The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1928-03-02
On This
Occasion
Just few thoughts by the Edior on Things
Material and Immaterial.

Just a few thoughts by the Edior on Things Z:
Material and Immaterial. !:
The request of the railroads for a
reduction of 20 Genus per ton for coal
from southern to northern points has
been disallowed by the interstate
Commerce Commission and it is now
I'D to the north to pay something like
100000 to the coal barons OF Ohio
and Pennsylvania as subsidiary or
bonus if you please.
A movement is on foot to make
Norman Black Of Fargo international
President OF Rotary. Norm" has IL
in him to make one of the best presl-
dents this noted organization has hao
i'm its twenty-three years OF exist
ence. We sincerely hope that the
movement will prevail at the Inter
national meeting at Minneapolis next
summer. 1t is our belief that the
Ninth District and also several OF the
other districts will be for him to
man.
The Vancouver hen that laid 1856
eggs in 335 days has 1t all over the
airplane fellow that made 1893 con-
secutive loops, for worthwhile accom-
plishment thinks the Winnebago En-
terprise. Add to the latter the COLE
drinking, flag pole sitting, sauer-
kraut and banana eating, marathon
dancing and several other such con-
tests and the hen still has the ad-
vantage by 1856 points.
If some one who knows would tell
us how come that coal costing less
than iron ore at the mine will rise In
value to about $18 a ton when IL
gets to Ely and iron ore is delivered
on the docks at Cleveland at accord
ing to the latest price hS) $4.55 per
ton of old range BeSSemer with a
511a& base? Even if coal cost $3.50
per ton at the mine, where does the
extra S1345 come in, both being an
equal distance apart and ton OF coal
being just as heavy as ton OF ore?
Boats that take down ore bring up
coal and sail between the same ports
DR.. Louis N. Robertson of the Ma
tional Crime Commission comes out
in a statement Tuesday to the effect
that "the ineficiency of the police
and the courts has made crime about
the safest business in the United
States today" The commission also
holds that the criminal has no fewer
than nine chances of evading i'm
prisonment on account of the laxity
of the police to obtain the necessary
evidence to convict and the ineftlc-
iency of the court machinery.
That Hibbing citizens are not the
cold, friendless, money grabbing and
spending crowd that the eastern press
tries to picture them, we cite the two
farewell parties rendered Marc and
dad" Atkinson and Ralph Began
during the past two weeks during
which the characteristic good will
and fellow feeling of the ranges was
manifest. In the removal of these
three people and their families, Hib-
bling loses the best kind of citizens.
We join in the wishes for their sue
cess in their new homes.
Two hundred and seven miles per
hour is the latest speed recorded by
an automobile. 1t is figured that at
this rate, Capt Malcolm Campbell,
who made the record, can beat almost
any old train to the crossing, some
thing not as yet accomplished.
Representative r. w. Hitchcock of
Hibbing is the candidate for Delegate
to the Republican National Conven-
ton from this district. He is a
Hoover candidate as is also the lady
candidate the Duluth end Of the
district is promoting. Ely is eatitled
to Is delegates, both to the County
Convention and the District Conyen-
ton. It is to be hoped that Brother
Hitchcock secures the solid endorse
ment of the ranges.
Last week we mentioned something
about E. w. Backus doing a lot OF
circulating about the Nicollet Hotel
on the occasion of the meeting OF the
State Editorial Association. A few
days after that he came out with the
statement that he was in favor OF
Lowden for president. knowing
Backus and his attempt to make an
ocean of the northern end of the
state and ruin that section except for
the water power and posterity co,
it is now becoming a question of some
Importance whether or not Candi-
date Lowden is in with Backus on the
scheme or whether the Backus tear
full talk on the downtrodden farmer
and the McNary- Haugen bill are the
causes behind. 0. L. Kaupanger OF
Minneapolis, state secretary treasurer
of the Izaac Walton League is Of the
opinion that Backus intends to con-
troll the delegates to the National
Convention in favor of his pet meas
ure and that the farmer talk is just
so much bushwah. State Senator F
w. Brooks of Minneapolis and Re-
publican National Committeeman, 9
partner in the firm of Backus &
Brooks, is a candidate for re-elec-
ton to the post he now holds. AS we
said before, E. w. Backus is suave
polished gentleman whose influence
might go a long way towards getting
what he is after with his Lowden-
McNary- Haugen-Brook combination
providing the international dam
stuff is what he is after. However
Hoover should not feel depressed by
1ocipO tbe RackllS S1IDOOrt