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Evening star., 1941-07-31
Art NeedIework

Is Water -Repellent Bar Harbor
Sets. Choice of green, blue, red.
Were $l.98 SI.59
:, Water-Repellent Chair Pads.
Both seats and backs for metal
chairs Were S149 -----$1 $1.19
2 Hand EN- mbroidered Sample Pic
lures. Were SIS -------S $3.50
1 Hand Embroidered Sample Pic
ture. Was $6----------------- So
25 Chintz Pillows with fringed edge.
Kapok filled. Were 39c-----2 Csc
The Paiais Royal,
Art Neediework :. Fifth Floor
Evening star., 1941-07-31
Summer Rugs-Reduced

ii H-SisaI Rugs. American made 9x12 feet choice
of colors. Were S26 SI995
% Basket Weave Fiber Rugs Stenciled and reversible
exl2 feet. Were S13 95 ----S 1886
S24 95 --------- Sl2 95
inches sizes. Were $13 S8.95
Reversible Chenille Rugs. Notified effects 9xl2 feet
Were s26 - S22 95
2S Gold Seal Congoeum Rugs. Discontinued patterns
Sizes 9xl2 feet and 9xlO feet inches Were S795 S.
25 Gold Seal CongoIeum Rugs. Discontinued patterns
6x9-foot size. Were S249
Standard Felt Base Floor Coverings Choice of
patterns. Were 39c square yard d-------------2 29c
The Paiais Royal, Rugs :. Fourth Floor
Evening star., 1941-07-31
Housewares Reduced

3 Garden Pergolas. Were s319, $l29S 1888,
S169, S6.98, s7sS
"a Bubble Bottles, with 10 reflls Were $l.98 69c
Universal Vacuum Mite Sets; choice of chrome,
walnut or mahogany finishes. Were s1595------S6.95
36 Fitted Picnic Chests Were $1-----------29c
"a Sets Of Serving Shells Were 69c-------------19c
"a Mist Markers. Were s1--.------------------5sc 5sc
80 Murphy Oil Soap, 31kpound can. Were CSC 4se
Tie Palais Royal, Housewares Fifth Floor
Evening star., 1941-07-31
ToiIetries

6 Powder Brushes. Were soc 39c
IS Magnifying Mirrors. Were 81
25 Military Brushes. Were soc 25c
IS Rex Compacts. Were 81 S9c
30 Movie Permanent Wave Sets.
Were 81 - .------ -.. 29c
so Cleansing Capsules. Were 59c.
15c
Is Boxes Bubble Bath. Were soc
CSC
80 Packages of Powder Puffs. Were
The Palais Royal,
Toiiehies First Floor
The Ely miner., 1941-01-16
Council Fills City
Positions; to Meet
Informally Friday
]. C. NOT TO
GET TRAINING
Cox Says No New Schools to
Receive Pilot Training
Course of CAA.

The Ely Junior College will not be
approved for student pilot training for
the spring period, Charles E. Cox, Jr.,
Chicago, regional director of the Civil
Aeronautics Authority, stated in letter
read to the board of school district
No. Il at its regular monthly meet
ing Monday evening.
The spring quotas will remain the
same as during the fall period, Cox
said which means that no new in
stitutions will be added, he continued
Ely's request for the training will
be kept on file, he said, for future
consideration. The spring period will
start Feb. l.
Bids on band uniforms, ranging
from 81 ,203.75 without capes to 81 ,869 88
with, were opened, and given to Frank
" Di Nino, band director, for inspec-
ton and tabulation. There were seven
bidders.
Peter Moscatelli was reappointed,
upon application, attorney for the
district. by a Al vote John Dragavon,
board chairman, was absent because
of illness. Ben S. Richards opposed
the appointment, saying that he felt
the same attorney should not serve
two political subdivisions, while Anton
Kotchevar, Jack Gianotti, DR.. T. Ahola,
and Ivan Tauzel voted in favor of
it.
The re-wiring of the Washington
building by the Vernilion Electric Shop
came up for considerable discussion,
after Richards declared the board had
discussed the project but had never
taken formal action on awarding the
job, which was completed during the
holidays.
The board then authorized the YER
million Electric Shop to do the work
and approved the payment of 1851 SO
to an electrical corporation for wire,
with Richards opposing both actions.
Held up because of the chairman's
absence was the Vermilion Electric
Shops bill for $403 for labor and mate
rials.
At the December meeting the build
ings and grounds committee was di-
rected to investigate the project.
Tentative floor plans for Washing
ton auditoriurn's new seats were ap-
proved and the school architect. j. c..
Taylor, Hibbing, was authorized to
complete them.
The Ely miner., 1941-01-16
Accomplishments A for 1910 Are
Given; 245 Persons Take
Part in Work.

Aims and objectives for 1941 and
accomplishments for 1910 were out
lined in the second annual report of
the Ely Girl Scout Council.
Membership and personnel for the
past year totaled 245 persons. Mrs. P.
D. McCarty is commissioner, Mrs. VIII
Trezona is president of the Leaders
association, and Miss Gretchen Webber
is director
During the present year the council
will seek to increase the number of
girls taking Scouting and the number
Of leaders. Improvements to Camp
Oliver Hoist, opened last year on
Burnside lake through the coopera-
ton of the Oliver Mining company, are
being contemplated.
During three-week period last July
SO girls each spent a week at the
camp, operated by a staff of ten
persons. A new infirmary, a well, a
flag pole. and a screened porch were
among the improvements made at the
camp by the Oliver company.
Membership and personnel included
123 Scouts, 63 Brownies, "a leaders. 20
troop committee members, and Is coun-
Gil members.
Activities included first aid, swim
ming, archery, winter sports. home
nursing, candy sales, newspaper, hand
icraft. music, photography, SongfeSts
The Ely miner., 1941-01-16

soldiers preference suit against the
city now in litigation, was retained to
continue with the case.
All told al people have been placed
in positions, some full and many on
part time. They include 20 in the
police department, IA department heads
or executives. and LOT in lesser posi-
tions.
In making the final appointments
Monday, Alderman Toimi AhoIa re-
fused to take part in the deliberations
Of the committee of the whole, stating
that such appointments were nothing
but matter Of horse trading" He
contended that they should be made
in open session.
Ahola opposed the naming of E.
A. Dargis assistant assessor on the
basis that Dargis was already employed
by st. Louis County. Arnold JyIha,
former assistant assessor, was moved
to the engineers Office from where
he was taken to work with the as
SCISSOR
The next regular meeting will be
held Tuesday evening. at which time
it is probable that definite action may
be taken on labor policy. Setting SAL
aries and wage rates may also come
up then. Work on a monthly budget
for the year may also be started.
The Ely miner., 1941-01-16
F orn1er Ely Mining Man
to LeaUe Oliver Feb. I
w. A. McCurdy to be Retired
on Pension; on Vermilion
Range from 19O3-19.

w A. McCurdy, superintendent of
the Oliver Iron Mining company in the
Virginia district who at one time was
stationed here as assistant general
superintendent of the Vernilion range,
will be retired On a pension Feb. l,
after serving 80 years with the Oliver.
Mr.. McCurdy was identified with
Vernilion range from 1908, when he
came here as chief engineer for the
Ely district, until 1919, when he went
to Virginia to assume the duties he
is now leaving.
While Mr.. McCurdy was not active
in civic matters at the Queen City,
the Virginia Daily Enterprise points
out in announcing his retirement, he
served two terms as alderman at Ely
and five years as director of school
district No. y. He was president of
the board for three years.
He is founder and past master of
the Ely Masonic lodge and a member
of the Virginia lodge, as well as a
member Of all the Scottish rite bodies
and of Aad Temple, Ancient and Ara
bic Order Of the Mobiles Of the Mystic
Shrine, Duluth.
In 1903 he came here as chief min
ing engineer of the Ely district, posi-
ton he held until 1910 when he went
to Soudan as superintendent of the
Soudan mine. A year later he was
transferred back here and made as
sistant general superintendent of the
Vermilion Range mines under Capt
Charles Trezona.
Under his direction the A and B
shafts of the Pioneer mine here, ap-
proXimately mile apart, were con-
nected by an underground tunnel, the
calculation for the junction being Sc
true that there was no perceptible
error. The work was done about 1908,
a period when such task was out
standing. It increased the use of both
tunnels and made the ore body acces-
sible from either shaft.
Mr.. McCurdy was born in Marquette,
Michigan, and attended school at
Houghton, graduating from the Mich
igan School Of Mines in 1898. He first
worked for the Tamarack- -Osceola
Manufacturing Co., at Dollar Bay
Mich, where he installed an electro
lytic copper assay laboratory. He then
spent year in British Columbia in
vestigating gold prospects and in con-
Quoting an assay office. On his re-
turn he was again employed by the
-Osceola company.
Having established his reputation as
a mining engineer he was hired by
the Massachusetts, Consolidated Mining
company at its Mars Mine in Michi-
gan before going to Duluth where he
entered the mechanical engineering
department Of the Oliver company
He was married July %, 1914, to
Miss Ada Patterson of Duluth. They
have two children, Gordon, who is
employed by the Hercules Powder COM
pany at Wilmington, Delaware, and
Marilyn Jean 13, at home.
He and Mrs. McCurdy recently pur-
chased a residence at 302 Sixth street
south, Virginia
The Ely miner., 1941-01-16
ASSIGN 10 FOR
Army TRAINING
Ely Men to Leave Wednesday
for Fort Smelling; Four
on Waiting List.

A quota of ten men from local board
No. 8 will leave Ely next Wednesday
morning for Fort Smelling, where they
will be examined and inducted into the
state branch of the selective service.
They include Frank TkaIcich, Robert
E. Murphy, Jack F. Kosmach, Jr.,
Frank Marn, Joseph ]. Russ, Anthony
F. Klancher, Albert J. Veranth, Matt
J. Skube, Frank <. Lunka, Jr., and
Warren S. Childers.
All are volunteers and all are from
this city On the waiting list are four
other volunteers, Waino A Holm,
Tower, and Frederick A. DargiS, Joe
]. Melovasich. and H. w. Tjader, all
of this city.
If accepted, the ten men will receive
the preliminary training of their years
enlistment at Fort Smelling, after
which they will proboably be sent
South to complete their work.
They are requested to secure their
papers at the Selective service office
hre at a. m. Wednesday.
The Ely miner., 1941-01-16
Death takes
ELY PIONEER
Matthias L. Kapsch, Resident
of City Since 1895, Dies;
Funeral Monday.

Matthias L. KapSch, a resident of
Ely since 1895, died Friday in the
Shipman hospital after being in Ill
health for several years. Funeral
services were conducted at St. An
thongs Catholic church Monday morn
ing, with the Rev. Frank Mihelcic in
charge. Burial was in the Ely ceme-
terry.
Mr.. Kapsch, who was born in Semich,
Yugoslavia, on Feb. II, 1867, would
have been IA years old next month.
He came to the United States Al wears
ago.
For a few years after coming here
he worked in the mines, and for the
next II years was employed by R. S.
Miller in his general store. He was
an officer on the police force for seven
or eight years, after which he was en-
ployed by district No II on the school
grounds.
About four years ago he suffered
stroke, and since then has been in
III health. He joined the Loyal Order
Of Moose soon after it was founded
here rs years ago, and six of his lodge
brothers acted as pail bearers They
were John A. Harri, James Mccarthy,
John Kotchevar, P T. Burns, Anton
Lozar, and Martin Grahek Sr.
He is survived by his wife, Mrs
Anna Kapsch, two sons, Matthias, Jr.,
Ely, and Frank, Idaho, and two daugh-
tiers, Mrs. Harry Winchester, South
Ryegate, vt, and Mrs. Harvey Avels-
gard, Kabatogama, Mimi The Fenske
Mortuary was in charge of the body.
The Ely miner., 1941-01-16
AFU Plans Annual
Meeting and Audit
New Board to be Guests
at Banquet; Audit to
Start Tuesday.

The annual audit of the American
Fraternal Union will be held at the
home Office here Tuesday, according
TO an announcement by Anton Zbasnik
supreme secretary.
The 43rd annual meeting of the
supreme board will be conducted the
week following, starting on Monday
Jan. q. On the preceding night the
seven Ely lodges Will give a banquet
honoring the board. 1t will be held
in the Community Center cafeteria
followed by q dance in the National
Home.
At the annual meeting appointment
of an athletic committee, finance COM
mittee to supervise investment of the
AFU's funds, and employees at the
home Office viii be taken up, Mr.
Zbasnik states. One delegate to the
National Fraternal Congress and del
zgaJes 10 the various state congresses
Will be selected.
Bylaws of the juvenile department
may come up for revision.
A committee composed of three rep
resentatives from each Ely lodge is
IN charge of the banquet. 1t is headed
by Joseph Kovach, chairman; Frank
TomSich, Jr., secretary, and Mrs. Rose
Svetich. treasurer.
Participating in the audit will be
J. N RogeIj, new supreme president,
Cleveland; Mr.. Zbasnik; Louis Champa,
supreme treasurer, Ely; John KumSe,
chairman of the board of trustees,
Lorain, Ohio; F. E Vranichar, first
trustee Joliet, Ill; Matt Anzelc,
second trustee, Aurora; Andrew Mia
vec, Jr., third trustee, Meadowlands,
Pa, and Frank j. Kres, new fourth
trustee, Pittsburgh.
Attending the annual meeting will
be the above officers and the follow
ing: Paul Bartel, retiring supreme
president, Waukegan; Joseph Mantel,
retiring first supreme vice president,
Ely; John P. Lunka, retiring fourth
supreme vice president, Cleveland; !;
Frank Okoren, new first supreme vice
president, Denver; Paul j. Oblock,
second supreme vice president, Center,
Pa; Joseph KoVach, new third supreme
vice president, Ely.
Anton Krapenc, new fourth supreme
vice president, Chicago; Joseph Sneler,
new fifth supreme vice president,
Pittsburgh; Mrs Mary Predovich, new
sixth supreme vice president, Butte,
Mont; Mr.. Tomsich, assistant supreme
secretary; DR.. r. j. Arch, supreme
medical examiner, Pittsburgh; A. j.
Terbovec, editor Nova Doba, official
organ Of the AFU, Cleveland.
The Ely miner., 1941-01-16

The State Board of Education is
trying to rid the school system of the
very liberal John GunderSon Rockwell.
The grounds for his retirement as
commissioner Of education is that he
is too liberal and has gotten the
schools into politics, so they say. He
was appointed in 1884 by the late
Floyd B. Olson, then governor. Also
q very liberal state board Of education
had been named and such old educa-
5ors like Phillips and Tonning had to
go 10 make room for the select Of
the liberal cult AS an indication Of
the rather liberal proclivities Of Com
missioner Rockwell it can be said that
he had Grace Holmes Carlson as his
assistant who last fall filed at State
Senator on the TrotSky-Communist
ticket. Thanks to the electorate of
the state she was promptly sat upon
and failed to make the grade. 1t is
also said that his extreme Iberaity
also got red-hued educators into the
schools Of the state in various places
for political purposes. OF course he
objects to being fred but what is the
necessity of a. state board of educa-
tioon if the commissioner is the boss
and does as he pleases with the edu-
cation Of youth. Naturally when some
one like Rockwell is removed from the
public payroll, propaganda is at once
circulated. Such a pamphlet has made
(Continued on Page Four
The Ely miner., 1941-01-16
DEFENSE WORK
Started HERE
Training Course in Machine
Shop, Welding Begins; 26
Are Enrolled.

A class of Y in machine shop and
another of IA in Welding are taking the
supplementary course in defense train
ing started here last week.
Upon completion of the course, which
covers 20-week period, the men par
ticipating who finish it satisfactorily
will be given cards in recognition of
proficiency in the line of work taken.
They can be used IN securing employ
ment in industry.
The classes meet Monday, Wednes-
day, and Thursday nights. Joseph
Fleming is in charge of machine shop,
Gordon Trembath, Welding, and Dan
Mestnik, the stock room. The school
district is providing the facilities.
while the government is underwriting
the expense.
The Ely miner., 1941-01-16
Impromptu Session Set to
Discuss Labor Policy
for Street Dept.
GIVE 141 POSITIONS
Ahola Accuses Members of
Horse Trading; Hits
Secret Sessions.

At the regular and two special ses-
sions, the city council completed the
arduous task Of placing men in the
various positions within the city gov
ernment, ending this portion of the
organization work Monday night.
Friday at 7:30 p. m. the council will
hold an impromptu session to discuss
labor policy, according to Mayor
John Kapsch. This follows the an
nouncement by Mayor Kapsch at the
initial meeting of the year that there
would be no hiring of labor in the
street commissioner department by
individual councilmen.
Monday night Thomas j. Carey, who
as city attorney last year handled the
The Ely miner., 1941-01-16

pilot and one passenger to sit, and
a rudder provides steering mechanism
The elevators. Bates said, may be put
on front so as to "lift her up" a
little as she travels along. The ship is
equipped with two skis in front and
one in the rear.
On her test run, which lasted about
three hours, she consumed three GAL
Ions Of gasoline, at speeds ranging up
to 80 miles per hour, Bates proudly
claims.
The Ely miner., 1941-01-16
ELY TO MARK
FRS BIRTHDAY
Ball Scheduled to Raise Funds
for Fight Against Infan-
tile Paralysis.

Ely will join with the rest of the
nation in observing the birthday of
President Roosevelt Thursday, JAN 80,
with a ball to raise funds for the
fight against infantile paralysis. 1t
will be held in the Community Center
auditorium
John Smrekar has been made general
chairman in charge Of the ball by
Frank j. Indihar, Gilbert, supervis-
ing arrangements in northern St. Louis
county.
This afternoon so march of dimes"
banks were placed in business houses
and 500 march of dimes" letters were
mailed out by Smrekar Money raised
The Ely miner., 1941-01-16
Couple rendered
"HOuSeICdrming" Party.

A large number Of friends and neigh
bors attended the House Warming
rendered Mr.. and Mrs. August Carlson
at their new home at White Iron lake
on Sunday. The party partook Of
lunch and visited and before leaving
rendered the couple many handsome
and useful gifts.
Hostesses for the occasion were Mrs
Frank Shober, Jr., and Mrs. T. j.
Harri assisted by Mrs. John Schwegel,
Mrs. Frank Koschak and Miss Nellie
Jay.
Mr. and Mrs. Carlson ask the Miner
to express their sincere thanks to all
those who participated in the happy
event. ----..
The Ely miner., 1941-01-16

by them will be added to the funds
secured from the ball
Wednesday tickets to the birthday
ball were distributed to a committee
composed of 54 persons and headed
by Mayor John Kapsch. A campaign
which will cover the entire city was
planned.
Committees announced by Smrekar
follow:
Dance, Wayne Passe, chairman, Gust
Sipola, William Lindgren, Emor Ellef-
sen, william Mattila, Harrison Sletten,
CONTINUED on Last Page)
The Ely miner., 1941-01-16
z Cracked Up Ships Now Snowplane

The latest addition to Ely's "air
feet" underwent its test hoop" Sun
day under the guiding hand of William
'Lindberg" Bates.
Hitting on all four. her trustworthy
engine didn't miss beat as the craft
fairly scared over Shagawa lake. No
ticeably satisfied, Bates pulled her in,
cut the throttle, and fondly patted
the fuselage.
I'm going to call her Spitfire," he
later confided in announcing that Ely
The Ely miner., 1941-01-16

Bates ship is a snowplane.
Made up Of parts secured from seven
airplanes which cracked up, Spitfre's
name is appropriate, for every part of
her is noisy evidence that there is
still plenty of fight in every bolt, nut
and screw.
Bates secured the entire range to
obtain the material for his snowplane
A four-cylinder airplane motor pro-
vided the power, and it is equipped
with an airplane propeller. A fuselage
cut in half furnishes a place for the
The Ely miner., 1941-01-16
Lose Only
20 Per Cent of WageS.

Because December receipts were more
than first estimated and expenditures
were held to minimum by the vari-
Gus departments, city employees COM
ing under the so per cent wage cut
ordered early in the month by the
council received all but 20 per cent
Of their pay for the last month of
the year, Clerk A. o. Knutson reports.
The Ely miner., 1941-01-16
On This
Occasion
4 Few Observations on Matters
Material and Immaterial by
the Editor

Business conditions in any town or
community are reflected in statements
of banks. BY that standard Ely is
continuing to gain as the statement
of the First National Bank printed in
another column shows a gain in de-
posts and bank business over the one
made a year ago. The statement shows
that the First National has done a
business Of nearly a million and a
half and has deposits of s1,261 ,,2O6.81.
The Ely miner., 1941-01-16
Organize Audubon Club.

The sixth grade of the Washington
school have again organized an Audu-
bon Bird club with Lawrence Burja
as president. Other officers chosen are
Helen Nankervis, vice president; Will
liam Senta, secretary, and Miss Rose
Schmidt, director. Room chairmen who
viii take charge of the programs for
the meetings are Richard Hedloff, Joe
Kostelic, Maynard Maijala and George
Boshey.
The Ely miner., 1941-01-16
MARCH OF DIMES.

The march of dimes" officially
got under way at l p. m. this aft
ernoon as Mayor John Kapsch
dropped the first 10-cent piece
in the bank at the City Meat and
Grocery. witnessing the ceremony
were John Smrekar, general chair
man of the birthday ball, A. z.
Unger, publicity chairman, and
John Buccowich, Commercial club
president.
The Ely miner., 1941-01-16
Ely Girl Scout Council
Lists 1941 ObjectiUes

hiking, 'overnights, hostess badge
work, community service, and social
work.
The report thanked the people Of
the community for their cooperation
in promoting Girl Scouting in the
Ely area.
Serving with Mrs. McCarty on the
Continued on Last Page
The Ely miner., 1941-01-16
8 Years, No Deaths!

Ely has ended its eighth consecutive year without
traffic fatality within the city limits the only city Mime
sofa of the 5000 population class with perfect record
The last death here involving an automobile was in
1882 when pedestrian killed.
The covered by the Ely and Tower deputy
sherffs has ended two-year record of fatalities
The Ely miner., 1941-01-16
MARKS ANNIVERSARY.

Father Francis G. Schweiger, pastor
of st. Josepl's Catholic church at Gil
bert, marked the fourth anniversary of
his pastorstip Sunday. Father Schwei-
ger is well known in this city. He
was born and raised at Soudan.
The Ely miner., 1941-01-16
FISHING?
Don't Forget Your
1941 License!

Don't forget your 1941 fishing
license!
That is the warning issued by
the department of conservation.
New permits have been available
here since the first of the new
year. So far about so licenses
have been sold.
The Ely miner., 1941-01-16
ON THE INSIDE.

Complete proceedings of the three
meetings Of the new council, in
cluding the names of all persons
given positions, can be found on
pages and z of this issue.
The Ely miner., 1941-01-16

q. S. laboratories are trying to find
a new outlet for tobacco. An exchange
pertinently remarks as a suggestion,
10 put little of it in cent cigars.
, 1941-10-15

With over 500 of the employees
either as members or signers OF
authorization cards, the Local is
looking forward to a smashing
win. Organization started about
three months ago with the winning
Of the 1Of increase for General
Motors workers. Organization went
ahead at a rapid pace following
the negotiations providing for
transfer of Plant l and 2 workers
to the machine-gun plant as part
of the fight against the curtail-
ment layoffs.
Management has shown extreme
difficulty in properly administer
ing its employee relations. Grie-
vances abound, particularly with
regard to unjust rate schedules.
No uniformity exists in this as
in other features of the wage
payment plans, which mark some
degree of fairness in the other
Frigidaire plants. Disciplinary
measures are arbitrarily taken
against the slightest infraction.
The girls had their rest period
taken away from them. Above all,
efficiency is low, accounting for
a decrease in earnings.
Management thus far has taken
the attitude Of non-interference
in organization efforts, possible
recognizing the immense assis-
lance the Union can be to it in
Strengthening out grievances, SO
that everyone can settle down to
the one important job of building
the implements SO vital to de-
tense.