The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1929-11-01
On This
Occasion
lust few thoughts by the Editor on thing
Material and Immatrrial.

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Million dollar prisoners" are be-
coming quite common in the past few
months. PantageS is the latest 70 DC
sentenced. However, PantageS Is not
yet in jail As long as he has the mil
lion or two, the attorneys may bring
about delays and perhaps another
trial with a reversal Of the verdict
This is one of the high lights IN the
legal machinery-the delays which can
be secured if a man has money enutf.
The fact is nevertheless, the jury
found Pantages guilty Of assaulting q
young girl who had applied to him
for a job. Besides all this, the eldery
man with young ideas had bought
witnesses and had otherwise used his
roll to defeat the very purposes for
which laws are enacted.
After the Jolly old chap gets into
the coop, one of these theatrical mes
ses that every now and then afflict,
Will be cleaned up and there viii be
one less to repeat past tendencies.
The name "Pantges" which now
sticks out like sore thumb from the
fronts of theatres in the larger cities
viii fall out of the electric lights and
the man in Jail will be forgotten 1t
is not a very pretty name and with
the notoriety just achieved, will not
remain long with the public which
enjoys publicity but not notoriety. Do
you ever hear of Fatty Arbuckle now?
A few days ago, man nearly nifty
years of age told the Miner that he
had been turned down IN looking for
work with the statement that he was
too old. He also stated that a man
past the age of IS has hard time
getting in anywhere because the larger
industrial men are not hiring old men
any more. Whether he had the age
limit right, we are not prepared to
say. It looks however as though he
was cutting down the limit somewhat
as many a man over As is better able
to do hard work than are many Of his
younger competitors.
The legislature last winter passed
an old age pension law. This was
hailed as boon to the aged. Later
it was discovered that the law was
hedged around with yards and yards
of red tape and promises to be an
other statute to clutter up the books,
never to be used. Industry places an
age limit and hires no one above that
limit. Man is in worse condition than
is the faithful horse which is well fed,
housed, blanketed and curried while
at work and later is placed in past
ure for the balance of his days or is
mercifully shot to put it out Of the
way. If, it is true, that industry and
the employer of labor sets the age
limit at IS years, what is man to
do between As and the pension limit
set by the legislature at rs years?
It does seem strange that industry
should arbitrarily set an age limit and
proclaim to the world that q man is
old or young at a certain time of life.
Just a few days ago the world con-
graduated Thomas Edison on his ach-
ievements and discoveries. during the
past fifty years. Edison is 81. Luther
Burbank did his best work after he
was so. Hundreds of others have
made their mark after having lived
past the industrial age limit, if 45 is
the limit set. We know of hundreds
who are IS and in the prime Of life.
Should it be decided to dispense with
the services Of all over IS, Industry
would be paralyzed and at stand
still. Our ihfo, mant did not mean
that all 5vers As were to be placed IT.
the discard, but did mean that should
he lose his job it will be difficult &c
get another.
Sure, the old fellow should heve .
rest egg laid by to weather the storm
of old age. He probably squandered
his substance in raising a family, ac-
curing home and paying taxes to
maintain institutions to make it pos
sible for the younger generation to
now step IN and, take his place Again
we ask you, who Is eligible for pen-
sion under the Minnesota Old Age
Pension Law. Will someone please tell
u.s.
Lake County, which is hard hit by
the dwindling valuations in lands with
in its confines is up in arms over the
proposed passage of the Shipstead-
Newton bill and the further acquisi-
ton of lands by the Superior National
Forest. Committees have been named
to study the matter and obtain reso-
buttons from all of the civic units in
the county in opposition to the bill.
The county feels that withdrawal of
lands by acquisition by the govern
ment permitting owners to hold min
eral rights not only deprives Lake
County of revenue but lets spectators
in minerals go tax free" Cook County
feels likewise.
In another place in this paper will be
found story dealing with the plant
ing of 1000 trees by the Forestry Club
composed of High School students of
this city. This 1000 trees just planted
brings the total to 5000 put in by this
Club under the personal supervision
of Sig Olson of the Ely schools who
deserves earned credit with the boys
for the excellent showing made. All
the trees planted last year are doing
well and the plot used for the pur-
pose will become a show place of the
city within a few years The plot Ia.
been turned over to the city as a
Municipal Forest.
What we would like to see and what
the boys of the Club would like to see
is that the city take an interest in their
work This could be done without