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The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1924-10-24
WHAT WOULD THE
NEW TIMBER TAX BE

1t is impossible to say just what
the new tax law would be if Amend
ment No. 4 were passed because
the legislature would still have to
make the law. Nor should they
pass such a law without due con-
sideration. While there have been
laws for this purpose for many
years-in several of the other states,
they are not so perfect that this
state would want to copy them IN
toto, nor is it all certain that they
would fit the different conditions in
this state.
The McNary- Clark bill passed by
the last session of congress provides
for the appropriation of money for
the investigation along the line of
timber taxation. Advantage should
be taken of that opportunity to get
our law as perfect as possible
There should be no rush about de-
Gliding the details of the law, but
there should be immediate action on
the amendment because nothing will
be done till the change is authorized
by the constitution. The French
committee took nine years to formu-
late a code of forest laws, but the
ones they finally passed in 1868
are most of them still in force.
While we may not adopt the laws
of any other state as whole it is
interesting to see what important
features are covered in them.
Connecticut, Massachusetts, New
Hampshire, Louisiana, New York
and Indiana all have passed special
laws for the taxation of their tim
Der lands. They all agree on some
points. In every case it is neces-
sary for the owners to make applica-
ton to have their lands placed in
this special classification and sign
a contract agreeing to live up to GER
tain requirements. In every case
the value of the land separately
from the timber is fixed for a period
of years. That is really the most
important point of all, because it
is not so much the amount of the
tax as the uncertainty of future
assessments that makes investments
in longtime timber-growing pro-
jects impossible.
They all agree also in providing
a penalty in case the land is with
drawn before the timber is mer-
charitable. In most cases the land
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1924-10-24

reverts to the old classification and
all the back taxes since the contract
was made must be paid on that
basis. That is a wise provision TO
prevent the misuse of the law in
getting out of taxes without pro-
ducing the timber.
All of them provide for a yield
tax varying from 2 to 10 per cent
of the stumpage value of the timber
at the time that it is cut. This yield
tax together with the land tax
should constitute AFFAIR tax on the
property. 1t may be more or it
may be less than the old tax paid
under the old hit or miss system.
The advantage of the owner lies
not in reduced taxes but in the fact
that the land tax which he pays
annually is small and the yield tax
the only tax on the timber itself
lis paid when the timber is cut
and the revenue is available to pay
it,.
In Pennsylvania minerals and oil
are taxed separately. This might
be a good provision for the ore
lands in this state.
Many of the laws specify that
mature timber shall be assessed at
the time the classification is made
and taxed annually at that figure.
They also specify how long mature
timber may be carried under the
contract At the end of the period
the yield tax is collected whether
the timber is cut or not. This pre-
vents the owner from continuing to
carry the timber for speculation at
the expense of the people after it
ic merchantable
There are other special provisions
such as regulations for the care and
protection of the timber, etc, but
the ones already mentioned cover
most of the essentials Of such a
law.
In voting for Amendment Nc a
you are not voting for any ono of
these laws, you are only author,
ing the legislature to pass some law
to accomplish the same purpose.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1924-10-24


on buying new cars oftener, pay
ing for more gasoline and tires and
repairs, and so forth, as long as the
roads are not all that could be
reasonably asked for. So the man
who fights to save few dollars of
auto taxes each year is probably
beating self.-Highway News.
Travesty On Justice.
A drunken automobile driver at
Austin tore through the streets
there with the remains of bicycle
dangling on the front of his car
after he had struck the rider. He
went eight miles into the country
before his car tipped over and he
was captured. He got 60 days in
jail and driving privilege suspended
for go days, which causes the Fari-
bault Daily News to remark: "a
travesty on justice. The brute
should have been given five years in
the pen. Supposing he had run
over and killed or manned for life
the wife or child of the judge be-
fore whom he was tried?"-
Sueur Center Leader.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1924-10-24
A SHINING EXAMPLE.

The voters and taxpayers of Min
nesota do not need to go further than
to North Dakota to find a concrete
example of just what the state owner
ship platform, which FLOYD Olson, far
mer-labor candidate for governor, is
now openly espousing, and pleading
for the voters of Minnesota to adopt,
will do to them.
That pet of the reactionaries of
North Dakota the state owned flour
mill, was the one beautiful dream of
the leaguers of our sister state, held
up before the voters as the weapon
with which to deal the death blow to
the grasping, greedy millers who had
been robbing the farmers for years.
But the beautiful dream turned out
to be nightmare. A fantastic, finan-
cial failure, which cost the taxpayers
of North Dakota millions of dollars
in the first instance, and since the
state owned mill was completed there
has never been day when the mill
has paid running expenses.
Not only does 1t not pay operating
expenses, but the state owned mill
pays no taxes on the property into the
state treasury. And on top of this the
taxpayers of North Dakota are re.
CURED to pay an interest charge of
about $1,000 day on the bonds which
were issued to build and equip the
state owned mill and finance the bust.
ness.
The state controlled and state own.
ership program which was foisted
onto the state of North Dakota, and
which this same crowd would like to
saddle onto Minnesota, has put upon
the backs of the taxpayers Of that
state a bonded debt Of seventy mil.
lions of dollars.
Yet in face of the disastrous results
in this one venture in North Dakota,
Mr.. Olson, and his co-workers for pub.
lie and state ownership, would like to
saddle onto the state of Minnesota
not only state owned MILL but pub.
lie ownership of transportation and
Industrial utilities, stock yards, large
abbatoirs, grain elevators, terminal
warehouses, pipe lines, tanks, all other
public utilities and natural resources,
such as coal, oil, natural gas, mineral
deposits, also state insurance, bank.
ing, etc. ..'ra .,
Would it not be well for Mr.. Olson
and his co-workers to take the voters
Of Minnesota into their confidence
and explain just how the state owned
mill in North Dakota has worked out
and how the taxpayers of that state
are going to work out from under the
heavy load foisted upon them by the
reign of radicalism, before asking the
voters and taxpayers of Minnesota to
follow them into like quagmire of
financial ruin
Surely the state owned mill Of North
Dakota is a shining example of finan.
cial disaster that the voters and tax.
payers of Minnesota may well take
note of to their profit
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1924-10-24

Sandstone-Sash and door factory,
recently destroyed by fire, being
reconstructed.
Gilbert-Gilbert-E road COM
pleted and formally opened to
traffic.
Fairfax-Site purchased for con-
struction of new postoffice build
ing.
Benson-NewIy constructed grade
on highway No. 10 between this
city and Kerkhoven to be gray
eled this winter.
Eveleth-Italian American society
to erect brick building at Adams
avenue and Pierce street.
Duluth-Pavement on Grand ave-
nue. to be widened from Fairmont
park to Morgan park.
Hibbing-Duluth, Messabe & North
ern railroad to start building PR
gram including depot, freight
sheds and roadbed for ore assem-
bling yards.
Duluth-Con5truction of two addi-
tional mills here by United States
Steel Corporation for manufac-
tire Of sheet and tinplste report
ed.
Manksto-Yield CT LOT bushels of
oats to the acre reported by local
farmer.
Eveleth-Compiete electrifico ton of
TIE Leonidas and Spruce mines
authorized by Oliver Iron Mining
Company.
Observation-Disclosures Potato Grow
ers' Exchange planning to form
three holding corporations: the
Eastern Warehousing Corporation,
Central Warehousing Corporation
and Western Warehousing Cor
noration: these branches to have
total of 235 warehouses taken
over by exchange to handle 1924
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1924-10-24
B FOREST NOTES
(By the Superior Forest Office.)

Assistant Forest Supervisor Kelly
and Senior Ranger Denley are on a
months detail to the Duluth Office
in connection with special work
that has come up. 1t is expected
that they will return by the 18th of
November.
+
Supervisor Richey left on the
22nd for inspection of the Sioux
River Ranger District and will be
gone from seven to ten days.
Various work and matters will be
discussed with Ranger Crow of that
district. Lookout Henry Schroeder
accompanied Supervisor Richey to
Buyck.
Ranger Carney left on the 22nd
for Gabro and Bald Eagle lakes to
check up on activities of the Min
nesota Power & Light Company and
also to check things up around the
Fernberg Station prior to closing ii
up for the season.
The Forest Service has laid of
all of its temporary protective
force with the exception of the
lookout observers who will stay on
until the 31st of the month. The
low fire hazard has made this pos
sible as otherwise. the entire force
is carried on through the 31st of
the month.
r
Ranger Valentine and Guard Ed
Groesbeck of the Big Lake District
returned from an extended field trip
through the Lac La CroiX and
Crooked Lake Region and are leav-
ing again on the 22nd for the Port
age River Ranger Station.
Assistant Forester Barker is on
detail to the North Shore Division
where he S checking over matters
relative to the opening of a sale in
the Cross River area to the Lake
Superior Forest Products Company
of Duluth, who has made applica-
ton for timber in that locality.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1924-10-24
Farmers for Ted.

In conversation last week with a
prominent farmer of the county, he
told us that in his neighborhood, the
farmers seemed to favor Theodore
Christianson for governor. They be-
lieved, he said, in "Ted's" ability, his
thorough knowledge Of the needs Of
the state, his practical plan to reduce
taxes and the constructive utterances
in his campaign addresses.-St James
Plaindealer.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1924-10-24
Beraer for Bob.

Victor Berger, OF Milwaukee, who
was twice denied seat in congress
because of his socialistic and un.
American principles. has come to the
aid of LaFollette. Berger has fought
LaFollette for twenty-five years, but
is now willing to accept him, mainly
because LaFollette stands for govern.
ment ownership of railroads and abol
ishing the supreme court of the land
-Hibbing Daily News.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1924-10-24
That state.owned Mill.

The state-owned mill at Grand
Forks lost only s60,718 during the
month of June. Every time barrel
of hard spring wheat -four rolled out
of that institution. and there was
1000 Of them every twenty-four hours,
the taxpayers kissed 81 cents good
by. The net loss of the mill up to
June 80 was $627, 362.84. North Da-
kota is generosity giving the rest of
us an impressive example of public
ownership, but how long can the tax
payers stand it?-Stillwater Gazelle.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1924-10-24
Just as Reasonable.

Speaking of the proposed idea in
the past, and some of 1t is still pre-
vailing, for a law to guarantee bank
deposits, an exchange wants to know
why not law to guarantee that peo-
pie who borrow money from the banks
would pay it back together with in
terest. Another observes that failure
to pay loans is what causes bank fail
ures. One law would be as reasonable
as the other.-Le Sueur Center
xeader
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1924-10-24

Our services next Sunday will
be given over to the interests of
the Sunday School and religious
education. We urge you to bring
your friends to Sunday School at
10 o'clock. At the morning service
the pastor will speak on the work
of the Sunday School. The sub
ject of the evening sermon will be
"Christian Education. All are
cordially invited.
JOHN L. PARISH, Minister.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1924-10-24
A Friend of the Country

Newspaper men and women of Min
nesota have always found Ted Chris
Hanson, editor of the Dawson Sentinel
and republican candidate for COVER
nor, a tried and true friend, and one
who has always had their best inter
est at heart. He is looked upon by
the newspaper folks of the state as
their candidate, and they resent the
attempt of his opponents to spread
the report that Ted Christianson Is
not in sympathy with the aims and
aspirations of his fellow publishers
Newspaper folks of Minnesota know
Ted Christianson, and they are with
him.-Frazee Press.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1924-10-24
CHURCH NOTES

ELY M. E. I'll U r H-Sunday
School at 1000 A. M. Morning
Worship at 100 A. M. Even
ing Service at 1880 P. M. Come
and bring your friends.
JOHN L. PARISH, Minister.
M. E. CHURCH NOTES.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1924-10-24
MINNESOTA WEEKLY
INDUSTRIAL REVIEW.

Whether More Buiness and
Less Po,:5ics is Instilled in our
Governmental Affairs, Depends
on the Sentiment of the Ameri-
can People as expressed in our
coming Elections. If any Citizen
Deliberately votes for an Expert
ment at this time, he should not
cry at Results, for Experiments
Usually cost Money and in Pub
lie Affairs the Taxpayer will Foot
the Bill.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1924-10-24
Good Aduice

Know thy opportunity said wis
old Greek. "And don't cut it, for mex
time it might pass and not know you
-Tit-BitS.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1924-10-24

Woman Deputy Attorney General.
Mrs. jeanette Brill. a practicing
lawyer of Brooklyn, Is the first woman
to be appointed a deputy attorney
general Of the state of New York.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1924-10-24

If Bob La Toilette should be elected
president, Victor Berger would be
secretary Of state and George Syl-
vester Vyrick would be secretary of
war. Hoch der once kaiser-Houston
County Chief
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1924-10-24
Princeton Not First Name

Princeton university when chartered
In 1746 was known as the College of
New Jersey and was located at Eliza
beth.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1924-10-24
Especially Those

Everybody should learn to drive a
car" says an auto journal. At any
rate, those who sit behind steering
wheels, brother--Baltimore Sun.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1924-10-24
Gutter Never Wins

winner never quits and a gutter
never wins. is the motto of a life as
Surance society.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1924-10-24
Poor Thing to Liue For

Some men make fortunes, but not
to enjoy them; for, blinded by avarice,
they live to make fortunes-Juvenal
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1924-10-24
Would Be Big Frog

would rather sit on pumpkin anc
have it all to myself than to be crowd
ed on q velvet cushion.-Thoreau.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1924-10-24
Something to Be Proud OF.

A woman is never satisfied with
her prowess as a shopper until she
has succeeded in getting bargain at
a church fair.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1924-10-24
Facing the Facts.

AS long as the auto tax is the
only tax for state trunk highway
Improvement and maintenance, it is
quite obvious, trunk routes will be
improved and we'll kept only accord
ing to the rate the auto taxes come
in and the wisdom with which they
are applied on the roads. 1t is
equally plain that owners must go
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1924-10-24
PRESBYTERIAN SERVICES.

The Presbyterian parish is wor
shipping for the present in the
Community Center Building. The
hours of service are:
Church School, 80 A. M.
Morning WCrship,-----1O:45 A. M.
Christian Endeavor,----7:15 P. M.
The churches throughout the U. S.
in cooperation with many other
civic organizations will stress Sun
day, Oct. 26, as "Get-Out-the-Vote"
day. In keeping with the idea the
pastors theme will be ga Citizen
of No Mean Country. No even
ing service until we are in the new
church. The public is welcome to
attend.
H. RUSSELL BROWNE Pastor.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1924-10-24
Why He.Is q Fool

The fool doth think he is WISE
Shakespeare
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1924-10-24
Gas Tax Amendment.

The gas amendment to the con-
stitution, which is to be voted upon
this coming election, has been given
the same number as the original
that established the highway system
in our state.
This new amendment is in some
respects as important as the orig
inal.
1t is acknowledged that the next
legislature will provide by statute
for gasoline tax, but the amend
ment is put forward so that all of
this tax, which otherwise would go
into the general fund, may be set
aside for it's exclusive use upon the
highways, which is most important.
If we drive into neighboring
states that tax gas we will con-
tribute towards the maintenance of
their highways, at the same time
if we do not tax gas we cannot
make tourists from other states
contribute towards the maintenance
of ours. If we vote tax we will
have the long end of the bargain,
on account of our 10000 lakes at
traction for tourists bringing thous-
ands into the state.-Worthington
Times.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1924-10-24
HIGHWAY NOTES.

Trunk Routes and Main Streets.
The city of Faribault insisted on
having the trunk highway routed
through it's main business section,
and it wishes now that the route
was several blocks off. Faribault
is almost too large a town to permit
it's main business street to be used
for through traffic. Conditions will
get worse, too. The State highway
department had recommended a
route three blocks away Other
towns, too, will find that through
travel on main street is more an
noying than proftable.-LLitchfeld
Review.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1924-10-24
One Arm Auto Driving.

Of all cases of incapacitated
drivers, aside from intoxication
from alcoholic beverages the 'one
arm driver, so-called, is probably
the most dangerous. No man can
be expected to keep full possession
if his car while he has one arm
around a woman. We see a good
deal of this kind of driving, and
unless it ceases the day may come
when such drivers will have to be
dealt with as severely as those suf-
fering from intoxication. These
drivers are not only endangering
the lives of the persons in their own
cars but the lives of pedestrians
and the lives of people riding in
other cars. A man who drives on
our highways with one arm around
a woman is a real menace and
should be deprived of his privilege
to operate the car. No self-respect-
ing girl should permit such breach
of etiquette in public.-West ST.
Paul Booster.
The Winslow mail., 1924-01-11
Were Suspicious,

Mrs. HashBrown, a seasoned board
ing-house proprietor, entered a butch
er shop and was cordially greeted.
Cant l sell you some nice chickens
today?" asked the butcher.
Nope" said the lady with marked
decision; II can't serve chicken for at
least week now"
"Why nor, maam?"
"On account of my facetious board
ers. My parrot died yesterday"
The Winslow mail., 1924-01-11
|IIIIIIllIIuuIIIIIII

flashes, insomnia, etc, - and I am
pleased to testify to the wonderful re-
suits / obtained from the Vegetable
Compound. heartily recommend it to
any woman and l will be pleased to an
swer any inquiries that might be sent to
me through the publication of my testi-
monial. Mrs. H. L. BRADFORD, 100
Armstead Street, Phoebus, Virginia.
Consider carefully Mrs. Bradford's
She 9r enons ba pngno 70 6p de
age and the wonderful results she OBJ
tanned from Lydia E. Pinkham's Vege-
table Compound.
If you are suffering from nervous
troubles, irritability, or if other annoy
ing symptoms appear and you are blue
at times, you should give the Vegetable
Compound a fair trial. For sale by
druggists everywhere.
The Winslow mail., 1924-01-11
Great Ideas.

'From time to time God drops a
great idea into the soul of great
man. Often these men who live upon
the existing institutions start the fire
against the new idea. Sometimes they
cruelty its apostle; but ideas feed
upon faggots, and grow through cruci-
fxions. Newell Dwight Hills.
The Winslow mail., 1924-01-11
Taking Her Back.

After the young thing at the party
old lady leaned toward her and said:
"Thank you so much for your songs,
my dear They took me back to child
hood days on my fathers farm. There
were times, when you sang, that l
could shut my eyes and fairly near
the old front gate creaking in the
wind"
The Winslow mail., 1924-01-11
Need of PRAYER,

Deeper than the need of men, deep
er than rne need of money, aye, deep
down within this spiritless life of ours
is the need of worldwide prevailing
prayer.-Robert E. Speer.
The Winslow mail., 1924-01-11

ing a word OF praise
for the Lydia E.
Pinkham medicines.
/ have used them as
occasion requiredfor
twenty years, and
eesistershave
also used them, and
always withthemost
gratifying results.
During the Change
of Life / had the
usual distressing
cHTno nt0no nf
The Winslow mail., 1924-01-11
Prescriptions Followed.

Doctor-"Has your husband had any
lucid intervals since my last visit, Mrs.
Jinks?" Mrs. Jinks with dignity
He's had nothing except what you or
dered. London Answers.
The Winslow mail., 1924-01-11
Steadfast.

What men may think or say or do
cannot silence him who Is filed with
the grace of Gods. J. Patton.
The Winslow mail., 1924-01-11
Always Keep AIIcock's PIasters

in your home. Invaluable for all local
aches and pains. Inexpensive, abso-
lutely pure, safe and effective.-Adv.
The Winslow mail., 1924-01-11
FROM PERSONAL
EXPERIENCE
Mrs. Bradford Recommends Lydia
E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound

Phoebus, Virginia. Having this op-
portunityI just refrain from say
The Winslow mail., 1924-01-11
A Means of Escape.

A lie is always the towards way
out of difficulty.-Christian Cynosure
The Winslow mail., 1924-01-11
"DANDELI0N BUTTER COLOR"

A harmless vegetable butter color
used by millions for 80 years. Drug
stores and general stores sell bottles
Of "Dandelion" for 35 cents.-Adv.
The Winslow mail., 1924-01-11

There are a good many members OF
the Democratic national committee
already in Washington where the
committees headquarters have been
established for some years. Cheerful
ness is the order of the Democratic
dav. No heart is harder to read than
the heart Of a politician. So far as
one remembers in Washington the
heart of no party man ever has been
worn upon his sleeve.
The Democrats are cheerful over
what they declare to be the divisions
in the Republican ranks. Taking II
the other way, the Republicans seem
to he cheerful over the alleged dvi-
sions in the Democratic ranks. Both
sides seemingly are satisfied. W
course. they are not, but no corkscreW
Gf one could find such an implement
in these days) could extract from any
committeeman of either party admis-
sion that all is not well along the
Potomac and along all the other rivers
of the country.
Democrats here say that the two
most patriotic men in the United
States are Oscar w. Underwood OF
Alabama and William Gibbs McAdoo
of California, who at this hour are
the two most frequently named as
likely. one or the other of them, to
secure the prize.
In Democratic circles, however, 1t
is easy enough to find that there are
men in the followings of both the two
gentlemen named who fear much that
q third man, today rather in the back
ground, will walk away with the prize.
This third man also Is in Wash
fngton. His name is Samuel L. Raj
ston and he halls from Indiana.