The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1927-12-30

We fail most decidedly to en-.
thuse over the attitude of the elder
Hickman over the plight of his sor
who has confessed to the Staying OF
Marion Parker in Los Angeles. The
boy deserves all that will be COM
ing to him-and more too-but the
father must remember that he in
all his purity and right living OF
which he boasts, deserted his family
years ago and left them to shift for
themselves. This ''holier than thou
attitude at this time seems just a
little out of place in this father who
shirked his duty years ago and does
il again now.
A cartoon in the Northwestern
Health Journal for January, show
ing Uncle Sam rolling up his sleeves
preparing to fight tuberculosis with
the little one-cent Christmas Seal is
a very forceful lecturer for this lit
tie sticker of good cheer. The chart
attached shows how tuberculosis has
gradually d creased since 1910 at
which time the seals were started
o their mission with results far
above the imagination. The death
rate per 100000 of population at
that time was 200. In five years it
had decreased to about 100. In 1925
the table shows rs per 100000. At
this rate, only a few years will see
the dread disease down to a mere
fraction or perhaps entirely dlsap-
pear.
Prof. Walter ]. Whittlesey in eli
interview in the Daily Princetonian,
undergraduate publication on
Princeton University, took occasion
to hand the midwest an unholy wal
lop when he stated it is a dead
weight and drag on the nations
political leadership, effort and prog
ress." The interview was supposed
to be friendly admiration, but, who
cares what some Princeton profess
sor thinks of Minnesota or any other
midwest state. The East is just a
little peeved because some of the
greatest statesmen of late years
have come from the midwest. His
view was clearly stated when lac
said in closing his article and when
he designated the statesmen of this
section as pumpkin bussing west
erners who rise to dumb seniority
to the Craftsmanship of important
committees in Washington where
they balk and lame and distort the
policy of the president and cabinet
in whom the nation believes" Pref
ty tough, eh, what?
Just at this time Of the year when
We are recovering from the attack
on Turkey the fore part of the
week, we can think of nothing bet
ter with which to start this column
than the Lords Prayer or the
American Greed. Like all country
newspaper men, we are at pres
ent just a little hazy on the Prayer
but the Greed stands before US as
produced by William Tyler Page in
all its beauty and impressiveness. 1t
reads:
81 believe in the United States of
America as a government of the
people, for the people; whose just
powers are derived from the con-
sent of the government; demo-
cracy in a republic; sovereign ma
ton of mahy sovereign states: per-
feet union; one and inseparable;
established on those principles of
freedom, equality, justice and hu-
manity for which patriots sacrificed
lives and fortunes
81 therefore believe it is my duty
to my country to love it; support its
constitution; to obey its laws; to
respect its flag; and to defend it
against all enemies"
Right here is a good spot to put
in a few ticks for mother: She does
not rush into print with goto'en
statement but serenely and mother
like is looking for the good in her
child. This brings to mind a tribute
to mother noticed in one of our ex-
changes a few weeks ago. 1t said:
Dear old mother. She may not
be as dashing as Pola Negri or Lii
dian Gish in some recent movie tri-
umph. Probably she cannot play
tennis, golf or skate like Marian or
Gwendolin who has just come home
from college for short vacation.
Possibly her morning dress is the
same as her evening gown, espec-
tally on work days when her inter-
est in her family's welfare prevents
her from thinking about the S-hour
working day. But don't speak of
her without showing due respect,
for she's your mother.
"She may discuss behaviorism or
other isms with you in the evening,
but her common sense has kept your
foolish ideas from causing trouble
many times. She may not know all
about the latest novels, because she
has been too busy smoothing out the
way of life for you. Her memory
is no good-when it comes to re-
calling the foolish mistakes you
have made. She is your truest friend
and will stick to you through thick
and thin"
C. P. Craig of Duluth, who has
had charge of the st. Lawrence
Tidewater Seaway project from its
inception as president of the assoeia-
ton, comes out in statement in
which he makes the claim that the