The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1923-12-07

NorthfieId-C. e. Wales was elected
president Of the Waterford Farmers
club at its annual meeting.
Observation-Disclosures of the First
Methodist church here are making
elaborate preparations for the dedica'
ton of new $4,000 pipe organ.
Pipestone - The members of the
Zion Evangelical church of this city
are making plans for the celebration
of the 18th anniversary of their or
ganization.
Hibbing = Investors holding more
han $4,000 worth of Hibbing warrants
IN various parts of the country. have
overlooked the various calls issued by
the village treasurer. Interest on
them has been stopped
tiibbing Phil Stone, former com.
ty attorney, has resigned from the
state attorney generals office be-
cause of i'll health Mr. Stone is now
in Morris. Mimi. He was advised by
his physicians to give up the practice
of law for at least year.
Northfied = Torger G. Thomson,
prominent Dane county. Wisconsin,
farmer, has left $4,000 to st. Olaf
college through his will. The money
is to be used to assist needy Scandi-
navian students in attending the COL
lege.
Rochester = Miss Mavorette ]. Ru-
bert, Rochester's queen of beauty"
who is an entry in the national beauty
contest to be held at Madison Square
Garden, New York, for the east. She
will go to Washington to meet Presi-
dent Coolidge and then to New York.
Fairmont = Frederick w. Betz. aged
81, prominent in state politics, died
suddenly at his home here. Betz for
merly was postmaster here, was q
colonel on former Governor Van SAINTS
staff and was delegate to national
republican convention.
Jasper-W. R. Kingston. the last
Jasper surviving veteran of the Civil
war, is dead as the result of stroke
of paralysis. Kingston was member
of Company F. First Regiment, Mime
sofa Volunteers, enSsting on March
25, 1865.
Thief River Falls : Heavy ship
ments of poultry through Thief River
Falls is reported by the express COM
pany. Since the 18th of this month
an average of 100000 pounds per
day was shipped or transferred
through the office
Minneapolis Sale of the Robert
Hall farm at Balaton, Lyon county, on
the basis of S165 an acre, was the out
standing transfer of Minnesota farm
lands as reported to the Minnesota
Realty association. The farm com.
'prises 80 acres, and was purchased by
]. H. Kibbe OF Curlew, Iowa.
Austin = The first highway project
in Mower county constructed by funds
secured under the Babcock law is COM
pleted. 1t s on highway No. 8, be.
tween Austin and Grand Meadow, on
which 10000 yards of gravel were used.
The work was completed at cost of
about $4,000.
Albert Lea 3. J. Johnson, a farm
er, brought to town an ear of corn
containing 99S perfect kernels and
eight imperfect kernels, a total of
1,0O6 kernels. Mr. Johnson challenges
any farmer in the county to produce
an ear of corn as well developed and
with anywhere near that many
kernels.
Owatonna All members of 8
charter commission, composed of Is
N hx,n ri nt
Judge F. w. Sem. have finally quaii-
fed to revise the city charter The
principal change will provide for the
appointment of public utilities COM
mission to operate the proposed light,
powier and heating plant.
Marshall At meeting of the
directors of the newly organized Mar
shall Farmers Cooperative Creamery
company, a decision was made to pur-
chase the property Of the Marshall
Creamery company for consideration
of $4,000 The new company has 200
stockholders and 1000 cows have been
signed for.
Owatonna The rural carriers of
the Owatonna postoffice will begin to
take the fall pig survey of Steele
county. Pig surveys are made by the
rural carriers on thousands of farms
in each state on June l to Dec. 1 of
each year, which shows facts concern
ing hog production, for the use of the
federal department of agriculture
Chisholm = The Lake Superior Tax
association has entered another pro-
test to the supreme court levy set by
the school board. claiming that the
levy set this year exceeded the legal
amount by $4,000. The population in
the school district was 300 in 1920
which at $50 per capita, totals $685..
$40, instead of the $658.790. which was
levied this year.
inneapoIis-The Northern Pacific
railway is preparing to spend $4,000,
600 in improvements in the next three
years, Charles Donelly, president OF
the road, told the interstate com
merce commissions railroad rate in
vestigating committee.
Grand Rapids-This city, which de
dicated new s250,000 high school
now has two of the finest high schools
of their class in this section of Min
nesota. The district served by these
schools is one of the most unusual in
the United States, according to edu
Gators, as rarts of the district arc ~
Itch