The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1922-06-09
,E,yENTs:of the week
- d1roughoHst the State
iof Ten Thousands Lakes"
told in brief form

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owatonna-There are 3S men and
one woman seeking office in Steel
county. Heading the list of county Of
fees in popularity is that of sheriff.
Austin = Seventy-five Guernsey
breeders of Mower county attended
the annual picnic of the county asso-
citation at the Banfield farm.
Luverne-Louis M Wiese, farmer
living seven miles north of here, told
the court that his home had been
raided seven times within year.
Delano - Commencement exercises
for the high school will be conducted
when 13 pupils who have completed
their courses will be graduated.
Biwabik-The eighth district group
Of the Minnesota Bankers association
meeting at the Esquagama club, here
reelected the present officers.
Fairmont-A pair of robins is rails
ing it's young in nest built on the
electric sign in front of Fairmont
store, Three of the four eggs Matched
Osakis-Constructi work has been
begun at the new First National Bank
building here which is to cost $4,000
and be ready for occupancy by the LIST
of August.
Bemidji-Wool growers of Beltrami
county will assemble their wool here
June IL and 13 to sell it in pool. A
large number of buyers from through
out the northwest will bid on the wool
offered.
MonticelIo-H Hoblitt, aged 76,
walked to Minneapolis and returned
the following day. On his way Hoblitt
said he was offered numerous lifts by
persons driving in his direction but he
refused and completed the entire trip
on foot
Wlnona-C. A. Bolton, secretary of
the Winona Association of Commerce,
announces that the anticipated influx
of tourists to and through this city are
to be provided with bStter facilities
than ever before. 50
MISUNDERSTANDING Che early Min
nesota pioneers who have died recent
ly is Mrs. Mary A. Watt, aged SO, who
came to Minnesota with her husband,
William Cowen Watt, in 1855.
Ey-John Lytre, aged 10, cook at
a road construction camp, was fatally
burned when the cook shanty, in
which he, another cook and choreboy,
we're sleeping, was burned to the
ground.
Hibbing-Many small farms in this
section which have been idle since be-
fore the war are now being operated,
according to Forest Ranger D. L. Nc
Intosh, who has just returned from a
tour of his district.
Pipestone-The program has been
issued for the first regional confer
ence of the Child Welfare board of
Murray, Pipestone, Lyon, Lincoln and
Mobiles counties, which will take place
in Pipestone Friday, June 9.
orthfieId-Northfield greeted Gov
ernor ]. A. O. Preus and a distinguish
ed party of northwestern railroad exc
cutives and twin city businessmen
who came here to witness demon
stration of how the common barberry
bush :nfects fields of grain with black
rust.
Albert Lea-This week has been
ideal tor growing crops in this section
of ths state. The moisture of a week
ago was followed by excellent growing
weather. The corn is beginning to
show above the ground, and potatoes
give evidence of rapid development.
ST. Paul-Saving of $4,000 a week is
being effected by the cooperative
creameries of Minnesota by their car
load shipment plant, it was announced
by A. j. MCGUIRE, manager of the Min
nesota Cooperative Creameries asso-
citation.
HaIloek-Kittson county will have
no contest for county offices at the
primaries on June 10 except for
sheriff, five having filed for that office
including o. ]. Anderson, who has held
the office for more than 20 years.
Wheaton-With the close of the
school year, Wheaton loses almost its
entire corps of teachers. One elemen
tary teacher is returning and only five
of the high school teachers will be
back in the fall
ST. cIoud-An ambition survey
made in one of the ST. Cloud schools
discovered two cowboys, sheriff, q
fireman, several physicians, sailor
a circus owner, baseball players and
score of other careers as the goals
of the boys.
Minneapolis The Minneapolis
branch of the Ford Motor company is
assembling cars at the rate of 240 in
an hour day and is unable to supply
them to northwest dealers fast enough
for the demand, according to bulle
tin published by the Ford Motor com
pany at Detroit.
Lake city-Governor ]. A. o. Preus
State Legion Commander Van Dyke
State Adjutant King and several other
men prominent in the state or in
American Legion affairs attended the
first snnual convention of the First
District Legion posts, which was held
here.
Observation-Disclosures are un
der way to attract the Iargtst as
semblage of retail merchants in the
twin cities history from Aug. Z to IL
for Twin City market week, an occa
sion which marks the first time that
Minneapolis and st. Paul have Joined
in an enterprise Of the kind.