The Ely miner., 1928-10-19
On This
Occasion
lust few thoughts by the Editor on things
Material and Immaterial.

While we are all in an uproar re-
garding the heads of the ticket sisnV
must not be lost of the TACT tnat We
need congressmen and senators to up
hold the president in washington II
Won vote for a Republican preSloent
also vote for Republican congress
THE same can be said OF the Demo
CRATIC candidates. There is absolutely
no excuse for mixing the parties In the
halls of congress. This always furnishes
an alibi for excuSing something done
or undone.
The old-time lumberjack will be
somewhat shocked over the new-fafg-
led methods at present in vogue IN the
lumber camps A writer VISITED the
CloolIet camps near Gheen and touno
spring beds, flawleSsly clean linen,
chicken dinners, afternoon Iunches'
shower baths and a radio. he also
found that although the camp mao
been in operation for two months not
a man had quit his job on account OF
accommodations We remember years
400 when the lumber companies had
three crews going all the time; one
coming one going and one working.
The endorsement OF the Elghtn DIS
trict Bar Association of Judge Martm
Hughes and Judge S. w. Gilpin, comes
as a tribute to the sterling worth OF
these gentlemen. Without doubt
.Tudge Hughes is one of the most popu-
lar district court judges on the bench
of the country and Judge Gilpin enjoys
the same reputation among those hav-
ing business with the judge OF probate.
The members of the Bar Association
who have business with these gentle-
men knew what they were doing Wneh
they unanimously endorsed them tor
reelection.
A teacher in the school at F1nlano
south of here has filed suit In dlstrict
court at Virginia for damages 10 Ine
extent of S10,920 for defamation OF
character against 13 residents ana TAX
payers of that town who petitioned her
renoval This spring she was rehired
after teaching there last season ana
soon after that the petitioners got busy.
According to news items in several
parts of the country, the petitioners at
FINLAND used rather mild methods N
getting the teacher out. In some places,
according to the daily papers, dynamite
was used.
The 6lst Legislative District must not
lose sight of the Importance OF choos-
ing representatives in the legislature
at the coming election. Four men
have been nominated out OF wnlch TWO
are to be elected. These men are OF
no party designation and 1t IS up 10
the voter to elect and judge their can
without the lncPn-
tive of a party label All are well
known to the average voter and a
choice should not be hard to make
A further argument against govern
ment control is shown in the recon-
mendation made to the council OF Hib-
bing to close the village garage and
have the work done by the numerous
mechanics employed in the business
garages of Hibbing. The village treas
urer reported that the sum OF $4,000
appropriated the first of the year for
maintenance of the garage has already
been overdrawn. With three months
vet to go from the date of the report
and the heavy work of the season not
completed it is safe to assume that the
overdraft will be increased with about
5000 more 1t was also shown that
the work let out to privately owned
garages would not cost half the amount
of the appropriation.
In another place in this paper will
be found the proceedings of the meet
ing of the Board of Education at which
the levy was made for next years taxes
for the schools. Last week we printed
the levy as made by the City Council.
Both levies together are somewhat less
than last year and in consequence
taxes will be less. The State Tax Com
mission also added something over ST.
600 1000 to the valuation of the unmincd
iron ore in this city and the total val
uation of the city is something like $8,-
10000, the highest in its existence.
With the increased valuation, the re-
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