The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1923-03-30
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He was opposed by Inez M. Gardner.
Ely-Steel for an so foot fire look
but tower is being hauled to Fern
burg hill, high point IS miles east
Of Ely, under the supervision of RAN
ger Frank Carney of the Superior ma
| sional forest staff
Oiivia-Floyd G. Hathaway of Graf
ton, N. D., has been elected county
agent, succeeding w. X. Dyer, who
resigned to take a position with the
joint stock loan bank.
| Owatonna-SteeIe county bankers
are planning to send big delegation
to Rochester Monday and Tuesday.
May Ia and Is, to attend the annual
meeting of the First District group,
Minnesota State Bankers association.
Plans for the district activities at the
state convention in June are to be
made at the meeting.
| Hibblng-Local florists and agricul-
tural departments of the local schools
are planning tree planting week to
be held in the village early in May.
Every effective agency in the commu-
nifty will work in helping to plant
trees. The American Legion, fores-
try department, park board of schools
will be asked to assist.
Thief River FalIs-A special meet.
| ing of the sugar beet committee was
held in the local commercial club
rooms. All contracts and applications
| for sugar beet acreage were examined
and most of them approved. There
are approximately eight hundred
signed up in the vicinity of Thief
/ River Falls.
st. James-The board of county
commissioners will defray one-third
of the expense of Lowering the Mad
eda-La Sale road at the intersection
with the Omaha railway east Of
Madeda for an overhead crossing Of
fered by the railroad and warehouse
commission. Madeda village and Ma
deda township will each pay one
third of the expense of lowering the
road.
Two Harbors-At the village cleo
ton, M. B. Brickley was elected may
or; w. J. Tranah, treasurer; Edward
Kronman, alderman at large; Dennis
Dawn, municipal Judge; George Spur
beck, special Judge; G. E. Anderson,
| alderman, first ward; G.. S. Locker,
alderman, second ward; Oscar Beck
man, alderman, third ward; Gust Nell
| son, alderman, fourth ward, and A. G.
| Johnson, assessor.
MinneapoIis-New plans to serve
the Ford manufacturing plant at the
high dam, offered as a substitute for
the Milwaukee railroad trackage pro-
gram. would upset 100000 expan-
sion plan outlined by Milwaukee road
officials, which call for building a
direct connecting line between the
district south of Lake street in Min
neapolis and the Ford plant, and the
erection of a new Mississippi river
railroad bridge, ]. H. Foster, general
superintendent of the northern divi-
sion of that railroad said.
ST. CIoud-Word received here
gives little hope that the date of the
| state high school defamation contest
|
conflict with the state basketball tour.
nament. The State Defamation
league last week announced the finals
would be conducted in Minneapolis.
March 20, which is the last day of the
basketball tournament. Donald Barr,
Tech student, who will represent the
school at both events will be up
against knotty problem, if the Tech
basketeers survive the elimination
| contests.
owatonna-Dr. v. H. J. Lerrigo, for
mer secretary of the American Bap
fist Foreign mission society, address
ed the meeting of the So1thcentral
Minnesota Baptists district mission.
| ary rally on the subject. World
Tasks of Northern Baptists." His
speech closed the rally at the Bap.
| fist church. The meeting wassattend-
ed by 200 from this city, Mankato.
| Albert Lea, Blooming Prairie and
/ Clinton Falls. Rev. Lerrigo advocat-
ed a great religious drive in Russia.
Misunderstanding open three doors,
instead of one, so that they could
carry out their bulky loot more rapid.
| ly. automobile bandits raided the
Hamel service garage, and escaped
with accessories, tire tubes, and cas-
ings, valued at more than $500. Hamel
is 16 miles west of Minneapolis on the
Rockford road. Deputy sheriffs were
notified of the robbery shortly after
Clarence Hays, proprietor, went to
his place of business for the day. They
organized a gun squad and began
search for the bandits.
Northfield-Fifty Oles have an
swered Captain "Ponzi" Putzier's first
call for baseball candidates to prac-
tice in the st. Olaf gymnasium. In
door practice is scheduled daily I'M
til warm weather appears. The new
men will be divided into groups with
an assistant coach in charge of each.
Most of the freshmen trying out have
| had experience on town and high
school teams, and much of the mate
rial is promising. Among the upper
classmen there are no available pit
cheers. unless Gully" Swanson should
decide to try out for the Job. Seven
lettermen reported including Pulitzer,
who will play second and Swanson.
last years shortstop.
Owatonna-A. ]. Boshart, city as.
SCISSOR of Owatonna, has resigned and
E. II. Lippert has been elected to sue.
coed him. j. H. Brahtz of ST. Paul
was named consulting engineer for
the erection of a new 100000 gallon
capacity steel stand pipe. The pipe
will cost between 100000 and $4,000
DuTuth-That an order providing
xor the vacation of the north 40 of the
/ ,11o 90 II;hhino would mean sacri.