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The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1919-02-07
LEGISLATIVE Letter
By R. w. HITCHCOCK.
Representative Goth District.

contribute enormously to the pros
perity of the two counties in the en-
ployment afforded and the huge sums
that will be put in circulation, total
of 125 miles of hard paved road will
be secured at an expense\ of from
five to six million dollars, only one
half of which will have to be provided
by bond issues in the two counties
and Northeastern Minnesota will Sc
cure its paved roads two years in ad-
vance of other sections of the state.
It is tremendously worth while. Are
you for it?
An Unfit Official.
The demand for the immediate
resignation, or the summary removal
if he will not resign, of Prof. Fred
Sardeson, state geologist, is steadily
growing. Sardeson appeared before
the appropriations committee of the
house and advised against the states
granting any, fire relief to the fire
sufferers of Northern Minnesota, de-
claring that they lived Gin log houses
and are an unambitious lot" Keep
ing them and their stock alive during
the winter, so that they can begin
the bare struggle for existence
again in the spring, will merely pau
perize the people of Northern Min
nesota Sardeson said. This amazing
declaration from state official, par
ticularly from one whose business it
is to know, shows the density of ig-
norance that prevails in many
quarters about Northern Minnesota.
Sardeson, despite his title of "Pro-
fessor," is an ignoramus-andw worse,
and every day that he retains his
Office is a fresh insult to Northern
Minnesota.
Styles From Russia.
This is the most bewhiskered legis-
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1919-02-07

Looks like the word "Moonshiner'
was to become general all over the
United States like. the "blind pig
nickname. With the closing of the
saloons bone dry condition'in any
country has never followed. 1t will
be a continual fight by the revenue
officers with these illicit still men
now wherever instead of in the
Ozark mountins or Tennessee and the
South with these distillers of Noun
tain Dew. Those who think that
votes can make a country dry have
another think coming. Still, at that,
we believe that conditions will be
far better than they were when sa-
looms of certain kinds were permit
ted to run as they did.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1919-02-07

Mrs. E. j. Anderson who has been
conducting the Gilbert Herald since
Mr.. Anderson was incapacitated with
a stroke of paralysis nearly two
wears ago, had the misfortune to get
her hand caught in the press last
week and in consequence suffers the
loss of a thumb thus also incapacl-
tating her from work. The unfortu-
nate accident is regretted by the
large number of friends of the plucky
Mrs. Anderson and especially among
the newspaper fraternity. Since the
accident she has decided to dispose
of the Herald and is DESTROYS of hear
ing from anyone in the market for
good, clean newspaper and printing
plant in a good community. 1t is
hoped that she will reconsider her
determination to get out OF the
game and will remain with the range
press gang.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1919-02-07
STILL ROOM FOR SENTIMENT.

STILL ROOM FOR SENTIMENT.
1t is rather characteristic of the
American people that, as soon as the
war is ended there appears desire
to forget about it; to drop the emo
tional attitude engendered by it and
to regard the aftermath of the great
struggle from the usual calmly bust
nesslike, viewpoint of the average
American.
This attitude of mind does not
seem to be regarded with entire favor
by Secretary of the Treasury Glass,
who, in discussing the floating of the
forthcoming Liberty loan, strongly
deprecates the notion that it would
be put over strictly on business
basis.
The secretary of the treasury re-
marks, with good deal of justice,
that the appeal of patriotism is as
potent in this loan campaign as in the
preceding ones.
1t should be even more so. There
is of course no longer the thought
of young American manhood sacri-
ficing itself on the battlefield to stir
the Imagination and loosen the purse
strings of the people. There is, how
ever, the stirring fact that the Ameri-
can people, entering unwillingly into
great war for the sake of an ideal,
have triumphantly concluded their
part of the struggle and have i'm
pressed that ideal upon the world
more forcefully than any ideal has
been impressed in, modern days.
There is the reflection, which is a
source of pride to every one except
the disgruntled amateur bolsheviki
and the foreign ,riff-raff who seek to
destroy the country, that this nation
has placed itself in the forefront of
the nations of the world and that it
is through the self-sacrifice and loyal
determination of its people that it
achieved this result.
And the bills incurred in this ad-
venture must be paid. The men who
fought the battles must be cared for
and returned to their homes.
1t was the fact that the nation re-
lied upon its people to foot the bills,
whatever they might be, which made
possible the tremendous preparation
and the spectacular speed with which
it was accomplished. And it should
be matter of pride with the people
to see that the bill is paid and that
the money needed is forthcoming
with as much enthusiasm as was
shown in the midst of the uncertainty
of the war.
A fair share will be raised by tax
alton. The rich will bear their por-
tion. of taxes as never before in his
tory. And it is up to the people to
take care of the bond issue as loyalty
and as periodically as they did of
the former ones.
Mr.. Glass processes no doubt of
the response to the Liberty loan APP
peal. And there is every reason to
believe that he is right and that the
next and probably final Liberty loan
will be ifoated in such a way as to
put fitting climax on the story of
Americas part in the war.-Mil-
waukee Sentinel.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1919-02-07
DULUTH AUTO SHOW.

Posters are out announcing the
Duluth Automobile Show.
We understand a certain Range
auto dealer applied for stall al, the
show but was refused it because he
was not a Duluth dealer. If this is
found to be true we sincerely hope
the Range people will not attend this
show at Duluth, furthermore they
should not be allowed to advertise it
on the Range.-Gilbert Herald.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1919-02-07

Out in Idaho mining company has
ordered that all of its employees who
claimed exemption from the draft
on the ground that they were not
citizens of the United States shall be
dismissed and their places filled by
men who either responded or held
themselves in readiness to respond to
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1919-02-07
Let rs not rend our bifurcated

Let us not rend our bifurcated
habilaments over the peace terms
We here in Ely have but super
fetal knowledge of what is going on
or has gone on over there. Pres
ident Wilson is there getting things
down pat and all we have to do is to
sit tight and take what comes. Let
us trust to the great heads over there
to. fix up things as they should be for
all concerned. Their judgment may
look bum to US, but they know what
they are doing if they do not, then
they may send for you and / to fix it
up right. Let US be patient.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1919-02-07

Ten thousand men are still unac-
counted for say the dispatches re-
garding our boys of the overseas con-
tingent. Let US hope that some de-
lightful little Marie over there knows
where they are and that they will be
in the end found, and not "down-
hearted"
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1919-02-07

lature that has met in Minnesota for
many years. The Bolshevik beard is
especially popular in the house, but
the senate has capped the climax in
the person of Senator Herman
Schemechel of Renville county whose
full jet black beard is the cynosure
Of all eyes.
Election Contests.
The one time when every member
of the legislature wishes he were
back home following the pillow is
when he has to vote on an election
contest. Each chamber had one this
year. The house unseated Swenson
of Hennepin and seated Lauderdale
and the senate declared that neither
Sullivan or Wilcox was entitled to
the seat from Washington county.
The senate contest was very bitter;
politics no doubt played its part in the
final decision after the historic six
hour session of the senate last Fri
day, but it is my observation that
the members of the legislature have
approached these questions with a
sincere desire and an honest effort
to find out the facts and to vote as
justice dictated. Sullivan and Will
cox are both campaigning in Wash
ingtpn county and the while state is
watching the struggle.
Fire Relief.
Great resentment is felt by the
members of the legislature from
Northern Minnesota over the failure
of the appropriations committee of
the house to Immediately report the
fire relief bill for passage, butt all
felt that they could not object to the
request for an investigation. The
appropriation will probably be voted
by the house this week. It has al
ready unanimously passed the senate.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1919-02-07
Job for Scientists.

The scientists have demonstrated
that 1t is really possible to eliminate
the bray from the mule, and, though
1t would distress the little boy next
door, how we wish the, would now
turn their attention to a rattleless
express cart-Grand Rapids Press.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1919-02-07

Judging by the remarks in Ely in
regard to the chunks of jasper found
in the hard coal bins in the city, the
coal mine owners in the East employ
blind men as slate pickers.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1919-02-07

Clothes may make the man, al
right, alright, and by the same token
today, Son, they can break him if
he happens to be in need of any.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1919-02-07

Looks as if Germany could pay off
any indemnity the Allies might levy
against them by selling the Iron
Crosses they have at cent apiece.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1919-02-07
AnneaI 70 psxeholoulst.

We are going in strong for psychoi
ogy and invite assistance. Why is Il
that whenever sheriffs. marshals am
constables have their photographs
taken they invariably wear their hats
Houston Post.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1919-02-07
Discouraged Frenehmen.

had difficulty in learning English. He
said that after he had learned to pro-
nounce typhoid fever" doctor pro-
nounced 1t fatal.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1919-02-07

the nations call. Not such bad
idea.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1919-02-07
WHAT OTHERS SAY

range is dead to it's own interests if
it does not give its energy to push
the movement Observation-Disclosures
Herald.
Belington progressive. [volume] (Belington, W. Va.) 1912-1927, 1919-06-12
PLAY THE GAME!
CARELESS USE OF GINS

"The gun that amt loaded is the
gun that kills" except in war where
they need to be loaded. Guns of this
kind are not the only menace. There
is Bird law in West Virginia pro-
tecting insectivorious birds-a. toad
should be equally protected Most
any evening three or four young
obins and other useful birds may
be picked up dead along our streets
and alleys-not victims of the cat
but the result of boys aim and an
air gun-the use of these guns should
be strictly prohibited and the NAL
lcious killing of useful birds and
toads by boys should be prosecuted
as 1T is our game, fish, and bird laws
are dead letters for lack of enforce
ment. The boys as rule who are
allowed to shoot at English sparrows
with an air rife will take a nice shot
OF skill at robin, wren or anv
other useful bird-annihilate the air
rifle and protect bird life.
Belington progressive. [volume] (Belington, W. Va.) 1912-1927, 1919-06-12
PLAY THE GAME!

It's the steady, vigilant, intense
fighting with every ounce of strength
given to every minute of play that
wins the games of business-the pen
nants of commerce.
Ignore the odds against you-the
long struggle ahead-the strength
of the opposition-the jeering of the
multitude.
Keey your eye on the ball-your
hope and determination on the goal.
Plan every move-watch every sig
nal-seize every opportunity as
though it meant the winning play
A mountain is only a large mole
hill; Gibraltar must yield to in
cessant dripping. And it's this steady
pushing, pounding, hammering of
ceaseless play that lands the ball on
the right side of the goal line-and
the profits on the right side of the
ledger.
PLAY THE GAME!
Belington progressive. [volume] (Belington, W. Va.) 1912-1927, 1919-06-12
The BeIington Progressive
Anerica First Justice To All
IS PEOPLES PAPER "A
ORR BoUNDEN DUTY

This newspaper must first OF all be
clean. it must be fair, it must he hon
est and without malice in its opinions
and expressions, and it must, at all
times, devote itself unfinchingiy and
fearlessly to the public service in the
interests of the masses of the people.
1t must always combat evil and in
justice.
1t must always fight for progress
and reform.
1t must never tolerate corruptions.
IL must be in sympathy with the
pccr and the unfortunate.
For Belington il must always stand
with unselfish devotion, for the
achievement of the finest ideals, OF
every high purpose, of every enter
prise. of every. step in the march of
progress.
1t must stand for good government,
freedom, equality, the public welfare,
civic and true patriotism and undying
love of country.
Belington progressive. [volume] (Belington, W. Va.) 1912-1927, 1919-06-12

today of a new building after dedrc-
ting a reasonable sinking fund allow
ance, no one should hesitate to build
or to lend money for building.
Rents are determined by supply
and demand. In the case of housing,
during the early part of the war, the
demand was curtailed by the rapid
advance in commodity prices, which
impelled many tenants to crowd into
or get along with less space than their
normal standard of living required,
and by the drafting of the young men
of military age. Within a year.
however, these influences had spent
their force. BY the end of 1918, ac-
cording to the replies obtained fross
QUESTIONABLE sent to real estate
boards in 81 cities, only four of these
cities had housing dmand that was
below normal, while in SO cities rents
had advanced 10 per cent or more;
in some instances 40 per cent to so
per cent. This rise in rents took
place at time when the populatiosl
at home was as economical of houssl
room as possible and while severf Z
millions of soldiers were absent [
the service
Another important fact was di&
closed by the replies to the question:
naire, namely, that despite rising
hents for housing in the majority of
the 81 cities, the market value Of
house sites had declined in six cities.
and had remained practically sta
tionery in ~. The market value OF
land is, like rents, determined by the
interply of supply and demand Dur
ing the war the demand for city land
was relatively small, because deal
ings in real estate was discouraged
by the banks as nonwar activity
requiring the use of credit With a
restoration of easier mortgage loan
conditions, the demand for real estate
will inevitably increase; nothing can
seem more certain than that in our
growing American cities the market
value of land must advance briskly.
A judicious investment in the cree
tion. of a new building does not de-
pend solely on the cost of construc-
ton. 1t may well happen that the
man who buys plot today and builds
on it house the cost of which is nae
greatly out of proportion to the cost
of the land will be better off a year
from now than he would be in the
meantime. City land at present is
the least inflated of all material
wealth.
Belington progressive. [volume] (Belington, W. Va.) 1912-1927, 1919-06-12
MANPOWER-MAKE 1T PAY

When production falls behind and
the investment fails to pay dividends
the wise captain of industry now
sends in hurry-up call for the doc
tor, the new type of plant efficiency
expert who has more than made good
The world war cleared the field for
him. He stepped into the breacis
when 100 per cent efficiency was de-
manded and completed task busi-
ness experts were unable to cope with
He is going to be more in demand
during reconstruction while America.
races with other nations in the cor
test for world trade.
Manpower was never before re-
CARED as such an important factor
in industry. Every diseased man on
a company payroll is liability rather
than an asset. Business experts have
failed to take this into consideration
They have allowed for maximuas
loss of time among employees, at
tempted to tighten rp on some other
items and let it go at that. The new
type of efficiency expert-the doctor
went after nanpower and he tack
led the biggest problem first, venereaI
diseases.
Remarkable results have already
been secured. A big manufacturing
concern in West Virginia followed
the advice of a health expert and in
stalled a clinic for the free treat
ment of venereal diseases at cost
of between $4,000 and $4,000 for the
first year. The plant had payroll
during this period of $125 900. The
President of the company has inform
ed the United States Public Health
Service that as a result of the clinic
tratment labor efficiency was i'm
proved 80 1-3 per cent, which he said
made the return from the investment
$4,000.
This is only one of several similar
adopted modern methods of obtain
ing efficiency and are striking direct
at the weakest point-manpower.
Every day some new industry takes
up the fight and adopts the program
for industrial work outlined by the
Public Health Service. 1t is good
thing for every employer of labor to
look into.
Millions upon millions are spent
annually maintaining industrial ma
chlnery, supply spare parts to keen
1t going and constant care to pre-
vent corrosion.
How much is being spent annually
to keep the human machinery going
and prevent the costly depreciation
caused by veneral diseases
For information, write Dr. F. F.
Farnsworth, P. A. Surgeon, U. S.
Public Health Service, Charleston. w
Va
Belington progressive. [volume] (Belington, W. Va.) 1912-1927, 1919-06-12
For One Another

The will of God respecting US is
that we shall live by each others hap
piness, and life. Men help each
other by their Joy, not by their sor-
row. They are not intended to STAY
themselves for each other, but to
strengthen themselves for each other.
-Ruskin.
Belington progressive. [volume] (Belington, W. Va.) 1912-1927, 1919-06-12
Beware, Young Men

If you don't want women to ont
strip you in the industrial race and
compel you to come to them when
you want fifty cents, you would bet
ter. stop drinking poof whiskey and
quit gambling at race tracks Won
en-, in spite of mans refusal to give
them the rights and privileges to
which they are entitled, are today in
Ids branches of business and in in
stances showing more ability than
the men. In one of the greatest fl
nancial institutions in the country,
not long ago, well known man,
drawing a salary of $4,000 year,
suffered nervous collapse. The d.
rectors selected young woman who
for ten years had been the stenog
rapher. She, the directors told us,
has done better work than the man
she succeeded and is doing it for but
$4,000 a year. In fifty years these
women will know more than the men.
They have more time to read and
study and they are improving their
time Eventually all the universities
will be co-educational and the women
will carry off all the prizes
Belington progressive. [volume] (Belington, W. Va.) 1912-1927, 1919-06-12
Easy to Commit Sin

1t is a great deal easier to commit
a second sin than it was to commit
the first, and a great deal harder to
repent Of second, than 1t was to re-
pent of the frst.-Benjamin Which
cote.
Belington progressive. [volume] (Belington, W. Va.) 1912-1927, 1919-06-12
THURSDAY, JUNE IL, 1919.

II am decidedly of the opinion we
should take no part in European
quarrels, but cultivate peace and
commerce with all.'-Jefferson to
Washington, 1888
Belington progressive. [volume] (Belington, W. Va.) 1912-1927, 1919-06-12

Entered as second-class matter
June Is, 1912, at the Post Office at
Belington, W. Va, under the Act Of
March 8, 1879.
Belington progressive. [volume] (Belington, W. Va.) 1912-1927, 1919-06-12
Bell Phone.

Advertising Rates On Application
No charges will be made for News
and Notices of Churches, Sunday
Schools, Public Schools and Societies.
Cards of Thanks free to paid-up sub
seribers only.
Belington progressive. [volume] (Belington, W. Va.) 1912-1927, 1919-06-12
DoN'TKNocK YOUR HOMETOWN

Editor Progressive:-
In last weeks issue of the Coun-
tian, | noticed local, intended to
discourage the effort to get up Gel
ebration for the Fourth. We con-
denim any such work as this.
Mr.. c. A. Blakeslee, the chairman,
is a public spirited citizen and a hus-
tier. All committees are wide awake
people. All friends of Belington will
lend hand
The exercise of the 4th will be over
In time for the first performance of
the Chautauqua.
If you can't Boost" your town.
don't KNOCK" it.
BELINGTON BOOSTER.
Dear Booster, we pay no attention
to these little knocks, but just keep
on boosting. Yours for Belington
and Barbour County.-Ed.
Belington progressive. [volume] (Belington, W. Va.) 1912-1927, 1919-06-12
To Have KNOWLEDGE.

II we would indeed have knowledge
thrive and flourish. we must water the
sender plants Of II with holiness
John Smith.
Belington progressive. [volume] (Belington, W. Va.) 1912-1927, 1919-06-12

Happiness is perfume you cannot
pour upon others without getting a
few drops on yourself
Belington progressive. [volume] (Belington, W. Va.) 1912-1927, 1919-06-12

Food manners are not taught in the
school books. They are found in the
home lessons.
Belington progressive. [volume] (Belington, W. Va.) 1912-1927, 1919-06-12

Let's attend to our own Americana
business hereafter. So say, we, all
THRIVE BY rHRlFT--gyy W. S. s.
Geo w. Price and son, Ben Price
we're in Philippi Monday.
Belington progressive. [volume] (Belington, W. Va.) 1912-1927, 1919-06-12

Published Every Thursday by
THOMPSON PRINTING COMPANY
Belington, w. Va.
Belington progressive. [volume] (Belington, W. Va.) 1912-1927, 1919-06-12
What Shall | Teach My Child?


Teach him that it is better to die
than to lie; that it is better to starve
than to steal; that it is better to be
scavenger or woodchopper than an
idler and dead-beat; that it is just
as criminal and reprehensible to
waste Monday as to desecrate Sun
dayfi; that labor is the price of all
honest possessions; that no one is
exempt from the obligation to labor
with head, hands or heart; that "an
honest man is the noblest work of
cd; that knowledge is power; that
labor is worship and idleness sin;
that it lie better to eat the crust of
independent poverty than to luxur-
late in the richest viands as Deepen
dent. Teach him these facts till they
are woven into his being and regulate
his life, and we will insure his sue
cess-though the heavens fall
Belington progressive. [volume] (Belington, W. Va.) 1912-1927, 1919-06-12

F. Il. THOMPSON, Consulting Editor
E. d. KOONTZ, News Editor
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