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The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1925-11-20

the far south or west can hardly
get settled for the beginning of
the term until he must needs go
home for Christmas or. stay IN
Washington and collect his money
for mileage anyway.
Nobody blames him for this.
Every one of us would probably
take all we could get under the cir
cumstances, but why does not some
brave and energetic savior of his
country take steps to abolish this
foolish custom and let us have con-
gress meet when it normally and
sensibly should, upon the first of
the year when Christmas is well
over and merry making is done?
This is one example that the pow
er of custom has over our common
sense. We will work our brains to
madness devising ways and means
of cutting expense, but we seldom
decide to change a simple habit to
our advantage.
To men, of course, who deal in
millions this small item of extra
mileage probably seems very trivial,
but the low salaried man knows
better. He understands that it is
the small items like this which,
when saved, pay off the mortgage,
and buy the new car, and swell the
family savings account.-St. Paul
Daily News.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1925-11-20
LOOK OUT FOR INTEREST.

An appeal to curtail spending, re-
duce borrowing and secure definite
advance knowledge of the cost of
Improvements and the interest bur-
den of bond issues was the KEYNOTE
of the address given by Ray P.
Chase, State Auditor, Tuesday, Nov
ember 18th, at Miami, Florida. Mr..
Chase IS President of the National
Association of State Auditors,
Comptrollers and Treasures, and
presided at the Tenth Annual Con-
vention of the Association at the
Florida City. This is an honor to
the State as well as Mr.. Chase. He
made his plea in opening the four
days session.
Mr.. Chase classified the principal
causes of high taxes under four
main heads: Public improvements,
Administrative Expense, Interest on
Public Debt and Federal and State
Aid.
In discussing administrative ex-
pense he said: "Out of the aver
age 800 paid in direct taxes in
Minnesota this year for all pur-
poses, state and local, 1885 comes
W utfN NSotC, dilQ VI ILLS amount
1884 goes for soldiers bonus or
back to the counties for schools and
roads, $4.01 only remaining for all
other state activities; $3.50 goes to
the townships; $20.17 to the
counties; $3.50 to the cities and
villages and $33.4S to the school
districts" which prompted the
speaker to declare in conclusion
that II direct taxes, state and local,
are too high, it is profitless to
criticize the state administration ex-
elusive as reduction, if effective,
must go down the line covering
state, county, city and village, town
and school expenditures.
One item of public expenditure
which causes high taxes, which was
emphasized particularly by Mr..
Chase in his Florida talk. was the
il I'M of interest on public debt. The
public debt of Minnesota and its
sub divisions has increased 283 per
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1925-11-20
WHY, WE JOIN THE RED

Last March ten thousand
people of the Duluth district
contributed to the relief of the
thousands of people who were
stricken by the tornado that
swept several Central states.
Perhaps some of them were
not aware that they had done
this, but they did.
And the reason they were able
to do it, and the reason Duluth
was able to do it's share by send
ing five thousand dollars to swell
this urgently needed relief fund,
was that last November they had
Joined the Duluth chapter of the
Red Gross and had paid dollar
apiece for the privilege of shar-
ing in the many works of mercy
that the Red Cross aoes.
Of the COLLAR paid for MEM
beaship, half goes to the national
or-anization, and half IS kept for
the use of the local chapter. The
five thousand dollars sent to the
tornado sufferers came out of
the funds of the local chapter,
and of course still more came
out of the Duluth member
ship fees that went into the ma
tional treasury of the organiza-
ton.
This shows clearly enough why
the people of this district should,
and indeed pretty generally do,
keep up their memberships in
the Red Cross. BY doing this
at a nominal cost to themselves,
they help to maintain, equipped
and ready, an organization fit
ted to move Immediately to the
relief of stricken neighbors wher-
ever they may be.
1t would be impossible to cal
culate how much suffering is
saved by the fact that the Ameri-
can Red Gross is thus kept in
readiness for quick action in time
of need.
The point to keep in mind is
that the Red Cross is thus main
tanned only because those who
think of the needs of their
neighbors keep up their member
ship in it. If they quit con-
tributing their dollar apiece each
year, there would be no Red
Cross, and therefore no machin-
cry of relief that is as quick in
action as fire department.
The Duluth chapter of the Red
Cross is in splendid shape in
every way-splendidly Differed
AMI managed, and with a hand
somely large membership list.
An opportunity to those who
are on this list, and to those who
are not on it but want to be,
viii be afforded during the an
nual membership drive which be-
gins on Armistice Day, Novem-
Der IL.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1925-11-20

cent in ten years. To illustrate
wnaI the interest payments on long
term bona issues mean 70 the tax
payers, ne gave some startling IL
IusIrarions, showing an many cases
where the interest was two anu
three times the amount OF the prln-
cipai before the bonds We're finally
reClred. Interest on pubic debt :,
sala Mr.. Chase, lis an expenditure
which inevitably raises taxes ano
which, OF itself, produces nothing
either in service or IN CIVIC better
ment."
/, Inc remedies suggested by Mr..
Chase 70 reuuce uIrect taxes, In
states and local civil subdivisions,
are 10 reduce expenditures of pub
lie money, pay as you go so Tar as
possible, and where the cash basis
IS not possible, borrow on serial
ponds so that the debt VIII be paid
curing the life of the improvement
and Dy the generation winch incurs
the obligation, and to organize
local, non-pohtical taxpayers asso-
Citations which may give out COM
paete reliable Data upon the basis
OF which those who pay taxes may
exercise their own best judgment
with full knowledge of all facts.
He also urged that the public at ali
times realize that they are carry.
ing the burden of government
whether the taxes be direct or in
direct, N the form of special assess
ments, departmental earnings OF
any other form. The public always
pays and is entitled to full advance
knowledge of the amount IT is pay
ing and for what.
He listed the newly organized
St. Paul Union, the Taxpayers
League of Duluth and Taxpayers
Association Of Minneapolis as effect
i've mediums for circulating pub.
hcity and added: 1T is time that
we nave, all over this country, in
every civil subdivision, private, nom
political taxpayers associations, Sc
curing and giving out complete in
of that subdivision.
The State Auditor on one hand
centered his attack on the unneces-
sary and nonproductive expend-
itures of public money in the inter-
est charges on long term bond
issues, and on the other urged his
fellow fiscal officers to lead off in
movement for tax reduction, that
reduced expenditures on the parts
of the state and local units might
coincide with the reduction of fed
eral expenditures urged and spons-
ored by President Coolidge, in order
that the tax burden might be really
lowered and the lightened federal
load not to be Offset by the enlarged
tax burden caused through unwise
expenditures of states and munich
palities.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1925-11-20
PUBLISHED EVERY FRIDAY.

The editor of newspaper moved
to Dallas the other day and deposit
ed $4,000 in one of the local banks.
He had been publishing his paper
for thirty years and had moved to
the city with around $4,000 to his
credit. When asked by this writer
for the secret of his great financial
success, he said: 81 attribute my
ability to retire with $50, bank
account, after thirty years in the
country newspaper field, to close APP
plication to duty, always hewing to
the mark and letting the chips fall
where they may, the most rigorous
rules of economy, never spending
a cent foolishly, ever-lastingly keep
ing at my job with whole heart,
and the death of an uncle who left
me $49, 999. 50."-The Pitchfork.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1925-11-20
OUR FORESTRY PROBLEMS.

The following editorial has been
taken from last weeks issue of The
Farmer, of st. Paul:
I'm these columns just a year
ago we pointed out the need of
certain legislation that would make
possible the enactment of laws that
would remove Objectionable feat
ures from our present state law
and substitute therefor suitable
laws that would encourage the
growing of timber. Amendment
No. 4 providing for such changes
was submitted to the people of
Minnesota last November and failed
Of passage by only a few votes.
Lack of full understanding of
how imperative such a change is,
caused the loss of this amendment.
The method of taxation is one of
the greatest drawbacks in refor-
estation, for the owner of growing
timber must pay a tax each year
on his land as we'll as on the tim
Der, but without being able to
secure crop to carry him over un-
I'll such time as he has a market
able product to sell.
"The Forest Service of the
United States Department of Agri-
culture, realizing the seriousness of
the situation, announces the APP
pointment of Prof. Fred r. Fair
child of Yale University to direct
detailed study of forest tax prob
lens in municipal forest regions of
the United States to determine the
effect of nresent tax laws on re-
forestation and timber holding and
the conditions that must be met in
any effort to readjust the present
tax laws so as to be fair both to
the landowner and the country.
Provision for these studies is en-
bodied an the Clarke McNary For
estry Act passed by the lest Con-
gress. 1t aims directly at getting
the facts on which to base forest
tax reforms so that state tax leg
islation will encourage rather than
hinder the cause of reforestation.
As result of this investigation it
is expected that the Federal Gov
eminent will be- able to help the
various states in a national reform
Of forest taxation.
Regarding this work, Chief For
ester VIM. B. Greeley saws: 81
think this tax study is one of the
most important steps of recent
years in forest Conservation. Tim
Der growing as a private business is
OF the utmott importance to the
welfare of this country. This act
ivity will ne hampered by the un-
certainties of forest taxation end it
IS necessary to devise systems of
forest taxation that will not tax
growing forests over and over again
before they reach merchantable
size In the general election to be
held in 1926, another forestry
amendment similar to No. A will be
submitted to the voters of Mime
sofa. Every good citizen will con-
slider it his duty to become in
formed on this subject before cleo
ton day.
with the approach of Christmas,
it rs interesting to note another
plan of saving our declining for
ests. The National Plant, Flower
and Fruit Guild is promoting the
idea of distributing living trees
from nurseries to the aged, sick,
and children. 1t is endorsed by
the American Forestry and Ameri-
can Tree Associations and a num-
Der of chambers of commerce in
the larger cities. It is advocated
that these living trees be replanted
in the spring"
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1925-11-20
Colfe~e Education

Opinions differ as to the main bene-
At Of a college education, but when
this question was put to number Of
prominent men by the president OF the
University Of Pennsylvania, the ma
jority spoke more highly Of the lasting
benefits of contacts with their fellow
students, with their professors with
college, life, than they did of the ac-
QUESTION Of knowledge In their courses.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1925-11-20
NOONANETTES.

(trom the Baudette Region.)
We consider this the worst joke
we ever heard. They say the Prince
of Wales is the straightest young
man in England. They are going
to make ruler out of him.
An exchange in writing of a gold
en- wedding says that the couple
lived together fifty years without
having a spat. We wonder if there
are any people in the world THAT
good.
Better hide the children's skates
thin ice is about as dangerous as GO
ing to Los Angeles and yelling
'tHurah for Florida"
A Minneapolis autoist was fined
for being infatuated. He drove
with one arm around his sweetie.
IF some of our town sheiks
would spend as much effort trying
to make good as they do in attempt
ing to look good, maybe they
would, says the Fairmont Independ-
emit.
Over in Wisconsin a woman auto
driver hit her husband with
wrench because he INDUCED in back
seat driving. Down east 1t required
three policemen to take a woman to
Jail. Out south of Baudette a. wo-
man kicked her husband out of the
house because he wouldn't work. At
one time they were known as the
weaker sex.
As far as we can figure it out,
there are two classes dead set
against prohibition. Those who are
peeved because it doesn't work and
those who ale peeved because it
does.
A man jumped in the river this
week because his wife continually
na""ed him, but he was rescued.
What chance has man any more?
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1925-11-20
"CheU Well to See Well"

Chew well If you would see well,
urges Sir Arthur Keith, q great Brit
ish anatomist. Decreased exercise Of
the jaws, and not eye strain, IL caus-
ing short sight, he claims Diminished
use OF the jaws in masticating the soft
foods of modern diet, he asserts, Is
changing the shape Of the face, length
ening the eye sockets, thus elOngating
the eyeballs and weakening vision
Popular Science Monthly.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1925-11-20
Dollars "Shaued"

Large numbers of shaved Amerl-
can dollars are passed out as change
to American travellers in oriental
ports. Milled edges of some of the
coins have been entirely trimmed
away. Chinese employees on passen-
ger liners are said to be responsible
for the mutilatien. They sell the sill
yer shavings in Shanghai and Hong
kong and return the money to circu-
lation.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1925-11-20

When unexpected company came to
dinner little Betty was told privately
that she and mother would have to
have oyster soup without the oysters.
The young lady was much hattered
at her share In this sacrifice for hospi-
tally and apparently disappointed
when she found one small oyster In
her plate. Holding 1t up on the spoon
she inquired in stage whisper
Mother. shouldn't Mrs. Smith have
this oyster, too?-Rehoboth Sunday
Herald.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1925-11-20
The Test of Character

There Is something finer than to do
right against our inclinations, and that
Ii to have an inclination to do right.
There is something nobier than re-
luctant obedience. and that is joyful
obedience. The rank Of virtue is not
measured by its disagreeableness, but
by its sweetness to the heart that loves
II. The real test Of character is joy.
For what you rejoice in. that you love.
For what you love, that you are like
Henry Van Dyke.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1925-11-20
Imagined by GuIliuer

LagadO is an imaginary city. the
capital of Baluibarbi, a continent sub
ject to the kingdom Of Laputa. 1t is
mentioned In "Gulliver's Travels as
being famous for an academy where
learned men spend their time in eI-
tracing sunbeams from cucumbers,
transmitting ice into xunpewder, and
making pincushions from softened
City Star.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1925-11-20
Valuable Discovery

Stearine (from stear, sueD Is that
part of oils and fats which Is solid
at common temperature. The nature
of these substances was first made
known by Chevreul In 1923, who
showed that they were compounds Of
glycerine.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1925-11-20
Bees as Constobles

Bees as constables were used In q
village in Prussia. When free-for-all
night developed among the patrons the
landlord rushed out and brought back
beehive. After putting on a mask
he released the bees. The insects did
their work swiftly and thoroughly, and
within a minute every one Of the
combatants had fed from the battle
held.-Family Herald.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1925-11-20
Niagara FalIs

The water that flows over Niagara
has flowed from the four great lakes
and the hundreds Of rivers that flow
into them, more than ons-half of the
fresh water of the world, according tc
one authority. The fact that evapOra-
ton and precipitation In the form Of
rain and snow are continually gOina
on in the enormous areas of the
Great Lakes region renders 1t unlikely
that the Great lakes will ever be
drained in this manner.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1925-11-20
American Slans spreads

Every language has its slang. OF
course; the dictionary remarks that
the word slang" itself 10 derived from
the Norwegian phrase 'slengja k1ef-
ten which means ito sling the ia
But no other language is in a position
to give its founding words the same
publicity that predominanee in the air
and on the motion picture screen AZ
fords to the American.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1925-11-20
Marvellous Memories

Some years ago well-known pianist
gave an exhibition Of his marvellous
powers of memory by playing without
a pause 400 pieces Of music without
page of notes before him, and another
eclipsed even this feat by similarly
playing 1900 separate compositions
during continuous sitting of 40 hours.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1925-11-20
Radiafes Social Good

A good fight is never for It's day
alone. 1t Is for many days. And it IL
not alone for him who bears Its utmost
stress No man can live his own life
bravely and not be an energy Of social
good-Exchsnge
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1925-11-20
Counfry,s Record Bad

The National Safety council says
that the United States leads other
countries In deaths due to accidents By
at least 200 per cent Here the rate
for accidental deaths 10 7e.3 per 100,-
600 population; In England 1t is 3S per
100000; In Canada 81 per 100000.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1925-11-20
Don't Forget That

Love" says a writer, "is the tyrant
OF the heart; 1t darkens reason. con.
POUNDS discretion. deaf to counsel It
runs headlong course to desperate
madness" Yes. yes, and as a rule
ends in marriage and large bunch of
children.-New Orleans States.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1925-11-20
Aged Resident Dies.

Mrs. John Loushin, an aged resi-
dent of this city, died suddenly Sat
urday of what is given as chronic
heart disease. Mrs. Loushin went
to bed Saturday in presumably good
health and when called, failed to re-
spond. She was SO years of age
and has resided in this city for
about thirty years. She is survived
by her husband, three sons and four
daughters. The funeral will take
place Sunday when it is expected
her daughter will have arrived from
California.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1925-11-20
Colifornia's Grapes

Ten thousand refrigerator cars are
required to transport the grape crop
from the vineyards around Lodi, Cal.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1925-11-20
OF Earth's Early Ages

In some of the famous museums In
urope there are large mounted man
ais several centuries old.
El Mundo. [volume] (San Juan, P.R.) 1919-1990, 1925-08-15
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--T-v,'-..v-7--'> y-.~-r'-
Como Puede I'd. Canb:ar
Su Cara POr Complete

Poda mujer que no este satisfe-
cha con su tez, puede hacegla des-
aparecer con facilidad, Y tener una
nueya. Ell Eelo dslgado de la cuti-
cula semidestruida es I'M estorbo V
debe elin1inarse, para dejar que la
piel jOven, sana Y Vigerosa pueda
manifestarse Y respirar. Hay un
antique remedio muy seneillo, que
siempre produce buenos resultados.
Compre 1 onza go gm.) de cera
mercolizada pura en- la drogueria
Y apllquesela en- La noche como cold
cream lavandose la mafiana 81
guiente. La cera absorbe con sua-
vidad toda la piel sin vida, dejando
un cults bello Y sano, tan fresco
como el de un niho. Naturalmente.
Sc lleva consigo feaIdades, como los
barros y esp nillas. Es agradable Y
economical. La cara tratada en- esta
forma tiene pronto un aspecto mas
JuVelll. Anuncio.
El Mundo. [volume] (San Juan, P.R.) 1919-1990, 1925-08-15
EN- CAYEY. Sc FUNDA UN
"BANCO DE CREDITOS INTER
MEDIARIOS", A FIN DE AYU-
OAR A LOS AGRICULTORES
DE LA COMARCA
-

Al celebrarse en San S;ua-. el
dia IL de julio Ia Asanlolea de
los Agricultores de Puerto Rico
conourrio una comisi6n de .Cayey
con el objeto de tomar impresio-
nes Q inpestigar la marcha de dl-
cha Association.
Esta comisi6n regres5 q 81 puc-
bio muy bien impresionada de Ia
bpena direction que actualmente
tienc la Association, y seguidamen-
te emprendio una activa campana
entire los agricultores de ese pue-
bio, constituyendo su Junta Local
y abriendo una oficina para pres
tar el mejor servicio a los asocia-
COS.
Al presente hay inscritos como
socios cerca de 100 agricultores
que estan obteniendo un gran be-
neficio en- relaci6n a la Quota que
pagan.
El Mundo. [volume] (San Juan, P.R.) 1919-1990, 1925-08-15
LA OCIOSIDAD Es MADRE DE
TODoS Los VICIoS

Los habitantes do los tropicos.
desde tempo inmemoriai, debido a
nuestro china y nuestra misma
idiosincrasia, hemos alcanzado fa-
ma de ser algo indolentes en- nues-
tro sistema de vida. Aunque 81 bien
este no es verdad, va que como
bien dijo un sabio aleman de nos
otros: "son hgeros en- Ell pensar y
mas aun en- la accion', sin en-
barge, de la caIumnia siempre q te
-da un resto....
Muchas personas por no tomarse
ell trabajo de venir a nuestras Of
cinas y redaetar el anuncio del OBJ
jeto que deSean vender comprar.
dejan de hacer un negocio que lue-
go les pesa no haberlo efect'lado
central! deme. ell 1922 (Ssn
Juan) no cuesta tanto trabaJo...
Gverdad? Leyante el audifono al
momento le suninistraremos todos
los informes que desee y hasta lie
redactaremos, de acuerdo cen nues-
ira experienced ell anunc1o
NUEsTRA SEccIoN DE AEUN
CLOS CLAsIF1CADos. es 81 me
ior medic de anunciar
El Mundo. [volume] (San Juan, P.R.) 1919-1990, 1925-08-15
Notos de Cayey

Tn alto pol1tico portorriqueno,
economista ilustre, con quien ha-
olo nuestro reporter acerca de es-
te topico, nos dijo, entire otras CO.
sas, ponderando la labor en- ge-
neral que hoy realizan nuestros
agricultores, que Puerto Rico no
tendria un verdadero gobierno, pre-
visor, prospero, etc. hasta el dia
'en cue los agricultores nativos
tormaran una colectividad podero-
sa cue lograse ir al poder a poner
en- practica sas planes, que serian
la dnica salvaci6n para este pae-
bio.
Sc cree que esta iniciativa ban
caria de Cayey sea imitada por
otras poblaciones. De ser asi, el
fiunfo de este plan habra de ser
moy halagiieno, para los promote
-es Gel mismo, Y particularmente
para aquellos que como los. Sc
nores Jorge Saldana, Francisco
Tletrl y otros, venciendo los obsta-
culos que oponian los empenados
en- hacer fracasar la idea, han To-
grado que esta cristalizara en- rea-
mead para gloria de ellos mismos Y
b'enestar de toda una comunidad.