The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1922-11-03
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hlbblns- "A budget system for every

Albbins- "A budget system for every
department of the village government
will become effective in Hibbing Jan.
l. The council has ordered all de-
partment heads to prepare the bud
gets for 1923 and report to the coun-
Gil.
DuIuth-Twelye city skating Kinks
will be flooded this year, it was an
nounced by the recreation depart
ment Warming houses have been
constructed at each rink.
Duluth-Tentative plans for mil.
lion cubic foot gas reservoir to be
built in Duluth have been announced
by P. G. Phillips, commissioner OF
public utilities.
Willmar-The hearing on the ST..
100000 judicial ditch No. Is, Kandi
yohi, Renville and Meeker' counties
has been postponed until October,
1928. This ditch is the biggest project
in the history of these counties.
keewatin-The tax levy for 1923 in
the village of Keewatin will be $685.,
496, the village council has decided.
Hibbins-One of the most impor.
tant bank transfers on the Mesaba
range was closed when the Hibbing
State bank became the property OF
D. B. Fuller, former state bank ex.
aminer.
Albert lea-Jens Wayne, county
commissioner, was perhaps fatally in.
jured when his automobile was struck
by Rock Island train at a crossing
New UIm-Fire originating in a
package of motion picture films de
stroyed the Woodman hall and Dan
D. Harris lumber yard at Cambria,
near here.
Duluth-Building permits for Sep
TENDER aggregated $691,000 in Duluth,
according to compilations made by the
city building inspector. New construc
ton continues heavy in public and
semi-public lines.
Chisholm Especially = Bids have
been called for the paving of the new
Babcock highway between Chisholm
and Bull. The bids ere to be opened
Nov 9 in Duluth
Ojibwa, Wis.-O. O. Horlamus, re
with the agricultural extension divi
sion, University of Minnesota, is
starting large poultry farm neal
here. He is building poultry house
30x1S0 feet and will install an incu
bator of 24,O0O-egg capacity. He ex.
poets to get 5000 eggs a day before
the end of the year.
Crookston-The cornerstone for the
$250,000 building, the first Of mum.
Der to be erected for the ST. Benedict
Catholic Girls academy, was laid
here Sunday by Rt. Rev. Timothy Cor
bett, bishop of the Crookston diocese
The building will be used as the home
of $50 girls.
Duluth = Formally opening the
church for services, .Rt. Rev. John T
McNicholas, bishop of Duluth, dedicat
ed the cbarch of the Canons of the
Holy Cross.
Duluth-The steamer c. S. Robin.
son, owned by the Interiake Steamship
company, with cargo of soft Goa,
destined for the Duluth docks, was
grounded and sunk on the east side
of DEVILS Island.
Virginia, Minn.-The memorial com
mittee of the Virginia post of the
American Legion has decided that
nothing further should be done
toward the construction of memo.
rial at the present time.
Albert Lea-More than 800 Kiwan
ians from over the state were here to
assist in the presentation of the char
ter to the newly formed club of XII
wanians. A big parade of celebration
was conducted.
Members of the Wales
Forest Protective association accom-
panied by representatives of the state
forestry board, forestry department
and the agricultural department OF
the University of Minnesota made an
inspection trip into the north woods.
WiIlmar-The concrete paving OF
the business section is practically
completed New street lamps are
being installed. A white way 81
about IA blocks. is feature of Will.
mars big civic Improvement plan.
st. PauI-Minneapolis and ST. Paul
will receive less than SO per cent OF
the normal supply of hard cJal, &C.
cording to the plans of the fuel ad.
ministration and information received
by Ivan Bowen, state fael administra.
tor
Eveleth-A syndicate composed OF
the First National bank of Eveleth
the First National of Duluth, and the
Northern National of Duluth, was the
successful bidder for the issue OF
$375,00O worth OF bonds voted recent
ly by the people. The bid offers tc
pay par plus premium of $19,615
The bonds will bear interest at 6 pei
cent.
Brainerd-A giant magnet was used
by Dr. Nesmith Nelson to remove %
caliber bullet from the eye of Iden
Wade, young son of Hammond Wade
who was injured while playing with
the cartridge.
Duluth-More than 10000 tourists
visited Duluth and northern Mime
sofa this year as direct result oil
advertising and publicity given this
territory by newspapers of the STATE
and various tourist agencies, accord
ing to report made public by the
Duluth chamber of commerce. An in.
tense advertising campaign to double
this number of visitors next year will
be undertaken, according to e. B
Dunning, chairman of the publicity
committee of the chamber.
crookston-The largest amount OF
road Improvements contracts ever LET
by Polk county board was awarded