The Ely miner., 1930-12-26


County Club and Farm Bureau have
been made public and the action OF
the Clubs on weighty matters brought
before them and acted upon are more
than ordinary Importance to the
county as whole and this section in
particular, The Miner is printing the
resolutions as adopted at the meeting
held in Virginia on December 6.
The text is well worth reading and
shows that the Clubs are doing valu-
able work in discussing public matters
and standing behind meritorious OBJ
jects as presented at the meetings.
The Resolutions are as follWs:
County e-appOrtiOnment.
That we endorse and approve the re-
apportionment and redistricting of the
Sixty-First Legislative District so as to
provide for the election of one repre-
sentative in the so-called Vermilion
Range area and refer said matter to the
Legislative Committee of the Club to
prepare and present definite and
workable plan to submit to the legis-
lature.
Added Publicity.
That we endorse a plan for the ac-
emulation of more revenue for the
County Club and direct the Board of
Directors to devise a plan for an
amendment of existing laws to provide
more funds for the purpose of recre-
ational, industrial and agricultural ad-
vertising and publicity so that the
resources af this county may be more
widely advertised and the county's as
sets more fully utilized.
Unemployment Highway No. IL.
That we urge the Commissioner of
Highways of Minnesota to Immediately
undertake the brushing and clearing
of right-of-way o1s Highway No. II ex-
tending north from Virginia to Canada,
SO as to alleviate the grave unemploy-
ment situation now existing and i'm
plore the Commissioner to speedily
complete the new construction work on
said highway in accordance with his
proposed plan.
State Paving Highway No. 35.
We hereby request the Commissioner
of Highways of the State of Minnesota
to institute paving program on State
Highway No. 35 from Tower to Ely to
be undertaken and completed at such
time as the st. Louis County pavement
project on state road No. from Vir-
ginia to Tower is completed.
Wood Lot Legislation.
That we favor the amendment of
existing laws so as to provide for a
more simplified and practicable law
concerning farmers wood lots, mas
much as the present procedure and re-
quirements are too complicated and un
desirable.
Shipstead- -Pittenger Bill.
That whereas the settlers and farm
ers of northern Minnesota are in
great distress and unable to make pro-
gress in the present economic depres-
sion, and
Whereas, there is pending in the
present Congress the Shipstead-P Pit
tenger Bill which, if passed, will ap-
propriate approximately ten million
dollars toward the payment of fire suf-
ferers' claims arising out of the 1918
fire attributed to the negligence of the
railways under government control,
and
Whereas, this expenditure of money
at this time would be of tremendous
value to the entire populace of this
section of the state and would aid in
the immediate rehabilitation of aban-
doned farms and settled colonies,
Now Therefore Be 1t Resolved BY
The st. Louis County Club And Farm
Bureau Association that we heartily
endorse the said Shipstead-P Pittenger
Bill and implore the President of the
United States and all other executive
and legislative officials to adopt this
legislation at the earliest possible
moment.
State Bond Issue.
That whereas the state of Minnesota
is in need of additional highway i'm
provement for which there are nc
available funds, be it therefore resolved
that the st. Louis County Club and
Farm Bureau Association go on record
as favoring Bond Issue of $20,000,00C
to be redeemed through vehicle and
gasoline tax
Income Tax.
That whereas the tax burden is be-
coming acute, and whereas there seems
to be considerable unfairness in the
present system of taxation and, where
as several schemes of taxation are now
/ being discussed, be it therefore re-
solved that the st. Louis County Clut
and Farm Bureau Association go or
record as favoring in principle the in.
cor1e tax
State Land Tax.
That whereas the State of Minnesota
holds for speculative and other pur-
poses large parcels of land, and where
as at present these state owned lands
though receiving all benefits, pay ne
part of the cost of the government, be
it therefore resolved that the st. Loui;
County Club and Farm Bureau Associ.