The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1924-02-01
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St. cioud--Edward rhiele aged IS

| was electrocuted while stringing
wires with crew between Monticello
and Bgi Lake.
DuIuth-Purchase of three vessels
by the Minnesota Transatlantic com.
pany was announced.
crookston-An interesting part of
the Red River Valley mid-winter
shows here Feb. to IL will be the
annual meetings of the various organ
izations actively concerned in max
ing the shows a noteworthy event.
FaribauIt-This city was the leading
livestock shipping point in the state
in 1928, single association selling
425 carloads of hogs, cattle and sheep,
yielding a total income of more than
100000 to the farmers.
Red Wing-A trunk containing
what was evidently the life savings
of Heinrich Foch, of Zumbrota, $3.-
243.07s in silver and currency, has
been unearthed by appraisers making
check of the estate for the probate
court.
Wfllmar-Taxes to be paid by the
people of Kandiyohi county will show
an increase this year of $4,000 and
for the city of Willmar an increase
of $4,000. The townships of the
county also will pay $4,000 more
than in 1922.
Chisholm-Chisholm American Le-
gion and auxiliary members claim
one distinction for their posts which
perhaps is not duplicated in Mime.
sofa. Royal Huber is commander Of
the American Legion post and Mrs.
Royal Huber, his wife, is president of
the auxiliary.
MISUNDERSTANDING indorsing the
Coulter loan bill and Mellon tax re-
duction plan and another urging ex.
tension of the teaching of journalism
at the University of Minnesota were
passed by the Northern Minnesota
Editorial association at its concluding
session here.
Pipestone-The first "spud special
to be routed through this section OF
the state passed through Pipestone
over the Gerat Northern railway The
train was made up of AZ carloads of
potatoes and was running on passen-
ger train schedule. The big shipment
Of spuds originated at st. Cloud and
was en- route to Kansas City.
MinneapoIis-Clo for the dist
tute Indians on the White Earth re-.
servation will be collected by club
women in every district of the state
at the request of the social and in
dustrial conditions division of the
Minnesota Federation of Women's
clubs, who sent out letters on the sub
ject to her district chairmen.
Red Wine-All stockholders of the
Goodhue County Cooperative COM
pany, now in the hands of receivers,
will be held responsible for payment
Of 100 per cent assessment on their
stock holdings as a result of deci-
sion handed down in Goodhue county
district court here by Judge Albert
Johnson The assessments will be
levied within 20 days.
Rochester-The Rochester Arts as
ISOLATION was the name decided upon
by the women of this city who met to
arrang, plans for an organization to
sponsor art in the community. The
matter of selecting officials and COM
mittees was put in the hands of a
nominating committee. Plans for a
gallery, library and museum are to be
outlined later.
SpringfieId-John Brandt, president
of the Minnesota Cooperative Cream
cries association, was the chief speak.
er at the annual dinner of the Spring.
field Creamery company and its pat.
rons. He detailed the benfits to be
derived from cooperation in market
ing a standard product through one
agency. More than 600 farmers and
business men were present at the
banquet.
MinneapoIis-More than 200 mem
bers of the Minnesota Brotherhood OF
Threshermen met in annual conven.
ton at the West hotel. They discuss.
ed mutual insurance, the attitude OF
the state highway department upon
the use of public roads by threshing
machines, the possibility of lowered
costs in threshing in 1924, and the
campaign of the United States de.
partment of agriculture to get farm.
ers to clean their wheat.
New UIm-That the cooperative
creameries in this section have had
very successful year is shown by
annual reports recently given out by
some of them. At CORTLAND total
of 1926 pounds of butter were made
during, 1923. Receipts amounted to
STAG, 002 and the sum of $143,205 was
paid to patrons. At Klossner 331, 513
pounds of butter were made, the re-
ceipts were s148,413 and patrons were
paid $126,987. The Hanska-Linden
Cooperative creamery made 289, $50
pounds of butter and paid its patrons
$119,231 for the butterfat.
DuIuth-Problems common in Min.
nesota, Wisconsin and Michigan, with
especial reference to those affecting
agriculture were discussed and the
reduction of taxes, uniform forestry
and fire protection laws for the three
states and the early completion of the
Great Lakes-St. Lawrence deep wa.
terway as solution of the transpor-
tation problem of this section of the
country were recommended by the
Tri-State Development congress.
which concluded its fourth annual con-
vention in this city.
Red Wina--Rev. L. q. Benson was
elected president of the Goodhue dis
tr;ct of the Minnesota Lutheran con-