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The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1932-08-12
MONEY USED
ON HIGHWAYS
Vast Sums Expended on State
and County Roads, Auto
License, Gas Tax.

Minnesota will receive as advanced
| federal aid for improvement of high
ways S3,373 $50, and in addition $685.
600 for national forest highways, s13,-
900 for Indian reservation roads, and
$4,000 for improvements of national
forests, total of So, 504 $50, says the st.
Cloud Journal-PreSS.
This government aid will give Min
neSota an additional 100 miles of paw
ing within the year, giving employment
to some 5000 additional laborers on the
trunk highways, and more in the ma
tional parks, Indian reservations and
national forests.
This is but minor portion of the
sums paid by residents and tourists
The state in 1881 collected in gas tax
on motor vehicles $11, O70, 159 net, as the
cost of collection, $4,000, is deducted
from this amount. Of this sum, ST.
$50, JOG is used on trunk highways, and
S., 690053 on county roads. The gas
tax is three cents gallon, and the
number of gallons taxed in the year
was 1863, OO5 ,3O4.
702, 401 motor vehicles, ranking 18th in
the United States, and the gross re-
ceipts were $10,784, 845, and the average
cost was $14.97 per motor vehicle
The average cost in gas tax to owners
of motor vehicles was $15.37, making in
license and gas tax $30.34 on an aver
age.
The total amount collected in gas tax
and motor vehicle licenses by the state
was So, 355, 0O4 for the year 1881.
Probably the amount collected this year
will be about the same, possibly little
less. Even as helpful as is the govern
ment contribution it is small in COM
parison with what Minnesota is doing
for itself in highway building.
The average cost of $3034 to motor
vehicle owners in license and gas tax
is really paying investment for the
great improvement in highways and
the reduction in cost operation. It was
not so many years ago that it was
two or three days journey from st.
Cloud to Duluth, with several pullings
out of mud holes by farmers teams,
at so much per pull Now the trip can
easily be made in four or five hours
with just the cost of gas and OIL
The writer recalls that the cost of
springs for the first car he owned was
more than he now pays for license and
gas tax-and then driving over Min
nesota trails was a hard and slow pro-
cess, while now it is a stimulating
pleasure.
The trunk highway system is not
costing any taxpayer, who does not
own an automobile or truck, penny,
and the Minnesota counties are re-
ceiving in aid to their roads from the
gas tax the comfortable sum of S.
69O,053, which is lifting that much
from the direct taxpayers.
Other states may have as good or
better road systems but, if so, we have
no information as to their indemnity.
Several of the states have issued
large sums in bonds-that must be paid
by the general taxation.
Not a cent of direct taxes will be
used in financing Minnesota trunk
highways, or in the contribution of
over three and half million dollars
annually to county roads.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1932-08-12
Attended Convention.

The Knights of Kaleva convention at
Ironwood, Michigan, attracted many
from this city. The convention started
Sunday and held until yesterday. The
delegates to the convention were Mrs.
VIM B. Maxi, Andrew Luthanen and
Henry Ranta. Besides these in at
tendance noted from here were Mrs.
Victor KoivumaH and son, Arthur, Mrs.
Victor Thompson, Mrs. Elmo Starkman,
Mrs. Oscar Kauppi. Mrs. Henry Ranta,
Mrs. Gust A. Maxi, Mr.. and Mrs. John
E. Porthan and Matt Luhtanen.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1932-08-12
Line StraddIers May
Get Arrest Tickets.

The line marked down the center of
paved highways is considered one of
the most definite safety features of
modern highways. and motorists in
Minnesota who fail to keep to the right
of it in accordance with the uniform
traffic law are likely to get tickets
from highway patrol officers which will
require their appearance in court, in
stead of the warning that has been
customary to the present, recent
highway bulletin reports.
Motorists who make a practice of
straddling the center line invariably
swing in, after having turned out to
meet other vehicles, without looking
to the rear and without giving signal,
highway patrolmen report. This re-
suits in many side-swiping accidents
through cars that have been behind
them moving up to pass just as the
line -straddler moves to the center of
the roadway again.
A car approaching an intersection
and travelling in the center of the road
causes opposing motorists to expect a
left hand turn to be made, and the
turning to the right by the middle-of-
the reader, instead of to the left, fire.
quently furnishes the settings for a
head-on collision, the bulletin reports.
Records are made at the highway de-
partment headquarters of warnings
given to motorists for this and similar
hind of traffic law ipfractions Accord
ing to Captain Geo. Kuch of the state
highway patrol, and If it is disclosed
that these warnings are disregarded
and the practice continued, more
drastic measures will be applied.
Keep to the right side of the line re-
CARELESS of whether other vehicles are
in sight, or not, and you viii be safer
from possible injury and safe from
arrest" Captain Kuch reports.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1932-08-12

The many friends of George
Hughes in this city received the
news with a keen sense of
pleasure early in the week that
this gentleman had been
named as division engineer to
fill the vacancy caused by the
death of Charles A. Forbes.
Mr.. Hughes has his work cut
out for him in following the
beloved Mr.. Forbes. What we
know of George, it is our
opinion that he will make good
in this responsible position and
herewith wish him luck.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1932-08-12

1t sounds rather foolish to
hear some apparently intelli-
gent person make the state
ment that ''the Reconstruction
Finance Corp, has poured mil
lions into the hoppers of the
banks of the country while the
unemployed have gotten moth
ing out of it." When a bank
goes broke, it does not mean
hardship to only the directors
and the stockholders but the
depositors are hit. The same
thing applies to the railroads,
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1932-08-12

A mixed foursome played Sunday
resulted in victory for Chick" Lind
beck and Mrs. John Mckenzie on a
score of SO. Chas. Trezona and his
mother, Mrs. w. E. Trezona, were
close second with a score of rs. Other
scores made were Miss Janet Laing and
Ben s. Richards, 81; Miss Faith Walsh
and Jas. I. Laing, 90; Mrs. M. Odgers
and E. G. Jones, 76; Mrs. E. Anderson
and Thos. Thielman, rs; Mrs. Cliff
Nelson and A. G. Prisk, 80; Miss JOS
ephine Strachan and B. o. Strachan,
81; Mrs. w. E. Englund and Mr.. Eng
1und, 78; Mrs. A. G. Prisk and Cliff
Nelson, "a; Mrs. Thos. Thielman and
Ernest Anderson, "a; Mrs. j. I. Laing
and A. B. bakers, n.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1932-08-12
ReU. BLackhurst to Retire.

Rev. and Mrs. John Blackhurst of
Mora, are in the city for a visit with
their daughters, Mrs E. W. Hanson and
Mrs D. Nankervis Rev. Blackhurst
was at one time pastor of the M. e.
church in this city and will occupy
the pulpit at the church next Sunday,
a fact his many friends viii be pleased
to hear. He will retire from active
pulpit work next year on the pension
plan.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1932-08-12

The West Duluth Cubs, representa-
tives of this district in the Junior Le-
gion baseball tourney at Minneapolis
were defeated in the finals by the
North Side Minneapolis team to 6
in thirteen innings.
The Duluth team played lot of
baseball in the tournament taking
part in four games, while the campi-
ons only played three, drawing bye
in the semi-finals. Wednesday morn
ing Duluth came from behind in the
semi-final game and then played the
championship game at $3.50 P. M.
This is the second year that the
North Side, Minneapolis team has won
the championship.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1932-08-12

The playing schedules of the two
diamond ball leagues are well under
way. Games are being played every
night on three diamonds. The schedule
calls for each team to play 20 games.
When the schedule is played out the
champions of each league viii play
off in five game series for the city
championship.
Standings of the teams in the two
leagues are as follows:
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1932-08-12
On This
Occasion
Just q few thoughts by the Editor
on things Material and Immaterial.

The bond election called for
August 10th and for which all
arrangements had been made
and at which $4,000 were to
be voted as a relief for un-
employed, was withdrawn by
the City Council at Monday
evenings special meeting for
the reasons as given in the pro-
ceedings of the council in
another place in this paper.
The withdrawal meets with the
approval of the larger part of
the taxpayers of the city.
Representatives of the big tax
payers, the mining companies,
were at the meeting and pre-
sented plans whereby the
present system of unemploy-
ment relief can be financed
after the funds of the city are
exhausted at the beginning of
the year.
The report as made to the
council by City Clerk Knutson
last week and given in these
columns showed that with the
expenditure of $34,819.55 per
month to January 1, 1888,
there will be money enough on
hand to meet all expenses.
The big taxpayers promised to
care for warrants after that
until the coming of the next
tax apportionment next spring.
This arrangement appealed to
the council and assured them
of cash with which to conduct
the affairs of the city on the
basis of furnishing sustenance
to the unemployed.
The city council is to be con-
graduated on the method used
wherewith to keep up the stu
alton as related to the needs
of the unemployed. They are
up against a hard proposition
and handled it so far very
satisfactorily and it is hoped
that they will continue to do
so. Should there be an alb
solute necessity for the issue
of bonds before spring, there
is no doubt but what the tax
payer will cheerfully vote for
them and the council will in a !
like manner submit the pro-
position to the people with the
assurance that their acts will
be appreciated. So far, we
have heard of a very few who
criticize the withdrawal of the |
issue.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1932-08-12

The first round in the Shagawa Club
championship match has been COM
pleted. Thirty players participated
after qualifying for the event. The
winners were Berger Lindbeck, Clifford
Nelson, A. c. Prisk, A. B. bakers, Ed.
C. Bolitho, E. c. Jones, Jack Gianotti,
Harold Lindbeck, E. A. LaBeau, DR..
P. D. McCarty, w. c. Carlson, Thos.
Thielman, Jas. I. Laing, Chas. Trezona
and Douglas Nankervis. Those who
lost to the above in the order named
were B. o. Strachan, Jas. G. Thompson,
Byrd Brownell, Peter Schaefer, Dewitt
Englund, E. H. Anderson, Harry New
CORD, L. j. White, Alden Graves, Frank
Laing, Lynn Paulson, Mel. Odgers, Jno.
Paulos, w. E. Englund and Frank
DiNino. The second round will be
completed this week.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1932-08-12

"Scotty" bakers was the winner in
the Oliver Mining Company golf tour
nament completed on the local course
Saturday. Mr.. bakers defeated Supt.
B. o. Strachan one up in 10 holes.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1932-08-12

Next Sunday there will be mixed two
ball foursome played. This will be a
family affair and husbands will play
with their better halls. The handi-
caps will be used.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1932-08-12

Continued on Page Four
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1932-08-12

Eastern League.
Evening star., 1932-08-12

Among the prominent Republicans
who came here last night to attend the
notification ceremonies for President
Hoover at Constitution Hall were the
following:
Former Senator William M. Butler,
Boston, Mass; Arch Coleman, Assistant
Postmaster General Henry W. Breyer,
ice cream manufacturer, Philadelphia,
Pa; Clarence Dillon, broker, New YORK
City; Henry Field, Republican Sena-
torial nominee. Shenandoah, Iowa; for
mer Representative Benjamin K. Focht,
Lewisburg, Pa; Franklin w. Fort,
chairman of the Home Loan Bank
Board, Newark, N. j.; David H1nshaW,
Westtown, Pa; Walter E. Hope, former
Assistant Secretary of the Treasury,
New York City; John G. Sergeant Tor
mer Attorney General, Vermont; MRS.
Arthur L. Livermore. New York; Ber-
narr McFadden, publisher, New York
Senator George H. Moses, Concord,
N. H; Mr. and Mrs. William S. Paley'
New York; Mrs. Theodore L. Pomeroy,
Greenwich, Conn; Representative H. c;
Ransley. Philadelphia; ]. Leonard
Replogle, Florida; Representative Edltn
Nourse Rogers, Lowell. Mass.
Sidney Sutherla@d, Garden City. L. L.;
Representative John c. Tilson, Connec-
ticut; Representative Allen L. Treadway'
Evening star., 1932-08-12
PRESIDENT TO CALL
BUSINESS LEADERS
''Attack Upon Depression"
Referred to in Speech Said
to Be Nine-Point Program.
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
A further active step for economic re-
covery-a new RECOMMENDATION of private
industrial and financial resources with
Government action-is under way.
President Hoover disclosed this in his
acceptance address last night.
High administration leaders disclosed
that President Hoover intended to call
business men from all sections Of the
Nation to the White House soon.
Nine-Point Program.
Citing the section of the Chief Ex-
ecutive's address in which he enviSioned
united action enabling the country to
move from defense to powerful at
tack upon the depression" one official
said Mr. Hoover referred to the nine
point program recently enunciated by
him.
In that statement the President
promised that when this program was
advanced sufficiently he would call in
groups of leading business men from
each Federal Reserve district-organ-
lied into business and industrial COM
mitteeS."
1t was said Mr.. Hoover's statement
last night referred also to a move dl-
rected by Eugene Meyer, governor OF
JIlC FGQeTdl ffLSScING oOd1O, w dooOAS Z
banking credit for virtually all basic
commodities. Under this move powerful
financial interests would assure loans
to persons anxious to buy but afraid to
have their money too far tied up.
Credit Expansion Weighed.
The President himself gave hint of
this when, in outlining his nine-point
program recently, he said:
I'VE have also taken up the subject
of organized coordination of the wider
expansion of credit facilities to business
and industry through business, the
banks and the Federal Reserve banks,
particularly for the purpose of supply
ing full credit for production where
consumption of goods is assured ="
Other points listed in the nine-point
program, upon which he said he would
confer with business men. were move
ment for abolishing slum districts,
financing the movement of agricultural
commodities into consumption, stimu-
lating railway maintenance and repair
activity and move to spread employ
ment in industry through a reduction
OF actual working hours.
Evening star., 1932-08-12
NOTABIES ING.O.P. COME HERE
FOR NOTIFICATION CEREMONIES
Many Cities and Lines of Activity Represented in List OF
Prominent Party Members.

Massachusetts; former Senator William
Calder, Brooklyn, N Y; Representative
Charles L. Underhill, Massachusetts,;
Richard H. Waldo, president Mcclure
Newspaper Syndicate, New York; Rep
resentative Henry w. Watson, Pennsyl-
vania; William R. Wilcox, former
chairman of the Republican National
Committee, New York; Mrs. J. F. Young,
HagerStown, Md; John B. Stetson, jr.,
hat manufacturer, Philadelphia; Victor
M Cutter, president United Fruit Co,
Boston; Joseph N Armstrong, postmas-
ter, Annapolis, Md; Joseph L. Crupper,
national committeeman from Virginia.
Phil Campbell, former Representative
from Kansas.
r. r. Church, chairman Republican
State Committee, Memphis, Tenn; John
R. Mott, chairman Republican State
Committee, New Jersey; c. G. Lippin-
cutt, Republican Committee of Salem
County. N. j.; Marion D. Patterson,
Hollidaysburg. Pa; George Horace Lori
mer, editor the Saturday Evening Post,
Wyncote, Pa; Ernest T. Weir, National
Steel Corporation, Pittsburgh; Frank
Gannett, the Ganrett newspapers,
Rochester, N. Y; Francis Seiberling.
tire manufacturer. Akron. Ohio, and
Henry w. Anderson, former member of
the Wickersham Commission, Richmond.
Va.
Evening star., 1932-08-12
ev the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press
This is what presidential candidates
of the two big parties say about some
of the country's problems:
PROHIBITION.
Hoover-It IS my belief that in order
to remedy present evils a change is
necessary by which we resummon a
proper share of initiative and respon-
sibility which the very essence of our
Government demands shall rest upon
the States and local authorities. That
change must avoid return of the saloon.
Roosevelt am confident that the
United States Of America wants repeal.
When that happens, we as
Democrats must and will enable
the States to protect themselves against
the importation of intoxicating liquors
where such importations may violate
their State laws. We must rightly
morally prevent the return of the sa-
loon.
TARIFF.
Hoover-I am squarely for a protec-
tive tariff. 1 am against the proposal
of "a competitive tariff for revenue" as
advocated by our opponents. That would
place our farmers and our workers in
competition with peasant and sweated
labor products.
Roosevelt accept that admirable
tariff statement in the platform Of this
convention advocating "a competitive
tariff for revenue, with a fact-finding
tariff commission free from executive
interference'O. Tariffs SHOULD be high
enough to maintain living standards
which we set for ourselves.
RECONSTRUCTION.
Hoover-I am today organizing the
private industrial and financial re-
sources of the country to cooperate ef-
fectively with the vast governmental
instrumentalitie which We have in
motion SO that we may move from
defense to powerful attack. Re
covery may be slow, but We will sue
ceed.
Roosevelt y When We get the
chance, the Federal Government will
assume bold leadership. Our Re
publican leaders tell us economic laws
cause panicS which no one could
prevent We must lay hold of the fact
that economic laws are not made by
nature. They are made by human
beings.
WAR DEBTS.
HoOver-If for any particular an
nual payment we were offered some
other tangible form of compensation,
such as expansion of markets for
American agriculture and labor, and
the restoration and maintenance of our
prosperity, then I am sure our citizens
would consider such proposal. But
it is a certainty that these debts must
not be Cancelled or the burdens trans
/ feI red to our people.
RooseveIt-The debts will not be
Evening star., 1932-08-12
Campaign STIRRED
f. BY HOOVER SPEECH
Both Parties Now Keyed to
Real Activity Until No.
vember Election.
By the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
Paced by the issues of prohibition
and economic recovery, the presidential
campaign has caught its second wind
with last nights big Republican jubilee
in Washington and may be expected to
move at livelier step from now on In
every section of the country.
After a period of planning on both
sides, President Hoover accepts the
nomination with a pronouncement for
a prohibition change and new attack
on depression. Gov. Roosevelt will reply
a week from tomorrow in speech at
Columbus. Ohio. Then the voters at
least will have something tangible tc
argue about.
Opposed to Saloon.
Mr.. Hoovers prohibition proposal
to leave the question to the States, but
protect dry States against importation
and outlaw the saloon-left no doubt
of the trend Of Republican strategy on
that issue. In the space OF the l,0Ou
words he devoted to the subject, the
Republican nominee declared four sep
arate times that he was opposed to the
saloon. Unquestionably that word viii
recur many, many times in coming
weeks as Republican speakers seek 70
brand the Democratic party as the
saloon party" III,
The designation, of course, is lndlg-
nantly 6isavowed by Democratic leaders
who contend their repeal plank Woulo
mean neither a return of saloons 1or
any of the other runious results pre-
dictad bv the President. The argument
so much emphasis has been given IT,
to continue to have a large place IN
campaign oratory.
It IS too early to Judge what organlzed
vets and drys will do about the Hoover
declaration. Even submission has oeen
opposed by some of the more militant
drv societies, although they have 1ndi-
Gated they would concetrate their
energies on electing acceptable memoers
of Congress, rather than a PRESIDENT
AS Mr.. Roosevelt favors repeal, drys
who insist on having candidate com.
mitted to the present regime Woulo
appear to have no place to go except
into the prohibition party.
To Oppose Economic Views
Whatever he may say about prohibl-
tion at Columbus, the Democratic
nominee is expected to devote much OF
his speech to dissent from Mr.. Hoover's
economic views. Gov. Roosevelt has
some proposals to make about the
depression, and some of his advisers
believe he is about ready to give them
to the public.
Presumably the next week will see
much political discussion also OF the
case of James j. Walker. Tammany
mayor of New York, whose removal Is
under consideration at hearings before
Gov. Roosevelt at Albany. Chiefly be-
cause of the Tammany tie-in, the Gov
ernor's decision is sure to stir up a
Nation wide storm, the effects OF which
cannot be foretold.
All the recent victory predictions
from both parties are likely to be quail
fed for some time to come by realiza-
ton that the election still Is far away
Between now and midSeptember the
issues probably will be fairly well de-
fined, but only chen will the really in
tensive campaigning begin.
Evening star., 1932-08-12
Campaign Aims Compared
Presidential Candidates Give Nation Their Views
Prohibition, Tariff, Economy, Debts, Farm
Aid and Other Major Issues

q problem-we shall not have to cancel
them. Our policy declares for
payment, but at the same time Tor
lowered tariffs and a resumption OF
t-dde which opens the way for pay
Inent.
FARM RELIEF.
Hoover-The most practicable re-
lief to the farmer today aside from the
general economic recovery is definite
program of readjustment and co-ordt-
nation of national, State and local tax
alton which will relieve real property,
especially the farms, from unfair bur-
denS
ROosevelt-The practical way to
help the farmer is by an arrangement
that will do something toward
the reduction Of the SurpluseS Of staple
commodities Farm mortgages reach
nearly 10 billions of dollars. Our
immediate concern should be to reduce
the interest burden on these mortgages.
TAXATION.
HOOver-The first necessity Of the
Nation is to reduce expenditures
on Government, State, national and
local. 1t is the relief of taxes from
the backs of men which liberates their
powers.
Roosevelt - For three long years
I have been going up and down this
country preaching that government
Federal and State and local-costs too
much. shall not stop that preaching.
POWER.
Hoover have repeatedly recon-
mended the Federal regulation Of inter-
state power. shall persist in that.
have opposed the Federal Government
undertaking the operation of the power
business. 1 shall continue that opposi-
ton.
RoOseveIt-(P promised to say more
later and indorsed the party plank,
which advocates: Regulation to the
full extent of: Holding companies which
sell securities in interstate commerce;
rates of utility companies operating
across State lines.')
FOREIGN RELATIONS.
Hoover-I have projected a new
doctrine into international affairs, the
doctrine that We do not and never will
recognize title to possession of territory
gained in violation of peace pacts.
This world needs peace. 1 shall con-
tinue &" to explore every possible
path that leads toward world in which
right triumphs over force =.
RooseveIt-By our actions of the
past we have invited and received the
retaliation of other nations. (Quoted
and approved the Democratic plank ad-
vocating: "a firm foreign policy, includ-
ing peace with all the world and the
settlement of international disputes by
arbitration: no interference in the in
ternal affairs of other nations 80