The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1929-07-19

walls were barred from nearly every
city in the Union by administrative
edict on account of the disreputable
nature of the exhibits given and the
unlovely makeup of its personnel Tie
Dodson show which appears here week
after next carries with it full-hedged
minister who sees TO the spiritual needs
Of the large list of employees
Carnival companies are realizing the
importance Of keeping their shows
clean and likewise the morals of its
employees. Whether this realization was
brought about by the action of the
authorities in barring them from com
munities or whether it was done fc~
box office effects has not been stated.
At any rate, they are supposed to be
clean and the methods of their reali-
zation of the fact that it pays to be
clean, cuts no ice If the authorities
are accountable for the changes in the,
moral atmosphere which formerly pre-,
vaded all carnivals, they are TO be
commended and if it is desire on the
part Of the management to be and
keep clean, the management is TO be
congratulated
The Virginia city council recently
sent a protest to the County Commis-
sionerS over the purchase Of poor
farm" It is safe to assume that the
protest amounted to very little as
there was no "poorfarm" purchase on
tap, but workfarm As the Kick fail
- -,
breasts of the Duluth end of the coun-
ty, the wording of the protest meant
nothing However, it would be well
for the Virginia council to delve a
little deeper into matters of this kind
and get things correct before shooting
it in
What the ranges wanted was not q
poorfarm but a chance to furnish &
workfarm that would prove a work"
farm and not country estate such as
was purchased upon which surdry
wife heaters, bootleggers, etc, can lay
around and grow fat at the expense
OF the tax-ridden public. The range
piece of land would have given this
bunch something to do and the county
something to look forward to. After
a few years they could sell an i'm
proved workfarm to some enterprising
farmer and clean up another one. This
could be kept up indefinitely until such
times the whole county would become
beautiful and agriculturally developed
The four county commissioners do not
think in this strain or they would not
have purchased an improved farm as
a workfarm-
That was a sorrowful bit of news
that shocked the many friends in this
city and on the ranges of John Baker,
who were appraised of the fact that
his body had been found in the waters
of Longyear Lake near Chisholm where
the unfortunate man had either de-
liberately thrown himself or had fallen
accidently. John Baker has for years
been coming to, this city as travelling
salesman and his friends were many.
The sympathy of host of acquaint-
ances go to the bereaved family Of
widow. two daughters and son.
Six years ago Fred and Julia Solar
of Hibbing started a fight to keep
from being sent back to Hungary as
undesirable citizens. Now after six
years and after spending fortune to
keep from being deported. the immi-
grafton authorities inform them that
they can remain because the Hungar-
ian legation at Washington refuses to
grant passports The fight for the de-
portation was headed by the U. S. De-
partment Of Labor.
At enc time the couple had SIS. 900
worth of property in Hibbing. Those
who profess to know, state they now
have nothing. Some also are cruel
enough to state sundry attorneys have
eked out competence from this case.
There are also those who claim that it
took the six years to dissipate their
werewithal and that the deportation
proceedings did not drop until the dis
sipation was complete. All of which
sounds fishy.
Monday. Philip NJ. Stone stepped
down and out of the Office Of assistant
county attorney for the ranges and
Frank j. Rosemeier of Virginia assum-
ed the duties voluntarily vacated BY
Mr. Stone The retiring county attor-
ney has made host of friends on the
ranges who are sorry TO see him out
of the position he so acceptably occu-
pied. Mr.. RoSemeier is the senior men,
Der of the Virginia law firm of Rose
meier & Montague and was for seven
years associated with William j. Archer
who a few months ago became Judge
of Probate. The well wishes of a host
of friends are theirs.
We sure have a wonderful country
in this United States and not the
least in this wonderful country is
Minnesota in general and the country
around Ely in particular. Thirty years
ago Gen Funston was rounding I'D
Aguinaldo in the PHILIPPINES In this
campaign Gen. Funston won fame BY
swimming the PerSig river in pursuit
of his dark skinned enemy. Today
Fred Funston, Jr and Aguinaldo. Jr.
are classmates in the West Point Mill
tary Academy and may some day hgh,
side by side for the same cause. As
we said before This is a wonderful
country and the only country on Gods
green earth where such things can
happen
Here is something else again for the
southern Democrats to resolute. This
intermingling of the dark with the
light citizens in the most exclusive
military academy in the world is sure
~ shocking to the sensibilities of those
who threw up their hands in holy hor-
or when Mrs. Hoover entertained the
wives of congressman and among whom
was a colored lady