The Ely miner., 1943-10-07
HISTORICAL SOCIETY. 2
On This
Occasion
A Few Observations on Matters
Material and Immaterial
by the Editor

Judging by the accounts in some o
causing some concern in several town
and cities at this time of the year
Art Zerahn, our city chemist, tells u
that rats in Ely are being licked b!
means Of continued war on then
with poison and cleanup work. Tht
city dump has been a prolific source
of rats who, along about the time o.
winters approach, made it a custom
to immigrate to the city for a cold
weather home in barns, chicken coops
and pig stys. Since COWS have beer
banned from the city limits anC
kitchen refuse is collected and burned
daily by the municipality, life in town
does not prove so alluring to the pests
This, coupled with the constant war
waged by Art Zerahn, Dr. H N Suth-
erland, city health officer, and the
city street crews, the rat menace is
being held to a minimum.
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Our yearly influx of hay fever suf-
ferers for the relief the Arrowhead
country affords is constantly growing
larger each year. This year in partic-
ular, about pollen time, the trains
and buses from the south and west
and the hotels at Duluth and along
the North Shore were filled to the
last room, and late arrivals of delegates
to conventions and meetings were ou
Of luck as far as hotel accommodations
were concerned, although all the
hostelries did what they could to take
care of their clientele This influx Of
hay fevorites is growing each year and
speaks well for the alleviating qualities
Of the Arrowhead climate. Ely has
considerable number Of these sufferers
during the summer months. Many of
them come early and stay until frosts
hit the section of the country from
which they come. The farm belts of
southern Minnesota, Iowa, Illinois. In
diana, Missouri and Kansas furnish
many Rag weed and other pollen
bearing plants cause the afflction, anc
the influx of patients vii cease unless
this section gets rid of the noxious
weeds Some have even served notice
on road and city officials in the Ar
rowhead to get rid Of the weeds or
they viii go elsewhere. The West
Coast at present is making all efforts
to get this business, and it is said that
they are succeeding in spite of the
fact that many would prefer to come
to the Arrowhead and the range cities
The weeds must be controlled or We
viii lose valuable business, as those
affliction come early and stay late,
live at the hotels, buy supplies, cars
and gasoline, and are altogether a
group to cater to for much financial
benefit to this section. The cost of
out the hay fever weeds is
small compared with tie benefits ac-
cruing, both financially and socially
p p -
A New York Congressman has
brought back the story to Washington
that his city is little interested in the
war and is only concerned about the
harvest Of money and whoopee. He
said the city resf:nbled perpetual !,
New Years party, with everyone Try
ing to have a hell of gooI time. This
condition prevails in many sections Of
the country. with the larger cities
predomnating the picture
p "a "a
Love starts when she sinks in your !
arms and ends with her arms in the |
sink Money does not always |
bring happiness. A man with ten mil
Lion dollars is no happier than man
with nine million dollars" Two |
occasons when a mouth should oe !
shut: When swimming ari when
in his Topics in Ten
Point.