The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1923-12-28
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Wlnona - Louis SpeltZ or Altura
was reelected president of the WI
mona County Farm bureau at the an.
nual meeting here.
Window - Owing to the extremely
mild weather conditions prevailing
here many farmers are blowing and
seeding. The roads are in excellent
condition all over the country.
Duluth-The installation Of officers
OF the Duluth Builders Exchange will
take place Jan. % at the Spalding ho-
tel. A banquet will precede the install
lation.
Standardization college again
will be host to large number of Min
nesota ministers when the annual con-
vocation of ministers of all denomina-
tions will be conducted here Jan. IA.
Crookston = The United States land
office officials here report that in one
month they have had 436 letters in
curing as to the prospect of obtaining
land in this district.
Red Wins-In district court here
all claims filed against the Goodhue
County Cooperative company, now
in the hands Of receivers, which were
not represented by counsel were or
dered wiped from the records.
Benson = Representative farmers
from every township in Swift county
met with the Kiwanis club and heard
an address by w. A Peck, livestock
commissioner, on the procedure neces-
sary to get country wide test for
tuberculosis in cattle
Mankato-Almost $4,000 worth of
new building has been done in Man.
kato this year to date The new
Teachers college. costing S343,000,
represents the largest element of the
total
Fergus FaIIs-The Fergus Falls high
school debating team defeated Pelican
Rapids high in the first debate of a
state series here. The subject was:
Resolved, that immigration Should be
Prohibited for Period of Five Years.
Pelican Rapids took the affirmative.
Glendale = Mrs. E. Q. Ertel, who
was the leader in the organization of
the local Business Women's club, has
been picked as head of the temporary
organization. The club will name per
manent officers and adopt a constitu-
ton and bylaws in the near future.
Walnut Grove = School authorities
have put ban on joyriding of school
pupils to basketball contests in other
towns. Each car, according to the
ruling of the school authorities, must
be chaperoned by teacher, who shall
insist on proper driving.
owatonna = Albert L. Sperry, pres
ident of the Owatonna Commercial
club, has announced January to II,
inclusive, as the dates for the pro
posed Owatonna Civic Week. Meetings
and other events that are to feature
the week are being arranged.
SIayton Mrs Ernest Johnson OF
Scandal township, in the northern part
of this county, has presented the
Current Lake Swedish Lutheran
church with pipe organ, costing
$500, as a n emorial to her husband,
Ernest Johnson, who died about a
year ago.
Austin By cutting the graveled
surface from "a to 20 feet this season,
Mower county officials were able to
gravel 80 miles of highway and still
keep within the appropriation. A. c,
White, county engineer, says that had
the "a foot surface been graveled the
county could have finished only AZ
miles.
Owatonna - Eleven Steele county
communities are taking part in dairy
extension work, throug'- which the
county farm bureau hopes to better
feeding methods and milk and butter.
fat production during the coming year.
Dairy experts from the state univer
sity are instructing unit heads who
are in turn instructing the farm Clubs
which they represent.
Rochester Resolutions requesting
the United States to grant $2O,00O,0OO
to Germany for the purpose OF food
for famine sufferers and that the Unit
ed States government loan Germany
an additional $15O,O00,000 to be ex.
pended in this country for food sup
plies were passed at mass meeting
of several hundred citizens here.
Gilbert Mark Nolan of Gilbert, a
senior lawyer, won the Breen medal
for oratory in the annual competition
at the University of Notre Dame. Mr..
Nolan spoke on 1.-THE Guardian of the
Constitution" and during his discourse
defended the United States supreme
court from the attacks being made
against it.
Hibbinq - One of the biggest real
estate deals made here in recent
months was concluded when Mayor
Victor Power bought the Peterson Nor.
tenson farm, located near this village.
The consideration was not announced,
but, as Mr.. Mortenson asked $4,000
for the place short time ago. it Is
supposed the price paid is somewhere
in that neighborhood.
HadIey = Two bandits entered the
State bank at Hadley, forced the as
sistant cashier, E. F. Oberg, into the
vault at the point of gun and es
capped with approximately $500. The
bandits, who were unmasked, appeared
very nervous, overlooking $4,000 in
bonds and several hundred dollars in
currency, in their haste to depart. Au
thorities believe the men to be nov
| ices.
MadeIia-Dr. F. L. Bregel of st
James was elected president OF the
Watonwan County Medical association
at its quarterly meeting here.
| Thief Rive. Falls-The new Great
Northern railroad station, built to re-