The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1924-04-04

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Duluth-A cut of 81 to $3.50 tor
in the retail price of pea coal has
been announced by the retail coal
dealers here.
| OWatonna - Women studying home
management under the home depart
ment of the Steele county farm bu
reau will have an Achievement day
program and exhibit here on May 16
Kenyon - The old church edifice at
Holden, north of Kenyon, will be auc
toned to clear the grounds for the
new $4,000 structure to be erected
this summer on the site of the old
church.
Lanesboro = The farmers of this
locality have taken into their own
hands the matter of Farmers CO
| operative creamery and have recently
set in motion the machinery to begin
the enterprise.
Detroit-The old planning mill, fol
many years a landmark here, has been
sold and will be torn down this spring
| to make site for a modern business
| building in which a new firm will con
duct business in building material
Waconia - Two pedigreed German
police dogs strayed out to field neal
this city. A farmer saw them, mis-
taking them for wolves, called UT
| nearby neighbors who formed posse
with shotguns and killed them BOTH
Northfied - The annual meeting OF
the Mortified Holstein club was con
Quoted here with an attendance of ap
proximately so members. General bust
ness conditions as pertaining to the
Holstein and dairy industry were dis
cussed.
Moorhead = Yards of the Great
Northern at GAINESVILLE will be en-
larged this year at total cost of ap
proximately $165,0O0, according to
word received here. Work is to start
in about a month and be finished be
fore fall.
WiIImar-During 1924 the people OF
Willmar will pay $206,000 in state.
county, city and school taxes on a
property valuation of $2,305.400. This
includes 100000 school tax and $685.
600 city tax. Total taxes paid by Kan
diyohi county will reach 100000 on a
valuation of $16,000,000.
Blooming Prairie-The Blooming
Prairie Livestock Shipping association
voted to incorporate at its annual
meeting here, members instructing the
board Of directors to prepare articles
and to call special meeting for their
consideration and adoption.
Lamberton = Henry Zachte, who
collapsed on the street following an
nouncement of the closing of the Lam
berton State bank of which he was a
director, has been committed to The
hospital for the insane at st. Peter. He
is a wealthy farmer, living north OF
town.
Red Wing = The Goodhue Couny
Securities company is the name OF a
new corporation formed here. 1t is
capitalized at 100000, and will DO 9
general security business. Bernard
Gerlach is president, c. ]. Sargent
vice president and F. S. O'Neill sec
Tetary-treasurer.
Virginia - The date for the dedica
ton ceremonies which will open Vir
ginia's new city hall and recreationa
buildings has been set for April 10, il
was announced by officers of the j
Burt Pratt post of the American LIE
gion, under whose auspices the build
ing will be formally opened.
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liable tract of hardwood timber in the
northern part of the state will be taken
over, is said to be one of the reasons
| for the visit of party of middle wes
and eastern hardwood lumber manu-
| facturers to Deer River and vicinity
| The tract, now held in reserve. is
expected to be made available soon.
Lonu Prairie - Four hundred Tod6
county farmers will sow $4,000 pounds
| of alfalfa and sweet clover seed as &
result of a campaign just closed by
| the farm department of the Long
| Prairie Leader. The campaign ended
with a meeting at the court house. at
| tended by more than 800 farmers, a.
which the proper methods for sowing
seed were outlined and discussed. Of
the seed planted $4,000 pounds in al
falfa and $1,000 pounds is sweet clover
Winona = Preliminary steps are
now being taken by the board Of edu
cation for the erection of new junior
| high school building in this city
| Property is being acquired as a site
and construction Of the foundation Of
the first unit of the building is to start
!, this season. The building will be
erected as fast as funds are available
from special 10 mill tax. which pro
| yides about $4,000 each year. Unoffi
cial estimates of the cost of the build
ing are in the neighborhood OF $780,
geo.
FertiIe-A. A. Larson, acting presi
dent of North Star college. has an
nounced that the college will start a
| Junior college course at which fresh
ment college subjects in history, math
ematic and the languages will be
| taught
| crosby-Searchers penetrated the
1876 level of the Milford mine here in
a hazardous attempt to find more
bodies of the II miners who lost their
lives in the flooding Of the mine Feb
g. A crew Of five men under Captain
| Henry Davey worked back more thar
leo feet from the shaft, constantly en-.
| dangered by the caviAx drift