The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1920-07-16
PUBLISHED EVERY FRIDAY
With last works issue The E

With last works issue The Ely
Miner began the 26th year of its
existence. We have no apology TO
offer and no axes to grind. The
paper has labored faithfully towards
the upbuilding of Ely and the sur
rounding country and IN TINS we
have partly succeeded. We have
received considerable criticism as to
the adjudication of certain matters
of news which we saw fit to suppress
but feel that in this the best course
was followed. News is peculiar
proposition. One man feels that In
order for a newspaper to be efficient
everything should be published re-
lating to the other fellow but not
about himself or any of his family.
Then again there are those who
imagine that paper is for the sole
purpose of undertaking city officials,
county officials in fact every official
of any kind, churches, lodges, neigh
bors, etc, "but for Gods sake don't
mention my name in connection.
We have announced time and time
again that the columns of the Miner
were open to the public and if there
is anything you wish to let people
know, send it in. However, do not
make the error of asking the editor
to father your stuff. Sign your
name like a man. Anonymous letter
writer's are an abominati6n and COM
pared only to the gossip. They are
a sneaking, dirty, low, disreputable
outfit who work in the dark,
besmirching the character of men
and women with the filth their rotten
souls have produced. The larger
part of the human race is honest and
has feelings which even an intimatlon
against the character of people will
ruffle. The majority of readers OF
the Miner want items of interest
and would rather see a boost than
a knock. To those who don't like
this policy we will say, cancel your
subscription and get a paper that
will cater to your inclinations. 1t
is not what a newspaper prints about
a man or woman for which they
should thank the editor. The editor
should receive praise for what he
does not print. The other fellow
is no bigger goat than you are. Re
member that. A newspaper man
who comes in personal contact with
the greater part of his readers and
citizens of community could II ne
wished print something which would
not enhance the appearance OF a
newspaper nor the appearance of the
personal history of some of its
readers. Because this is not printed
is the reason you should thank the
editor. We will gladly receive items
of news concerning people and invite
you to send or telephone us if you
have a new baby in your house or
have visitors, or are going away for
a visit yourselves, or any other item
which you would care to have printed
and which is of interest. We can
get the police court items ourselves
but right here we will say that the
frailties of other people make damn
ed poor reading. The Ely readers
know too much about local affairs
and the outside readers don't care,
besides it is not necessary to parade
all our bad traits before the outside
public. Ely has good reputation
in the outside world and all these
little black spots will in time make
a blot to cover up the little name of
our city and then the cleansing will
have to be done all over again. We
intend to keep up this course and
try to make friends for the Miner,
Ely and its people. Don't however
make the mistake of thinking that
because it does not appear in the
paper that the editor does not know
of the mishaps. He does, but would
far rather say something good about
you than parade your mistakes
before the public. We leave this
to the skunk that writes anonymous
letters and the newspapers of the
cities who glory in that kind of stuff.
We will make some enemies but these
are the spices that flavor things.
We solicit your liberal patronage
in the future as in the past and thank
you for past favors and hope to be
remembered in the fllture