The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1927-12-09
On This
Occasion
Just a few thoughts by the Edior on things
Material and Immaterial.


As leader in this very educating
column, we are going to let the girls
in on a little secret. Next year Is
Leap Year and you will have youl
chance to do the proposing. PICK
yourself a good one and stick to
him until he capitul..tes, but be
careful in your choice, the best ones
are all married-so we are told.
In the death of Anton Bergen
Duluth and the county loses an ole
and respected citizen. He came to
Duluth on the first train in 1871. He
raised a family of four boys and two
girls besides taking lively interest
in public affairs. He served eight
years in the Minnesota legislature
Death has made steady inroads in
the ranks of Ely old timers in the
past few months, during which time
several early day residents passed
on. Some of these came in by ca
noe or walked in from Tower before
Ely was mapped. Sturdy pioneers
who made history for Ely. They
are missed.
Automobile insurance rates are to
be boosted again according to the
National Bureau of Casualty and
Surety Underwriters who state that
the reserves set apart to cover accl-
dent policies are running short. 1t
is further explained that judges and
juries have been liberal to those
suffering accidents and big damages
awarded have drained the funds.
This year $5O1, $4,000 will be
distributed to 100000 members of
Christmas Clubs in the United
States. This is an increase in saw
ings over 1926 of 100000, 900, or
26 per cent while the increase in the
number of members over 1926 is
121a per cent. About this time last
year these people decided to save a
little each week for so weeks and
now the result of their savings will
come in handy.
Mayor Webb of Winnipeg has
written a letter to Mayor Bill
Thompson of Chicago in which he
took Mayor Bill to task in friendly
way for the lax enforcement of laws
in Chicago. In closing he said:
81 hope you will take this letter
in the spirit it is written because l,
for one, and the rest of our people of
your country are great admirers of
the United States. We look upon the
people of your country as our
friends and neighbors, and, in fact,
our family, and we dislike very much
that any individual or organization
should do anything that will in any
way create feelings other than those
of good will, friendship and mutual
admiration between our two coun-
tries"
Besides inducing Santa Claus to
transfer his headquarters to Duluth
for this holiday season, the Zenith
City also sports a prize-fght scandal.
The News-Tribune has unearthed the
fact that the ValRyan-Leonard bout
Friday night was fixed affair and
that Leonard took a "dive" as pre-
arranged. Also that Petrolle and
Kahn were fighting under the same
management. The Tribute seems to
be concerned quite much because
SANDY" Mcdonald, the Duluth fight
commissioner, is a member of the
Herald staff. What we can't see is
why the public of the Zenith City
falls for all the penny ante hippo
dromes staged by ham-and-eggers in
that city.
Saturdays Duluth Evening Herald
carried an editorial on "a Splendid
Range Enterprise" which has been
most favorably commented on. The
subject had as its body the appear,
ance in the Zenith City on next
Sunday of the Range Chorus under
the direction of Prof. Otto Schacht
and was one of the best boosts fol
the range towns we have noticed in
the Duluth press for some time
When a newspaper such as the Her
aid will editorialize on such an event
it means much towards better feel
ing between the big city on Lake
Superior and the range communities
We can assure the people of Duluth
that the concert will be all that was
claimed for it and that they will be
satisfied.
Since the war it has been the
ambition of every musician anC
lecturer in Europe to invade the
United States and recoup financial
losses sustained during that unpleas.
antness. The solcalled artists have
found this country source of ready
money. In the Range Chorus we
have a group of men and womer
who are in music foc the joy of il
and not for the cash. They also viii
demonstrate that it will not be nee
essary to go to Europe for talent
The range towns have been recog
nized for years as producing music
ians of a calibre second to none OF
the larger cities and the best part
of it is there is no class or religious
distinction in the chorus which will
appear in Duluth next Sunday. They
are all there. The mining superin