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The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1928-10-26
GUARD RAIL KEEPS
CARS ON HIGHWAY.

Sixty miles Of wire cable guard rail
has been put up along the Minnesota
trunk highways this summer, accord
ing to bulletin from the Highway de-
partment. With guard rail put up in
former years, the state now has 412
miles of protective fence.
In spite of this, there will probably
be machines leaping into bitches. So
far nothing has been designed which
will keep machines on the road when
the drivers do not guide them right.
But the cable guard rail is probably as
effective protection as anything that
can be built at a reasonable price. Al
most every driver can recall instances
when he has seen machines stopped by
the guard rail which would otherwise
have gone into deep ditch.
Guard rail, however, is not intended
merely to stop machines headed for
the ditch. Its greatest merlv is in
showing drivers where they can drive
safely. Old drivers in ST. Louis County
will testify that on many night trip
they have given thanks when they saw
one of the long rows of white posts
loom up ahead. This is especially true
on foggy or stormy nights, or when
you meet a long string of bright head
lights. Sometimes we wish there were
guard rail the whole length of the
road. - i,N.fs
Guard rail is put up along all new
grades inve feet high or more. The cable
guard rail is also gradually replacing
the old wooden guard rails, where such
exist, as the latter cause snow drifts
and block the roads in winter. -.4e
cable is also considered safer. Many
persons have been injured and ma
chimes damaged by the wooden rails
when machines struck them.
The average cost of cable guard rail
is 1874 cents foot. This includes
a u inch double galvanized steel cable
and heavy white cedar posts treated
with zinc chloride and set II feet apart.
Posts are set 8 feet inches in the
ground and cable is placed two feet
above ground.
Commissioner G. M Babcock believes
in doing everything possible to make
the highways safe. Guard rail is only
one of several safety measures. Rail-
road crossings are being eliminated and
new highways made wide and free from
sharp turns and steep grades, to give
sight distance and prevent collisions.
Where dangerous crossings, turns and
grades still exist, warning signs are
put up.
Not all the hazards can be eliminated
at once, but Mr.. Babcock believes that
If would be inexcusable to allow any
danger spots in new construction where
it can be avoided. He believes it
short sighted policy to build any trunk
routes crooked, steep or narrow so that
they will have to be rebuilt in few
years.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1928-10-26

the application of that principle With
sincerity and thoroughness.
Such policy is in happy contrast
to that followed In New York State
under Governor Smith, where during
a period of abundant revenue, We
have seen an enormous debt sxpan
sion, the breaking down of all wise
pay-as-you-go policies, and the fnAnc
ing of recurring expenditures by bond
issues.
The battle for economy In govern
nent is no single dramatic action. Il
continuing and continuous proc.
SIS. Nearly all that has been accom-
,lished in the last eight years could
)e Offset in the first years Of q waste
Il and inefficient administration.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1928-10-26

A course in First Aid started october
Is, with fifteen scouts out for the
class. Mrs. Arthur Knutson is the
instructor and the entire course
promises to be most interesting and
valuable.
The Patrol Leaders of the eight
troops in Ely held a meeting Satur-
day, October Is at which they organ
Neimi as president. The aims of such
captains with the troops and to raise
the standard of scouting in Ely
through @well-trained patrol leaders
1t is expected that this will work out
very successfully and much will be
expected of the patrol leaders in the
future.
The Leaders Training meets on We'd
nesday evenings as usual, there are
two more meetings. of the group.
. Scout swimming was held october
Is, with 60 scouts and brownies
swimming. -"
SD A new troop has been started at
the Lincoln School and Miss Trebil-
cock of the faculty there has shown
great interest in the movement, has
joined the Leaders Training course
and will eventually take over the troop.
. Miss Marjorie Edgar arrived We'd
nesday, October "a and started activi-
ties at once to put on the Girl Scout
International Program scheduled for
November /, in commemoration of our
Founder, Juliet Low. As many scouts
as can be used will take part and a
joint meeting of all the scouts was
held Wednesday afternoon It is hoped
that every one will show their inter-
est and attend the performance. The
admission is Is cents for adults and
the performances will be held at 4:30
and at 7:30. Children's tickets will
be 10 cents and they may come at
4:30 only. -:
Girl Scout Week will be celebrated
from the 10th of November until the
25th. Plans are now being formed for
this week and most interesting pro-
gram for the scouts is promised.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1928-10-26

sum which it is proposed to deduct
from the funds available for trunk
highways, represents the, cost of u
miles of paving at $4,000 per mile.
If it were found that the entire 81 ,800,-
600 should have to be deducted at the
expense of paving, then Minnesota S
present small average of 104 miles of
paving per year would be. reduced to
80 miles per year. AT that rate 1t
would require several decades to pave
the heavily travelled main, roads which
people of the counties and towns they
serve are urgently demanding be paved
at once. With travel constantly in
creasing, the demand grows for addi-
| tional paving to expedite traffic and
| economic on road maintenance. Min
neSota already has fallen behind many
states in the number of miles of high
ways permanently improved each year.
Every county has one or more roads,
now maintained by local taxpayers,
which they would like to have added
| to the State Trunk Highway system
at the first opportunity so that they
might be improved and maintained out
of the automobile license and gas tax
fund instead of through local taxation
as at present. If the proposed Amend
ment were adopted, the merging of
these roads into the State Highway
system would be delayed in direct ratio
| to the increase in automobile traffic
and the shrinkage of the State Trunk
Highway Fund.
There exists in the plan the posi-
bility that each of the 435 districts
which the county commissioners rep
resent would claim one-fifth of the
sum for which his county might quail
| fly. Thus the approximate total of
81 100000 it is proposed to take from
the State Trunk Highway Fund might
conceivably, and probably would be,
divided into such small bits that the
net result in highway Improvement
would be negligible, while at the same
time the development of the State
Trunk Highway system would be Seri-
ously retarded.
This is complete and impartial re-
view of the facts regarding the pro-
visions and effects of Amendment No.
One.
1t is up to the voters in each coun-
| ty to decide whether their desire for
improved highways would be more
surely, more quickly and more econo-
mically realized through dividing the
sum of $1,800,000 among the 81 coun-
ties, of by leaving it in the State High
way Fund to be utilized in grading,
paving and maintaining the trunk
highways, which census records show
are the most heavily travelled roads
and which are likewise the most i'm
portant arteries in every section and
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1928-10-26

county of the state.
The Minnesota Highway Depart
ment has demonstrated that it can
build and maintain highways at the
lowest cost of any state It is fair
question whether any county of Min
nesota, regardless of its experiences in
road building, its facilities, equipment
and materials, coulo accomplish as
much in the construction and MAIN
tenance of roads with the money this
Amendment would place at their dis
posal as the State Highway Depart
ment could accomplish with the same
funds.
The law which provides for this
Amendment is Chapter 445, Sessions
Laws of 1927; the governing the ex-
penditure of money for State Aid
Roads is Chapter 2559-64, General
Statutes Of 1928.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1928-10-26
Tammany Thinking

Big John Kennedy, the Tammany
ader in Alfred Lewis's novel. The
;oss. as he was about to go into the
etirement of death, said to his pro.
oge. Think first. last and al the
inc of yourself. You may not be OF
ccount to others, but you're the whole
OK of tricks to yourself. Don't give
man more than he gives you. Folks
no don't stick to that steer Land
Their in bankruptcy or Bloomin' dale. =
hat has always been the pragmatic
eed of Tammany Hall.--A. r, Wers
in TCmmdny Hall. :
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1928-10-26

In brief, Amendment No. ! provides
that one third of the present state gas
tax, &c, shall be diverted from, the
State Trunk Highway Fund to the
State Road and Bridge Fund and dis
tributed among the 81 counties of the
state, to be expended by their ABE
county commissioners on State Aic
Roads in their respective districts.
The total amount to be distributed
based upon the 1927 gas tax receipts
approXimateS $1,800,000. This means
that each county would receive approx
imately $4,000, excepting Hennepin
Ramsey, and st. Louis Counties, which
would be entitled to as much as $54,-
600 each. This is in accordance with
the State Road and Bridge Fund law
which provides that not less than 90
nor more than 39o, OF the fund shall
be given to any one county.
Under the law this money would be
available only for work on State Aid
Roads, totaling 14,42S miles, and not
on township and other roads, which
total $500 miles. 1t would not be CIV
en- to the counties Internationally
even for State Aid Roads, since the
law provides that every county must
itself contribute portion of the money
to be spent upon State Aid Roads. In
counties where the assessed valuation
exceeds Sl5,000,000, the county must
match State Aid dollar for dollar;
where the valuation is from S10,OOO,O0t
to S15,000,000, the county must pay
400; from S5,000,000 up to S1O,OOO,OOu
the county pays 1920; less than $4,000.
90 the county pays 2O%. There are
only ten counties in the last named
class.
If the Amendment were adopted
the funds available for grading, paving
and maintaining the State Trunk
Highways would be reduced by the
amount awarded to the counties, Oh
approximately $1,800,00O. In other
words, no additional money would be
raised, but this sum would be diverted
from one class of roads and applied
to another class.
Regardless of all other conSidera-
tionS, this would retard the permanent
improvement of the 1000 miles oi
State Trunk Highways, and reduce the
money available for maintaining these
roads, which carry about 1000 of al
the vehicular traffic of the state.
This would aggravate a condition
which is already acute, since even
present revenues are insufficient to
improve and maintain trunk highways
on the scale desired by the communi-
ties through which they pass and to
make possible the economies which
would accrue if additional funds were
available to accelerate the improve
ments being urgently demanded. The
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1928-10-26
Marse Henry's Idea

Colonel Henry Watterson wrote an
editorial in his newspaper. the Louis
vile Courier Journal. in which he
remarked that the observant and
thoughtful onlookers had long been
of the opinion that 1.-The people OF New
York are incapable of self.govern.
ment. r. Verne, IN Tdmmany
Hall.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1928-10-26
Hoover in Hearts of People

I'm my opinion, Mr. Hoover stands
in the hearts of the American people
equal to any man in the United
States. ! am sure that there Is no
member CO the Senate who. Ii he rar
for President against Hover. would
be able to poll as many votes as he
would poll" = Senator Hitchcock.
Democrat, of Nebraska, in 1919.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1928-10-26
Wis dom in Pictures

One OF the finest cartoons that has
been published in some time Is that
showing a lot of Tammahyites rush.
ing to save a struggling farmer who
had fallen into the water. When the
drowning farmer saw who was ap-
preaching him, he yelled rack: Go
away, you fellows; | don't want to be
saved"
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1928-10-26
Tammany Gets ,Millioas

IF Tammany could be lncorpcrated
and all its earnings. both legitimate
and illegitimate, could be gathered up
and paid over In dividends. the stock.
holders would get more than the New
York Central bond and stockholders
and more than the ,Standar OH stock
holders. Lincoln Steffens,
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1928-10-26

sense of RESPONSE
bility on the part
of public servants,
and the develop
ment of a spirit OF
unselfish service.
Economy In this
sense attains the
dignity of a funda-
mental principle OF
government.
One Of the great
contributions made
by Coolidge to the
cause of good gov
eminent has been
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1928-10-26
The Only. .DeueLoprnenf

Many people believe that they are
more developed than they used to be.
And Of all their qualities. L is their
vanity alone to which this Illusion
really applies. Arthur Schnitzler In
Vanity Fair Magazine. +
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1928-10-26
SOME UNBIASED FACTS ON
GAS TAX AMENDMENT mo. |


formation regarding Constitutional Amendment No 1.-THE Gas Tax
empanyng impartial analysis of this which will be submitted to
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1928-10-26
Cause of Winds

Winds are due to the tendency OF
air to pass through place Of higher
to one of lower pressure, as along
the earth's surface, toward a place
where the heat of the sun has caused
an ascending current.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1928-10-26
Economy
BY OGDEN L. MILLS
Undersecretary of the freasvv,

"CONOMY in government msaas
r. not just saving, but wise spend
- ing. 1t means the elimination
Of waste, the building up OF . real
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aHHH 90
Hooverisnn

The, best teaching is not done ont
IF book. but out Of . his.-HesASrt
Hoover. !
The Daily Alaska empire., 1928-07-09
TERRIBLE TALE IS RELATED BY
 FOUR SURVIVORS
Army Craft slnks Soon After Striking on
 Rock on Coast
THOSE ABOARD IN
 FIGHT FOR LIVES
Captain Commits Suicide on Bridge of Vessel
 Bodies PlckedUp

SANTIAGO, Chile, July B. Upwards of 300 lives were lost in the sinking of the army trans port Angamos which crashed upon the rocks of Punta Chimpel near Lebu. South Chilean coast, las Friday night
 The exact number of lost may remain unknown IS the vessel made stops enroute and changed passengers al each stop.
 Four survivors have been found. They tell a terrible tale of a three-hour struggle for life presery CTS and places in the life boats and also handholds on
 ating wreckage.
 The transport lost her rudder and Capt. Ismael Suarez was un- able 10 prevent the catastrophe. He committed suicide on the bridge of the craft.
 Eighty bodies have been pick ed up on the beach near Coronel.
 A public funeral will be held Tuesday at Conception for the victims.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1928-07-09
Leauitt, Elk Since '67,
 WilI Greet Contention

producer the veteran minstrel was known from coast to coast. With the late w. H. Crane he estab- lished the first minstrel troupe in the United States. He found ed the first chain of theatres ID America and in 1868 took the first theatrical troupe on the first trans-continental train to San Fran cisco.
 This organization witnessed the historic exercises when the South ern Pacific ard Union Pacific rail roads came together and the lasi spike was driven at Promontory Point. Henry M Stanley, latel famed as an African explorer, was press ageht for Leayitt's show, and David Belasco was anSusher in one of Leavitt's early San Frsncisct theatres. where he met David War field.
 Leavitt was born in Pozen Poland. but was brought to Bostor by his parents in infancy.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1928-07-09
HOOVER WILL
 BE NOTIFIED
 ON AUGUST il
Event Will Take Place . a, Stanford University
 in California

WASHINGTON, July 9.-Her- bert c. Hoover will be formally notified of his nomination as President on the Republican na- tional ticket at Stanford Univer- sity on August II, according to announcement made here today.
 The leaders of the Republican campaign plan are concentrating on the East and it appears that Hoover will return to Washing ton in the Fall and be near head quarters in the final drive.
 Senator Charles Curtis, Repub- lican nominee for Vice-President arrived here today from short vacation in Rhode Island, and conferred with Hoover.
 Henry Allen, in charge of the Republican publicity, declared that party leaders believed tho East will be the battle ground of the campaign, confident that the West will stay Republican.
 An Advisory Council has beer organized with Senator Moses as head. This council will dictate the policies for drive in tht Atlantic Coast States.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1928-07-09
SKINNER, EDDY LOSE CASE OF
 OLD WARTIME
Must Pay Government Over Million Dollars,
 Judge Decides

SEATTLE, July 9.-A decision in equity awarding the United States government judgment in tht sum of $1,327,7S0 against Skin ner & Eddy, wartime ship build ing corporation of Seattle, has been handed down by Federal Judge Jeremiah Neterer.
 The claims of the government and counter claims of the ship building corporation have been ir litigation for almost a decade.
 The amount awarded is some what less than the amount granted the government by Harold Preston Master in Chancery, from whose decision the ship builders appeal ed.
 Preston awarded the government $1,400,10
 The government originally sued Skinner & Eddy for $9,300,000, al leging prepayment on wartime shipbuilding contracts.
 Counter claims totaling $14,791, 900 were brought in the suit by the shipbuilders asking restoration foi cancellation of contracts at the close of the war and other causes
 Attorneys are not prepared tt say whether the decision will be appealed.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1928-07-09
SMITH SHAPES HIS CAMP AICN,
 IS CONFIRMING
Party Leaders Gather in Albany Nominee to
 Have Full Power

ALBANY, N. Y., July 9.-Goy. A. E. Smith, Democratic nominee for President, is shaping his campaign plans and has been in consultation with others although he will haave the final say both asto organization and strategy. He has indicated that he has no preeonceived ideas as to what will be done and is seeking ad- vice of various party leaders.
 Gov. Smith planned for con ference with Senator Joseph T. Robinson, nominee for Vice-Pres- ident, this afternoon.
 Senator James A. Reed expects to meet Gov. Smith in New York and confer with him, at Smiths request. Reed declared he will do his utmost in behalf of the Smith and Robinson ticket. This declaration was made to the Ma tional Committee last Wednesday
 Gov. Smith plans to meet men and women members of the com mittee from various States and plan with them cooperation in mapping out the campaign.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1928-07-09
sTARTLINo THEORY

LONDON, July 9.-The Exchange Telegraph has received the follow ing startling dispatch from Dun kirk which gives a new theory on the disappearance of Capt. Lowen- stein. A fisherman on the French coast reported he was certain he saw parachute fall about the time the Lowenstein plane was crossing the English channel. He said the parachute landed a few miles from where he was but he did not bother to Investigate as he saw boat near where the para chute came down. No confirma. tion of the report is made but ayl- ation circles said that the door in the plane was so provided that it would have been possible to leave the plane without being de
 tected by crew or others aboard.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1928-07-09

NEW YORK, July 9.-Down on lower Manhattan Island almost 5o years ago William F. Kenny and Alfred k. Smith played together fought with each other sometimes and never missed fire. Kenny's father was a battalion fire chici and lived in Madison street. while the Smiths lived just around the corner in Olive street.
 Today Kenny, head of a biz New York construction company and able to count his wealth ir seven or eight figures, is still the dearest friend of Smith, the boy he used to play with and the man named by the democratic party fol the presidency.
 Since Smith first became a for midable candidate for the presi dental nomination Kenny has pro fessed but two ambitions: To SCI his friend chosen by the demo 1 crats and see him elected to tht White House.
 Kenny sat in the convention hal at Houston when Smith was nom mated, and among his guests weri all the Smith family who coult go to the gathering, including th' New York governors wife.
 The Damon and Pythias friend ] ship between the two men, a warm today as in the years wnel they lived together in the lowe East Side and neither was yer, definitely tagged for wealth o fame, was revealed when Kenn. told a senate committee at Wash ington, during the pre-conventio
 campaign, that he had given free
 ly to the fund for promotion o
 Smiths candidacy and that Smith were nominated he migh
 command as much of Kenny
 (COntinued on Page Two
The Daily Alaska empire., 1928-07-09

MIAMI, Fla, July 9.--"Tha grand old man of Elkdom," M. B. Leavitt. S5 years old, plans to greet his brother lodge members at the na- tional convention in Miami, which starts today. Leavitt is the old est member of the Elks' order in length of membership. He is a resident of Miami.
 In 1867 Leavitt was a member of the Jolly Corks, theatrical SO ciety in New York which took it's name from the burnt cork used by minstrel show perform CTS. From this society the Elks' order, now numbering more thar S00,0G0 members, originated. Lea. witt was the second man to sub scribe to the new charter and in 1870 he became a member of Lodge No. 1, the first Elks' lodge. Later he was elected to life member ship.
 As a theatrical performer and
The Daily Alaska empire., 1928-07-09
FOUND WITH mAN'S WIFE,
 PAYS PENALTY
Young Denver Man Killed When Husband Sud-
 denly Returns Home

DENVER, Col, July 9.-Herbert II. Powell aged 19 years. was shoi and killed by A. l.. Dickson, western theatrical man last night when he found Powell and Mrs. Dickson al the Dickson home.
 Dickson told the police he faked an out-of-town trip and returned home within two hours and found Powell in his hone. Powell argued and the fight for a revolver fol lowed. The two men grappled for the gun and during the scuffle Powell was shot twice and in stantly killed.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1928-07-09
IoWANS VISIT IN JUNEAU

MT. and Mrs. William Avery Smith and MT. and Mrs. E. A.. Meyer of Dubuque, Ia., are among the round trip passengers aboard the steamer Queen in Juneau to- day. While the boat was in port they visited with Frank A. Aid rich, candidate in the recent Ter. ritorial primary election for Re publican National Committeeman, a former friend from Iowa.
 The party of Iowans said they thought the country of Southeast Alaska rather beautiful but a lit tie rough in spots. However, they said the mountains were not new to them as they had several near Dubuque. MT. Smith is mem Der of a firm of lawyers in the eastern city and MT. Meyer is su perintendent of the Dubuque divi sion of the Chicago. Milwaukee & St. Paul railway.
 Among those leaving on the Ala meda for Skagway Sunday morn ing was Mrs. c. s. Dedman. owner of the Golden North hotel, who has been visiting in Juneau for few days.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1928-07-09

FRANKFORT. Ky, July g. Seven men. all found guilty of murder. are to be executed by the state of Kentucky. on Friday. July 13.
 Gov. Elem D. Sampson, bosn and reared in the mountainous county of Knox and hailing from the town once noted as the scene of the Bailey-White feud. signed the death warrants after the convictions had been confirmed by the states highest tribunal, the court of ap peals. over which Sampson once presided as chief justice.