The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1920-09-10


Pipestone- weather following
rain has been the means of holding
back the ripening of the corn in this
section.
Jasper-Work is now under way On
the potato warehouse being erected
by the potato growers in the vicinity
Of Jasper.
Minneapolis. Holbrook Worthing
has been appointed assistant profess
sor of agricultural economics at the
state college of agriculture.
GAINESVILLE The Fergus Falls Elks
and the Municipal band of Moorhead
will furnish music for the Clay county
fair in this city Sept IA to II.
Delano-The Delano Parent Teach,
ers association has arranged for ly-
ceum course here this winter with
the University of Minnesota lyceum
extension.
Glendale Businessmen of the vii
lage will cooperate with the Univer-
sity of Minnesota in arranging for a
lyceum course here for the fall and
winter months.
Luverne Farmers of Ash Creek
have formed a Farmers Livestock
Shipping association to enable them
to get their livestock to market at the
lowest possible expense.
Virginia Menace by forest and
swamp fires, which has been the cause
of considerable anxiety in this part
of the state, because of dry weather,
has been definitely stopped by the re-
cent rains.
Minneapolis A bankers short
course, on the lines of the short
courses run in recent years for bust
nessmen, has been proposed to the
University of Minnesota by members
of the Minnesota Bankers association.
Winona Ellsworth Lowry, head of
the training department of the state
normal school here for the last three
years, has resigned to accept a posi-
ton as principal of normal school
now being organized at Indianapolis
Owantonna-George A. Pond, assis.
tant professor of farm management at
the State Agricultural college, and two
assistants have been replatting Steele
county farms to secure more convent
ent management and lower operating
cost
Winona-The Richardson block, one
of the oldest and largest business
structures in the city, has been sold
st price of approximately 100000.
The property has frontage of more
than 100 feet on the main business
street.
Hibbing-The first farmers creamery
on the Mesaba range win be ready at
Hibbing soon The creamery is in
corporated by farmers residing in Tim,
Bengal, Goodlands, Maple Hill, Bear
River and other neighboring rural To-
calities.
Buffalo - Lewis NJ Mithun for
many years publisher of the Buffalo
Journal is dead. He was one of the
Tenth district delegates to the Re-
publican National convention at Chi
cago last June Mr.. Mithun was 45
years old.
Duluth-More than 100000 tons
of coal were received in the Duluth
Superior harbor in August, according
to figures given out by dock compa-
MES These figures show an increase
over receipts for July of more than
100000 tons.
st. Paul-G. w. Wells, for two
years secretary of the State Securities
commission, resigned to accept posi-
ton as secretary and general counsel
for the Automobile Owners Tire cor
poration, ST. Paul. His successor has
not been named.
st. Paul.--N. j. Holmberg, state
commissioner of agriculture, has an
nounced the appointment OF A. L.
Smebey, former market reporter at
Sioux City, Iowa, stockyards, to the
position of state representative at the
South. st. Paul .stockyards.
Tintah--The westbound 500 Line
mixed train was wrecked one mile
east of Nashua. None was injured.
The train caught fire after the acct
dent and nine cars, including three
oil tanks, were consumed. Traffic
was blocked on the line for hours.
Morton = Miss Gertrude Human,
daughter of Robert H. c. Human, edi-
tor of the Morton Enterprise, was ia
tally injured when an automobile
turned over Miss Hinman was pinned
under the machine and died two hours
later without regaining consciousness
Minneapolis. Minnesota's new
group prohibition enforcement direc-
tor, Clay c. Metz, took over the work,
of Harry F. Price, recently transferred
to Iowa as enforcement chief there.
Mr.. Metz will work under Paul d. KEEL
Ter, northwest divisional chief. On his
arrival in Minneapolis, he promised
strict enforcement of Minnesota's pro-
hibition laws and commended support
twin city police have been giving fed
eral officers.
Rochester-Nels MADISON, for many
years chief engineer of the Rochester
Electric Power plant, was electrocut-
ed when he came in contact with A
highly charged switch while telephon-
ing. 1t was necessary to throw the
city into darkness to extricate the
body.
Observation-Disclosures surveys are
being made for a new road between
Virginia and Mountain Iron. The new
highway will avoid the ore body lying
between the Hanna and the Pilot
mines of NJ A. Hanna G. Co. which
lies beneath the old roadway. A
change in car tracks is also being con-
sidered by the Mesaba Railway COM
pany.
ST. Paul-An appeal from the deci-
sion of the state canvassing board,
which refused to reconsider its action
in announcing that j. B. Richards,
Carlton county, was nominated for dis