The Ely miner., 1924-07-11

issue $4,000 in bonds for the erection
OF new water tank and the sinking
of well for the waterworks system.
Moorhead-Frank A. Catlin, 68
years old, of GAINESVILLE, Mimi. engi-
aeer of the Great Northern railroad
for 43 years died suddenly Of heart
disease.
LakefieId-Ruth Tallman of rural
school district No. sc, is the champion
speller of Jackson county. carrying off
drst honors in both the written and
oral tests In the annual match here.
st. PauI-The postoffice department
has announced new Minnesota post
masters as follows: Raymond p.
Erickson, Franklin; Henry o. Halver-
son, Gonvick; George E. Van Buren,,
Leroy; Norman L. Swanson, Moose
lake; Carrie B. Quinn, Wells.
Rochester-Acting the request of
the public utilities board, the city
council authorized that body to go
ahead with the purchase of the water
rights of the Rochester Milling COM
pany in North Rochester. The ex-
penditure will be $3S,685.
Mankato-Two men are dead. and
two others injured, one perhaps fat
ally as the result of an automobile
wreck 10 miles northeast Of here. The
car, running at high speed, went off
the road and into ditch.
Worthinston-A reorganization of
the Worthirgton National bank has
been effected by the sale of $4,000 in
new stock to 80 business men of this
city. The new capital invested in the
bank makes it one of the strongest
financial institutions in this section of
che state
Hbbing-Scranton mine has begun
shipping ore after being shut down
for several weeks while slide in the
north bank which dislocated tracks
was repaired. South Agnew, a new
shaft mine, is increasing its under
ground crew, indicating improved bust.
ness conditions.
DuIuth-Establishm of veter-
ans pavilion at the Minnesota State
Fair won the Endorsement of delegates
to the state encampment of the Vet
Grams of Foreign Wars, which adjourn.
ed here after selecting Mankato as
the 1925 meeting place. The building
is proposed to cost $4,000.
Wells Probably the oldest woman
to cast vote in this part of Mime
sofa was Mrs. Mary Di6ble. 81. She
has been a resident of Minnesota for
&c years, first in Fillmore county and
later coming to Faribault county. Her
father fought In the Revolutionary
war.
Eveleth--A Safe Drivers club in
Eveleth has enrolled more than 100
after a three-days' cam
paign. Those who enroll sign a
pledge to drive carefully at all tim IS,
obey the laws, pause a all railroad
crossings, protect the lives of chill
dren, and obey traffic signs and Off
GERS
Windom-After suffering for week
from injuries sustained when he was
bitten by rat, Jacob Jenzen died
at his home near Mountain Lake. Jen-
zen was catching rats in his corn
crib when huge rodent caught him
In the hand, biting him near the
thumb. Blood poison resulted from
the injury.
Windom-The death of Dewain
Cook at the hospital in Mountain
Lake few days ago, removes one of
the pioneers Of Cottonwood county
and one of the best known and most
successful fruit growers in the north
west In the early '70s. Mr.. Cook
came to this section in Dale township.
For several years he was q member
of the state board of horticulture
Red Wing-Judge Albert Johnson,
in decision filed in district court.
orders that the temporary Injunction
granted last winter to D. NJ Neill, tax
payer, restraining the city of Red
Wing from selling s350,OO0 worth of
light and power bonds and preventing
the city from constructing such a
plant, be made permanent The tenn
porary Injunction was appealed to the
state supreme court by the city and
sustained there.
St. PauI-Minnesota state banks are
on a sounder financial footing today
than ON the same day year ago. and
the banking business is looking up"
the most serious depression
since 1893, A. ]. Veigel, superintel-
lent of the state banking departmeut
disclosed. A good crop in the north
west this year is all that is needed
TO point the way to normalcy. A to-
tai of 1892 state banks are doing
business today after weathering the
depression storm and emerging from
1t on financial footing that is re-
strong, he said
ST. James-Ten thousand persons
attended the Farm Bureau and Game
and Fish CLUB picaic at Otto Howe
farm on the shores of Long Lake near
here. ]. F. Reed, president of the
State Farm Bureau Federation, spoke
for the Farm Bureau, laying stress on
the importance of the passage of the
-Haugen bill before agriculture
can be restored to par with other
business. Louis Benshoff, editor of
the Detroit (Minn) Herald, for the
Watonwan Game and Fish club, made
q plea for the strict enforcement of
the game and fish laws to preserve
good fishing for the next generation.