The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1920-06-11

from the Mankat0 state Normal
school received diplomas at the COM
mencement exercises here.
Albert Lea-Demanding a 20 per
cent increase in wages and the closed
shop, 125 employees of the American
Gas. Machine company went on strike.
emidji-Contracts for upward Of
100 miles of road construction are ex-
pected to be awarded by the county
Commissioners at it's next regular
meeting.
Neutrality-suspicious. of northern
Minnesota will be discussed June Is
and 10, at Bemidji, when the Northern
Minnesota Development associatym
has its twenty-second annual conven-
ton.
Luverne-Rock county now has one
of the highest priced Hereford bulls in
southern Minnesota, Phil Wander
more, local breeder, having just pur-
chased it for the sum of $4,000. Mar
quis Quincy Fairfax, No 882435.
Minneapolis. A. Town of Worth
ington, was elected department COM
mander of the Minnesota department
of the Grand Army of the Republic at
the close of it's annual meeting here.
He succeeds DR.. j. d. Budd of Duluth.
Moodhead-The regular summer va
cation school, which will be conducted
by the elementary department of the
Moorhead normal school, will open on
Tuesday, June Is, and will continue
for six weeks, closing Friday, July 70.
Winona-Winona will be the only
section of the northwest to be visited
tour, to be conducted by the war de-
partment early in July, according to
Captain H. T. Douglas of the air serv-
ice.
New Richland-Negotia have
been completed by this village for
light and power lines to be built by
the Northern States Power company
from it's plant at Rapidan to New
Richland. The line will be completed
early in August.
ST. Paul-Alcartra King Sylvia, the
worlds best bred calf, sold for $780,
000-$303.3 cents pound-at the
Holstein Breeders association auction
sale at the State Fair grounds. The
purchaser is A. c. Hardy of Brock
vile, Ontario, Canada.
Windom-Plans are being completed
for big farmers picnic in grove
near here June "a. Several of the
cooperative concerns of the county
are interested in the arrangements for
the big event and the farm bureau Of
ficers are assisting in the plans.
Mankato has been started on
the erection of new $4,000 pavilion
at Sibley park here. The lumber for
the pavilion was obtained from 20
| huge cottonwood trees which were cut
at the direction of the city council.
| The pavilion will include a place for
picnickers, a dance hall and refresh
| ment stand.
Mankato-Albert r. Allen of Fair
mont, will deliver the principal address
at the Elks Flag day exercises in Man
kato, June IL. The exercises will take
place at Sibley park and special pro-
gram has been arranged for the occa-
sion. The Mankato lodge of the
knights of Columbus will present Lo-
| rentz post of the American Legion
with a beautiful set of silk colors on
the occasion also.
Northfield-Nearly $4,000 of the
$1,000,000 originally bequeathed to st.
Olaf college at Northfield by Harold
Thorson will be taken by the state
North Dakota in Inheritance taxes Of
ficers of the college were informed
by George Wallace, North Dakota tax
commissioner. OF the property con-
veyed to the, college under Thorson's
will, approximately 100000 is within
the North Dakota border, Mr.. Wallace
said.
st. Paul-For the fourth Consecutive
time Minnesota has broken the record
for the greatest per capita sale of
Christmas seals in the Upper Missis-
sippi valley, according to report
made by officials of the Minnesota
Public Health association. Total re-
turns from the Minnesota seal sale
were $143,659.56, Of which approx
mately 60 per cent is being spent by
the county public health associations.
The per capita sale in Minnesota was
6.3 cents.
ST. Paul-Minnesota treasury dis
| bursements exceeded receipts by near
ly $2,S00,000 during May and reduced
| the cash in the state strong box to
| $S,184,767, according to June 1 state
ment issued by Henry Rines, state
treasurer. The largest single item of
disbursement was approximately
| 100000 on state soldiers bonuses.
George La Fond, chief accountant Of
the treasury, predicted that the July
balance will be larger because OF
payments due this month on tax col
lections and receipts in the permanent
trust fund from loans.
nneapolis-Eight labor unions
were enjoined from further prosecu7
ton of an alleged boycott against a
local meat market by permanent in
junction issued by Judge Daniel Fish
| In Hennepin country district court.
Judge Fish characterized the case as
a direct issue between advocates of
the union shop and proponents of the
open or nonunion plan. In memoran-
dunn, he declared that the record
showed clearly that Tabor organiZa-
lions have begun and are pursuing a
concerted attack upon the plaintiffs
business, with intent to injure or de-
stroy it unless he consented to union
lie his shop"
East Grand Forks-Joseph Miller,
prominent Minnesota Point farmer,
| who left his home on Minnesota Point
Thursday, May q for Grand Forks to
get money to nav off building cOntrac-
| tors on his farm, was found at Moor
head with $684.30 of the 500 he had
when he left. No reason can be as