The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1933-12-01
General Election for City Offices and
Special Election for the Issuance Of
Water and Light Plant Bonds, and
to Vote on the New City Charter.


The voters of Ely win be called upon
next Tuesday to cast their ballots for
three Aldermen to fill the expired
terms of Aldermen Steve Al Banovetz
Joseph Koschak and Victor Thompson.
Banovetz and Koschak are candidates
| for reelection and are being opposed
by Frank zgonc, Otto Hokkanen, Thos.
H. Brennan and Anton Merhar. Three
are to be chosen from this list. AL are
well known to the voters Of the city
and it should be an easy matter to
select three men to assist Aldermen
Walter Carlson, John Kapsch and Ivan
Tauzeu and Mayor John A. Harri to
satisfactorily conduct the affairs Of the
city.
The Office of Municipal Judge has
attracted two others besides the present
incumbent, Edwin Toms, who IS on the
ballot for reelection. Mike Bachar,
Jr., and John Schaefer have filed to
succeed Mr.. Toms. The position Of
Municipal Judge is no sinecure In a
city the size of Ely and extreme care
should be taken by the voters in filling
this responsible place. Mr.. Toms has
been judge for the past two years. Mr..
Bachar has been special Judge for the
same length of time and Mr.. Schaefer
served several terms as judge. The
voter is fully acquainted with their re-
cords and should find no difficulty in
casting his ballot for whom he considers
the proper man.
For the Office of Special Municipal
Judge two filings have been deposited.
John Skala and Oscar Bodin appear on
the ballot for this Office. Both have
a host of friends who feel that they
would be the proper men in the re-
sponsible position, second only to the
office of Municipal Judge.
Bond Election.
A proposition to be voted on will ap-
pear on special ballot as to whether
or not the City of Ely should issue
bonds to the amount of 10000 for the
purpose of constructing, extending. en-
iarging and improving the City of Ely
water and light plant.
Expressions by the voters on this pro-
position vary. Some there are who do
not favor bonds for any purpose while
others are always in favor of bonds.
The City Council feels that under the
unemployment situation that exists and
the low cost of supplies, the work might
be done at this time to a great adj
vantage. They feel that it should be
done as soon as possible in order to
put the water system in good condition
and now would be good time to do it.
One of the opposing contentious to
the issuing of bonds for that purpose
at this time is that the opening of the
mines on part time employment, the
large amount of forest work being done
and the operation of the MIRA has taken
care of surplus labor and that this pro-
position could wait until the city would
be able to pay for the improvement
without the bond issue.
Others again contend that the voting
of the bonds would not compel the
spending of the money at this time
and that more favorable weather con-
ditions should be awaited for the work.
They contend that the bonds should be
voted as an emergency in order to be
assured Of money when the work was
actually done.
Abundant notice has been given the
voter in time to thoroughly go into the
matter and no doubt he win east his
vote to advantage of the city al n him
self as taxpayer.
Charter Election.
After. having turned down a new
charter for the City of Ely at a special
election in February, the Charter Com
mission composed of John E. Porthan,
Chairman; Andrew Watilo, Jr., Louis
Champa, M. j. Murphy, Peter Schaefer,
James 1. Laing, E. w. Hanson, L. j.
White, A. j. Thomas, Joseph Mantel,
j. E. Thompson, Owen W. Parker, John
Lozar, Walter E. Englund and F. B.
James, Secretary, have met regularly
and have devolved a charter which
meets all the objections filed against
the one voted on at the beginning of
the year
A copy of this document was fur
nished the readers of the Miner last
week and was so arranged that the
parts objected to and corrected were
printed in black face type and under
scored to attract attention. The Com
mission members feel that this new
document is one of the best ever put
before the people anywhere and that
under its provisions the business OF
the city can be transacted for years to
come. Authorities on Municipal Char
tiers have examined the draft and are
complimenting the Commission on the