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The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1941-09-25
OLSON NAMED ON
FORESTRY BOARD.

A former Ely man, Helmer Olson has
been named to the advisory committee
on forestry created by H. j. Miller
st. Paul, commissioner of iron range
resources and rehabilitation.
Now resident of Hibbing, Olson is
forestry chairman of the Northeastern
Minnesota rehabilitation committee of
Junior Chambers of Commerce, and is
a director of the Hibbing Junior
Chamber
The advisory committee is headed by
H. G.. Weber, director of the state div
ision of forestry, and includes Martin
Gunderson, Tower mayor; Thorvold
Schantz-Hanson, director of the Clio
quet forest experiment station; H C.
Moser, Minneapolis, director of the
Lakes States forest experiment station;
Prof. Henry Schmitz, department of
Minnesota; Fred Bessette, Duluth,
secretary of the Timber Producers
association; Stuart Copeland, Cloquet,
president of the Northwest Paper Co.;
R. w. Andrews, Minneapolis, vice pres
ident of the Minnesota & Ontario
Paper Co.
The committee will draw up a COM
prehensive forestry rehabilitation pro-
gram for consideration by Miller.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1941-09-25

best way"
Koehler padded a portion of the
KawiShiwi- Isabella route through the
Superior, and finally came to KekekabiC
lake, where he became acquainted with
Francis Santineau, who was manning
the forest services Kekekabic look
out tower. Santineau took the mex
perienced traveller in hand, taught him
much about canoeing and how to find
his way through the woods. This
with his experience in map reading,
the compass, and cooking which he
had acquired as assistant scoutmaster
for troop $40 in Chicago was all Koch
Ter had to rely upon.
The lone canoeiSt continued through
Kekekabic, into Knife lake, and on to
Eastwood when on Aug. he arrived
at Eastwood lodge of the Wilderness
Outfitters. Here he replenished his
supplies and next day struck out for
Hunters Island, taking the east route.
When at the northern tip of the
island, Koehler made side trip up
the Pickerel river to the French lake
Canadian rangers station, and went
on to Kawene, stopping post for the
Canadian National Railroad.
Turning southwest he travelled
through Jean lake to Sturgeon, where
he continued on the regular Hunters
Island route, concluding his trip Sat
urday at Eastwood lodge.
BY the time Koehler reached Stur-
geon lake he was a veteran paddler.
He negotiated the 40 miles from
Sturgeon to La Croix in ONE DAY.
The lone canoeist got in on several
wilderness dramas. While on the Kaw-
ishiwi river he saw large timber wolf
jump a buck deer and kill it not over
100 feet away. On the Knippi in the
Quetico he came across party that
had gone over falls in canoe, with
one man drowned.
"In spite of all had heard about
bears, I saw only one and that was on
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1941-09-25
Forest Chief
on rip Here

E. H. Clapp, Washington, acting
chief of the U. S. forest service, spent
the weekend here inspecting the Sup
erior National Forest.
Clapp was accompanied by j. H.
Price, Milwaukee, region nine forester,
and Clare Hendee, Duluth, Superior
supervisor.
Sunday the men made an hour and
a half seaplane trip over the western
half of the forest that was cut short
by rainy weather limiting visibility.
Monday they inspected the expert
mental station at Halfway now mark
ing it's tenth year, and several tim
Der sales tracts, before going to Du-
luth.
In Minneapolis Saturday Clapp told
the conservation committee of the
Junior Chamber of Commerce that it
would be a tragedy if the second
growth crop of the Lake States area,
now entering the harvesting stage, met
the fate of virgin forests.
"The key to further progress in the
forest program is comprehensive legis-
lation which will include such things
as regulation and increased public
ownership" Clapp declared, according
to the Minneapolis Sunday Tribune and
Star Journal.
He placed primary emphasis on
these because they alone can give
positive insurance the forest In pri-
vate ownership viii be handled for
the benefit of the nation as a whole
and for the future"
1t is unreasonable, Clapp said, to
expend public funds to assist in the
preservation and development If pri-
vate forest lands are without assurance
their timberlands will be handled in
the interest of the public, as Well as
the private owner.
Hendee told the Minneapolis COM
mittee that the second growth timber
is now becoming an important econ
omic factor.
Under scientific management in
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The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1941-09-25
EVELETH MAN
REC DIRECTOR
Anthony Brimsek Secured to
Direct Recreational Pro-
gram in Ely.

Anthony Brimsek, Eveleth, has been
hired as director for Ely's recreational
program sponsored jointly by the city
and school.
A member of the Eveleth recreational
department for the past five years, the
past two as assistant director, Brimsek
was here Tuesday for conference
with the local recreational board and
Hugh Walters, st. Paul architect.
Walters, who works out of the state
WPA office, is spending three days
here lining up facilities for long
range program.
Brimsek is now making an intensive
survey of recreationaI activities carried
on throughout the range, and will come
here about Oct. to take active charge
of inaugurating Ely's program.
Selected from field of five candi-
dates for the position, Brimsek was
named at a meeting conducted Satur-
day because of his many years of
experience in supervision" Chairman
John Smrekar of the local board SAID.
The new director is graduate of
the Eveleth high school and junior
college, where he made an outstanding
athletic record in football, basketball,
and hockey. He graduated from the
University of Arizona, where he had
an athletic scholarship and was a
member of the football team.
Returning to Eveleth, he was senior
recreational leader for three years, and
assistant director for two. During his
work at Eveleth he attended many
recreational schools and conferences
to keep informed on progress being
made in his profession.
Brimsek's salary of $3.50 monthly will
be paid by the state Office of the WPA
until the end of the fiscal year on
June 80, 1912, whereupon the local
board is expected to continue it,
Smrekar said.
Members of the local board besides
Smrekar are Edward T. Buckley, vice
chairman; w. v. Langen, secretary
treasurer; Miss Gretchen Weber, Girl
Scout director; Mrs. Emil Koski, pres
ident of the Parent council,
Laurin Leino and William Harri.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1941-09-25
Work Discontinued
at FOrtier Property

After three days of work on the
Cyrille Fortier property between White
Iron and Farm Lake prospecting with
a churn drill and bulldozer was dis
continued by the Evergreen Mining
company.
Whether or not the company will
again continue the exploration is not
known, however, the showing made by
Mr.. Fortier several years ago indicates
iron ore on the property, two veins
having been uncovered by Mr.. Fortier
which assayed between 81 and 81 per
cent, he says.
The company proposed to build a
ramp at Section Thirty for loading
the ore direct on cars. It is pre-
sumed that work will be continued at
later day.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1941-09-25
Five New Registrars Given
Call; u. of M. Swimmer
in Group.

Local board No. 8, must fill quota
of 10 on Oct. 9, according to word re-
ceived here from the state selective
service board. The Selectees will leave
here on that date for induction at Fort
Smelling.
Half of the number are new regis
trants, among them Joseph John
Grahek, a member of the University
of Minnesota swimming team and for
mer state high school diving champion
Names of the group follow, 60 indi-
Gates new registrants:
Ely.
Stanley Joseph Sustersich.
*Joseph John Grahek.
Ludwig Michael Yakich.
*Albin Michael Zaverl.
Carl Joseph Golob.
EmbarraSS.
*Wilho August Johnson.
solver Alexander Rinta.
Tower.
*Clifford Rhuben Larson.
James Sanford Ersb0.
Soudan.
Walfred Elmer Pajari.
The day the list was announced
Rinta filed notice of appeal from hi:
classification, and the local board vii
meet this afternoon to consider thu
| appeal. Rinta claims dependency.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1941-09-25
Makes 5OO-Mile Canoe Trip Alone
Feat of Teuderfoot Youth From Illinois Declared Without Equal

A youthful canoeist, bewhiSkered anC
long-haired, returned to Ely Saturday
after completing a two and hall
months trip through the wilderness
that began here July 8.
The canoeist, Richard Koehler, 10
Woodstock, H., without previous ex-
perience in handling a canoe or in
wilderness travel, made 500-mile trip
alone through the Superior National
Forest and Quetico Provincial Park
that only the most seasoned veterans
of the WildS would dare tackle.
Experienced canoe travellers say
KOehIer's feat is unheard of, and
probably without equal.
After taking in two shows Saturday
for want of something better to do,
Koehler said Sunday that he was more
lonesome than when in the WildS. He
spent several days here before re-
turning home.
Monday he underwent an operation"
in local barber shop that removed a
beautiful beard, quite heavy for a
young man his age, and had his long
hair trimmed to respectable length.
1t was early in July when Koehler
showed up at the Wilderness Outfitters
and asked Manager Bob Watts for a
15-foot seatless canoe. The request in
itself was unusual for it is seldom that
a seatless canoe, which must be
padded in the old-time kneeling posi-
ton, is in demand.
Slowing away Sizeable stock of
provisions in large packSack, Koehler
set out from Silver Rapids, declaring
that he was just going canoeing"
First day out 1 took stroke on
one side of the canoe and then on the
other, but even then I couldn't keep
it going straight" Koehler conflded.
Later 1 found that padding while
kneeling was preferable to using
seat" Koehler had asked for seat
less canoe, because he had been told
that "the kneeling position was the
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1941-09-25
Lend-LeaSe.

Lend-LeaSe.
The President asked Congress for
nearly six billion dollars more for lend
lease materials.
Mr.. Roosevelt told congress that of
the original seven billion appropriated
six months ago, all but $720y 200, 900 is
now moving through the successive
stages of ALLEGATION, obligation, pro-
duction and delivery" He said $246,-
100000 in materials and $78, Ito, 900 in
services has been given the anti-Axis
nations.
The Defense Supplies corporation, an
RFC subsidiary, contracted with Am
tory Trading corporation, U. S. cor
poration owned by Russia, for the pur-
chase of manganese, chromite, asbestos
and platinum. The supplies agency
arranged to pay Amtorg half of the
amount in advance SO Russia could
use the money to buy war materials
here. Treasury Secretary Morgenthau
similarly advanced the Soviet Union
100000 on future gold deliveries to
the United States.
Navy Protecting Ships.
Navy Secretary Knox told the Amer
lean Legion convention the navy is US
ing all methods, including conveys, to
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1941-09-25

Carp lake in Canada" he said.
Koehler said he found the QueticC
most attractive because of the vast
stretches of wild country unmarked
by the hand of civilization. Canoe
trips on this side of the border, he
said "are more or less planned out. ,
He travelled through Kekekabic fol
nine days without seeing a person
except Pilot Merle Moltrup of the for
est service who waved to the canoeist
from a seaplane without knowing who
the paddler was. He was eight days in
the Quetico without meeting soul.
KOehler said he made the trip
to satisfy an ambition developed
eight years ago when he had his
first canoe ride, and because of {
hankering to travel
He went alone, because whats the
use to go with someone and argue
where to travel next. When you're
alone you're free to go where you want
and stay as long as you like"
mo, I wasn't concerned over travel
ing alone" he said. People who are
afraid just don't know what they are
afraid Of" After rejecting for a mo-
ment he added, MAYBE I didn't know
enough to be afraid"
1t rained nearly half the time out,
he said, which made him "disgusted
but there wasn't anything could do
about it." He had an army shelter
half and a sleeping bag for protec-
ton.
Meeting parties along the way hav-
ing trouble cooking, he'd offer to act as
chef, and in return received mnay
free meals. He fshed very little (this
lack of interest in fish is usually con-
fined only to veteran wilderness trav-
elers), and ate most of his fish dinners
by volunteering to fry fish for other
people.
"I1l be back next summer for an
other trip, or to find job here" he
declared before leaving for Chicago.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1941-09-25
Parent T eacher Assn
of County Schedules
Meeting for This City
Group to Convene Here on
Oct. 4; ParkUiILe Lady
to Preside.

The st. Louis County Council of the
Parent Teacher Association will hold
its Fall Conference at the Community
Center in this city on Saturday, Octo-
! Der 4.
Mrs. Frederick Groves, Parkville,
president of st. Louis county PIT. A.,
will preside at the conference.
Registration will be from $50 to
10 a. m, and the morning session viii
follow with the following program:
Inspirational by Mrs Emil Koski.
Group Singing.
Business session with greetings by
Supt. Stanley Adkins of the Elv
school system.
THE Privilege of Being a Presi-
dent" by Mrs. Victor Vanhalla of
Mountain Iron.
1.-THE Duties of Officers of the Pr.
A. by Mr.. Berge of Eveleth.
AT noon luncheon will be served
by the Ladies Aid of the First Evan
gelical Lutheran church at the Com
munity Center cafeteria. Pasties win
be served. Music during the luncheon
will be furnished by a group of
school musicians directed by Frank v.
Di Nino. Those wishing reservations
for the luncheon please notify Mrs.
0. E. Snyker, Mrs. Toivo Carlson or
Mrs. Clinton Coombe by Tuesday of
next week.
The meeting will be in the nature
OF a school of instruction and the
afternoon will be devoted to a panel
discussion. Subjects to be discussed
will be as follows:
Program Making" by Mrs. Lehman
of Hibbing.
Membership" by Mrs. Edwin Toms,
Ely.
Hospitality" by Mrs Frank Muh-
SIGH, Eveleth.
Finance and Budget" by Mrs. Floyd
of Hibbing.
Publicity" by James Sullivan,
Mountain Iron
Safety" by Mrs. Gornik, Tower.
Group singing will follow.
The speaker of the day will be j.
Oliver Hall of the Ely Junior College,
who will address the gathering on the
subject of Education and Defense"
Coffee will be served in Room 1872 at
the close of the meeting.
Committee chairmen for the event
have been named and the following
will ofhciate:
Tables and decorations-Miss Judith
Johnston and Miss Minnie AureI;
Hospitality Bertha Bjorkman.
Registration-Mrs. D. Myers. Program
Mrs. o. E. Snyker and Miss NJ.
Ratzlaff. Lunch-Mrs. John Vessel.
The officers of the Ely PIT A.
Council will be the hostesses for the
occasion. They are Mrs. Clinton
Coombe, president; Mrs. Carl Kruger,
vice president; Miss Judith Johnston,
secretary and Miss Helia Koski, treas
urer.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1941-09-25
NAMED TO COMMITTEES.

Burns W. Rorabeck is on the audit
ing committee and Miss Esther
Paciotti on the elections committee for
the convention of the North East
Division of the Minnesota Educational
Association at Virginia on October 9
and TO- William E. Noyes of Tower
is in charge of exhibits
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1941-09-25
88 YEARS
Joe Boshey Says He is
Still Going Hunting.

Joe Boshey isn't going to let his
age stand in the way of his hunting.
Eighty eight years old, BOshey
purchased a small game license
yesterday at the Ely Hardware.
A Chippewa Indian. BOshey has
lived ON an island in Burnside, 80.
maybe 60 years." He was born at
Crane Lake.
Boshey is hale and hearty, and
frequently walks the seven miles
to Ely. He has purchased hunting
license annually from the local firm
for the past rs or more years.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1941-09-25
First Meeting Tuesday
for University Women.

The Ely Branch of the A. A. U. w.
will begin its years activities with a
picnic supper at Halfway on Tuesday,
Oct. 7, at five o'clock.
Miss Margaret E. Oldenburg, Amer
lean traveller, will speak of her jaunts
through South America, and explora-
ton trips to Hudson Bay and Mac
Kenzie Bay.
Prospective new members will be
guests of the club that evening.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1941-09-25

Surly and selfish stubborness has
alienated all sympathy for Habinyak
the 26-year old selectee who received
a 1o-year sentence at hard labor for
deliberately and repeatedly disobey-
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The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1941-09-25
AT CONFERENCE.

Alderman Toimi Ahola, City Clerk
A. o. Knutson, and Engineer Waino
Somero attended a League of Mime
sofa Municipalities conference in
Chisholm Wednesday.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1941-09-25
This Week in Defense

protect vessels of all flags carrying
aid to Britain. He said the navy has
orders to capture or destroy, by every
means at their disposal, is-controlled
submarines or surface raiders in the
waters between the U. S. and Iceland.
Neutrality Act Interpretation.
The state department announced
that as result of an Interpretation
by the attorney general that the
United Kingdom" is only England,
Wales, Scotland and North Ireland,
American ships may henceforth carry
war supplies and passengers to parts
of the British Empire not designated
by the President to be in combat areas.
Under this Interpretation American
ships are still barred from going to
France, Poland, India, the United
Kingdom, Australia, Canada, New
Zealand and the Union of South
Africa.
Navy Expansion Progress.
The navy reported it has contracted
for 1872 fighting vessels: 80 battleships
ID aircraft carriers, 81 cruisers, 1854
destroyers and 1876 submarines, a total
fighting feet of SOL ships.
Ships to Beat Subs.
The navy announced development OF
| a 1,9OO-ton cargo vessel, the Sea Otter
so eight in weight, simple in construc-
ton, relatively cheap in both original
cost and upkeep d0 will chal-
lenge the submarine and provide a new
bridge to the free nations of the
world" The vessel is so small it can
be built in inland yards in two months
1t will carry an anti-aircraft battery
be manned by only few men, make
II knots, and be capable of 5000
mile voyage.
Production.
OPM Director Knudsen, speaking on
the radio, said st would like to see
every American decide to give !. an
extra hour or an extra half hour OF
even an extra fifteen minutes to his
| job from now on If We get the
work Well get the guns .. -"
Army Morale.
Army Chief of Staff Marshall told
| the American Legion national conven-
ton there is a difference between free
| discussion" and destructive measures
| to promote discomfort and destroy con-
| fidence in the Army" He said 81
submit the impossibility of devel-
oping an efficient army if decision:
which are purely military in nature are
continuously subjected to investigation
dissemination, debate, ridicule anc
public discussion by pressure groups.
Don't tear down what you art
striving so hard to build up"
Defense Housing Priorities.
OPM Priorities Director Nelson an
nounced several hundred building
materials such as steel, iron, nails
bolts, electrical fixtures, ranges, etc
have been placed on defense hous
ing critical list" Priorities on them vii
be given to builders constructing 200.
600 privately financed housing unit
in 275 defense areas of the U. S. ant
territories.
Oil, Gasoline.
Defense Oil Coordination Ickes sal,
gasoline restrictions win not be lifted
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The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1941-09-25
10 Men Will Report Here
for Army Service Oct. g

Sustercich is former Junior college
athlete, being member of the bas-
ketbau team Zaverl is commercial
artist working in Chicago.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1941-09-25
On This
Occasion
A Few Observations on Matters
Material and Immaterial by
the Editor.

Behind every industrial employe is
an average investment of $500 in
tools, land, buildings and equipment.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1941-09-25

Stafford King, state auditor, in an
official statement made last week
stated that $14,185,171 had been cut
from the state debt under the gen.
eralship of Governor Stassen in the
past 80 months. 1t is now up to Ger
tain big shots in the FL. party df
any Left to accuse Auditor King OF
disseminating false figures, the same
as they did during the last election.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1941-09-25

The death of Judge j. P. Devaney in
Milwaukee on Sunday removes from
the Minnesota political world a very
colorful figure. We have known the
Judge since 1907 when in our service
with the state senate as clerk in
the insurance department. j. P
Devaney appeared before that august
body on behalf of the Minnecota
University in which at that time he
was a member of the law school. AT
the time of his death, he with John
P. Erickson, Democratic national COM
mittee man and Paul Rasmussen, Sec
rotary of the party's state patronage
committee, were on the way to Wash
ington on party matters. He was 81
years of age, resident of Minneapolis
and is survived by his widow ano
three children, Patrick, Beatrice ano
Sheila. The funeral took place Tues
day from the family home.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1941-09-25

Oil, Gasoline.
Defense Oil Coordination Ickes said
gasoline restrictions viii not be lifted.
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The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1941-09-25

Production.
OPM Director Knudsen, speaking on
the radio, said 81 would like to see
every American decide to give +. an
extra hour or an extra half hour or
even an extra fifteen minutes to his
lob from now on If We get the
work we'll get the guns :. -"
The McDowell times. [volume] (Keystone, W. Va.) 1904-1941, 1941-06-13

Edgar Hoover, insisted that sa-
botage had nothing to do with
the fire.
Harold l.. Ickes, Defense Oil
Co Ordinator has suggested
gasolineless Sundays to help
meet an impending oil shortage
due to lack of facilities for oil
transportation ..... Others
have mentioned reducing home
temperature about five degrees
and convert some oil-burning
furnaces to use coal in an eff
fort to save oil ...... Last
Saturdays performance of To-
bacco Road marked the end of
that dramas long career at the,
Forest theatre in New York ....
-. 1t played $3.50 performances
dating from December 4, 1888.
A. Phillip Randolph explain
ed the purpose of the plan for
100000 Negroes to march on
Washington ....; He exclaimed
that in a democracy every citi-
zen has right to express his
opinion about the policies of
the government ...... And every
citizen has a right to seek to
change these policies when he
desm them unjust and made
quate. INNS.
The McDowell times. [volume] (Keystone, W. Va.) 1904-1941, 1941-06-13

promote treasonous interference
with the Defense Program, and
actually interior with our ann
ament production.
The damage done to unionism
is very great, for no m"tter how
strong any union Is, public
opinion can wipe that ~ ;on out.
Unions which have allowed
men "' fashionable LOYALTY to
the o)untry TO reach stations of
over in +heir ranks and then
diScov -rlng the fact do nothing
ale In for a hard time hence
forth. The public has grown tir-
ed of unreasonable demands fol
this or that when so many OF
its sons are in the army anC
! waiting for the guns and NUM-
tons with which to learn tt
fght-and drawing around $3t
WORTHWHILE the strikers are
clamorin for SD a day.
This is especially a noticealb,
public trend as the real serious
ness of the world situation ha
been realized, far too many o
the public has asked itself VIII,
are not the factories humming
if there is a war wont the factor,
employees in as much DANCE
as the rest of us-or will they?