The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1924-01-11
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:. Building permits issued in
1923 at the office of City Engineer E.
q. Shadwick numberede 32S, calling
for construction having a total value
of 1884
Rochester-The 65th anniversary of
the Congregational church, one of the
oldest religious organizations in Ro-
chester, was celebrated.
Albert Lea--More than 60 women
have signed up as members of the Al
bert Lea Athletic club and they will
De given Wednesday of each week as
their own day at the club.
Winnebago-Fi destroyed three
buildings here including the Babcock
repair shop, Hornewinkle's tailor shop,
and the Mat Dietz photograph gallery
causing loss of about $4,000
st. charIes-William e. Parr, sheriff
OF Winona county from 1907 to 1919,
died here. following an illness of some
duration. He served 10 years as city
marshal here before becoming sheriff.
Sleepy Eye-Cne OF the largest gray
wolves seen in this section in a mum.
Der of years was captured by Arthur
and Fred Youngman, near Mud Lake.
The animal weighed IS pounds.
Jackson-Jackson county claims the
champion woman cornhusker of this
section Of the state. Miss Anna Va.
eek OF Enterprise township has husked
over 1000 bushels of corn in the last
few weeks
Redwood FaIls-At the annual meet.
ing of the Grand Army post here the
members decided to retain their char.
ter for another year at least. At one
time the post had a membership Of
137, but it has now dwindled to IL.
Fairmont-Alderman Tim Burton
has introduced, in the city council, an
ordinance to tax every gallon of gas.
oilne sold here one cent, the money to
go into the city treasury for the re-
lief of the city's regular" taxpayers.
OWatonna-A district conference of
county agents of southeastern Mime
sofa will be conducted in Owatonna on
Jan. 81 and Feb. /, according to the
announcement made by County Agent
E. NJ Torblaa.
Willmar-At the annual meeting of
the Willmar Commercial club the mat
ter of cooperating with business men
of Glenwood in the marking of a trail
going north from Willmar through
Terrace or Bedan and on to Glenwood
VIII be taken up.
Owatonna-With plans for Ovation
mas Civic Week" and the five day
program practically complete, the city
is expected to replace the Owatonna
Commercial club with a modern Cham.
Der of Commerce, employing a paid
secretary.
Windom-The corn stalk disease has
appeared among the herds of cattle in
Great Bend township. Some valuable
cows have died. Warning has been
sent cut for farmers to watch closely
the cattle which are fed on corn stalks
in the field
Little FaIs-The Minnesota Power
and Light company, with offices in Du.
luth, has purchased the property OF
the Little Falls Power company, and
the Pipe Rapids Power company, it
was announced here by A. V. Taylor,
manager of the Little Falls plant.
Owatonna-Final arrangements for
the state corn and grain show, which
is to be conducted in Owatonna on
Feb. 10, 20 and 81, will be made at
meeting of officers of the Minnesota
Crop Improvement association, and of
the farm burt au at the University
farm, ST. Paul.
Moorhead-G. /. Evingson, president
of the Minnesota Retail Merchants as
ISOLATION, has gone to the twin cities
to line up the program for the annual
convention in Moorhead, Feb 10 to 81.
Governor R. A. Nestos and Governor
]. A. o. Preus are among the posi-
bilities listed as speakers.
Red Lake FalIs-Louis G. Carey and
Rex Truman of the Minnesota Col
lege Of Agriculture were here seeking
to have Red Lake county farmers fill
out questionnaires which will be used
to show the economic condition of
agriculture in this region and the need
for the passage of the Coulter bill.
Rochester-Someth of novelty
in the line of civic organization was
started here when Mayor ]. j. Reiter
called meeting of keepers of board
ing and rooming houses. After a dis.
cussion of their business difficulties
and prospects, and outlining a pro-
posed scheme for the lettering of con-
ditions, especially in the matter of so
Letting trade.
ST. Cloud-Lewis Clark, the oldest
pioneer OF ST. Cloud, celebrated his
95th birthday. Mr.. Clark came to st.
Cloud when it consisted of a few log
cabins and one frame house. in which
his marriage to Mrs. Clark, then Miss
Harriet A. Corbett took place on
March "a, 1859. On March "a, of this
year, Mr. and Mrs. Clark will celebrate
the 65th anniversary of their mar
rage
Mankato-Efforts to obtain sigma
lures of World war veterans in Man. 1
kato to cards declaring they are
against the granting of bonus or
adjusted compensation to war veterans
proved a failure. according to Albert
Eircher. commander of the Lorentz
post, American Legion. According to
the Legion commander, he interviewed
a man who visited Mankato and found
he was paid $50 and expenses to OBJ
tain signatures of former service men
to the cards.
oklee A Sons of Norway lodge
has been organized here. with %
--.t1oS vna,,hars The lodOc xr;1r he