The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1921-12-02
Recent Happenings in Minnesota
Given in Brief Items for i
Busy Readers.
ENTIRE FIELD COVERED
News of Events In Gopher State
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the shoulders of Mrs. Sam Nilavetz.
Crookston-Following an all day
meeting of potato growers living near
Crookston it was voted to erect a
$4,000 community warehouse here
next summer.
| Elmore-John Craig, a young farm
er living few miles south of here,
was killed when his automobile skid
ded off grade and turned over.
Craig's body was found beneath the
car the next day
Rochester-Emil Metz of this city
is in a hospital and his brother was
injured when an automobile in which
they were riding was struck by a
Great Western train. Both are ex-
pected to recover.
Deer Rivera new ranger district
has been organized, according to or
ders received from State Forester w.
T. Cox Brainerd will be the head
quarters and John Nelson, forest rang
er, will be in charge.
Blue Earth-Blue Earth is to have
a fourth bank to start business about
the first of the new year. 1t is to be
known as the Federal Joint Stock
Land bank, and will do business with
farmers only, on first mortgage farm
| loans.
st. Paul-Records on prices and in
competition in the history of highway
construction likely will fall with the
award of contracts for approximately
$2,269,00 worth of highway construc-
ton by c. M. Babcock, commissioner
of highways.
Waseca- Casper Kaiser, found gull
ty in Judge Conway's court of viola
ton of the liquor laws, was sentenced
to 80 days work at the city fuel yards.
The money credited to him as earn
ings will go to his wife and five chill
dren, who have no other means of sup
port
| neapolis-Andrew Johnson, a
farmer from Kenyon, has asked police
| to aid him in the search for his
| brother, Mons Johnson, who was a
mechanic for Minneapolis motorcab
company until few months ago, when
he disappeared from his lodgings. The
brother feared foul play, he said.
| st. Paul-Moy Hee, leader of the
Chinese colony of the Twin Cities, and
one of the most widely known Chi
nese in the United States, who died
| following an automobile accident sew
eral months ago, left an estate valued
at $23,69S95, according to the inven-
tory and appraisement filed in pro-
/ bate court.
ST. Paul-E. M. Phillips, state high
school inspector appearing before She
joint commission on education in ses-
sion at the capitol, denied the state
| department of education has made
numerous threats to take state aid
away from schools in case new build
! ings were not erected. Mr.. Phillips
said he believes state aid for schools
in some cases should be curtailed
rather than increased.
Minneapolis-Ins of new
ice cream manufacturing plant at the
University farm at an approximate
cost of $4,000 has been completed, uni
versity officials said, and the plant
will be placed in operation at once
as part of the educational program
of the ice cream short course being
conducted at the University farm
this week. A score of ice cream man.
ufacturers of the northwest are at
tending the short course
Faribault-"Road of Remembrance"
the highway beautiful of all Mime
sofa, will be the description of all
tourists of the Jefferson highway
pavement from Faribault to North
field, if the plans Of DR.. Allen Ho-
ban of Carleton college,. are carried
out. DR.. Hoban proposes that the
twin cities" of Rice county, Faribault
and Northfield, unite on project of
planting shade trees along the entire
length Of the highway between the two
municipalities.
st. Paul-Thousands of black wal
nut trees now are available for beau
tifying state highways, w. T. Cox,
state forester, announced in bulletin
to all civic organizations in Mime
sofa, asking their cooperation in re-
forestration through planting trees
along the highways of the state. The
organizations are asked to help plant
the trees now available, and to care
for them until they care for them
selves. mot only will the planting
of the trees add to the scenic effect
along Minnesota's highways, but it
also will add materially to the work
of demonstration" Mr.. Cox said
st. Paul-Theodore Roosevelt, Jr.,
assistant secretary of the navy, in
formed Governor Preus that the
cruiser, U. S. S. Dubuque, probably
will be assigned to Minnesota next
year as training ship for the Mime
sofa Naval reserve, with headquarters
at Duluth.
Observation-Disclosures of the state
railroad and warehouse commission
heard the applications of the Roches.
ter Telephone company (the Tri-
State) for an advance in local rates.
Hundreds of residents of the city and
county are attending the hearing in
opposition to the request.
Window Northern Minnesota
would like to trade some of its pota-
toes for southern Minnesota's corn,
according to letters received here
since it was announced that much
corn is being used for fuel in this Sec
ton of the state. The residents in
the upper part of the state agree to
deliver their potatoes down here for
$1.25 per bushel in trade for equal
value of corn.
Grand Rapids-Robert Bozabwoski,