The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1924-11-28


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Austin-During the four days Of the
twenty-sixth annual Mower County
Poultry Show, which opened here, 90
local merchants will cooperate in a
bargain festival"
Thief River FaIIs-Thomas H. Chit
tick, chief clerk in the postoffice, at
ter Is years services here, has been
made a postal inspector with head
quarters at Spokane, effective at once.
East Grand Forks-Men excavating
for the building of the Red River Val
ley Sugar Company plan to finish
their work soon enough so that the
warehouse for storing sugar can be
completed soon after January /.
Tracy-Workmen are constructing a
high line from Slayton to this city
to connect with the electric light
plant here which was recently pur'
chased by the Northern States Power
Company.
chatfieId--At the Olmstead County
Sunday School convention here, the
following officers were elected: H. T.
Thurber, Chatfield, president; Miss
Lucille Lille, Chatfeld, secretary AMI
C. w. Shepherd, Rochester, treasurer.
Madison-To be thrown half way
through the windshield of his sedan
and remain in that position while his
car rolled down 10 foot embank-
mert, was the expe- .ence Of Arnold
Lee of Madison.
Fergus Faiis-The case of Cal-Falls
tax rate, for the coming year will be
reduced from 70 mills, the rate this
year, to 71.80 mills. Both the city
and the schools made reductions in
estimates for running expenses.
StiIIwater-Mrs. Maria Bolles, pio'
neer of pioneers in the st. CroiA val
ley, died at Lakeview Memorial hos
pital here, SO years old. Mrs. Bolles
came to what is now Saltwater on
June &c, 1841.
ACKNOWLEDGMENT has started on
Alexandria's new $4,000 theater
which is being built for the Jacobson
Peterson Company OF this city. The
structure will have seating capa
city of 700.
Maple Bay-Helmsr Gudmunson, Is
years old, walked from Bagley to
Crookston, a distance of Is miles fol-
the purpose of being examined by ply
sicians, and dropped dead in the ply
sician's office. The cause was given
as heart disease, exaggerated by exer
ton.
Rochester-The Rochester-Twin CT
ties state highway will be kept open
for automobile, bus and truck traf.
fic this winter, even though there are
heavy SHOWS. Snow fences, similar to
those erected aong railroad rights OF
way are being set up.
ST. James-The total business OF
creameries in this county for 1923 was
$727,951.4 AT, according to figures re
Gently made public by Chris Heen
state dairy and food commissioner
This includes the business of nine CO
operative and two privately owned
creameries.
Crookston-The receiver for the
Merchants National Bank has bid in
the buildings OF the Northwestern Min
nesota Fair Oh an execution to satisfy
a claim for some $1,000 which the
bank held against the fair association
There are other claims against the as
ISOLATION amounting 1 all to about
81, 1000. exclusive of the claim of the
bank.
MISUNDERSTANDING that the Ninth
Rotary district conference in Hibbing
April %, "a, 1925, will be the biggest
Rotary convention ever conducted in
the northwest. Edward Flynn, st
Paul, addressing the chairman of the
convention committee at banquet
rendered in his honor, stated that /.
500 Rotarians from the two Dakotas
Wisconsin and Mimi ssota, will be in
attendance.
ST. Paul-County organizations were
perfected all ever the state as the
brief can paign for funds for a me
mortal statue for the late Knute Rel
son opened. Citizens were asked tt
contribute small sums so the entire
state will be represente:. in the me
mortal to be erected on the State
Capitol grounds. The mpaign vii
be for two weeks, and the goa- set il
$4,000.
Mankato-W r. Adams of this city
has been appointed supervisor of the
fifth district of Minnesota by the Uni
ted States department of commerce
and will take the census of agricul
ture this winter, starting about De
cember. The following counties viii
be comprised in the census: Blue
Earth, Brown, Cottonwood. Faribault
Jackson, LIE Sueur, Lincoln, Lyon
Martin, Nicollet. Pipestone. Mobiles
Redwood. Rock. Waseca. and Walton
wan.
Observation-Disclosures Of all stool
in the closed Citizens State Bank Of
GAINESVILLE to depositors and the pay
ment of a 100 per cent assessment
thereon by the former owners was ef
fected at a meeting of 6epositors and
| stockholders here.
Thief River Falls-President Cool
| idge was urged to raise the presen
tariff on butter TO II cents a pound
temporarily until Congress- can inves
/ tigate the matter thoroughly, in reso
] lutions adopted by the Red Rive,
Valley Dair7mens association at tn.
closing session OF its 25th annual con
yention.