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The Ely miner., 1914-02-27
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Mr.. and Mrs. Harry Gustafson
have returned from visit at the
former home of Mrs. Gustafson at
Carver. They also visited in the
Twin Cities.
Erland Korbi and family are
spending several days at Virginia
and vicinity in quest of farm,
It hurts some of the would-be
honest wise guys that there is now
over thousand dollars in the vii
lage treasury and they had not a
chance to spend it as usual and
to keep the village in the hole each
year.
John Schaefer of Ely is meat cut
ter at the new meat market.
Theodore Beckman was operated
on at Soudan for appendicitis last
Wednesday, and Mrs. Beckman
last Sunday, by DR.. Burns.
John Lindrus has sold his resi-
dence on Main street.
Mrs. John McConville has pur-
chased the residence of Erick Serin
on the corner of Main Street and
Second Ave. South, the considera-
tion being $4,000.
The village council met in reg
The Ely miner., 1914-02-27

How utterly small a grown man
appears when he is actuated by pet
ty jealousy to do an act calculated
to harm the man of whom he is
envious. How the man who puts
in dirty behind-the-back knock
on friend must hate himself for
the meanness he knows he is guilty
of. 1t seems that the success of a
man in a small community is the
signal for an onslaught on himself
by the possessors 'of petty jealous
dispositions. Pretending friend
ship for a man and then passing
him cowardly raps behind his back
is something no real man could
bring himself to do. Jealousy in
the mind of a narrow visioned
makes it's possessor an object for
pity. A jealous man cannot rap
the one of whom he is envious
without giving himself away, thus
his raps lose their effectiveness and
exposes the weakness of mind of
the rapper. .-Ex.
The Ely miner., 1914-02-27

generosity. He gave much to the
poor; yet he never was regarded as
a philanthropist. He permitted
many debtors, less successful than
himself. to go their ways, unmo-
Tested; but this was not generally
known. The captain gave large
sums to the church of which he
was a member, as well as to other
organizations, in the same unos-
tentatious manner that he would
make the rounds of many homes of
the city's needy on Thanksgiving.
Christmas and New Years days,
leaving in his wake dinners for
scores who might otherwise want
food. And because these actions
were not paraded-because they
were not accompanied by the stri-
dent strains of a blaring band,
they were known only to few.
That was as Captain Sellwood
would have it. He was possessed
of no false sense of modesty, but
he performed acts of charity in a
quiet, matter-of-fact manner, and
wished little attention called to
them
The Ely miner., 1914-02-27

ular meeting at the village hall and
Strengthened out a grist of troubles.
The final report and resignation of
w. c. Carlson, justice of the peace,
was considered and granted.
Seueral have filed with the viii
lage clerk for the several Offices
to be filled by candidates at the
next election to be held Tuesday,
March 10th, from a. m. to p.
m. There is no use to be told
whom to vote for.
The new meat market started
last Saturday and reported a big
business. They also carry a small
line of groceries.
The Berglund Bros. store is GER
tainly one of the finest lighted
stores in town and their stock is
first class.
A. D. Ellefsen spent several days
at Virginia on business this week.
Several friends of Mr.. and Mrs.
VIM. Walsh were entertained at
their residence Monday evening.
Cards were played and a good
time had.
Emil Savonen, while attending
the masquerade ball at the St.
Croix hall last Friday night, fell
and broke his arm above the elbow.
He is doing well.
Mrs. Jos. Weed was an Ely cal
Ter Tuesday.
J. w. Osborne of Ely was bus
iness caller Tuesday.
The work on the new barber
shop has begun.
Ate Wiinikainen is building
new house opposite the school
house.
The council audited its books
Feb. 20, 1914, and found that there
is now in the treasury a balance
of $1O13.89 against a deficit of
1902. AS on March 4th, 1913. The
village has been in excellent stand
ing this year for the first time in
many years.
There are two in the field for
clerk of the village this spring, the
only paying job on the council.
One is w. c. Carlson, former
Judge, the other party is a dark
The Ely miner., 1914-02-27

WHEN you want to help the
poor, help them; don't bother
them. Some people are uplifted
and heckled by the uplifter until
they are down and out. There
lives in Kansas City a man named
Grub, who had job paying $16
a week. The meddlers got after
him and he was discharged. First
committees of women complained
because certain of his children re-
mained away from school on GER
tain days, to help their mother.
He was compelled to leave his
work, and appear before the
Court of Correction. Another
Committee dragged him into court
because his premises were not
sanitary; various pastors assis-
tances heckled him because his
wife did not go to church, nor his
children to Sunday school.
Women from the school branch of
the Civic league filed complaint
against him because he did not
send his children to dentists, to
have their teeth fixed; a medical
branch of another society warned
him that his children had adenoids,
and that they must be cut out.
The Judge who tried the man last
was bold one; he said:
This man has been bounded
by meddlers until he is discouraged
and ruined" )"
The Ely miner., 1914-02-27

governor, or the governor and the
auditor and thrashed it out in COM
mlttee. The legislature dosen't.
have to listen to them; it need pay'
no attention to them. But the
legislature as whole, and every
member of the Legislature who
wishes to take the trouble, can
know exactly what he is voting for
and exactly what is asked for and
the reason for it.
1t might result in cutting down
appropriations and it might not.
1t might increase them. But it
would compel the legislature to act
deliberately and with knowledge.
Putting the business in such
shape that a budget may be adopt
ed intelligently is one of the objects
of the efficiency movement.
Developing team play is the
other.
G. P. Jones of the Bagley Herald
calls attention to the. fact that
others have their troubles. South
Dakota papers are printing a state
ment from their state auditor show
ing that in ten years the general
fund has climbed from $o44 900
to 81 ,7O5 900, almost double; IS
per cent increase in the last year.
And that doesn't take into account
considerable amounts collected and
spent by departments outside of
the general fund.
In Wisconsin they are having a
hot debate over state taxes. The
dispute now is whether they are as
high as some people say they are
or not.
Minnesota has got further along
than that Everybody knows we
are spending a lot of money in
J Minnesota. The question now
being debated is, How can the
situation be improved?
This is for the Hokah Chief
the rest of you needn't read it.
Down in our village one day the
cry of fire rang through the street;
the whole western sky seemed one
bulge of black smoke; the entire
population came galloping west
ward, hauling Old Vesuvius, yell
ing and otherwise assisting.
All but Ed. Billings. He sat on
his doorstep like bump on a log.
Come on, Ed" they cried as
they whooped past him.
Nope" says Ed. Bill Price
turned in the alarm for this fire and
I amt going to have anything to
do with it..
They say Minnesota is burning
money. There seems to be a pretty
general turnout to see what can be
saved. Only here and there some
one sits on the fence because he
questions the motives of the man
who turned in the alarm.
The Ely miner., 1914-02-27
WALTER I. SMITH. present ST

WALTER ]. SMITH, present state
treasurer and a candidate for re-
nomination and election on the
Republican ticket, has opposition
in the person of Robert L. Johnson
of Austin, who filed a few days
ago. Mr.. Smith is from the range
country and has held the office for
two terms. During this time he
has given the office the best admin
istration it had ever had. During
this time he has also made friends
with all those who have had bus
mess with the office. His admin
istration has saved the state thous-
ands of dollars by his efficient
methods.
The Ely miner., 1914-02-27

SUNDAY News Tribune had an
interesting story of the finding of
iron ore at Tower. The story was
told by Prof. Albert H. Chester
who headed the first exploration
party to the Vermilion range in
1875 and made the tests of ore that
brought about the great mining
developments on this range. John
H. Lavaque of Duluth supplied the
story by Mr.. Chester in which due
credit is given Geo. G.. Stone.
The article also presents the pic
lures of Mr.. Stone, George R.
Stuntz, John Mailman and John
H. Lavaque.
The Ely miner., 1914-02-27

GOVERNOR EBERHART won out
in the primaries two years ago by
popular vote. The people voted
him in again at the election when
there were practically only two
candidates of any Importance in the
field. We would be pleased to
have some one inform us in view Of
these facts. what will be the diff
ference after the "machineless"
party puts up its candidate. Also
tell us, will he be the creature of a
machine?"
The Ely miner., 1914-02-27

THAT stop thief" cry is being
worked to a frazzle by party of
would-be dictators styling them
selves Anti Machine Repub-
licans. Will the result of their
labors be another machine" can
didate? The call for the meeting
at Minneapolis on March 10Th,
states that uninstructed delegates
are wanted from each county.
Does this mean that a few of the
best of us intend to control the
convention and fix things to suit?
The Ely miner., 1914-02-27
THE Miner is here to do advertis-

THE Miner is here to do advertis-
ing and job printing. Politicians
will please take notice. Our space
is for sale at so much per inch and
so much per line. This is what we
make our living with and cannot
give it away free. Those sending
in long-winded platforms and L
am-willing-to-serve" letters will
please bear this in mind. If the
editor gives away his stock in
trade, where will he land. 1t is
just as fair to ask for free advertis-
ing as it is to ask for free -four,
prunes or other necessaries. It is
said the three sweetest words in the
English language are Enclosed
Find Check" Make use of them
when sending political advertising
to this Office.
The Ely miner., 1914-02-27

Tuesday.
John Niemi is spending several
days at home with his parents this
week. Mr.. Niemi is selling cut
lery.
Don't forget that the names of
all candidates must be in ten days
before election. Get your name
registered at the clerks Office be-
fore that time if you are an office
seeker.
The Ely miner., 1914-02-27

Twelve million dollars S-IOurIeen
how much did we say it was?
And 81 200, 900 of it appropriated
by the legislature Just as the clock
was striking, all Of it on the say
so of half dozen men and broad
guess on the part of the rest.
What are you going to do about
it? Set the clock back? That
might help some but it isn't the
surest way to obtain intelligent
action.
You remember before we had a
board of control in this state. One
reason for urging the board of con-
troll was that, just as Lind said in
1898, every seperate board came
lobbying to the legislature without
regard to the needs of the other in
stitutions or of the state as whole.
The one that could do the best
clamoring came nearest to getting
what it wanted.
The board of control was adopt
ed. And you haven't seen any in
stitution clamoring before the legis-
lature since.
In the last session the various
superintendent put in their recon-
mendations to the board. They
came to nearly $7,OOo,oOO. The
board said, This won't do; we
don't dare ask that much. So
they went over the budget with the
superintendent and pointed out
this item that could be STAYED off
and this and that wasn't absolutely
necessary and so on. They adopt
ed budget of about $6,OO0,OOC
and put it up to the legislature.
The legislative committee said
That is too much; we will have to
cut it down half million anyhow.
So the board went over it again
with the superintendents and then
came back to the legislature. We
took out half a million," says
Chairman Vasaly, in places where
we could with least injury to the
service"
Now so far as the relative needs
of the institutions are concerned
the legislature acts intelligently
The most pressing needs are at.
tended to first. 1t doesn't depend
on who makes theGbest clamor; the
needs are judged by the three mer
who have intimate knowledge oi
the field and the legislature acts or
that knowledge.
Why not apply the same prin
ciple to the entire state govern
ment? Have an executive grouI
of some sort that knows as much
of the relative needs of all the de
partments as the board of contro
does of the relative needs of the
institutions?
Suppose you had about eight big
departments and the department
heads all got together with the
The Ely miner., 1914-02-27

GILBERT last week voted into
the limits of the village the Sparta
and Gilbert mining locations ana
their mines. This raises the valua-
tion of the village to figure some
81, ,ooo, 900 in excess OF the past
valuations and gives the commun-
itv something to work with. The
vote on the proposition stood two
to one for annexation notwlth-
standing the desperate fight put up
nv the Oliver Mining company
through its police forces, superln-
tendents and others in authority.
The fight was one of the most bit
ter that has ever been waged on the
ranges between the company and
the people and at times the dlrti-
est Men were evicted during the
night from company houses by the
police and were told to move IN
order that their votes could not be
cast. The people of the village OF
Gilbert fought the company IN a
straightforward manner and sue
ceeded in convincing the voters
that the annexation proposition
was desirable. Gilbert is being
congratulated by every city and
village in the county on its victory.
Ely was the first of the range COM
munities to be attacked by the
League" and our case is still IN
the courts. Life in the range
towns in taxation matters will be
one long battle for enough taxes to
run business from now on as the
"Taxdodgers League has decided
to fight every penny expended that
does not benefit any of its immedl-
ate members. 1t is now up to the
property owners in the range towns
to get busy and organize to get
their dues. The city and village
councils should get together and
organize to fight the disposition
on the part of the heavy taxpayers
to lower their taxes at the expense
of the little property owners.
The Ely miner., 1914-02-27

horse and is one of the most COM
petent men ins the field for that
Office.
Mrs. Ole Gilbertson was to be
operated on either Wednesday or
Thursday at Rochester for internal
goitre.
Robt. Bedford purchased horse
of the Ely Finnish Stock Co.,
The Ely miner., 1914-02-27

RIGHT after the newspapers had
been telling of some of the good
things the Steel corporation had
been doing, that big institution
pulled off some pretty small stuff at
Gilbert. Which goes to show that
surface indications sometimes are
misleading. g.-Aurora News.
The Ely miner., 1914-02-27

IT was thought that the conven-
tion system had fallen into disre-
pute and that the primary system
for all officers was the savior of
the people, when along comes call
for a convention in Minneapolis by
the machineless' bunch to
nominate candidates. In sizing up
the list of signers on the call it
seems as though there are many
names with a familiar twang that
shouted primary" a year or two
ago.
The Ely miner., 1914-02-27

THE Nashwauk Herald is five
years old and the paper under
Editor Haugen's management i'm
proves yearly. Here's hoping for
a continuance of the good things
for the Herald and its editor.
The Ely miner., 1914-02-27

A TRIBUTE to the memory of
Capt. los. Sellwood was delivered
bv Geo. A. St. Clair upon learning
of the death of his friend: Mr..
Ct Clair said: Il believe any
mention at this time of Captain
Sellwood should include reference
to his qualities of charity and
The Ely miner., 1914-02-27

Times. Editor Koen has recently
installed a linotype of the newest
and best makes. His paper also
celebrated birthday recently.
The Ely miner., 1914-02-27
FRANK L. magic in a commun

FRANK L. MAGIE in communi-
cation to his friends in the county
announces himself a candidate for
sheriff. Frank has served the
county as deputy sheriff for over
twenty years and knows the ropes.
This makes three candidates now
in the field. John R. Meining.
present incumbent, Chas. G. Miller
and Frank L. Magic, make a trio
that will be a hard one to pick
from. All are popular and we'll
known.
The Ely miner., 1914-02-27
Entered at the post Office at ELY. Mime
sofa as second class matter.

The columns of the MINER are open 70 ne
public for the dicussion OF AFFAIRS Oh puDn.
nature. Anything tending towards the personal
or slanderous will not be publisheo uhoef any
condition. We invite eommunieat,ohs ..
nub,ic nature and only request tnat you s,sn
vour name-not necessarily for puohca'ion ou'
as guarantee of good faith. Write ana get II "
This Office not later than Thursday noon.
The Ely miner., 1914-02-27

STICK to your friends. Don t
care continental dam what
happens to enemies. A friend is a
saint but there is not even a place
in hades for a "knocker."
The Ely miner., 1914-02-27

"rhis paper is on file at se-south sra ssIse'
>s;,,.ono,is. Minn. at the exhibit room Oh Inc
,-,,,,;ora,ion Commission. of The Northern
Minnesota Development Association"
The Ely miner., 1914-02-27

IT pleases us to note the pros
perity displayed by the Biwabik
The Ely miner., 1914-02-27
ECONOMY AND EFFICIENCY
BY JOHN s. PARDEE, Sec.


on ProveIn Interesting
Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1914-07-12
THE READING HABIT.

(Power)
General reading Of a proper kind is
elevating and does make the reader a
better man, but technical reading
makes him better engineer. En-
tirely apart from the reward of a
more responsible position at a higher
salary as consequence Of greater
knowledge, technical reading pays
when it brings man better under
standing of all that pertains to the
place he is now filling, when it en-
ables him to take part intelligently
in discussions on engineering sub
jects. The respect of others and his
self-re3pect both increase. =.
The other habit recommended, ply
steal exercise, needs no Endorsement
to- engineers. They automatically get
plenty of exercise-or most of them
do. So we would concentrate on the
plea for the reading habit even if
we do appear to be actuated by a
motive of self-interest. To be sure,
if the reading habit became extinct
there would be little use for either
papers or editors. Our service can
never avail much if what we print is
not read. "You can lead a horse to
water, but you can't make him drink?"
We can scour the field and corral in
these pages what we believe it is for
the readers good to know. That is
as far as we can go. You must take
the receiver off the hook to get our
message over the telephone; you
must take off the wrapper and open
the paper to get our message The
same is true of those books on your
shelf and any other literature you
neglect
?. S.-Siace We wrote the above, it
has daWned on us that those who will
read this editorial do not need it and
those who need it will not read it.
Then what did we write it for? Per-
haps it was in the hope that those
who read it will show it to those
who need it.
Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1914-07-12

pessimism. They discern on every
storm cloud the face of an angry
Providence and interpret every ca
lamity, personal or national, as the
visitation of the wrath of God. These
unhappy souls live under perpetual
shadow because of their perverted
ideas of life here and hereafter.
A religious neurasthenic may be in
part a product of wrong education.
The morbid IDEAS entertained by
those unhappy persons are by no
means held by a few individuals but
are widely current in certain reli-
gious communities whose neurasth
enic leaders are often regarded with
sort of reverent awe. The writer
has met not few of these unhappy
folks who's lives were made joylass
and in many cases hopeless by pessi-
mistic religious views and the melan
choly piety which they culture.
Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1914-07-12
"SWEET CHARITY"

The American people are rather
large hearted. The proceeds or
charity entertainments are enormous
Brit the sweet charity OF these
functions is sometimes mixed with
>lross. the glitter of pretty girls, styl-
ish gowns, and the desire to CHIMP
socially. So they are lot always
true criterion of the giving spirit. 1Ae
real test comes when public aid Is
asked for some big calamity like the
Salem fire.
People who canvass for such causes
often find pathetic willingness to
help on the part of those who them
selves are in need of assistance. The
woman with the bare cupboard some
times gives just as much in cash as
another with a lavish dwelling, but
whose means are narrowed by social
competition.
Many people will never give to any
kind of a cause unless they are per-
sonally solicited. And the omission
is not necessarily because they have
forgotten the appeal. The fear lest
a solicitor size them up as parismo-
NOUS influences them omer than the
sufferi1gs of the needy. g.
There Is an enormous amount OF
giving going on all the time that
never gets reported in the papers,
nor is it found in the records of any
charity society. In country life the
sick neighbor finds that in some
mysterious way his crop has been
harvested, or his wood pile put
under cover. In city slum streets
the warm hearted poor often seem to
have practically a common purse.
1t renews ones faith in human
nature to find money flowing in free
ly after such disaster as the Salem
fire. But it is unfortunate that Some
people are moved only by the sight
of physical want. They will give
money to feed the hungry and cloth
the naked, which merits the highest
praise, But somehow they so lack
vision as to refuse help to the school
that would help the children OF the
hungry and naked to rise above the
need of charity.