The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1922-08-11
Northwest

of wool short time ago. The wool
was shipped from Dexter and Grand
Meadow TO the Wabasha county wool
pool and brought advanced prices.
Missoula, Mont-Twenty-sev new
fires have been started by lightning at
the head waters of the Clearwater.
Most of these have been brought un
der control.
Red Wing-A practice of growing
fax and wheat as mixed crop, which
has been followed successfully on
farms in Goodhue county for 10 or 10
years, has attracted attention of gov.
eminent and state experts and a group
of them came to gain first hand in
formation.
Missoula, Mont.-The fire on Kanik-
su forest near Priest river, Idaho, is
now burning over 800 acres, having
! jumped over the control lines. 1t is
burning part of the forest service ex-
pertinent area, causing loss of many
years spent in investigation and for.
estry work.
Fargo, N. D.-Sveinbjorn Johnson.
attorney general for North Dakota,
and Will Green, Cass county attorney.
have filed petitions in district court
here asking that jury be summoned
for the October term of court to try
the case growing out of indictments
caused by the Scandinavian-Americ
bank failure.
Minneapolis-Mi and Dakota
farmers are harvesting their wheat
! crops so fast that arrival of new spring
wheat in Minneapolis is part of the
days routine in the state grain in
spector's office. Wheat continues I'M
usually heavy. Three cars arriving
weighed between So and 81 pounds.
New oats and barley also are coming
in regularly, as is rye. All crops are
exceptionally early and good this year.
Cloquet, Minn.-The brush on the
cutover lands of Northern Minnesota,
instead of being only an obstacle to
development, may prove to have very
real value commercially and Industrial
| ly.
New Richland-Five cans of black
bass were received from the State Fish
Hatcheries and were placed in the wa
! tiers of st. Olaf lake. The consign-
ment was sent on an order placed by
A. w. Nitschke early this spring. The
cans did not contain fish fry, but black
bass fingerlings about a year old.
Virginia, MINI. Twelve Range
towns will get part of the gross earn
ings tax paid by the Mesaba Railway
company for the year 1921, according
to the chief deputy county auditor,
following receipt of s communication
from the state tax commissioner.
Hutchinson, Minn.-The Luce Line
is pushing west, and the grading crew
has the work nearly completed be-
tween Hutchinson and Cosmos, a dis
lance of about twenty miles The
work of leveling off the grades and
laying the ties and steel will take
long time, but with large force Of
men on the job it is expected to run
train into Cosmos soon after the first
CT October.
Sporting
Sioux City-Leslie Johnson, young.
ster hailing from Minneapolis, attract.
ed large gallery here in matches
played in the Interstate tennis tour
ney. Johnson, on account of his
youth, was not figured as strong con.
tender for the title but he displayed
great work in his first match and won
many admirers.
Columbus Johnny Welsmuller,
worlds champion swimmer, has shat
tered two world marks. He bested his
ar1y in, hA no. lx cf~
when he covered the distance in 46 3-5
seconds and the 50-yard free style in
% As.
Foreign
Rio Janeiro-Congress has voted to
extend the period of martial law to
December 81.
Berlin-Many Germans, with large
supplies of cheap marks on hand, were
unable to spend them. Shopkeepers
in many cases refused to unload their
stocks for marks, demanding foreign
money or gold in payment.
| Ottawa, Ont.-Wfth a population of
5,371,315 Canada exported produce to
the value of $50 per head in 1901, as
compared with a population of $780,.
600 in 1920 and exports per capita of
STAT, according to government statis-
| tics. The value of exports in 1901 was
S117,i76,044, as against $1,2S6,65S,7 09
in 1870.
Halifax, N. S.-Plans for the placing
of 1000 Norwegian reindeer in Labra.
dor will be carried out by an American
organization, according to Frederick
Lawrence, representative of the COM
pany, and fellow of the American Geo.
logical society, who Is proceeding
north to look over the territory for a
suitable location for the herd. Mr..
Lawrence said that the reindeer would
be in charge of Lapland herders, who
would initiate the jewellers of Labra-
dor into the care of the animals not
only for food purposes, but also for
domestic work.
Regina, Sask.-The Saskatchewan
Department of Telephones is keeping
abreast of the times by the installation
of radio phone at the Parliament
buildings. Several receiving sets have
been installed.
Athens-A note sent by the Greek
! SOfeIHMSnl " tHo Allies Respecting
the intentions of Greece in Asia Minor
emphasizes the view that the occupa.
ton of Constantinople is the only
means of bringing about peace.
Tagucigulpa, Honduras Honduras
will have radio communication with
the outside world within few weeks.
A powerful wireless station, now
nearing completion, will be able to
communicate with the United States
and Europe. 1t Is being erected by
an American eomuanv