The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1928-03-16
On This
Occasion
Just few thoughts by the Edior on lthings
Material and Immaterial.

Headline in the daily papers OF
Monday: Party Reaches Isolated
Town Brings Food to Detour, Mich,
Snowbound by Gigantic Drifts" At
ter telling of suffering caused by food
shortage in the isolated town and
then further telling of the needs in
that line, the article goes on to state
that "a parry which set out from a
neighboring town, reached the village
this afternoon, bearing 500 pounds OF
mail for the residents" How happy
it must have made the hungry people
of the village feel when Cney saw the
reScuing party arrive with 500 pounds
of mail instead of 500 pounds of flour,
pork, beans and such necessaries?
There is nothing so filling to a hung
ry kid as a monthly statement or
catalogue filled with pictures OF hams
and nicely labeled canned goods?
We have always been impressed
with the maSSlveneSS and stability OF
the Point of Rocks in Duluth and
are somewhat at loss as to why the
same should pe removed. From
distance it appears very much as II
the Duluth city council would be wise
to give Charley Moore, the veteran
proSpector, a permit to mine the sill
yer and copper he claims exists in the
Point. Then keep the loose rock
cleaned off from where it might fall
into the street and beautify the sur
face with trees and terraced gardens.
Some make the claim that the point
iSolateS the west end from the main
section of the city. From this dist
ance it would seem that the West Du-
luth business people would be salts
fled with this arrangement as 1t Will
make it more difficult to go Shopplns
in the main section. The easier 1t Is
to trade in the main advertised part
of the city the harder it Will be for
the west end merchants to exist. Also,
clean out some of the unSightly Shacks
on the top of the pile and above all
quit Scrapping about the Point OF
Rocks and combine the energy of the
two factions in working for the water
way project.
Horace Johnson, president OF the
Duluth & Iron Range, has just re-
turned from an eastern trip and brings
back glowing accounts OF the
healthy" situation existing in the
steel trade of the country. He at
tended a meeting of the steel execu-
tiveS in New York last week where
optimism flowed in large streams and
while it was felt that the business In
general was not in the extreme either
way but that it was well balanced and
showed a stability not always met
with in presidential election years.
1t is surely a pleasure to welcome
Jim" ArneSon back into the county
newspaper fold. He is now a. Still
water (don't get us wrongl where he
has acquired control of the MeSSeng-
er. Jim" at one time was up among
the AS in the newspaper field. Then
he went into politics and was elected
mayor of Thief River Falls. He made
a rafting good mayor. He also made
some enemies, characteristic OF good
mayors, and when he got out Of the
soft seat in the city hall, his news
paper was shot" After selling out,
he went into the hotel business and
dropped what he made by the sale OF
his paper. Jim" says he wasn't
broke but bent out of all resemblance.
He now has place where his talents
as a writer will be appreciated and
in addition to the Gazette bunch,
Bill" EaSton, ct al, will add lustre to
the newspaper population. Right
here we will also say that there are
no newspaper men in Saltwater ex-
cept those mentioned not forgetting
E. Daley and his estimable lady.
The multitudinousneSS of tax dates
is very apt to cause a dizziness. On
February Is, the dead line was called
on auto taxes. March ! was the zero
hour for the personal property taxes
Yesterday the income tax report had
to be in. Before the first of June
YOU must come across with your real
estate tax and in the meantime there
will be dog tax, poll tax, and house.
cleaning time for carpet tacks. Grove
Wills, of Eyeleth, thinks that after this
you can get ready for the next tax
season
The Tower News is all dressed up
with new Ionic dress made up on a
bran new shiny linotype. Frank
Burgess is the dress maker and says
he will keep the News dolled up with
available surface and not the new
tangled accoutrements of nothing at
the top or bottom and mighty little
I'm between. We offer congratulations
on the improvement.
The Miner in company with the
citizens of Ely in general, while ap-
preciating the action Of the Pickands,
Mather company in promoting Ken
meth Duncan to the Mesaba Range,
feel a distinct loss in the departure
of this gentleman and good citizen
and his excellent family from this
city. However, the well wishes Of the
larger part of the community go with
him. Since coming to Ely he has
taken an active part in the civic af-
fairs of the city and the school dist
riot and his interest in these matters
has been wholesome and appreciated
Mrs. Duncan also has been worker
in church and social circles, besides
being a musician of excellence. The
outgoing superintendent and family
will be missed.