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The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1926-07-16

stable than copper, gold, silver and
oil. We have looked at the great
tonnages of high grade ore ready
for shipment and have surveyed the
billions of tons of low grade ore re-
serves.
"We may assign this diminishing
employment and disturbing pro-
specta to several reasons. The chief
is the introduction of new methods
in mining, electric shovels, large and
heavy equipment, doubled efficiency
underground. ST. Louis County en-
ployed 10000 men in mining opera
lions in 1911 and 10000 in 1925.
We may say that the great stripping
and development work is done for
the present and doubtless that is
true. The public work in building
new towns and making bigger im-
provements for fewer people IS les
|sening, for the money is playing out
GAN these things have had their
important effect, but information
now comes that the Mesaba range
and the Lake Superior district are
diminishing in Importance.
I'm 1925 steel production in the
United States was the largest in the
history of the nation. The Lake
Superior district shipped in that
year approximately 54,000,000 tons
of iron ore. In 1916 when the
country produced far less steel the
Lake Superior district furnished
over 66,000,000 tons of iron ore.
"What is the reason? 1t is SIM
ply petition-foreign iron ores,
eastern ores, southern ores. While
a few years ago the Lake Superior
district sent over 5,250,000 tons of
iron ore to the furnaces east of the
Alleghanies, last year but 1880. 900
tons were delivered there.
"And why can't the Mesaba COM
pete? Its ore bodies are far richer
than the deposits of other sections.
It's labor costs per ton are doubtless
today the lowest in the nation and
recent mining history. Transports
ton is important, but all other COM
peting iron ore must be transported.
Certainly in point of quality and de-
siralbdlity the Lake Superior ores are
unsurpassed.
1.-THE reason is to be found in one
element in the cost of producing
minnesota iron ore-taXatiOn. If
you do not believe it, ascertain the
fact for yourself. The essential
facts are known and published by
the tax authorities in Minnesota.
Investigation will show that in many
years the taxes paid amount to
more than quarter of the value of
the iron ore produced. Taxes are
larger than any single element that
enters into the cost of mining, larger
than labor, larger than materials and
machinery, larger than development
costs or royalties. Taxation on the
Mesaba range, at least, largely an
artificial factor, is not only deter
mining the course which mining
must follow, but is today limiting
operations and the tendency will be
to further limit them. Competition
once thought an imaginary menace
as far as the great Mesaba and its
wonderful mines are concerned, is
now here. Grand Rapids Herald
Review.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1926-07-16
COMMUNICATED
THE SUPERIOR NATIONAL
FOREST.

The Superior National Forest is a
National institution in which every
citizen of the United States has an
equal interest. 1t is hard to under
stand how any fair minded Ameri-
can can, even for a moment, toler-
ate the thought that it can ever set
apart anu its thousands of lakes and
wild scenic beauty, made available
to a privileged few.
Statistics show that not more than
five per cent of the people who could
and would take advantage of the
wonderful recreation and POSSIBLE
tiles of the Superior National Forest
are physically and financially cap
able of reverting to the primitive
mode of travel, via. the canoe,
necessary to visit Minnesota's won
derland.
Closing the Superior National
Forest to everything but canoe
means that 95 per cent of the people
are automatically barred from ever
entering within it's boundary.
One can but wonder how repre-
sentative body of live American citi-
zens, comprising the Isaac Walton
| League. call dUNOCdtC q POhCy ~
radically foreign to the principles OF
Democracy and striking at the very
root of Americanism.
Truly, Mr.. Geo. H. Selover as
president of the Minnesota branch
of the Isaac Walton League missed
wonderful opportunity to rise
head and shoulders above many OF
his fellow men as a real champion
of those rights as guaranteed by the
constitution of the United States
Instead as spokesman of the Isaac
Walton League he advocates a policy
that is doomed to certain criticism
and failure, for the American
people newer did and never will toll
crate the juggling of their rights
and liberties
The Superior National Forest will
be made available to all the people
or none.
Where is the man calling himself
an American and so selfishly consti-
tuted that he could enjoy the wild
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1926-07-16

Experts tell US character is form
ed in early childhood. If they are
right, then most of the babies sitting
around now are going 20 grow up
and be loafers.
But you never can tell The child
who plays under the bed doesn't al
ways become burglar.
Just because little fellow enjoys
making mud pies, you can't say he
is going to be a great divorce law
yer.
Will the boy who snatches his
younger brothers milk and drinks
1t become prohibition agent?
No one can forecast the child's
future. The boy seldom turns out
to be as good as his parents hope
or as bad as the neighbors expect.
Virginia Enterprise.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1926-07-16
THINK 1T OVER:

"All mining sections have a more
or less precarious future. That is
incidental to the industry. In west
ern mining towns whole commun-
tiles have moved out in a week.
Mining camps built quickly, have
inst as quicly disintegrated. Fam
Ines have gone out and left the
dishes upon the tables.
I'VE need not go far to witness
this condition. In the great sub
stantial mineral regions of Michigan
may be found cities with half their
former population-with business
puses empty, homes boarded up and
tlues of all kinds unstable.
1.-THE Mesaba range, wondering at
hgreat mineral wealth, has always
casidered itself exempt from the
in of other great mining regions.
Wdhave argued that iron is more
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1926-07-16

The nut on a car that actually
needs fixing is the one at the end
of the steering wheel And when
this nut is further added with sew
eral shots OF moon, the fixing is
made more necessary. Several of
tie judges throughout the state have
inaugurated a process which will
prove beneficial in dealing with this
nut. They remove it entirely for
80 days from the wheel and give it
a thorough drying out at the work
farm. The process is satisfactory
to everyone but the nut. Ninety days
are thereby added to the average
life of the pedestrian or other road
users and when sentence of a
year or so away from its customary
position on, the steering wheel is
added to the ninety days, it is still
more conducive to long life. g.
500 deaths and $4,000 injured in
1925 was the toll exacted by the
automobile. $500 children were
killed by cars last year.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1926-07-16

Next Tuesday the voters of School
District No. IL will be called upon
to choose two directors to replace
DIR. Thompson and Kenneth Duncan
whose terms have expired. Both of
these men are candidates for re-
election. In addition there are JOS.
Markovich, Jr., VIM. Maxi. r.
M. Lambert and A. j. BONNER in
the field. Mr.. BONNER withdrew
from the race some time ago but
the constituents of the district ont
side of the city insisted that he re-
main and in consequence his name
Will be written in by the voter.
The Miner feels that an election
on the school board is an import
ant matter and far more important
than the average voter realizes
Upon the election of good men 10
the board hinges the successful ON
Grafton of the school system, a sysL
tenn calculated to make men and
women for the future. Take your
pick from the list presented. Cut
out the nationality, sectarian and
other influences and vote for the
good of all the district and it's edu.
cational institutions.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1926-07-16

The tourist travelling through the
country soon becomes familiar with
places where he is well treated and
comes again. In some localities the
police hop onto the stranger in UNI
mistakable terms and in language
more forcible than polite when he
fails to obey the traffic laws to the
dot-laws purely local and not met
in other places. The average tour
iat is a decent chap not out to
offend anyone. An over officious
traffic cop is a damphool with his
mouth and thinks because he wears
a uniform he can get away with any
thing. Put him on a motorcycle
and he speeds through town with
his cut-out cracking like machine
gun day and night. Let any other
man try driving with his cut out
open and see how soon this noisy
officer squelches him?
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1926-07-16
ANNOUNCEMENT.

/ take this method of announcing
that am a candidate for reelection
to the position of Director of indie
pendent School District No. IL and
solicit your support. If elected
promise to perform the duties of the
office to the best of my ability.
KENNETH DUNCAN.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1926-07-16

Speaking about that little item S 9
cosh that France owes the U. );
Some idea of its size can be gained
from, q computation on time basis.
The four billion dollars, divided on
a minute basis, would mean anous
S4 every minute from the time OF
Christ to the present. There nave
been slightly over a billion mlnn1es
since the birth of Christ. The
French debt at the present time y, Is
figured at about $4,000, OOO,ooo
and interest is accruing all the time.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1926-07-16
CARD OF THANKS.

We hereby thank all the FIND
friends who assisted us and tender
ed sympathy during our recent be-
reavement in the death of our son
and brother. To the American Le-
gion and Classmates and others are
especial franks due.
JOHN PUCEL
AND FAMILY
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1926-07-16

Boat rockers now have the spot
light on the stage. At this season
of the year this class of nuts have
the edge on auto cranks and the
man who did not think the gun was
loaded who will later put In his ap-
pearance. Where auto nuts have
crowded the front page news Tor
weeks the drownings just now occu-
ply the space. The hunting season
will produce the II thought it was
deer" nut who shoots at moving
bushes and don't know whether he
is shooting at man or mouse.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1926-07-16
CARD OF THANKS.

We hereby desire to express our
heartfelt thanks to the many friends
and neighbors for their sympathy,
assistance and floral offerings dur
imp the illness and death of our be-
loved husband and father.
MRS. MARY MATSCHINER
AND CHILDREN.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1926-07-16

It is rather disconcerting to the
nroud citizen who has just Finished
Sissertating on the cleanliness on
the city to visitor, to have ;,a
co,,nle of stray horses running wiio
on the streets come along and de-
nos;t about a bushel OF sparrow
feed on the sidewalk
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1926-07-16
MARTHA's CANDY KITCHEN.

When you want ice cold drinks,
fresh milk, cream, ice cream, get it
at our electric fountain. Ice cream
specials always.
TRY OUR LUNCHES.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1926-07-16
ANNOUNCEMENT.

| hereby declare myself candid
ate for reelection to the office of
Director of Independent School Dis
trict No. II. If reelected / will
continue to maintain the schools as
a place of education and not as a
battle ground for the ailments of the
world.
J. E.. THOMPSON.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1926-07-16

]. E. THOMPSON,
Candidate for Reelection,
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1926-07-16

There are hundreds of fascinating places in
the Middle West that are easy to find. The
Standard Oil Company Qndiana) has helped to
make them accessible by establishing Service
Stations throughout this wonderful country.
There are splendid highways in the Middle
West and on all of them you will find Service
Stations or garages where you can get Red
Crown Gasoline. Every road is your road to
follow if you will!
Evening star., 1926-06-01

June Of this year marks the fif-
tieth anniversary of the first intro
duction of lacrosse into England by
IL members Of the Montreal club.
Milford chronicle., 1926-07-02
Bethel

Mrs. Olivia Riggen, also Mrs. Mag
gle Riggen and son Edwin were at
Rehoboth on Friday.
Mrs. Lorraine Ellis and son Billy
spent the weekend with Mrs. Mary
Cordrey.
Mrs. VIM. H. Williams, Jr., of Ho-
boken, N. J., spent the weekend
with Mr.. and Mrs. VIM. H. Williams.
Mrs. RhOda Insley and grand
daughter, Mary Esther, of Seaford,
also Jane and Polly Anne Insley of
Salisbury spent last week with Mrs.
Annie Insley.
Mrs. Nellie Moore is spending the
summer with her parents, Mr.. and
Mrs. George Moore.
Judd and Paynter Phillips of Ches-
ter and Edgar Williams of Middle
town spent the weekend with their
families.
Len Riggin of Chester visited his
mother on Sunday.
Quite few of our young folks mo-
tored to Rehoboth on Sunday and
spent the day.
TheMen's Bible Glass of Bethel NJ.
E. Sunday school have purchased a
neK piano for our church.
& Mrs. George Phillips and son Geo.
Mayer, left Friday to join her hus-
band in Norfolk for the summer.
The Ladies Aid will hold festi-
val on the community house lawn
Saturday evening, July 9rd. Every
body invited.
Milford chronicle., 1926-07-02
Dehrnar

Mr.. and Mrs. Harry Newlin of
Wilmington were weekend guests OF
MIR. and Mrs. Carroll Barr Of this
town.
Miss Margaret Sherwood has been
enrolled with the National School OF
Oratory of Philadelphia for a sum-
mer course.
Mrs. 1. J. Nichols who has been
visiting her son and family at Allan
tic City for sometime has returned
home.
Mr.. and Mrs. c. c. West were call
ed to Philadelphia this week on ac-
count of the sudden death of Mr..
Vests brother-in-law.
Lester Hall has been appointed
principal of the Delmart CMaryland)
High School vice c. A. Carlson, re
signed, and has accepted principal
ship of Crisfeld, Md, High School.
John Handy Culver Of this town
and q student at the University Oh
Delaware, has been elected president
of the Druids, the honorary sopho-
more fraternity. He is also secretary
of his class for next year.
Mrs. +. n. Faulkner has been en-
tertaining her niece, Miss WiX OF
Harrington, during the past week.
Misses Mary E. Bauchamp, Mil
dred Galloway, Eta Ward Hastings
Ruth Hayman and Mrs. Vaughn Wal
Ter are students at the University OF
Delaware for the summer course.
Mrs. A. NJ. Williams OF Wlllarus'
Md, was the weekend guest CT MIS-.
Collins Vincent.
Mrs. Dora Fitzgerald and Mrs. I.
Harry Esham were Philadelphia
shoppers last Friday.
Several Delmarites attended the
game of base ball played by the Attn
letics of Philadelphia in Milford last
Friday afternoon.
Delmar Daily Vacation Church
School has registered 1870 scholars
up to this date.
A musical play, entitled "a Rainy
Afternoon" will be given by the
members of the Ladies Aid Society
of the NJ. E. Church, Thursday eve
ming in the social hall of the church.
THERE'S an epidemic of measles IN
Delmaf at the present time. Children
being the victims.
1.-THE brick bungalow of Lester
Swan, located on the stone road just
outside the town limits, was sold at
public auction this week for 5000.
Mr.. Swans work is now in Cape
Charles and necessitates his living
there.
G. L. Long and E. N. Holloway,
two of our foremost real estate deal
ers, have started on their annual
building program. Mr.. Long is con-
tinuing his development of the Mel
son tract on the north side of town
adjoining the stone road, while Mr..
Holloway operates mostly on the
Maryland side of the town.
After a profitable strawberry sea-
son the farmers are now marketing
squash and blackberries at good
prices. Cucumbers will be on in
few days
Milford chronicle., 1926-07-02
FUTURE OF AGRICULTURE!
Master OF The National Grange
Makes Some Assertions OF Keen
Interest.

Widespread attention has been at
tracted to a recent magazine article
written by Louis J. Taber, Master OF
the National Grange, entitled our
Future Agricultural Policy" which
is introduced by the following str1k-
ing sentence from this nationally
known farm leader:-
Today we really have no perma-
nent agricultural policy that is ma
tionaI in scope or long-range in its
yieWpoint. We have multitude OF
different organizations, agricultural
and technical, each working pretty
much independently. We have differ
ent sections with conflicting policies.
We cannot have an agricultural pol
icy that is political, revolutionary or
violent, We must have something
that can be built from present con-
ditions gradually toward better con-
ditions.
Mr.. Taber then defines the present
situation as to future agricultural
plans as embracing three schools OF
thought:-The Hard Shell or taxes
and-death school; the Pay AS You
Go or constructive school; the Free
Ride or pink school. The first is de-
fined as made up of those who be-
lieve that the farmer is blind pawn
in the hands of fate, who must sim
ply work and toll and take the con-
sequences; the second, a belief that
agriculture is amenable to the same
economic laws and business princl-
pies as govern in industry and fin
ance. with consequent reliance upon
organization, education and a hope
full farm program; the Free Ride or
Pink" class are those who believe
that the farmer can never save him
self through organization or other
wise. therefore the government must
do it all for him.
In the direction of remedies the
Grange Master would aim towards
better marketing, principally along
practical cooperative lines; towards
Intelligent production, guided by a
nationwide program Of common
sense: towards a sweeping reduction
of taxes and economy in government,
not simply national, but state, coun-
ty and local; towards creating more
farm-to-market roads, opening up
the Mississippi Valley to water
transportation, elimination of in
euualities in the freight rate struc-
ture. extension of electrical energy
and super-power and addition of Ia
bor-saving machinery to solve the
farm help problem. This striking
sentence is expressive of the Grange
viewpoint of things at the present
time:-
Americas most dangerous surplus
from an agricultural standpoint is
not a surplus of corn, cotton, wheat
or dairy products, but surplus OF
second-class politicians who will use
the farmers emergency for their
own advancement. If agriculture
waits for politicians to save it, OBJ
livion and despair are inevitable.
Sound business methods. rather than
politicians and legislation, will play
the most important part in any fu-
ture agricultural policy.
Milford chronicle., 1926-07-02
Trinity
Near BrldgevIle)

William and Jerome Wheatley Of
Camden spent part of last week with
their grandparents here.
Harry Banning and family spent
Sunday at the home of Ralph Wheat
ley.
Mrs. Ethel Hunt and friend spent
Sunday last with relatives at Cam
den.
Mr.. and Mrs. Frank Wheatley and
children of Camden spent Sunday
here with their parents.
Mrs. H. X. Wright and Grace Hast
ings of the University OF Delaware
spent the weekend at their homes
here.
A. T. White and family visited his
mother on Sunday. d.
Clinton Hastings, Leon Wheatley,
John Taylor and girl friends spent
Sunday at RehobOth.
Mr.. and Mrs. r. J. Hastings and
daughter Margaret spent Sunday ey-
ening with their daughter at Cannon.
Services at Trinity NJ. e. Church
Sunday, July 4.
Alarm clocks are altogether too
efficient.
Milford chronicle., 1926-07-02
Possum Point
(near Greenwood)

Mrs. Ross Coleman spent Friday
afternoon with Mrs. Will Wroten.
Miss Nell Rogers spent the week
end with her parents, Mr.. and Mrs.
Harry Rogers.
Mr.. and Mrs. Ernest Fry, son and
daughter spent Friday and Saturday
in Wilmington.
Mrs. e. H. Fry, Eva Fry and Mrs.
Ruby Hurst are spending a week at
'RehOboth.
Many people from here attended
the carnival at Bridgeville and all
reported a fine time.
Don't forget Greenwood Carnival
starts tonight, July 2. Come and en-
joy yourself.
People in this vicinity are busy
harvesting their grain.
Mrs Evelyn Morris spent the week
end with her parents, Mr.. and Mrs.
Averie Isaacs.
Margaret Coleman, Olive Oren-
dorf and Beulah Orendorf spent Sun
day afternoon with Marjorie Fry.
Emma Tucker spent Sunday with
Nora WrOten.
Mr.. and Mrs. VIII WrOten spent
Sunday with relatives in Pennington.
After spending four weeks with
her parents, Mrs. Florence LANCER
and little daughter, returned to Will
mington.
Wedding bells again rang Thurs
day evening when Miss Helen Nc
Dowell, oldest daughter of Mr.. and
Mrs. Isaac Mcdowell, became the
bride of John Lloyd, son of Mr.. and
Mrs. z. Lloyd.
Robert and John Mcdowell, David
Calhoun, Everett Morris and Wilson
Tucker spent Sunday with Frank
Todd.
Many from here attended the Chill
dren's Day exercises at the NJ. E.
Church at Greenwood Sunday even
ing last. All reported a fine time as
the program was splendid.
Watch our slip for more weddings
as I, the writer, think there will be
more weddings in this vicinity IN the
near future.
Frank Tucker spent Sunday NOR
ming with Luther Passwaters.
Alfred Morris spent Sunday eve
ming with Ollie R. Pristley.
Milford chronicle., 1926-07-02
Laws Church

Mr.. and Mrs. Thomas c. Robbins
have been entertaining Mr.. and Mrs.
Thomas Cooper, Mrs. 7. c. johnson
and William Knots during the past
week.
The Church Aid meets with Mrs.
r I Hope Friday evening, July 8.
Everyone come.
Miss Harriet Maloney visited her
grandmother, Mrs. Tom Maloney'
one day last week.
Joseph Robbins has been visiting
his grandparents, Mr.. and Mrs. VIII
Harrington.
Pauline Shockley has been visit
ing her grandparents, Mr.. and Mrs.
Frank Shockley.
Mr.. and Mrs. Ralph Satterfield
spent Sunday with Mr.. and Mrs. Z.
7 Satterfield Of Magnolia.
Mrs. Everett Robbins entertained
the following on Sunday: Mrs. Can
non. Mr.. and Mrs. Scott, Mr.. and
Mrs. Purnell and daughter.
Johnson Robbins is spending the
week with Mr.. and Mrs. 7. c. john
son.