The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1939-03-09


and old age assistance are at the satur-
alton point and the labor burden or
the range municipalities and schools
increasingly continues to bewilder range
officials in the face of increasing bur-
dens and decreasing tax incomes.
In concluding his memorandum, Mr.
Schuster brings out some of the dire
effects that would follow the passage
of either bill and it's becoming a law
He says that 1000 to 1900 school teach
erS must receive a material cut in
salary; labor will be greatly reduced;
merchants will lose much business;
family homes and apartments must re-
duce rents; professions will feel the loss
of revenue considerably and the entire
range, including Duluth, will suffe,
greatly financially"
While the council spent some time
mulling over the Dietz and Weber
Carley bills, this is not all that was
done at Tuesdays meeting.
The dog licenses were boosted from
SIPS to $2.25 for male dogs and from
1925 to $5.25 for female dogs and il
further passed a resolution to enforce
the cattle ordinance to the letter ano
that cattle owners be notified to this
effect.
City Attorney Thomas j. Carey was
instructed to take up the matter OF
issuing refunding bonds with the State
of Minnesota to refund outstanding un-
paid warrants.
According to the statement made by
Mr.. KnutSon as to the financial con-
dition of the city, it was shown that the
outstanding warrant debt of the city
amounted to 1897, 854O9 at the close OF
the year. The bonded indebtedness Of
the city amounts to $4,000. The
bonds are drawing interest at the rate
of and 4 per cent while the unpaid
warrants are subject to per cent in
tereSt. Our bonded debt is as nothing
compared to the unpaid warrants. The
bonds are automatically taken care OF
by the county auditor when the ap-
portionments are made from tax funds
The outstanding warrants are the
headache which the aldermen and
Mayor Lambert had to face when they
took office the first of the year, besides
being compelled to adhere to a strictly
cash budget basis in the expenditures
from then on.
The council has been working on
the curtailment of the budgets in the
the decreased valuations set by the state
various departments to conform with
tax commission on mining properties
So far they have not arrived at any
definite figures and are at loss to
know just what they have to spend and
in what funds. However, the council
is busy in pairing every corner off the
budget in order to meet necessary ex-
penses. Their duty is laborious one.
Delegations of Ely officials, repre-
esnting the board of education for
school district No. IL and the Ely Com
mercial club went to st. Paul today for
the hearing on the percapita limita-
tons bill scheduled for today and to-
morrow.
Other Ely business men are also ex-
pecClng 10 be present. Several organi-
cations yesterday adopted and signed
resolutions opposing the bill and sent
them to the governors office.
Il hope that people of the city will
see the seriousness of this situation and
protest to the governor and to their
representatives in the legislature to use
their influence to defeat this measure"
Ivan Tauzell of the school board, de-
clared.
Representing the school district at
the hearings are Board President Tau
zell, DR.. T. Ahola, Anton Kotchevar and
superintendent Stanley Adkins. Helmer
Olson, president of the Ely Commercial
club, is representing the civic organi-
zation.