The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1929-03-01

WILL NC CuO kIOu1 y w = pei CcllI. llC
Tax Commission recommendation of
cut in the ad valorem basis from
so to 33 1-3 per cent will in all prob
ability not be acted on and the scrap
will be conferred on the per capita linn
itation bill. The ranges will get the
worst of it, no matter what is done
and as we said before, the legislature
recognizing their mistake in burdening
the mining industry with the super
taxes is blaming the range towns for
the legislative mistakes.
The legislature committee of the ST.
Louis County Club met in Eveleth
Monday and thrashed out several OF
the weighty subjects encompaSSed In
bills before the legislature One resi-.
luton passed conincides with the views
expressed in these columns several
weeks ago. The resolution reads: AL
though the principles of the County
Highway Plan was endorsed by the
st. Louis County Club after conSid-
cradle discussion at its annual meet
ing, this committee opposes the bill
introduced by Representative john
son in it's present form for the rea-
son that any roads proposed to be
built outside of the Trunk Highway
system would necessarily be financed
in part by townships and other poll
teal subdivisions and we know for
fact that very few townships are f1nan-
cially able to contribute to any roads
of importance. We believe the law
as proposed would practically prevent
building additional roads in ST. Louis
County and therefore arrest the pres
ent desirable development in the coun-
try districts"
The committee also recommended
reforestation and the. establishment
of nurseries for trees for replanting;
the passage of a bill appropriating
$500 a year for two years to aid in
the study and improvement of truck
farming on peat lands in the state;
adequate steps to prevent pollution of
water where 1t now exists according
to the proposals of the Minnesota
League of Municipalities and the SUBJ
mission of the stockholders liability
act to vote of the people believing
that the adoption of this amendment
would result in corporations taking adj
vantage of incorporating under Mime
sofa laws instead of other states and
would be of particular benefit to CO.
operative organizations formed for
agricultural purposes.
We were member of the commit
tee of residents of Lake, Cook and st.
Louis counties that had an all day
session in st. Paul and finally decided
that the Lommen resolution sustain
ing the principles of the Shipstead-
Newton bill but cutting the territory
matter of eighteen miles, was about
right This was the opinion of the
committee after carefully digeSting the
Lake and Cook county statements Of
taxation and industrial loss by leav-
ing the territory as stated in the bill
The delegates of the counties would
not "play BALI on the original lines
in the bill only insofar as it related
to the Superior National Forest and
its management Lake and Cook
counties also were loud in their state
ments that the forest was large enough
under the present lines and they did
not feel like tying up any more terri
tory.
The Izaak Walton League and
Ernest Oberholtzer who are working
tooth and nail for the Shipstead- New
ton bill were asSailed in some of the
talks for their attitude. Mr.. Ober-
hotter is gentleman working for
a principle and we must say he is
some worker whom it is pleasure to
meet. The League is also doing what
it thinks is right. Everyone has a
right to his or her opinions and these
get-to-getherS are the means of
Strengthening out mooted questions.
To prove that jay" Gould, former
Fish and Game Commissioner, is not
forgotten and still has friends
throughout the state who believe he
was a commissioner to be proud of
and friend whom it was a pleasure
to meet, testimonial banquet will
be rendered him at the Nicollet Hotel
in Minneapolis on Wednesday, March
6. The executive committee is headed
by Ivan Bowen as chairman and con-
sists of seventeen friends and asso-
ciates. The general committee in
cludes men from all parts of the state
and. numbers about 100. M. E. Peter
son of this city is member of the
general committee. Those fortunate
enough to secure an invitation to this
event should not fail to attend as
"Jay' is worthy of the testimonial
and his friends will be showing him
the esteem in which he is held.
Andy Mellon made the statement
that there were 81 ZOO liquor cases in
federal courts He failed to state how
ever, how many cases were in the
cellars.
Something else to worry about. an
Eastern professor makes the claim that
America has produced no really great
poet in the past Is years. Yea, but
look at the prize fighters we have
turned out.
A bill has been introduced to change
the North Central Farm School at
Grand Rapids into an institution for
the feeble minded. dad" Lammon
over at Coleraine pertinently infers
that "the state has need for such an
institution. The bill shows it,
A noted scientist comes out with
the statement that the beginning of
man was an accident. With the con-
stantly increasing cars on busy streets,
county roads and even alleys, his I'M
ish win be likewise.