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The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1924-07-04

Not since 1906-the year of the
San Francisco catastrophe-ha S
there been such a heavy fire loss
in this country as in 1923, when
losses totalled approximately $685.
100000. In spite of this, the aver
age fire insurance rate has declined
from $1.03 per 500 in 1914 to go
cents per 500 in 1928. President
Smith of the National Board of Fire
Underwriters, before the annual
meeting of that organization de-
clared that rs per cent of all fires
could be prevented by exercise of
ordinary care. He added: "No
country, however rich in created
wealth, can continue to support such
an enormous drain on it's resources
Our wealth of today will surely be
affected if we do not, as a nation
dam this annual waste" The people
rely upon insurance as protection
against financial losses and over.
hook their own individual re,
sponsibility to prevent fires whicf
destroy thousands of lives annually
in addition to physical property.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1924-07-04

Congress at its next session will
consider an amendment to the fed
eral constitution which provides for
taxing the income from future
issues of state and municipal bonds
by the federal government. 1t also
provides that states may tax the in
comes from future issues of gov
eminent bonds that are owned with
in their borders. In plain English
this means that the income derived
from tax-exempt bonds, instead of
being tax-free as in the past, would
hereafter be subject to- taxation in
the same manner as income earned
in any other manner whatsoever.
More than a billion dollars is now
diverted every year from agriculture
and business to tax-free bonds.
This is knife that cuts both ways.
1t deprives industry of the needed
capital and it shifts heavier taxes
upon agriculture and business. If
that leak is stopped by the passage
Of the amendment, agriculture and
business. If that leak is stopped
business will thrive as never before.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1924-07-04
CARD OF THANKS.

We wish to express thanks and
appreciation to our many kind
friends, neighbors, American Legion,
Ladies of the Auxiliary and en-
ployes of the City for the services
and sympathy extended us during
the loss of our beloved son and
brother, Anton Wulotz, Jr., sadly
missed by his mother, father, sis.
tiers, brother and niece. Also fo1
the many beautiful floral offerings
Mr.. and Mrs. Anton Wulotz
Misses Marie and Anna Wulotz
Mr.. John Wulotz
Mr.. and Mrs. ROLAND G. Simpson
Miss Gertrude Wulotz
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1924-07-04
Having failed in successful oper,

Having failed in successful opera
ton of city lighting plants the
politician is now offering to take
charge of state superpower plants
and wholesale electricity to cities
and farmers. Statistics show that
more than 700 cities and towns in
the United States have in recent
years abandoned municipality owned
electric plants. and others have
given up gas and other utilities
Only very small per cent of our
entire population today is served by
municipal light and power plants
All political management is known
to cost more than business under
stress or private enterprise and
private initiative and competition
The people are learning that polite:
is less efficient in getting a dollars
worth of anything for a dollar.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1924-07-04

Government figures show that in
agencies depicting our forests, the
ratio of burning to cutting is nearly
two to one. During 1928 there
were 1891 forest fires in United
States, burning an aggregate area
of 11,500,000 acres with a financial
loss in excess of $16,500,000. Some
idea of the extent of this ravaged
area may be gathered from the fact
that it is eight times the acreage of
French forests destroyed or dam-
aged throughout the World War
and this too, in one year. Only 26
states are making definite efforts to
protect their forest lands aggr gat-
ing 100000 acres, from fire.
Foom July 1, 1922, to June 80,
1928, they expended $1,S26,430 for
this purpose. This is only a little
more than a cent an acre and not
enough to weigh heavily on any tax
payer.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1924-07-04

The Washington Post remarks
that in driving from Washington to
New York, the motorist encounters
five different highway codes. He
may be driving in exact accordance
with the law in the District of
Columbia or any one of the five
states concerned, but if he continues
driving in exactly the same way
after crossing a state line, he may
be arrested and fined. This i. an
extreme but useful illustration of
the confusion now existing among
traffic laws in the United States, and
the need of uniform laws to make it
easier alike for motorists and pub
lie authorities. Motoring is no long
er local. 1t is national in scope for
business and pleasure. Uniformity
is needed particularly because of
the ever-growing army of auto
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1924-07-04

mobile tourists, to whom the traffic
unit is the country, not the state
or city. Federal action on this SUBJ
ject may be impossible, but there is
no evident reason why the states
should not all cooperate with aid of
the automobile associations in work
ing out uniform system.-Little
Falls Transcript.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1924-07-04
Natures Vaudeville Free.

Why do you want to spend your
money to laugh at movie comedy
when you can go to the links and see
a fat woman in knickerbockers play.
ing golf without paying cent for the
show2-New Orleans States.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1924-07-04

The Legion in Minnesota is likely
to "sign up" many new members as
the buddies rub shoulders with their
Legion comrades in applying for the
insurance which is being given them
LARGELY thru Legion effort.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1924-07-04
u. s. Elaa oldss, In World.

The flag of the United States 10 the
Oldest flag In the world. The first use
of the Stars and Stripes was at the
battle. of the Brandywine, September
II. 1777-eight days after Its adop-
ton by congress at Philadelphia.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1924-07-04
OF Great AntIouItv.

The zodiac, with its consultations
and with the symbols that represent
them, Is Of the greatest antiquity, and
Is traceable, In part at least, to an
Egyptian origin.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1924-07-04
A Short Cut.

Pedestrian Ito traffic cop)-"Offlcer,
what is the quickest way to the hos
pitalf" Cop-"Well, you cross here and
you'll be there in fifteen minutes."-
De Notebrake, Amsterdam.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1924-07-04
We wonder.

Jud Tunkins says you'll never get
the man with a fiivver to want the
traffic cops to go heart and soul along
with this idea of rigid law enforce
ment.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1924-07-04
Not Sophisticated.

"What should you say cynic wasr
"a cynic, dear girl, Is a man who has
never stepped out with anything but
a coed, and who claims that ell
women are alike."-Brown jug.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1924-07-04
The Moronua That Waa.

Moropus, fossil animal which once
lived In what is now Nebraska. was
about the size of modern camel. had
q neck like horse, back and tail like
a tapir, legs like rhinoceros, but had
claws instead of hoofs.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1924-07-04

uaks In Volcano Takes Big Drop.
Subterranean disturbances In Hawaii
have caused the surface of the Lake
of Living Fire of the Kilauea volcano
to drop 600 feet below the rim.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1924-07-04
Wished on Him

Daughter-"Oh, papa, what is you,
birthstoneT Father of Seyen-"M,
dear, I'm not sure, but think It's .
1rindStone,"
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1924-07-04
Isn't It a Fact2

Somebody has invented motor
cycle with limousine body" "A great
many people conduct their entire ca
reers on that principle.
News.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1924-07-04
A Brittany Custom.

1t Is the custom in many of the
towns in Brittany for all couples who
become engaged during the year to be
married the same day.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1924-07-04

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SuomB sIB smH Bpos 10 uBo pus unS
ssssIs sUqomo3ne do SuIqlBq v
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The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1924-07-04
coata Too Hot.

A Woolwich (Me.) man has been
hailed into court in Bath on the charge
of cruelty to animals, because Of neg
lscting to shear his fifteen sheep this
year.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1924-07-04
Honor Napoleon.

Ajaccio was chosen the capital Of
Corsica because Napoleon's mother de-
sired that his birthplace be honored
In that way.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1924-07-04
india Leads In OIL Seeds.

With a production In normal years
In excess of 100000 tons, India raises
more kinds of oil seeds than any other
country.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1924-07-04
Always a Fine Day, Too

NI"dyS 'fIS DdyJ EVUs
You have every advantage over all
the great heroes of the past-you are
still alive.-Wilmington News-Jorrnal.
Evening star., 1924-12-21

inent scientists to seek the cause and
the cure. That no progress is being
made in the fight against cancer is
shown by the steady increase in both
the number of deaths and the ratio.
Many theories have been advanced
as 10 the cause Of this terrible
aff1iction. None has been proved. IT
still remains a mystery. So-caiied
cures have failed of absolute demon
stration, though morbid conditions
have been somewhat ameliorated and
relief has been given. Until the cause
Is found cure is unlikely.
The fight against tuberculosis has
made headway because the nature
and cause Of the disease have been dis
covered. No specific absolute cure
has been found, but sanitary science
has made 1t possible to check the
progress Of the disease, to prevent its
spread to large extent and to attain
approximate cures In the less ad-
vanced cases. Indeed the white
plague" is no longer the dreadful
scourge that 1t was few decades ago.
1t Is not rated as hopeless.
Evening star., 1924-12-21

now proposed to discontinue service
Altogether and to establish lines of
motor busses to care for the needs of
the communities involved.
Fifteen or twenty years ago very
small percentage of people travelled by
motor car in short-distance riding; that
is, In journeys Of from 10 to 25 miles.
Now in the more thickly settled parts
of the country motors are used for
such journeys as a rule rather than as
an exception. The improvement Of
roads has facilitated the motor use
greatly. The cheapening Of cars has
brought them within the range Of
practically all people. They are used
by farmers, by workingmen, by busi-
ness men. Suburban dwellers use
them in their daily trips to their places
of occupation over considerable dis
tances.
Probably other railroad companies
are finding certain parts of their lines
made Improbable by this motor car
competition, which Is not precisely
competition after all. but which has
the same effect. Motor bus lines have
taken a part Of the traffic in inter
urban service. The abandonment of a
thousand miles of tracks in a single
system is a significant symptom Of a
change in transport conditions In this
country that may carry to even
further results. o.
Evening star., 1924-12-21
Cancer and tuberculosis.

Reports to the Census Bureau indi-
cate that for the year 1923 cancer has
increased in prevalence and deadliness
in this country, while, relatively, tuber.
culods has decreased. From the for.
rner disease S6,754 deaths were report.
ed from the registered areas, an in.
crease Of 5,S16 over the year preced.
ing. The rate per 100000 in popula-
ton rose from sS.S In 1922 to Ss.4 in
1928. At the same time tuberculosis
claimed 9o,732 lives, an increase of
oso over 1922. but the rate per 100000
Of population decreased from 81 to
s3.s. The bureau further estimates
that II the areas not registered main.
tained the same ratio of deaths cancer
caused the loss Of $4,000 lives in this
country in 1928.
II appears from these figures that
cancer Is overtaking tuberculosis as a
deadly disease in this country. At the
present rate It will in a few years be
The chief cause OF mortality. And this
despite researches by the most EN-
Evening star., 1924-12-21
Motors and Steam Railroads.

That motor traffic has cut into the
business Of the railroads of this coun-
try has for some time been evident,
but the Boston and Maine Railroad is,
so far as known, the first corporation
to propose abandonment Of lines that
are no longer profitable in conse.
quence Of this depletion Of business.
That company has through its execu.
tive committee announced the inten-
tion to discontinue service on about
1000 miles Of track comprising branch
lines. The traffic on these lines has al
ways been somewhat meager, and of
recent years it has diminished, while
the use Of motors has increased. The
consequence is a rapidly increasing
loss of revenue. OF the 2,45o miles of
road constituting the system only
per, cent of the total business is done
by this thousand miles of track. 1t is
Evening star., 1924-12-21
The Sixth -Hundredth.

The other day out in Iowa. far from
the land OF his birth and at the age
Of 81. a man named Cutting died, be.
lieved to have been the last survivor
OF the Light Brigade on its immortal
charge at the battle of Balaklava
in 1854.
There seems to have been no doubt
that Cutting was a genuine survivor.
His story, told a few years ago in one
of the moro prominent American
magazines, was subjected to the clos.
est scrutiny before publication. His
memory Of the events of that famous
day, and especially OF the very few
moments which the desperate attack
occupied. was clear and detailed. At
the age of 16 ne had enlisted in a
regiment of light Dragons, remnant
of which was incorporated. together
with hussars and lancers, in the Light
Brigade.
1t may be that somewhere, tucked
away in obscurity, there is another
survivor Of that splendid. although
useless. achievement. Wherever he is
he must at the least be nearly 80
years Of age. 1t is strange to think
that a man who took part in an en-.
gagement which involved so few men
and whose glory has been ripping. or
stumbling, as the case might be, from
the tongues of schoolboys for 70
years, died so recentlv.-
THE knights are dust: their good
swords rust: their souls are with the
saints, We trust" In the end the very
ultimate last survivor" will be laid
beneath the sod. With the exception
of the poem and of historical accounts
of the battle no human reminders of
the charge will persist save only the
little, tarnished bugle on which the
fateful advance was sounded, now pre-.
served in a British military shrine; a
style of overcoat christened for the
nobleman who commanded all the cav.
airy that day and a knitted JACKIE,
named for that other nobieman who
| was the leader Of the gallant 600.
Evening star., 1924-12-21

keeping labor from considering itself
in this country class apart from
every other class. In, Mr. Gompers
case the achievement had added
point from the fact that. he hailed
from England, where class conscious
ness always has been so strong
strong enough, in fact, to keep
Great Britain from being the great
democracy it might have been.
Yet as a purely class proposition
Mr.. Gompers had no particularly hard
task in the federation. There are
reds and 'pinks" and radicals, of
course, who would array labor against
capital. IL they could, but the diff
Guilty these elements have had in win
ming their wild way is the fact that
labor as a whole does not consider
Itself held down. The mechanic In
the automobile shop OF today CON
siders himself in the light of the own
ers Of garage tomorrow. The car
penter of today is the contractor and
builder of tomorrow. In this country
laborers rise from the ranks to posi-
tions of Importance in the industrial
world. And very often the rise Is ex-
ceedngly swift. The leader who
would make the. American laborer
think of himself always as a laborer
or a commodity to be sold merely a.
the best possible market price will
not go far in the best labor circles.
Mr.. Gompers' great achievement was
in quickly realizing this fact and be
ing governed by his momentous dis
covery.
4 x 4 4
In the dining car of a northern
bound train the other day two old
codgers. about 20 years of age, were
discussing national and personal af-
fairs in high pitched voices, both ap-
parently being of impaired hearing.
Did you hear about old man
Lewis?" shouted one to the other,
The "other" cooked his ear and the
question was repeated.
."Oh, yes came the reply. II saw
in the paper where he had died. Wei.
/ guess he was about ready. lie was
getting pretty well along"
Yes, poor old fellow, he was"
The moral of this tale being thai
age. after all. is merely matter Of
position in life. The other fellow
always is the old one.
fCopyrisht, 1924
Evening star., 1924-12-21
BY THOMAS n. MARSHALL,
Former Vice President of the United
States.

Former Vice President OF the United
States.
The spirit of Christmas once again
Is abroad in the land. 1t constitutes
the greatest recurring miracle OF the
years. Political opinions arise, -four
ish and then die in the scrap heap Of
human history. Orators sway their
muititudes for moment only to be
forgotten. Scholars delve deeply into
the mysteries of life in order to en-
balm great truths in mighty tones,
but most of their wisdom Is mummi-
fed for the archaeologist, who gazes
upon 1t as upon a curiosity.
Human nature, the oldest thing in
the world, is also the newest thing
in life. Childhood is the recurring
miracle. Even those who doubt God,
His revelation, His guidance in the
affairs of men, His judgments of hu-
man and national conduct, stand
amazed at this miracle. They may
question the deity OF the Nazarene: !:
they may place Him lower in history
than the philosophers; but somehow
in the closing month of a year all OF
them. good and bad alike, saint and
sinner, believer and agnostic, recog-
nize the miracle Of the Babe in the
Manger. Strangest of all strange
things, there comes to us all at this
season feeling that little children
are not quite like ourselves; that, un-
like ourselves in some way unknown
to reason, they cast aside at Christ
mastide the trappings of our common
humanity and become for this brief
period immortal OF the immortals.
** =
Most of the year we are calm, cool,
calculating logicians: we think of life
as a struggle, a fight for existence.
We probably believe in the absolute
verify of the survival OF the fittest,
and hold that the strong should sur
vive, that the weak should go down.
But with the approach of the holiday
season our wisdom comes to naught.
We look upon our little ones in diff
ferent way. We do not let our logic
stand in the way of our emotions.
We feel that all children are divine /;
that they are part and parcel of a
higher and finer life than we our
selves have dared to live. Not one of
them ever is to grow up into a ty-
rant, a traitor or a felon. Childhood
rises in its glory above manhood and
old age. Saint and sinner alike admit
that of these are the Kingdom of
Heaven.
brother in a business transaction
stands naked and ashamed In the
presence of a little child. He who
has no kindly impulse toward his
fellowman involuntarily lifts his heart
in love and alteration at tho sight
of the least OF these little ones.
No wonder we have come to regard
Christmas as the coronation of the
little ones of life. We gladly give
them power to rule in home and
church and state. We hold them
higher than houses and lands, or
stocks and bonds. They become more
potent in the affairs OF human life
than all the enactments of all the
sages since time began, more power
full even than the compelling force
OF the flsherman's ring.
X X X
We should philosophize, reason and
pray oyer this annual miracle of
childhood's sway over us. Who can
deny II to be such? The soured man
is sweetened these days In the pres
ence of a little child. The stony
Evening star., 1924-12-21
MEN AND AFFAIRS
BY ROBERT 4. SMALL.

Apropos OF the suggestion in Con-
gress that the newspapers and maga-
zines of the country be made to pay
the increase in the salaries Of postal
employees, Mr.. Marcellus E. Foster,
president and general manager OF the
Houston, Tex, Chronicle, arises to in
quire why the Government suddenly
expects the Post Office Department
to be a paying institution, when no
other branch Of the Government Is run
along such lines.
Mr.. Foster very pertinentIy inquiries
as to whether the Army or the Navy
Department can be made self-sustain-
ing, or the Department of Agrtcut
ture, or the Department of Health, or
Of Good Roads?
THE trouble with our great Gov
ernment," says Mr.. Foster, lis that IL
occasionally imagines Itself in busi-
ness. 1t was never Intended to make
the Post Office Department self-sus-
tanning. Why should it pay for itself
IN direct returns any more than the
other branches of Government? II
1t were thought desirable to make IL
pay, why establish parcel post deliv-
cry, the most expensive mail distribu-
ton ever devised, with losses to the
Government of many millions Of doll
lars annually?
Yet no one wants to see the parcel
post system abolished 1t Is a great
aid to the rural districts. Business is
helped and the country generally ap-
proves Of this method of. aiding the
people. The Post Office Department
was not established to make money.
We might Just as we'll have toll roads
instead of the free use of the high
ways as to make the people pay all
the costs of postal delivery. It can't
be done. We publishers are not fight
ing the increase. to the postal en-
ployes. They deserve 1t. We simply
want to know why we should be
asked to pay such big part OF II
instead of taxing the country as a
whole. If the proposed new rates arc
adopted they will drive the news
papers and magazines from the mails
and instead OF increased revenues
there will be virtually none at ALL"
Il n 4 4
Samuel Gompers. dead president OF
| the American Federation of Labor
has been eulogized for his part in
Evening star., 1924-12-21

Alaska has invited the President
and Mrs. Coolidge and governors of
4S States to make a visit. Alaska,
though chilly in climate, has ever been
warm in hospitality.
Evening star., 1924-12-21
SHOOTING STARS.
BY PHILANDER JOHNSON.
Christmas Cheer.

Christmas Cheer.
We seek for joys in Christmas toys
And all these joys prove hollow
For those who view no pleasure true
Except what they can swallow.
A lot we hear Of Christmas cheer
And very fine I think it.
1t turns to grief. with no relief,
If you decide to drink It,
Evening star., 1924-12-21

Germany desires information as to
the extent to which membership in
the league might involve military
obligation. Germany may be excused
If she regards herself as having had
enough of war for the present.
Evening star., 1924-12-21

The japanese government is reluc-
tant about taking favorable interest
in United States naval demonstrations
in the Pacific. At present the way to
make battleship popular is to de-
stroy it.
Evening star., 1924-12-21

Development Of Muscle Shoals is re.
tarded not by the engineering prob
lens, but by the old, old question OF
who is going to be in charge of the
cash register.
Evening star., 1924-12-21
Oflland Decision.

II voted for you, but couldn't per.
suade my wife to go along the same
way" said the roughneck constituent.
What had she against me?" in
quired Senator Sorghum.
Nothing in particular. Only she
naturally decided that il you were a
friend of mine. you couldn't be any
good
Evening star., 1924-12-21

Having destroyed the Washington,
the U. S. A. is clearly entitled to look
the map over to see how far other ma
tions are going in so sincerely altruis.
tic demonstration.
Evening star., 1924-12-21
Member OF the Associated Press.

The Associated Press is exclusively entitled
10 the use for republication OF all news dis
patches credited to IL or not otherwise credited
10 this paper and also the local news pub
lshed herein. All rights Of publication OF
special d spatches herein are also reserved.