The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1928-02-03

1t was our good fortune last
Thursday and Friday to be able to
attend meeting of the best fellows
on earth, in other words the North
ern Minnesota Editorial Association
at st. Cloud, where we understand
the sentiment of fellowship and a
good time had their birth in the dim
and distant past. We knew we
would meet fine bunch of men en-
gagged in the newspaper work in the
part of the state in which it is a
joy to live, both winter and summer,
but we were not prepared for the
welcome that awaited the scribes in
this energetic, modern and enter
prising city. The newspaper men of
st. Cloud, led by the virile and in
domitable Alvah Eastman and Fred
Schilplin, certainly showed the visit
ing editors one of the best cities in
the state besides several other things
that were the best in the state. 1t
was a meeting in which business was
successfully combined with pleasure
and to the excellent work of Presi-
dent ]. Paul Kinney, Secretary Rut-
ledge and others, were the business
sessions a success. The entertainment
committee deserve all credit for the
fine entertainment provided. One
of the high lights at the meeting
was the presence of State President
]. V. Weber of Slayton and State
Secretary Sam Haislet of Minneap-
oils. Then there was ]. P. Cough
lin of Waseca, E. K. Whiting of
Owatonna, j. E. Reynolds of Man.
kato, Clarence Hillman of Two Har-
bors, Geo. Christie of Red Lake
. Falls, ]. Benshoof of Detroit, Pete
Vasaly of Little Falls, C. A. French
of Monticello, A. L. LaFerniere and
L. A. Rossman of Grand Rapids,
Geo. Erickson of Brainerd, Grove
Wills of Eveleth, Grace Dunn of
Princeton, Rudolph Lee of Long
Prairie and dozen or more whose
names have just now slipped our
memory. This dozen or more when
added to the names mentioned and
of equal Importance in the scheme
of state and sectional publicity
makes it plain that it was most
distinguished gathering. Clarence
Hillman was elected president; Geo.
Christie, vice president; Paul Kin
ney, secretary and L. Benshoof on
the executive committee. Duluth
was chosen for the summer outing
meeting and President Hillman
promised the Association boat trip
to Port Arthur on this occasion.
Hillman was the power behind the
enjoyable summer outing last year
when the boys started at Two Harb-
ors and wound up at Ely.
The state loses valuable man in
the sudden death SATURDAY. morning
of Attorney General Col. Albert
Pratt of AnOka. Only a few weeks
ago he was appointed to the respons-
ible position by Governor Christian
son and was rendered reception
in his home town good will and
congratulation. He was a patriotic
citizen, rendering valuable services
in the late war, good attorney and
an honest and capable public sery-
ant. He will be missed.
Mining Inspector Ed. Smith of st.
Louis County has made his annual
report to the County Commissioners
and the study of the figures he gives
is a worthy one. He shows that dur
ing last year there were employed
in the mines of the county men to
the number of 3,840 in underground
mines; 2,278 in open pits; 1878 in
stripping operations and 1857 in
surface operations. 28,05 1868 tons
of ore were shipped from st. Louis
County, over seven million of which
was from underground properties
and the balance from the open pits.
The report also shows the distressing
side of the mining occupation and
while the hazards of life in the
mines are stressed, it nevertheless
remains fact that the danger is
far greater on the surface and on
the public thoroughfares than under
ground. Four men lost their lives
in the Ely section last year, three
at the Pioneer and one at :he Zenith.
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Every week or so new organiza-
tion is formed to "save the Superior
National Forest" AS the govern
ment has had this in view for many
years and has had experts in forest
ry on the job since the forest was
set aside as forest, it seems strange
that it is necessary to form count
less organizations to save something
that has already been saved. 1t
Backus is stopped from making an
ocean of the entire northern section
of the state and the Superior Nat
ional Forest officials are left alone
in the sustaining yield program of
timber harvesting, the forest will be
pretty we'll taken care of without
electing countless presidents and
secretaries of organizations in most
instances composed of people who
never saw the forest and live in
states far removed from the Super
Tor. One man prominently identified
with the movement TO "save" wrote
US the other day and asked for
schedule of boat trips from Ely to
Isle Royal"
This "Save the Superior" move
ment puts Us in miad of the frantic
methods pursued by the Anti-Saloon
League 20 save something. Notwith.
standing the foct that its usefulness
went out If existance when the
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