The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1929-08-02
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the carnival grounds this week. The
Major has made trips on the vaude-
Vile stage continuously during the
past forty years from one end OF the
United States to the other. He was
the original Buster Brown" on the
stage wears ago and with his dog
.sTige" entertained vast audiences for
many years. The Major told us that
this was his first trip to the ranges as
he had steered away from mining
towns, as he put it, for the very, good
reason that those he had visited were
not of the character to inspire conh-
dence in even a show man. He made
the claim that the most Of the mining
communities in the east were illiterate
without adequate school facilities and
no need for them as the younger gen.
Grafton was supposed to go to work
when they were 16 of Is years OF age.
He expressed his surprise over this
section of the state and said that we
should not consider ourselves as min
ing towns. Nowhere on the ranges had
he seen the first inclination Of attri-
buteS of an eastern mining town.
People here were well dressed, edu-
Gated, the towns well kept and the
finest school facilities in the country.
We don't notice these things but
strangers do and their commendatory
remarks are a source Of much salts
faction. Besides the cities, the climate
and scenery are also lauded.
While local people are always going
somewhere else to spend their vaca-
lions and pastures are always greener
in other parts of the world, visitors
wonder why it is thus. Those who
visit here are always counting the days
when they will be able to return.
Country people 60 to the cities for
their vacation and city people go to
the country. We are always wanting
something different, hence the ever
lasting moving about until age or
property accumulations causes us to
become a fixture in some particular
spot.
In another place in this paper will
be found q request for skunkS and
Congressman Pittenger is expected to
furnish them for some one in Sweden
who desires to open a skunk farm.
Black or short striped ones are wanted
and not the two-legged varieties. We
take it, that political varieties are also
barred. Grover Kane, a former Ely
boy, secretary to Congressman Pitten-
ger, emphatically specifies that he does
not wish to play host to the animals
before their shipment. Grover still is
credited with the good sense he exhibit
ted in Ely.
While we are exclafming in wonder
over the engines of the airplane which
remain in continuous operation for
three or four weeks with no lost
power and no slip-up, let us consider
the human engine, fearfully and Won
derfully made, that has been running
for years, hearts beating, lungs pump
ing, brain and nerves functioning,
with no new parts, and the stomach
developing its own power from raw
products.
Burberry picking will be somewhat
dry this year. Bootleggers have infest-
ed the berry patches in the past and
the consequence has been less berry
picking and more whoopee. Sheriff
Magic will send deputies into the
woods north of Cusson to drive out
the bootlegger on the advice OF the
state fire authorities who claim the
berry pickers become careless while
under the influence of moon and let
their camp fires get away from them.
EVERYBODY CAN'T BE PLEASED.
To blame stock exchanges because
thousands of innocent investors lose
money, is about as logical as blaming
the automobile industry because many
people are killed and injured in auto
mobile accidents.
In the minds Of many persons wall
Street" and speculation are synono-
nous with Monte Carlo and betting
on the horses. They believe a broker
is merely the agent Of an expensive
form Of gambling.
AS a mater of fact, this so-called
speculation is what, to q great extent,
keeps the country going. The stock
exchanges are places Of trade, where
an interest in our great industries Is
offered the public at common price.
They are the means Of distributing OPP
portunities to thousands Of investors.
The exchanges do everything In their
power, by extensive investigation and
reports, to combat dishonest stock is
sues and investment frauds.
Some years ago there was lot Of
talk because big business was mainly
controlled by few men Of wealth.
Now that big business is controlled by
millions Of investors, large and small
alike, there Is talk about the evils of
gambling" and the pitfalls confront
ing the security buyer. You can't
please everybody, but the modern
stock exchanges with their high ethi-
cal standards, seem to satisfy most
intelligent people.
DO 1T NOW