The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1922-04-21
NEWS OF STATE
TERSELY TOLD
Recent Happenings in Minnesota
! Given in Brief Items for
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News of Events In Gopher State
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| Crisp Readable Form.
ST. Paul-Tree planting is necessary
at this time of the year if Minnesota
is to retain it's standing as one Of the
leading forestry states, according to
pamphlet just issued by w. T. Cox,
state forester. Farmers throughout
the state are urged to cooperate.
notwithstanding of the Ii
cense of the American General Insur-
ance company, Chicago, and denial Of
an application from the Cooperative
League of America, Pittsburgh, to do
business in Minnesota, is announced
by the state securities commission.
orthfieId-Platinum thieves who
looted the vault at New Leighton hall,
Carleton college, Northfeld, obtained
metal valued at S2,400.
WiIImar-With the start of spring
work in this section the farmers find
the ground in good condition, as
rule, for seeding. Farm hands are in
strong demand, more SO than for sew.
eral years. Wages have gone down,
while prices on farm products general
ly have improved, so that the farmers
feel they can afford to hire help.
Hendricks-Fire caused heavy
/ loss at the farm of Hans Drgre, four
and a half miles northwest Of here.
A large barn on the place was burned,
| together with % head of cattle, four
horses, some sheep and large amount
of grain and feed.
ato-Measurements Of the Min
nesota river are being taken this
spring at several points along the
stream, under the direction of the Min.
nesota State Drainage Department.
The data secured will be used in plans
for proposed flood control projects.
| Owatonna-About $50 Steele county
boys and girls are registered for the
1922 season of the Steele county boys
and girls clubs, which start their pro-
jects for the year with junior short
courses in Bloomington Prairie, Med
| ford and Owatonna public schools.
st. Paul-Hearing on the plea of the
mining companies for permanent In
junction restraining the state Of Min
nesota from collection on the occupa.
tional or so-called tonnage tax on iron
ore has been postponed until April "a
before Judge Wilbur F. Booth in Unit
ed States district court in st. Paul.
ST. PauI-The State Pardon board
has heard Is applications for pardons
and clemency but has taken no action
in any cases. The board will visit
the prisoners at Saltwater, st. Cloud
and Shakopee before announcing any
action.
| MonticeIIo-Judge A. E. Giddings
| has under advisement a petition for
injunction restraining further work on
the Rockford road brought by taxpay-
ers who allege that the Wright county
| board of county commissioners has
wasted money in road construction
during the past two years. The state
public examiner has been asked to
make an investigation Of the affairs
of the board of commissioners.
ST. Paul-Refunds of automobile
| taxes in cases of fire, theft or other
loss of a car after the tax is paid,
are not allowed by the Minnesota au-
| tomobile tax law, Secretary of State
| Mike Holm is informed by the state
| legal department. Numerous claims
have been made for a refund, and re-
| quests for permission to transfer a
| license to new car.
WaIker-Results achieved by the
state sanatorium at Walker, contained
in recent report, places Minnesota
! first among all states III its work for
prevention of the sprsed of tubercu.
losis. The institution has approximate
| ly $50 patients, and has Deen able to
arrest AZ per cent of the incipient
cases, IA per cent of the moderately
advanced cases and per cent of the
| far advanced cases, the report shows.
misunderstanding in Clay county
and the Red River valley will be
! three weeks late, o. N Olson, Clay
county agent, predicts. Ordinarily
farmers are in the field April 1, but
! it will be 10 days or two weeks be.
fore they are able to seed, he said.
Much of the valley land between
Moorhead and Crookston is literally
| covered with water.
ST. Paula form for uniform &C
| counting system for county fair asso
Citations of Minnesota has been adopt
ed at conference attended by county
! fair officers and state officials in ST.
Paul. The form will be copyrighted
and made available for the 100 county
fair associations of Minnesota. 1t is
framed so prompt reports can be
made so there will be no delay in for.
warding the associations shares
of the annual state aid of $4,000 for
county fairs, which provides maxi
mum of s1.700 for any one county as
ISOLATION.
! emidjI-Representa Of coop
erative creameries in four more Min
nesota counties were called together
at Preston to organize District No.
of the statewide dairy marketing and
service association. This district is
the 18th in the state to organize for
active work in consolidated shipping,
wholesale purchasing and standardiza
| ton of products to command the TOP
prices on the eastern markets.
Wiilmar-The Methodist Episcopal
church society Of Willmar has decided
to erect new edifice hers during tile
coming summer.