The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1928-01-27
On This
Occasion
Just few thoughts by the Edior on things
Material and Immaterial.

office clerk TO one of the best divis
ional superintendent the company
had on its large list of exceptiona
men in that position. Mike Away:
acted the man among men and there
was little ''up-stage" in his makeup
"a mark which characterizes al
great men. While his passing hac
been expected for some time, it wa.
a distinct shock to his many friends
when it came and regret was gen
eral on the Mesaba range where he
was best known. The Miner editor
joins in the expressions of sym.
pathy to the bereaved family and
the sorrowing friends and co-work
ers.
Mike Godfrey received many bo-
quets from the press and public
during his regime at Hibbing and
Virginia but not more than was his
due. The custom of distributing
these tokens to the living is not as
general as it should be. Many 3
man has lost hope and gone down
in despair for the want of friendly
counsel and whole-souled grip of
the hand and a pat on the back.
Why wait until after death has
closed the eyes to the beauty of the
rendered flowers or the hearing to
the kind words of respect and love?
Right here we wish to say that min.
ing concerns of the ranges have
many big men among their superior
officers and employees who would APP
preciate a boquet now and then.
Those who have come directly in
close contact with us during our al
most forty years on the ranges are
Charley Trezona, Bruce Strachan,
bill" McCurdy, Charley Grabow
sky, Lish Morcom, Kenneth Duncan.
Mike Prisk, John Tregear, John
Prout, Jim Nankervis. Will Chinn
and dozen or more whose names
we can not just at present recall
all fine men and worthy of flower.
In the trades and professions, a
similar lot of fine fellows await a
kind word and the handclasp of fell
lowship. At this, the beginning of
a new year let US all resolve to pass
out a few boquets while the re-
ceipients are yet alive and able to
recognize their beauty and partaka
of their fragrance.
The Dearborn Independent has
ceased to exist, a fact to be regret.
ted as the Independent was paper
in a class all by itself. With the
demise of the publication, the truth
of the old saying Shoemaker stick
to your last" becomes more appar-
ent. Henry Ford builds the uni
versal car, a machine in popular
favor by the rich and those not bles-
sed with an over abundance of world
ly goods and through this popular
conveyance has become the richest
man in the world. Running a news
paper without advertisements is
another matter again. 1t can't b.
done. High minded editorials and
gems of literature have their places
in this busy world of hustle to make
both ends meet but it takes "grease"
to make the presses run and dough"
to keep the wolf from the door
Ford had wealth enough to satisfy
desire to educate the public to the
better class of reading. Being zoo
busy doing the work he was cut out
to do-building cars-he LETT the
running of the newspaper to hired
men and these fellows said things in
the Independent which Mr.. Ford
could not consistently father, hence
the demise of the magazine. He
goes ahead and does not back up
and when it became necessary to
back track on some of the utter
9 ances in the Independent, he simply
quit. Unredeemed subscription
checks were sent to subscribers last
week.
We welcome Frank q. Harris
back to the newspaper fold of the
ranges. Frank had been a globe
trotter and a soldier of fortune up
to the time he settled down at CHS
holm where he published the Trib-
une-Herald. Later he sold the news.
paper and went into farming and
politics in the township of Balkan
By his twin, vitality and wigor" he
put that town on the map and in.
cidentally accumulated family and
a competence. His farm is recog
nized as a farm and his active pc
litical career has been productive
of much good for himself and fellow
citizens. Last week Frank purchas
ed a half interest in the Queen Cit,
Sun and with Ernie Metcalf will con
duct that excellent sheet. AS editor
he will make the Sun shine once {
week while Ernie has charge of thu
mechanical end. Both are good mel
and we wish them all kinds of sue
cess.
Capital punishment is coming il
for discussion, especially since thu
happenings of the past few weeks
Remus pulls off stunt and plead
his own case. the jury being move,
to tears and bringing in a verdic
of temorary insanity at the time h
murdered his wife. Then Hickman
a boy only a few years removed
from the diaper stage, commits
crime SO foul that comprehension
fails to grasp its rotteness. Not t.
be outdone, fellow at Flint, Mich
gan, goes Hickman one better an
in so-called insanity fit, chops u
a little child for no reason whatever
And SO it goes on and the paper
are daily filled with this kind o
stuff ALI c,.iraar ara laid To incan