The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1931-03-27

nrecious gift. sight, feel that they are
entitled to the life, health and beauty
that you enjoy and also makes them
feel self-supporting and not ooJects oi
charity. Again we say: Buy Light
house broonS.
We have been spanked down 70
sna carrnine shade for our attitude on
county division. The proponents Oh
the movement at Virginia, or some Oh
them have drafted drastic resolutions
censuring Tower and Ely for having
the temerity to openly speak up on
the division proposition ana not 30
sumshoeing about. Why, the cerSuie
we are not prepared to say as we up
here consider ourselves part OF Inc
county and are in every way entltieo
TO express our opinions on mat1ers
that directly affect us. In the reso-
lutions, dictated by one and signed
by another with typewriter a SIN
lister threat is embodied which SOUNDS
about like this: You would not play
ball with our team on division and
now to get even we are going TO spike
your bill for representative on the
Vermilion range.
Too bad! Well, we are not disap-
pointed. We got just what we
always got. To make it more
emphatic, we did not expect anything.
That bill allowing the Vermilion range
a member of the legislature was pre-
pared and introduced long before the
county division measure saw the light
of day. Our representatives introduced
it and we wish to thank them Tor 1t.
Messrs McGhee and Anderson intro
duced it in good faith and we believe
they still have that faith although the
populous voting end of the district
have voiced a protest in that, as well
as every other time we have made an
effort to secure representation. They
simply outvote us. It would have been
a fine gesture towards this end OF the
district. had the bill been reported
out of committee with favorable rec
ommendation. AS it was 1t was used
as a club to knock the Vermilion
range on the head for county DIV
ision Notwithstanding that there is
Justice in our demand.
All the talks made here and all ne
gotiations with the Vermilion on the
subject have been in the nature OF
threats. The Miner editor has repeas-
edly called attention to this in the
division squabble and we knew right
along that all we would get out OF
county division was nice big 0 and
a chance to vote for Virginia as the
county seat. This we were prepared
to in case of a show down and the
county was divided. Now that Vir-
ginia has cut us off their visiting list,
it will be a fine idea to transfer our
county seat affections to Eveleth or
Hibbing in case this comes to pass. eve
still maintain however, that the log
ical place for the county seat is Tower
as being nearly in the center of the
new county,
We on the Vermilion will probably
live through it on our own as we have
lived through the same condition in
the past years and before the pro-
ponents were out of their diaper stage.
We at least will have the satisfaction
of knowing what 10 expect in case Of
division from our neighbors to the
south. This is not saying that all Of
them are included in this. We hereby
express our personal opinion when we
say that the writer does not believe
the organizations a body, had any
thing to do with promulgating and
passing these resolutions, but that they
are the work of two or three of their
number whose names can be secured
on request Qnitials on the resolu-
tons, probably placed there by mis-
take by the stenographer, gives clue
to the real reSolvers.)