The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1924-01-04

Rochester, skunk farm, finarced
by local capital, is Rochester's latest
industrial project.
Austin-More than 1900 Austin chill
dren received gifts from the Austin
Elks lodge at the lodges annual
Christmas party.
Rochester, new $125,000 passen-
ger station is to be built here by the
| Chicago & Northwestern railway, &C
cording to word received from head
quarters of the railroad at Chicago.
Detroit-Burglars broke into the Ell
ott-Taylor-W ollenGen company de-
partment store Sunday, blew open the
safe and got away with $4,000.
Warren-Bankers of this city are
getting behind the movement to boost
for alfalfa. The new slogan in Mar
shall county is "get acquainted with
alfalfa
DuIuth-The population of Duluth
at the opening of 1924 is 111,2S2. an
increase CT 1906 or 12.5 per cent over
the census of 1920, according to pc.
pulation survey just completed.
Austin-Plans for the proposed new
bridge near the center of the city
which is to carry two state highways
over the Cedar river, have been placed
before the city council.
Albert Lea-A new exclusive resi-
Dental district is being added to Al
bert Lea with the rapid purchasing. OF
lots in newly opened addition, Shore
land Heights The new plat is situat'
ed on the north shore of Fountain
Lake
Montgomery-W. L. Sery, 43, for 16
years a publisher of the Montgomery
Messenger, died as the result of an
accident which took place two months
ago, when firearm carried by small
boy was discharged and the bullet
struck him in the shoulder.
Dodge Center - Definite arrange
ments have been made by the Dodge
county farm bureau to get univer-
sity extension division specialist to
carry on clothing project work among
Dodge county farm women in the com
| ing year.
Park Rapids-Asher Kinds was res
cued from drowning in Fish Hook lake,
near here, by skaters when the auto
mobile he was driving ran into an air.
hole. The car sank in about 40 feet
of water and Kinds was pulled out OF
the water by skaters.
Blue Earth-More than $50 passen-
gers escaped injury when Northwest.
ern westbound train No. Is left the
rails. The baggage car plowed up the
rails and stopped only when part OF 1t
was over tie river embankment. Had
it gone over other coaches probably
would have been dragged with it.
Owatonna Eleven Steele county
communities are taking part in dairy
extension work, throug' which the
county farm bureau hopes to better
feeding methods and milk and butter.
fat production during the coming year.
Dairy experts from the state univer'
sity are instructing unit heads who
are in turn instructing the farm, clubs
which they represent.
ST. cIoud-Oscar Omundson, st.
Cloud, was killed and Albert Walleck
seriously injured when their auto ran
into Great Northern train No. 1. west
bound. between st. Cloud and Waite
Park. According to trainmen, the en-.
CINE already had passed the crossing
and the car ran irto the tender, being
ground to pieces beneath the wheels
st. Paul-Trapped in a closed auto
mobile, a man plunged through raj
on the Sixth street bridge, st. Paul
fell 125 feet, the car turned over in
air and nosedived into the mud flats.
and the driver was found later, still in
his seat, clinging to piece of the
steering wheel. He was Otto T.
Hagna
Duluth-Another achievemnt, the
last of the illustrious life of Captain
Alexander McDougall, internationally
famous ship builder, inventor and
financier who died here last spring
has Just been brought to light with the
issuance of patent for peat recov.
ering and drying Init by which the
swamp deposits would be turned at
one process into high grade fuel in
either briquet or powdered form.
Wells-One man is dead, another is
believed to be mortally injured, while
a third is in serious condition as the
result of an automobile accident be
tween here and Easton. The three
young men, all from Wells were en-
route to Blue Earth. VIII Stevens
who was pinned under the machine af.
ter it went over high embankment,
lust outside the city limits, was killed
August Wetzel, is in a hospital. ex-
pected to die Jacob Schortz, driver
of the car, received several broken
ribs and injuries to his back. He will
recover.
Fulda-While looking over some
cora raised on her farm a dew days
ago, Mrs. B. K Barr, residing a few
miles from here on the Worthingten
road, found an ear that looked excep.
tionally good. She carried it into the
house end soon afterward heard of the
corn show at Sioux City, and decided
to enter her prize ear of corn Mrs.
Barr received letter from the corn
show management, with which was in.
closed check for 5000. the first prize
for the best ear Of corn exhibited al
the show. Tests made at the exhibit
showed Mrs. Bars corn to be of al
most ION ner cent termination