The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1929-06-07

When we secure our airport and
have the same in condition for the
taking off and landing of wheel-eqmp-
ped planes, we will be in position 10
ask for air mail service. Our land
ing field for pontoon equipped planes
is one of the best in the country at
Shagawa lake adjoining the city on
the north and the HUNDREDS OF lakes
near here make landings OF the pom
toon planes an easy matter under any
conditions. Steps were taken at the
last meeting of the city council 10 as
certain the demands OF the County
Commissioners in return for the sl9,-
600 appropriated by them this year Tor
the beginning of the Ely airport and
which sum will be added to in future
wears until the Ely airport will be one
of the best in the northwest. No deli
mite site has as yet been selected out
the one adjoining the cemetery to the
south has been recommended as the
one embodying all that is desirable
for a landing field and one that can
be placed in condition at minimum
expense.
As we said before. After the estab-
lishment of the airport we VIII be IN
position to ask for airn1an service 10
prove the speed Of airman dispatch,
we will cite letter received by the
Miner in May. The letter was
stamped out of the New York City
Hall Station on May 18th at $50 IN
the afternoon. 1t was again cancelled
out of st. Paul on May 10th at 800 in
the afternoon. We received the let
ter in our post Office box on May 18th
at 900 in the morning. The envelope
was a regular air mail envelope with
a five cent airmail stamp.
Some speed? The distance from
New York to Ely is nearly 5000 miles
and this letter travelled that distance
in about Il hours. From Ely to Hib-
bling is about 80 miles and under pres
ent conditions it takes a letter about
"a hours or more to go from here to
Hibbing.
As far as the newspaper man is
concerned, we think the government
made a mistake in displaying only the
smaller denominations Of the new
money at the banks. 1t is a fore
gone conclusion that sin the course
of human events no country editor
will ever see the face Of Grant,
Franklin, Mckinley, Cleveland, Madi-
son or Chase on any of the bills with
which he will come in immediate con-
tact. That's why we say these should
have been displayed and thus have
given the newspaper population
chance to see the bills of larger de-
nominations. In fact, from the point
of view of the majority Of country
publishers, there is absolutely no ex-
cuSe for printing the class Of bills
which only the millionaire or the
bootlegger will ever see.
One of the speakers at the Com
mencement last evening voiced some
thing of considerable Importance to
the pupils when he told them that
their twelve years Of education had
been made possible by the sacrifices Of
their parents who had shaved and
skimpe6 and kept their nose on the
grindstone in order to meet the heavy
taxes required to furnish the facih-
ties for acquiring their graduation.
Many, after the listening to the ordin-
airy speaker tell them what a fine lot
of hardworking students they were,
forget the part the parents play in
putting them where they are.
Now Wisconsin has kicked of the
shakes of prohibition and has gone
wet. BY a referendum vote of the peo-
pie last fall the state prohibition law
has been repealed and the governor
has signed the measure. Thus Wis
consin joins New York, Maryland,
Montana and Nevada and becomes
wet. While this news fills the wet
party with glee, along come the FEEDER
al authorities with the ultimatum that
the 18th Amendment still holds and
that the United States of which the
states mentioned are a part, are still
dry.
The Volstead act and the more re-
cent Jones five and ten" act still have
teeth that bite notwithstanding the
referendum Of the above states. How
ever, the action of the states shows
which way the wind is blowing and it
may be a good idea to give the peo-
pie chance to have their say in the
matter as many seem to believe the
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