The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1928-01-20
On This
Occasion
Just few thoughts by the Edior on things
Material and Immaterial.

news as InlS' neuuSH IL boSiS
was a member of brokerage house
that went to the wall twenty-five
years ago with liabilities amounting
to S3Uu,OO0. After proceedings
creditors were paid q cents on the
dollar. Donnely entered his fathers
printing business in Chicago and
made money. For years he laid
aside a surplus. A few days ago he
mailed out checks totaling more thai
$645,000 to the creditors of the old
concern. Interest on the original
debt raised the sun 10 more thar
twice its original size. Under the
law, the 81 cents would have beer.
enough, but under this mans con-
science it was not and he squared
himself with the world. America
business methods are criticized. Ho"
about this transaction?
We have received a card from
Early, Iowa, stating that the Rev.
T. A. Amber had died, however, no
date of death was given. Rev.
Amber will be remembered by many
in Ely, he at one time along in the
early COS having been pastor of the
Presbyterian church in this city He
was a fine man, friend to every
body, broadminded and with a fell
lowship that appealed TO all with
whom he came in contact. His min
istry was productive of much g:1d
in this world. He attained results,
not by preaching hell fire and calam-
ity, but by stretching out helping
hand and lifting the fallen to their
feet. The Miner extends the SYM
pathy of a host of Ely and Soudan
friends to the bereaved family.
The horror at Flint. Michigan,
where that nit-wit, Hotelling, follow
ed in the footsteps of Hickman and
killed a young defenseless child in
the most brutal manner, has given
the sensational press another choice
morsel to roll along the front page.
when it was discovered
that the killer was deacon in
church, did the story take on addlt'
ional color and this fact was played
up so strong as to try and creaNE
the impression that all deacons ana
other members of church congrega-
tions were hypocrites who were only
awaiting an opportunity to do some
thing rotten. One hypocrite in the
church fails to stamp all with the
same title and in our opinion it is
poor taste to play up the shortcom-
ings of a diseased mind and thus
label all the church members as
hypocrites. There are millions In
the congregations of the country,
good people, who live and think
right and who are shocked when
one of their number goes wrong.
The definite announcement OF
Governor Christianson that he will
be a candidate to succeed himself
has set at rest the political gossipers
who had the governor slated for the
senatorial toga and battle with
Senator Shipstead for the position
Senator Shipstead now holds. The
announcement will also clarity mat
tiers considerably in regards to con-
lectures as to who would be the sue
cessor to Governor Christensen.
There are those who seem to believe
that Ray Chase, state auditor, or
w. /. Nolan, lieutenant governor,
may be the nominees of the Repub-
lican party, but in our humble opin-
ion, the governor has spiked these
aspirations with his statement that
his work of economy is not as yet
finished and that another term as
chief executive of the state will 81 re
him a chance to complete the pro-
gram upon which he was last elected.
Besides, we think that Ray Chase
and Bill Nolan in the places they
now hold and are filling second TO
none of their predecessors, with Gov
ernor Christensen, make head in
the state official family. that cannot
be duplicated in any state in the
Union.
The northern end Of the state was
not particularly "stuck" on the gov
ernor's economy program. 1t has
been said that he singled out the
north upon which to practice. Lit
orally speaking northern Minnesota
while not being "stuck" on his pro-
gram, was "stuck" with it, is the
opinion expressed in many quarters.
The claim IS made that, being a
strictly southern Minnesota man,
Governor Christensen put the PR
gram in force after the south end
had been thoroughly developed in
every way and the north was "horn-
ing" in for their share. We can't
see it that way. He has been a
governor for the whole state and
has used excellent judgment in all
his acts. His veto of several very
vital development appropriation
measures and his appointments On
the "Big Three" and their subse-
quent czar-like attitude might be
questioned as to ACCESSIBILITY, but the
governor is man easily approached
and these things might be ironed
out to the satisfaction of all con-
cerned.
The Forest Hotel is now open and
doing business. This successful
fruitation of the labors of a body