The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1926-07-09
VOL. xxxII, NO. |.

With this issue, The Ely Miner
begins another year of usefulness 70
the City of Ely and incidentally 70
;+s editor and his family. ms MEANS
that in order to live the editor must
nublish the Miner and that the Gnu
zens of Ely cannot overlook 1he
fact that the paper has been prlheeu
IN their interests for the past thirty
one wears and that at mo time mas
anvthing been found in its columns
that was detrimental to the CITY, us
,aon,e mr. the surrounding country.
In fact. we have boosted to sueh an
extent that some seem to think that
the editor is lacking In backbone any
that we don't know what IS gong
on. Don't kid yourself.
In our files for the past thirty one
vears are treasured the happenings
of the city. We have cried with you
when you were sad and laughed WIN
Won when you were happy MANY
father. mother, sister and brother
have been spared a heartache over
something that has happened ana
no mention of it was made IN the
paper. Maybe we were wrong M
suppressing items of news! Mayoe
not.
In the outside world, Ely enjoys
the reputation of being a fine city
The local people know OF the snort
comings, so why advertise our IauiCS'
if we have any, to the outside world !
The Miner circulates in every state
of the Union and several foreign
countries. The upbuilding OF city
institutions and its people is better
news than the shortcomings OF cer-
tain of its inhabitants. When your
son or daughter or perhaps yoursen
90 blooey. do you feel that you
would like to see the facts appear IN
print? If you do, say so. Drop
us line and sign your name. The
most contemplate thing in the world
is the anonymous letter writer, with
out one exception.
We may be starved out yet under
this policy. We have heard several
complaints that the Firms, Sloyen-
ians. Scand6navians and others are
not getting publicity in our paper.
We have never Disseminated on the
nationality question. We do think,
however that this nationality stuff
should be taboo. We are against
foreign languages in public places
and feel that if America is good
enough to live in, its people should
be good enough to use the Amer
lean language in transacting public
business. We are always willing
to boost all home institutions, be
they Finn, Slovenian or Scandinav-
ian as long as it is matter of news.
Tell us about it. We don't attend
the foreign affairs because we are
not invited and unless the doings are
in American and for America, cut
US out of the list of invited guests,
We can get along with several for
eign languages but none sound as
sweet as the Red, White and Blue
even if the vernacular is not ortho-
dox Websterian.
The same editor has had charge
for the past thirty-one years. By
the grace of God and our many
friends we intend to keep right on
although not as spry and as chippel
as thirty-one years ago. We thanh
our friendssand enemies alike. Th'
former forStheir assistance and th'
latter for their recognition of suf
ficient Importance to get mad over
The latch string is always out for all
Life is but, a. short span between
the cradle and the grave. Deeds o.
valor are not counted by the hotche
on your gun or the boquets on you
coffin, but by the handclasp o
friendship on the rocky road of ex
istence. Service to the world is no
measured by Troy weight but Dy tn
weight of heipfulness to your fellow
man.