The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1924-02-15
aE,yENTs:of the week
II throughout the State
Iof Ten Thousand Lakes"
told in brief FORM.

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st. cloud-A program of "Y" COM
munity work in the rural districts and
smaller cities of the state was out
lined at the 4Sth annual convention
of the Minnesota Y. M. C. A. here.
| Cannon Falls Cannon Falls de-
feated the Faribault high school team
The immigration question was de-
bated.
Parker, S. D.-James e. Palmer, a
| pioneer resident of Turner county,
died here az a result of stroke OF
paralysis.
Slayton = Subsequent to the unani-
nous vote at recent special election
to incorporate the village of Dowray,
a meeting to take final action towards
| incorporating the village will be con-
! Quoted at Dowray Feb. Is.
Appleton = Opposition to the Mel
| lon tax plan has increased from Ii to
| to 16 to in the second week of bal
loting in the referendum being con-
| Quoted by the Appleton Press, news
| paper.
Rush City-James D. Markham,
grand master of Masons in Minnesota,
was the honor guest at banquet CIV
en- by members of Jasper lodge No.
| 1874, his home lodge. of which he Is a
charter member. About 60 Masons
attended.
| Owatonna = The city council voted
to receive bids Feb. 10 for the sale OF
| $3.50, 900 of Owatonna Public Utility
! company bonds The council voted to
receive bids in the face of rate cut
| offer made by the Southern Minnesota
Gas & Electric company. which now
| serves this city.
Ortonville = When 112 carloads OF
| ice were loaded here and shipped to
! Butte, Mont, for use by the Milwau-
| kee railroad company, record was
made for days work on Big Stone
| Lake. A total of 700 cars of ice al
ready have been shipped from Orion
| vile this season to division points on
the Milwaukee system.
Brainerd-The Minnesota Power &
Light Company of Duluth, has abb
sorbed all of the holdings of the Guy
una Range Power company, which has
two waterpower sites near Brainerd
and supplies this city and all of the
Guyana iron range towns and mines
with electric power, it was announced
here.
Duluth - Unless game laws are
rigidly observed and conservation and
propagation of wilG game is practiced
conscientiously, within 10 years all
game in Minnesota will be held under
DEMONSTRATING permits, as now allowed
by law, was the prediction of j. F.
Gould, state game and fish commits
sioner, who addressed the Duluth
Sportsmen's club.
Thief River Falls Pennington
county will have about 80 junior club
workers in the Dairy Calf club the
coming year, according to present
indications. There is limit placed on
the number of free trips to the Chi
cago shows for dairy calf club mem
bers this year Only the first 80 coun-
ties having an enrolment of 25 mem
bers in the dairy calf club projects
are included.
Winona = The League of Women
Voters has been reorganized in this
city after a period of inactivity OF
almost two years. One hundred eigh-
| ty women attended luncheon at
| which reorganization was completed.
| The league plans to conduct, in CO.
operation with the State Teachers
| college, an institute of government
and politics" at which speakers will
| discuss topics of discussion in the po-
| litical education Of women voters.
ST. cloud-Ten men barely escaped
death, one was slightly injured. and
| property damage running between
$4,000 and 100000 was done when a
5000 unit turbo generator in the plant
| exploded. The force Of the explosion
shattered the building, tearing out
the windows and unroofing it. Parts
] of casting, some weighing several
hundred pounds, were found blocks
away. The turbin broke loose at
the steam inlet, and the explosion fol-
lowed a moment later.
DuIuth-Claims approximating 81
| 100000 against the United States rail-
road administration for damages re-
sulting from the 1918 forest fires in
northern Minnesota, are affected by a
| decion of the state supreme court re-
versing the order of District Judge H.
| A. Dancer in the "test" suit brought
| by Mr.. and Mrs. Harry F. McCool. A
year ago the McCools obtained a YER
dict of $4,000 against the railroad adj
ministration. Later Judge Dancer de-
MED a motion for new trial and this
decision orders that the case again be
brought before the court.
Siayton-Business men of this city
to the number of over thirty donned
old clothes and opened the highways
between this city and Avoca and Lake
Wilson. Lake Wilson and Hadley
business people helped. 1t is plan
ned to keep the roads open the rest
of the winter.
! Rochester-The Kiwanis club of
Rochester will furnish milk to needy
children of the city, according to re-
j solution adopted in which the club
agrees to pay for milk purchased for
children by the school physician. The
club also voted to pay for milk last