The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1935-05-17

tS - ing each other; nei-
Their Graves what
Arthur Brisbane the other owns.
Some day, let us hope, the two coun-
tries will be one, by mutual agreement,
or Canada might annex the United
States in friendly way, if that were
more acceptable, majority of voters
ruling
The North American continent, from
the Mexican border to the North pole,
should be one nation, or if Mexico and
others would come in, all the way down
to the Panama canal, so much the bet
ter.
There will be no war between this
country and any part of the British
empire. Common sense forbids it. Any
air base of ours would probably be as
useful to Canada as to ourselves, and
we should be delighted to see Canada
establish string of air bases to the
north of US, especially along her Pa
cific and Atlantic coasts.
business as banker, interested, per-
sonally, in farming more than in mon
ey, has shown the outside world, to
its surprise, that he can make the
American dollar keep its place in the
procession, regardless of many billions
of bond issues, no gold basis, and other
novelties.
Gamblers that ordinarily enjoy spec
ulatiOn in Exchange" are afraid of the
American dollar. And curiously, while
some Americans are sending money to
other countries, to make it safe" for
eigners, and especially Britishers, are
investing more and more heavily in
the United States.
Washington discusses "West Point
for war on crime" Semi-military
school under the attorney general to
train fighters to meet the national
crime army, that collects almost as
much money as the national govern
ment itself takes in.
The war would be simple if govern
ment would treat crime as it would
an outbreak of yellow fever, or Asiatic
cholera, taking it really seriously.
Habitual criminals are known, men
of ten or fifteen convictions, racketeers,
gunner. Make it clear that once
locked up they would never get out as
long as they lived and you would see
the crime fade away.
Very bad news for this country, in
which efficiency and energy count as
public asset number one, is the sudden
death Of Alfred du Pont, stricken with
heart disease in his residence near
Jacksonville, Fla. At seventy years of
age Mr.. du Pont was planning, as he
should be, all sorts of new enterprises
that would have been interesting to
ed to be useful.
Great Britain Is excited about the
Germans building submarines, especial
ly annoyed to learn that the subma-
rines are of "super" type, carrying
guns as well as torpedo tubes, able
to hunt British or other ships any
where on earth, some alleged to carry
small airplane, easily launched.
Britain has plane-carrying submarines,
but that is different. German SUBJ
marines now finished are about to
start maneuver practice off Wilhelms.
hafen.
Nations rise to great heights, glori-
Gus power, then crumble, disappear;
desert sands cover their streets and
temples. Patient archaeology digs them
out and wonders. Read Volney's
"Ruins of Empires" to find that process
well described.
What causes it? Do nations grow
old and die naturally" inevitably, as
individuals do? Sometimes plaques
wipe them out: the black death nearly
destroyed Europe. Malaria tore down
the power of Rome and recently killed
some $4,000, following a sudden mos
quito attack in the Far East.
You are not surprised to learn, in
spite of pacifist protests and protests
from certain Japanese who are not
pacifists, the President thinks it wise
to explore around and see just what
this country needs in the way of "de-
Tense methods on the Pacific.
A crime, unbelievable, has been re-
ported from Texas. Howard Pierson.
aged twenty, killed his mother and
father, then shot himself in the arm,
pretending that bandits had done it.
After police had kept him awake
for awhile he confessed, said he did it
"for revenge"
He did it actually, authorities de-
clared, for $1,000 insurance on his
fathers life. He killed the mother
because she would have got the insur-
ance.
G., King Features Syndicate. Inc.
WNU Service.