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The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1923-05-11

tax on property" its opponents
contended, and under mining -condi-
tions existing in Minnesota would
be invalid because of its inequality
even though the courts held it was
an Occupation" tax. The inter
state commerce features of the tax
were emphasized by the companies,
which contended that the ore was
mined under contracts made before
shovelful was taken out, the con-
tracts involving it's transportation
and delivery in interstate COM
merce.
The ore, it was explained, was
mined by the open pit process,
where large Eteam dredges shovel
it into railroad cars run into the
pits upon temporary tracks. At
least "a per cent of the entire an
nual output of the state is SO pro-
duced, it was asserted. Loading of
the iron ore upon cars in the open
pits was as much part of inter-
state commerce, the companies
claimed, as was the loading of
grain upon cars at elevators, which
the supreme court had held consti.
| tuted interstate commerce.
Asserting it's right to impose ex-
else taxes, the state contended that
the tax could not be twisted by its
opponents into anything except an
Occupation" tax. It was not ex-
cessive, the state insisted, and was
imposed upon a purely local bust
ness, that of mining. Admitting
that there may be difference OF
oninion as to the necessity or pro.
priety of the tax, and of the wis.
dom and justice of the methods
used in assessing it, such matters
were, the state asserted, to be de-
termined by the legislature. The
courts, it added, would not set
aside the act although it were of
the opinion that the legislature had
[acted upon wrong motives or was
wrong in its judgment. Whatever
might be said along such lines, the
state insisted, the contention that
the law was not clearly within the
discretion and power of the legisla-
ture to enact, could not be sustain
ed. Therefore, it must be held, it
added, to be legitimate exercise
of the right of the state to provide
revenues by taxation.
With the utmost confidence in It's
contention that the tax was i'm
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1923-05-11
PUBLISHED EVERY FRIDAY

A trip about the city at this
time will amaze you as to the large
amount of improvements being
made to the residences and business
places. The lateness of the season
has probably delayed the matter
considerably and more will follow as
soon as the weather gets down to
business. Strangers arriving here
and looking the town over notice the
large number of buildings beng re-
built and new ones under way. Re-
marks regarding the prosperous APP
pearance of our city are not gen.
eral until after trip about town.
The view one gets right after leav-
ing the train is rather misleading.
The dilapidated appearance of the
D. & l. R. depot, freight shed and
round house, if taken as a criterion
for the balance of the city, would
certainly be rotten. We have been
virtually promised a new depot and
accessories for years by the officials
of the railroad but up to date nc
move has been made to give the
best paying station on the line any
thing commensurate with the pusi-
ness done here. Without stretching
the truth one bit, it is safe To say
Ely has the only original depot
built by the railroad on its line
All the others have been rebuilt.
When the station here gets too punk
for even the employees, crew is
sent up from headquarters with 9
quart or two of paint and then that
settles it for another term of years
The station in Ely would cause any
one to take bus rather than speno
a few minutes in waiting at the
depot This subject should be taken
up at the next meeting of the Com
mercial Club and if possible some
method should be devised to bring
this to the attention of the officials
and resolute them to live up to THEN
promises to the best town on the
line-or the northwest for that mat.
ter. We're not knocking. Only
telling you. For the amount OF
benefit the company gets out OF
here, we surely are entitled tc
something besides what we have
for a station.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1923-05-11

stuff and Sunday dances are but
an entering wedge for some long
haired man or short haired woman
reformer to get in their work and
eventually knock out auto trips,
fishing excursions, berry picking
and other such amusements .,n Sum
day. After a man or woman puts
in a solid week in the mine, the
home or the office, little Sunday
diversion is surely permissible with
out jabbing large holes in the moral
code. Some people enjoy Sunday
by fishing, hunting, automobil'ng,
reforming others or going to church.
All are entitled to their personal
opinions.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1923-05-11

posed upon Occupation, the state
declared the law would also be de-
Tended as property" tax. I'm
less the supreme court should hold
that the tax applied only after the
ore had begun to move in interstate
commerce, a construction which the
state discarded as impossible under
the recent Pennsylvania anthracite
tax decision, it would have, it claim
ed, under line of court decisions,
a right to impose a property tax
upon the ore
A thirty day stay was granted
the companies protesting the tax in
order to file an appeal for rehear-
ing if they wish After that date
the final mandate of the high court
will be handed down and the state
can collect the tax. The amount of
taxes due for the past two years
will amount to over $5,500,000.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1923-05-11

Now that the supreme court has
decided that the "Occupational Tax
is constitutional, the great question
of future cash for the conduct of
business of Minnesota should be
solved for various state officials
and legislative members who were
becoming rather leary of their fin
ancial remuneration for alleged
services. The decision has optned
the way for the taxing of occupa-
tons such as farming, blacksmith
ing, bee keeping, cattle raising,
printing. carpenters, butchers, bak-
ers and all kinds of candlestick max
ers and a thousand or so of occu-
pations not classified above, lnclud-
ing banking, numbering, office hold
ing, preaching, school teaching, toc--
toring and everything else classed
as an occupation, even lawmaklng;:
No! Why not? Bro. Bendixen and
Bros. WEIGH and Wilkinson should
look into this. Perhaps they can
get Bro. Carley to. help them!
Considerable cash would accrue to
the Golfers alone if an occupational
tax was levied against the down
state tax dodgers who list their
farms at $500 per acre for sale
and SIS per acre for taxation.
This may not be good hunch but
we give it entirely free and for
the sole use of our friends Cd to the
south. With advalorem taxes, ton
mage taxes and royalty taxes, the
mining districts will soon be fur
nishing the state with all the cash
needed and the farming sections
will not find it necessary to pay
anything.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1923-05-11

Already a movement has been
started to make Vic Power of Hib-
bling a candidate for United States
senator at the election next year.
Yes, why no.? What's the idea Of
Minneapolis and st. Paul always
furnishing the candidates? Let's
have a senator from this end of the
state for a change and if not Vic,
why, some other good man. Give
us something up here for furnishing
the state with over half of its ready
money.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1923-05-11

Hibbing is being infested with
large numbers of rats, so much so
that they are being figured men
ace. So far, no one has accused
either the Cannon or Power adj
ministration of being responsible
for the pests nor has anyone con-
nected them with the "North Forty"
fight being waged in that city.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1923-05-11

Theodore Christensen of the
Dawson Sentinel and a member of
the legislature is looked upon as
the big man for governor at the
next election. If it is true that
Christianson as the head of the APP
preparations committee, killed off
the Babcock road bond bill with the
intention of putting the present ad-
ministration in a hole and thus
make it easier a year hence to fur
Their his ambitions, we feel sorry for
him. If these charges, so promis-
cously circulated about the capitol
and the state are not true, then the
Dawson editor has been sorely NAL
igned. One thing we will say.
Every editor so far elevated to the
governors chair has made good and
Christianson has it in him to do the
same. What we want to know is
did he or didn't he. The good
roads proposition is vital issue in
this state and those responsible fol
its downfall will be held strictly to
account when the next state cleo
ton rolls around.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1923-05-11

The Daily Virginian has changed
hands and is now being published
by R. D. Strong as editor and F.
FL. Strong as business manager.
The new firm promises Virginia a
first-class daily and judging by the
appearances of the first issues un-
der the new management, the
promises will be fulfilled. Here's
Ho.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1923-05-11

Tuesday was the coolest May 8
experienced in the history of this
state. The thermometer here reach
ed 35 above and considerable
snow fall greeted the early risers
Tuesday morning. This kind of
temperature was not local, all the
northwest being similarly affected.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1923-05-11

immigration officials have begun
investigation of a scheme for i'm
porting Mexican labor into the
United States. The scheme was
disclosed when a party of Mexicans
were taken from the train. at st.
Paul. They claimed they had been
hired to work in a sugar refinery at
Mason City, Iowa, and had signed
contracts to that effect. Later it
was discovered that they were be-
ing taken to Thief River Falls
against their wishes to work on
sugar beet farms.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1923-05-11

AS expected, Governor Preus will
be the U. S. senator to succeed
Senator Nelson. The governor will
resign and thus elevate Lieutenant
Governor Collins to the vacancy
after which Governor Collins will
appoint Ex-Governor Preus as sem
ator. Just like that. One good
thing about the whole affair is: We
will continue to have a good gov
ernor and also a good senator.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1923-05-11

Duluth has put a strict ban on
Sunday dances. If these affairs in
terfere with the morals of Duluth
ians, they should be stopped. We
are not strong on the blue law
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1923-05-11

The American Legion has pre-
scented to President Harding the fol-
lowing resolution which speaks for
itself. The passing of this esolu-
ton was occasioned by the efforts
being put forth in certain quarters
for the release of criminals convict
ed of reasonable acts against the
government during the late war.
The resolution says: "The Legion
stands Interchangeable in its opposi-
ton to the release of these sedition-
lists. 1t condemns the active and
continuing efforts of organizations
and individuals in sympathy with
sedition to secure the release of
the criminals who in the days of
war gave aid and comfort to the
enemy, tried to seduce American
manhood from it's duty and by
means covert and open sought to
bring defeat to American arms in
war for civilization"
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1923-05-11

It is estimated that half billion
good American dollars have gone
into German marks for speculation
during the past three years. Be
fore the war the mark was quoted
at rs cents and now the market is
flooded at 5000 for 20 cents. They
are being sold as souvenirs in the
streets of New York at thousand
for 20 cents by hawkers who are
doubling their money. The English
pound is now selling at about 20
cents below par and is the most
stable of the foreign currency. 1t
is expected that the pound will
reach par before the end of 1928.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1923-05-11

Howdy pards! 1t is far less
trouble to get marriage license
than one for an automobile.
We wonder if Doc Coue got
through school on his own method.
Let others count on you, said the
adding machine.
The Garden.
1t was the busy hour of four,
When from the horticultural store
Emerged gentleman who bore
/ hoe,
l spade,
l Wheelbarrow.
From thence our hero promptly went
Into a seed establishment
And. for these things his money
spent.
l box of bulbs,
l lot of shrubs,
l package of assorted seeds.
He has a garden under way
And if he's fairly lucky, say
He'll have about the end of May
l nasturtium
l mignonette.
An army travels on its stomach,
said Napoleon. Many a young
business man gets there on his gall.
"The whole is greater than any
of its parts" said the Ely pessimist,
looking ruefully at the doughnut.
They've changed it to tripping
the light fanatic, since so many
girls have tried to break the endur-
ance record.
1t is hard to tell whether that
story about senator's being drunk IS
offered as scandal or an alibi.
A New York hunter is going to
India to hunt rare pink ducks, and
he expects to use 20 elephants in
the hunt "Pink elephants?" coyly
asks Luke.
The La Toilette Report.
| A dollar a gallon for gasoline, Bob?
That hardly could come to pass
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1923-05-11

The La Toilette Report.
A dollar a gallon for gasoline, Bob?
That hardly could come to pass
Unless the reformers got after that
too
And bootleggers handled the
gas!
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1923-05-11
Hartford Automobile
Insurance

protects you doubly in the event
you are sued by the person in
jured by your car. The COM
pany defends the suit and pays
any damages awarded. Court
awards are huge, too, and iuries
are not lenient even with care
full drivers.
Get your automobile insurance
through this agency-Insurance
sold but Service given.
First National Bank
Ely, Mimi.
Phone n
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1923-05-11

A New York hunter is going to
India to hunt rare pink ducks, and
he expects to use 20 elephants in
the hunt. "Pink elephants?" coyly
asks Luke.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1923-05-11

1t is hard to tell whether that
story about senator's being drunk is
offered as scandal or an alibi.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1923-05-11

They've changed it to tripping
the light fanatic, since so many
girls have tried to break the endur-
ance record.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-10-19

F you are one of those people who when walking
 down the street with friend, perhaps stranger in the city, turn to Drennens and say, "That is my store," we are glad We know then that as far as you are concerned we have achieved store of which you are proud are glad to be part of, store that instead of being mere building stocked with goods for sale has back of it human intelligence, human ambitions, human knowledge of the tastes, wants, needs and desires of the folks And not until
 everybody in Birmingham calls Drennen's my store" will be content with the service rendering
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-10-19

TRUNKS, SUIT CASES
 AND HAND BAGS This sale offers a wonderful opportu- nifty. Get the articles you want now before they are gone. Choice of our entire stock (while they last), during this sale, at
 20 PER CENT OFF
Evening capital. [volume] (Annapolis, Md.) 1922-1981, 1923-04-05
MEMS SUITS

All wool Mems Suits in the latest
Spring weaves for men and young
Evening star., 1923-04-12

her pencil at Peter. At last she can
stand 1t no longer and calls out: Glass,
sit up. Hold your books in position.
Pay attention to what you are doing!
The child that doesn't know his place
will get bad mark. Jacob, go on.'
1t is impossible for forty children to
keep their minds in step for five hours
a day, day after day.
1t is impossible for any teacher to
hold their attention as a unit on any
particular point for more than a few
minutes. Then there must be d good
deal of waste in a uniform program?
There is waste in the uniform pro-
gram-exactly as there is waste when
there is no program. Something must
be done to stop the waste. for school
time grows more and more precious and
child's learning time must be con-
served to his greater good if he Is to
be fitted fairly for the complex life
ahead Of him.
Couldn't we work a little easier II the
program called for a weeks work in :
stead of one day at a time? Couldn' I
we get further if we stayed on a job
until the children who had it in hand
mastered it? Couldn't we save time
this way and let the child who did not
it, helping himself while he searched
for it?
Loosen up the program and give the
children chance to work without inter-
ruption and with a definite notion Of
accomplishment. Why should he worry
about an unfinished job If the bell rang
and he couldn't go on? Suppose he
his job? Just following the clock? The
clock program is not altogether good.
Amend 1t.
Copyright, 1921
Evening star., 1923-04-12
The Diary of a Professional Movie Fan
Are Men Vainer Than Women?
BY GLADYS HALL.

1t has always been a contention OF
mine that men are vainer than women.
The lords of creation say to us, 'You
must be vain, you prink so! Mirrors
mean so much in your life! You have
Your being in vanity cases." Yea. ver-
lily! But that, but "those" Is not be-
cause we are conceited, gentlemen, but
because we are not. Vanity cases are
tokens Of inferiority complexes. We
prinlk because we know and fear our
own shortcomings. We toll and are ex
ceeding powdered in order to atone for
the defects we fear we have. Men go
forth in the early morning with moth
ing but a shave. They swell their
chests and turn their unanointed faces
toward the sun. All, WELL but that is
because they have no fear but what
those unanointed faces will be pleasing
TO the sun. VIII even rival the sun!
Even the stars say so.
Lady Diana Manners. English peeress
and staress, recently made the state
and have always been so. Most of her
British sisters agree with her, and
here's what some of the American stars
have to say on the subject:
Norma Talmadge says: 81 believe that
men are vainer than women. There is
no artifice practiced by women so radi-
cally opposed to the laws of nature as
the habit men have of removing the
hair from their faces. (But, Norma,
we'd hate to see you play opposite to
man who hadn'to 1t is only the eXcep-
tional woman who spends more than
half an hour in actual beautifying of
herself. Beauty parlors don't begin to
do the business that is carried on in
barber shops" Thus Norma.
Ruth Clifford the baby vamp in THE
Dangerous Age observed to me: "Of
course. boys are as vain as girls; no
girl spends so much time selecting a
toilette for an outing as does the aver
age boy. A boy simply spends hours
Sticking his hair la Valentino and
trying on and over again his half dozen
ties and fussing if his clothes haven't
been pressed just SO, or his shoes
shtned. Every girl who has brothers
knows this is SO. But, Of course. girls
have pretty colors to depend on and
can do their hair up in attractive fash
ion, while boys have to depend on per-
feet grooming alone to make them at
tractive.'
Madge Bellamy, star of Lorna
Doone," is the daughter Of a college
Evening star., 1923-04-12
RLIHEIML SI1AQTLC By Thornton
DIO l. 11V1I ~ O1llLO W. Burgess.

tiring person. He doesn't like too
much attention. He wants to be
where he can get out of sight when
he feels like it, Perched up in a
tree as he was. he was altogether too
plainly in sight. So his feeling of
feeling of worry. and this feeling
grew with every passing minute.
Now and then he looked anxiously
this way and that way to see if all
that noise was attracting the atten-
tion of others. So it was that he
discovered Farmer Browns Boy COM
ing down the Long Lane before
Bowser knew anything about it.
Johnny Chuck's heart sank and
sank and sank and sank, 1t seemed
to sink little bit lower with every
step Farmer Browns Boy took. For
long time Johnny had looked on
Farmer Browns Boy as friend. But
that was when he (Johnny) was
where he could dive down into his
home at the least sign of unfriendli-
ness. Now he must stay right where
ne was. and he knew that he would
be at the mercy of Farmer Browns
Boy. Farmer Browns Boy could
climb. Johnny Chuck had seen him
do 1t more than once.
Nearer and nearer drew Farmer
Browns Boy, and Johnny shook more
and more with fright. The worst of
1t was there wasn't thing he could
do about it. He must stay right
where he was. Perhaps you can guess
how he hoped that Farmer Browns
Boy wouldn't look up in that tree.
That was foolish hope. OF course.
Farmer Browns Boy was boand to
look up in that tree because Bowser
himself was lokoing up in that tree
all the time and making it perfectly
plain that there was some one up
there.
Il guess this Is the end" thought
Johnny mournfully as Farmer Browns
Boy stopped at the foot of the tree
and looked up. If he hadn't been so
badly frightened he would have had
to grin at the look of surprise on
Farmer Browns Boys face when he
discovered who it was that was up in
that tree. But Johnny was, too fright
frightened to do anything like that
Never had he felt so helpless. lie
couldn't run; he couldn't fight; he
couldn't do a thing.
Then Farmer Browns Boy spoke,
and somehow the very tones of that
voice made Johnny Chuck feel a wee
bit better. A tiny bit of hope sprang
up In the heart of Johnny Chuck. 1t
grew as Farmer Browns Boy made
no attempt to do anything to him.
Then as Farmer Browns Boy turned
and started away, taking Bowser with
him, Johnny chuck's heart almost
burst with gladness and thankfulness.
Copyright, 1923. by 7. W. Burgess)
Evening star., 1923-04-12

was that woman I saw you talking
to-" and 'Why did you lend that man
money!" and "Why do you want to
go out again tonight?" Small snip
ing; but 1t keeps Jack feeling ike
And Rita Hastings-her whole fam
lily are in terror of those mysterious
spells" which no doctor seems able
to cure and which keep Tom and the
children tiptoeing through the house
she seems SO well. too, and can work
SO hard when she's interested.
Tyrants, each in his own way. But
why? Old Mr.. Bolland claims that he
is guarding his family's interests:
Ruth says she nags because she loves
Jack SO; Rita considers herself pitt
full victim to i'll health. In truth,
they are all victims of i'll health, but
the sickness is resident in their minds
rather than their bodies. Scientists
links who gain power and attention
by tearing down instead of building
up, interference instead Of help. An
DIRE Tridon. I'm his book, "Psycho-
analysis and Behavior" tells of these
unhappy people, who often are quite
ignorant of the causes Of their own
misery. They are possessed by a
sense OF inferiority. physical, social
or mental. To ease that hidden hu-
initiation they seek to drag others
dOW u Oclllllc lHoSc AuCy III
consciously recognize as superiors.
"The inferior husband" says An
DIRE Tridon, surrounds his wife with
varied protective devices which are
ostensibly meant to protect her and
imply her inability to protect her.
self. He dictates what she may read,
whom she may properly meet, what
she should wear; In reality isolating
her as completely as possible from
other more attractive and perhaps
more virile males. The inferior
wife nags her husband into giving up
habits friends, clubs, membership in
associations likely to supply him
with alibis-the woman with a sick
headache SilenceS the entire house.
hold-the person who faints COM
mands the services and attention of
all those present"
By these signs shall you know the
neurotic. And since psychoanalysis
like charity, most properly begins at
home, what Is your lii pet neurosis,
Pal?
Copyright, 1921