lake trout go
to Walter Nelson, st. Paul, who a few
days before the season ended hooked
a 28-pound fish in Lac LaCroix In
the party were three other st. Paul
men, H W. Stromwall, c. j. Lucchesi
and Howard Pierce, all of whom are
veteran Ely visitors
A. P. Hinze, Chicago, pulled in a
25-pound great northern pike out of
Eastwood lake to cop the prize for this
type fish.
To Mrs. William C. Hanson, Jeffer-
son, Iowa, wife of the jefferson county
attorney, goes the distinction of getting
the largest wall eyed pike, the aristo-
crat of the Arrowhead country's fish.
Hooked in the North Kawishiwi river, it
weighed 10/pounds and ounces.
A Chicago girl, however, gave the
best demonstration of the art of fish
ing, when she hauled in two bass in
one cast from small lake off Wick
steed lake in Hunters Island
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1940-09-26
Old Registration Lists Feature
Display at c. c.; Draft
Board Named.

With a new generation of Ely men
called upon to register their names for
military service, many a father in Ely
whose boys are included in the draft
age, recall how % years ago they too
received a summons to serve their
country in time of grave national
danger.
In the lobby of the Community
Center a complete list of men residing
in this territory called in the two
drafts made during the last World War
has been placed on display by DR.. John
E. Thompson, historian for post No
248. American Legion.
Dug from the files of The Ely Miner
are details on the activities of the Ely
Council for Defense, Ely's first honor
roll of boys who enlisted, and the or
ganization in charge of the draft here
The man who was first named as
registrar for Ely in 1917 undoubtedly
will be in charge of the registration OF
draftees in 1910, according to infor-
nation available now as to the setur
for the present draft. He is A. O
Knutson, city clerk.
Apio John Martin had draft No. ]
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1940-09-26
ELY PREPARES
FOR war DRAFT
City Clerk to Have Charge of
Registration; First Draftees
Go to Fort Smelling.

Ely men required by the selectiv
service act to register their names TO
military service on Wednesday, Oct
16, will either call at their regular
polling places or at some central 10.
cation, it is believed Men to takt
charge of the registration will be
named
In charge of the regiStrotion will be
city, town, and village clerks in NUM-
cipalities of Ely's size, who will work
under the direction of the county
auditor A O. Knutson, who for a
time was registration officer for the
first draft of the World War, conducted
in 1917, will be in charge of the present
registration. Exact procedure to be
followed has not been given to city
officials.
Persons who are i'll on Oct. 16 or must
from necessity be absent from the city
will register in the manner that they
would cast an absentee voters ballot
Every man between the ages of 81 and
35, inclusive, must register regardless
Of whether or not he is exempt from
immediate call to service. Married men
will not necessarily automatically be
exempt from the draft. According to
experience of the 1917-18 drafts, about
one-third of the men registering will
fall in class one, or available for i'm
mediate service.
Men taken from Ely to fill the
nations first quota of 100000 will re-
ceive preliminary training at Fort
Smelling.
During the first world war Ely had
a three-man draft board which pre-
sided over a territory extending west
to include Tower-Soudan and south to
include Embarrass. This time, how
ever, the draft boards, which will also
number three persons, will serve areas
Of 10000 population, which might mean
that the board for Ely will be at Vir-
ginia.
If the estimated quota for the state
is equally divided among the various
parts of the state as to population,
Ely's first quota would be 16 or II.
On the same basis of the quota, eight
or nine would go to training camp at
the first call.
Census experts have estimated that
339 500 men will register in the state,
1885 will be in class one and avail
able for immediate service, the first
quota will be $3.50, and the first call,
1850.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1940-09-26
FETED HER COMMITTEE.

Mrs. Lillian Nyman, chairman of the
Legion Auxiliary membership COM
mittee feted the members of her COM
mittee on Thursday afternoon. Mrs
Nyman served a lunch after which a
social hour followed. On the COM
nnittee, besides Mrs. Nyman, are Anna
Wilmunen, Nell Odgers, Mary Startz
Agnes Fogelberg, Anna Novak, Clara
Handberg, Saima Kayute, Mary Hand
berg, Anna Palmgard, Hilda Ellefsen
and Mary Spreitzer
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1940-09-26
Student Council for
Junior College Named

Members of the student council of
the Ely Junior College were named at
the assembly held Friday morning
Two are selected from each class, and
the council acts as a policy forming
board for the college.
Freshmen representatives are Tony
Grahek and Evodia Larson; sophomore
Helmer Lepisto and Emily Slogan, and
postgraduate, Harry Turula and Albert
Rom. j. Oliver Hall and Sigurd F.
Olson, dean, are faculty advisors
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1940-09-26

Chairmen Named for Knitting,
Sewing; Seek Volunteers to
Help War Victims.

Persons in charge of the Red Cross
knitting and sewing for war relief were
named at meeting held Friday night.
Volunteers who are willing to aid in
this work are asked to report to them.
In charge of the knitting is Mrs.
Owen w. Parker and the sewing, Mrs.
A. j. McMahan. All materials and
patterns are furnished by the Red
Cross, and these items are expected to
arrive here this week
Sweaters will be made for women and
children, and dresses for women and
girls, skirts for women, and layettes
for infants.
A good turnout responded to the first
call, according to B. o. Strachan,
chairman of the Ely branch.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1940-09-26
Ely Will be Honored
onight as Safest City
of 1000 in Minnesota
City Wins Deisen Award
in Contest Inaugurated
Four Years Ago.
KIWANIS PLAN FETE
Prominent Safety Officials
of State Will Attend
Award Banquet.

Ely will be honored tonight as the
safest city in the state of 5000 popu-
lation or over at a traffic award ban
quet 70 be held in the Forest hotel and
sponsored by the Kiwanis club of this
city. City and school officials, the
Rotary club, officials and safety workers
OF local mining companies and other
civic leaders have been invited to at
tend
Municipal Judge ]. E. Deisen, Clo-
quet, sponsor of the contest which Ely
won, is expected to be present to make
the award. Mayor Bern NJ Lambert
viii receive it on behalf of the city.
1t is believed that A. " Rohweder,
chairman of the Minnesota Safety
council, and other officials of both the
state and St. Louis County Safety coun-
Gil Will attend. Also pledging their
attendance at the award meeting at
the time the contest started, were the
chiefs of police of Cloquet and Fair
mont, who participated in the contest
with Ely.
The safety contest was begun four
years ago, according to Chief Douglas
NankerviS Of the local police depart
ment, at meeting of the state council
when Judge Diesen found that Ely
Cloquet and Fairmont were the only
cities OF 5000 or more population which
had had no traffic fatalities for
number of years.
Ely became the winner in July when
Fairmont had a 11-year-old safety re-
cord shattered by a death in a truck
accident.
In charge of the affair, set to start at
6 o'clock, are Thomas j. Carey and Ray
Hoefler of the Kiwanis club, and Chief
Nankervis
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1940-09-26
Commercial Club Sets
Highway Improvement
Endeauor for 1911
Will Make Effort to Secure
Paving on Portion of
Ely-Tower Road.
ASK NO. 1 SURFACING
Club Seeks Completion of
Blacktop Surfacing on
Highway No. q.

The 1941 road improvement program
of the Ely Commercial club was more
or less formally drawn up at the
September meeting held Tuesday even
ing, with the improving Of the Ely
Tower road receiving the bulk of the
attention.
In three-page letter discussing this
stretch, NJ j. Hoffman,, state highway
commissioner, said that the depart
ment ''is not unaware Of the improve
ments needed" but that it could not
justify" the expenditure TO pave il.
A budget Of $500 for 1871 as pre-
pared by the financial committee was
approved and will be submitted 70 the
city council for consideration at its
next regular meeting.
The club approved sending Secretary
Ray Hoefler to the st. Paul outdoor
show scheduled for Oct. 1920
The road program as discussed a. the
meeting follows:
l. Continued effort TO secure paving
for at least a part Of the Ely-Tower
road.
2. Completion of blacktop on county
highway No. 81.
8. Surfacing of the rest of No I 70
Lake Superior.
4. Goodness to relocation Of No. 81
to border Lake Superior from north Of
Grand Marais to Grand Portage until
major road improvements in this area
are completed.
Hoffman's letter followed the con-
ference held recently with him on i'm
proving the Ely-Tower road by the
roads committee of the club. He said
that this work would be taken up as
soon as available funds for comparable
projects would permit.
He discussed at length the road i'm
provement needs throughout the state,
comparing them with the Ely-ToEer
project. A check, he said, had revealed
that the average annual number Of cars
travelling the road daily was $50. while
during the summer it increased 70 SIS.
He compared this with other bitumin-
GUS stretches having a load OF 1.400
daily.
The department, he continued, re-
cognized that Ely was the only city OF
its size in the state not having a paved
connection with outside territory, and
added that this was due in great part
to its extreme northern geographic
location which meant that it would
never have a great valume Of traffic
Paving the road, he continued, would
mean regarding a great portion Of It,
purchasing additional right-of-way. and
relocating sections of it. The heavy,
costly work of just the regarding, he
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1940-09-26
OIL GUNS FOR
DUCK SEASON
Hunters Scout Favorite Spots !;
Assured Good Shooting,
Sportsmen Say.

Ely duck hunters are assured of
pretty good shooting" right here at
home, according to Ray Hoefler, who
yearly is credited as being No.
shooter on the east end of the YER
million range.
Ducks here, he said, appear to be
more numerous than in other years, a
statement that other nimrods bear out.
Mallards lead he list.
The season will last for so days,
opening at sunrise Tuesday and closing
Nov %.
Many hunters spent last weekend
and the days that have followed scout
ing favorite duck grounds to count bills
in anticipation of duck dinners to come.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1940-09-26
Washington PIT. A.
Meets Tuesday, Oct. I.

The Washington Parent Teacher as
ISOLATION will meet in room LOG of the
Memorial high school on Tuesday, Oct
l, at o'clock
Mrs. Paul Cramer will review the
characteristics of the normal child and
Miss Rose Schmidt will review the
characteristics of the delinquent child
Musical selections will be given by
the grade school children and lunch
will be served after the meeting.
Mrs George Milavetz is chairman of
the lunch committee.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1940-09-26
Diplomas Awarded for
Child Hygiene Course.

Those securing diplomas for the study
course on Maternal and Child Hygiene,
conducted by Miss Emily Morford, r.
NJ. two weeks ago, were Aura Maxi.
Edith Cowling, Lillian Nyman, Mrs.
Frank Osaben, Adele Prola, Margaret
Pecha, Mary Paaso.
Mary Startz, Saima Salminen. Mary
Skradski, Wilhelmina Hill, Mrs. Melvin
Pfeffer, Mrs. William Trezona. Rose
Kruger. Evelyn Snyker, Esther Rautio.
Mrs. John Rajakovich, Mrs George
Matchiner, Mrs. Frank Vranesich and
Mrs Clinton Coombe.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1940-09-26
Republican Women to
Meet at &. e.. Tomorrow

The Women's Republican club will
meet tomorrow at the lounge room of
the Community Center
A cordial invitation is extended to
all interested in politics to attend. Mrs.
John Salminen, newly elected vice
president, will speak on 1.-THE Public
Debt"
Mrs. Myron Smolich has been chosen
as secretary and treasurer of the club.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1940-09-26
BANQUET SET
FOR B0WLERS
Second Annual Feed for Mems
League to be Held Sunday
IL Forest Hotel.

One hundred members of the mems
bowling league will hold their second
annual banquet in the Forest hotel
dining room, Sunday evening, starting
at 6 o'clock. The affair, originally
scheduled for last spring, was post
poned until this fall
Featured on the entertainment pro-
gram will be Capt. George Webb. local
man, who was formerly high diver
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1940-09-26

Stanley w Gongon, the Minneapolis
promoter, whose investment business
crashed in 1888 with loss of at
least 100000, will soon be free
man again, says the LeCenter Leader.
Six indictments were placed against
him in the beginning and he was
sentenced to from one to ten years on
one of the counts. Now the Hennepin
county attorneys Office discharges the
other five indictments This will be
pleasant CD news to the thousands of
old folks and widows with children
who invested their savings in Gongolls
shoestring promotion scheme, while
the author of their financial woes
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1940-09-26
CALLED FOR TRAINING.

Midshipmen Robert S. Merriam ano
William N. Rom of the Naval Officers
Reserve Corps, 9th battalion, Mime
apolis, have been asked to report for
training at Annapolis on November Is
according to reports received by rela-
tives in this city.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1940-09-26

A movement to change the color on
the municipal ballots from the red
ballot authorized by the last legislature
to some other color, will be the feature
of a recommendation by the League Of
Municipalities committee. Since the
law was passed and put in operation at
municipal elections, complaints on the
part of voters on the color came thick
and fast The ballot was hard to read
and the markings thereon failed to
show, besides the color was too sug-
gestive of un-American activities in the
eyes of many who did not fail to men
ton this to the city election officials.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1940-09-26
On This
Occasion
A Few Observations on Matters
Material and Immaterial by
the Editor.

The Hibbing chief of police has re-
ceived a letter from man in Germany
asking for the address of the "prettiest
girl" in Hibbing. The writer claims he
saw her on trip through the district,
when, he did not say. The chief says
he cannot furnish the address because
he has not found the girl. In all prob
ability the fellow saw an Ely girl who
was visiting in Hibbing at the time.
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what pleasant end humorous. ."a1tor Kraft
paying en- undue amount Of attention to tho
construc t1on arM interior decoration Of his nov
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or could it be Jul1no It saw hor plush too)...
Anna hcy deliberately plunging into ood1os Of
mud, just to 500 If those rubber boots
waterproof. -. Pat Holsoll displaying nov
icocktG11 RECIPES in tho mes t un1quo manner
iof loto, still holding an opened umbrella, cftoI
tho sun sllono through.... end yes, RI. iimscf
Ichasing somo mi scroonts who woro USING tn flq
Ihclyc@d tho school flcg-polo for G swing 4"
1l,ory1 Coon wearing very sctisficd snilo on
Ibis booming foco now that tho oil office Il
|Coryo1l and Idout Roberts holding sono go' goou
|girls in their arms. W1i1o dancing 1T tho vcol=
Inatuod deputy demonstrating hi ability with
1.-The "como-a-1onga" (ond cen no use thom! -.
Harry 2oc1zor in 1obbo~-boots with crool 'novo1y
}}thing leaving for & rendezvous with some bis
Ire inooNa .Ara. Wore: Eiorco hoping everyone
will postpone tho CO 1ohrction on tho 4th, ccun
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IL ormtnn chasing oftor nc 'or-do-vo1l who
ne ovinG on tho 'Cordova", with typewriter
(which only $40 he'd boon paid. lack Altman
tho avenue with his beau t1fS1 dcnah5or Bcr6cro.
Pot Rnsooll voah1ng her Beauty Inc. windows
lcfter putting up the venetian blinGo
VINO was that pretty lcdy shovo1lAng grcval in
front Of llcrlen's dress shop Tuoadcy gho "2s
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this Woclz. Emil? VOL, it vos n1co Nc1t2,
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still say you h1vo good bread and pics, Charlie.
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fo75 "ooA, whom I'LL be SOC ing. Happy 4th.
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be kept busy t1oao days what With Scars doing
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