The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1920-02-06
COUNTY CLUBS
LIVE WIRES
IMPORTANT MATTERS OF BEN
Eft TO THE COUNTY DIS.
CUSSED-OFFICERS
ELECTED.


luth. While these subjects were up
lpermost, many other matters Of inn
portance to st. Louis County and the
northwest general came in for
Their share of attention.
Senator P. H. McGarry of Walker
talked on the good roads and Bah
cock amendment topics and also paid
high tribute to the work of the Ten
Thousand Lakes association in adver-
Using the states resources. Repre-
sentative R. w. Hitchcock of Hib-
bling took up the question of the tom
mage tax and explained in detail what
the consequences of such tax would
mean to St. Louis county.
A. P. Silliman, newly elected pres
ident of the club presided as toast
master and briefly outlined the plans
of the club for the coming year. He
complimented the club on its hand
ling of difficult subjects and the way
| it ironed out differences of opinion
and then got solidly behind a prop
osition.
The meeting during the day was
full of pep and ginger every minute
and at the banquet in the evening at
the Commercial Club is where real
talks and the exchange of ideas took
place. j. R. Bachelor, Duluth rec
reational director had everybody up
and singing popular songs and also
spoke of the need of every commune
ty in the way of recreation and what
every community should have in the
nature of entertainment to fill the
idle time. He emphasized the i'm
portance of having competent dir
ectors to direct the activities into
the proper channels. Mrs. C. E.
Spring of Duluth gave the country
woman suggestions as noted by the
city woman. She recommended bet
ter homes and more modern facil-
tiles for the wife of the farmer in
1.-THE shape of better accessible water,
warmer rooms and screened porches.
Mrs. LAWN of Zim spoke on the sub
ject from the viewpoint of farm
er's wife.
Supervisor C. A. Dahlgren of the
Superior National Forest made hit
when he told the banqueters of what
the department intended doing to-
wards the recreational possibilities
of the National Forest. Mr.. Dahl
gren's remarks brought to the at.
tention of many the chances Of this
! section of the state and much atten-
ton was attracted to the playground
Of a Nation" He also told of the in
tention of the government to es.
tablish an airplane patrol system for
fire prevention purposes with Du-
luth as training station and base.
Senator McGarry sketched the his
tory Of Minnesota's good roads move
/ ment from the time when one-hali of
a 1-min tax was levied up to the pres
ent time, when there has been voted
to spend $20,000,000 for improved
highways. He said that while other
states have good roads, Minnesota has
more graded highways than any other
state. The taxes, which are to be
tlevied against the owners Of automo-
biles under the Babcock system, he
declared would pay the entire cost OF
the contemplated improvements and
leave many millions for further i'm.
lprovements and maintenance.
Representative Hitchcock explained
1.-THE popular beliefs and arguments OF
the southern part of the state for 9
tonnage tax and gave in detail what
the cost to the northern part of the
state would be if such tax was i'm.
posed. While it was the belief that il
would only harm the steel corpora
ton, the facts are that it would dc
irreparable harm to every industry j,
the mining districts of the state. HI
declared that with the present pro
4 gram of improvements, if the ton
mage tax was put into effect that tht
county tax rate alone would not BIZ
8 mills but sc mills.
| Mayor Magney of Duluth paid 8
tribute to the wonders of the north
ern part of the state in business anc
recfeational way. John Dwan OF
Two Harbors spoke on the State FAN
and w. |. Prince of Duluth dwelt or
the value of the civic organization.
4 in bringing people and ideas together
Aphase Of the business of tn.
q people of Northern Minnesota and il
fact the nation was dwelt on by War
lren E. Greene in his address OF
Loyalty to Democracy" He showed
conclusively that it was not only tn,
duty Of every American to do bust
ness but also to protect this bushes
from the inroads contemplated b,
the reds" and other un-Americal
organizations at present trying t
sfdisuptS American ideals. He urge
1.-THE passage of sedition laws to sto
the spread Of radical doctrines. 81
assured his hearers that the only wa
to combat this spread was to preac
and practice the principles of den
ocracy as substitute for their falls
ideals.
The meeting was unanimous fe