The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1923-04-06

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WiIlmar-Erection of new II room
schoolhouse is being considered here.
Options on a block of ground near the
present school building has been OBJ
tanned by the board of education.
ortonville-Rev. Melvin o. Andrews
OF Wheaton, has accepted call to Our
Saviour's Lutheran church of Benson,
succeeding Congressman-elect o. ].
Kvale.
Maynard-A hens egg measuring
S12 by inches was exhibited here by
Ole Glevre, who said it was laid by one
of his Leghorns. When broken, it was
found to contain an ordinary white and
yolk and also a small perfect egg with
a hard shell.
Tracy-The heavy movement of
hogs from this section of the state
| shows a great transformation on the
farms in the last few years. Since
Jan. 1 two Tracy firms have shipped
1879 hogs to market, for which they
have received total of $171,99S.
WiIlmar-The alumni of the Uni
versity of Minnesota residing in Kan
| diyohi county at their banquet here
organized a unit which will have a
membership of $50 alumni and former
students. E. B., Pierce, general sec
! rotary of the alumni association and
former registrar at the university, ad-
dressed the gathering.
Whether junior college
will be in operation when the next fall
term of school opens in Austin will
be decided at a meeting of the board
of education. Further information is
being obtained so that the board may
have more data before it.
Duluth-Methods of procedure oc-
cupied the first day of the hearing
before District Judge w. A. Cant, on
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.
Fairmont-Fairmonts new $4,000
fire truck got its first country run
when the department was called to
put out fire on the w. /. Boyce farm,
northeast of town. The truck, with
Is men aboard, made the run of 31a
miles in Is minutes. The flames were
extinguished by emptying the 40 gal
lon tank of chemical into a burning
cornscrib.
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 Cir
Scouts of this city at the fourth an
nual convention in Washington April
II to 25.
acknowledgements college of this
city entered upon a new program OF
expansion when the board of trustees
closed a deal for the purchase of Sc
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.
Observation-Disclosures water and light
plant will have cheap fuel for the nekt
few months as the result of the
wrecking of coal train in the Omaha
railway yards here. Breaking of &
bar on one of the cars sent IL cars
into the ditch and tore up 500 feet o.
a n =, Il,
ing crews were pulling the cars from
the ditch the city authorities nego
tiated with the railroad officials fol
the purchase of the coal. A total O.
GIG tons were bought at $44S ton
VeteransvilIe-Plans are under con
federation to provide the disabled vet
Grams at Veteransville and Silver Stat
with permanently established gov
: eminent physician. Five veteran.
with their families have just arrived
from South Dakota. Fifteen more ar,
expected any day from Wisconsin. A
number of others from Missouri ant
Iowa are planning to make these set
telements their future home.
Crookston-As result of the meet
Ing of the Red River Valley Develop
ment association, heads of a numbe
of the city's leading concerns took &C
ton to put Crookston definitely il
lines with the movement launched t,
! strengthen the Development associa
ton throughout the valley. Strength
ening of the associations resource
and membership, it is claimed, will
make possible more effective work TO
the valley in the matter of freigh
rates transportation service, and tn
upbuilding Of the reputation of tn
valleys products, grain and potatoe
in particular.
WiIlmar-Mark Madigan of Buffalo
who is employed in construction worl
on the new Catholic church at Mapl
Lake, fell 35 feet from a scaffold t
the concrete floor and was only slight
. ly injured.
Thief River Falls-Myrtle Hedge
land, Myrtle Krause, and Hazel Kraus
will represent the Thief River Fall
high school at the bread baking cor
test at Crookston on April 5 at tn
l. Junior short course week Nine school
will be represented at this elimination
contest and the winning team will pal
ticipate in the contest at the state fai
next September,