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The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1940-04-11
Credit Notable Work to
CO. III at Portage Riuer

River. A large gravel pit was to be the
new home of the company, eight miles
from the Canadian border. Though it
was memorable day and everyone was
tired, the tents were pitched, kitchen
set up, and everyone was fed and under
cover before evening"
During the seven years of work in
perior National Forest, the camp had
done considerable timber stand i'm
provement work. This includes, thin
ming, liberation, pruning and insect
control work. They have been engaged
in logging and numbering and blowdown
salvage as result of the big wind of
1888. They have done planting to aid
in the reforestation program. Timber
and lake surveys have been carried on
to improve the district.
The strengthening of the forest pro-
lection system against fires, and the
improvement of the forest for public
use, have been important work of the
camp. The camp has constructed and
improved trails and portages. Roads
and truck trails have been maintained
and improved. Telephone lines have
been constructed. Lookout towers have
been manned and fires have been kept
under control and extinguished. In
the increase and perfection of wildlife
resources, the camp has carried on
game and fish surveys. 1t has made a
game census yearly, and planted mil
lions of fish in the lakes and streams
Public camp grounds, with log shelter
houses have been built.
During the past seven years there
have been more than fifteen hundred
different men enrolled in the Portage
River camp. They have come from
every section of the state of Minnesota.
Most of the men now in camp are from
Minneapolis and Hennepin, Douglas,
Stevens, Pope and Wright counties.
At entrance the majority of the en-
rollees are seventeen and eighteen years
old. Half have never been employed,
and all are unemployed and in need of
employment at the time of entrance.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1940-04-11

others the concise, Well-chosen ex-
preston of business men-but all highly
priced by executives of the Penney
company.
Mr.. Penney has been interviewed many
times on how he became successful
Usually man who has made for
tune cannot sit down and tell how he
did it. 1t is the man who hasn't made
it who can give the advice on that
subject.
Il know it was not luck" said Mr.
Penney. Il distinguish between luck
and opportunity. 1 realize that hard
work alone is not enough to make a
man successful. Many men have
worked hard and conscientiously and
still have failed to achieve business
success. Maybe they lacked vision,
singleness of purpose, and the coopera-
ton of others.
81 place much of my trust in hard
work. However, much of my life has
been given to the selection and training
of young people. I believe it is the
duty of the older people to share ex-
perience with them"
Mr.. Penney gives full credit for his
success to his associates. 81 owe so
much to my business associates" he
says, "that I am sometimes at a loss
to distinguish what it is owe myself"
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1940-04-11
Killed Only freshman,
According to Legend.

Lindstrom- Have you heard about the
legend concerning the start of the
Franconia cemetery According to the
legend it seems that there was need
for cemetery as early as 1857. How
ever, there was no one to bury in the
cemetery, because as yet no one had
died. Therefore, states the legend,
someone took it upon himself to kill
the only Irishman in the settlement.
The cemetery has been growing ever
since, testifying to the progress of
Franconia.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1940-04-11

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The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1940-04-11
GUN CLUB TO
NAME OFFICERS
To Hold Election, Plan for
Annual Outing, Collect
Dues Friday.

The Ely Rod and Gun Club will hold
its annual election of officers, Friday
evening, in the Community Center, &C
cording to Joseph Klobuchar, secre-
tary.
Other business to be conductcG at the
meeting, scheduled to start at o'clock,
includes planning the annual outing
and the collection of dues for 1910.
Archie BONNER is club president; Lyle
Brennan, vice president, and Klobuchar,
secretary
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1940-04-11

dSSlSIeu III Lneu eIlOrCS Dy less IMAM
1000 professional Scout executives in
629 local councils. This organization
effectively serves over 1,250,O00 Scouts
annually, as the area council provides
the cheapest and most efficient type of
organization to serve the most number
of boys and men.
The records of the Headwaters area
council show nearly 300 men engaged
in some type of Scout work. Scout
executives work with these men since
last April list, when an assistant was
secured to help service the Is districts
In addition to the regular Office SER
vice, record keeping, correspondence
and bulletins, these two men contact
each district monthly attempting to
work through and with the local
Scouters who should be doing the
actual local Scouting work. The eff
fectiveneSS of local district depends
on the local volunteers and how they
place themselves, into positions where
they can give Scouting to their boys
of their communities.
Without this executive contact, ex-
perience has shown that Scouting lags
and fails because the men have no help,
leadership or motivation in organizing
Scouting. Local history of Scouting
on the range shows this to be true.
No definite days, or hours of eXecu-
tives personal time is promised to any
community in return for their con-
tribution to the area budget. However,
sufficient time is spent wherever the
help is needed most or as requested by
the troop or districts. Even though
the executives are not present, the COM
munity is constantly receiving council
service. Considerable time must be
spent in the area office in planning pro-
grams activities and methods, as well
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1940-04-11
Finds Cash Lost
for Three Years

Sleepy Eye-Three years ago Mis-
Ruenitz lost his pocketbook containing
1928. Recently he decided to lay
floor in his chicken coop. To do so he
had to rip out several wall boards close
to the floor. There, neatly packed in
the insulation between the walls, was
his pocketbook, cash and all, still in
tn beest of condition. Apparently it
was dropped there three years ago when
the building was erected
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1940-04-11

E. c. Sans, president of j. c. Penney
company, was born in Simpson, Kansas.
After several years in the retail bust
ness he joined Mr.. Penney in the
capacity of clerk in the Kemmerer
store. His beginning with the company
as a clerk is typical of the start made
by most of the officers and executives
of the company. Most of them started
behind the counter. Mr. Sans has
served as president of the company
since 1917, succeeding Mr. Penney who
resigned to become chairman of the
board of directors
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1940-04-11

j. c. Penney was born in Hamilton,
Mo-, where he later clerked in a dry
goods store. He opened his first store
in Kemmerer, Wyoming, in 1902, as one
of three partners. Out of this humble
beginning grew the present Penney
company with stores in every state Of
the Union. Starting with little cash,
but a definite policy of square dealing,
Mr.. Penney has proved, through the
phenomenal growth of the company,
the SoundneSS of his policy.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1940-04-11

Delaware First
Delaware, which ratified the Con-
stitution in 1887, was the first state
to do so
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1940-04-11

as other forms of year around Office
service for the benefit of every troop.
Records, bulletins, correspondence, dis
trict and area planning, etc., are neces-
sary work of the Scout executives
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1940-04-11
JauaneSe NeWSbOyS

Japanese newsboys carry clusters
of bells to supplement their cries of
''WuXtry"
Evening star., 1940-12-18

which rests the main burden of hemi-
sphere defense. Though much prog
ress has been made recently toward
remedying our deficiency in such
materials as rubber and tin, there
is still a shortage of many strategic
items essential in rearmament. The
development of Latin American
sources of supply for metals lacking
in this country, or those not pro-
duced here in sufficient quantities to
meet our requirements, is therefore
plainly in our interest.
BY expanding our purchases Of
strategic materials the United States
will raise the purchasing power of
Latin American countries and in
crease their ability to buy the prod
ucts of American manufacturers.
Though trade between the United
States and the republics of Latin
America is increasing, our sales still
exceed our purchases of Latin Amer
lean goods by a substantial margin.
Larger orders for defense materials
would help to place this trade on
more even balance.
Evening star., 1940-12-18
I o the Highlands

Several WashingtonianS are listed
among the sponsors of the Scottish
Clans Evacuation Plan to aid in the
removal of children from the bombed
areas of Britain to the greater safety
of the hills in which Bruce and Wal
lace in their time found sanctuary.
The project contemplates the rescue
OF as many boys and girls as possible
from the cities and towns which
now, one after another, are being
devastated Systematically by Ger
man raiders. Provision is being
made for the reception of the refu-
gees in private homes. The cost OF
maintaining child is approximately
sixteen dollars a month. Funds are
transmitted as soon as they become
available to Cameron of Lochiel,
K. T., chief of Clan Cameron and
lord lieutenant of shire.
Contributions will be received by
Corcoran Thorn, president of the
American Security and Trust Com
pany. There are no overhead
charges. Organization expenses, it
has been explained, will be paid by
members of the national committee
now being formed in the United
States.
Considering the physical difficult
ties OF bringing British children to
Canada and taking special account
of the need for haste, the proposal
for accommodating the largest prac-
tical number in the highlands of
Scotland, where certainly there is
less danger of sudden death at the
hands of Nazi bombers, is clearly.
meritorious and deserves support.
Evening star., 1940-12-18
New Defense Problem

State laws framed to regulate
commercial trucking operations are
beginning to hamper the Federal
Government in the movement Of
defense materials. Load-limit re-
strictions shape up as the principal
source Of trouble, survey under
taken recently for the Commerce De-
partment by the Interdepartmental
Committee on Interstate Trade Bar
rierS disclosing numerous instances
where it was necessary to break ship
ments down into smaller lots before
they could move from one State to
another. Other physical standards,
license fees, tax laws and lack of
reciprocity, however, add to the diff
culties attendant on the movement
of freight over the highways.
The effect of such restrictions on
the defense program was outlined
recently before the American Truck
ing Associations by Paul T. Truitt,
chairman of the Interdepartmental
Committee, who urged that the
necessity for thorough-going re-
vision of truck legislation be i'm
pressed on State Legislatures, forty
of which meet next year. In a gen.
eral discussion of interstate trade
hindrances which have engaged the
growing attention of Federal and
State governments in recent years,
Mr.. Truitt pointed to figures in
w. P. A. study which show that
some three thousand laws which
Interfere with the free flow of COM
merce now are effective in the forty
eight States and that a tenth of
these-the largest single class-are
potential curbs on motor transporta-
ton. Under such circumstances in
terruptions in the dispatch of de-
fense materials are no more than
might be expected.
1t has long been recognized that
the "Balkanizing" process of State
trade barriers should be checked,
and the Importance of reform is
emphasized by the situation that
now has developed in the movement
of supplies for the preparedness pro-
gram. AS long as States are apply
ing restrictions in the interest of
highway safety it perhaps will be
difficult to obtain relief, but where
motor carrier regulations are de-
signed for no other purpose than
to obtain increased commercial ad-
vantages for home industry, the
needs Of the Government should
come first.
Evening star., 1940-12-18
Astrological Gifts

A New York astrologer has worked
out the perfect system of sending
appropriate Christmas gifts; the kind
that will not be surreptitiously
exchanged. She merely looks up
birthdays and gives according to the
signs of the zodiac. She has an auto
matte list of what each recipient
really wants.
But there would seem to be
certain amount of confusion. Those
born under Aquarius the Fisherman
do not want fishing tackle. The
astrologer puts them down for spats
or ankle bracelets, according to their
sex. Cancer the Crab people are not
grouches; they are domestic and
want something for the house. Those
controlled by Taurus want food. She
recommends chisels and a hunk Of
granite for Scorpio men, together
with strong suggestion that they
do not let their wives catch them
at work in the living room. Female
Scorpions get perfumes and spices.
A girl smart enough to get herself
born between July % and August %,
under Leo, is in line for fancy
jewelry. If she waits a day, she comes
under Virgo and wants, instead,
kitchen cabinet, although it is doubt
full if any husband would ever have
nerve enough to use that as an
excuse. Sagittarians have a rather
strange yearning for parlor bowling
alleys; their neighbors, born under
any or all of the other eleven signs,
will probably appreciate q moving
Evening star., 1940-12-18
Will Italy Crack?

The two-fold military collapse in
Albania and North Africa seems to
indicate clearly that something
fundamental is wrong with Fascist
Italy as military power. Those
twin disasters cannot be explained
on technical grounds alone. Italian
equipment is good, supplies have been
adequate, and Marshal GRAHAM,
the generalisSimo in Libya, is gen.
orally recognized to be a highly COM
petent commander. What appears to
have been lacking is the basic ele-
ment of morale-that vital human
factor without which the most per-
feet war machine becomes mere
assemblage of gadgets.
Broadly speaking, the Italians have
nowhere shown either the spirit of
sustained attack or the dogged en-
durance which resists to the bitter
end. The British are superbly en-
doWed with both those martial vir-
tues. The miracle of Dunkirk showed
that they could take it," while their
present triumph in North Africa
shows they can dish it out" equally
well. The Germans display the same
soldierly qualities.
Morale can neither be taught
nor quickly whipped up. Its kernel
must be born in man, and it can
be effectively developed only through
a compelling ideal. 1t has been Mus
solini's boast that Fascism was
Transforming the Italian people into
a new incarnation of ancient Ro-
mans fit to found great imperium.
Current happenings would seem to
indicate that the Duce has erected
only plaster cast of the Roman EN-
pire which is being rapidly Clipped
away.
Except in Piedmont and some other
northern sections, the Italians have
seldom rated high as soldiers. Even
partially to compensate for this
seeming lack of martial ability, Mus
solini would have had to energize the
Italian people in thorough going
fashion. But Fascism has not ideolog-
ically converted and inspired the
Italians to the degree that national
socialism has the Germans. Two
strong idealistic centers of opposition
have survived in Italy-the crown
and the papacy. Neither has ever
genuinely rallied to Fascism, and
most Italians are strongly attached
to both. In a war fought, not for ma
tional self preservation but for cold
blooded imperial aggression, this
lack of moral unity is showing up
under the strain of military disaster.
Despite eighteen years Of dictatorial
power and intensive propaganda,
Italian Fascism does not seem to have
struck deep roots. Courts-martial
and castor-oil squads may succeed in
quelling open disaffection, but they
cannot compel that whole hearted
enthusiasm and self-sacriflce which
"totalitarian" war imperiously de-
mands If success is to be attained.
Evening star., 1940-12-18
Struteqic Minerals

The announcement by Secretary
Ickes that United States Geological
Survey scientists will explore the
possibility of developing additional
sources of strategic metals and min
erals in South America. will be well
coined as another important step
toward inter American cooperation
In strengthening the economic and
military defenses of the Western
Hemisphere. Six of the surveys
experts will visit Brazil, Cuba and
Bolivia, and two other geologists will
later join them in their explorations.
Though the United States Govern
ment will pay most of the expense of
the studies, the Latin American
countries will furnish supplies and
transportation, and their biologists
will cooperate with the American
experts in the search for tin, tung-
stem, manganese, chromite, antimony
and other materials essential to the
defense of the Americas.
South America has vast mineral
deposits, in large part undeveloped.
Exploration seems likely to reveal
the existence of other valuable re-
sources. For many strategic mate
rails the Western Hemisphere is
today largely dependent on Asia or
Europe. BY developing their own
supplies of the materials needed in
modern war the Americas will
strengthen their defenses and thus
put themselves in a better position
to resist possible future aggression.
Such a program is of particular
Importance to the United States, on
Evening star., 1940-12-18
The EugIet

The return of the ashes of Ma
poleon II to Paris for burial beside
the remains of his famous father,
Napoleon I, carries a sentimental
appeal to the French people which
Reichsfuehrer Hitler could not have
overlooked when he ordered the
transfer from Vienna, which, more
than Paris, was the Eaglet's actual
home.
The son of the French conqueror
was not only the inspiration of all
the first Napoleon's hopes Of perpetu-
ating his line, but became the symbol
of those shattered aspirations. Born
to the title King of Rome" the boy
also held, after the abdication of his
father, the title Napoleon II, but
these royal ranks we're superseded by
the inferior title Duke of Reich
stadt" when Europe's statesmen were
settling the affairs of the Napoleonic
empire and wondering what to do
about Napoleon's offspring.
The Emperor had defeated Austria
four times when, despairing of
progeny by Josephine, he demanded
and obtained-dissolution by the
French Senate and the church of his
marriage to her. Then he recon-
ciled humbled Austria by marrying
the daughter of the Austrian En-
peror-Marie Louise. OF this mar
riage was born Napoleons long
hoped-for heir.
The child was plunged speedily
into the welter of European politics,
and until his death was the pawn of
various intriguing factions, never
ceasing to be the cause of much con-
Germ for the men who were remaking
the map of Europe. Within three
years of the lads birth the empire
which he seemed destined to inherit
was crumbling.
When, with the empires collapse,
Napoleon yielded to demands for his
abdication, it was in favor of the
young King of Rome" but the boys
reign was never more than titular.
With Napoleon at Elba, his wife and
boy returned to her home in Vienna,
where the young king was reared as
Evening star., 1940-12-18
An Englishman
Discusses Taxes.

discusses IaXeS.
To the Editor Of The Star:
I recently have received a letter from
a lifelong friend in England which I
think may be of interest to your readers.
I inclose that part Of it which shows
how the English are being taxed to
carry on their and our war. We soon
must face something of the same kind
and our howls may not be quite so loud
if we somewhat prepare for it. The
discussion of English finances is going
on everywhere in this city but the details
as to how it affects the ordinary citizen
are lacking. My friends comments
follow:
"In every pound get as dividend,
eight shillings and six pence is taken by
the government before get it into my
account in the bank, but when come
to pay my income tax at the end OF
the year, that tax is computed from
what the tax commissioners call my total
income, which includes that eight shil-
lings six pence, so pay tax on income
that never actually received. In ad-
dition 10 pence tax on each gallon OF
gasoline, on tea, on sugar and from today
1915 per cent extra on all purchases. In
addition, there are taxes called licenses,
some of which go in part to the central
government and some to local govern
ment, as my automobile Go h. p. Austin)
10 pounds per year, with added COM
pulsory insurance There is also COM
pulsory property war risk insurance. On
my house there is the property tax and
the rates, which 60 to pay for such
things as roads, schools, hospitals. pub
lie health service, etc, and public as
sistance charges for poor relief. There
are other taxes ranging from five shil-
lngs to one pound year. If I 60 to
play or movie, smoke or drink alcohol,
pay heavily in proportion Gil shillings
on bottle of whisky. In fact, it is hard
to find anything you want to buy or do
now, that is not taxed; even this letter
which used to go for penny stamp,
now costs 21ad to go over to the next
village. Of course, we are expected
to contribute to the lord mayors fund,
the lord lieutenant's fund, church funds
and overseas mission funds, which are
hard hit by the war, missions to seafarers,
the local Spitfire fund, the local regi-
mental comforts fund, the hospital in
my town, Scouts, ETC., etc.
"Yet we are able to buy all the butter
we are allowed-two ounces week, all
the gasoline we can get and an oc-
casional, very occasional, cigar. We are
not hungry nor cold nor ill-housed. The
country is perfectly glorious with bright
sunshine; our ducks are starting to lay,
geese are getting larger as Christmas
approaches
$50, are we downhearted? Certainly
not!" REV. GEORGE B. KINKEAD,