The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1923-04-13
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construct a new waterpower tower
here. The bonds, the courcil agreed
will be issued in one month.
Hibbins-Mayor Victor Power and
his council, elected at the recent vii
lage election, have taken offices. May
or Power announced the appointments
for village offices and all were ap-
proved by the council.
Brainerd-Con O'Brien was elected
mayor of Brainerd by majority OF
247 votes at, the city election, accord
ing to unoffi ial returns made public.
He defeated o. ]. Bouma.
WilImar-V. E. Lawson, three times
mayor of this city, lost to c. w. ODell
! by a 10 vote margin Lawson had the
Endorsement of labor. The council will
have a majority of labor members.
Brainerd-The body of 6 year old
Wilbert Bike, son of Andrew Bike.
who drowned Dec. 81 in coasting
accident on the Mississippi river, was
found ITO feet south of the old swim
ming hole. The body was coated
with mud in four feet of water.
Winona-Announcem was made
of the election of L. w. Smock of this
| city as master of Winona chapter,
Rose Croix No. 5, Scottish Rite Ma.
osns, to succeed C. n. Morse, who.
after holding the office 13 years, de-
clined to accept reelection.
owatonna-A complete revision of
| schedules over its entire system will
| take place on April 20, wheE the Chi.
cago & Northwestern railway replaces
two trains on it's line running through
this city in compliance with a recent
order to the state railway and ware.
house commission.
International Falls-At a meeting
here addressed by Miss Marjorie Ed
gar, regional director of Minnesota
Girl Scouts, Miss Loretta O'Connor
was selected to represent the Girl
Scouts of this city at the fourth an.
nual convention in Washington April
II to 25.
DuIuth-Methods of procedure oc
cupied the first day of the hearing
4
the petition of mining companies ask.
| ing that the north 40' of the village
of Hibbing be vacated. The hearing
will be resumed when introduction OF
evidence is expected to begin.
MantorviiIe-Herbert Childs was
named to head the Mantorville Com
mercial club at its annual meeting
here Other officers selected were
Miss L. Ruth, vice president, and H.
L. Bergy, secretary-treasurer. The
club plans to back the organization OF
a band and a weekly summer concert
series.
DuIuth-3acked by the Better Gov.
eminent council, DR.. Oliver S. Olson
former newspaper man, and w. Har'
low Fischer, an engineer, were named
at city primary to serve four years
as city commission ers. The defeated
candidates are Commissioners James
A. Farrell and ". F. Murnian, who
were candidates to succeed them
selves.
: Moorhead-Concordia college Of THU
city entere> upon new program o.
expansion when the board of trustee:
closed a deal for the purchase of 6;
acres of land, two blocks from the
present campus, which is to become
the future campus of the school The
athletic field will be located on the
new site at once, trees will be planted
and all buildings to be erected in the
future will be located there.
Minneapolis While three secret
group indictments charging nearly {
score of twin city business men, attor
tion in the sale or possessioc of bonds
stolen in daring maj robberies
throughout the country, totaling mil
lions of dollars, were being returned
by the federal grand jury, United
States secret service operatives an(
postal inspectors were testifying be
fore the jury regarding the recovery
here of $4,000 in currency taken il
the sensational Denver mint robbery
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. to obtain e;
fair and reasonable" settlement TO
, the timber lands owned by Chippew;
Indians on the Minnesota nationa
forest which, according to an Appraisal
made by a special committee to tn,
| secretary of the interior, Jan. 16 last
are worth $1,490,195.50, E. l.. Rogers
as legal representative of the Indians
has addressed an appeal to Presiden
Harding urging that the government
: disregard the report and arrange
| new appraisal for the timber an,
/ lands which he estimates to be wortl
mot less than 100000" Rogers i
3 county attorney for Cass county.
4 ST. PauI-Minnesota farm land tax
t es jumped 146 per Get from 1913 t
: 1922, according to figures made publi
: by the United States department o
D agriculture crop reporting service
Minnesota farmers paid an average o
! 81 cents tax an acre for every acr'
= listing as farm land in 1922, and 3
y cents an acre in 1914, the statistic
r show. The percentage of increase il
: the period was greater than that o
S Michigan, Wisconsin, Iowa and Mis-
i souri,. The average tax an acre re
l mains less than that of the first tire
e states made, however. The percen
a age increase is less than that of eithe
S South or North Dakota and not muc
J. larger than the average for the cour
try.
81 Whether junior colleg
i will be in operation when the next ia
; term of school opens in Austin wi
/ be decided at meeting of the boar
a of education. Further information
4 being obtained so that the board ma
!. have more data before it.
WIIlmar-The alumni of the Uh
: versity of Minnesota residing in Kal
= diyohi county at their banquet her