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The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1926-03-19

animated by its native wild hfe. !.
Taking a peek into the future OF
the Superior Forest and it's recre-
ational development, one is struck
at once with the exceptional oppor-
tunities offered here. Travel can be
confined almost exclusively to the
wilderness type travel OF the region,
that of water travel by motor boat
and canoe. The boundary waters
will serve admirably for "a motor
boat trunk line with its terminus
either at International Falls or
Harding on the west and Big Saga
maya or Gunfiint on the east. NO
doubt the first and last named In
the course of time will serve thus.
Base camps with hotels or lodges
will make possible stayovers that
the tourist may enjoy the expanse
of waters and recreate in the frag-
rant solitude of the forests.
Secondary traffic lines and back
woods canoe trails will lead off in
to the remotest recesses of the for
est, where overnight camps will
gladden. the canoe cruiser.
The outlying lakes will be given
over W LllC IItOIC intCtiSlNS ocNf VI
summer homes, camps and cabins
where entire families may. enjoy the
many recreational offerings found
here. These lakes in effect will be
the shockabsorbers and bulwarks of
protection for the wilderness area
beyond.
Up to the last few years the
people have been little informed as
to the great opportunities afforded
by this unmarried wilderness. And
with the awakening has come the
| threatened dangers. First. the in
evitable demand for easy and sloth-
full access by means of proposed
automobile highways cutting into
| the very heart of the forest. These
| if they become realities, would in
| themselves have forever destroyed
the charm of the wilderness and de-
| feated its just claim of distinctive
| recreational value. Happily, this
| danger has been at least partially
averted by the work of our wr
| Association and other real friends
of the Forest.
| Now comes another threat to The
peoples interest in the Superior
| This is the application OF the For
Frances Pulp and Paper Company
Ltd, E. w. Backus, president, tt
the Minister of Lands and Forests
Toronto, Canada, to raise the wat
er levels of the boundary waters il
the Superior Forest from three tt
eighty-two feet, and those of Hun
ter's Island in Canada, from th'
Maligne River to Northern Ligh
Lake from three to eighty-two feet
| And, further, the application hint
that additional storage may be prac
ticable in this watershed on tribu
taries not along the boundary
Dams erected at the various lake
will raise their present respective
/ levels as follows:
i Boundary Waters: Rainy Lake
i IT.. Little Vermillion, 80 it.; Lool
Lake, 33 it.; Lac la Croix, IL #.
Bottle Lake, it.; Iron Lake, IL #.
Crooked Lake, Is it.; Basswoo,
Lake, IL it.; Birch and Carp Lakes
it,; Knife, Ottertrack and Cypress
35 it.; Saganaga. 18 fit.
s Hunters Island Waters: Sturgeol
Lake, 80 #; Kanipi Lake. 80 #.
Saganagons, Is it.; Northern Ligh
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Lake. 9 #.
In an application made to the In
ternational Joint Commission, sit
ting at a hearing at international
Falls, Mimi, BackuS made other de-
tails of his project more clear.
According to this, he plans on four
storage basins-La Croix, Crooked,
Eastwood and Sag'anaga Lakes, each
it's regulating works and dams, con-
trolling intermediate and smaller
boundary lakes.
The present and proposed storage
of all these lakes combined will be
1920 cubic feet per second for 80
days in the year, against the PRES
ent high minimum flow of 1,45O
cubic feet per second.
1t also increases the dependable
power at these sites by over 1900
horse power, at capital cost of
only 1894 per continuous horse
power, the cost to be assessed pro
rata against abutting property hold
ers as beneficiaries under the
scheme.
The boundary waters, spilling at
International Falls, run eastward
nearly 200 miles from Rainy Lake
on the west to Watab Lake on the
east.
The Backus project, if carried out
in its entirety, may solve many ex-
listing navigation problems, enlarge
the water areas vastly and reduce
the number of portages. CONNER
cially, it may seem "a commendable
scheme, stabiizing waterfiow, fur
nishing water power, as an aid to
| fish and fisheries, and in facilitating
| the handling of a tremendous rour-
| list traffic.
Scenically, the story differs mat
erially. Most islands will disappear
entirely, others will be greatly re-
duced in size, while there will be
but few new ones created. If SUBJ
merged lands were to be previously
cleared, the resulting scar would
| still be noticeable for years and
until new fringe will have grown
up to give it an appearance of
naturalness. Submerged timber has
| tenacious and lasting qualities that
| will mar shores for many years. The
justly famed and unsurpassed
beauty of Lac la Croix and Saga
| lldSd VIII UcSOIifG 1OSL lOICNNl
should the hundreds of picturesque
islands, dotting their Incompatible
waters, be submerged or entirely OBJ
liberated by raising their respective
levels twelve and eighteen feet.
Others, too, in a lesser way would
suffer similarly. The wealth of
islandtstudded lakes is one of the
greatest charms of the Superior Ma
tional Forest. Any project looking
to their conversion into expression
less reservoirs. should have the most
serious consideration. While there
is much to commend in this water
i power scheme, we have hardly
reached such straits in our economic
needs. where this exceptional wilder.
ness must be sacrificed at this time
And, unless the people arise in de.
ternined protest against this com
mercfal development, there is every
danger that this unique water-trave
forest will. become a hive of indus
try.
The present Forest lies in -four
separated sections, embracing I
total of 1,268,OO0 acres, one-thirt
of this privately owned. Mammalian
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er of all it holds for their greatest

err of all it holds for their greatest
good.
Today, comfercialism, amply sup
piled with funds and a small toe
hold in the form of privately owned
lands within the Forest, seeks to
wrest a fortune from natural re-
sources contained throughout the
Forest and largely publicly owned.
1t will be too late to dislodge them
once they have dug in. Their con-
coded influence at Washington can
only be dissipated by popular pro-
test and disapproual.
How much longer are we going to
stand by in apathy to see our for
ests razed, lakes and streams i'm
pounded and our natural play
grounds ravished under the guiSe of
premature development, that is un-
related and continues to deprive US
of Natures richest gifts?
There is one thing that you can
do, you and every friend of our
vanishing outdoors interested in
conservation; you must voice your
emphatic, personal protest to the In
ternational Joint Commission, Wash
ington, d. c., VIM. HI. Smith, Sec'y.,
against the Backus project. This
commission fill give careful consid-
Grafton to all protests made.
Sure and swift action is impera-
tive.
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Trade at Home and Build Up
Your Own City.

Standpoint, Eastwood, Birch, Carp,
Knife, Ottertrack, Cypress, Gun
flint, North, South and Rose Lakes
boundaries, but the three counties,
in the Fuller Bill Amendment,
agreed to their purchase by the
United States, to protect the bound
airy waters and thus they must be
regarded as potential federal prop
erty. With the passage of the
Clarke McNary bill and state legis-
lation sponsored by our Association,
regulating mineral and timber reser-
vations, the decks have been clear
ed for action and purchases by the
federal government may be made
at any time to consumate the ex-
tension and consolidation as ap-
proved by the counties affected.
Private ownership within the Forest
is not only constant fire menace,
but also invites the building of
cabins and resorts everywhere. 1t
also attracts settlers into sections.
where the deposits of stream beds
and flood plains tempt modest farm
ing. There is little or no agricul-
tural land to be found in the region
encompasseId by the proposed For
est boundaries. Small communities
on the threshold, who, by reason of
meager agricultural possibilities, are
still inviting settlers, who are a
most serious fire menace at all times.
The region is so exclusively lake
and timber land type THAT agricul-
tural attempts should not be forced
upon it beyond that of taking care
of the existing and future cem-
munity needs, or where the lands
are more suitable for agricultural
purposes than silviculture. Settlers
may continue to attempt conquering
this wilderness in spite of the fact
that Natures titanic forces have
labored for centuries to level the
rocky ranges, met with defeat and
left behind a field of devastation
and wreckage, that required many
more centuries of patient labor to
| re-create it into a forested lake
land, at once wonderfully complete
and enticing.
At present the Forest is at the
| mercy of THE individual timber OPP
orator, water power promoter, ore
prospector and land Spectator. One
or all of them have made irreparable
inroads upon its wild beauty.
T But the greatest danger to the
inviolate sanctity of this Forest, to
it's exceptional offerings of the wild
erness, is in the unthinlSing clamor
| of the vacationist for all the mod
ern conveniences and developments
that can be as we'll secured in areas
not injured by such encroachments
The Superior National Forest is not
| a lazy mans country. 1t is not q
place for those who take their
pleasures in indolent fashion. 1t il
a region where one may harden and
tougher his muscles, refresh his
weary brain and put a new mora
fibre into his system. It's atmo.
sphere of solitude is it's greatest
charm and attraction and those who
find their only delight in gregarious
ness may well pass it by, leaving il
to those who really appreciate it,
value and are willing to face ita
problems as we'll as enjoy its beauty
1t is the people who own this For
est, yet the thoughtlessness of thu
| people may prove to be the destroy
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BAND CONCERT
NEXT SUNDAY.
FINE PROGRAM ARRANGED FOR
THE COMMUNITY BAND
FREE CONCERT.

Director Reinshagen has arranged
an elegant program for next Sunday
afternoons free band concert at the
Washington Auditorium. Among
special features mill be the baritone
solo by Matt Herranen. Mr.. Her
ranen has appeared before Ely
audiences on several occasions with
success. The program to be given
will be as follows:
March Golden Days" j. E. Wslis
Overture Daughter Of The Elm"
L. Skaggs
March-'The Grand Eagle
----------Lembo & Miller
Baritone Solo-"The Holy City"
Stephen Adams
MATT HERRANEN.
March-"The illumination"
Rosenkrans
Selection from prince Charming"
L. King
March-"From Ocean to Ocean"
----------B. F. Crumiing
Waltzes- FLOWERS of the Wild
wood L. Skaggs
March-"G Golden Jubilee"
----J. r. w cllD
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James Stickney, formerly chief
of the Virginia fire department,
and John Cherne of the Virginia
Plumbing and Heating Co. We're in
the city Monday on business.
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When the Peddler Calls
Again Ask Him?

employment for
family ghbors?
How Much Money your 6rm pay up
Would Ha place worship depended the ubrcrp
paid by you your firm?
ch..Are bell ringer firm taxed
towards up keep Police Fire which
ample protection for my home?
firm of slack times
of through sickness What
o credit will firm for such period?
Ask Him These Questionable will probably
that he glad doing this
He will tell fact tell nything)
somewhat responsible for the
eliminate irresponsible type. He will % you
anything peddlercalling himself "a special
representative, mill man. service
Remember Your Merchandise maintaining business
institution which city
and his share all the above
requirements
You Not Be Guided-n money matte n
wandering Bell Ringer. Why be influenced
lin between right and things
The Alaska daily empire., 1926-04-30
German Official Would
End "Greasing" OF Palms

BERLIN, April 30. - The "greas-
ing" of the palms of officials with a
view to obtaining government con
tracts is so widespread practice
that the ministry of finance has de-
eided to compel firms, before award
ing them contracts. to sign state
ment obligatins them TO refrain from
offering a commission. loan, present
Ior other emalument to government
officials or employees.
Firms obtaining contracts must
agree. in case of violation of the
rule to pay a fine 20 times as
great as the emolument involved,
besides subjecting themselves to leg
lal prosecution The ministry's or
der is the outgrowth of efforts Of the
antibribery league.
The Alaska daily empire., 1926-04-30
CONGRESSIONAL
SESSION TO Be
/ EXTENDED NOW
Privileged Status Is Given to
Many Major Measures
by Committee.

WASHINGTON. April so. - Tho
adjournment of Congress has been
placed measureably in the future
with the action of the Senate Repub-
lican Steering Committee giving a
privileged status to seven major
measures in addition to four on
the calendar Two are increased
pensions for Civil War veterans.
Farm relief legislation is certain
to provoke prolonged fights and may
run counter to the views of Presi.
dent Coolidge as far as the Senate
is concerned The situation is likely
TO be further complicated by pre-
sentation of the French war debt
settlement.
The Senate STAYED off a vote on
the motion of Senator Harrison to
make farm relief legislation an order
of business The public buildip
bill would have been displaced but
a lengthy debate foiled the effort.
The Alaska daily empire., 1926-04-30
Chaplin's Second Son
Named Sydney Earle

HOLLYWOOD, Cal, April so
The second son of Mr.. and Mrs.
Charlie Chaplin has been christened
Sydney Earle Chaplin, it was re-
yealed by the parents. Sydney is
the name of the film comedian S
brother and Earle is the family name
of Mrs. Chaplin
Mrs. Chaplin. who was IS years
old on April Is, proudly boasted OF
Charlie ir, the first Chaplin heir.
Ills full name is Charles Spen
Ger. but we call him Spencer" she
said Hes a regular little mimic
Blink your eyes, Spencer and the
baby blinked obedently.
According to Chaplin, Charles
Spencer jr. shows every indication
of becoming an actor. Inc comedian
said he intended to take motion
pictures Of the youngster soon, run
ming off some film each year tC
preserve a record of the boy as he
grew up.
The Alaska daily empire., 1926-04-30
ISLAND JAPANESE GO TO
LANGUAGE SCHOOLS DAILY

HONOLULU, April 30. Three
fourths of the Japanese school child
rem of Hawaii, after public school
hours. attend Japanese language
schools for an hour daily. the census
discloses The total school enroll
ment for the territory was 56S61,
of which about $4,000 are japanese.
The large percentage is the basis
for efforts by the territory to gain
further control of alien language
schools by compelling payment by
the school OF dollar for each child
enrolled and adoption of textbooks
prescribed by the territorial school
department
Most of the children were born on
the islands and are potential Amer
lican citizens.
The Alaska daily empire., 1926-04-30
MAYOR BROWN
CALLS COL Vim
STOOL PIGEON
Declares Present Rumpus In
Seattle Is Only Polit-
lcal Frame-up.

SEATTLE, April 80. Mayor Ed
win j. Brown has charged Prosecutor
Ewing D. Colyin with being an
'undercoyer tool of Senator Wesley
l.. Jones in his persistent efforts to
dscredit my administration. Jones
political stool pigeons and Colyin
have formed a conspiracy to pre-
vent me running for the Senate
against Jones in the fall but | am
going to run and nobody can stop
me. | know my power and if any
one tries to stop me | will take
care of him quick. That goes for
Colvin, if he goes too far.
The newly formed Law Enforce
ment League has pledged whole
hearted support to Colvin in his
cleanup campaign A committee has
been named to secure financial sup
port for the prosecutor.
The Alaska daily empire., 1926-04-30
SUSPENDED men
ARE RESTORED,
POLICE: STAFF

SEATTLE, April 30 Sergeant
Newton and Patrolmen Kimsey. Feek
and Christie. suspended on April /
for one month after being charged
with accepting an alleged bribe of
$500. have been restored to good
standing and paid in full for their
vacation period.
Newton. KImsey and Christie raj
led an apartment house on Wodnes
day while under suspension ans
seized man with moonshIne.
Prosecutor Colgin charged the mea
in the Superior Court with soliciting
and accepting a bribe under extor
tion. They were at liberty on bail
The Alaska daily empire., 1926-04-30
BRITISH coal.
Mines ARE TO
CLOSE TONIGHT
Truce of Government Be-
tween Owners and Work.
ers Ends at Midnight.

LONDON, April 80. The truce
the government arranged between
the coal mine owners and their
workers last year. on basis Of
state subsidy, ends at midnight to-
might, when the notice of the owners
TO close the mines becomes effec-
tive
The subsidy, which cost the coun-
try 20,O0o,006 pounds. provided pay
of wages which the owners declared
was not justified by economic con
ditions.
The coal mine owners have pre-
pared a new wage scale but the
miners have refused to consent to a
reduction.
The British Cabinet has been
summoned to consider the situation
in event of a strike.
The Alaska daily empire., 1926-04-30
FIRE STARTED
BY LIGHTNING

BAKERSFIELD Cal, April 30
Hampered by storm which washed
out embankmcnts and covered the
highways. hundreds of workmen are
battling a fire in the 100000 barrel
reservoir of crude oil on the West
Kern River storage farm of the
Standard Oil Co. five miles from
here.
Lightning started the fire last
night
This afternoon. with a roar and
then flame that shot skyward.
the reservoir boiled over.
Workmen completing fire walls
and dilles nearby the reservoir with
steel and asbestos retreated.
Ranch houses were swept from
their foundations and corps were
destroyed.
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l0neuy Joins G. O. P.
AS Party of Prosperity

Los ANGELES. Cal. April 30
Political affiliations of Edward l..
Doheny who for years was an in.
fluential figure in Democratic ranks,
have been transferred to the Repub.
lican party.
In the background politically since
- split with the Democrats over
naval oil reserve scandal in
"a lie oil producer announced in
an interview that he had registered
as a Republican for the first time
because decided to affiliate with
and support the party which more
than any other embodes the forces
and policies which have produced
our unprecedented era OF prosperity
The Alaska daily empire., 1926-04-30
MORE SEALING
CLAIMS FILED

WASHINGTON April 80, At
torney General Sargent has been ad-
vised of nine suits filed against the
government alleging interference in
Bering Sea sealing. II was recalled
that such claims reach the deadline
on June Z The Department of JUS
tice will not aid appeals taken by
the government in 90 awards of 119
claims filed. The total pending
claims amount to about $2,0000O0.
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SEE PERI,
IN 1IR PLANS OF Il. s.

TOKYO. April 30 - That Amer.
lea, while pretending to advocate
general disarmament throughout the
world, is in reality planning tremen-
dous military and naval expansion
is the frank opinion held by many
Japanese.
The Chugai, largest commercial
newspaper in Japan commenting re-
Gently on the United States meas
ures for enlarging its air forces, is
disturbed by the thought that Amer.
lea may soon be supreme in aerial
armament The newspaper says re-
cent reports cannot be interpreted
lean people for military expansion.
The Alaska daily empire., 1926-04-30
French DEBT
AGREEMENT is
REACHED NOW
President Approves Of Set
tlement-How Payments
Will Be Made.

WASHINGTON, April so. ~ The
American Debt Commission and Am
bassador Berenger Yesterday agreed
to settle for s4,025 600, 600 the
French war debt.
France is to pay $6.847, 900 600
over a So year period. this including
the interest.
President Coolidge approved Of
the settlement.
Payments will b at the rate of
$50 000. 900 the first two years. $32,-
600 900 the next t@0 years, $35, ,000,-
600 the fifth year, and increase $10,-
600 1000 annually until the thirteenth
year.
The Alaska daily empire., 1926-04-30

Such a plan tthe reported in
crease in the al, seryice) must be
taken as manifestation Of positive
militarism by America" declares the
editorial, rather than as prepara.
tion for national defense"
The Chugai expresses profound
regret at Americas purported arma.
ment expansion plans. and fear that
il they are continued they may pro.
woke a menace to the peace of the
world. The editorial advises Japan
to work quietly for the strengthen
ing of national power and to exert
extraordinary efforts to maintain her
special position in the Far East.
The Alaska daily empire., 1926-04-30
WILKINS NEAR
DISASTER WHEN
FLYING NORTH
Narrowly Escapes Crash in
Mountains = May Fly
South Sometime Today.

NEW YORK, April 80. = The
North American Newspaper Alliance
announces that Capt. George H.
Wilkins and Pilot Ben Eielson will
attempt to return to Fairbanks,
.efhaps sometime today, from Point
Barrow.
Wilkins, IN radiogram, said he
and Eielson reached Point Barrow
The same day they left Fairbanks.
April l5, two weeks ago yesterday
They were unable to reach an alti-
tude of 10000 feet crossing the
Brooks Range and weaved their pas
sage through the mountains in a
heavy fog. One of the swirls of
mist cleared just in time to show
the mountain side ahead. The Al
askan's right landing wheel missed
the snow bank only by inches and
disaster was averted.
Arriving at Point Barrow, the
radio failed
Storms held the two fiers there.
Thew attempted to hop-off three
times but had to turn back, twice
on account of a split propeller and
once by low hanging clouds over
Brooks Range
Capt. wilkins has advised Major
Lanphier, at Fairbanks, not to leave
there until he receives a favorable
weather report, unless the Alaskan
fails to return.
The Alaska daily empire., 1926-04-30

FAIRBANKS, Alaska. April Sc
The Army contingent participating
in the wilkins expedition turned
eyes homeward and held the flights
Of the Detroiter were unsatisfactory
They declared the gasoline supply
at Point Barrow after the Alaskan
made three trips. was probably SUI.
ficient only for return to Fairbanks.
They declared the Detroiter could
carry only enough gasoline to fly
TO Point Barrow under favorable
condition
Ca " .lkins' men here appeared
merely 10 6e standing by
Yesterday the Detroiter took an
excursion trip 1t SKINNED the
Alaska - and cameraman took
movie o ne peaks.
The Alaska daily empire., 1926-04-30
MELLON PROMISES TO
AID STATE ECONOMY

revenue exclusively to the states
Opposition to the continuance of
federal aid to states.
Extension of economy in govern
ment to the states and municipal
tiles
The committee, in opposing federal
aid to states, declared experience
had shown that this created extrava-
gance by the states had resulted in
increased state and municipal tax
alton.
The Alaska daily empire., 1926-04-30

WASHINGTON, April 80. - Fed
eral cooperation with the states in a
new economy drive was promised
of the National Association of State
Auditors. Comptrollers and Treasur-
ers.
The committee proposed the fol
lowing program:
Retirement of the federal govern
ment from the field of estate and
inheritance taxes so as to leave this
The Alaska daily empire., 1926-04-30
Rich Chinese in
Canton IRE
Utmost Penniless

SEATTLE, April 50. = T. A.
Davies, president Of the Alaska
Lighterage Commercial Company,
of Nome, arrived yesterday from
the Orient He said rich Chinese
in Canton are almost penniless
az the result of levies for in
terror wars in South China.
The Alaska daily empire., 1926-04-30
Fiqht Starts Quickly

WASHINGTON, April 80. The
fight over ratification OF the Franco
American debt Sc ilement began to-
day in the Senate when Senator
Reed, of Missouri. who has been for
the Italian and o.her debt agree
ments already ratified, declared the
American Debt Con mission had gone
further than the nw intended.
1 Senator Smoot, o. Utah, defended
the Commission policies.
Before the debate started, Presi-
dent Coolidge sent the French settle
ment to the Senate with the request
that it be ratified
The Alaska daily empire., 1926-04-30
HALIBUT PRICES

PRINCE RUPERT, B. G, ApriI
3G.-Twenty-three thousand pounds
of halibut were offered today. Am
erican halibut sold at s and 15.7
cents and Canadian halibut at :
and 143 cents