The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1924-12-19

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New Ulm-The Searles State Bank
will open It's doors for. business John
Reinhart remains as president of the
institution, John Haas is yicepresi-
dent and Wilbur Strate cashier.
ST. Cloud-Acquisition of the Sher-
man theater of st. Cloud for the grow
ing chain of Finkelstein & Ruben mo-
ton picture houses in Minnesota was
announced by M. L. Finkelstein.
ENTHUSIASTICALLY P. Tumulty, pri-
vate secretary to the late President
Wilson, accompanied by his wife who
was recently operated on at the Mayo
clinic here, left for Washington, D. c.
New uIm-The practice of excavat-
ing in streets and alleys of New Ulm
and hauling away gravel has reached
such stage that the city council has
decided to call halt.
AppIeton-Village officials in Apple
ton hereafter will be selected under
the Australian ballot system as re-
puAL VI Ln0 duopIlOu VI Oh
by the village council.
DuIuth-Merger of motor bus COM
panies in Duluth and Iron Range ter
ritory is believed to have given Min
nesota the largest company Of its
kind in the United States.
Tracy-Because of the late matur-
ing of the corn crop in this section.
corn husking is reported to be far be-
hind. 1t is reported that there is still
a large acreage of corn in the fields.
StilIwater-With rs years of contin-
uous service behind it, the First Pres
byterian church Of Saltwater. cele-
brated its diamond jubilee, historical
services marking the celebration.
DuIuth-Possible sites in Duluth for
the proposed $2,000,000 tuberculosis
hospital Of the United States Vet
Grams bureau were inspected by a
special commission named recently by
Director General Hines of the bu-
reau.
,Hibbing-John Morrison, editor and
publisher of Duluth weekly paper,
convicted of SANDER. was sentenced
by Judge Thomas Brady to serve a
term OF 80 days in the county work
farm. He was released on $500 bail.
cottonwood-The new cooperative
creamery here will begin operations
this week. L. c. Larson will operate
the institution and the cream from
1,400 cows in this section has been
pledged the new creamery at the out
set.
DuIuth-Otto Nustrum, Duluth fish.
erman, was saved from almost GER
tain death in the heavy surf in front
OF the United States coast guard sta
ton in one Of the most spectacular
rescues ever made by the local coast
guard crew.
Flsher-Thieves entered the Chris
Weidenhoffer jewelry store here and
stole 200 rings and several fountain
pens and numerous other articles.
Leaving the store, the thieves broke
into the A. C. Merrill garage and took
an automobile in which they escaped.
Hibbing-R Reorganization Of the
Range Shrine club was perfected at a
meeting of the Shriners from all parts
OF the Range. DR.. Hugh McKecknie
of Hibbing was named president; Will
liam Spensey of Hibbing was named
secretary, and Arthur Egge Of Hib-
bling treasurer.
ST. PauI-The reopening of two
banks, one In New Ulm, the other in
Searles. was announced Saturday.
The Farmers and Merchants State
bank of New Ulm, reopened with a
capital of $4,000, and deposits of
$751;, 00C. The Searles State bank
will open its doors with capital OF
$4,000.
ENTHUSIASTICALLY the costliest
skating rink In Minnesota will be in
Virginia this winter. The city coun-
Gil has decided that the new $3.50. 1000
recreational building shall be used
as an inclosed rink the next few
months. To protect the floor. tar pa
per. felt and sawdust will be placed
over 1t before the water is turned on.
Duluth-As the ships bell rang out
eight strikes at midnight the increas-
ed insurance rates expired and yes
sells leaving port on the Great Lakes
after that hour carried their own in
surance With the exception of few
venturesome shippers and owners,
this will mark the practical end of
navigation on the Great Lakes until
next spring.
Thief Rive FaIls-Alfalfa, king of
feeds for dairy cattle and looked up
on as the savior of this agricultural
section which suffered the woes of
overproduction of wheat, was honored
In regal style here. The occasion was
the annual celebration staged by bank
ers of Pennington COUNT to interest
farmers in increasing their production
of this commodity.
Reconstruction of $780,
600 addition to the Minnesota Union,
the mems club at the University of
Minnesota, was authorized by the
Board OF Regents at its regular ses-
sion.
MinneapoIis-Mrs. Charlotte More
Illus, well known in Minnesota reli-
gious and welfare work for IS years.
died at Augustana Mission Cottage.
She was Sc years old. Mrs. Norelius
was the widow of Rev. E. Norelius.
for many years head of the Swedish
Lutheran Augustana synod in the Uni
ted States and Canada, who died 10