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The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1938-12-15
Virginia League Leaders
Engage Ely BOUlers.

Ely bowling fans will have an OPP
portunity to see the quality of teams
other cities produce when the leaders
in the Virginia league come here to
engage the leaders in the Major league,
Sunday afternoon. The public is in
vited
The Queen City representatives will
include the Garden Lounge team, in
first place, and the D. M. & I. R. team,
in second place. Their opponents will
not be known until the end of this
week, when the standing for the league
will be determined. 1t may include any
of five or six teams in the top bracket
listed elsewhere in this issue
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1938-12-15

BY the narrow margin of two points,
Gilbert toppled Biwabik from the
leadership of district 81 basketball, and
in so doing tied with Virginia for the
position formerly held by the Al La
leila coached team.
BiWabik lost two regulars via the
personal foul route and three others
ended the game with three personals
each, which unquestionably lead to
their downfall. All told, they COM
mitted 10 fouls, with Gilbert making
good on II attempts from the free
throw line Gilbert lost one man by
personal fouls in the rough and tumble
battle, and was guilty of making II
fouls, with Biwabik converting on seven
attempts.
The losers were out in front, % to Is
at the half, but Coach H. D. Mont
gomery's boys forged ahead and won
27 to Is.
Virginia'S zone defense, coupled with
Elys inability to hit the hoop, spelled
defeat for Ely, 26 to 6, in a game that
wasn't near as one-sided as the score
might indicate. The district cham
pions, however, looked like champi-
onship material again in taking their
second straight game of the season
John Norlander, veteran Queen City
center, performed in great style to leac
the Bluedevils' attack.
Mountain Iron turned back Interna-
tional Falls, 81 to %, in the latter's
initial start, and is now tied for Sec
ond place with Biwabik, Aurora, tiec
for third with Eveleth, took Tower into
camp easily, 80 to 16.
This weeks games will be featured by
the Virginia. Gilbert fray, with one OF
the other certain to be showed out OF
first place. Virginia probably has q
little too much power for the Gilbert
quintet.
The Aurora-Ely tussle is important
because it will give Ely, playing for the
first time on its home floor, an oppor-
tunity to display what kind of stuff
it's made of. On paper, Aurora has a
slight advantage.
Eveleth shouldn't have much trouble
downing Tower. That ends the Friday
games Saturday Biwabik and Eveleth
tangle in another feature attraction
Only Charlie Mccarthy would pick
the winner of game like this. Several
struggles with out-of-district teams will
also be played during next week.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1938-12-15
MERMEN WIN
FROM EvELETH
Take Meet Here by 35 to 81
Score; Lose to Powerful
Hibbing Paddlers.

Ely swimmers took their first meet Of
the year from Eveleth here Sunday
afternoon by a score of 35 to 81, after
close and exciting match. The out
come of the meet was never in doubt
as Ely ran up an early lead.
Eveleth increased its score by win
ming both the 180-yard medley and
160-yard free style relays. The latter
event had the spectators in a frenzy
as the swimmers cut the water neck and
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1938-12-15
GILBERT WHIPS
BIWABIk, 27-25
Shares District Lead With
Virginia; Tangles Friday
With Bluedevils.

LAST WEEKS RESULTS
Virginia &c, Ely 6.
Gilbert 81, Biwabik Is.
Aurora 80, Tower 16.
Mt. Iron 81, International Falls %.
Eveleth %, Alumni 81.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1938-12-15
GAMES

GAMES
Friday, Dec. 16-Aurora at Ely; Tower
at Eveleth; Gilbert at Virginia.
Saturday, Dec. 17-Biwabik at Eve
leth.
Monday, Dec. 19-Gilbert at Grand
Rapids.
Wednesday, Dec. 21-Staples at Vir-
ginia.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1938-12-15
Buffalo Bill Born in Iowa

William Frederick Cody, Ameri-
can scout and Snowman, was popu-
larly known as Buffalo Bill" He
was born in Scott county, Iowa, in
1916.
Evening star., 1938-01-16
Exposition Costs.

When the 1887 Paris Exposition closed,
it was announced that construction and
operating costs had so far exceeded
original estimates as to create deficit
of sixteen million six hundred and fifty
thousand dollars. The loss must be met
by the French Government and the
municipal administration of the capital.
Also. sum approximately as large must
be raised If the big show is to be re-
opened this Spring for a second season.
OF course, there is nothing novel about
the experience of the sponsors of the
Paris Exposition. Other men, in Amer
lea and elsewhere, have learned that
such enterprises almost invariably fail
to justify the necessary investment. Even
when millions of visitors pay admission
fees it is difficult, generally impossible.
to balance the books.
But it would be mistake to suppose
that the Paris Exposition was financial
failure in It's larger implications. It was
intended to attract crowds of tourists
to France, and In that respect it was
a success. Steamship lines, railroads,
hotels, restaurants. shops and stores OF
every kind were advantaged by the
traffic and trade it stimulated. A rela-
lively small portion of the money spent
by foreign and provincial pilgrims was
disbursed within the exposition grounds.
1t is reasonable, then, for the Exposi-
ton managers to argue that their efforts
benefited their whole country and all
Of its people. Similarly, the New York
Worlds Fair of next year ought to con-
tribute toward the return of normal pros
perity In the United States.
Evening star., 1938-01-16
Stanley Reed.

Both the Supreme Court and the Pres
ident will gain by the latter's selection
Of Solicitor General Stanley Reed to I'LL
the vacancy that will arise with the re-
tirement Of Associate Justice George
Sutherland.
The court will benefit by the addition
TO its membership Of gentleman whose
gracious personality and ability as
lawyer have won the cordial respect of
both those who have been associated
with him and those who have been cast
against him in litigation that has
changed the course Of this country's
judicial history. When Mr.. Reed takes
his seat on the bench after confirmation
by the Senate, which seems a foregone
conclusion. he will, of course, espouse
tho liberal Interpretation of the Con-
stitution that he has advocated during
his service as solicitor general. With
that, however, there can be no quarrel. It
is enough to say that there is every reason
to believe the decisions to be rendered
by Mr.. Reed will represent the honest
convictions Of an earnest and able mind.
Evening star., 1938-01-16
A Merited Appointment.

The appointment of Ebert K. Burlew
to be First Assistant Secretary Of the
Interior Department, by President Roose-
velt, is recognition Of long, faithful and
efhcient service. It Is Furthermore, the
promotion of career man in the civil
service Of the Government which gives
hope to others in that service that their
labors may be rewarded. The develop
ment of the civil service is of major
importance, particularly in q Govern
ment which has become of tremendous
size and which touches so closely the
lives Of the citizens. Its stability, free
dom from political influence and dedica-
ton to the interests of the Government,
as 1t represents the people, are all mat
ters Of interest to the country. The
selection, therefore, Of Mr.. Burlew for
his new and important post. is Of peculiar
significance.
The newly appointed First Assistant
Secretary of the Interior entered the
Government service when he was
twenty-five years of age as q clerk in
the War Department. nearly twenty
eight years ago. -Four years later he was
= clerk in the Post once Department,
and became private secretary to the
then Third Assistant Postmaster Gen.
eral, Alexander Dockery. In the Hard
Ing administration he became connden.
Evening star., 1938-01-16
MISTAKEN ZEAL
BY THE RIGHT REV. JAMES E. FREEMAN D., D. c. l.,
BISHOP OF WASHINGTON

seeking and Indifferent citizen who will
not inconvenience himself to serve the
interests of decent and orderly govern
ment.
In the sphere of religion we have strik-
ing examples of this mistaken zeal.
Periodically we witness the rise of new
cults and new systems, in most instances
the creations of some individual or small
group who seize upon some debated pass
age OF Holy Writ, urging its infallibility
with dogmatic and urgent insistence. AS
mattor of fact, most If not all of our
sectarian grpWths have had their genesis
IN this way. The constant shift Of avowed
Christians from one household Of faith
to another, the migratory changes we
witness as one movement succeeds
another, one cult follows another, bears
evidence of the instability and looseness
of belief in this kaleidoscope world of
ours.
"A zeal Of God, but not according to
knowledge" What an indictment this is
of our indecision and fickleness as wit
messed in our changing religious convic-
tions and adherences! The novel and
the new. the bizarre and the spectacular,
whose claims are pressed by the zealot
Va eAAS AiI"1y SOIlfCiCCu, QulCkly eIlRdRG a
following and a following that arrogantly
af1irms that there is but one way to
righteous living, and that its way.
Again let us recognize that were like
zeal evident in institutions and churches.
a like devotion to fundamental truths
and principles, we should be on the way
to new reformation The tragic fact
Is that we Of the churches are much at
ease in our coveted lions. We take our
religion In kindly and receptive spirit,
we do little to expose it to the world be-
yond our restricted borders II once the
church and the wholesome character
making institutions could disclose the
zeal OF some of the modern exponents of
new cults, We should witness something
OF the spirit that characterized the
church at its beginning.
Zeal is fine thing, but it must be ball
anced and intelligent and informed. 9TH
erWlse it spends itself to its own hurt and
stays the progress of the cause it
espouses.
Evening star., 1938-01-16
Not Too Much Haste.

Legislative experts at the Capitol and
the District Building are hurriedly draft
ing amendments to the business priv
ilege tax. Ostensibly the problem is to
make the tax more acceptable by remov-
ing some of the obvious inequities.
The original business privilege tax was
drafted in haste and to this fact may be
ascribed some Of its evils. It was
hurriedly written, almost overnight, at
the District Building and then, after
some glaring faults had been pointed
out, it was rewritten in committee in
the rush to get it through Congress. 1t
is to be hoped that if the business priv
ilege tax is to be continued the careful
ly drawn amendment necessary will not
be placed in jeopardy by the same sort
of hurry and hustle that marked the
drafting of the original measure.
In a series of articles, the first Of
which appears elsewhere in todays Star,
an attempt has been made to point out
the reasons why this business privilege
tax has provoked such opposition from
those taxpayers whom 1t affects. No tax
payer loves any tax. But. as these Star
articles will show, opposition to the
business privilege tax is based on some
thing stronger than unwillingness to pay
taxes. The tax is extremely unfair in
that it does not apply equally to the
taxpayers Some of these taxpayers
escape the tax by bookkeeping revision
OF their method of doing business. Some
of them can escape it by hiring trucks
to bring their goods into the District
instead of using their own trucks. Some
taxpayers engaged in large-scale activ-
tiles can escape the tax, while others
operating on much smaller margin Of
profit are forced to pay it. The tax is
viciously inequitable in its application to
individuals taxed for the privilege Of
doing business. The business or profess
sional man in business for himself must
pay for that privilege, while another, who
draws much larger salary, escapes the
tax entirely because he works for some
body.
The tax should be repealed. If not
repealed 1t should be modified and care
fully amended to make it fair tax.
Evening star., 1938-01-16
That is all any court can ask Of It's

That is all any court can ask of its
members.
Without undertaking to revive the
controversy that followed Mr.. Roose-
velt's first appointment to the court. it
is only fair to say that the nomination
of Mr.. Reed should contribute to restora-
ton of somwhat shaken public
confidence in the future of the tribunal
as an independent institution. Mr..
Roosevelt might have made selection
at this time that would have been more
advantageous to him in narrow political
sense or he might have chosen some
one likely to adhere blindly to the
philosophy of the New Deal.
His appointments to the lower courts
have been excellent and the nomination
of Mr.. Reed provides basis for the ex-
pectation that the President hereafter
will exercise the same care in making
his selections for vacancies on the high
court.
Evening star., 1938-01-16

"They have a zeal OF God, but not ac-
cording to knowledge" This was written
of those who mistakenly sought to estab-
lish their own goodness by standards born
OF their own ConceitS. This sentence
might with consistency be written over
many OF the plans and enterprises in
which misguided men and women have
engaged Zeal Is q fine quality where
wisely exercised: 1t Is dangerous one
when practiced by the ignorant and mis-
informed.
We are constantly witnessing new and
sporadic movements that follow in rapid
succession and are readily accepted by
credulous and unthinking crowds. The
mob spirit Is easily provoked and at times
menaces our most cherished and stablest
institutions. Fanaticism discloses itself
in many forms: 1t springs largely out of
conditions where ignorance prevails, an
ignorance that readily responds to the
tnf1amed appeal Of the zealot.
We witness this in every sphere of our
life. A new expression OF political faith
appears, is quickly appropriated by q
few ambitious men, its tenets heralded as
new charter Of liberty, and 10! we have
a new political order set on its way. For
the while traditions, basic principles,
tested experience, are forgotten or set
aside, new land of promise Is at hand
Under such conditions zeal is substituted
for wisdom and theory for that which
sustained experience confirms. When
ever a new transition is at hand, new
crisis experienced, we are subjected to a
new and strange type Of zeal, and often
1t is zeal not according to knowledge
1t is impatient of what has gone before
1t demands complete and utter surrender
to its will. Our modern world has many
examples of this and for the while even
sane and reflective men and women are
confused by these new manifestations
One thing we may say of this type of
zeal, that 1t is intense and determined
and sometimes generously self -sacrific-
ing. Representative as it Is of minorities,
1t has repeatedly through its persistence
accomplished far-reaching results. Some
times it has provoked revolutions If it
may be called kind of patriotic feryor
1t sets an example to the passive, self
Evening star., 1938-01-16

tial clerk Of the Postmaster General,
Will Hays, and he served in the same
capacity under Postmaster General HUI
bert Work. When DR.. Work became
Secretary Of the Interior, he took Mr..
Burlew with him and made him ad-
ministrative assistant to the Secretary,
an office he has held continuously ever
since under Secretaries Work, West,
Wilbur and Ickes. Politics have held no
part in his service, which has been
strictly In the interest Of the Department
Of the Interior, no matter whether he
served under Democratic or Republic
can administration. \secretary Ickes, 1t
is known, holds his assistant In high
regard. One Of his jobs, handled sue
cessfully. was the recruiting Of staff
for the Public Works Administration
when Secretary Ickes became Public
Works Administrator.
The nomination Of Mr.. Burlew is now
before the Senate Committee on Public
Lands. Action on the nomination has
been temporarily delayed while the COM
mittee looks into charges of wire-tap-
ping In the Department and the records
OF a clerk In the National Park Service
who, as chief Of voucher room, was able
to embezzle large sum OF money, drawn
from the War Department to pay an
imaginary c. G. G. Camp IN National
Park In Virginia. Mr.. Burlew has testi-
fed before the Senate Committee that
he has had nothing whatever to do
with wire-tapping and that he had no
knowledge of the embezzlement Of funds
until Interior Department investigators
brought it to light. He Is not a dis
bursing officer.
To permit side issues, with which Mr..
Burlew has had no connection, to inter-
fere with the confirmation of his de-
served appointment to be First Assistant
Secretary would be a great injustice.
1t is not conceivable that this will hap
pen. In some quarters it has been sug-
gested that the Office of Assistant Secre-
tary of the Interior Department should
go to a Westerner, while Mr.. Burlew is
native Of Pennsylvania. The affairs
of the Interior Department are by no
means confined to the West. Further
more, some very able Secretaries and
Assistant Secretaries of the Depart
ment have not come from the West.
late President Theodore Roosevelt, was
from Ohio, for example. Mr.. Burlew,
during his long service. has been in con-
slant contact with the West and knows
its problems as they come before the
Interior Department.
Evening star., 1938-01-16
Fifty Years Ago
In The Star

ut is cheering" says The Star of jan
uary l6, 1888, Ito see that the House Post
pr4; Office Committee is
y" taking steps to revise
Mail Matter. the stupid and iYniver-
sally obnoxious postal
law forbidding any printing except the
bare name and address of the sender on
the outside of package of merchandise
passing through the mails. The idea is
absurd that the Government is defraud-
ed OF any right when John Smith and
Co., 1916 x street, Washington, D. c.,
add to the imprint on their merchandise
wrappers. for purposes of further identi-
fication by their customers, the phrase
Dealers in Hardware and Cutlery; or
when, in order to avoid confusion with
some other John Smith and Co., they
append to the title of their firm, in pa
rentheses. Late Smith and Robinson No
official rule enforced in recent years has
excited so widespread wrath, with the
possible exception of Judge Keys order
forbidding poStmasters to try to find
letters destination when its superScrip-
ton was not explicit. 1t cuts into the
heart of every community's business, as
the accidental failure of clerk to draw
his pen through one of the superf1uous
phrases in the imprint on an envelope or
wrapper is liable to consign his employ
er's goods to the dead letter Office or
cause them to be thrown out as unmail-
able. If the people were made for the
convenience of the Post Once Depart
ment, instead Of the Post Office Depart
ment for the convenience of the people,
such a regulation as this would have
some solid ground to stand on. AS it is,
however it deserves only to be swept off
the statute books as quickly as Congress
can do it,
Cincinnati witnessed the eXtraordi-
nary spectacle says The Star of Janu-
uou;4,h,. airy II, 1888, "of an
a entire court of the
Circuit Court. United States - judge,
jury, crier, clerks. tip
stats, counsel, prisoner and all-taking
up its march in solemn procession to the
house of private citizen for the purpose
of hearing his testimony as he lay
stretched on couch with broken leg.
This sort of thing recalls the origin Of
the term circuit now so commonly ap-
piled, without a definite meaning, to
courts which are really local, but going
back to the practice of the judges when
they carried their tribunals around with
them from place to place and sometimes
forced an obstinate jury to conclusion
by bundling them into a Springless cart
and driving them over the toughest road
in the district All this formality at Gin
cinnati was due to the desire for full
examination of the wounded witness, in
Guiding answers to crOSs-QueStiOnS, which
could not be obtained by mere written
deposition. It was to the interest of fair
ness to the defendant, and shows how
careful a regard is always had for the
rights OF the individual as against the
State, even in a court constituted by the
State for the purpose Of bringing to pun
ishment offenders against its peace and
dignity"
Evening star., 1938-01-16

would function within the revised anti
trust laws.
President Roosevelt is showing most
interest in this third, voluntary approach
to the problem of working out some
method for inducing big business to take
the public interest into consideration in
fixing trade policies.
Agriculture is getting its controls. The
utility industry Is getting its controls.
Finance has its New Deal controls. The
control of labor relations in industry al
ready is exercised through law that has
Supreme Court approval. Wage-and-
hour controls are coming up. The re-
naming New Deal issue will center
around the sort of machinery that is to
be recommended for affecting price and
production and trade practice policies in
big business.
Those who have been talking with
President Roosevelt on this subject ap-
pear to be learning lot.
They discover that the President does
not banker to wreck the capitalistic syS-
tenn, that he actually feels that he has
saved the system from wreck at the
hands of those who have been running
the system, that his whole objective is to
correct the difficulties that were threat
ening the private profit system and that
he believes this can be done without i'm
posing restraints ON more than 10 per
cent of the country's business men.
What the President is trying to do now
is to capture some Of the cooperation
that was given SO generously during the
first year Of his administration by men
who later turned to lead the legal and
political fight against the New Deal. Mr..
Roosevelt appears confident Of victories
In both, the legal and political fields.
Evening star., 1938-01-16

When great airship goes into oblivion
it destroys the evidence which might
assist in promoting safety. The man
agement Of a nations flying calls for
a more rigid system of safety to go with
its luxurious furnishings.
Evening star., 1938-01-16

After all a dinner with charge OF
500 a plate easily takes care of cam
paign expenses. A quotation worth con-
sidering even in politics is Let good
digestion wait on appetite"
Evening star., 1938-01-16

Even the Post Office Department ap-
parently realizes that the same ingenuity
in managing figures to indicate ex-
ceptional prosperity must be available
to show deficiency Of resources when
the time comes for general economy.
Evening star., 1938-01-16

c. I. o. and A. F. l.. are brought into
closer discussion with intimate reminder
that their real object. after all, must
be the security Of the Nation on which
both depend.
Evening star., 1938-01-16

1t was Mr.. Kipling who referred to
"the bear that walks like a man." AS
Russia looks the Asiatic situation over,
question arises as to whether it is 10
exhibit itself as tame bear. or as an
old-fashioned killer.
Evening star., 1938-01-16

Radio has been developed to wonder
full extent and in its strictly commercial
aspect sometimes reveals the science
of public information coupled with GER
tain gifts of polite exaggeration.
Evening star., 1938-01-16
Shooting Stars.
BY PHnANDER JOHNSON.
The Literary Age.

The Literary Age.
This is the literary age
When ads contrive, upon each page,
New tricks of word or phrase to slip
Into the arts Of salesmanship.
We buy our coffee with song,
Our eggs and butter can't be wrong,
If words misspelled in fervid fun
Arise to glorify pun.
sew volumes still are bringing out
Thoughts" that we fear to think about
But Of this much we may be sure:
This is the age of Literature!
Evening star., 1938-01-16

The White House has a wonderful
secretariat that learns to give informa-
ton only when assured that it Is in
agreement with proper authority.
Evening star., 1938-01-16

The racket has developed until 1t
assumes the right to use even murder
as part Of its system.
Evening star., 1938-01-16

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