The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1923-08-24

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Hibbine-One thousand farmers,
their wives and friends from the nor
thern half of st. Louis county parti-
cipated in the first annual farmers
picnic at the fair grounds.
WiIlmar-Arrangem are being
made for the Kandiyohi county fair,
which will be conducted here Sept. 10
to %. 1t is expected the exhibits at
this fair will be larger than for several
years.
Long Prairie-Ben Faust, prominent
young farmer, was killed by lightning
while at work in his barn. His wife
who was with him, was unframed,
but COW she was milking was killed.
The barn was destroyed by fire.
Blue Earth-Maynard King, son of
Mr.. and Mrs. Robert King of this city,
was killed in an automobile accident
two miles east of Fairmont. Peter
Morgan, who was riding with him, was
seriously injured.
WiIImar-The official board of the
Methodist church here has asked for
the return of Rev. L. c. Benson, pas
tor of the church. In the last year,
through the efforts of Rev. Benson, a
$4,000 church has been erected by
the Methodists in Willmar.
Willmar-Kandiyoh county will
send & delegation to the Northwest
Dairy show in connection with the
Minnesota State Fair Sept. / to s.
The dairy interests in the county in
the last few years have greatly in
creased and the delegation will be a
large one.
St. Cloud-A committee from the
st. Cloud Commercial Club, acting
with the American Legion post, will
prepare program for a suitable cere-
mony at the laying of the corner
stone for the new United States
hospital here. The tentative date for
the ceremony is Sept. 8.
neapoIis-Wrecking of the Gen.
trail Lutheran church, built in 1872
at the southwest corner of Fourth
avenue S and Grant street, will be
started in December to make way for
new church building to cost ap-
proximately $4,000, o. L. Loberg,
member Of the congregation, an
nounced.
St. CIoud-More than 200 en-
ployees are engaged at the ]. E. Barr
cannery here. Every day 10000 cans
of string beans and $4,000 cans Of
corn are being packed. After the
corn crop and the bean crop will
come the tomato, cabbage and Gu
cumber crops and the company will
make the heaviest pack in its history.
Pipestone-Plans are being made
for public mass meeting in this
city in the near future to consider
the condition which low confronts
the farmers. The county farm bureau
board has asked the county bankers
association and the business men of
the county to assist in arranging the
meeting.
st. Cloud-"No parking" signs are
being erected along the Jefferson high
way by men from the state highway
department, as result of a complaint
made by the Automobile club. In a
letter to the ST. Cloud club the high
way department said it had recently
received accounts of several accidents
caused by automobile drivers parking
at the sides of the highway.
Hibbing-C. C. Alexander, former
superintendent Of schools here was
acquitted by jury on charge of lar
ceny in the second degree. The YER
dict of not guilty was returned after
the jury deliberated for about two
hours Mr.. Alexander received the
verdict unmoved and thanked every
juryman as they filed past him. The
charges arose out of an alleged mis-
use of school funds.
Dodge Center-School board Off
Fred w. Sem, of the fifth district,
has filed a decision reversing the
verdict of the jury which last April
gave a verdict for $101 in favor of
the father of Florence Weir, child
who was killed on the school grounds
when a piece of apparatus collapsed
while she was playing. The verdict
was against the school board mem
bers.
St. CIoud-Certifcate of indebted
ness will be issued to all creditors of
the Pan Motor company for the
amount of their claims Ly a holding
company organized here, as soon as
the company can be Incorporated un-
der state laws. The new organiza-
ton will be known as the st. Cloud
Holding company, will have a CAPT
tai stock of $4,000, and the following
officers have been elected: C. D.
Schwab, president; DR.. c. B. Lewis,
vicepresident; L. F. Cary, sec ytary-
treasurer.
Belle PIaine-A crowd, estimas sd at
nearly 5000 attended the Making
Livestock Pay" picnic here under the
auspices of the Scott County Farm
Bureau, the Belle PLANE Cooperative
Creamery association and the Belle
PLANE Commercial club.
Redwood FaIIs-Ralph P. Nelson
of Montevideo has been chosen from
| a large field of candidates as super
intendent of the Redwood Falls
schools for the coming year. He is a
graduate of the Rochester high
school, Carleton college and has been
an instructor in the Montevideo high
schools since 1920.
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