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I THE ELY MINER, ELY, MINN.
The editor had received countless
letters telling him of the best way
* ‘ mendations were promptly carried
r - out—in the waste basket, and
r dumped with the balance of the
free junk received that day. The
jigger the blockhead, the more he
knows' how to run a newspaper.
"Jife may not be able to successfully
*•* "'run a peanut roaster, but a news
paper? Easy enough.
THE ELY MINER
PETER SCHAEFER, Editor and
Proprietor.
Entered at the Postoffice at Ely, Min
nesota, as Second Class Matter.
Subscription, $2.00 per Year
PUBLISHED EVERY FRIDAY
A Duluth man opened up a new
argument when he refused to sign a
receipt for two tons of coal delivered
in one load on a one ton truck.
The story of the fisherman, Peter
son, at French River is one of those
soul-searing affairs which teaches us,
not compelled to make our living by
fishing in the winter time, to be more
satisfied with our lot.
Dr. Foster a Minneapolis pnysi
cian last week received a check
for a bill sent out 32 years ago.
Some of our clientele are exhibit
ing symptoms similar to this ail
ment and we rise to remark that
there is still hope.
Chicago labor organizations have
selected Big Tim Murphy as their
'leader. Murphy is now under pris
on sentence for the robbery of the
U. S. mails. The contractors and
the workmen expect strikes the
coming year in the building trades
and the selection of Murphy would
indicate that something might hap
pen.
Shows which way the wind is
blowing: The Northwestern rail
road in anticipation of new busi
ness and increased business a little
later has ordered 50 all steel cars
for immediate delivery. This
sounds much better than “owing to
existing conditions we beg to an
nounce that s’teen train crews will
be laid off.’’
Why collect any more contribu
tions from an “over-collected” pub
lic for the Anti-Saloon League?
The saloons are out and it is about
time for this outfit to lay off this
cash stuff. Don’t you ever think
they will do it however. The heads
of the organization must eat and
this is a sure graft—or has been
a sure graft for several years.
New York is up in arms against
the coddling of prisoners and makes
the claim that criminals know they
will be . pardoned or placed on
parole and are thus heartened in
their operations. It is a well known
fact that many young men should
be given a chance to do better but
it is also a fact that when they are
sure of a swift sentence the en
thusiasm for committing crime is
not so great.
The compensation bill will be in
troduced by Chairman Fordney
with the approval of the president
and it is expected that the same
will become a law before July. To
finance the plan it is proposed to
sell the foreign government bonds
held in this country and under
written by the United States. Na
turally enough, a beneficial measure
of this nature meeting with op
position but without a doubt the
bill will pass.
Only a few years more and
ocean going vessels will be loaded
and unloaded at Duluth, New York
to the contrary notwithstanding.
That waterway from the big lakes
to the ocean must come in the
course of time. With the western
states as a unit for the proposition
the extreme east with its opposition
can only delay it. Economically
and scientifically sound, what more
do the people want? New York
seems to be about the principal
fighter of the measure for improve
ment. It is easy to see why New
York should oppose it. However,
New York is only a small part of
the United States.
Jacob O. Bentall, at one time
candidate for Governor on the So
cialist ticket, convicted and recon
victed of obstructing enlistments
during the World War, went to the
Leavenworth prison Monday t o
serve a sentence of two years. It
will now be up to the faithful to
get a three or four mile long peti
tion for his pardon. We are sure
the boys who fought in France to
make the world safe for this class
P e °ple, will fall all over one an
other to sign such a petition? It
t S to assume . however, that
Jake O. Bentall will cut about as
much ice and be of as much im-
Pertanee from now on as does the
middle initial of his name after the
nm has been removed.
. federal prohibition agent in
Missouri says that “The Face on
i e n R ,a . r y c)orn Floor” should be a
skull with crossbones and then goes
on to telll what should be done to
make “moonshine” safe for democ
racy - “First run moonshine” he
says “is full of fusel oil and fusel
oil is rank poison. Double distilla
tion and ageing in charred barrels
for at least four years is necessary
to remove the fusel oil.” This is
tne kind of education necessary’ for
the welfare of the country. * Not
only will it minimize the violent
deaths due to raw liquor but will
also keep the prohibition agents on
ne job as the more moonshiners
.: 10bs ’ What more,
these directions should be printed
in four or five of the languages
; prevalent among the moonshiners.
be 1 founder P,ace in this pa P er win
nubfic an TT an J ou *? cement to the
P “n k tbat U - S - Grant McMahan
ciuntv a r Candidate for re-election as
Fourth £?™’™ SS,o 2 er from this, the
P! strict - From all parts of
<rn e h dl r triCt *u° mes tbe demaa d that he
X b /° r ! the P eop,e for retention to
fintd P d Slt '° n bas so acceptably
fijled during the past. Several have
thp ni nffil heir iat ? ntion of filing for
the office providing Mr. McMahan
would not stand 'for re-eleetinn
»™ h n °f Ut t >. a K° U ( bt ' Grant M 'M«han
one of the best comnyssioners in St
Louis County. He is* recognized ai
an authority on matters pertaining to
the county of St. Louis and has the
reputation of getting more actual
good roads with his road appropria
tions than any other commissioner in
the state. Situated as he is in a
territory larger than some states, and
in one of the most difficult sections
of the county, he has secured results
that prove him just the man for the
place.
35,000 churches in the U. S. are
without pastors and only 1,450 new
ministers were graduated last year.
This is a strange condition and the
mathematical question involved is
unanswerable.lt must be thought out.
Leslie’s Weekly in commenting on
the matter says “the church is not
confounded. The age is not degen
erate. Tearful pity need not yet sit
with sorrow. Fat sinners are not
eating the feast while lost souls nib
ble the scraps of divinity. Never
theless, pulpiteering is unpopular be
cause it is unprofitable. Fame and
wealth, the two spurs to human act
ion, are picked up elsewhere. The
influence of wages is inexorable,
whether in philandering for pleas
ure or in grandmarshaling the prof
essional through the sapphire gates.
The saintiest men have earthly needs,
and everv altar should have an ex
chequer.”
And now comes a controversy
among the Indians on one of the res
ervations regording the tribal dances.
The charge is made that the dances
are indecent and that during the en
thusiasm of the dance many presents
were given and that some of the In
dians gave away the most of their
possessions. It is a custom at these
dances for those who ask for a dance
to give a present and it is said that
the Indians gave away too much of
their worldly goods the case being
cited of one dusky warrior in order
to give a suitable present to his danc
ing partner bestowed upon her his
shirt. Considering the “nutty” pro
positions of the present day dances
and the tendency to imitate things
bizare, it might be fine business to
establish the custom among the white
population of the country. Some
“jazz baby” can make a hit for him
self right here in Ely by starting
this custom. With a little ingenuity
on the part of the receipient, a shirt
will contain material enough to make
a fair party gown. The Indian had
a much better system at that, than
had the fashionable parties of a few
years ago where favors of paper hats,
tin whisles, and other jim-cracks were
distributed in the cotillion. A shirt,
a pair of sox, a suit of underwear,
—there is some sense to that.
Without a doubt, the Ely Com
mercial Club is the center of the
community activities and is receiv
ing the support of the majority of
the business men of the community.
Still, there are some who cannot
see,, in the activities of the club
anything of particular interest to
themselves, hence they oppose any
thing and everything in which they
are not directly the head and tail.
This is not a rule in Ely and only
isolated cases as above can be
found. Many of the leading men
of the city are devoting much at
tention to the problems and to the
activities of the club. Such devo
tion cannot help but bring results,
not only to the individuals who
participate, but to the community
as a whole, and no better statement
of a man’s duty to the city or vil
lage in which he resides could be
found than that which is repro
duced herewith from the Lawrence,
Mass., Telegram:
“What does a business man owe
to the city in which his business
is located besides the payment of
taxes? Nothng, some close-fisted
and tight-lipped business men will
say. But they are not the kind of
business men who make the big
gest success nor are they the kind
of business men who get the most
out of life.
“The business men who make
the biggest success and who get
the most out of life are the kind
who believe they owe something
more to the city in which their
business is located than the pay
ment of taxes, who believe they
owe it what they can contribute of
active aid in solving the problems
that confront it. social, political or
economical.
“Fortunately for the cities of this
country, there are many able busi
ness men who, disregarding the ad
vice of the kind of business men
who say that it may cause them to
lose some trade if they take sides
in city affairs, are devoting con
siderable of their time and theii
talents to doing something for the
general good of their city. And
the number of such business men
is growing.”
YOUR OWN HOME.
(By Dr. Frank Crane.)
In Wellington, Kan., they have
an organization known as. the Wel
lington Home Foundation.
A number of citizens, rich and
poor, have chipped in and estab
lished a fund, from which loans
are made to any one desiring to
buy a home.
The solidity and morality of a
community is in significant propor
tions to the number of its people
who own their own homes.
A home owner makes poor soil
for the nourishment of the bacil
lus bolshevikus.
No means have yet Been discov
ered more certain to make a man
decent than to have a house and
yard of his own, where he can be
bossed by his own wife and look
after his own children.
Mainly instrumental in establish
ing this foundation was H. L.
Woods, who owns and edits the
Wellington Daily News. In a re
cent letter to me Mr. Woods re
lates how it all started:
“The vision of the Foundation,”
he says, “grew out of mv own ex
periences. In the first ‘ten years
of my married life I moved ten
times—the last removal being be
cause I could not pay the rent.
When I was looking for a new
habitation a friend came to me and
suggested that I 'should have a
home of my own; I confided that
I was moving because I could not
pay $lO a month and must have a
cheaper house, by which he could
see that owning a home was an im
possibility *for me.
“He said, ‘t have a place you
can have if you can raise SSO to
pay down; it is a good deal of a
shack, but it is the kind vou are
trying to rent.’ I found the SSO
and moved in. I had never had as
much as SIOO at one time since
being married, and in the many re
movals I had seen Mrs. Woods try
ing to fit old carpets to new squares,
old curtains to new windows, and
so placing the pictures to cover
the cracks in plastering to the best
advantage that it nearly broke my
heart, and nowadays I never see a
woman .on a load of furniture mov
ing across town that it does not
cause a gulp in my throat.
“After making the first payment,
we lived on almost nothing and I
astonished myself by paying out
and getting a deed in one year.
“It taught me something I had not
before known—How to Save. Also
it convinced me that the age-old
advice ‘Save and get a Home’ is
not the best advice for most fam
ilies, but should be changed- to
‘Get a home and save.*”
Two years ago Mr. Woods con
ceived the idea that others might
be helped in a similar way. A
number of business men started a
campaign, a company was formed,
and they now have a fund of over
$15,000.
They lend to home seekers. So
far no borrower has been so much
as one day late in making his
monthly payment and there has
been no loss.
.Wellington is a real American
town. It has the largest park acre
age per capita of any city, in the
United States.
It has a Park House, or Com
munity House, where any woman
can entertain. It is constantly in
use.
It has a Stadium for athletic
sports, and in it all the Churches
combine and worship during July
and August.
It is planning to take over a
whole block for civic center and
has voted $140,000 to build a new
auditorium.
On the whole it is the kind of
town that is peculiarly American,
a kind found in no other country
on earth.
Out of such towns come the boys
and girls that are going to be the
preferred stock of the human race.
More Picric Acid for Farmer*.
The United States Department of
Agriculture has just announced,
thru the University of Minnesota,
that this state will have another
supply of picric acid to distribute
among fa.rmers for land clearing
purposes.
As before, this explosive will be
given away by the Government but
it will cost 7 cents a pound to
cartridge and box it. In addition
there will be all the freight charges
to pay. The former supply came
from Sparta, Wis. This supply
will come from Fort Wingate, New
Mexico and hence freight will be
more. In fact the freight will be
six cents a pound or almost as
much as cost of acid, making the
explosive come to $13.00 per hund
red pounds.
St. Louis county is allotted four
cars, two for the South end and
two for the North end. This will
not be as much as our supply last
fall so, “first come, first served.”
No order can be taken for more
than 500 pounds and not less than
100 pounds. Each order must be
accompanied by check $13.00 per
hundred pounds and can be sent
direct to county agents office at
Virginia. Picric acid has the
strength of 40 per cent dynamite
which costs $5. per hundred so,
due to high freight charges,
there is a saving of almost 100 per
cent.
Farmers should send, in orders
immediately so that explosives can
be received here in time for spring
clearing. Unavoidable delays fre
quently happen so it pays to order
early.
A No. 8 cap should be used with
picric acid for best results.. These
can also be rotten thru this office
as w.ell as fqse.
AUGUST NEUBAUER/
County Agent.
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. A LITERARY MAN.
“Didn’t Peggy marry a literary
’ man?"
, “Dear me, no; he’s a magazine
.. */riter.” i .;«'
Logical.
■ In his etrmv rising. the fanner is per-
I fectly logical, His idea js that if the
1 day breaks before you get up, you can
not expect to have a whole day before
you.—Boston Transcript.
Bad Man to Tackle.
, “The man who lunes to tight.” sai<
*lud Tunkins, “can usmply be depend
ed on when forced into a tight to work
as hard »is he knows how to get it
I over with.*’
.
COMMERCIAL CLUB
January 24, 1922.
Meeting called to order by Pres
ident Peter Schaefer at 8:15 P. M.
Minutes of meeting of December
12 read and approved.
The following communications
were read:
Letter from Carlos Avery, Game
and Fish Commissioner, stating that
a tentative agreement had been
made to close all international
waters to commercial fishing lying
between Sand Point lake and Lake
Superior. \
! Letters from Senators Kellogg,
Nelson and Congressman Larson
acknowledging receipt of Mr. Mer
dink’s letters relative to the pro
posed amendment to the Transpor
tation Act and the holding up of
the Illinois Central Railroad double
track across the Ohio River at
Cairo, 111.
Letters from Senators Kellogg
and Nelson in response to Mr. Mer
dink’s letters relative to the trans
fering of the National Forests from
the Department of Agriculture to
the Department of the Interior, and
the introduction of a bill for the
construction of a Federal Building
in Ely.
Letters from Minnesota Associa
tion of Community Secretaries and
Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota
Association relative to annual meet
ings at St. Paul, Feb. 8,9, 10th. '
No action taken on these com- i
munications at this time.
Reading of report of Treasurer. i
The report ,was ordered placed I J
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1 on file. partment, 1,373.29 r
r Reading of annual report of Payroll, Miscellaneous and r
t Treasurer, showing a balance of Fire Department, 684.39
IT $1.10.56. Payroll, Light and Water De- \
1 ’ Moved and supported that same partment,, 1,989.63 ,
• be accepted and placed on file and Payroll, Teamihg Labor, 75.28 f
t copy be transmitted to the City Payroll, City Labor,. 2,527.97
Council. Carried. Julius Andrae & Sons Co., r
Reading of Annual Report of Fluid, 13.23 t
I Secretary. Harry J. Homer, Truck hire, f
t Moved and supported that the 5.00 g
’• same accepted and filed. Ely Fire Department, Fire r
t Moved and supported that the calls, 603.00
o Chair appoint a Committee of five I. G. Cox, Chief’s salary, 425.36 \
d to nominate officers for the i nsu- D. L. Childers, Secretary’s x
s ing year. salary, 50.00
i- Motion not carried. i Slogar Brothers, Supplies, 1.25 r
o Election of Officers: ■ Mrs. M. Walsh, Meals to t
Mr. James Monnan nominated prisoners, 12.00 f
i- for President. Rosa Schaefer, Postage,. 4.00 i
it Moved and supported the nom- Oliver Iron Mining Co., Riv-
inations be closed and the Secre- 1 ets, .07 5
a tary cast a unanimous ballot for Savolainen & Co., Clock, 40.00 (
I, Mr. Moopan as President. O. W. Parker, Health Com-
r Mr. A. J. Thomas nominated for missioner’s salary, 425.36 f
First Vice President. i Walter S. Booth & So n, t
o Moved and supported that the Book, 7.50 <
h Secretary cast a unanimous ballot Fritz-Cross Co., Stationery,
is for Mr. Thomas as First Vice Pres- 23.13 ]
is ident. Carried. The Ely Miner, Printing and j
Mr. H. E. White nominated for Stationery, 152.35 t
n Second Vice President. Wesi Lodge No. 22, Rental,
j- Moved and supported that the 20.00 >
e nominations be closed and the First National Bank of Ely,
Secretary cast a unanimous ballot ' Interest on warrants,. 676.45 j
i- for Mr. Wh te as Second Vice Pres- First State Bank of Ely, In
n ident. Carried. j terest on warrants, 470.77
n Nominations for Secretary: Er- F. B. James, expenses to
nest W. Hanson and Geo. L. Broz-| St. Paul and Virginia,. 85.90 .
c ich. :F. B. James, Trees and
>s Upon ballot being taken Ernest brush, 6.50
y W. Hanson secured a majority of, The Northwestern Blaugas
votes cast, was declared elected Co., Blaugas,■ 2.70 ]
a Secretary for the ensuing year. Hynson, Westcott & Bunning,
d Mr. L. J. White nominated for Supplies, 1.96 j
w Treasurer. Digestive Forments Co., Sup- ,
Moved and supported that the plies, 20.45 <
if nominations be closed and the Sec-1 The Will Corporation, Sup-
i, retary cast a unanimous ballot for ! plies, 22.60 j
y Mr. White as Treasurer. Carried, i Standard Oil Co., 0i1,.. 68.70 (
The newly elected officers as- Vacuum Oil Company, Oil,
’s sumed the chairs at this time. Mr. 1 25.32
ie A. J. Thomas Ist Vice Pres, acting E. I. du Pont de Nemours & ,
e. as Pres, on account of the absence Co., Explosives, 17.25 <
of Mr. Moonan. Andrew Watilo, Jr., Freight,
Moved and supported that the express, etc., 944.34 ,
>f President, Secretary and Mr. Mer- Ely. Hardware Co., Tire and
j, dink attend the meeting of Minne- 1 supplies, 86.64 ,
a * sota Association of Community, McMahan Lumber Co., Lum- ,
, r Secretaries at St. Paul on Feb. I ber, 26.67 ,
■ e 10th, motion amended to read that Kovall & Sons, Supplies, 16.81 j
g these delegates also attend the Ten John Dinsmore, Draying,. 12.50
Thousand Lakes of Minnesota As- Laing Hardware Co., Sup-
, e sociation held at this time. I plies, 38.35 '
at Motion as amended, carried. E. L. Rautio, Labor and sup- j
■ o Mr Gianotti discussed the possi-' plies, 195.39
n bility of securing increases of sal- Midland Chemical Laborator-
;s aries for the offices of Judge and j ies, Chemicals, 37.62 .
ie Clerk of Court. A. G. Spalding Bros., Sup-
[ y Moved and supported that the ■ plies, 34.24
w Chair appoint a Committee of Bridgeman-Russell Co., sup
three to investigate the question of; plies, r 11.95
)e increasing the salaries of the Judge Culbertson Brothers Co., Sup
is and Clerk of Court and report at plies, 70.80
ie their earliest convenience. Carried. McDonald Brothers Co., Sup
j_ Moved and supported that the ! plies, 19.65
meetings of the Ely Commercial John Kukko, Labor and lum-
ir Club be held on the fourth Tues- 1 ber, 59.50
days of each month and that notic- Andrew Saari, Labor, 24.00
H es of the meetings be sent to each Vermillion Electric Co., Cord,
member. Carried. | ;50
” Moved and supported that we The Miller Store Company,
• e continue to publish the Minutes of Supplies, 4.08
n the meetings in the Ely Miner.- Berglund Brothers, Supplies,
ie Ca L . . I 8-30
>r Mr. Harn suggested the import- Ely Finnish Stock Co., Sup
lt ance of taking some action toward plies, 2.06
it lP e building of a new City Hall. Jessie G. Graves, Film and
ie Dr. Ayres discussed the possibility ad- 15.40
;e e s ? cur ’ n £ such officers as Deputy J. A. Rothman, Draying, sup
o Sheriff, Deputy Clerk of Court, I plies, hauling coal and
s ’ Deputy Juvenile Officer, etc., Mr. 1 coal, , 321.03
»r dames spoke of the County and Vacuum Oil Co., Oil, 134.11
State aid derived from such a build- ■ Duluth Electrical Supplies
rs ,n^ r . - * - I Co., Supplies, 111.83
n Moved and supported that the Murray-Egan-McDeod Co m-
judges of the District Court be re- 1 pany, Hose, 40.25 •
□. quested to appoint a Deputy Juven- Nashua Machine Co., Repair
;r ile Court Officer for this district, ' parts, 19.30
carried. i Henry Chinn, Expenses to
;h Chair’ appointed the following 1 Virginia, 15.00
se Committee to audit the books of Anna Preshern, Washing, 3.00
, e Secretary and Treasurer. M. i
Murphy, A. O. Knutson, J. A. Roth- Total, $14,007.61
m am Respectfully submitted,
t. . r - Rothman spoke on the nec- E. C. Jones,
essity of keeping the roads plowed, John P. Erickson,
stating that the business from Bab- Steve Kovall.
bitt was going to the other range Committee on Accounts and Fin
on this account. ances.
Mr. Solheim, District Engineer, ■ Moved by Aiderman Kovall, sup
stated that no appropriation had . ported by Aiderman Jones that the
been made for this purpose. report of the Committee On Ac- •
Moved and supported that the counts and Finances be accepted
Chdir appoint a Committee of and filed. Carried.
■ three to consult the County Com- 1 . The Parks, Grounds and Build- ,
missioners to see if an appropria- Committee recommended that •
tion cannot be gotten for the plow- *he city sub-lease one room in the
mg of the Ely-Virginia Road in K- R- Building to the County of ,
this District and to Babbitt. Car- St. Louis for quarters for the
ned. County Nurse.
Chair appointed: J. A. Rothman Moved by Aiderman Erickson, .
Peter Schaefer, M. J. Murphy. supported by Aiderman Kovall that
Moved and supported that the tbe recommendations of the the ;
meeting adjourn. Carried. Parks, Grounds and Buildings Com- 1
E. W. HANSON, Sec. mittee be carried out. Carried.
.The City Engineer was instruct- j
——— ed to ascertain the number of new (
1922 report an at n the dU next
'' regular meeting.
OFFICIAL PROCEEDINGS «! ported by Aiderman Eridkson that j '
Jit* matter of having the front 1
Ur 1 Hh, - wheels on the city sprinkler re- <
j! tired be referred to the Sales and
If IrYOO UN OIL ® ct - 'parried. with power <
VI I i VWVIWIL O Financial report from the Treas- <
m*rw nr ri w <! !l rer °£ Community Serviced
\ CITY CF Fl Y ° Center Board was read. 4
Ulll Ul LLIi I Moved by Aiderman Ericksdnjl
II . supported by Aiderman Jon&s that 11
the report be accepted and filed. 14
Carried. j
Ely, Minnesota, Jan. 17, 1922. from the Com- 1
I Regular meeting of the City ? Service Center Board per- <
• Council called to order at 8 o’clock 1 a PP? intr ” en £ s for the 1
P. M. by Mayor Chinn. | to be paid and
• Present: Aidermen Jones and' j™ °* eave of absences was j
Mayor Chinn. j u 4
l ' Absent: Aidermen Judnich, Maki, , by A A lderma " Erickson,
• Champa, Erickson and Kovall. supported by Aiderman Kovall that ■J
r No quorum being present the m ?ip er n be t laid ? n the table I
meeting adjourned until 8 o’clock next regular meeting.
s P. M. Monday, January 23, 1922. v 1
A. O. KNUTSON n. * xu Ea & ineer recommended ! |
e Citv Clerk that l he . payment in the J
I y erk ’ amount of $598.50 be made to j
, £h e Ely Hardware Company for the ! 3
Ely, Minnesota, Jan. 23, 1922. furnishing of 6 inch water main 1
Adjourned regular meeting of and fittings. |
’ the City Council called to order at I Moved by Aiderman Jones, sup- |
8 o’clock P. M, by Acting Mayor ported by Aiderman Erickson that ?
Maki. » i the bill from the Ely Hardware |
’ Present: Aidermen Maki, Jones, £°mpany be accepted and filed and 4
Erickson and Kovall. i that the City Clerk be authorized ?
’ Absent Aidermen dr aw an order on the City t
Champa and Mayor Chinn. ’ I Treasurer in full payment’ thereof. I
? Moved by Aiderman Erickson, ! Ca H? ed 7, if
, supported by Alderman Jones that'. rbe c,t y Engineer reported that t
the minutes of .the regular meet- be bas a PP<>inted Dave Blackmore I
ing held January 3, 1922, be ap- assistant Engineer and asked the f
. proved as published. Carried. I Cou ncil for their confirmation. t
Report of the Committee on Ac-' Mov ed by Aiderman Erickson,
counts and Finances was read as supported by . Aiderman Kovall that z
follows: | the appointment of Dave Blackmore |
Ely, Minnesota, Jan. 11, 1922 ' as assistant Engineer be confirmed.
To the Honorable Mayor and City ' T . quisition for supplies from the x
Council, City of Ely, Minnesota ■ and Water Department was X
Gentlemen: We, your Commit-1 res £- , , f
tee on Accounts and Finances to l Mov ed by Aiderman Jones, sup- t
whom were referred-bills and pay- P arted by Aiderman Kovall that t
rolls, beg to report that we have e requisition be referred to the f
approved of the following and in- ‘ ..¥ s and Purchasing Committee t
structed the City Clerk to draw or- I WI U! Power to act. Carried. i< ►
ders on the City Treasurer in pay- 1 „ I Fl "? ncial report pertaining to the °
ment therefore, viz; I Ely Fire Department Relief Associa-
Payroll, Official Department, | tlon was read. j<,
f 1,920.88 Moved by Aiderman Kovall, sup- 1°
i Payroll, Court and Police De- 4 ported by Aiderman Jones that the 'i
report be accepted and filed. Car
ried.
Communication from the Gaqie
well Fire Alarm Telegraph Com
pany relative to new battery cells
for the fire alarm system was read.
Moved by Aiderman Jones, sup
ported by Aiderman Erickson that
the communication be accepted and
filed and that the City Clerk be
authorized to purchase the said
new type cells. Carried.
Communication from Jos. Muh
vich requesting a leave of absence
was read.
Moved by Aiderman Jones, sup
ported by Aiderman Kovall that the
communication be .accepted and
filed and the request granted.
Carried.
Application from Jos. R. Marko
vich for appointment as truck driv
er was read.
Moved by Aiderman Erickson,
supported by Aiderman Kovall that
the application be laid on the table.
Carried.
Application from the St. Paul
Bargain House for a transient
merchants license for a period of
thirty .days was read.
Moved by Aiderman Jones, sup
ported by Aiderman Kovall that
the application be accepted and
filed and the license granted upon
the payment of the proper fee.
Vote as follows:
Ayes: Aidermen Jones, Erickson
and Kovall.
Noes: Aiderman Mak ; .
Mot’on carried.
Communication from the Vermil
lion Mining Company requesting a
reduced rate for electric current
for operating a motor driven pump
was read. The City Clerk was in
structed to advise the _V erm ’Ri on
Mining Company that it would be
impossible for the City Council to
deviate from the schedule of rates
now in effect.
Surety bond of Paul Pearson as
police officer in the amount of
$1,000.00 with the Maryland Cas
ualty Company as surety thereon
was read.
Moved by Aiderman Jones, sup
ported by Aiderman Kovall that
the bond of Paul Pearson be ap
proved, accepted and filed. Car
ried.
Surety bond of A. D. Ellefsen
as police officer in the amount of
$1,000.00 with the Maryland Cas
ualty Company as surety thereon
was read.
Moved by Aiderman Erickson,
supported by Aiderman Maki that
the bond of A. D. Ellefsen be ap
proved, accepted and filed. Car
ried.
Surety bond of W. C. Chinn as
Police officer in the amount of sl,-
000.00 with the National Surety
Company as surety thereon was
read. ' .
Moved by Aiderman Kovall, sup
ported by Aiderman Jones that the
bond of W. C. Chinn be approved,
accepted and filed. Carried.
Surety bond of Bart Coffey as
Chief of Police in the amount of
$1,000.00 with the Maryland Cas
ualty Company as surety thereon
was read.
Moved by Aiderman Erickson,
supported by Aiderman Kovall that
the bond of Bart Coffey be ap
proved, accepted and filed. Carried.
Surety bond of Andrew Watilo,
Jr. as City Treasurer, in the
amount of $50,000.00 with the
Aetna Casualty and /Surety Com
pany as surety thereon was read
Moved by Aiderman Jones, sup
ported by Aiderman Maki that the
bond of Andrew Watilo, Jr., be
approved, accepted and filed. Car
ried.
Surety bond of the First State
Bank of Ely, as city depository, in
the amount of $15,000.00 with the
Maryland Casualty Company as
surety thereon was read.
Moved by Aid Orman Kovall,. sup
ported by Aiderman Jones that the
bo.nd of the First State-Bank of
Ely be approved, accepted and
filed. Carried. A-
Surety bond of the First Nation
al Bank of Ely, as city depository,
in the amount of $25,000.00 with
the Maryland Casualty Company
as surety thereon was read.
Moved hy Aiderman Erickson,
supported by Aiderman Kovall that
the bond of the First National
Bank of Ely be approved, accept
ed and filed. Carried.
Proposal from the Ely Miner
proposing to do all legal printing
for the City of Ely dunng the
year of 1922 at the rate of 90
cents per folio for the first inser
tion and 45 cents per folio for
subsequent insertions of the same
matter and all job work at going
commercial rates was read.
Moved by Aiderman Jones, sup
ported by Aiderman Erickson that
the proposal from the Ely Miner
be accepted and filed and that the
proper officers be authorized and
directed to enter into a contract
Notice to Trappers!
The fur market at present is at its highest and
furs that will be sold within the next few weeks will
command the highest prices of the season. Owing
to the large number of furs that are being caught
this season their is going to be an over production
and prices are bound to be lower, so it is. to your
advantage to sell yonr furs at once.
Before you ship your furs call on us as we are
now in the business of manufacturing furs so there
fore we are in a position to pay you higher prices
than outside fur houses.
SAM COHEN,
ELY. MINNESOTA.
for the same. Carried.
Moved by Alderman Jones, sup
ported by Aiderman Erickson that
the Ely Miner be required to fur
nish a satisfactory bond in the
amount of $500.00. Carried.
The Council now took up the
final hearing on confirmation of
assessments pertaining to the con
struction of certain cement side
walks, curbs and gutters in White
side’s Addition and Whiteside’s
Park Addition.
No one appeared in objection to
having the said assessments con
firmed.
The following resolution was of
fered by Aiderman Erickson who
moved its adoption, which motion
to adopt was seconded by Aider
man Kovall:
Resolved, That following
assessment be and the same is
hereby confirmed, to-wit:
Assessment levied in the sum of
$44.86 being the amount assessed
for constructing cement sidewalks,
curbs and gutters, and incidental
Work in connection therewith, bene
fiting the following:
Part of Lot 11 in Block 1 of
Whiteside’s Park Addition;
Lot 12 in Block 1 of Whiteside’s
Park Addition; the same being in
the city of Ely, Minnesota,
Resolved further, that the City
Clerk cause proper notice to be
published of the final confirmation
of said assessment.
The question being upon the
adoption of the resolution same
was declared adopted upon the
following vote:
Ayes: Aidermen Maki, Jones,
Erickson and Kovall.
Noes: None.
The following resolution was of
f erred by Aiderman Jones who
moved its adoption, which motion
to adopt was seconded by Aider
man Kovall:
Resolved, That the following
assessment be and the same is here
by confirmed, to-wit:
Assessment levied in the sum of
being the amount assessed
for constructing cement sidewalks,
curbs and gutters, and incidental
work in connection therewith, bene
fiting the following:
Lots 1 to 6, inclusive, in Block
25 of Whiteside’s Addition;
Lots 1 to 6, inclusive in Block
32 1 of Whiteside’s Addition; being
in the City of Ely, Minnesota,
Resolved further, that the City
Clerk cause proper notice to be
published of the final confirmation
of said assessment.
The question being upon the
adoption of the resolqtion same
was declared adopted upoh the fol
lowing vote:
Ayes: Aidermen Maki, Erickson,
Jones and Kovall.
Noes: None.
The following resolution was of
fered by Aiderman Kovall, who
moved its adoption, which motion
to adopt was seconded by Aider
man Erickson:
Resolved, That the owner or any
person interested in any lot or par
cel of land assessed and described
in the assessments for constructing
cement sidewalks, curbs and gut
ters j and incidental work in con
nection therewith benefiting,
Lots 1 to 6, inclusive, in Block
25 of Whiteside’s Addition;
Lots 1 to 6, inclusive, in Block
32 in Whiteside’s Addition;
- Part of. Lot 11. in Block 1 of
Whiteside’s Park Addition;
Lot 12 in Block 1 of Whiteside’s
Park Addition; being in the city of
Ely, Minnesota, may at his election
and written request pay the same
in five (5) annual installments,
and each of said installments .'shall
bear interest at the rate of six per
cent (6%) per annum from the
expiration of thirty (30) days
after the publication of the notice
provided in Section 163 of the
Charter of the City of Ely, Minn.
. The question being upon the
adoption of the resolution the same
was declared adopted upon the
following vote:
Ayes: Alderman Maki, Jones,
EricksOn and Kovall.
Noes: None.
Moved by Aiderman Jones, sup
ported ’ by Aiderman Kovall that
the City Treasurer cause proper
notice to be published of holding
several special assessment warrants
for collection as soon as said war
rants are delivered to him by the
City Clerk. Carried.
The matter of the toilet in the
rear of Skala’s Hall was referred
to the Committee on Sanitation and
Police and the health Commissioner
to investigate and report at the
next regular meeting.
Moved by Aiderman Jones, sup
ported by Aiderman Erickson that
the meeting adjourn until 8 o’clock
P. M. Monday, January 30, 1922.
Carried.
A. 0. KNUTSON,
City Clerk.
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