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The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1929-12-20

Gently that Minnesota win spend
$500 900 In 1880 for building and
maintaining roads, state and local.
some people were startled by the bia
figures. But according to q. n. Bah
cock, commissioner Of highways. the
road cost is very small part Of the
money the PEOPLE Of Minnesota pay
for motor travel and trucking.
The expenditure for motor vehicles
and their upkeep win reach $3720o0,-
600 in 1929, according to carefully
prepared estimates. Allowing q I'VE
per cent increase the amount WIN
reach $500, 100000 in 1890. The license
and gas tax monies which 90 into the
trunk highway fund will be less than
hve per cent Of the total motor BIN,
while the total Of motor vehicle taxes,
gas taxes and property taxes for all
roads, state and local, Is only ten per
cent OF the states motor vehicle out
lay.
Most of the estimates in the table
are based on official records, such as
motor vehicle registration, gasoline In
spection reports and insurance COM
pany reports. One dollar for grease
and oil is added for each dollar spent
for gasoline, which is fair average.
The estimate for repairs and replace
ments is based upon figures compiled
by the National Automobile Chamber
OF Commerce showing that the average
motor vehicle requires SIS worth Of
parts and supplies each year, $34
worth of replacement tires and $a2
worth of labor. There are no avail
able figures on the cost of storage In
public and private garages, or mis-
cellaneous items, such as damage suits
not covered by insurance, but $25,-
100000 is believed to be conservative.
when we compare the vehicle bill
to the road bill, it is clear that the
latter is very small item," says Mr.
Babcock. "It is quite the reverse Of
the ratio between expenditures for
rolling stock and the expenditures for
roadbed, track and structures on q
railroad.
Although our total motor bill is in
creasing, the cost per vehicle mile is
decreasing. This is partly due to i'm
provements in the cars, but mostly
due to improved highways. With fur
ther improvements in our highway
system, we can still further reduce
the cost per car mile. Every dollar
spent for better roads will save sew
eral dollars in gasoline, tires and re-
pairs
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1929-12-20
NATIONAL FOREST TIMBER SALE
DOES NOT INCLUDE THE LAND.

estimates but by actual scale or meas
urement by Forest Service officers
When cutting begins on the sale area,
close check is kept of the value Of the
timber products cut, balanced against
the amount of money which has been
deposited by the purchaser, and adj
ditional deposits are called for as nee
cessary in order to always keep an ap-
preciable balance on deposit in favor
of the government. The contract in
this case provides that payments may
be made in minimum amount OF
$4,000 and a maximum of $4,000, de-
pendent on the rate Of cutting. All
payments are made by draft or cert
flied check through our District Fiscal
Agent to the Chicago branch of the
Federal Reserve Bank. No cash
transactions are permitted. Twenty
five per cent Of the gross stumpage
receipts in this case, as for all National
Forest receipts, is returned each year
by the Federal Government through
the State to the Counties within which
the National Forest is situated. This
$3.50 Of the receipts is turned over
direct to the Counties for their school
or road funds. An additional 1870 Of
the receipts is returned to the Forest
Service for expenditure on roads with
in the Forest.
mo specific trade or exchange has
yet been conSumated in connection
with this timber sale, but the sale
agreement contains clause which
makes possible the acceptance of
privately owned lands in exchange for
equal values of stumpage to be re-
moved from the sale area. We are
very hopeful, however, Of being able
to buy outright with money allotted
by Congress the privately owned lands
necessary to consolidate the Govern
ment holdings in the Superior Nat
ional Forest. Where trade or ex-
change IS consumated, the receipts
returned to the Counties suffer by
just the values of Government stump
age involved, whereas outright pur-
chase of land does not interfere with
the receipts returned to the Counties.
"None of the standing timber in
volved can be put on the local tax
roll. The logs, Or any Of the timber
products, after cutting, may be taxed
in the same manner as timber pro-
ducts coming froim private lands. The
logging of this timber will, Of course,
involve the construction of consider
able railroad, logging camps and other
improvements, all of which may be
taxed whether or not situated on Nat
ional Forest lands.
With respect to the degree Of mat
urity of the timber involved in this
case, it is obvious that an area of this
size all the timber is not Of the same
age. There are considerable areas of
young growth scattered through the
tract, and these win not be disturbed
at all by the logging. There are also
scattered areas of merchantable size
in which only a light thinning cut
will be permitted. Most of the tim
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1929-12-20

Der, however, is fully mature, with
some areas over-mature and decadent,
and our Selective cutting policy in
sures that the mature trees will be
cut and the younger ones retained
By far the largest percentage OF the
timber involved is jack pine, where
decay starts at relatively early age
and when the trees are relatively small
size, and stands of jack pine are often
misleading as to their actual con-
ditions. We believe that by starting
cutting at this time the mature timber
can be harvested, the cut-over land
left in ercellent condition for growth
and production of future crops, local
forest industry can be encouraged,
and an appreciable income provided
to the Counties. The Sale Agreement
provides for very rigid fire protective
measures and for the protection of all
important recreation areas such as
stream and lake shores and road sides.
Altogether we believe that the public
interests have been very carefully
years to work out the plans for the
Kawishiwi Circle, which consists of
five blocks, of which the present sale
constitutes one block, which will re-
quire eleven years to cut. It will re-
quire fifty-one years to cut over the
entire circle at which time Block 1
win again be ready for cutting and
the timber in better condition for har-
vest than the present stand. With
the sustained yield principle of timber
cutting, we also have permanent in
dustry in the woods and better mar
kets so that all classes should profit
directly or indirectly by this sale"
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1929-12-20
KNUTsON BILL AIDS
FOREST PLANTING.

A movement by the Federal Gov
eminent for reforestation on a large
scale has been proposed in bill In
troduced in Congress by Represent
alive Harold Knutson of Minnesota.
The bill provides for appropriating
$4,000 for the fiscal year ending
June 30. 1882; 100000 for the sue
ceeding year and 100000 each year
thereafter. The money would be used
in establishing nurseries and in plant
ing trees in national forests east of
the Rocky Mountains. The work
would extend over long period of
years.
The Knutson bill is endorsed by
the Minnesota Arrowhead Association,
while county boards in Minnesota are
passing resolutions reciting the needs
planting some 273,O00 acres in the
Superior National Forest and that
about one million acres in other nat
ional forests in the three states are
in need of reforestation and urging
Congress to provide a suitable pro-
gram. County Boards of Lake and st.
Louis County have taken this action.
In Michigan the same move is being
supported by the Alger County Board
of Supervisors, the Munising Develop
ment Club and the American Legion
Headquarters at Detroit. The Upper
Peninsula Development Bureau have
also been interested. It is believed the
proposal will be accorded wide sup
port.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1929-12-20

The recent sale of timber within
the Superior National Forest has
caused considerable comment and
some misunderstanding. In an inter-
view with Supervisor Hamel of the
Superior National Forest regarding the
sale of timber to the Northwest Paper
Company, he commented as follows:
This sale is largely in Townships
go and 81 North, Ranges 8 and West,
which is an area not heavily used by
recreationistS and in any event it is
intended to protect fully the scenic
beauty of the canoe routes and all of
the lake shores which are of import
ance from a recreational standpoint.
"The sale inaugurates the apple
alton of the sustained yield principle
or the cutting of timber at the same
rate at which it grows, on portion
of the Superior National Forest where
the proportion of Government land
is sufficient to give control in practice
of the rate of numbering operations.
Timber only on the National For
est lands within the sale area is
sold-no lands whatsoever being sold.
Also, the purchaser does not have the
right to remove all of the timber in
volved; approximately $500 by volume
made up of the younger and thriftier
trees being retained to maintain for
est conditions, provide! seed trees for
natural reproduction of the cut-over
area, and to fern the basis for TIE
next crop of timber which we believe
can be removed in about so years
after the first cutting Specifically,
the sale contract provides that we
retain of the merchantable size timber,
1870 of the white and Norway pine,
400 of the jack pine, 5000 of the
spruce and balsam, rs 90 of the cedar
and tamarack, and only SEQ of the
aspen and white birch which are in
ferior species of timber. Selection of
the specific trees to be cut is not left
tirely by the Forest Service, the pol
icy being to cut the mature and over
mature trees and to retain the younger
and thriftier ones. This is the prac-
tice of what is called selective cutting
which is the cutting policy used by
the U. S. Forest Service. An import
ant feature of the sale provision Is
sustained yield of cutting which is in
effect the removal per year from
given forest area of the volume of tim
Der which is estimated to be replaced
on the area as whole by new growth.
With this practice, cutting on the area
may be continued indefinitely and
this is the basic piicy and objective
of all good forestry practice, both in
this country and abroad.
I'm selling National Forest timber
an initial deposit is required with
each bid, the amount of the deposit
depending upon the amount of timber
involved. In this instance, a deposit
of $4,000 was required and was made
by the Northwest Paper Company,
and is deposited to their credit in the
Chicago branch of the Federal Res
erve Bank. The timber is not sold by
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1929-12-20
WILL LOOK INTO
BACKUS PROJECT

Minnesota members of the House of
Representatives and the United States
Senate at Washington, D. c., will be
asked by the Ten Thousand Lakes
Greater Minnesota Association to
carefully investigate any reclamation
projects before giving them their sup
port, because it is the belief of men,
berS of the association that the present
agricultural production problem
will not be helped by the abnormal
expansion of farm development
through opening of reclaimed tracts
Opinion of the association concerning
the further development of reclaim
alton projects thruout the nation was
voiced in resolution passed at the
annual meeting of that organization
at the Radisson Hotel, December H.
During the meeting resolution was
alo passed instructing the association
president to appoint a committee of
five to investigate the boundary waters
situation with a view of determining
what course should be taken in con-
serving the natural beauty of the
country and still permit the develop
ment of the water power.
Officers and directors were named
for 1880 as follows: President, Frank
S. Gold, Minneapolis; A. D. Darge, st.
Paul, first vice-president; Otto c.
Neuman, Wheaton, second vice-pres-
ident; Ray D. Handy, Duluth, third
vice-president; G.. B. Mills, Minneap-
oils, treasurer; H. G. Hotaling, st.
Paul, secretary. Other directors were
Roy E. Dunn, Pelican Rapids; Will
bur S. Lycan, Bemidji; Frank March,
Litchfield; Arthur L. Roberts, Win
ona: Eli S. Warner, Saint Paul and c..
R. Butler, Mankato. Roy E. Dunn,
the retiring president, remained as a
member of the board.
The first business meeting of the
new board will be held January 10 at
st. Paul when plans for the advertis-
ing campaign for 1880 will be made
and other business of Importance to
the state transacted.
One of the features of the meeting
was talk by William F. Schilling,
dairyman member of the federal farm
board who said that the government
is endeavoring to work with farmer
owned cooperative marketing agencies
to stabilize prices. During his talk he
made a plea to all interested in farm
relief to be patient and cooperate with
the board in solving the great econ
omic problem with which it is now
faced.
Edward F. Flynn, head of the bur-
eau of public relations of the Great
Northern Railroad, who was the
speaker for the noon luncheon, COM
mended the association on what it is
doing to advertise Minnesota and
urged that much larger amount be
expended annually in telling the
world what this state possesses.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1929-12-20
MRS. JOS. COWL|NG
FATALLY INJURED

Mrs. Joseph Cowling, well known in
this city, where she resided with her
parents in her younger years, being
known as Miss Cora Wiley, was in
jured by an automobile in Hibbing
Thursday evening and from the ef-
fects Of which injury she died Friday
morning.
It seems she had just alighted from
a bus to attend meeting Of the
Royal Neighbors Of which she was an
officer when struck by an auto with
results as above stated.
Besides her husband, Mrs Cowling
is survived by five children, Mrs. Mel
vim Hall of Carson Lake, Mrs. Vernon
Wood, Of Flint, Michigan, and Mrs.
T. j. Maxi of Waukegan, two sons at
home, Wilbert, aged IA, and Delbert,
aged IL; her parents, Mr.. and Mrs.
Gilbert Wylie of Swan Lake and four
sisters and two brothers, Mrs. Fred
zerby Of Hao, Arizona; Mrs. Carrie
Carlson of Duluth, Mrs. Albert Ohm
strad of Swan Lake, Floyd Wylie of
Swan Lake and Theodore Wylie of
Ellsworth, Wisconsin.
She has been a resident of Hibbing
since leaving Ely in 1902. Besides be-
ing a prominent and active member
OF several lodges she was member
Of the Presbyterian church.
The funeral was held Monday at
2:3O from the Presbyterian church.
The funeral was under the auspices
OF the Rebekah lodge. She was 81
years of age.
Several from this city attended the
funeral. The Borrowing relatives have
the sympathy of large number of
friends in this city.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1929-12-20
P|TTENGER GETS
HONORED POST

The Eighth Congressional District
of Minnesota was this week accorded a
signal honor by the House of Repre-
sentatives when its member, William
A. Pittenger of Duluth, was appointed
on the Post, and Post Roads Com
mittee, this committee, regulating
postal affairs of the United States and
passing on all postal appropriations,
is considered one of the most power
full committees of the House.
Political observers, who have
watched the manueverings of Con-
gress for many years expressed sur
prise that such an important post
should be given to new member
According to the usual rules of pol
itical chess such appointments are
given to seasoned veteran legislators
This departure from regular decorum
is regarded in Washington as a tes-
timonial to the ability of Minnesota's
representative
The appointment was made after
meeting of the Republican leaders
of the House who gave Congressman
Pittenger their hearty endorsement.
Work of the post and post roads
committee deals with every square
mile of the United States, with air
mails, inter-ocean transport of mails
and many other phases of the post
office department.. Its hearings are
the most expensive and exhaustive
conducted by any Congressional Com
mittee.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1929-12-20
Return From Wedding Trim.

Mr.. and Mrs. M. w. Peterson arrived
Monday from an eight weeks we'd
ding trip which took them to various
parts of Michigan, Wisconsin, Illinois
and states enrote to Florida. They
will take up their residence in the
home recently purchased by them
south of the city as soon as their fur
niture is installed. They are being
congratulated by their large number
of friends.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1929-12-20
CITY RECEIVES
s108,542.15 CHECK

Warrants were mailed Monday from
the Office of County Auditor Bergen
to seventy-four towns, five cities and
twenty villages totaling $9,711, 874.90
representing the october tax appor-
tionments. This practically represents
the county's second half of the real
estate taxes collected Among the
neighboring places who receive various
amounts
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1929-12-20

According to Auditor Bergen, more
than one-third of the amount levied
is being used for educational purposes
The money will be distributed as fol-
lows: State, $5S5,521.56; state school
tax, SIT ,063.97; teachers retirement
fund, $5,89838; state loans, SGT 064 So;
st. Louis county, $1,645. 906.57; county
bitches, $61 ,806.69; cities, towns and
villages, 1851. 55201; unorganized
roads, $4,430; all schools, S3,499, 635.86.
he Ely school district viii receive
SIT, 653.17 on this apportionment.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1929-12-20

Representative Hitchcock of Hib-
bling, chairman of the state building
commission, and one of those who
persistently stuck for the Back Yard
Telegraf. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1909-1951, 1929-04-26
o'Meara hlasoval demokraty.

James J. O'Meara, demokra-
ticky "povstalec" v mestske ra-
de, jenz hlasoval obycejne re-
publikany, pri posledn1m Ease
dani mestske rady V pondell
hlasoval demokratickymi Gle
ny rady, clmz ma neurcito od-
lozena byla pfedloha zakazu-
jici zrlzenl 1tulkd pro psy v
blizkosti 1,5O0 stop Cd kosteld,
nemocnic, skol, parkd, verej-
nych hrfsti a plovaren.
Bude-li spojen1 O'Meary S
demokraty trvalym, porazen
bude asi plan ma propustenf tri
demokratickych zflzenc1 rady
a dana moznost demokrat1m
dociliti toho, aby prorazili
kandidaty svymi u znacnem po-
ctu re 40 konstebl1 a klerku
Lidoveho soudu.
V ohledu tohoto We stredu
pTisla zprava, re o kofist usta-
noviti tyto, rozd6l1 Sc O'Meara
s republikany.
Telegraf. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1909-1951, 1929-04-26
Norman Thomas jmenuje prav-

nicka sdruzeni pokryteckymi.
Ze Americka pravnicka sdru-
zeni jsou "nejvfce prosakla po-
krytci', dokazoval byvaly So
cialisticky kandidat president
stvl, Norman Thomas, jenz v
sobotu recnil v konferenci pra-
tel volnosti v Homewood We
Friends Meeting House.
V konferenci zastoupeno by
10 delegaty Is kolejl, mezi nj
mi Yale Princeton. Konfe-
renee vedena byla pod zastitou
liberalniho klubu Johns Hop
kins university a Ethics klubu
Goucher koleje.
Iatlm CO clenove pravnic-
kych sdruzenl stihaj1 stfhaee
automobile, kdyby radeji mlsto
toho, jak snadno udelati mohli,
byli V patach "a temi ssfixery'
at velkymi nebo malymi, "a
vznela by jina pohadka ud1le-
nj spravedlnosti," Tekl v reci
sve Thomas.
"Reci Charles Evans Hughe-
Sc (byvaleho republikanskeho
kandidata presidentstvi hlavy
vsech pravn1k1) nechutnajl,
kdyz clovek uvazl, re pro W.
delek $4,000 "a prohranl pri,
u soudu Sc ukazal ma strane IN
terborough Rapid Transit spo-
lecnosti bojujicl proti peticen-
tovemu j1zdnemu ma karach,
ktere zakonem Sc stale, kdyz
on byl governerem statu New
York roku 1907.
Thomas v reci sve dale sc "a
staval, re Amerika odpustiti
ma SpojencGm valecne dluhy,
chce-li skutecne ably mir a od-
zbrojeni skutecne zavladlo.
"NemGzeme m1ti mir, kdyz
jenom postavfme masinerii ma
urovnavani SPORT. My muslme
mfti cltenf pro mir, d1veru a
dObrOu Vuli.
S ohledem ma clio Thomas re-
kl, ze kdyby "vysoke clio IVY
sovalo pozehnani blahobytu, re
vetsina Evfopskych zemi, mu-
sela by byti vice nezli pozehna-
ma.
"Svet je narodohospodaT-
skym a politickym celkem. My
We Spojenych Statech mus1me
Sc nauciti, re Spojene Staty ne
staci samy sobe v nasem ma
nevrovani sc ely"
Telegraf. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1909-1951, 1929-04-26
Nezazivnosf neni nemoc.

V konferenci, jez konana
Medical and Chirurgical fakul-
tou Marylandskou tento tyden
v Baltimore, DIR. Douglas Van
der Hoof z Richmondu, Va,
prednasel, "ze postupne lekari
dochazi ku pfesvedceni, re ne
zazivnost je prfznakem ne
nemocf sama v sobe." Lecen1
nezazivnosti NIUE vyzadovati
sluzeb vsech moznych odstfn1
lekafske vedy; operace, leceni
ducha, lecenl 1d1, ocl a jinych.
DR.. Hoof, jenz je graduantem
Johns Hopkins lekarske skoly,
mluvil pondelf ku vice nezli
200 lekarim.
Vedator rekl: "Pravidlem,
nenf to co jime, CO zavifiuje ne
zazivnost, ale sp1se stav Glove
ka kdyz potravu bere. Mnozi
jednotlivci, kterl trpl strevnfmi
neduhy, netrpf vlastne nezaziv-
nosti ma kterou 81 stezuj1, ale
sp1Se prilis velikou zazivnosti. .
DR.. Hoof ukazal ma to, re
Americana a Evropane zmenili
pT1lis svoji dietu behem nekoli-
ka poslednlch desltiletl. Fax
ticky dive poslednf generace Ii
il dnes ma diete blleho chleba,
masa, cukru a brambor.
Nabadal, ably lide vice uz1va-
Ii mleka a produktI z tohoto,
ovoce a zelenin.
Pri vzr6stu nezazivnosti u
kazal lekaT, re pred sto roxy
ma kazdeho jednotlivce vypa-
dalo devet liber cukru. V roce
1928 jeden ku druhemu snedl
jiz 104 libry cukru.
Telegraf. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1909-1951, 1929-04-26
428 proslo zkouskami ma poll.
cejni strazniky.

Ze 726 zadatelG policejni
sluzbu zkouskami proslo 428
kandidatG. Pri zkouskach pro-
pablo 298 kandidatf.
Byvaly vojak americke ar
mady We Francii a byvaly anne
ricky namornlk jsou v cele
vsech kandidat1. Jsou to I:
Charles L. Fields z Gorsuch a.
venue, jenz slouzil We lis. pc
sim pluku a Harry C. M. No
Ian 2 N. Wolfe ulice. Oba ma
il znamku SO.
Mnozl 2 kandidatI mali
vzd6lani z vyssfch skol, jeden
je byvaly zememefic, jeden ma.
morni inzenyr.
Telegraf. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1909-1951, 1929-04-26
Mssto najalo vzduchoplavec'
kou stanici Logan ma 5 rokH.

Vzduchoplavecka stanice Lo-
gan najata byla mestem ma do
bu peti rokG pro stanici postov-
nj vzduchoplavby.
Najem predchazel spor mezl
mestem a Dundalk spolecnosti,
jez fakticky je Bethlehem Steel
Co. vlastni stanici, pro poza-
davek jeji $16,8O0 rocniho maj
mu.
v konferenci doslo nyn1 ku
dohode, podle nfz mesto platiti
bude po pet roku najem OBJ
nosu $4,000 rocne.
Stala stanice, jiz mesto zbu-
duje, hotova bude ku uzlvani
teprve asi v dobe 3 rokn.
Zlepsovaci prace ma Logan
stanici zahajeny byly jiz tento
tyden. Stanice ma asi 100 akrG
v rOZsahu.
Telegraf. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1909-1951, 1929-04-26
Hopkins klub pro osvobozeni
Mooney.

Resoluce, jlz zadano, ably
Thomas J. Mooney a Warren
K. Billings, vddcove delnictva
usvedceni v Kalifornii vrazdy
roku 1916, byla prijata liberal
MIN klubem Johns Hopkins u
University We stfedu.
Resoluce uvadi, ze oba del
nictl vIdcove byi nevinni a re
usvedceni byli ma zaklade kri-
vopfiseznych svedectvi.
Spojenemu delnictvu v ohle-
du tohoto prfpadu pred n6koli-
ka dny vytknuto bylo, ze pro O.
svobozeni Mooney a Billingse
Sc nestaraji nemajfce mic jine-
no ma zreteli nezli zvysovanf
mzdy a docllenl kratslch hodin
pracovnlch. Ostatnl vse ze u
MIN je vedlejsl.