davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
Evening star., 1941-06-21
to the humidity Of the surrounding

to the humidity Of the surrounding
atmosphere.
As a house ages the lumber In
its framework, subjected to dry,
artificial heat in winter, may dry
to a moisture content as low as 6
or per cent over period of years.
1t is not practical in building a
house to use framing lumber with
such low moisture content, since 1t
would absorb sufficient water dur
ing the building process to bring 1t
back to air-dry condition.
Shrinkage must, therefore, be
taken into consideration in the
method of framing the house. Lum-
Evening star., 1941-06-21

runs into the soaker. 1t will run
the full length of the canvas by
capillary action and keep a constant
moisture feeding into the garden.
Indians keep their crops alive in
the desert by similar trick. They
plant tin can in a hill of corn.
The tin can has four minute holes
in the bottom. They fill the can
with water each day, which places
the water right where it has it's
fullest use for the plants and wastes
not drop of the precious fluid.
This soaker plan uses less. water
than the usual nightly hosing and
gets much surer results. If you are
afraid some one might turn it on
full blast you might be able to get
one Of your neighbors to inspect
each evening for you. With one or
two Of these (they come in various
lengths) you may return to find your
Evening star., 1941-06-21

garden doing nicely and have only
the weekly wedding and lawn now
ing to do to remove the effects OF
neglect.
With a few little before hand
plans like these one may avoid all
the after-vacation pains, and find
that both house and grounds show
no sign of neglect.
Evening star., 1941-06-21

Der in drying shrinks across the
grain. hence 1t Is necessary merely
to minimize and equalize, as far
as possible, the amount of horizontal
framing lumber used in cross sec
ton in the outside walls and bear
ing partitions.
Evening star., 1941-06-21
Plastic Paint Is Flexible

Most plastic paints can be applied
to any surface, either new or old,
to which paint or varnish will ad-
here. This type of paint is highly
flexible and, properly applied, should
not fake or peel.
Evening star., 1941-06-21
'Ginaerbreud' Is Costly

Elaborate exterior cornices con-
sumo great deal Of carpenter time
and do not contribute greatly to
the INABILITY of your home. For
lowest cost keep down elaborate ex-
terror detail.
Evening star., 1941-06-21
The Home Clinic
Little Planning Will Prevent Damage
To House Left Alone for Week

about wet walls or ceiling. Then
leave doors open from the base
ment to the attic, stopping them
effectively so that a gust of wind
will not blow them shut. In this
way you will have constant circu-
lation of air through the house and
you will come home to find that you
have light film of dust (Which you
would have anyway, but none of
the after-vacation annoyances that
usually greet you, such as smelly
basement, mildeW and a musty odor.
If your perennial border is just
thriving or the annual bedding
plants just coming into bloom, a
week without water may be all that
1t will take to ruin them. There is
a most useful contraption to fit on
the end of your hose called soak
er" which will take care of your
garden for you. 1t is actually moth
ing but a length of canvas with a
connection which screws to your
hose.
Takes Only TrickIe of Water.
You place the soaker down the
length of your flower bed or peren-
nial border and turn the hose faucet
so that the merest trickle of water
Evening star., 1941-06-21
Illusion of Spoce

Paint stylists report that small
rooms may be made to appear mors
spacious If they are painted with
the same light color on all walls
and ceiling,
Evening star., 1941-06-21

NOte-FOr further information
shout any of the products de-
scribed above write Mr.. Munsey,
In care of The Star, and inclose
q stamped, self-addressed enve-
Iope.
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Music e Drama Club
Met Monday Evening.

Mrs. H. C. Newgord and Mrs. H.
N. Sutherland were in charge of the
program at the regular meeting of
the Music and Drama Club held on
Monday evening at the home of Mrs.
P. d. McCarty, with Mrs. Peter Nor
oni as assisting hostess.
Mrs. Newgord reported on the SUBJ
ject Sonata Forms" and played piano
numbers of sonatas by the composers
Kuhnan, Hayden, Mozart, and the
modern composer Maurice Rovell. Two
recordings of Beethoven's sonata
Pathetic" and "Appassionata" were
played as illustrations.
Mrs. Sutherland read a paper oil
Concerto. Several records, including
italian Concertos" by Bach were
played to portray her report.
The meeting closed with a delightful
lunch served by the hOstesses
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Twenty-Five Years Ago
Friday, March 81, 1916.

The Virginia basketball team won
the, state championship at Mortified
Saturday by defeating the Mechasics
Art team of st. Paul by score of 20
to 8.
Filings for city offices were closed
Saturday and the ticket will be made
up of the following: Mayor. G. Cox
Mike Weinzierl and Frank Kent
Treasurer-Jack Seraphine, H. S. King
Frank Church and w. E. Trezosa Mu-
nicipal judge-John Schaefer, David l.
Childers, Thos. Jury, Axel Mattson
and John Prout, ST.. Assessor-John
A. Johnson, Albert c. Coombe, Fred 3
James and Joe Slogan. Special Judge
Arthur Toms. Aldermen. H. White
M. Somero, and Geo. L. Brozich, first
ward; Olof Ksutson, Frank Gasperlir
and John Erickson, second ward; Will
liam Pickavance, John Grahek, Frank
Petek, Paul Buccowich and JOSEPH
Mantel, third ward
| Mr.. and Mrs. G. H. Good entertained
a group of young people at their home
in Winton Saturday evening. Those
present were Mr.. and Mrs. G.. Wall
the Misses Mary LeClaire, Rebekal
Olson, Eta Smith, Nellie Frame
Nellie Written Mabel McGhee anc
the Messrs, Richard Bradley, Ale!
Written, Helmer Johnson, Henry Hur
ming Henning Nordlund and Pink.
Smith.
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DEMAND REPORTS.

In order to function properly, De-
mocracy requires that the citizen be
well informed. The citizen must sup
port the government, but the public
official in turn must report back to
the citizen and give complete &C
counting of all monies received and
expended. The burden Of proof as to
how well he has expended public
money is one of the responsibilities
of a public official, James P. Nc
Donnell, president of Minnesota Tax
payers Association, declared in a re-
cent talk.
Today, more than ever before,
public financial reports are read and
analysed by the public. The tax bill
has become so large is recent years
that the average man desires to know
why and this is one of the reasons
why there is growing interest in county
and local financial statements.
Taxpayer ASSOCIATIONS in the state
and in the counties are devoting more
time than usual this year in scanning
local newspapers for these reports Of
village, county, and school officials.
These reports tell the story of a
years activity; they give an account
ing of the tax money in the COM
munity; they represent the highest
ideals of representative government
since they are, In reality, annual re-
ports to the stockholders in this
case, the people are stockholders, Mr..
Mcdonnell stated.
Farmers who join together in CO.
operative creameries; merchants who
carry on business and employ people
all demand that the managers give
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BROOMS MADE
BY THE BLIND
Chisholm Broom Factory Has
Government Contract for
Supplies.

Brooms made by the blind at the
Chisholm broom factory will be used
by the government at several of its
army camps according to notice re-
ceived last week.
In order to put the factory in line
for the contracts non-profit organ;-
zation was perfected recently. Officers
elected for the year were Judge: Ed
ward Freeman, Virginia, president; A.
Tancig, Chisholm, vice president; Jacob
Odbolt, Chisholm, secretary. Directors
chosen were DR.. Clarence jacobson,
Chisholm; Grove Wills, Eveleth; w.
E. Bates, Hibbing; Father A. L. Pier
nat, Eveleth; Mrs. Anton Gornik,
Tower and Bertha Hanford, Duluth.
The Chisholm broom factory was
founded in 1920 by Miss Bertha Han
ford, field agent for the blind in ST
Louis county. The crew at one time
comprised ten men but the crew
was reduced to four when competition
forced the purchase of a stitcher en-
abling one man to do the former work
Of four.
The new officers and directors are
arranging to boost the factory output
among the retailers besides the govern
ment contracts.
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many states now leave almost exclusive
ly to local units.
Chester Davis of the National Adj
visory Defense commission, which has
been more or less superseded by OPM
tossed out some real dynamite when
he said in an address in New Orleans
that two groups of closely related
companies have received nearly one
fourth of all defense prime contracts
and that more than 80 per cent OF
contracts have gone to about 40 group;
i of concerns.
The two big ones are Dupont and
Bethlehem steel, and Davis speech is
being discussed plenty around this
town. There are reasons, of course
for this concentration, in that during
all our years of small defense appro-
Ipriations, only a few companies kept
their production facilities operating
land consequently, when the present
huge program was launched with speed
as the watchword, these companies
were the ones able to deliver and so
got most Of the orders.
However, it is quite a paradox for
the New Deal to help along SO tremes-
dously the growth of big into bigger
business
Safety in the army air corps is
much greater than in 1921. In 1921,
for instance, 70 army filters were killed
when the total army flying time was
only 77,000 hours, while in 1910 only
30 pilots were killed in nearly 100000
hours of flying time.
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Dope here is that some new and
important move in the world situa-
ton may be expected soon after Pres
ident Roosevelt returns from his VEGA
ton.
Most observers expect that the Pres
ident will come up with some new
idea for solution of the problem of
transporting munitions to Britain with
tout having most of them sunk en-
route. Reports are the Chief Execu-
tive is very anxious to avoid conveying
by American warships if he can figure
any other way out.
It is possible, of course, that the
Presidents moves after returns will be
on the domestic front, such as new
defense production setup or some new
move on the strike front, which Is be-
coming hotter and hotter.
Herbert j. Miller, secretary of the
Minnesota Resources commission and
acting on behalf Of the entire Mime
sofa delegation, has done a grand job
here in presenting to everyone in the
War and Navy departments and the
IOPM who is concerned with the pro-
blem, Minnesota's resources and oppor-
trlnities for some new defense indu-
tries.
He has had whole hearted co-opera-
ton from Ernest L. Olrich, state de-
tense co-ordinator;, Prof. Reyerson of
the U. of NJ; members of the delegation
in Congress; John France of the Saint
Paul Association of Commerce; Mayor
McDonough of Saint Paul and his
secretary, Frank Haas.
General impression is that Mime
sofa will get something when the new
defense plants are located, but no one
knows just what. Mayor Leach of
Minneapolis and T. A. Eide, his OPP
|ponent in the election there this spring,
also were down here apparently on
the same mission. Some observers here
were inclined to regard their efforts
chiefly as a new and novel method
of campaigning.
The Commerce department has Just
released very interesting analysis of
sources of state government revenue
in the year ending June 80, 1910, which
discloses that property taxes, once re-
sponsible for the bulk of state revenues,
contributed only 6.3 per cent of state
revenues in that year, or $685., 5000
out of total of $4,171 ,000,0 900 for all
states.
States raised $1,647, 900 or 40 per
cent of their revenue through sales
taxes and $844,0OO,000 more, or 20 per
cent, by unemployment compensation
taxes. Various specific business taxes
accounted for $444,000,O0o or II per
cent; motor vehicle taxes for 1888, 000,-
900; income taxes for only s358,000,0 900
and other taxes for $225,O00,000.
The analysis shows the tremendous
growth of sales taxes (Which I do
not like) in the state government fin
ancial picture as well as the declining
of property levies. which
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Natl Commander Warner
Hits Subuersiue Groups

Eighth District Commander Harold
Dillon, President of the Auxiliary,
Mrs. Julius Carlson, John Prola, dele
gate from Frank Lozar Post and Mr.
and Mrs. Peter Schaefer attended the
meeting of the Eighth District Legion
and Auxiliary and the Hall of Fame
banquet in Duluth on Saturday after
soon and evening.
The district meetings of the two or
CARNATIONS were largely attended but
the climax Of attendance was reached
that evening at the Hall of Fame ban
quet and festivities when more than
800 persons attended and heard Chair
man Forrest Huyck make the an
nouncement naming DR.. VIM. R. Bag
ley as the 18th member of the Illus
trious body of Duluth notables.
DR.. Bagley was presented with the
Legion plaque honoring him and his
photograph will be hung in the Hall
of Fame room at the city hail. In ac-
cepting the plaque DR.. Bagley made a
few remarks in which he stated that
"this is a great honor and I am flat
tered by this tribute from the COM
munity." He was visibly moved in the
course of his acceptance. He is the
seventeenth member of the Duluth Hall
of Fame and takes his place alongside
his predecessors who are:
A. H. Comstock, w. A. McGonagle
Bert E. Onsgard, F. w. Paine, B. j.
Enger, j. H. Darling, Julius H. Barnes
George H. Crosby, George G. Barnum
G. A. Andersen, Margaret Culkin Ban
ming, Mary Sherwin Weiss, I. N. Sodahl
S. F. Snively, John H. Hearding and
Mrs. j. r. McGiffert.
National Commander Milo j. Warner
the fifteenth national commander tt
attend this event inaugurated by A
B. Kapplin and the David visited Post
of Duluth in 1925, was the principa'
speaker at the banquet. Others also
spoke in the course of the program
of the evening presided over by Victor
Cayo as POSTMASTER.
Commander Warner spoke of the
spirit shown by the harrassed British
/ LooAOil. I1C hid0C d O11p Ill1OuSI1 Glle
war torn country and had returned
only a few weeks ago. He favored al
aid for Britain; absolute loyalty tt
those in public Office in state anc
nation upon whose shoulders rests the
official responsibility of our nationa
defense efforts.
In speaking of the American Legion
he stated that the one million mem.
bers pledged to an 'unrelenting" fght
against subversive groups and the in.
sidious germ of Communists, Nazi!
and Fascists He qualified his state.
ment of the Legion pledge by saying
I'm this fight we shall give no
quarter We do not believe in call
/ ing names simply for the sake of
calling names, but once we have
found the enemy within our gates
you can rest assured that, follow
ing the due processes of law, we
will do everything within our power
to eliminate him.
/ 1.-THE tragic spectacle of the past
year has proved again and again
that outside aggression is not the.
only peril ina world at war; In
ternal weakness $ is as danger
Gus as external force"
A feature of the program was tht
story of the life of Commander War.
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Eucharistic Congress
to PubIicize State as
Outdoor Vac0tiOnLand

The eyes of Catholic America are
focused on Minnesota these days as
"a result of the Ninth National Euchar-
istic Congress which will be held in
the Twin Cities of st. Paul and Min
|neapolis June % to 26.
Because not less than 100000 people
are expected to participate in the
event and attract more than 100000
visitors to the state, many of whom
will spend their summer vacation here
the people of Minnesota, Catholic and
Protestant alike, welcome this out
standing church gathering and are
making special efforts to make the
visitors feel at home, according to
Victor A. Johnston, director of the
state tourist bureau.
Minnesota is getting vast amount
of almost priceless free advertising be-
cause of this event. Already the bu-
reau is getting mail inquiries from
people in a number of states, who ex-
pect to attend, about resort accom-.
modations and other tourist informa.
ton, Johnston reports.
One example of the good Mime
sofa vacationland publicity beisg sem
out from the Congress headquarter'
in st. Paul is the placard Of genera
announcements being placed in tht
vestibule Of Catholic churches through
out the country and which containe'
these suggestive sentences:
'The st. Paul Archdiocese invite.
you to participate nthis national tri
butte to the Eucharistic King. Plan
have been made to insure your com
fort enroute to the Twin Cities, whil'
a guest of the North Star State ant
also for post-congress all-expense va
cation tours amid the forest ash tel
thousand lakes of The Land of tn
Sky Blue Waters
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them a complete, detailed report on
the business Of the year. This is neces-
sary where owners or stockholders en-
trust their managers with financial
responsibility. The public, too, has en-
trusted the public official with financial
and managerial responsibility, and the
only way that citizen can ever know
how his money is being expended, or
how well the Office is being conducted,
is through a study of the annual fl
nancial reports, Mr.. Mcdonnell pointed
out. The fact that such reports are
required by law keeps officials more
careful and creates more confidence in
the public mind.
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Forty-pine Years Ago
From the Ely Times
Friday, April 8, 1892.

0. @. Korb has called a meeting of
those interested in baseball at the
oliver House for Sunday afternoon to
|organize ball team.
During the past week, Burton Hurd,
principal of the schools and the
teachers have been busily engaged with
examinations. The school has three
rooms with about 100 pupils. Miss Vida
Squire in the primary department has
about 81; Mrs. Hattie Hoover in the
intermediate department has 81 and
Mr.. Hurd has 81.
A taxpayer has sent a communica-
ton to the paper asking why a de-
tailed statement of the treasurer was
mot printed instead of the statement as
given out last week. He wants to
know how much of the $2882.67 of the
court and police fund went for salaries.
Also how much of the $6332.29 of the
permanent improvement fund spent
last year was for salaries and how
much for improvement. A detailed
statement would show these things.
The election on Tuesday was very
quiet affair as there was only one
ticket in the field nominated at the
primaries three weeks ago. Those cleo
ted were John Pengilly, mayor; Peter
Schaefer, city celrk; A. S. James, city
treasurer; John T. Bawden, assessor;
H. Van Blarcom, municipal judge;
Thos. Whitta, special judge; Ed Cram
and E. j. Gilbert, aldermen, first ward;
Ole Friedsburg, and r. j. Williams
second ward, and VIM. Phillips ano
John Dumont, third ward; P. O,Brien
Best. Collins and Thos Quayle con.
stables in the first, second and thire
wards.
Mrs. F. o. Adamson and daughter
visited in Tower this week. A
daughter was born to Mr.. and Mrs. Es
Mcintosh Tuesday. Miss Edit
Cadeaux is leaving soon for James.
towns, N. D., where she will reside. go
Thos. Owens and A. M Smith wer'
appoisted superintendent and assist
ant superintendent of the D. & I. r
ION Thursday. Miss Mamie
Crothers is assisting DR.. Noble in sur.
gical operations at Tower.
At the Democratic state convention
in st. Paul last week the delegates
were instructed first, last and all tht
time for Cleveland. Capt. Franz
Hibbing and A. J. Trimble have
brought action against Isaac Bearingel
Ito enforce a lease on lands in section
l22, $500. They also ask the court tt
ALLOW them $1,000 damages. Capt
Thos. Ross has severed his connection
with the Chandler and has accepted
Ia position on the MeSaba.
Capt. Gilbert of the Pioneer report!
that 60 feet of ore has been gone
Through in No. shaft. Mis-
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NOTES

Thirteen scouts in Troop 81 have
taken first aid course and passed the
requirements for the American Red
Gross first aid certificate. Examinations
were conducted by Mrs. E. Haapa-
niemi and certificates were awarded
by the Duluth Branch of the Ameri-
can Red Cross. Those receiving certi-
fcates were Edith Bohince, Emerald
Tast, Carol Ann Sutherland, Mary Ann
Shaw, Rose Bryant, Mary Ellen Chinn
Shirley Ellefsen, Betty Halamik, Shirley
Kochevar, Alice Newgord, Laverne
Halamik, Angela Poljanec and Flor
ence Startz.
Scouts in Troop are doing their bit
for Community service by assisting
Mrs. Ruth King, librarian in story
telling at the public library. The troop
is working for the book binding badge
Theresa Margaret and Mary Evelyn
Wolff were initiated into troop at
its meeting on Monday afternoon with
a simple ceremony in which all scouts
took part. Mrs. j. Lampe welcomed the
new members into the troop.
At meeting of the camp commit
tee of the Girl Scout Council the
camping period for the 1941 season at
Camp Oliver Hoist was set from July
7th to the 18th inclusive. Several i'm
provements on the camp site have been
planned and work will begin as soon
as weather permits.
The regular meeting of the Scout
Council has been postponed to April
18th and will be held at the Scout
office on that date
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Ten Years Ago
Friday, April 8, 1881.

Byron E. Culbertson, representing the
ICulbertson Fruit Co., and one of The
most popular of the old time travel
ling men died at his home in Duluth
Monday after short illness.
The operetta, Captain Crossbones'
was given by the high school students
Wednesday evening under the direc-
ton of Misses Melby and Friedman to
la large audience.
Doc Rutledge, representing Fins
Feathers asd Furs, publication of the
State Game and Fish Commission, was
in the city this week. Doc was for
merly in the newspaper business at
Cass Lake and prominent member
of the fire department running team
when Ely and other northwest towns
were in the tournament association.
Ralph Swanson, a Junior College
member spoke on the League OF
Nations before the Rotary Club We'd
nesday evening.
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PREPARE FOR
WALL-EYE RUN
State Hatchery Men Go Into
Action; Will Propagate
Pickerel, Too.

That prize Minnesota game fish, the
wall-eyed pike, set the state bureau
of fisheries into action this week.
Scores of hatchery foremen and other
personnel left for the north country
to begin preparations at the states II
spawning stripping stations for what
officials hope will be record take OF
eggs.
Detailed preparations are necessary
before the difficult, and often hazard
GUS, task of netting the wall-eyes be-
gins. Stakes are driven into the water
beds before the ice goes out, and nets
are readied.
The pike run begins coincident with
the break-up-around mid-Apri in 6
normal year. The time of the run /:
later along the international boundary
than in northcentral regions.
Broken nets are one of the principle
Headaches" of the pike run. Since
the seine traps are usually set against
the mouth of streams-to catch the
wall-eyes as they struggle up the cur.
rent-ice chunks, logs, brush and Other
debris frequently drift down and teal
them.
Among the hatcheries and stripping
stations now being manned are Tower
Rainier, Baudette, Washkish, Redby
Cut foot-Sioux on Winnibigoshish
Bemidji, Park Rapids, Jenkins, De-
troit Lakes and Ottertail.
The bureau plans expansion of it:
pickerel propagation this year. Net:
will be set near the Twin Cities fol-
the collection of spawn to be handled
in the st. Paul hatchery. The Glen.
wood hatchery will also take care Of
pickerel