The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1928-08-10
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night. Mr.. Backus is a pleasant ana
fascinating gentleman whom 1t Is
pleasure to meet on an even footlng
He carries his suaveness and pleasant
ness into his business dealings always
for E. w. first, last and all the time
1t must be said he has done much Tor
the development of the northern end
of the state. Those who have looked
into the water power matter however
are of the opinion that the dam move
is not for the benefit OF the state OF
the nation, nor for certain parts OF
Canada and are fighting the granting
of the application on this ground ana
not as a personal matter against MI.
Backus. He stated to inquirers that
should the International Joint Com
mission which has the matter In mana
be adverse to his scheme upon report
of the international engineers and that
the shore lines of the many beautiful
lakes be ruind along with the timber
thereon, he would be the first to call
a halt.
This sounds fine. However parties
arriving from the Little Vermilion lake
district where an eighty-four 1oot
head is to be constructed, bring the
cheering news that preliminary work
is about completed and the wing dam
sites brushed out and ready TO go. we
have not been there and do not know
whether this is correct or not. II not
correct it is doing Mr.. Backus an IN
Justice. If correct however, Mr.. BackuS
is doing the people Of the country an
Injustice. In anticipation of the per-
init, the Kettle Falls dam was con-
structed two years before the document
arrived. Why the haste in brushing
out the Little Vermilion dam site?
Friend James w. Good, Western
campaign manager for the Republican
National Committee has sent us an in
yitation to attend the all day political
meeting at West Branch, Iowa, at
which Mr.. Hoover will be present and
also the agricultural get-together
meeting at Cedar Rapids, on August
q and o. We are afraid that the
chances of being present will be mighty
slim as we are trying to recoup our
exchequor sufficiently to join the golf
club and get few balls, mashies put
tiers and knickers. We thank Mr.. Good
for the invitation and as we are Tor
Hoover anyway Ie feel that we can do
much more right here at home than in
Iowa about that time.
One of the most beautiful aurora
displays witnessed here in some time
was the one put on Saturday evening
in honor of the visiting Congressman.
We do not know how the display show
ed up at Ely but on Eastwood Lake 1T
certainly was beaut. Walter Newton
says he ordered this for the boys in
lieu of fireworks which the party was
expected to furnish for themselves.
And now they say Clarence Hillman
is negotiating for the purchase Of an
airplane, having already supplied him
self with Heidelberg automatic press
for his printing office. We have seen
Clarence up in the air on several &C.
casions but it surely will be pleasure
to watch him get used to the airplane
bug. A large specimen of the species
airiplanus bit Grove Wills several
weeks ago and he has been babbling
about it ever since returning from
visit with Asa Wallace at Sank Center
The Board of Education OF District
No. IL held its organization meeting on
Monday afternoon and new officers
were named to guide the destinies of
the board for the coming year. j. E.
Thompson was named president, E. H.
Starkman secretary and B. M Lam
bert treasurer. The standing commit
tees were also named for the year. The
board as constituted has a chance to
be of benefit to the district and the
people therein. Election rumblings are
still heard but we would advise the
disgrunted ones to get behind the new
officers and assist in keeping the Ely
district in the forefront of Minnesota
school usefulness and efficiency.
Now what? Frank Murphy of
Wheaton, lifelong Republican and
heavy worker for the equalization fee
in the lobby at Washington for several
years had an inspiration and hustled
himself to New York to tell Gov. Smith
that he was now Democrat under the
impression that the Democratic ca1di-
date for president was the extra pea
in the pod for the equalization plank
in the scheme which esident
Coolidge ,.nipped with his veto. Frank
only got part way when he was over
taken with the announcement of the
governor that the equalization fee was
taboo. Now what?
The State Tax Commission Saturday
reported that Minnesota state govern
ment and its subdivisions, counties,
school districts, municipalities and
townships are in debt mere matter
Of $685., OBS, 500 %, following the first
official survey ever made in the his
tory Of the state. The figures are about
as follows and show the fluctuations
since 1924:
1924 1927
Counties, ....s 95,591,771 s 92,572, $50
Townships, -. 5,725,092 AGO., 054
Cities & vii 119,904,118 1885, 467
School Dis >. 48,938,708 1854, 978