The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1921-03-18

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will be graduated from the school OF
| agriculture at University farm March
80.
Cass Lake-H N. Harding was elect
ed president of the village council here
without opposition at Tuesdays cleo,
ton.
Winona-John w. Dye of this city,
has been named United States consul
at Juarez, Mexico, according to word
received by relatives here.
Lake Wilson-The largest general
store here was destroyed by fire. The
building known as the Grier block is
! a total loss, estimated at $4,000.
Mankato-AIl postal records and
mail in the postoffice at Cambria,
Mimi, a small village 20 miles north
west of this city, have been destroyed
by fire.
Hibbing-Victor L. Power has been
elected mayor of Hibbing for the ninth
successive time by to l majority
over John Eastman, present township
supervisor.
Pipestone-Paving and waterworks
extension bonds to the amount of $54,-
900 were sold by the city council to a
St Paul firm The bond will bear six
per cent interest.
Waseca-The Waseca county farm
bureau is completing organization Of
township units through which to carry
on its work About half of the county
ALREADY has heen organized
Winona-A referendum vote is to be
taken at the city election here in April
on the question of repeating the re-
Gently passed ordinance by the city
council, remaining 80 of Winona's 81
streets.
Winona-J. R. Chappell Of Conrad,
Mont, has been elected first vicepresi,
dent and a director of the Merchants
bank of this city. He was formerly
| assistant superintendent Of banks OF
| Montana.
| st. Paul-The Manchester college de.
batting team triumphed over North.
land college at Ashland, Wis, by prov
ing, to the satisfaction Of three judges.
that immigration should not be further
| restricted Dy law.
Minneapolis-The 1921 senior prom
most important social event of the
senior year in the University Of Min
nesota, will be held in Minneapolis
May 6, it was announced by Vern Will
| liams, all-senior president.
Winona-An address by President L.
d. Coffman of the University of Min.
nesota, Traditions and Reforms in
Education" brought to a close the an.
nual convention of the Southeastern
Minnesota Educational association.
Warren-A rare operation for dis
performed on 5-year-old Eleanor Swan.
son of Warroad, and when the cast
was removed from the child's neck
physicians announced she would re
cover
Montevideo-The Montevideo com,
mercial club has gone on record as
| favoring the proposed air route de
signed to duplicate the success Of the
famous Yellowstone Trail, and follow
| it from the Atlantic to the Pacific
coast
| Jackson-Mystery of the disappear.
ance Of numerous hogs from the Gust
Weber farm was explained when two
large timber wolves were killed The
bounties paid for the animals were the
first paid in this county for more than
year.
| st. Paul-After serving the Mime
| sofa farm bureau federation in an
emergency capacity for six months, ]
S. Jones, in charge of county organiza
ton for the federation. has been re
tanned on permanent basis, it was
announced.
st. Paul-Ramsey county commits
sioners awarded the contract for paw
ing the White Bear road from the city
limits to the lake shore to Fielding
Shepley, st. Paul contractors, for the
sum of s329,S6.45. The pavement will
be of Warrenite bitulithic.
| Rochester-Upon recommendation Of
the sewer committee the city council
Indefinitely postponed action in re
gard to sewerage disposal plant fol
Rochester. The council also instructed
the city attorney, l. L. Eckholdt, tt
fight the suit for $4,000 claimed by
the township of Oronoco, as damage
to roads and bridges in that section
of the county, caused by backwater by
the power dam reservoir.
| Austin-Minnesota breeders of Hol
stein cattle were guests of r. J.
Thompson of this city, at his model
stock farm in Blooming Prairie, known
as Oakdale Farm No. II. The occa
sion was the dedication of dormitory
for farmhands. In addition to persons
directly interested in stock breeding
Speaker w. l. Nolan of the Minnesota
house of representatives and several
other legislators were guests.
Redwood Falls-A referendum to de-
eide whether to permit the showing
| of motion pictures here on Sunday, is
| proposed as result of Sunday fea.
| ture programs given in church. The
manager of the theater declares the
| showing of pictures at the church
brought about demand that his place
| be kept open on Sunday. If the pro
posed referendum is conducted the
subject probably will be presented in
| such a manner as either to exclude
Sunday pictures from both theater and
church or to permit them to be shown
| at both.
Fort Smelling Reserve officers, Ma
| tional Guardsmen, non-eommissioned
officers and enlisted men of the regu-
| lar army and others with military
training, have an opportunity to obtain
appointments as second ieutenants in
a connective examination which will