The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1937-04-29

IA to Is years Of age: Boys, harness
I'D and get out to that wheat field"
The boys: Sorry, dad. We're going
to town to play pool It's agin the law
for us to work.
The farmer then turned to his 90
year-old son but the latter had already
done his 40 hours for the week and was
going fishing. So the farmer took ma
out with him and did the best he could.
Park Region Echo-The st. Cloud Sen
tinel does not approve of the soil con-
servation program. 1t thinks there is
no more reason for paying farmer to
conserve his land than to pay printer
for keeping his presses oiled; both
should know enough to do that. Oh
yeah? We have often thought the
government ought to do something
about the printer who offers to do
printing for small fraction of the
cost. The farmer is hot the only man
who is so anxious to earn some money
that he doesn't always think of the
future.
mayors oath Of office should include
the following: I promise to dedicate
buildings, cut ribbons, buy the first
Christmas seal, wear the first poppy
become everything from a charter
member of e-Begins-At-Forty club
to an honorary member of the Primrose
Ladies' Aid. I promise to seal and I'M
seal cornerStones and head parades.
will eat fish suppers and patronize
apron sales. I will welcome the high,
the wise and otherwise to this beautiful
city. I expect to be waited upon by
Committees Against the High Cost of
Living and the Low Cost Of Taxi fares.
I will receive brickbats and roses with
the same equanimity. I will give to
the poor and take from the rich. My
place is at the speakers table and
will be prepared to make suitable re-
marks on anything from the beauties
OF Shakespearean prose to the advan-
tage of the one-button suspender.
Duluth Publicity-While chickering's
go on in our state highway department
it seems pertinent to call attention to
the fact that Maryland is the first state
to be penalized by the federal govern
ment for using revenue from state gas
oline taxes and motor vehicle registra-
ton fees for purposes other than high
way financing. The Maryland State
Road Commission has been notified by
Chief Thomas H. Mcdonald, of the
United States Bureau of Public Roads
that Maryland's share of federal road
aid funds for 1897 has been reduced
S341 ,66666, or one-third, because Mary
land has spent about 100000 of high
way funds for general purposes. The
penalty is imposed under the authori-
ty of the Hayden-Cartwrigh Act OF
June ID, 1884, and may be applied also
to other states. The Bureau now is in
vestigating the expenditure of gasoline
sales tax revenues and motor vehicle
registration fees in every state with the
idea of applying the penalty wherever
these funds have been spent for other
than highway purposes. Since a num-
Der of states have diverted funds to
purposes other than highway financing
with the largest diversion in New York
state, it is believed that penalties will
run into millions of dollars and that
consequently, substantial portion of
federal aid money available for roads
will be lost to the states.
1t will be too bad for Minnesota if the
building of farfner-labor fences should
be classified as purposes other than
highway financing"
Belle PLANE Herald-A recently pub
hshed statistical chart shows Mime
sofa to be one of the few states that
has lost in industrial output. Our
sister states to the east and south have
had tremendous gains. No explana-
ton is needed. Everywhere else all
encouragement possible is extended to
industry, because every new plant
means another payroll, and it is pay
rolls that spell prosperity.
MEMORIAL PROGRAM.
At the coming meeting Of the Ameri-
can Legion Auxiliary on Wednesday.