The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1924-09-05
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eran church confirmation classes was
conducted with more than 800 con-
firmants present. Confirmation class
es dating back to 1862 were in attend
ance.
Red Wing-With the Red Wing
Chamber of Commerce taking the
lead, movement is under way here
to raise funds by voluntary subscrip-
tion for the sufferers by the hah
ortonvilIe-The most important
farm sale to be made in the Orion.
vile territory since the boom of
few years back, occurred when F. A.
Zehringer disposed Of his quarter Sec
ton. The consideration was $4,000.
MeIrose-The state is paying for an
Is foot wide pavement on State High
way No. 8, which runs through Mel
rose, but Melrose citizens have made
an additional contract with Ostrand
and Hallett to pave the entire width
of the main business thoroughfare.
Minneapolis-The resignation Of NJ.
l.. Harvey, group prohibition enforce
ment chief, to become an inspector
in the intelligence Unit of the Inter-
nal Revenue department at Chicago,
was announced by S. B. Qvale, state
prohibition director.
Red Wing-After touching off
charge of nitroglycerin, which blew
the safe in the district branch office
of the Standard Oil Company to bits,
bandits hurriedly left the scene with
out taking $1,000 in cash from the
cashbox.
Little Falls-Oscar Rydquist, butter.
maker for the Farmers Cooperative
creamery in this city, won second
place in the butter exhibits at the
Morrison county fair, with a score Of
49A, Albert West, of Motley, scored
first with 94B.
Minneapolis Northern Pacific
railway company has taken out
group insurance policy on $4,000 en-
ployes, it was disclosed This is said
to be the largest group policy ever
written in the Northwest and the third
largest written in the United States.
The policy is for approximately $780,
100000 of insurance.
SIayton-Work on the foundation for
the monument to mark the graves OF
the settlers at Lake Shetek who were
killed by the Indians in the massacre
of 1861 is about completed and it is
expected the monument will be set up
by October 1. Thirteen Shetek pio-
| neers were massacred.
st. Paul-Bishop Charles Bayard
Mitchell took formal leave of the st.
Paul area of the Methodist Episcopal
church, of which he has been head for
eight years. His address of farewell
was largely story of his relations
with Bishop Charles Edward Locke.
retiring head of the Manila, P. l.. area.
| with whom he is exchanging posts.
ST. PauI-Bumper crops in Minnesota
enabled bankers of the state to lay
plans for the re-opening of 25 bankS
that failed during the serious depres-
sion period of the past several years.
A. J. Veigel state superintendent OF
banks, announced: Losses to deposit
tors will be paid back on an install
ment plan. y1
Fergus Falls-Frog catching is be
coming a real business in the neigh.
borhood of Underwood, and is even
more profitable than threshing wheat
at S125 bushel With frogs selling
at % and 80 cents a pound, people
are putting in their spare time catch
ing them and some citizens are re-
ported to have made as high as $40 to
$50 day.
AIbany-A six weeks intensive cam
paign has been started in Stearns
county to place pure-bred sire at the
head of every herd. Although spon.
sored by the Minnesota Holstein
Breeders association, the effort is not
being put onward to place any speci-
f1c breed of cattle. but rathc- to get
purebred sires to head the cattle
herds.
Worthington-War on Sunday dane
| ing throughout Minnesota will be con.
Quoted by the Minnesota Women's
Christian Temperance Union from
now until the next legislative session.
when the union will ask law per-
manently barring Sunday dances. Of
fcers announced at the close of their
annual state convention.
Hibbing-It is learned here that
Shriners of Duluth and the iron range
towns are planning the erection OF
clubhouses for the use of Shrine mem.
bers at three lakes. The bodies OF
water selected for the location of the
clubhouses are said to be Esquagama,
Fokegama and Mile Laos. located re.
spectively at Gilbert, Grand Rapids
and on the highway to Minneapolis.
Red Lake Falls-Seventy farmers
and business men attending a meet
ing at the court house here to discu
the sugar beet situation in this To-
cality and to ascertain sentiments to-
wards building lew sugar refinery
at East Grand Forks A committee
will be appointed to canvass the COM
munity and see how much stock can
be subscribed.
Ortonville-Chinese ringneck pleas.
ants within the county of Big Stone.
will be protected from hunters this
season, If Governor Preus acts favor
ably upon a petition being circulated
among the sportsmen of this county
The petition asks that closed season
be ordered. as the pheasants have not
increased sufficiently In numbers and
cites the effect of the severe winter
of 1922. when hundreds of the birds
were frozen to death.