The Ely miner., 1943-10-14


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Grace A Dunn, in her Princeton
Union, says that the sentiment ex-
pressed by fathers OF military age in
her home town Cthe same here) is
that the government bureaus pe
combed for men of military age with
out children who are not absolutely
essential to the war effort, that there
be a recheck of draft exemptions in
civilian life, and that, if fathers are
needed then call them. Public opinion
alo is that a government that can pay
the ridiculously high salaries for un-
skilled labor during the past two years
can make adequate provision for the
maintenance of the wives and children
of men called into the armed forces.
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And now comes A. o. Eberhart, for
mer governor and Signer of the state
wide primary law, in published state
ment that the law is a failure and
that better service could be given by
a primary election of delegates to
nominating convention. The Miner
has always contended that the primary
act as passed was nothing more than
a free advertising dodge whereby any
one with the amount of the filing fee
could get on the ticket and have his
good character Gf any plastered all
over the newspapers for the small
price OF the filing fee and not at ad-
vertising rates.
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Twenty-Five years ago on Tuesday,
Oct. II, 1918, a forest fire swept north
ern Minnesota, cost the lives of sew
eral hundred, and wiped out Cloquet,
Moose Lake, Kettle Rives and other
towns in its path. Even Duluth's east
end was packed ready to take to Lake
Superior to escape the conflagration
which came in via Pike lake, Zim,
Lakeside and the suburbs in its des-
truction of life and property. Forest
service officials report the conditions
at present comparable to those rs
years ago. The lookout towers have
been manned for some time and warn
ings have been issued to hunters and
those using the forests to be very care
ful in regards to campfires and to see
that they are extinguisned with water
and not kicked out. Burning permits
for settlers and farmers have been
withdrawn. Care on the part OF those
using the forests is very necessary to
avoid rpeetition of the 1918 disaster.
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With the departure of Mr. and Mrs.
Ray Alcox to the West Coast, the
Chisholm broom factory has been
closed and several blind people who
were employed there are out OF work.
The Alcox's have managed the fac
tory since its incorporation in 1941 as
a non-profit organization destined to
help the unfortunate blind. The fac
tory has been in operation for the
past % years. With many ups and
downs and highly organized competi-
ton of late, it was decided by the in
corporators to discontinue. Judge Ed
ward Freeman was president, Anton
Tancig, Chisholm, vice president, and
Jake Odbolt, Chisholm, secretary.
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We are sorry to see that oscar La
France of Chisholm has sold his pa
per, The Mesaba Miner, so success
fully printed by him for the past 81
wears. Oscar had the distinction of
having the finest Typography and press
work for his Miner, and the writer
feel considerable pride in this fact as
we were in on the borning of Oscars
printing career when he served as
newsboy on the Vermilion Iron Jour-
nal at Tower many years ago on which
we were a printer. While we are sorry
to lose Oscar from the range press
bows, we also feel that no two papers
can exist in any town and that for
the benefit of the owner and CHS
holm in general a wise and popular
move was made when the Miner was
consolidated with the Chisholm Tri-
bune-Herald published by Walter
Brown. Here's success to both Oscar
and Walter.
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Every so often we get letters from
people with request to print in The
Miner and the writer's are sometimes
peved on the non-appearance of rath-