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The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1940-11-14
Hits Deer Poaching as Reason
for Not Having an Open
Season Every Year.

A plea for support in changing many
of Minnesota's conservation laws and
putting teeth in others was voiced here
by DR.. w. L. Strunk, conservation
commissioner, in a conference with
representatives of the Ely Commercial
club
Given this legislative program DR.
Strunk declared, I'VE will be able to
build a department that will be at the
top instead of twenty fourth where we
were ten months ago."
He was accompanied here by Ray D
Nolan, head of the department of lands
and minerals, who with the commits
sioner were guests at luncheon held
in the Forest hotel last Thursday.
After speaking for half an hour, DR.
Strunk considered proposals presented
by a committee of local men and then
held a round table discussion of con-
servation problems.
Highlights of his talk were an in
crease in the resident fishing license
fee from so cents to 81, to invest in
the department the right to close ano
open seasons, opening of licensed ful
dealers records to the department fol
the control of the fur racket, ano
drastic action against deer poachers.
Poaching he said records proved, wa.
responsible for not having an oper
season every year.
Two detectives, competent personne
and a constructive legislative program
are the goals toward which the depart
ment is working. DR.. Strunk, who wa
making his first appearance here, de
clared.
Building personnel on the basis o
sound knowledge, the department, h
said. in another year will have one o
the best staffs in the country. TIL
legislative program, he continued
would need the support of local peopl
if it were to be enacted into law.
follows:
For the division of game and fish
1. Increase from so cents to 81 i
the resident fishing license. Revenu
from this source would be earmarke
for fish propagation and lake an
stream improvement. Pointing on
that the departments revenue come
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1940-11-14
N ARKS 10th
| anniversary
Vermilion Rebekah Lodge Has
Birthday Party; Honors
Charter Members.

Members of the Vermilion Rebekah
lodge No. 8 observed their twentieth
card party and lunch. -Four charter
anniversary Tuesday evening with a
members, Mrs. Peter Schaefer, Mrs.
william Burley, Mrs. Ed Williams, and
Richard Hodge, were honored.
A three-tier birthday cake presented
by Mrs. Rudolph Halamik was cut.
A program was presented and very
much enjoyed as the unstinted APP
plause indicated.
Arthur Murphy sang three solos.
Lullaby" "The Woodpecker Song"
and God Bless America" accompan-
led by Miss Athena Kotcheyar at the
piano.
Murphy and Miss Mary Ellen Stem
Der presented Scotch songs and danced
the Highland Fling.
The program closed with community
singing under the direction of Mr..
Murphy with music by Miss Kotchevar.
Election of officers was conducted.
with Mrs Audrey Nicholas named
noble grand, Mrs. Bessie KoStelc, vice
grand; Mrs Eva Wallace, recording
secretary; Miss Alma Pekkala, treas
urer; Mrs. Anna Strom, trustee for
three years, and Mr. Hodge. drill
master.
| Mrs. Halamik won first honors in
bridge and Miss Pekkala, the consola-
ton. Mrs. Strom won first in fan-tan.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1940-11-14
Elyites Dig Out From
Under Mountainous
Snow Drifts.
ISOLATED "a HOURS
More Snow in Two Days
Than During Most of
Last Winter.

Bathing one of the most severe early
season billiards. that ever struck here
Ely is slowly digging out from under
mountainous drifts.
Bus service and car travel between
Ely and Virginia was resumed late
Tuesday afternoon after the city had
been virtually snow-bound for "a hours.
Railroad service to Ely, however. was
not affected
| An Official snowfall of 16 inches was
recorded at the Portage River CCC
camp, according to the u. S. forest
service. Protected from the wind, the
camp was able to secure measurements.
while in Ely they were made with con-
siderable difficulty Unofficial measure
ments taken by The Miner showed ID
inches of snow.
There was no school Tuesday. hut
classes were resumed Wednesday
morning.
The Fourth commissioner district
kept its seven snowplows operating
continuously from Monday to We'd
nesday night opening county roads.
Two plows were in service at Ely.
Tower, and Cook and one at Buyck.
The city of Ely had its two pieces of
equipment in continuous operation but
faced hopeless odds in making any
Roadway against the storm The
grader with snowplow attached to
the front and a truck with a one-way
blade started in Monday night at 10
o'clock and were still going late yester-
day. An ancient high-wheeled tractor
was thrown into the fight Wednesday.
A light snow started falling Sunday
night, and by Monday noon it mea-
sured five inches in depth. A north
west wind, moderate at first, increased
steadily in violence and by Monday
afternoon it had reached gale force
1t did not abate until late Tuesday
The temperature dropped from a high
of 80 Monday to IL during the night
Merchants and employees going to
work Tuesday morning found four and
fve-foot drifts blocking the entrance
to their stores. Snowed-in cars dotted
every drift.
Heroes of the day, along with the
men batCllng the druLS, were Uncle
Sans mail carriers, who plowed
waist-deep snow to make delivery
Tuesday afternoon in the residential
area. Business places had their usual
morning mail service.
The Ely-Tower road was made pass
able by state plows Tuesday morning,
and most of the county roads in the
Fourth district were also open. Travel
within the city was greatly restricted
but by evening most of the streets
were clear to a degree.
In two short days the Ely territory
received more snow than it did all
last winter until early spring. Late
yesterday city thoroughfares were
lined with neck-high piles of snow, a
situation that usually doesn't develop
until the winter is well along.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1940-11-14
Early Season Storm
Buries City Under
Is Inches of Snou
HIGHLIGHTS
OF THE STORM

Many business people looked out the
window Tuesday morning and jumped
back in bed for couple of hours more
sleep. But not SO with John Bacco.
wich. He was at the City Meat anc
Grocery at the usual time, a. m.
More than one motoriSt who left his
car outside found drifts on the inside
blown in by the high wind.
The two young men who skied to
the business district at a. m. Tues
day had the right idea They parked
their skis in a drift outside Agnew's
where they apparently had important
business.
John Koshak drove out the Echo
trail as far as Fenske lake Monday
night at 10 o'clock to pull out two
cars stuck farther up the trail. Koschak
called it enough at Fenske and turned
around.
Pete Harri also braved the storm late
Monday afternoon, driving Is miles
down the Ely-Finland road to bring
a friend to Ely.
The young man whose parents
allowed him to sleep to $50 a. m.
Tuesday because there was no school
was very provoked. No school? Well,
think what he was missing by not be-
ing outside.
What had the city's snow-plowing de-
partment stumped was how to take
drifts four and five feet high off side
walks with tractor pulling a V-shaped
wooden pillow.
The five seaplanes on Shagawa lake
weathered the storm without damage,
but the ice slowly forming in the lake
had the pilots looking to the pontoons
with alarm.
Filling stations and garages did a
landofflce business in anti-freeze, tire
chains, and frost shields Monday night
and Tuesday. Some sizes of chains were
completely sold out.
Eight cars got tangled up on the
first curve west of the city on No. l
afternoon, when two of them
nearly collided and got stuck on the
shoulder.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1940-11-14
BEST RESULTS
From Minnesota to Maine.

A 25-cent want ad for deer tails
placed in The Ely Miner dur
ing the big game season brings
unbelievable results" according to
George L. Herter, Waseca, world
wide dealer in deer tails, feathers,
bird skins, etc., for fishing tackle
manufacturers.
Mr.. Herter this week sent i'm his
usual wanted" ad, and added the
above comment.
1--WE have always gotten more re-
suits from your paper he wrote,
"than any other paper regardless
of size from Minnesota to Maine
i'm the northern states where the
large white tailed deer are found"
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1940-11-14
On This
Occasion
A Few Observations on Matters
Material and Immaterial by
the Editor.

Writers in the Open Court of the
Duluth papers are strongly advocating
the repeal of the lien law" passed
by the last session of the legislature.
The writer's seem to labor under the
impression that the law was passed in
an attempt to economic at the ex-
pense of the aged and infirm, with the
yelled insinuation that it sis both I'M
fair and unjust to penalize thrift
We have never been able to see it that
way and are still under the impression
that when aged people have sons and
daughters able to care for their
parents they should do so. The law
was passed to curb younger people
from placing their parents, owners OF
a home. on relief and after their de-
mise jumping in to claim the property.
1t seems no more than fair that the
state and its taxpayers should be re-
imbursed for the money expended in
caring for the aged home owner, who
is only paying back just what is re-
ceived.
Naturally it seems fair to "lien' the
property for the few dollars necessary
for the upkeep and not penalize the
sons and daughters of parents who do
not let them get on the relief rolls,
with additional taxes. The law would
not have been passed had not toe
many such cases come to the attention
of the legislature. However, if the law
is N. c., it should be repealed but not
until all sides to the controversy have
had their innings and been heard. We
may be designated as old fashioned
but our recommendation would be fol
the writer's to devote their effort!
towards getting the Fourth Com
mandment," seemingly lost from thu
tablet, back into popular use.
During the campaign just closed WI
noticed a handbill distributed by ont
of the candidates making the lien Law
the object of its publication. On 1t wa
a picture of home built by Governo
Stassen, designated as a mansion
costing $4,000" and another of
farm home in a dilapidated condition
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1940-11-14

VISITS OVER WEEKEND.
Helmer Olson with the State Mining
forces at Hibbing was a visitor here
over the weekend.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1940-11-14
TO HOLD DANCE.

The junior class of the Memorial
High school will hold dance in the
Washington auditorium Friday.
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Evening star., 1940-02-22
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Asnston rs National TG.e csmesery Mser chapel Burial
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and dans :.is'-sneE
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Funersi from the W. W. Deal funeral
s!snd. Invited ntsrmsn mem t''Yis FeIs Tnssa saa
Cemetery. 90
IN ssturday February z q; ia4o. At st
YSV purpose, Of attending the funeral
W oro Ct our late brother. OSCAR v.
WILLIAM A. BARR. Master.
SNYDER. JOHN c. On Wednesday. Feb
5oHk 5eaIS & sN9DlR 'nto s' Blue Plains Hospital
,oRs Remains ,sno resting + at Rysonss funeral l
be held on Friday February e as. sft,te at ioso go
am Relatives and friends invited to At
russdsy snhysoF S:olS.4y %41AS " s. sudssn
Services a. the +. FTsnf murray funeral
81 81 at IN nm st. ksV., ~ rS;1 .ss friend; sss
mortal Park Cemetery.
nII!6h f6hex on Es IHsss. s.essd css
mains resting at the Chambers funeral
h0%s gsrvess iseo IN chsRn %1nston 81 Nson,
Friday February %. at l pm 90
TOOMEY. GEORGE AUSTIN. On Tues
day February go. 1910, GEORGE AUSTIN
the late Minnie h e Toomey = and ID bn husbsnd aed Of
Ses sst!ss Saff tuSeasi' tsms'l later Advancement.
WASHINGTON. HELEN STEWART. On
wednesday. February 21. 1910, at her resi-
MAsH1NaToN, " widow % Of f'N Hon. Horace Lee
Notice Of interment later. %
WASHINGTON, WILLIAM. Departed
this life Wednesday. FebTpary eI, is4o,
M ai Asfsasass se Rs"f IL leaves t.
and host SGa other .nsi asiatyes weshns and
Matthews funeral home t si4 4ah fh st. SAWS ss
Notice of funeral later
WHEELER, FANNIE X. Departed this
life Tuesday. February 90. 1910. at the
stoddaEd ,,s Baptist Home. pa Bryant st.
resting at Barbour Bros. funeral home,
As K st. ne.
Notice OF funeral later.
woodward. ROBERTA ELIZABETH.
On sa,danss Tuesday February 20 ls49 81 her
ELIZABETH WooDYARD. beloved wife of Il
the late Harry woodward and sister Of
Anna Rudy. Lucy Hunsbereer and Arthur
T.. Rollins Harry E. and Marshall Keene.
Remains resting at HysonR's funeral
be held on Friday. February %. at $50
pm: Relatives end friends invited to at
tend. 1nterment Congressional Cemetery.
Evening star., 1940-02-22
Mrs. H. 5. Washington
Dies Suddenly at IS
Of Heart Attack
Was Widow of Former
U. S. Consul General
In London

Mrs. Helen Stewart Washington,
65, widow of Horace Lee Washing
ton, former United States consul
general in London, died suddenly
last night after a heart attack at
her home, 1900 r street NV.
Born Helen Stewart Williams in
Chicago, ILL.,, Mrs. Washington was
married to Mr.. Washington in 1896,
when he was consul in Alexandretta,
Syria, and accompanied him during
all but four Of his 36 years in diplo-
matte service. He died in 1898.
Mrs. Washington was widely
known in social and patriotic circles
in this city and was active in
charitable work, particularly with
the Home for Incurables.
Her daughter, the former Helen
Lee Washington, was married in
England last month to Arthur
Norris Kennard, son Of Sir Howard
Kennard, British Ambassador to
Poland at the time of the German
invasion.
Plans for the funeral will be de-
ferred until friends can commune
cate with her son, Horace Lee
Washington, jr., believed returning
from his sisters wedding.
Evening star., 1940-02-22

phoned Probation Omcer A. d.
ShafYer that he and his wife, an
older sister Of Miss Paugh, read Of
her plight In local newspaper and
are anxious to take care of her.
I'VE had no idea she was In any
such predicament and want you to
arrange with the court for her to
come to us by Sunday" Mr.. shafYer
quoted the brother n-law as telling
him.
Miss Paughs father died when
she was child and her mother
was last heard from in West Vir-
ginia. She went to live with her
cousin, miner, two years ago.
Tuesday neighbors called Mr..
Shaffer, who found the young
woman outside shivering in the
snow and 20-degree cold. dressed
only in a flimsy black dress she
had just washed. He said her back
was bruised from a beating she
said had been given her with
yard-long stick about an inch in
diameter.
The probation officer said a
physician at the hospital here as
Evening star., 1940-02-22
Mrs. WiIIiemina Keefe
Dies Of Burns al 66

Mrs. Williemina Keefe, 66, of 919
East Capitol street died last night
in Casualty Hospital of burns re-
ceived November Is when her dress
caught fire as she bent over the
stove at her home.
Her husband, Charles Keefe, a
District fireman. was killed in 1900.
Riding the rear of hook-and-
ladder on the way to a fire, he was
hurled to the street when the ap-
paratus collided with a streetcar.
Eight years ago her son, Charles
Keefe. jr., a volunteer fireman of
Capitol Heights, Nd, died in an
automobile accident.
Mrs. Keefe's grandson. Charles
Keefe, Sd, and William Sloan, hus-
band of her granddaughter, were
severely burned while beating the
flames from her clothing. Both re-
quired hospital treatment.
-Four other grandchildren and two
brothers, Wallace Holt of Capitol
Heights and George Holt of Wash
ington. survive.
Funeral services will be held at 2
pm. Saturday at the Nalley funeral
home, 522 Eighth street Sc.
Evening star., 1940-02-22
Robert Rautenburg Dies;
SCULPTURE Is on View Here
BY the Associated Press,

BY the Associated Press.
WILMINGTON, Del. Feb. a.
Robert Rautenburg. 80. interna-
tionally known sculptor, died in
Arden, near here, yesterday. His
work is in the Congressional Library
at Washington.
He was born in Silesia, Germany
and studied stone carving in Berlin,
Paris, Vienna and Rome as a youth
He specialized in ecclesiastical
work and some Of his statues were
placed in leading churches in Vien-
ma, Berlin and Paris. ....p
Mr.. Rautenburg came to- this
country in 1887 and worked with
st. Gaudens, Charles Grafley and
other well-known sculptors.
His best known work is the
statuary and figure work for the
main staircase of the Congressional
Library.
Evening star., 1940-02-22
Mother and 3 SmuII Children
Cross Atlantic as Stowuwuys

before the ship docked. In her arms
was her 5-month- -old baby, Margue-
rita, and tugging at her skirts were
Maria, 6. and Carlos, 3.
Mrs. Alvarez said she obtained q
passport and boarded ship at Lis
bon, Portugal, after leaving her hus-
band and two other children some
where In SPAIN
She and her children slept on the
floor of the small cabin during the
stormy crossing.
Because Of her American citizen
ship, her lack Of luggage and her
manifest inability to pay the $3.50
passage fee, sympathetic ship on
cials permitted her to go. They gave
her $1-and she left the pier IN a
cab,
Evening star., 1940-02-22
Security Agency Press
Units Co-ordinuted

The Federal Security Agency,
headed by Administrator Paul v.
McNutt, is establishing a division
OF information to coordinate the
press services of its several units, 1t
was announced last night.
At its head will be Jesse o. Irwin,
former Washington newspaper man,
who has been assistant director of
the information service OF the Social
Security Board.
= Those groups which will clear
their public announcements through
the new Office are Social Security
Board, Civilian Conservation Corps,
National Youth Administration,
Public Health Service and Office Of
Education,
Evening star., 1940-02-22
By the Associated Press.


NEW YORK, Feb. 22.-The sur
prising feat of q mother in bringing
herself and her three small under
nourished children across the At
lantic as stowaways was disclosed
yesterday with the docking of the
Italian liner Vulcania.
The family, sardined in a third
class cabin with another woman
and two children, was kept alive
by a 6-year-old stowaway daughter
who smuggled food from the ships
kitchen.
The mother, Philadelphia born
Mrs. Margaret Madden Alvarez, SO,
made her presence known to a
Catholic ship chaplain q few hours
Evening star., 1940-02-22

Washingtouians can enjoy
the convenience Of Home
Delivery Service-and save
money. simply by making .
telephone call. Call Ma
tional 5000. give your name
and address and the services
you desire. Consult the rates
and services to the right
Evening star., 1940-02-22
Mrs. Helen N. Bristol
Is Seriously III

Mrs. Helen M. Britsol, widow OF
Rear Admiral Mark L. Bristol, Is
seriously Ill today at her home, 1921
Massachusetts, avenue NV.
She has been ailing, 1t was said
since suffering rib fractures in an
automobile crash on January 10.
Her present serious illness, which
began Tuesday, is believed by rela-
tives to be due to the injuries.
Evening star., 1940-02-22
Still No Fire Stution

SWANSEA, ILL.,, Feb. ~ P.-The
new fire engine will be an orphan"
unless the city fathers can provide
1t home soon. Citizens once de-
feated a $4,000 bond issue to estab-
lish a fire department, but the
council ordered a pumper for de-
livery March /. Then it re-asked
voters to approve a fire station.
They defeated it a second time,
Evening star., 1940-02-22
Young Woman Locked
Out in Cold Offered
Home by Kin Here
Pennsylvania Beating
And Freezing Cuse
Brings Quick Response

Miss Ada Paugh, 20, whose ears,
feet and right hand were frozen
when she was locked out Of the home
Of relative Tuesday night at
Somerset, Pa, has been offered q
home by her brother-in-law, E. G.
Owen, produce Arm employe of
Capitol Heights, Nd, according to
an Associated Press report from
Pennsylvania.
Mr.. Owen. the dispatch said, tele-
Evening star., 1940-02-22
Presto! Home Deliuery Of The Star
begins instantly and saues money!

MONTHLY RATES
CITY AND SUBURBS
Efsetips Jassary I. 1910
The Evening and
Sunday Star 75c per month
The Evening Star 45c pei month
Night Final and
Sunday Star 85c per month
Night Final Star 60c per month
Evening star., 1940-02-22
0arh uf Chunks

JOHNSON. HUERETTA. The family Of
thank their many friends for the kind ex-
Pre- ptessionk OF M Msympathy and the noral trib-
MRs. VERT LEE JOHNSON AND FAMILY
Evening star., 1940-02-22

sured him the girls condition "un.
questionally Is due to exposure and
neglect"
The young woman's left hand
has been paralyzed since childhood.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-03-15
QUEEN OF SKATES
 IN STRAND DRAMA
"Eyerything Happens at Night" Starring Sonia
 Henie, Starts Sunday

Performances tomorrow evening at the popular Warner Brothers Strand theater mark your last op- portunitieS to see Barbara Stan wyck and Fred MacMurray in Remember The Night; also Tony Martin and Rita Hayworth in Music In My Heart"
 Once again the screen of the Strand will be the scene of some- thing new in the way of screen en- tertainment when Sonia Henie's gay and thrilling hit "Everything Happens At Night" comes to that theater on Sunday as the headliner of the fine twin bill.
 Filled with laughter, mystery, ex- citement and beauty 1t presents a new and even more remarkable Sonia. for in addition to her amaz- ing artistry and genius on skates and skis, the famous blonde star displays a new dramatic talent in @ thrilling story that is said to
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-03-15
MISS BARROWS IN
 CLEE CLUB EVENT
Mount HOlyOke, Amherst College to Present Joint
 Concert Saturday

South Hadley, Mass, Mar. 15--A hundred and twenty singers, lnem- bers of the Mount Holyoke and Am herst college glee clubs, will be heard in a joint concert Saturday evening, March 16, in Chapin audi toriunl at Mount Holyoke College The event is to be under the direc- ton of Miss Ruth Douglass, asso- ciate professor in the department of music at Mount Holyoke, and Ralph Galley, director of the Amherst glee club and of music at Deerfield Academy.
 Miss Elizabeth Barrows, Al, daughter of MT. and Mrs. Walter L. Barrows, 30 Kenilworth street, Waterbury, Conn, is an alto in the Mount Holyoke glee club and will take part in the concert tomorrow evening.
 Selections by the Mount Holyoke group will include a number of Eng fish madrigals, choruses from the works of Handel, Mozart, and Ram eau. and three selections by Brahms. The Amherst singers will present numbers from Grieg and Arcadelt, & Negro spiritual, and two sea chanteys. Both groups will join in the final number. the "Polovetzian Dances" from Prince Igor' by Alexander Borodil.