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Evening star., 1938-04-24
1ncompetency Is Charged
In w. P. A. Paving Work.
To the Editor Of The Star;


Reference is made to your editorial en-
titled The Recovery Message" In this
connection I would like to say a word In
regard to the quality of work that is being
done with the taxpayers money:
In Huntington, W. Va, vast sum of
money is being spent removing old street
car tracks. This work is being done by
the w. P. A., the labor is paid by the Gov
ernment and the city furnished the ma
terial, under the Government engineers,
assisted by the city engineers.
The tracks have been on the ties for
some 20 years and the ties are so rotten
that they do not have to pull out the spikes.
Just put lift under the rail and out comes
the spikes and the rails removed by crow
bars. This is in the center of the streets
and about 10 foot of the brick pavement is
removed in width.
Then it Is leveled off and about four
inches OF sand put on top of the roadbed
and the bricks relaid, leaving the rotten
Ties as base. A thin skim Of cement is
washed over the pavement after it is relaid.
Before the street cars quit these tracks
every Joint was down, you might say, from
the decayed ties. 1t does not take man
with divning rod to know that in a few
months this pavement will be full of holes
and have to be relaid and then the property
owners will be assessed to pave it again.
This gives fair concrete case of the
character OF work that is being done by
the P. w. A. and the W. P. A. There are
some 20 miles of it to be so relaid It's
1aise economy, false theory and is very
mucn ike the whole New Deal program
from start to finish. The money is going
down crawfish hole.
E.. E. DUDD1NG.
Evening star., 1938-04-24
Proposes Setting Up Nation Wide
Self Help System,

To the Editor of The Star
There is considerable doubt growing as
the whether or not democracy can survive
when the politicians, being what they are,
close their eyes to a realistic approach to
our unemployment problem They fail to
see 1T as & permanent situation caused by
the chronological advances made. Pump
priming" isn't even a good shot in the
arm and the proposed billion and a half
dollars in loans to business would probably
be used to install machines to displace
workers. There is certainly no cause for
expansion OF plants, as large inventories
seem to be the trouble at present Ex-
pansion is needed at the bottom.
Since the Federal Government is holding
the bag with notes, I. o. us not worth
the paper they are written on, along with
the guarantees on our home mortgages,
1t becomes imperative that this country
snap into sensible program
I suggest that the W. P. A. allotment
for the next fiscal year be used exclusively
to set up Nationwide "self-help" system
on big business scale, with local and mail
OlucI uSAAOuClIlB SIOTeS, WIeTe tne former.
ly unemployed could exchange this scrip
for merchandise and food manufactured
and processed by the other formerly un-
employed. This system could be extended
to the extent Of absorbing farm surpluses,
the farmer receiving scrip that could be
used In obtaining needed merchandise
manufactured by workers who will consume
the food. It is believed that $500, 900 would
perpetuate such an economy and make
it possible for the 30,000O00 to be bene-
fited, instead Of the few, as under the
present more costly system.
Under the above plan the big business
would realize that every man turned into
the street would no longer be consumer
of the products Of business that could not
provide employment. This exchange of
service" has proved practical in local COM
munities and should be huge success on
a national scale. Business should welcome
it, as the people that would be benefited
are practically out Of the Consumers"
category anyway, and it would reduce the
load of taxation on business and the en-
ployed. A. l. FEATHERSTONE.
Evening star., 1938-04-24
From The Stars Letter Mail
Correspondents Give Views Pump Prmnghe Suffrage Referendum
Aid to Spanish Ioyaliss-

To the Editor Of The STAR
Since Mr.. Roosevelt's last "budget-bal-
anced-next-fiscal year" assurance natural
expenditures have distorted the budget
l,500, 100000 on the dark side.
Mr.. Roosevelt's current save-America-
and-the- forgotten campaign launched
in Thursdays chat, promises addition of
at least $500. 900 900 more, If you share
his optimism in respect to 'recoverables"
tendency Of such figures to overestimate
themselves.
Those with short memories who applaud
this latest attempt to block the Roosevelt
depression, and have confidence In 1t
should put several questions to themselves
If, as Mr.. Roosevelt claims, the greed
and excesses of royalists created the de-
preston in mid-'37, for what reason. other
than election expediency, did Government
not then curtail its expenditures and lift
the burden of the taxpayer?
II fresh sit-down strikes are precipitated
at first sign of stimulated pickup, will
Government again annul the gains by
taking sides. by an attitude similar to
that of 1897?
When Is imitation not imitation? What
Is the saturation point of national credit?
When are both an invitation to further
disaster2
How can any spending campaign sue
ceed that fails to consider all the facts,
including the "uneconomic levels" of many
wage scales In relation to the 10000 900
unemployed? WALTER BAHNSEN.
Evening star., 1938-04-24
Both Trickle and Pump
Printing Theories Are Wrong.

10 the GolIOG Oh Inc otdI.
In attempting to deal with the ex-
isting fiscal dilemma, why not consider
the probability that both the "trickle" and
"pump-priming" theories for financing re-
covery are wrong? Why persist in choosing
between evils? After all, Is it recovery or
stability and security that We really want?
Must we be forever recovering" only to
slump" again? Is there anything being
proposed by either the left or the right in
Washington which even undertakes to allay
all this uncertainty for the future? It is
not fact that whether we "trickle" or
prime" it still remains true that, to quote
the Presidents first inaugural address,
"the unscrupulous money changers, faced by
the failure Of credit. have proposed only
the lending Of more money!"
Il sssms strange indeed that, despite
Evening star., 1938-04-24
Fiat Money Is Artificial
And Ruins the Country.

To the Editor Of The Star
Gold was impounded in the banks; the
clause in contracts and bonds to pay gold
dollars OF certain weight and fineness
was made illegal and gold was confscated.
Now you can't cash piece Of paper money
except with the consent Of the Treasury to
pay foreign balance. That is, it is ir-
redeemable, nat. Fiat money is artificial,
initiative. mendacious and adapted to steal
ing. Whatsoever a man soweth, that shall
he also reap" 1t ruins country finan-
cially and harms the people physically,
mentally and morally. 1t was said that
honesty is the best policy and that good
faith is the basis of the public credit.
EDWARD HENRY NEARY.
Evening star., 1938-04-24
Parking Restrictions Held
Reversed in Safety Principles.
To the Editor OF The Star:

TO the Editor OF The Star
Commenting on this proposed legislation
to forbid parking within 100 feet of light
controlled intersection and only 20 feet
from an intersection not controlled by
lights, it seems to me that this is putting
the cart before the horse. It's obvious that
. motorist should have q clearer view of an
intersection where there are no lights than
one where there are lights. This Is on the
assumption that the motorist obeys the
light signals. G. PALMER.
Evening star., 1938-04-24
Triplets Confuse Army
Pending Special Order

ST. OMER, France P.-By special
order Of the ministry Of war Leon, Emile
and Camille Marriott have been sent to do
their military service in different camps
because none Of their officers could tell
which trtplet was which.
Evening star., 1938-04-24
BY JOSEPH S. EDGERTON,

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The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1938-02-10
Local Man Elected
Financial Secretary

AT meeting of Local No. log of the
State, County and Municipal Workers
of America, held at Virginia, Sunday,
Lyle Brennan of this city was elected
financial secretary of the group.
The group also endorsed Elmer A.
Benson for governor; Senator George
Lommen of Eveleth for lieutenant
governor; John T. Bernard of EveleGh
for congressman, and Oscar B. Larson
of Biwabik for representative.
Other officers elected at the meeting
were william ForSman Of Fayal, presi-
dent of the local for 1898; Elmer Carl
son of Virginia, vice president; Milo
Howl, Keewatin, recording secretary and
William Murray, Eveleth, treasurer.
The group is affiliated with the
Range Council of the state, county and
municipal workers. The council is COM
prised of representatives Of approx
mately 5000 trade workers on the range
east Of Keewatin.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1938-02-10
Christmas Seal Sale
Totals for Ely Announced.

DR.. o. w. Parker, chairman of the
Christmas Seal Sale, has announced
that all returns are in and that the
sale in Ely this year amounted to
$43997.
DR.. Parker takes this means to thank
all those who assisted in the sale and
the achievement of these fine results.
He particularly wishes to thank Mrs.
Nora Trezona for her excellent work
The proceeds of the Christmas Seal
drives annually by the st. Louis County
Public Health Association make the
fight on tuberculosis possible, inasmuch
as clinics are held throughout the
county at intervals which do much to-
ward prevention and also the cure of
the dread disease.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1938-02-10
NOTICE FOR BIDS
Ely, Minnesota, February 2, 1888.
Office of the City Clerk

| NOTICE is hereby given that sealed
proposals, or bids, will be received in
the office of the City Clerk of the
| City of Ely, ST. Louis County, Mime
sofa, up to eight 90 o'clock P. NJ, Tues
day, February Is, 1888, for the fur
nishing of the following described
equipment, delivered F. o. B. Ely,
Minnesota:
| (a) One Cd new 1888 model, light,
4-door, 5-passenger Sedan, in accord
ance with specifications.
Each bidder shall make the City of
Ely, Minnesota, an allowance in trade
for used Pontiac, 1884 model, 4-door,
Sedan.
| CD One, or more, new 1888 models,
u ton, light, Pickup Trucks.
| Each bidder shall make the City of
Ely, Minnesota, trade-in allowances for
used 1880 model A, Ford, " ton Pick
up and a used 1884 model, Chevrolet.
" ton Pickup.
(c) One Cd new, 1888 model, 1 " to
2 ton Truck, with Dump Body. No
equipment is, or will be, offered by the
City of Ely as a trade-in allowance on
| this truck.
The 4-door Sedan to be equipped,
lettered and painted as specified The
Pickup Trucks and the Dump Truck
to be completely equipped throughout,
| including all accessories and lettered
| and painted as will be designated by the
City Council.
Each bidder shall accompany his pro-
posal with his own specifications COM
plete together with lists of equipment
and accessories to be furnished.
Each bidder shall accompany his pro-
posal with a certified check in the
sum of ten 10) per cent of the con-
tract price, made payable to the City
Treasurer; check to be drawn on some
National or State Bank duly authorized
to do business in the state of Mime
sofa.
Successful bidders shall be required
to furnish the usual warranties cover
ing their equipment.
| Checks of the successful bidders shall
be held until satisfactory warranties
L ll1FC bNOll bSl1NSOAOA ny OAiC o&NNCoo4 IA
bidders and the contracts signed. All
other checks shall be returned within
ten Q0) days from date contracts are
awarded.
If successful bidders to whom these
contracts sre awarded fail to furnish
warranties and sign contracts within
ten Q0) days after being awarded the
contracts, said deposits shall be for
feited to the City of Ely, Minnesota,
who then shall proceed to award the
contracts to other parties.
All bids must be in sealed envelopes
bearing plainly on the outside thereof
the name and address of the bidder and
the equipment bid upon and addressed
to the City Clerk, City of Ely, Mime
sofa.
The City Council of the City of Ely,
Minnesota, reserves the right to reject
any and all bids, or any part of a bid
BY order of the City Council of the
City of Ely, Minnesota.
A. o. KNUTSON,
90 2-10 City Clerk
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1938-02-10

An editor for weeks chroni-
cles every event in the COM
munity, trivial and important,
which he and his detectives can
ferret out of a sphinx-like pop
ulace and gets not a word of
commentator for it. But if he
leaves out a couple of lines
about somebody or something,
he gets called good and plenty
Editors are supposed to be
supermen, infallible mind read
ers, prophets and seers.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1938-02-10
NOTES

Last week new Girl Scout troop was
formed. This troop will meet on Satur-
day and will be known as Troop f.
Members are Priscilla Thompson, Phyl-
lis Thompson, Elsie Murto, Katherine
Kurrie, Julia Kostelic, Mary Barich and
Alice May Hayden.
Scouts are busy planning for the
snow modelling contest during the Snow
Jubilee. Certain lots in Ely have been
turned over for this purpose and it is
hoped that many will enter the con-
test.
Troop No. of Winton will spend the
weekend on Fall Lake This trip is
being made for the purpose of the
tree finder badge, project being car
ried on by the Scouts for the next two
months.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1938-02-10
Send SniffLers Home
To Cut Absence List.

When children with colds are sent
home from school as soon as they show
the first sign of cough, sniffles or sore
throat, more children get short rest
from lessons; but there are fewer days
absence from school.
This is the result that is repeatedly
found wherever the experiment is made,
according to a bulletin issued by the
Minnesota State Medical Associations
Committee on public health education.
The latest was in New York state
where principal and teachers in one
school sent every child home who
showed the smallest symptom. Instruc-
tons were to go to bed and to call a
doctor if they were not better shortly.
In another similar school, principal and
teachers proceeded on the usual system.
They disregarded mild cold symptoms
and sent home only those who seemed
really i'll.
At the end of the school year re-
cords showed that twice as many
children had been sent home in the
first school as in the second; but there
had been only one-half as many total
days absence.
Those who had slight colds got well
faster and they avoided the aftermath
of neglected colds. Furthermore, well
children We're not infected at school,
The value of the "home -in-bed"
treatment has been repeatedly en-
pflasized, according to the physicians
of this committee, as the cheapest,
safest and most effective method so
far discovered for handling the common
cold problem. It Is recommended again
in this bulletin as means of avoiding
absence from school,
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1938-02-10
-Four Members of Ely
School Board At Meet.

Directors Anton Kotchevar, Dr. T.
Ahola, Ivan Tauzell and Jack Gianotti
of the Ely school board attended the
conclave of the Minnesota State School
Board association at Minneapolis over
the weekend.
The members were highly impressed
with the efficient manner in which
necessary business was transacted at
the meet and where matters of i'm
portance were discussed.
In a picture appearing in the Min
neapoliS Journal showing the board
members, clerks and superintendent
from districts all over the state lined
up for registration, Director TauzeIl
was shown in the foreground.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1938-02-10
BOY SWIMMERS
FAIL TO CLICK
Hard Luck Through Sickness
Causes Slump in Mermen's
Win Column.

In swimming meet which was hello
last week the Ely boys team went dowr
to defeat by a well balanced Virginia
team.
Coach Herseth had looked forward tC
a victory in this meet to square things
up for a defeat at Virginia earlier in
the season.
This time, however, obstacles seemed
to fall in the way in that three Ely
swimmers were on the sick list. ELL
wood Lindholm was and still is SicI
with tonsilitis, and that undoubtedly
was the turning point of the meet
With Lindholm in the lineup the Ely
boys would have won both the breast
stroke and the medley relay and boosted
the points well above that of Virginia
In addition to this setback, Atkins anc
Markovich were in a very weakened
condition from severe cold.
In the meet against Hibbing, Satur-
day evening, Lindholm was still out
but the rest of the squad was in fail
physical condition. Knowing that the
meet could not be won under any con-
dition the lineup on the Ely squad was
juggled somewhat to give some of the
swimmers an opportunity to show what
they could do in different events ir
which they have not been swimming
regularly in early season contests.
The only two real close races were
the 100 yard free style in which Klur
of Ely was nosed out by scant margin
and the free style relay which was also
won by Hibbing by a mere one-tenth o.
a second.
Summary of meets:
Virginia VS.. Ely.
40-yard free style-McKenzie, v, first
Grahek, E, second; Klun, E, third
Time 20.2.
10O-yard breast stroke-Pettinelli v
first; Ongelo, v, second; Hall, E, third
Time 1:19.
220-yard free style-Newman, v, first
Harris, v, second; Markovich, E, third
Time 1888.
1O0-yard back stroke-W. Ewens, v
first; Atkins, E, second; Hendricksor
E, third. Time ITO.
10O-yard free style Mckenzie, v
first; Klun, E, second Carlson, E, third
Time $50.
Diving E, first, 1877 pts; Carl.
son, v, second, 10 pts; Ruotsalainen, v
third, 69.8 points.
Medley relay-Virginia, first, w
Ewens, Pettinelli and r. Newman; Ely
second, Atkins, Hall and Grahek. Time
1:52.6.
Free style relay-Ely, first, Klun
Atkins, Carlson and Grahek; Virginia
second, r. Ewens, Mckenzie, Pettinell
and r. Newman. Time 1:22.4.
Total score-Virginia 40, Ely 26.
Hibbing VS.. Ely.
40-yard free -Grahek, E, first
Anderson, H, second; Smith, H, third
Time 222
100-yard breast Stroke-Chaput, H
first; Donavan, H, second; Nankervis
E, third. Time 1:13.5.
220-yard free style-Mann, H, first
Johnson, H, second; Carlson, E, THIRD
Time 1902.
100-yard back stroke Anderson H
first; Wren, H, second; Hendrickson
Ely, third. Time LOST.
100-yard free style-Smith, H, first
Klun, E, second; Gabardy, H, third
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1938-02-10
SPORTS SHOW
GETTING SET
Northwest Sportsmen's Show
Preparing 9-Day Exhibit
at Minneapolis.

Just as airlinerS have displaced the
ox-carts, so is the fifth annual North
west Sportsmen's Show flashing into
being with streamlined entertainment
to satisfy the most avid outdoor en-
thusiast, according to show managers
c. K. Odekirk and F. W. Kahler.
Scheduled to run nine days from April
16 through the oath, at the Minneapolis
auditorium, the latest in sports equip
ment will feature the show which will
be attended by large number of en-
thusiasts from Ely.
More exhibitors have signed the
dotted line this year than at any of the
previous four shows at a comparable
pre-show date, say the managers.
With the tourist industry now re-
cognized as the nations third largest
source of trade income, recreation CEN
tiers from outside Minnesota are plan
ming to give Gopher state resorters a
run for their money.
"The demand for exhibit space is
this year more pronounced than it has
been at any time during the five years
the Northwest Sportsmen's Show has
been rum" declared Mr.. Odekirk. "And
since the sport lovers are spenders, it
looks like the northwest is coming into
an excellent business year.
National manufacturers of sports
equipment are in most instances COM
hitting themselves to greater exhibit
space than in previous shows, all of
Northwest Sportsmen's Show should
be more than ever the mecca for
sportS-minded men and women.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1938-02-10

Representative Oscar Wild
strand of Hibbing is touchy in
spots. One of these spots
seems to be our coterie of Far
mer-Labor governors and any
thing that is said in regard to
the quartet is at once snapped
up by Oscar and statements
made are thoroughly dissected
in his fine paper, the st. Louis
County Independent. We will
again state that these trips for
NPA funds between st. Paul
and Washington by Governor
Benson are becoming increas-
ingly necessary by the actions
of our legislature in business
batting employing concerns out
of the state and throwing Min
nesota people out of work.
Governor Benson is to be COM
mended for trying to get funds
for the unemployed and fur
nish work for them. The
harm has been done since our
FL. party assembled the throne
several years ago. According
to Twin City papers several
concerns in the state employing
several thousand men in the ag-
gregate have located and de-
cided to locate in neighboring
states where business has more
chance to get along without
being continually harrassed to
the breaking point.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1938-02-10
-Four Wheels and Motor
Vas All the Truck Had.

A few days ago state highway de-
partment patrolman arrested a driver
of a suspicious looking truck in Moor
head. He examined the machine and
found that the truck was a perfect
example of what it should not be. He
found that it had:
No head lights; illegal brakes; no
rear view mirror; no windshield
wiper; no clearance lamps; no horn; no
muffler; the driver had no drivers IL
cenSe.
1t was said that otherwise the truck
was O. K.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1938-02-10

About this time of the year
there is always burst of talk
and enthusiasm for getting new
industries into a town or stimu-
lating commercial activity by
some form of civic association
pump-priming. Lud Roe in his
Montevedio Leader gets the
floor and unbosoms himself of
the following sage advice
Usually overlooked is the
plain fact that the economic
well-being of a community can
be most soundly strengthened
by doing business with indus
tries and stores that already
are established in the town.
They maintain payrolls, spend
their money at home and con-
tribute to community progress.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1938-02-10

The Long Prairie Leader
says the 500 Line railroad, one
of the most important in the
Northwest, operating $500
miles of road in Minnesota,
North Dakota, Wisconsin and
Michigan, has asked to be de-
clared bankrupt. A govern
ment report recently showed
upwards of 100 railroads now
in the hands of receivers.
Looks bad surely.