The Ely miner., 1929-07-05

The landing field and airport for
Ely viii be q necessity IN very lev
years. possibly less than three years
Already IN more Southerly sections
the air is being utilized for mail, pas
senger and express transportation ano
the towns and cities with LANDING
fields are receiving the oenent- Ely
has landing fields galore Tor planes
fitted with ponuoOnS and what We neeo
Is an airport for planes fitted Win
land landing gear AT the Chicago
Outdoor Exposition in May, large
portion of the people in attendance
incurred as 10 airports IN the ArroW-
head Country
This shows the trend towards ar
TRANSFORMATION and 1t Is no IDLE DoaSt
10 saw that within a short time Il WILL
be possible 10 leave Minneapolis sIlu
St Paul early IN the morning, Speno
the entire day II this, uneXce1leo
recreation section and return home II
time for dinner. From Chicago II VIII
take q little longer. Air transporUlon
IS coming and the towns with aIrporLs
VIII get the business
In the southern states, immense ap-
proDriations are being made for air
ports. Down IN Texas there Is hIt-s
city named Snyder which iS building
an airport sufficiently large 70 take
care Of air fleets together with seTles
Of modern cabin inns 70 handle TOURIST
traffic. More than 5000 feet OF land
ing area is being provided with clear
approaches IN all directions 1he
field includes facilities for housing,
fueling and serviclng planes
We IN Ely don't need such En elab-
oraUe layout. Our lake landing nelos
are here and are being used constant
IL by the Scenic Anyways, a local IN
stituriOn. and pontoon-equlpped planes
from elsewhere. The accepted time Is
at hand 10 get : land airport II
shane. With the Sl5,0 900 approprla~
ton from the county, q start can, and
should be made TO furnish this pro-
gressive city with q landing field II
ii is possible To secure suitable lake
shore property and combine the water
and land fields, so much the better,
The United States pays an annual
bill Of 81, ,O00. .O00. 900 for taxes Out Of
every 500 taxes paid in 1925 authori-
ties show. the Federal government
took $50. 30: state government Sl42I
and local government S5I-91- This also
shows that every person gainfully en-
Moved IN the United States had tax
bill Of $3.50 per year or in other words.
SIX weeks out Of every year are de-
voted 10 earning money TO pay taxes.
The same authorities also show that
a big percentage OF the large total
goes for administrative expenses, sal
aries Of officials and the collection Of
the taxes.
As long as people vote for everything
proposed. they should not kick on the
taxes. The range towns have built
cities in a few years which took other
parts OF the country hundreds Of years
to produce and these cities try and
furnish something for the monies COL
lected. Schools, churches, and public
buildings. police and fire protection,
streets, sidewalks and sewers, water,
light. and entertainment are provided.
something the older retired farmer
and business man" towns fail to pro-
as the people are getting something
for it. they have no kick coming.
The strange part Of the tax SUD-
ject is, that those who kick the most
pay the least. Recently we heard a
man berate his neighbor's in language
which does not look well in print over
the large amount Of taxes he had TO
pay, S3.68 Investigating showed he
had four children in school and two
at home which would attend school in
a few years, besides he was getting al
tie other conyeniences any citizen
Es. Each child cost the taxpayer
on an average Of about $50 or a total
Of $500 per year. About that much
more for the other conveniences and
: he was getting in the neighborhood Of
$500 a year for a payment Of 1888.
Somebody was paying this fellow
expenses besides furnishing him with
everything the payer enjoyed for him
self. All he did was kick while the
man he was kicking about was paying
: for his children's schooling and the
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