The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1916-07-14
PRICE OF S|SAL IS
GIVEN NEW BOOST
SCARS AS RESULT OF coMBiNA
TON AND Tkx-FARMERS TO
PAY MORE NEXT YEAR.
STATE CAPITOL HAPPENINGS
Events o. General Interest In Mime
sofa Condensed and Revised for
Inc Greater Convenience
ct Busy Readers.
St. Paul

st. Paul.
Indications are that the farmers of
Minnesota will pay an increased price
for their binding twins next year. This
is forecast in raises in the price of
sisal received by the state board of
control. According to the members of
the board, who are now preparing to
buy raw material for next years bind
ing twine to be manufactured at the
Saltwater prison, prices of Yucatan 81
sal have been boosted from 80 to so
per cent.
The board was preparing to pur-
chase 200 bales of sisal, but was com
PEELED to withdraw it's order because
of the raise. This year the prison
product is being sold to the farms at
so cents pound, but the chances are
that the figure next year will be near
IL cents. This years prices are now
2 cents in excess of year ago.
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Farmers League To Expand.
The Nonpartisan Political league of
North Dakota, which scored such a
sweeping victory in the primaries in
that state, is turning its eyes to Min
nesota and to group of midwest
states situated similarly to North Da.
kota, for the purpose of launching a
campaign to bring them under the con-
troll of the organization.
Officers of the North Dakota league
Cioninc fro f
to work in Minnesota. The first activi-
ties of the league in Minnesota are
in England township, in Polk County,
just few miles from East Grand Forks
The farmers are said to be paying
their money to the organizers and sign
ing up for program similar in nature
to that proposed for North Dakota.
To Assist Country Papers.
In the interest of a proposed bureau
to handle national advertising for
country newspapers, advocated by the
Minnesota Editorial association, com
prehensive survey of the newspapers
of the state will be made soon. by the
department of journalism of the Uni.
versity of Minnesota.
A QUESTIONABLE has been prepared
and will be sent to the publishers
soon. w. B. Kirkwood, department of
journalism of the University, believes
a central advertising agency can fur,
nish live papers, with 1000 or 1000
subscribers, with $500 worth of nation.
al advertising each year, resulting in
a profit to the publisher, the national
advertiser, and the local advertiser.
May Settle 81, 100000 Suit.
The drainage trouble between Mime
sofa and North Dakota, which has led
the latter state to file $1,O00,OO0 dam.
age suit for overfiowed lands, may be
settled by federal action which will re.
suit in reservoir control of the head.
waters, both of the Red river and the
Minnesota river, according to informa.
ton received by Representative L.. C.
Spooner of Norris
81 am advised by Senator Knute Mel
son." said Mr.. Spooner, that there has
been included in the pending rivers
and harbors bill paragraph providing
for federal survey of Big Stone and
| Traverse lakes and theis basins, with
view to control of the floodwaters
of territory adjacent to the lakes"
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Enthusiastic for Roads.
Enthusiasm in automobile road work
is running high in Northern Mime.
sofa, according to J. H. Mullen, dep.
uty state highway engineer, who has
returned from a 1,200-mile trip thru
Minnesota in inspecting routes propos:
ed for the Jefferson highway. The
inspection party of six, which left ST.
Paul June 25, was accompanied by an
escort of not less than ten cars for
the whole length of the trip, and at
several towns as many as eighty-five
cars formed an escort.
Good roads meetings were held at
practically every village and city of
importance, and most of them got out
the bands and celebrated.
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Burnquist Signs Commission.
Governor j. A. A. BurnCuist has
signed the commission of Lieutenant
Hugh MCGEE, United States cavalry,
as lieutenant colonel of the First regi-
Inent to succeed Lieutenant Colonel F.
B. Rowley. resigned. Lieutenant Nc
Gee is Minneapolis man. He attend.
ed the University of Minnesota until
he received an appointment to West
Point in 1905, from which he was grad.
uated in the class of 1909 and was as.
signed to the Second cavalry, with
which he is still connected.
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Regiments Chaplain Hurt
Chaplain R. l.. Ferguson Of the First
Minnesota infantry had a narrow es-
cape from serious injury as he was
starting for the militia parade at the
speedway. His horse put it's foot
in hole and stumbled. Chaplain
Ferguson was caught beneath the
horse and his left shoulder was dislo-
Gated. His back also was strained. Il
do not know how l escaped more seri-
Gus injury" said the chaplain. Il cas-
lily might have been kicked in the head.
as the animal was almost over me in
his struggle to get up.
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