The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1928-08-31
On This
Occasion
Just few thoughts by the Editor on things
Material and Immaterial

Senator Shipstead who headed the
senatorial party which visited this
section the latter part OF the week
is a Keen student of the subject en-
braced In the Shipstead-Newton bill
now before Congress and which bill
Is the cause of the visit of the sena-
torial party to the section of the Ar
rowhead. In expressing himself on
the subject he said the investigating
party is not against the development
industrially of this section or the i'm
provement of the Superior National
Forest and the committee desires to
secure legislation which would not
only develop the national resources in
this territory, but which would pro-
tect the interests of the state and ma
ton" Several of the other senator's
made practically the same statement
and all seemed to be in accord with
the policies outlined by the Agricul-
tural Department for the conduct OF
the Superior National Forest.
Owing to propaganda which had
been assidiously circulated to the eff
feet that the Superior and Quitico
Forests were to become part of an
International Park and thereby closed
industrially, Senator Shipstead stated
that no such event could come to pass
as ID was highly imperative that the
section which was to be embraced in
the move was needed to maintain in
dustry as we'll as recreation and that
both could be made of vast benefit to
the people of the United States.
Senator Shipstead in an address he
made to the Minnesota Jugo-Slav AS
ISOLATION at Chisholm Sunday evening
(having been taken to Chisholm from
Vermilion Dam while on the trip with
the senatorial committee on the tour
Of the boundary lake region and re-
turned to the dam in time for con-
tinuing the trip In the morning)
brought out politics in the following:
Somehow we have gotten away from
the idea that each citizen Is SOW
ereign. We have delegated the poll
teal groups to solve all our govern
mental problems, while the hope of
the country rests with the intelligent
individual citizen" The Senator
might also have added that the poll
teal groups are expected to also solve
all our industrial and personal prob
LENS and that law be passed to cover
each. One problem, one law; be 1t in
dustrial political, educational, sec
tartan or otherwise. Let's have a law.
In another place in this paper will
be found story pertaining to the Gas
Tax Amendment TO be voted on in
November. We are printing this for
the purpose of giving the voter
chance to become acquainted with
what Is wanted by those sponsoring
the passage Of the amendment al
though we are not In favor Of its
passage. We are not In favor of ham
pering Commissioner Babcock on the
trunk road proposition and feel that
the money Is needed to finish the
work started by the commissioner on
the 1000 miles of trunk highways. AS
the main, or trunk roads, have been
removed from the care of the coun-
ties, towns and townships and as these
subdivisions In the past have had the
added expense of the main roads, we
feel that with this elimination of a
large part of road expense they should
be able to properly care for the feeder
roads and leave the fund intact for
the completion and paving of the
trunk lines
However, those sponsoring the
amendment have their side of the
argument, In some particulars all too
true. They feel that the rural popu-
lation pays car and gas taxes and
should share In the distribution
They make the statement that the
money Is all spent on roads they do
not use. The big cities pay the larg-
or part of these taxes and build their
own streets besides their cars and
trucks very seldom travel outside the