The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1917-07-20
To Make State Lands Attractive,

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To Make State Lands Attractive.
The state commission in charge of
the improvement and sale of state
lands to settlers under Constitutional
Amendment No. /, adopted at the last
election, will not wait for purchasers
to appear before beginning the work
of improvement. The plan of the
commission is to get the work Of set
Element started early by making the
places attractive to purchasers and en-
abling them to go on the land at once.
Desirable forty-acre tracts Of land
will be selected, and on each will be
erected one small building. On one
a house will be built, on another a
barn, and on a third sleeping quar-
tiers.
1t is also figured that larger first
payments can be obtained in this
way, and larger sum kept in the
revolving fund.
August 1, when the board meets to
arrange for the experiment, a fund Of
100000 will be available.
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Clinic in st. Paul for Polio Victims.
About 300 infantile paralysis vic
Tins have been treated by the clinic
held under the auspices of the State
Board Of Health, according to DR.. Will
lard P. Greene of Minneapolis, in
charge of the work. Many of the per-
sons, all suffering from the effects Of
the disease, have come to st. Paul
from widely separated parts of the
state. No date has been set for the
close of the clinic, and it is probable
that it will remain in ST. Paul for
some time.
Warns Against Grain Waste.
A. c. Clausen, secretary of the Min
nesota Railroad and Warehouse COM
mission, has issued warning in the
interest Of the national food conser-
walton plan to all inspectors of grain
to exercise particular care about losses.
The high price of grain makes it lit
tie less than crime to waste wilful-
ly even the smallest part of carload
or sample pan full, his letter says.
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Rural Education Conference in August.
Educators, business men and the
governors of 10 western and north
western states have been invited to
attend a conference on rural education
and rural life at the Minnesota State
Agricultural college, beginning We'd
nesday, August 29, and continuing for
three days. Governor Burnquist has
been asked to make an address.
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Hospital Company Inspected.
At the close of his inspection of the
First Minnesota Field hospital COM
pany in the st. Paul armory, Maj. J.
l.. Bevans announced that he would
wire to Washington at once, recon-
mending that the unit be accepted for
federal service. The company has been
recruited to war strength in the Twin
Cities.
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Hoover Visited BY Farrell.
]. ]. Farrell, food and dairy COM
missioner for Minnesota, has held
conference with H. G. Hoover, food
administrator, and with Mr.. Requa,
assistant to Mr.. Hoover, the purpose
of which was to reach an understand
ing as to how the food control bill was
to be administered in Minnesota.
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State Senator to Fight Enemy.
State Senator George H. Gardner of
Brainerd is the first member of the
upper house of the Minnesota Legis-
lature to answer the nations call for
men. He has applied for admission
to the second officers training camp.
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Minnesota will double it's output OF
canned goods this season, according
t. a report filed by inspector August
j. Anderson of the State Dairy and
Food department, with Commissioner
J. J. Farrell. Sweet corn is the prin-
cipal output.
The applications for clemency of
Walter J. Smith, former state treas
urer, and Robert B. Picket, former
state investment clerk, now serving
indeterminate sentences i'm the state
prison for transportation, have been
denied by the state pardon board.
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To Boost Conservation Work.
Fifty food experts will be sent into
the country districts Of Minnesota in
August, Miss Josephine Barry an
nounces, to follow up the work of food
conservation now being preached by
the 100 women who left for their
homes after two days in session at the
capitol at the request of the state pub,
lie safety commission.
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tuberculosis Experts Sought.
The Minnesota Sanatorium Associa-
ton has just held it's second annual
meeting at the st. Paul Hotel.