The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1928-07-27

est man had been killed in the city
since he was resident; that the peo-
pie of Chicago were not concerned with
these killings nearly as much as were
the outsiders; that when the voters be-
came saturated with the administra-
ton which protected the gangster and
the bootlegger and his higher-up boss,
they voted the administration out; that
there was a movement on foot to round
up every gangster in Chicago and arm
him with a machine gun and orders to
shoot it out among themselves; that
there was not an American name
among those killed; that this class OF
aliens should be loaded on boats and
returned to from where they came and
that the same should apply to the en-
tire United States and not alone to
Chicago. Chicago has been muchly
maligned and the words of DR.. Bradley
set at rest the fears that the Almighty
might, in his wrath, destroy the city.
From his description, it was plain that
the city is the same as every ather city
and village, only larger. After all, the
decent people are still in the majority,
in the future as in the past
The many friends of David T. Adams,
on this and the Mesaba range where he
was known by the old timers, will re-
gret to learn of his death in Chicago
early in the week. He explored the
Vermilion range between Tower and
Ely with James Sheridan and Jimmy
James in 1887 and 1888 and later ex-
plored the Mesaba and in 1891 discov-
cred ore at Virginia and Eveleth. Later
he was associated with r. B. WhiteSide
and Louis Rouchleau. In company with
Mike Maxwell, also an old Ely resident,
he mapped the Mesaba range and the
map was considered an accurate one
and is still in use by several firms. He
was 50 years of age at the time of
death.
Another old timer of the ranges pass
ing away at Duluth Monday was Geo.
A. Fay, geologist for the Oliver Min
ing Company. He was 70 years of age
and was active in the iron ore develop
ment of the Minnesota ranges and has
been engaged as a cruiser and pros
pector since 1880. He has been an en-
ploye of the Oliver Mining Company
since 1905. He was one of the locators
of the old Wisconsin Central railroad,
now the 500 Line system. His brother,
Chas. j. Fay, at whose home he died
in Duluth, was station agent at Med
ford, Wisconsin when we were a young
boy and resided in that Wisconsin city
nearly fifty years ago.
At the last meeting of the CONNER
cial Club on Tuesday, there was pres
ent Mr.. Cheney who is close employe
of E. w. Backus, the man who intends
to make an ocean of the border chain
of lakes for water power purposes in
the distant future. Mr.. Cheney made
an address at the meeting in which he
stated that Mr.. Backus did not intend
to ruin the country and that he was
laboring for the good of humanity at
all times. There is no doubt in our
mind but what Mr.. Backus has done
much good in the world He is physi-
cally, mentally and financially consti-
tuted to do this. The move to impound
the waters of the northern lakes fol-
power purposes however, is being look
| ed upon as very unnecessary under
taking at the expense of the people OF
| this country and of Canada and is be-
| ing fought by men who have the well
fare of the people at heart just as much
as has Mr.. BackuS and who will con-
| tinue to fight just as long as they be-
lieve they are in the right. To convince
other figures must be advanced as tt
the necessity of the power for indus.
trial purposes and also the necessity Of
the colossal raise in the water levels o.
the affected lakes. While statement.
have been made that three or foul
more feet Of water in these water.
would do no damage, engineers have
figured that raise of IL feet in Bass.
wood Lake, Gin which we here art
closely Interested is altogether too
much. To again bring this matter uI
in the public mind we will give the
figures as to water raises compiled by
Paul B. Riis who made an extensive
study and trip over the affected terri.
tory and VINO claims to have made hi.
figures from the original application
for the dam privilege filed with the In.
ternational Joint Committee Mr.. Riis
in pamphlet issued October 1925, i'm.
mediately after the meeting of tht
commission at International Falls a.
which many from Ely were presen
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