The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1923-02-23

SprIngfield-Bids VIII BE opened for
new church for st. Paul's Evangel-
! zeal Lutheran congregation of this
i city. The structure will be 62x119
feet, with steeple rising to height
of 119 feet. The building will cost
between 100000 and $4,000, and will
seat 1,200 people.
Red Wing-After a survey OF the
situation Louis P. Wolff. an engineer
of st. Paul employed by the city, has
made report to the city council adj
Vlsing that an electric light and power
plant can be constructed and maintain
ed by the city with a fair prospect of
reducing rates as the business grows.
Albert lea-The modern consolidat.
ed school building of Freeborn village
has been opened Five new buses
carry the children 10 and from school.
One feature of the new school is a COM
plete high school course The building
was constructed at cost of $4,000.
| Siayton-The sale of Cameron
township farm is good evidence that
this section is recovering from the re-
cent slump in the price of real estate.
Gus Ziemon has just sold a 100 acre
farm three mile north of Lake Wilson
to Fred Helmke at 1928 per acre.
owatonna-Officer were elected by
the Owatonna Shrine club at their
annual meeting here. G. A. Tincher
was elected president; M. X. Brown,
vicepresident; Will Il. Darby, secre-
tary and G. B. Bennett. treasurer.
Rushford = Constantine Nestande,
representing Lanesboro High school,
was the winner in the boys division in
the sub-district declamatory contest
between Spring Valley, Preston,
Lanesboro, Houston and Rushford.
Thelma Berg, Rushford, won the girls
contest. These two will represent
these schools in the district contest
| on March e.
Pipestone-Since the controversy
| has come up concerning the number
of past masters Masonic lodges have
in the cities of Minnesota the Masons
! of Pipestone have been doing some
/ investigation. 1t is found that the
Pipestone Masonic lodge has 25 past
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residents of Pipestone-
| Hummelshine, overcome by mon
oxide gas while he was in his garage
with the engine of his car running.
Paul Schoenauer of this town was
rescued after he fell the third time,
by girl who called to advise him Of
a long distance telephone call. Mr..
/ Sphnnno,,a- Fol 70 hn
overcome, and when he revived and
| stood up to reach his coat he was
again overcome. He was unconscious
when found by the telephone girl, but
! soon revived.
| WiImar-The Northwestern Bell
Telephone company of Wlllmar, will
ask the railroad and warehouse com.
mission for permission to raise the
telephone rates. The company is re-
quested by the council to put the wires
under ground, job that will cost the
company more than $4,000. Accord
ing to John Williams, manager, the
company is making only 3 per cent on
| its present investment.
Little FaIIs-The fifteenth district
Minnesota Cooperative Creamery as
ISOLATION, will have it's annual meet
| ing in Little Falls Thursday, Feb. %.
About 100 delegates are expected to
! attend the meeting. A. ]. MCGUIRE OF
st. Paul, is expected to preside and
several other prominent dairymen
will attend, among them V. Lockwood
| of Motley, director of the state asso-
| citation.
| Albert Lea-The first session of the
district court with Judge N. E. Peter
son presiding for the first time, con.
vened here. Judge Peterson was ap-
pointed by Governor ]. A. o. Preua
to succeed the late Ralph Parker Of
Spring Valley, who died recently at
| Rochester
Albert Lea-Officials of the South.
ern Minnesota Gas & Electric com
pany announced the purchase of the
gas plant of the Rochester Utility com
pany at Rochester. The Rochester
plant has about 2,100 patrons and 8
capacity three times that of the AL
bert Lea plant The company also an
nounced the purchase of the Iowa-Min.
nesota Power company, which for some
| time has been under the direct man
agement of the Southern Minnesota
| Gas & Electric company. This new
acquisition will add 80 towns in Iowa
and southern Minnesota to the South
! ern Minnesota Gas & Electric com.
pany. The headquarters of the com
| pany will be retained in Albert Lea.
ST. Paul-Governor Preus has called
farmers and all others interested in
our agricultural welfare, to give their
aid and support to a conference of
| farmers, bankers, business men and
| public officials of the states of North
| Dakota, South Dakota. Montana, Iowa,
| Wiconsin, Nebraska, Kansas, Illinois,
! Michigan and Minnesota to consider
the means of stabilizing prices of
farm products and thus remedying the
deplorable condition in which agricuL
| ture now finds ITSELF There has been
organized Minnesota Farmers-Bank
ers Council, made up of two persons
| from each agricultural district Mem
| bers of this Council, farm bureau Off
Gals and others interested in agri.
| culture, have joined in a call for
Northwest Agricultural Price Stabili-
cation Conference, to be held in Saint
Paul, February 81 and 2S.
| Thief River Falls The move
ment for the establishment of Y. M.
c.. A. branch in Thief River Falls is
meeting with marked encouragement
on every hand. At meeting for the
purpose of organization the committee