The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1924-02-29
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| AuStIn-f10uTy ". bdBIUtu, plOuccr
Minnesota newspaper man, died in a
hospital at Denver at the age of So.
Spring valIey-Spring Valley has
| started drive for community build
ing to aid in the growth Of Fillmore
county's metropolis"
New UIm-Rev. Carl H. Yettru of
Schenectady, N. Y, has accepted the
call to become pastor of the First Con-
gregational church of New Ulm.
st. cIoud-A supply of pure water
for the city of st. Cloud can be obtain
ed at an initial cost of $4,000 with
an annual operating cost of $24,770.
Winona-Dr. Alex M. Dixon, aged
n, dean of the dental profession in
this city by reason of his so years of
| practise, died suddenly while at work
in his office.
| Red Wing-Approximat 100000
in assessed valuation will be added to
the assessors lists in Red Wing this
year as result Of new buildings and
improvements.
| BuhI-Superintendent H. Steel of
Bull public schools has been notified
| Of his appointment as chairman of
the national illiteracy committee Of
the National Education association.
Rochester-Fifty people represent.
| ing various parts of Olmsted, Good
hue and Dodge counties, at a meeting
here decided to organize for co-opera-
tive egg marketing in this section.
| Moorhead-St. Paul was awarded
the 1925 convention of the Minnesota
Retail Grocers and General Merchants
association, at its closing business ses.
sion here. The date will be set later.
| Redistribution the South came a
winning bid for cast iron pipe to the
| city council The contract amounting
to $21,215 went to the American Cast
Iron Pipe company of Birmingham,
| Ala.
Lafayette-The annual report of
| the Farmers Cooperative creamery
here shows that in 1923 it's business
| increased to the amount of $38,616
The total of business transacted was
$156,711, compared to $11S.095 in 1922
Red Wing-Mr. and Mrs C. E. Fried
rich have offered the Red Wing Hos
pital association gift of 100000 as
a memorial to their son, Edward H.
Friedrich, and Miss Helen Friedrich
has offered a $4,000 additional gift
| as memorial.
Rochester-Modern scientific meth
| DDS will be used by the Rochester po-
| lice department in running down rum
runners. The department has obtain.
ed stethoscope to use in finding out
| whether or not suit cases and trunks
contain unlawful liquor.
Fergus aIls-Northwestern college,
an institution operated under au.
spices of the Swedish Lutheran
| church here was badly damaged by
fire. with loss of $4,000. The fire
started in the boiler room and burn
ed good part of the schools interior
| before it was checked.
Red Wing-A convention of band
| masters of southern Minnesota cities
| will be conducted in Red Wing on
| March 10. Some 25 or more band mas.
| tiers are expected to be in attendance
from Austin, Winona, Faribault, Man.
kato, New Ulm, Lakefeld, Crookston
and Zumbrota
OrtonvilIe-Plans for Ortonville's
armory and community building have
been approved by the city authori-
| ties and bids for the construction OF
the building will soon be asked for.
The building will be provided with
rooms for the National Guard. the
city fire department and the American
Legion post and auxiliary.
| st. Cloud-One of the accomplish
ments of the tri-county reed show
here was the pooling of 1920 pounds
Of alfalfa seed. This crop. until the
| last few years, little heard of in the
county. has come rapidly to the front
under the sponsoring of Charles H.
Lein. who is pooling orders for the
seed in large quantities
Fairmont-Hereafte the downtown
district of Fairmont can be dressed
with "Old Glory" in five minutes. The
American Legion has sold more than
100 flags to business men, which can
be planted in sockets in the sidewalk
on short notice Practically every
business house in town purchased the
standards, some taking several.
ochester-Drilling at the test well
of the Rochester Oil and Gas company
has now reached depth of LOO feet
and is proceeding without interrupt
ton. Tom Jones, in charge Of the OPP
GRAFTON, says indications continue to
be favorable and that the coming OF
spring should decide whether oil is
present.
| Hibbing-The new st. Louis county
! fair grounds and aviation field will be-
come a community center for all out
door activities, including the high
school and villages, according to plans
| submitted to the various departments
of the city government. The building
| Of an aviation field will make the
grounds the center of all aviation &C
tivities.
| FaribauIt-Plans for a cooperative
| egg and poultry marketing organiza
ton, with headquarters at Fairmont
to serve Martin and Waterman cour,
ties were disclosed when delegation
of farmers and farm bureau leaders
from that section visited the Office and
warehouses of the Rice County Poul.
| try and Egg Marketing association
here. The committee gathered data to
be used in forming the Fairmont
body.
| HoIden-New bids for the construc-