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The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1917-03-02
FIRST TAX CONFERENCE
HELD IN OLD CAPITOL
Gathering In st. Paul May Be Made
Annual Affair, According to
Originator of Plan.

st. Paul. = Minnesota's first state
tax conference has been held in the
representatives hall at the Old Capt.
toll. Senator George H. Gardner,
Bralnerd. who originated the plan, said
that, judging by letters he has re-
oeived from county officials and off,
GERS Of commercial organizations in
all parts of the state, the conference
will be an annual affair hereafter, and
VIII increase in Importance. Each
county was to send n or more dele
gates, and there were representatives
Of the towns and villages and Of COM
merc1al organizations.
Governor Burnquist welcomed the
delegates ON behalf Of the state, and
Mayor V. R. Irwin spoke for the city.
w. L. Harris, Minneapolis, responded
on behalf of the committee. After the
election Of officers and the appoint
ment Of committees, Judge James T.
Hale, chairman of the state tax COM
mission, delivered an address on the
Taxing System of Minnesota"
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1917-03-02
OPPONENTS WANT ORE
TAX ACTION HURRIED
Believe Measure Can Be Killed In Sen.
ate-BiIl A%ppropriating $4,424,o5o
State ~" Budget Introduced.

st. Paul, Feb. 26.-Efforts are being
made to have the tonnage tax bill
passed by the House considered by the
Senate within a week or 10 days. Sen
ator w. S. Dwinnell, chairman of the
Senate committee on taxes and tax
laws, has called a meeting to consider
the measure.
1t is understood that the opponents
Of the bill will ask that it be reported
out and made a special order.
, Representative w. L. Norton has
introduced a bill appropriating $4,424,-
$50 for the state university budget for
the next two years. The bill was pre-
pared by the state board of university
regents. 1t provides $1,637,025 a year
for maintenance, $45, 900 each year for
special equipment in the various de-
partments, $522,250 a year for extraor-
binary repairs and new buildings.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1917-03-02
Suffrage Bill is Passed.

st. Paul, Feb. 23.-By an over
whelming vote, the Minnesota House
of Representatives passed the bill
providing for the submission to the
people Of a constitutional amendment
granting suffrage to women. The vote
was So to Al.
The bill now goes to the Senate. If
passed by the upper body, it will be
voted on by the people in November,
1918, at the same time that the pro-
hibition amendment is considered. A
close fight in the Senate is predicted.
The fight for the bill was the tam
est suffrage contest ever witnessed
in the Minnesota legislature. Hereto
fore, there has been interse interest.
The day when a suffrage bill came up
for a vote was always a real field
day."
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1917-03-02
PUBLIC HEARINGS
ON PRIMARY LAW
SOON TO Be HELD
LEGISLATURE READY TO TAKE
UP PROPOSED REFORMS IN
STATES ELECTION LAWS
-HEARING SCHEDULED.
MEASURE BY HARRISON
HAS MANY SUPPORTERS
6oIons to Get Down to Work on Re-
formation of Primary Law, Admit
teddy One of the Big Construc-
tive Tasks Before Present
Session.

st. Paul, Feb. 27.-Legislative &C.
tion on the proposed changes in Min
nesota's primary election laws is in
sight at last.
A public hearing on the general SUBJ
iect will be held at the state capitol
next Tuesday evening, March 5. Sen
ators and representatives, members
Of election committees of both houses,
and all others interested will attend.
Admittedly one of the big construc-
tive tasks before the present Legisla.
ture, the bills for the r~eforalation of
the primary system. has had to wait
the passage of temperance legislation
and the consideration of other meas
ures of lesser importance.
But, with the growing interest on
the part of their constituents, legisla-
tors are now prepared to get down to
work on the primary law.
The bill introduced by Representa-.
tive j.. M. Harrison, the only ore be.
fore the House of Representatives,
has been brought up before the House
committee on elections. While there
are several other bills in the Senate,
the Harrison bill has, so far, received
the most attention at the hands of
those interested in the primary law
legislation. The Harrison bill leaves
the primary law intact except as to
minority nominations.
"This bill leaves the primary law
intact except as to minority nomina-
tions," said Mr.. Harrison, explaining
his measure. 1T provides for a sup
Elementary convention to select nom
inees in case no candidate receives a
specified percentage of the vote at the
regular primary. The delegates to the
convention are to be selectd at the
primary by the voters. 1t also places
the Legislature back on a partisan
basis"
Some sentiment for a convention to
be Held before the regular primary
has developed among certain state Off
Gals. The objection to such a plan is
the same objection raised to the old
time convention. 1t would mean the
selection of delegates to the conven,
ton by al of the. caucus system,
leading to the inevitable situation of
a convention filled with "hand-picked
delegates with the consequent charges
of boSSiSm.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1917-03-02
General orders Ban SOUGHT. @

st. Paul, Feb. 26.-"No more general
orders in the House." This will be
the slogan of the members whose fav-
orite bills have been sidetracked for
the consideration of other fellows pet
measures in the past two weeks.
Other members who have no special
pets, but who say they want to see
fair play, have agreed to join the pro-
test.
"The making of so many special
orders clogs business on general or
ders," Oscar Swenson, chairman of
the committee on general legislation,
said. There is too much time wasted
on oratory when we have a special
order"
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1917-03-02

So it will be seen that the farm loan
act, in addition to providing a way
for the farmer to borrow to the limit
Of safety, provides that he must put
his borrowed money to productive uses.
and furnishes the machinery to get
him out of debt in an honorable and
businesslike way. The farm loan act
helps the farmer by placing within
his grasp the means to help himself.
1t makes for business initiative and in
dependence.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1917-03-02
Move Fails to Revive Bill.

st. Paul, Feb. PA fruitless eff
fort was made in the Minnesota House
of Representatives to obtain a recon
sideration of the vote by which the bill
creating a state boiler inspection de-
partment was killed. Representative
Leavitt Corning aided by several of the
representatives from st. Paul, Mime
apolis and Duluth sought to have the
bill placed on general orders again.
Country members, with few exceptions.
protested against reviewing the meas
ure.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1917-03-02
Fuel Situation Improved.

st. Paul.-The fuel shortage situa,
ton In small Minnesota towns has
been improved, according to recent
reports to the state Railroad Commits,
sion. Seven towns received shipments
hat afforded relief from impending
fuel famines. They are Center City,
Lindstrom, Grove City, Long Prairie,
Cokato, Watkins and Elk river. Only
two new complaints Of coal shortages
have been received. They we're from
Evansville and Melby and were &C.
companied by requests for coal.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1917-03-02
Confident Veto is Valid.

st. Paul, Feb. Ex-Governor Burn
quist has expressed confidence that his
veto of the Pratt bill, assigning to the
state supreme court rooms now oc-
cupied by the tax commission and ad-
jutant general, conforms to all constf.
tutional and statute requirements. His
statement followed a report that he
had not acted within the limited time
prescribed by the constitution.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1917-03-02
FARM LOAN ACT.
III. Amortization-HoW Loans
Under the Farm Loan Act
Are Designed to Be
Helpful to the Bor-
rover.

BY Frank R.. Wilson, federal loan bu-
reau, Washington, d. c.
1t has always been recognized that
the most effective aid n can get is
that which enables him to help him-
self.
Some critics of the federal farm loan
act have charged that this act makes
it too easy for farmers to get into
debt, and that there will be a tendency
to overbOrrow.
A careful reading Of the bill will
show that this objection is met by very
carefully limiting the use to which the
borrowed money may be put and by
the requirement that farmers gradual
ly each year must reduce their in
d~ebtedness.
The farm loan act was designed to
be helpful to the farmer of average
operations who has heretofore been
denied adequate credit. 1t wisely linn
its the loans to so per cent of the
appraised value of the security, be-
this limitation makes the Sc
curity of a high character, thus salts
flying the investor, and therefore re-
suits in a lower rate of interest.
The use Of the money is carefully
limited to the purchase of land, to pay
off existing Indebtedness, to purchase
live stock, or to make any productive
Improvement such as fencing, drain
age, buildings and machinery.
Is Really an Investment.
When money can be borrowed cheap
ly for productive use, a mortgage be-
comes an investment rather than a
handicap. The farmer is enabled to
get money to put his land to better
use, so that the profits of his invest
ment will pay off his Indebtedness.
Hereafter judicious borrowing on the
as business enterprise, just as 1t is
now considered beneficial for large
commercial institutions to borrow.
The farm loan act creates a form of
Indebtedness which peculiarly fits the
farmers needs. 1t recognizes that the
farming business is one of slow re-
turns.
So, it provides that a mortgage made
under the act be paid on the amortiza-
ton or installation plan through a long
or short period of years. The mort
cages may be made to run from five
to forty years, at the option of the bOr-
rover, and they must be paid off, in-
terest and principal, in equal INSTALL
ments through the period of the loans.
Permission is given to pay all Of the
loan or any part of it on any interest
paying date after it has run five years.
Table of Payments.
To give the prospective borrower
an exact idea of the size of the pay
ments required annually to wipe out
a mortgage in a given period, amortiza-
ton tables have been prepared. The
following table shows the amount of
annual payments required to extin-
guish, in the period Indicated, a thou
sand dollar loan bearing interest at
8, 5k and 6 per cent:
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1917-03-02
Delay Costs Village $18,500.

Winona.-A year ago Lewiston vii
lage voted to spend $4,000 for an adj
dition to the consolidated school to
meet the requirements demanded by
the state. Bonds were to be sold to
the state, but Minnesota did not have
the money. A delay developed. A few
weeks ago notification came the state
is prepared to buy the bonds. Bids
were solicited again, but the lowest
waa $34,50O, while a year ago It was
only $4,000. The board will be fore
cd to ask for another election.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1917-03-02
Guard Bill Is Special Order.

st. Paul, Feb. 26.-Without giving it's
appropriations committee a chance to
consider the measure, the Minneso-
ia House of Representatives decided
to make the bill appropriating near
ly $500, 900 for soldier pay a special or
der of business.
George H. Moeller of St. Paul, chair
affairs, who, with Representative Hen
ry Steen Of Winona, introduced the
bill granting pay of SO cents a day
to all guardsmen who went to the
border, asked for a suspension Of the
rules to make the bill a special order.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1917-03-02
BEMIDH MAYOR REELECTED
vandersluis Defeats "Reform" Candi-
date at Polls.

Bemidji.-By a majority Of IS votes
elected mayor, getting 582 votes to
487 for T. Carlson. Carlson ran as a
reform candidate, while the mayor in
sisted that "Bemidji is reformed" The
proposal to issue $4,000 in bonds to
build an armory carried. John F. Glib
bons was chosen municipal judge over
six candidates.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1917-03-02
To Helm PLAQUE Victims.

st. Paul, Feb. 24.-Scores of per-
sons in Minnesota who need special
treatment to overcome or mitigate the
after effects of infantile paralysis will
be benefited if the legislature passes
a bill appropriating $4,000 to care
for such cases and to fight new out
breaks.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1917-03-02
ST. PAUL CHOSEN BY GROCERS
Gets 1918 Convention Minnesota Asso-
~tafinn

citation.
st. Paul. - Selection of st. Paul for
the 1918 meeting place and election of
officers brought the annual three-day
convention of the Minnesota Retail
Grocers' association to a close in Min
neapolis.
A. c. Ekelund of Minneapolis was
reelected president of the associa-
ton. Other officers chosen are M.
r. Bush, Duluth, first vice president;
Herman Dahn, Minneapolis, second
vice president; John W. Lux, st.
Paul, treasurer, and State Senator
tary.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1917-03-02
Bendixen Boom Launched.

st. Paul, Feb. 26.-Representative C.
M. Bendixen of Morgan, chairman Of
the House committee on drainage and
one of the leaders of the farmers for
UNI, probably will be a candidate for
railroad and warehouse commissioner
against Charles E Elmquist next year,
or for railroad commissioner, If the
grain and warehouse department is
divorced from the railroad commission.
Mr.. Bendixen is being doomed for
the position by members Of the forum
and by other friends in the House.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1917-03-02
HURTS NAVIGATION ON RIVER
keokuk Dam Too High, Mississippi
Rivermen Say.

Winona. - If ~impounding of water
above the Keokuk dam Is not stopped
Mississippi river s~teamboating will be
confined almost entirely between Keo-
kuk and st. Paul and between st.
Louis and the Gulf, according to lead
ing steamboat men on the Mississippi.
The statement follows an appeal to
Congress to relieve what is declared
to be a deplorable condition, due, it
is alleged, to raising the Keokuk dam
several feet higher than the law per.
mits.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1917-03-02
To Cut Tax Valuation.

st. Paul, Feb. 24.-Former Govern
or John Lind has gone before the
House committee on taxes and tax
laws to urge the passage of the bill
under consideration to reduce the valu-
alton Of improved lands, live stock,
merchandise, manufactured articles
and machinery from 1913 to 20 per cent
of the real value, leaving unplatted
land at 1914 per cent.
Mr.. Lind said he favored any
changes that will cheaper the cost
Of production and tend to prevent
land monopoly.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1917-03-02
The Two Sides.

The conflict of this world is between
the material and the spiritual. The
European war is an illustration of it.
That is material. All wars are ma
terial, because they depend on force,
and force is material. Guns, powder,
ireadnaughts, battles are all material.
iood will, reason, faith, friendship,
SEPARATION are all spiritual. Now the
most practical issue of the day is by
,'lich influence is the world to be
.uled? If by materialism, we use hate,
Slaughter, devastation, blood and ex-
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1917-03-02
Economy Bills Ready.

st. Paul, Feb. Ex-senator r. A.
Duxbury, chairman of the Senate COM
mittee on civil administration, has just
announced that the public domain bill,
the bill separating the grain and ware
house department from the jurisdic.
ton of the railroad commission, and
the bill recognizing the department
of education and the state department
of health would be reported to the
Senate at once.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1917-03-02
travagance. If by spirituality,

travagance. If by spirituality, we
use gentility, generosity, kindness, fra
ternity and consideration. There is a
great abyss between the two, and poor
human nature declines to bridge it and
take up the spirituality side. But il
will have to come to it if this planet
is to be the place for intelligent hu.
evolution there is a place where we
will have to give up the material ut
terly and embrace the spiritual side
Every thinking man knows that.-Co
lumbus COZ Journal.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1917-03-02
To Check Excessive Fire Waste.

st. Paul. = Deploring the excessive
fire waste in Minnesota as we'll as
other parts of the United States, John
B.. Sanborn, state insurance commits
sioner, urged officers and policyhold-
ers of the Retail Hardware Fire In
surance company, at their annual
meeting at the Auditorium, to agitate
public sentiment against negligence.
ITO reduce the excessive fire waste
in the State of Minnesota" he said.
we must build up a strong public
sentiment against negligence IN ere
prevention"
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1917-03-02
Lawmakers Fear "Leaks."

St. Paul, Feb. 24.-The possibility
of leaks" was urged as one Of the
most important reasons why the trade
commission bill before the Legislature
should not be reported favorably by
Senate and House committees at a
public hearing by a joint committee
from both houses.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1917-03-02
Makes Thanksoivinc Holiday

st. Paul, Feb. 24.-The supreme
court has decided since the last session
of the Legislature that Thanksgiving
day is not a legal holiday in Mime
sofa, and so Senator J. A. Jackson of
st. Paul has introduced a bill adding
it to the legal holidays listed in the
statutes.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1917-03-02
Fund for Statue of Ramsey.

st. Paul, Feb. 26.-An appropriation
of $4,000 is sought for a statue Of
former Governor Alexander Ramsey in
the national statuary hall at Washing
ton, and a replica of the statue to be
placed in the capitol in st. Paul
in a bill introduced in the house
by Representative Thomas H. Girling
and Frank Nimrocks of Minneapolis.
The legislature of 1905 designated
Alexander Ramsey as N of the states
citizens whose statue should be placed
in the national statuary hall.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1917-03-02
No Funds For Grain Probe,

st. Paul, Feb. 24.-By it's failure to
receive the buck" passed to it by the
rules committee, the House of Repre-
sentatives has put a quietus on the
proposed inquiry into grain exchanges
asked for by A. F. Teigen.
The rules committee sent in a re.
port calling for the employment of
help amounting to $57 a day. The
House, after listening to impassioned
orators for two hours, refused to adopt
the report by a vote of So to 81.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1917-03-02
ATTACKS COMMISSION RULE
Taxpayers League Of Duluth Asks for
Election.

Duluth. - Petitions calling for an
election on a charter amendment abol-
fishing the commission form of govern
ment and substituting the old ward
system with a city manager as the
administrative head of all city affairs
has been filed by G. L. Hood, secretary
of the Taxpayers league, with c. F.
Macdonald, secretary of the charter
commission. 1t is believed that these
amendments will come up for a vote
at the election on April 8.
The petitions bear a total OF 1,50o
signatures, according to Mr.. Hood,
while only 720 are required.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1917-03-02
Tonnage Tax Bill Passed

: st. Paul, Feb. 22.-After one of the
most bitter legislative struggles in the
history of the state, the Minnesota
house of representatives passed the
~so-called tonnage tax bill. The vote
was So to 81.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1917-03-02
EDUCATORS AT M0NTEWDEO
Western Minnesota Teachers Hold
Three-Day Meet.

Montevideo. = Teachers Of Western
Minnesota opened a three-day conven'
ticn here and devoted most of the
first day to visiting the local public
schools.
A. ]. Kittleson Of Madison. superin'
tendent Of Lac qui Parle county
schools, presided. An address on the
Mutual Responsibility of Superintend.
ent and Teacher" by Dean l.. D. Golf
man, College of Education, University
Of Minnesota, was the principal mum.
Der on the program.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1917-03-02
Son Thought Dead, Greets Father.

Son Thought Dead, Greets Father.
Clear Lake.-Informed that his son,
John, was dead in a Minneapolis hos
pital and after sending several mes
sages to that effect, John Hartman
was startled a few hours later by
meeting his son on a principal street
here. 1t was a case Of mistaken iden-
tity.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1917-03-02
Keeps ao-Ycar Old Pledge.

Winona-A promise made more than
thirty years ago has been redeemed
by H. l.. Buck, postmaster of Winona,
who went to Duluth to attend the fu-
neral of j. A. Keyes, an attorney. Mr..
Buck and Mr.. Reyes were companions
as young men in Winona. eff I die
you must promise to speak a few words
at my funeral" Mr.. Reyes informed
Mr.. Buck in 1892. Mr.. Keyes made
the same promise to the Winona man.
Reyes died from pneumonia.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1917-03-02
CiveaWay.

Elderly Sister-So, Mr.. Goodcatch
said I had teeth like pearls. And what
did you say?
Kid Brother-Oh, nothing, 'cept that
you were gradually getting used to
'em.-BOstOn Evening Transcript.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1917-03-02

Winona. e c company of the Second
Minnesota infantry will continue, it is
announced. There has developed
some opposition among members to
signing the dual oath. When explain
ed by Captain O. A. Stubstad, the oath
was taken readily.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1917-03-02
cows YIELD GREAT REVENUE

Steele County Society Bases Challenge
on January Record.
Testing Assn challenges any 300
COW association to make a better rec
ord than that made by local cattle in
January. Forty-six COWS averaged
53.15 pounds Of butter fat and their
total production, 2,445.15 pounds,
brought their owners $1,149.22, accord
ing to figures compiled by Alex Cham
bers, secretary of the association.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1917-03-02
WILSON WON MINNESOTA
Lynch Claims Recount Would Have
Given State to Democrats.

Washington.-Fred B. Lynch, Demo
cratic national committeeman from
Minnesota, came down to Washington
from New York last week. Mr.. Lynch,
interviewed in a Washington newspa-
per, said hat while he did not believe
there had been any election frauds in
Minnesota, he was confident that a re-
count would have given the state to
President Wilson.
Mr.. Lynch could not see how the
errors might have swung the other
way.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1917-03-02
FARM MEET AT SALTWATER
Annual Gathering and Winter Grain
Show Are Held.

saltwater. - Saltwater was host
Feb. % to the annual gathering Of the
Better Farming association and winter
grain show.
More than 800 exhibitors competed
for cash prizes aggregating 5000, and
two loving cups. Sectional meetings.
Of Holstein, Guernsey and Jersey cat
tie raisers were held during the morn
ing and a Shorthorn society vas or
gained.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1917-03-02
1000 EDUCATORS IN DULUTH
Teachers From Range Towns Attend
Convention.

Duluth. Nearly 1000 educators,
consisting of teachers, principals and
superintendent of schools in Duluth,
the range cities and other towns in
this section of the state assembled at
the Central high school for the ses-
sion of the seventeenth annual con-
vention of the Northeastern Mime
sofa Education association.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1917-03-02
Sometime,

II told him he couldn't kiss me-"
"Well?''
Nothing. It's rather pleasant to
have people differ with you now and
then, don't you think ?"-Cleveland
Dealer.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1917-03-02
Organizes Youths, Clubs.

Cwatonna.-B. B. Jones, head of the
department of agriculture at the high
school here, has begun the organiza-
ton of boys and girls bee, corn, hog,
sewing and canning clubs throughout
the county.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1917-03-02
Make the Most ~ lie

See the best in life. If it isn't In
that part of life that you are obliged
to see every day, do your best to put
the best there.