The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1921-10-07
NEWS OF STATE
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Winona-August Gatz, aged II, a
pioneer resident of Winona, is dead on
the Sind anniversary of his arrival
here from Germany.
Winona-Rev. DR.. Samuel L. Parish
pastor of the Central Methodist church
Of Winona, returned today from Eu
rope, where he spent several months
Bemidji-A total of 155 students
have registered for the fall term at
the Bemidji State Teachers college.
according to President Marion w
Deputy.
Redwood Falls-Peter Yontz, aged
SO years, died at his home in Renville.
Yontz was veteran of the Civil war
and saw hard service with the union
forces.
ST. Paul-George R. Olson, for ten
years assistant cashier in the office of
the state treasurer, assumes his new
duties as chief deputy, public examiner
under Public Examiner Garfield Brown
st. Paul-One hundred and ten per-
sons, inmates of the states prison and
reformatories, have applied for par
dons or clemency and their cases will
be heard by the State Board of Par
dons on October IL.
st. Paula get-together meeting for
Minnesota Democrats will be held
Thursday, October Is, at the st. Fran
els hotel, ST. Paul, according to How
ard Everett, chairman, Minnesota
Democratic state central committee.
ST. Paul-Based on the 1864
names contained in the 1910 pages of
the 1921 st. Paul city directory just
issued, the population of Greater ST.
Paul, which includes both South st.
Paul and West st. Paul, is placed at
313,726.
Minneapolis-Six hundred farm boys
and girls of Minnesota registered in
the junior school of agriculture at the
University of Minnesota for the open
ing of the six months course. This
school is open to eighth grade gradu-
ates, IL years old or more.
Bemidji-About 10000 acres of land
in Beltrami county have been cleared
of stumps during 1921, against the av-
erage of 5000 annually prior to this
time, according to A. w. Stone, man
ager of operations of the Northern
Minnesota Land Clearing association.
Minneapolis State officers and rep
resentatives from all circles Of the
Minnesota State Sunshine society will
meet at their annual fall tea Oct. IS
at the Radisson hotel assembly room.
There will be musical program and
refreshments Mrs. c. w. Tubbs, chair
man, will be in charge.
Luverne-At meeting of business
and professional men held here, steps
were taken for more rigid enforce
ment of liquor laws. 1t was charged
at the meeting that drunkenness is
much more common now than in the
days of the saloon; that bootlogging is
carried on almost openly
Waseca-Livestock breeders of Wa
SEGA county plan to put on sale of
purebred cattle and hogs, the proceeds
of which are to be- used for the pur-
pose of erecting new livestock ex-
hibition and sales pavilion at the
county fair grounds here. Local mer-
chants plan to finance the sale.
st. Minnesota started paying
out to counties $4.10 for educational
purposes for each pupil in accredited
schools of the state. The October lap-
portionment, announced by James M.
Mcconnell, state commissioner of edu-
cation, was fixed, and will total 81 $751;
99S.3O for 461, 463 of a total of 505,6S1
pupils enrolled in the schools of Min
nesota.
st. Paul-Definite steps for reforest-
alton in northern Minnesota should be
taken by the next legislature, Repre-
sentative George Wicker of Kasson
said. He had just returned from a
tour in the iron range country with
other members of the house and SEN
ate interim committees on taxation.
Private companies cannot be expected
to carry on reforestation work, he said,
as there is no return from the trees
for about so years. The only workable
program, he believes, will be handled
by the state
Minneapolis Millions of bushels of
grain in Twin Cities terminal eleva-
tors are menaced by an insect known
to the grain trade and to grain inspec-
ton men as the bran bug. Three Min
neapcfis grain elevators reported the
presence of the insect in their stocks.
Danger of these insects damaging
stored grains in the terminals to the
extent of thousands of dollars has
prompted the grain inspection depart
ment of the Railroad and Warehouse
commission to take steps to issue or
ders to stop spread of the pest.
st. Paul-Minnesota started out the
final quarter of the year with balance
of $15, 0,621.03 on the credit side of
the states ledger, but heavy payments
to be made out to schools and for
state road construction work probably
will be a heavy drain on the state
funds for the next few months, Henry
Rines, state treasurer, said.
Minneapolis-Fire which started on
the fourth floor of the B" mill of the
Washburn Crosby company, in the
center of the Minneapolis milling dis
trict, caused a loss estimated at $10,-
900 and will result in the closing of
the mill for several days.
Winona-Two men are dead here as
the result of two accidents near this
city. Christ Wenger, farmer Of Pell
Wis, was buried alive when wall OF
a sandpit in which he was working
caved in. John Bauman, carpenter,
sustained fatal injuries when limb OF
tree fell upon him.