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The Ely miner., 1942-03-12
CompLe Crooked to Bassp0o
Quetico Logging Rivals Old Days

The Canadian side of Crooked lake
this winter has been the scene of
logging activities rivaling those of an
earlier day on this side Of the border.
From 80 to 30 million board feet
of timber is being cut, and from
1000 to 1,200 men employed in nine
camps.
In addition considerable amount
of pulpwood is being harvested with
one camp of 400 men working at this
job.
Like armies now locked in battle,
the logging is now highly mechanical,
but also similar to the fighting forces
of modern times, the lumberjacks are
retaining the horses Of old for special
assignments.
Much of the equipment is being
moved to the Eastwood lake area of
the Quetico Provincial Park, where
The Ely miner., 1942-03-12
Charles LaajaLa on Sunken Steamer
Ely Sailor is EMissinq'
i'm Atlantic War Zone

Charles Laajala, 81, member OF
the U. S. merchant marine, is reported
as missing when his ship was sunk in
the Atlantic war zone.
Because u. s. naval authorities have
not yet announced any information in
regard to the incident. The Miner is
Withholding details concerning the
sinking.
Laajala's parents, Mr.. and Mrs.
Oscar Laajala, were notified Saturday
by the steamship company for which
their son worked
He is an only child.
Laajala might have had a lieu
tenants commission i'm the u. S.
army and been serving with this
branch of the armed forces had
fate not played hand in sending
him to the seas.
During his high school days he at
tended CMTC camp at Fort Smelling
for three summers, and then made
application for advanced training at
Fort DeS Moines, Iowa, where he
would have received a second lieuten-
ants commission in the reserve corps.
He was a sergeant in the field artil-
lery.
Meanwhile he successfully passed a
civil service examination given here
for admittance to the merchant
marine. That was in January, 1910.
At the time Laajala was freshman
student in the Ely Junior college The
came and he waited for a call
The Ely miner., 1942-03-12

either from Fort Des Moines or to
enter the merchant marine.
The latter came first, and he left
here July 10, 1910, for San Francisco,
where he attended two-month train
ing school as an engineering cadet.
Meaningly enough, the youthful sailor
never lacked for action from the time
he left here until he saw what may
have been his last in the service of
his country somewhere on the cold
waters of the Atlantic.
Fresh out of training school, Laa-
jala was assigned to the SIS Collamer,
a passenger vessel, and Immediately
embarked on a trip around South
America, through the Panama Canal,
and back to San Francisco. The trip
took three months to complete, and
was one of many he made to South
America.
Then he transferred to another ship
and sailed back through the Canal
to New York.
Last summer he was home on a 20
day visit, going from here to a posi-
ton on the SIS Dixon, a Great Lakes
package freighter. When the lakes
season closed, he went to New York.
From that time on he made many
dangerous trips. He was not in a
branch of the armed forces, but his
duties took him into areas subject to
enemy attack and he braved enemy
fire along with service men. For this
reason The Miner is listing him on
its servicemenS honor roll.
The Ely miner., 1942-03-12
Colony of Ely Persons in
Nations Capital Growing

Editors Note-JuSt after the story
was compiled on the contribution to
the war effort of Ely girls in Washing
ton. the following letter arrived from
one of them.
The writer, Justine Korent, gives a
vivid "inside story" about the Ely
girls in defense.
Her letter:
After reading the interesting Letters
From the Front in The Ely Miner
every week, I decided to drop a line
too, representing Girls in Defense.
There is nothing quite SO welcome
as letters from home and The Ely
Miner every week. / don't know what
I'd do if my Miner were discontinued.
1t is wonderful knowing about every
thing that's going on at home
Washington, the capital of the
United States-really, at the present
time, is the melting pot of our 48
states To my right is Wyoming
girl, to the left, a native of New
Mexico. Turning around I bump into
a Virginian. I eat lunch with friends
from Oregon, work with a gentleman
from Maryland, pal around with girl
from Maine, and ride to work every
with a native Californian.
New York, New Mexico, Alabama,
Tennessee, Georgia, Nevada, there is
not one state that is not represented
here
"But it's not such a big world after
The Ely miner., 1942-03-12
On This
Occasion
A Few Observations on Matters
Material and Immaterial by
the Editor.

Senator Thomas of Utah is mad
because Tokyo has not as yet been
bombed. He and Major Seversky,
noted builder of airplanes have decided
that thousand bombers must be
sent across the Pacific to let down
a devastating blast upon munitions
works in Japan and put the Japs out
OF business, just like that. We would
like to add our mite to their very
fine idea of bombing munitions plants
and factories and include Germany,
Italy, Jugoslavia, Czechoslovakia, and
France on the list. 1t certainly would be
a fine gesture towards ending the war,
if We only had the 1000 bombers and
the pilots and the bombs The Amer
lean people have every confidence
that the national capital is carrying
on the strategy of war with ability
and all the forces under them We're
not ready and can't do everything at
once and better just put forth all our
efforts to do them just as soon as
possible. A little more cooperation of
the senator with the president would
help towards the ultimate goal
The Ely miner., 1942-03-12

the firm concerned will operate for
the next two winters. Some of it is
being taken to Fort Francis
Operations will be completed by
the middle of the month, when the
breakup will stall movement in the
woods.
The Canadian bays of Crooked lake
are jammed full of logs, in many in
stances stacked high over the ice
They will be floated down the border
chain of lakes to Fort Francis for
processing.
On the mechanical side, the COM
pany involved is employing diesel
powered traitors to skid logs to the
lake. A tank-like machine which has
been dubbed the "getter" is used tc
push over virgin pine, pulling up
roots and all and eliminating the
more time consuming saw and az
The Ely miner., 1942-03-12
PICTURE DISPLAY
DRAWS BIG CROWDS.

Two and three deep.
That's how Elyites have lined up in
front of the servicemen's picture dis
play in the window of the City Meat
and Grocery store operated by John
Buccowich.
For the benefit of the 180-odd local
men in the armed forces of the nation,
The Miner informs them that a good
percentage have their pictures in the
display.
From early in the morning until
midnight when lights out" blankets
the pictures in darkness, there is
hardly a minute that someone isn't
looking over the display.
The Ely miner., 1942-03-12

method. The latter means of telling
trees is used, however. when the nature
of the land prohibits use of the
machine.
The power-driven Hitler" saw is
revolutionizing the cutting of timber
into sections, and it is declared that
two men can section 1876 full-length
logs in a single day, including the
measuring work. The saw is similar
to bicycle chain affixed with cut
ting teeth, and can cut through a
36-inch log in Is seconds.
The men sleep in bunkhouses, and
eat in large dining halls which seat
as many as 1876. Meals are consumed
in complete silence-no one is per-
mitted to utter word or clatter silver
or dishes.
The Matthew Lumber company Ltd.
Fort Francis, is in charge of the
operations.
The Ely miner., 1942-03-12

all. While riding in crowded street
car one night last month, I happened to
glance back and saw girl smiling at
me. Taking little notice, I smiled back
and resumed conversation with my
friends. Then. instantly something
clicked in my brain and / realized I
had seen that smiling face before.
81 looked again, to see Esther Rich
ards still smiling at me. With her
was Elsie Talonen. We had a fine
chat when we got off the car. At a
dance one evening brushed past an
attractive young lady and said Pardon
me- to Anita Erickson! Catherine
Chimzar phoned me one night and
we talked about the good old times
After meeting Cathy, I talked to Verna
Jamsa, Marie Chachich, and Joyce
Pearson, had the pleasure of meeting
Joe Fink
Sightseeing one beautiful Sunday
afternoon at the Washington monu-
ment, I was greeted by a Hi there!
and there chatted with Angela Pol
janec and Anita Erickson. I went up
to see Molly Jerich one evening and
met her roommates and friends. It was
swell seeing her again.
"Genevieve Seliskar is another
reader of The Ely Miner. 1 see her
building as I do-a fact which I
luckily discovered by accident.
Continued on Last Page)
The Ely miner., 1942-03-12
City to Lose
Convention?

Will Ely lose this summers state
of Municipalities?
This question presented itself to the
city council at an adjourned meeting
held Monday night.
A communication from the league
stated that "board members are
worrying about attendance because of
tire restrictions and the possibility of
gasoline rationing.
"It has been suggested that more
central location, possibly st. Cloud,
be selected"
A QUESTIONABLE may be circulated
among members to get their reaction
on hold convention this year, al
though the letter pointed out that
municipal problems had been greatly
increased by the war and that con-
clave should be held.
G. H. Barfuss, st. Paul, league vice
president, and G. G. Ludwig, Mime
apoEs, executive secretary, are expect
ed to come here this weekend for con-
ference with city officials.
The council has taken the position
that it will agree to cancellation if
this move is thought desirable, but
will oppose shifting the convention
to another city.
Mineral valuations were discussed
with City Assessor Fred James, and
it was decided to ask P. j. Ryan, st.
Paul, tax attorney, to come here for
a conference with the council
A schedule of work which the city
will ask Howard McAdams, county
mineral valuations engineer, to do is
being prepared for presentation to the
county commissioners with the request
that McAdams be permitted to make
an inventory of mineral property.
The Ely miner., 1942-03-12

apolis and Esther Richards to ST. Louis
to better positions.
All former students of Miss Jessie
H. Michaelson and Miss Clara McIver
the girls and the departments in which
they are employed are:
Catherine Chimzar, Office of price
administration. Marie Chachich,
forest service bureau, Miss Richards,
rural identification division, and Miss
Tantarri, surplus marketing division,
all within the department of agricul-
ture.
Lorrayne Hoppa, civilian personnel
division, Justine Korent and Betty
Halamik, signal corps division, Miss
Kangas, engineering division, Angela
Poljanec, chemical warfare division,
Miss Jerich, and Genevieve Seliskar,
all in the war department.
Verna Jamsa, Office of civilian de-
fense; Miss Slogan, navy department;
Evelyn Paksyla, and Dorothy Seliga.
= q
The Ely miner., 1942-03-12

13 Petitioners for Citizenship
Papers to be Heard at
Same Time.

The March term of district court will
be opened here Tuesday afternoon
with but one jury case and two court
cases on the calendar at this time,
according to Joseph Klobuchar, Vir-
ginia, deputy clerk of court Judge
Howard Freeman will preside.
If jury is to be called, it will not
report until Monday, March %.
Final hearings on Is petitions for
naturalization viii be conducted at
1870 o'clock, and the call of the court
calendar will follow.
This will be the first time in natural
ization proceedings here that petit
toner does not have to bring in wit
nesses for the final hearing. Each
petitioner will. appear alone. The
petitioners follow:
Mrs. Helena Russ Marn, August
Ojala, Mrs. Selma Ranta, August John
Saari, John Laituri, John Aho, Mrs.
Mary A. Coombe, Mrs Hilma Annala,
and Mrs. Margaret Coombe, Ely, and
Mrs. Ida Salo, Axel Laitinen, Otto
Manninen, and Nicolaus Arko, Winton.
They win be the only petitioners to
be heard here this year.
The Ely miner., 1942-03-12
Mine FOremen Must Get
Govt Explosives Permit.

A. o. Knutson, city clerk, has been
named federal licensing agent for use
of explosives in this area, and all per-
sons who buy, sell, or use explosives
must secure license from him.
It is estimated that some 60 mine
foremen will have to secure such
licenses.
These foremen will direct the use
of explosives and give them out to
miners, who do not need license.
Securing federal licenses became
necessary March l, and they are in
addition to state licenses which have
been issued by Douglas Nankervis,
police chief, for about a year.
The state licenses go only to dealers
or others who must secure a permit
for possession of explosives.
The Ely miner., 1942-03-12
Senior Girls to Fete
Women Faculty Members

Memorial high senior girls will honor
women members of the faculty at a
st. Patrick's day tea to be served in
the cafeteria Tuesday at 4:10 p. m.
Student committees follow: Enter
tainment, Patricia Moonan; program,
Carol Ann Sutherland, Lois Mae Eek
ert; decoration, Maryen OSaben, Eve
lyn Babnick, Katherine Grahek,
Kathleen Skantz; pouring, Norma Jane
Anderson, Mary Ann Shaw.
The Ely miner., 1942-03-12
Remember Pearl Harb0r

One of the county commissioners has
asked the county to cut down on all
spending and set aside part of the
money levied for 1912 for post war
production and jobs. The idea listens
good but why not cut down on spend
ing at this time and use the money
to win the war? If we should lose
the battle, the funds saved for post
war activities will not be worth a
plugged nickel. Taxes might also be
cut and savings made in overhead ito
give the harrassed taxpayer a break.
Far be it from us to even hint at
losing the war but the government viii
need every red cent for the struggle,
so will the taxpayer.
The Ely miner., 1942-03-12
Defense Bonds Mean Victory

That scheme of Secretary of the
Treasury Morgenthau to collect a
stated sum each month or week from
your paycheck does not sound so
screwy when the thing is analysed.
He asked for the authority to have
deducted and remitted 10 per cent.
This will give the government the
money at once and the payments would
be deducted from your next income
tax and thus ease the strain which
next year promises to be terrific and
make the present payment being made
merely an incident. The 10 per cent
deducted now would be considerably
less painless than the amount you
will be compelled to dig up next year.
The Ely miner., 1942-03-12
Remember Pearl HarbOr

If you happen to hear of any military
information of any kind, keep it to
yourself. The government is now push
ing a determined "serve in silence"
drive and it Is being given the full
cooperation Of industry. Telling what
you know about military matters and
giving the listener your very valu-
able CD deductions about this, that,
and the other, amounts to giving clip"
service" to the enemy. He has spies
here aplenty-and you never know who
they are.
The Ely miner., 1942-03-12
Buy U. S. Defense Bonds

Willis Thornton, one of the best
newspaper columnistS who wrote to a
string Of papers from Cleveland, Ohio,
has decided he can do more good by
el1listing in the army. He was a
volunteer in World War I. He is 42
years of age and married Just pre-
vious to his enlistment he said: I'm
tired of writing editorials telling people
to get in there and fight. I'm going
TO get in there and do something
about it myself" He starts out as a
private.
The Ely miner., 1942-03-12
MOTHER sUcCUnBs.

Friends of Mrs. B. j. Agnew were
very sorry to learn of the death Of
Mrs. Agnew's mother, Mrs. A. Schus-
from of Livingston, Montana, on Fri
day morning. Mrs. Agnew left for
Iivingston Monday night.
The Ely miner., 1942-03-12
Banks ArriUes Safely
at UndiscLOsed Base.

Mathew v. Barney" Banks has
reached an American base safely"
notice from the war department
received by his parents here states.
Location of the base and date of
Banks arrival were not given, and it
is not known whether he is in the
Western Hemisphere or on European
soil.
The Ely miner., 1942-03-12
RESORT OPERATORS
ESCAPE BOAT TAX.

Resort operators Will not be liable
for the new use boat tax
Where boats are used for business
and their rental forms a part or all
ofthe income of the owner, such boats
are not taxed.
The Ely miner., 1942-03-12
Babbitt Lumberjack Given tt as
NeU Serial Numbers Are Drnun

A Babbitt man now employed as a
lumberjack in Wisconsin was given
serial number Tt by the local selec-
tive service board as it began the
lottery for new registrants Monday
afternoon.
John Peter Gorski's registration card
was the first drawn. Eleven more
cards were drawn before that Of the
first Ely registrant came up.
William Frank Deyak, 81, of this
city received number T-13.
These serial numbers will be used
in determining the draft order at a
national lottery set for Tuesday in
Washington.
For example: If serial number so
is the first selected, then the holders
of this number all over the nation will
receive draft order number one.
Draft order numbers will not be
assigned locally until a master list
is sent here.
Following are serial numbers for the
local districts new registrants:
T John Peter Gorski, Babbitt
T 2Charles A. Pakka Embarrass.
T 3-Edward Oscar Arola, Soudan.
T EHarry L. Tarkman, Yer. Twp.
T 5-James BoShey, Indian Res.
T 1Rudolph Matt Lehti, Tower.
T Edwin G. Boshey Indian Res.
T 81John r. Hill, Jr., Embarrass.
T 9-Ivar Arnold Boe, Tower.
T 10-Frank L. Tekautz, Tower.
T 11-George L.. Petric, Winton.
T 12-Clarence j. Birmingham, Morse.
T 13-William Frank Deyak, Ely.
T 1EHugo E. Kleemola, Ely.
T 15-Walter A. Anderson, Soudan.
T 16-Hughel II. Dinsmore, Ely.
T 17-Lester E. Shafer, DDS, Tower.
T 18-Ernest John Peternel, Ely.
T 19-Robert Foster Reed, Lost Lake.
T 20-Anthony ]. Popesh, Ely.
T 2l-Julius O. Pietila, Ely.
T 22-Anselm v. KosH Ely.
T 2S-Arne A. Korpi, Town of Morse.
T 24-William Carlson, Ely.
T 25-George w. Tuomala, Ely.
T 26-Fabian S. Bergman, Ely.
T 27-John Korosec, Jr., Ely.
T 28-Charles Salmela, ver. Lake To.
T 29-Emil A. Johnson, Winton.
T 30-Matt Joe Brula, Ely.
T 31-Levi Richard Salmela, Tower.
T 32-Arthur VIM. Pennala. winton.
T 33-Lawrence j. Moravitz, Ely.
T 34-Adolph Johnson, Soudan.
T 35-Eino N. Harjamaki, Pike.
T 36-Stanley Arvid Larson, Ely.
T 37-Felix E. Lindbeck, Ely.
T 38-Frank G. Vranesich, Ely.
T 39-Emmett C. Jeffrey, Ely.
T 40-Leonard George Pete, Ely.
T H-Sebastiano Palombi, Ely.
T 42-Thomas Ed. Orekovich, Ely.
T 43-Jalmer Henry Koski Ely.
T A|ames T. Chiabotti, Soudan.
T 45-James Bouska, Ely.
T 46-Andy Elliott jacobson, Ely.
T 47.George Moravitz, Ely.
T 48-Toivo Levander, Winton.
49-ack Anton Cellar, Soudan.
L 50-John A. Taapa, Embarrass.
I 5l-Frank Pechek, Jr, Soudan.
T 52-Victor j. Malander, Tower.
q 53-Philip E. Mattson, Twp. So N.
T 54-Edward Anthony volk Ely.
t 55-Roy Lee FAIRIES, Babbitt.
I 56-Martin Louis Stepan, Soudan.
57-Richard E. Singleton, Babbitt
T 58-Frank John Byouk, Ely.
y 5eRobert L. Nyberg. Soudan.
T 60-Evan Kinney, Embarrass.
I 6l-Donald Melvin Butala, Ely.
T 62-Taito John Ojala, Ely.
7 63-Eino E. Kallio, Embarrass.
! o4-Merhn Jacob Riikola. Ely.
Continued ON Page Four
The Ely miner., 1942-03-12

WAINO M. SOMERo, city engineer,
will lead discussion at the annual
short course on sanitation at the Uni
versity of Minnesota to be held all
next week. Somero has served on the
general program committee for three
of the six years the school has been
conducted
Somero, Paul Buccowich. Jr., city
engineer, and Arthur Zerahn, city
chemist, will attend the school which
begins Monday.
Subject of Somero's discussion is
Construction and Maintenance of
Collection (Sewage) Systems"
The Ely miner., 1942-03-12

Newell r.. johnson, state insurance
commissioner, and Leonard C. Lund,
assistant commissioner, St Paul, will
be at the city hall Friday at p. m,
for a meeting with air raid wardens
and auxiliary firemen and police.
The Ely miner., 1942-03-12
IOWAN VISITS HERE.

Theodore Salminen of Davenport,
Iowa, spent few days in Ely last
week visiting his brother, John and
Harold Salminen
Newark leader. ([Newark, Ohio]) 1917-1946, 1942-04-16
DEATHS

Charles T. Cramer, 64, died
April 9 in the home, APO Hender-
son avenue. He is survived by
his widow, Mrs. Matte Cramer,
and 10 children.
Harry ID. WhitefOrd, Ga, re-
tired Baltimore & Ohio railroad
conductor, 122 North Buena Wis
ia street, died April 10. Surviv-
ing are his widow and two
daughters.
Mrs. Thelma POpham, 80, wife
of Ralph Popham, former New
ark resident, died April 10 in a
Youngstown hospital. The body
was returned to Newark for bur-
ial.
Fred R. Mccoy, 26O Rugg av-
enue, associated with the Inter
national Harvester company, for
16 years, died April II in the
honey. Funeral services were
held April IA in the Gutliph &
Henderson funeral home and
burial made in Hale cemetery,
Mt. Victory.
Newark leader. ([Newark, Ohio]) 1917-1946, 1942-04-16
STATISTICAL
ROUNDUP

MARRIAGES
Frank Kintz, 25, soldier, New
ark, and Bette Gail Marmie, 21,
Newark.
Lester S. Harner, 81, painting
contractor, Route 6, Newark, and
Edith Hoskinson, "a, secretary,
Franklin township.
Edward Boyling, 21, metal pol
isher, Newark, and Jean Kirk,
20, clerk, Newark. (Application)
James Luther Zeiher, 35, tex
tile winder, Newark, and Marie
Lucille 10y, 22, Newark.
Raymond C. Boyle, 20, oil field
worker, Brownsville, and Iva
Alice Shaw, 80, Brownsville.
BIRTHS
Mr.. and Mrs. James Bibart,
1874 South Cedar street, a son in
the City hospital, April 10.
Mr.. and Mrs. B. p. Campbell
32612 North 18th street, a son
April 9, in the City hospital.
Mr.. and Mrs. Neal F. Zimmers
Granville, a son in the City hos
pital, April Is.
Newark leader. ([Newark, Ohio]) 1917-1946, 1942-04-16
Newark Conductor
Loses Life In
Railroad Wreck

Carl H. Backus, 81, of 473 Hen
derson avenue, was fatally in
jured early Wednesday morning,
and Engineers Harry Milligan,
46, of 81 Anderson court and Cal
vert Hines, 43, of 78 North Bue-
ma Vista street, and Kenneth
Holmes, 20, of 81 South Third
street, brakeman, were taken to
a Shelby hospital suffering from
injuries as result of B. & O.
engine ramming a section of
freight left standing on a track
at Plymouth, o., near Shelby.
Mr.. Backus had been in the
service of the B. & o. railroad
for more than 80 years.
Surviving are his widow, Mrs.
Mary Backus of the home, two
sons and a daughter, six grand
children, his mother, and two sis
ters.
The deceased was member of
the Brotherhood of Railway Trai
men and the Newark lodge of Ea
giles.
BUY DEFENSE BONDS AND STAMPS
Tuesday, Mrs. Robbins Hunter
entertained the Tuesday After
noon Bridge club with a l o.
clock luncheon in Granville inn.
Newark leader. ([Newark, Ohio]) 1917-1946, 1942-04-16
LEGAL NOTICE

Early c. limerick and Ella En-
erick, whose place of residence Is
unknown and cannot be ascertain : :
ed. if living, and their heirs, II
any. their legatees, deVisees, ad-
ministratOrs, executors ana as
signs, whose names and places OF
residence are unknown will take
notice that on the 18th day OF
April, 1912, the Plaintiff. Henry
Aibertus Honnold, Executor under
the last will and testameht OF j. -
Goodhart, deceased, filed his petcc
ton against them in the Court OF
Common Pleas of Licking County
Ohio, the same being cause NO.
32924 in said Court for the quiet,
ing of certain real estate described
in said petition, which real estate
is situated in the State Of OHIO:
County of Licking, ana village Vi
u Being seventy-four (7D feet
off the entire South side of Lot
No. s in Block 6 according TO the
old numbering of Lots and Lot
No. 68 according to the new
lage and being the same prem
ises conveyed to ]. c. GoOdhart
by Early C. limerick and Ella
limerick by deed dated August
10, 1922, and recorded in Vol
260 at page 314 of the Deed
Records of Licking County, ONO.
And the prayer of said petition
is for the quieting of the title, OF
said real estate and for other
equitable relief Said Defendants Is
are required to answer sad petl :
tion on or before the 27th day OF
June, 1912, or judgment will be ta-
ken against them. ,-or
HENRY ALBERTUS HONNOLD,
Executor,
under the Last Will and Testament
of j. c. Goodhart, deceased,
Mitchell and Lindrooth. Attopp44eyasC; :
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