The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1924-06-20

FarlbauIt-H. H. Kirk, superinten-
dent of schools at jamestown, North
Dakota, has been named to succeed
w. E. Peik as superintendent of the
local schools.
HIbbIng-A special bond issue Of
100000 to provide for the erection Of
Memorial building to soldiers and
sailors carried at the special election
by two to one vote.
Faribault-Shattuck school, local
military academy, has again been
placed on the list of military schools
recognized by the war department.
The local school has retained its place
as an honor school since the practice
OF announcing the 10 best military
institutions in the country was begun
by the war department.
ivanhoe - That Lincoln county will
have an average crop of rye in spite
Of the backward season is indicated
by samples of the grain which have
been brought here from farms in the
vicinity of Hendricks. The sample
stalks measure feet in length and
are headed out with tops that measure
from to 6 inches.
Fergus FalIs-The Guernsey Breed
ers Of this county conducted their
annual meeting and picnic and elect
ed officers for the coming year as
follows: R. e. Halstad, president;
H. A. Putnam, vice-president; Leo
Burns, secretary, treasurer. c. Axel
Anderson, president of the county
Holstein Breeders association, was
the principal speaker.
Duluth-Racing with death, Mrs.
Peter Lindert De Voist of Duluth,
delegate to the republican national
convention at Cleveland, flew by air
plane from Minneapolis to Duluth in
an hour and so minutes, but reached
the bedside of her husband, republi-
can leader and business man, a few
moments after his death from a para
lytic stroke. ..
Redwood .FaIIs-Every citizen of
Redwood Falls has been called upon
to assist in Kidding the city of moon
sinners and bootleggers. Mayor w.
T. Wilcox and the local Law and Or
der league have formulated a pledge
which the citizens are asked to sign,
wherein they express themselves as
being heartily in favor of driving the
moonshiners, bootleggers, Migrants
and other undesirables from the city.
Moose Lake-John Paul Kruger,
manager of the Northwestern Bell Tel.
ephone' company at Moose Lake, has
been awarded a Theodore N. Vail
bronze medal by the awards commit
tee of the Northwestern Bell company,
for applying first aid and saving the
life of man who had come In contact
with some high power electric wires
while painting railroad trest,e near
Moose Lake, Aug. -, 1923.
Minneapolis - William Harcourt
Lynn, former state senator from Min
neapolis, died at New Rochelle, New
York. Mr.. Lynn was brother-in-law
of former President Rafael Iglesix
Of Costa Rica. Mr.. Lynn met Presi-
dent Iglesix in Costa RIGA while there
on business and married the presi-
dents sister. He practiced law In
Minnesota for several years following
his graduation from Ohio State uni
versity.
EveIeth-Following arrest Of two
men and one woman, alleged to be
ringleaders of a gang of counterfeit
ers, Eveleth police discovered the
and conf1sacted complete outfit for
the manufacture Of spurious paper
money, as well as several large bun
dies Of fraudulent federal SIS and $40
notes, in q garnet. The arrests fol-
lowed successful attempts to pass the
bogus currency on local merchants.
Brook Park-One thousand Mime
sofa farmers attended the first of the
16 demonstrations Of the university
land clearing, crops and livestock
feeding train on the Moline farm
near Quamba visited the exhibits, and
listened to the lectures of experts on
the train here. Two-thirds of the
land cleared was prepared for crops
with heavy plows, discs, and special
roller harrows drawn by tractors and
horses. Approximately 300 heavy
white pine stumps were split with
sodatol
DuIuth-Thirty million fish were
Matched this year at the government
hatchery at Lester Park, according to
S. P. Wires, superintendent. These
fish, nursed from the embryo to the
fry size, are being distributed through
out the United States. The output of
the station for the year is: $4,000, 900
whitefish, 100000 pike perch, H..
100000 lake trout, 10000 brook trout.
and $4,000 rainbow trout During the
winter, $4,000 lake trout eggs were
sent to other stations.
acknowledgements steps toward
the organization Of Blue Earth Coun.
ty Fruit Growers Association were
taken at a meeting here. Nothing
definite was done to solse the market
ing problem facing the fruit growers
In the vicinity but there wac strong
sentiment expressed for the organiza-
ton of a cooperation association.
Duluth-Opposition to the Great
Lakes-St. Lawrence tidewater PROPOSE
ton rapidly is diminishing according
, to the statements made by Charles p.
Craig of this city, executive secretary
of the Tidewatef association. who has
returned from an eastern trip.