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The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1940-02-01
Tax Committee Sends Out
Initial Request for Data

Spector's documents, and other official
sources, including the tax levying and
tax spending history of the range COM
munities in 1889 and 1910, Mr.. Schuster
said.
The study will be made under the
following headings:
l. The present system of taxing the
iron ore industry in the state,
2. The extent of the tax burden upon
the iron ore industry.
3. The effect of the tax burden upon
the conservation and proper utilization
of the iron ore deposits of the state.
5. The effect of the tax burden upon
the sterilization of employment in the
mining communities.
6. The effect of the tax burden upon
the utilization and development of low
grade ore deposits.
Z. The effect of the tax burden upon
underground mining.
8. The changes deemed advisable to
encourage the use of low-grade deposits
9. The changes deemed advisable to
CAiSoo dSC uiiICl SIOuiiu ulllilllS.
10. The proper distribution OF
revenues from iron ore taxation as be-
tween the state and the local sub
divisions of the state deriving their
principal tax income from mining
property.
II. The levies of such local sub
divisions.
II. The expenditures of such loca.
subdivisions
Is. The extent to which such ex-
penditures are caused by unemploy-
ment problems.
IA. The conduct of such local gov
ernments during the years 1899 anc
1910.
Is. The steps taken to reduce in.
debtedness.
Is. The steps taken to decrease ex.
penditures.
IT, The steps taken to decrease
levieS.
18. To what extent, if any, are such
levies and expenditures found to be
excessive.
10. The proper way of limiting O,
reducing levies and expenditures.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1940-02-01
Meaning of Name Alva

The name Alva, of Latin origin,
means white or fair" and is thus
best suited to blends, writes Flor
ence A. Cowles in the Cleveland
Plain Dealer. It is borne by both
men and women, though the former
nearly monopolize it, and has sew
eral forms-Albin, Albion, Alvar
and possibly Alban, although one
authority says the last means
dawn of day." Alvan and Alvin,
however, are of different (Teutonic)
origin and mean beloved by ALL"
Aver Uatin) is given the meaning
"all TRUTH" by one authority. There
is also Alvah, which sounds exactly
like Alva, but is Hebrew and means
"iniquity," thus being undesirable
as a name.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1940-02-01
FOREST RIFT
Continued from Page One)

outdoor leaders They include, the
Herald states, Dr. James OK. Mcclure,
president of the American Forestry
association; Otto G. Doering, president
of the Izaak Walton League of America;
Henry Baldwin Ward, chairman of the
executive committee of the American
Association for the Advancement of
Science; Clarence F. .Korstian, presi-
dent of the Society of American
Foresters; M. G. Fleishel, president of
the National Lumber Manufacturers
association, and j. F. Jewett, president
of the Western Forestry Conservation
association.
Although no documentary informa-
ton is at hand, insofar as the Miner
can learn from local men close to the
situation, the transfer is an economy
measure that will eliminate much over
tapping of activities now vested in both
the interior and agriculture depart
ments.
They say that there is little basis for
the fear that the tourist business will
be knocked in the head through the
prohibition of fishing or other outdoor
activities by making the Forest a ma
tional park, because it is doubtful if
the entire area or any part of it would
be made park.
It is also believed that the move
might reduce the forest service per-
sonnet, although there is on Official
grounds for making such a statement.
At the present moment there is not
much information available on the de-
tails of the transfer, but there is a
concerted effort on foot to bring them
out before the change is made.
Others who objected, the Herald
stated, were Edward A. O'Neal, presi-
dent of the American Farm Bureau
federation; l.. j. Tader, president of
the National Grange, and Ezra T. Ben
son, executive secretary of the National
Council of Farmers cooperatives.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1940-02-01
ELY AIRPORT
CONTINUED From Page One J

ably.
The communication, sent by Mr.
Hendee in regard to the high water
level of White Iron lake every spring
and a number of logging dams in the
Ely area, stated that the forest service
had already made surveys and esti-
mated the cost of reconstructing these
dams
He pointed out that the forest service
had been unsuccessful in making the
rebuilding of the dam at the outlet of
Fall lake CCC project, and that the
eight camps now in the forest may be
reduced in number.
No answer has yet been received from
similar letters sent to the Minnesota
Power & Light company, state division
of drainage and waters, and the Lake
county board.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1940-02-01

Taxes on Thirst
Five states impose taxes on soft
drinks, reports the National Cen
sumers Tax commission.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1940-02-01
NOTICE OF SALE OF REMAINING
ASSETS OF
FIRST STATE BANK OF ELY,
ELY, MINNESOTA.

Bids accompanied by certified check
for 1919 of the amount thereof will be
received by the undersigned up to and
including February 8, 1910 upon those
assets of the above bank which are
described in a list which may be OBJ
tanned from the undersigned.
Right is reserved to reject any or all
bids.
All bids received will be submitted to
the District Court for approval at a
public hearing on date to be hereafter
fixed, at which hearing other and
higher bids will be received. Successful
bidders must pay at time of said hear
ing full amount of bid if $4,000 or
less; if more than $4,000 one-half
thereof with minimum of $4,000, the
balance to be paid within ten days after
hearing.
The validity of these assets is not
guaranteed as to signature, amount or
otherwise.
F. A. ANIUNDSON,
Acting Commissioner of Banks,
129 State Office Bldg, st. Paul, MINI
ely Miner, 1-18 LIS 81, 1900
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1940-02-01

Wood Termite Damage
AS many as 1000 termites have
been discovered in single cube foot
Of wood
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1940-02-01

in the international set-up, being "a
years Of age and considered it a great
honor to present the charter to the
youngest club in the district.
President Richards accepted the
charter on behalf of the 35 members
of the new Ely Kiwanis club He spoke
of this history of Kiwanis in Ely since
the first meetings for organization in
October and the enthusiasm shown
toward the forming of a club. He
prophecied rapid growth for the club
OF which he is the head, Albert Nc
Mahan, vice president, and Ray Hoefler,
secretary and treasurer. He also paid
a deserved compliment to the charter
night committee, Thomas j. Carey,
Cyrille Fortier, Jr., o. T. Friedsburg
and Joseph Gerzin, Jr, and also the
committee of the sponsoring club of
Hibbing, Art L. Egge, Gilbert H. Alex
ander, Len G. David, Thomas j. God
frey, Con j. Keppel, Charles N. Olien
and DR.. Sinamark
Pete Peterson, Chicago, representing
the International organization of XII
wants, who had come unannounced to
the charter presentation, was intro
duced by Toastmaster Egge Mr.. Peter
son made very brilliant short address
in which he spoke of the unanimity
existing between service clubs through
out the United States for the benefit
of humanity as whole. He congratu-
lated the city on having two fine service
clubs, Kiwanis and Rotary.
The Hibbing club was accompanied by
the Sequin Sisters, concert and radio
stars, who presented a skit of song
and prose in which they brought out
the business attributes of their subjects
following each with individual mention
with verse of song appropriate to the
occasion. Ben Richards, Tom Carey,
Albert McMahan, Joe Gerzin, DR.. Jim
Call, L. C. David, George Selke, Art
Egge, Theo. Fenske and Tom Godfrey
were spoken and sung about, much to
the amusement of the large audience.
George Selke, lieutenant governor of
the Second district, was here from ST..
Cloud as the main speaker of the
evening. Mr.. Selke kept the audience
in good humor by a fund of stories
and by his description of several fishing
trips and the size of the fish caught.
In telling the tall tales to a friend on
one occasion, the friend retaliated by
telling the story of Mary and her little
lamb wherein Mary flabbergasted the
natives by dyeing her lamb a different
color every few days and thus became
the champion '1am-dyer"
From humorous vein Mr.. Selke
launched into a short Kiwanis talk in
which he spoke of the picture in the
state capitol at st. Paul entitled, eyes
terday, today and tomorrow" In his
description he eloquently applied the
subjects pictured to the world in gen.
eral with lesson in each for Kiwanis
and the good to be accomplished not
yesterday, which has passed, but today
and tomorrow
He has spoken to Ely audiences sew
eral times in the past and his remarks
are always to the point. He is the
president of st. Cloud Teachers Col
lege and recognized as one of the best
speakers in the northwest.
The evening was closed by singing
the two verses of Auld Lang Syne.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1940-02-01
Largest Amateur Museum

The largest amateur museum in
the world is the Washington, N. c.,
Bughouse, operated by school chill
dren.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1940-02-01
WintOnite Seeks $500
in 1885 Car Accident.

Anna Ahonen, Winton, has filed suit
in district court at Virginia for $500
against George Bosnick, Chicago, for
injuries she allegedly received when
struck by Bosnick's car near the Win
ton school grounds July 80, 1885. Bos-
nick is charged with negligence.
The plaintiff asks $1,000 for injuries
and $500 for medical expenses.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1940-02-01
CAN BOWL ON SUNDAY.

Action by the 1889 legislature in
eliminating a provision from 1927
statute that forbade all public sports
on Sunday, makes it perfectly legal to
operate a bowling alley on Sunday,
according to an opinion handed down
by Attorney General j. A. A. Burnquist.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1940-02-01
Relief
CONTINUED from Page One)

phone and clarinet; Lloyd Carlson,
trombone; William zbasnik, guitar, and
Sid Jarvi, piano, provided the music.
William B. Maxi and Henry Pietila,
who audited the accounts of Mrs.
Leino's committee, report them Cor
rect" as follows:
Independence Day program IS IT'S
Mrs. Nick Mattila ............ $500
Mrs. L. Kakkuri and
Mrs. H. Metsapelto .......... .124.32
**Mrs. S. Maxi, Mrs. S. Ranta ;. 84.85
***Mrs. Leino, Mrs. A. Hyvarinen 122.10
Mrs. Ida Koski,
Mrs. E. Kantola ........... $500
John T. Richards .......... $500
Concert proceeds ............... 203 is
$68977
Concert expenses ........ 665
Net Proceeds .................$6 1888. IL
Sent to General Relief
Committee, Duluth ......... $4,000
The Michigan chronicle. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1936-current, 1940-01-27

II Pimples Burn You Up
Attack pimples'-rashes, burning,
itching torture. Black and White
Ointment and Skin Soap, 2ScS0cl0c.
The Michigan chronicle. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1936-current, 1940-01-27
LID. Lends Aid

The Campaign Committee TO Pass
the Anti-Lynch Bill now in Con-
gress will meet this coming Friday
night at Plymouth O congregational
church community House, under
the auspices OF the International
Labor Defense Of Detroit at Gar
field and Beaubien, PM Jan. 26.
The committee will distribute
petitions and when 10000 sigma
lures are gotten, will send them 10
Senators Prentiss Brown and Arthur
requesting they vote in favor Of
the snti-iynch bill So far 1000
signatures have been obtained. The
public is invited Harold Hartley.
chairman. Detroit International
Labor Defense.
The Michigan chronicle. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1936-current, 1940-01-27

Thirteen Of sixteen persons
nabbed in a raid last week on West
Eight Mile road were fined 81 in
a test case before Recorders Judge
Christopher E. Stein Monday.
Three other persons nabbed in
the raid were charged with operat-
ing an alleged blind pig and held
for violating the state liquor con-
troll law.
10 Days or s.
Two dollars or ten days in jail
was the sentence imposed on the
10 defendants. most Of whom were
young men who were found in the
blind pig at $3.50 West Eight Mile
Road. These were the first persons
to be convicted under the new law,
an amendment Of 1889 made TO the
state law defining disorderly con-
duct.
The Michigan chronicle. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1936-current, 1940-01-27
Rent-Payers In
Mammoth Meet

A drive 20 solidfy the action Of
iii Negro rent-psyers VIII be
launched Sunday Jan, % at $3.50
nm, at the Ebenezer A NE. church,
Brush and Willis streets.
Guest secakers will include Hon
Edward j. Jeffries Jr. mayor. John
e Hamilton. common councilman
sd the Rev George Babcr
Louis Taylor and Ferman John
con. youthful executives Of the
United Tenant association promise
a very interesting afternoon with
songs and spirituals by the City
Wide, Community choir under the
dictatorship Of Neptune Holloway
The Michigan chronicle. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1936-current, 1940-01-27
THIRTEEN ARE CONVICTED
IN TEST CASE ON MONDAY

The thirteen convicted were
charged with lettering in a place
where an Illegal business was be-
ing conducted. Heretofore patrons Of
blind pigs have either been held as
police witnesses or released in
mediately. However the present
case will test the legality Of the 1889
amendment to the law in which
persons Of disorderly conduct are
defined
Hold Three For Liquor Law
John Tolliver. IS. Paul Barabee.
q, and Catherine Sheppard, %, all
OF the address raided were held on
the liquor law violation in that they
were the alleged operators Of the
blind pig.
Those nabbed were arrested
through the good police work Of
Lawrence johnson, a pairolman
working in plainclothes and who
was reported to have made several
buys in the illegal drinking estab-
lishment according TO police Sergt
Harvey Ferris OF the Palmer Park
station who led the raiders into the
above address, al approximately
$50 last Saturday.
The Michigan chronicle. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1936-current, 1940-01-27
WHAT BECAME
OF 100000
IS QUESTION
Nine Others Are Named
In Medicine Machine
Swindle

George S. James, 36-year-old De-
troiter, owner OF a hotel and pool
room, accused in an unbelievable
swindle totaling 100000 during a
four year period t.om Flint Detroit
and Chicago residents and named
as the chief defendant on a con-
fpiracy TO defraud charge was re-
leased on a $1,000 bond last week
by Flint officials, following an ex-
animation hearing before Municipal
Judge Frank Cain.
James, living at 1871 Cameron
avenue with a wife and two children
was charged with violation OF the
Blue Sky Law pendsg N .axami-
ration scheduled for last Friday, at
which time his bond was reduced,
through the efforts OF his attorney.
R. M. Van Dyne. from $4,000 to the
present one Of $1,000 which the ac-
cused man was able to make, thus
being freed by Flint officials.
Nine others were named with
James as co-conspirators in the al
legged medicine mixing machine
on the complaint Of Robert Stende:
who told assistant prosecutor Sher-
man Bean that he had invested
$500 in the so-called mystery
machine, which the assistant prose-
cutor stated James bought several
years after the swindle had been
perpetrdted, as cover-up for IL
vestors who were apparently clam
oring for some possible proof Of
their investments
Examinations for the defendants:
Walter Keopp, DR.. Edward Smith,
Carlton Horton, Charles Leadbetter
Mrs. Marie Heth and George James
will be continued February 2.
Invested Own Money-James
James had been in custody at
Flint since his arrest January 3 at
his home. His wife stated she be-
lieved James was merely a front
man for others named in the case.
Questioned by a Chronicle reporter
Wnle IN JAIL JANIS Stdbtu lt IL any
believed in the medicine mixing
machine to such an extent that he
had invested $3.50 Of his own money
in the case. The mystery Of what
happened to the great amount of
money allegedly passing through
James hands was partially ex-
planned when the alleged swindler
disclosed that he had invested the
entire amount with two brothers
named Charles and Frank McGregor
OF New York. However, Assistant
Prosecutor Bean stated they had
been unable to locate the McGregors
and did not believe they actually
existed.
Meanwhile James and the others
named in the conspiracy to defraud
charges await further examination
February before Municipal Judge
Frank Cain.
The Michigan chronicle. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1936-current, 1940-01-27

Get new Magic Mist texture Of
Black and W hitA SASA Powder.
The Michigan chronicle. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1936-current, 1940-01-27
MAN. REATEN. GETs AID

Stating hr was beaten by an an.
identified man at Kirby street
address last week. Leslie Shelton.
% Of 534 E. Kirby street was ad-
mittsd to Receiving hospital f0'
treatment.
Shelton was treated for posi-
bic fracture Of the left hip and Jaw
HesdACheo Nothing faster in aspu
in than St. Joseph, and none surer,
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-01-22

It's doubtful If the death of any public
citizen in this nation produced more
genuine expressions of sympathy and
mourning in the Capitol than did that of
Senator William E. Borah of Idaho. He
was the real veteran of the Congress OF
the United States in point Of service. He
was the real veteran of Congress, too, by
virtue of the energetic public career that
had always been his. His voice was ever
raised in debate, not diSagreeably so, but
ever that the right course of action, as he
saw it, might be followed.
Many were the terms of opprobrium
heaped upon him in the heat Of debate
by congressional opponents. Especially
vehement was criticism about twenty
years or more ago when Borah led a little
band of isolationistS against the late
Woodrow Wilson and ended that great
visionary's dream of an ideal world peace
based on a concordat of nations. It was
virtually isolation for Borah then, but
he survived it and lived to be acclaimed
for the fight that he made to keep us out
of the League of Nations.
Borah was one of those Americans who
achieve greatness on the fringe of the
White House. He seemed destined at
many times to be its occupant, but
strangely enough he was never the candi-
ate of his party for the presidency and let
it never be said of Borah that he strayed
outside party fields to WOO political hon
ors. He remained Republican from
beginning to end and he diSdained any
third party movements that might have
won for him even higher honors in the po-
litical arena.
His death was the signal for Washing
ton to bow it's head in sorrow. The halls
of Congress were stilled; its members
fearful. Today Congress paid it's last re-
sspects; late today his body was taken to
has been inscribed on the books of Amer
lean craftsmanship.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-01-22
A Thought for TOda,
Defending American Shores

It is always easier for military and
naval leaders to "talk turkey" with Con-
gress when the grim reality of war is
readily apparent somewhere in the world.
The contempt with which civilians are
: likely to treat uniformed dignitarieS dur
ing peace time vanishes quickly the mo-
ment a gun goes off. The discomfiting
picture drawn by Admiral Harold r.
Stark, chief of naval operations, before
the House committee on naval affairs,
might have been accepted with cynical
: smiles few years ago. The possibility OF
a foreign coalition attack on the United
States would have been regarded as sheer
. fantasy
: Today, Congress and the nation are
: willing to listen. The United States fleet,
said the admiral, is badly prepared to
meet the shock of any enemy coalition
on both it's shores. Unless the fleet is en-
larged at least Is per cent, the naval lead
er estimated, the United States will find
itself in relatively weak position at the
end of the present war. Admiral Stark
urged the committee to recommend i'm
mediate passage of the Vinson naval ex-
pansion bill to appropriate 81 300, 600, 900
for naval additions.
Coming simultaneously with the ad-
LSoLA1IlO41y Woo t44C ACHOAV Va VAC
National Advisory Committee for Aero
rlautics, which suggested dire possibilities
il any nation ever found cause to attack
the United States Production of bombing
planes capable of making nonstop flights
across the Atlantic and back to European
bases was given as an implied threat
against American security. Other experts
have offered, from time to time, what
they believe to be evidence of threat to
Americas alleged impregnability. Mill
tary and naval men are worried as they
watch the world grow smaller.
Some Of the Standpat isOlationiSts are
resolved to disregard this testimony. But
most congressman are willing to listen,
just as the rank and file Of citizens in the
United States are willing to listen and
wonder how much of all of this is true
The world is in an explosive state, and
military men are being given an ear these
days. Few people have any real idea as
to how serious these potential threats
to our security may be. Finland, 1t was
generally believed, would fall in week
or so when Russia began pushing across
the Finnish border. But Finland Is hold
ing on, and the Soviet troops are being
thrown back.
The United States, under any circun1-
stances, must be prepared to reasonable
point. In world that is armed to the
teeth, the best security for any nation
is to have plenty of powder and to keep
it dry. At the same time, we must avoid
the mistake of plunging the nation into
a financial state based on military econ
omy. We can be over-prepared, too. We
must guard against the letting military
appropriations get out of hand. The best
kind Of defense against external enemies
and domestic chaos is a proper balance
between war expenditures and normal
peace-time operations.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-01-22
Protecting the Consumer

The American Home Economics ASso-
citation has announced a Platform for
Consumer Relations with Business" It's
purpose is to define the consumer point
Of view and to help consumers work with
producers, distributors and related groups
In an effort to improve marketing prac-
tices. '''''.'
The platform says, in part: "The goal
OF cooperative work between consumers
and business should be: An intelligent
and sympathetic understanding of the
problems Of business by consumers and
the problems of consumers by business;
active work on the development Of use
full and accurate definitions, standards
and performance specifications for con-
sSumer goods and services which will make
intelligent buying and selling possible;
active promotion of the use of sound
factual information now available in the
distribution, promotion and sale OF con-
sumner goods"
Work of this character can obviously be
Of considerable value to the consumer,
and to manufacturing and retail business
as well. But, if the consumer is to be
adequately protected, another step must
be taken - and that is organized con-
sumner opposition to unSound, unneces-
Sary laws whose result is to reduce mer-
chandizing efficiency. Practically every
state has laws falling in this category
now on its statute books. They range
from class taxes to laws permitting price
fixing.
The whole tendency of punitive and
class taxation Is to initiate the cost Of liv-
ing. In brief, such legislation, which
encourages waste, penalties efficiency and
Encourages competition, is one of the
most serious problems the consumer
faces.