The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1924-04-25
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st. CIoud-A branch of the National
Exchange club, an organization estab-
lished for the exchange of ideas be-
tween business men, is to be located in
st. Cloud
ST. Peter-The resignation of Coun-
ty Agent Earl Springer of Nicollet
county was accepted by the county ex-
tension committe at its annual meet
! ing.
| Winona-Miss Mathilda S. Carlson
of Minneapolis, newly appointed in
FAINT and maternal welfare nurse for
the city of Winona, arrived here to
take up her duties.
Red Wing-Mrs. Catherine Breen,
aged SO, believed to be the oldest resi-
dent of Red Wing, died of old age at
her home. She lived in Red Wing 6S
years.
MinneapoIis-Money will be loaned
direct to individual farmers by the
Agricultural Credit corporation, to
place 10000 cattle on one crop north
west farms by Aug. /.
Pipestone-It is announced here that
Miss Ethel Fields of this place has
been awarded the first prize in the
essay contest recently conducted by
the Mankato presbytery. The essay
was on the subject of Stewardship. )"
! Fairmont-Wesley Johnston of Blue
Earth won first place in the district
oratorical contest here, his topic be.
ing "The Constitution and Its Inter.
prefers" Seven high schools were
represented.
Wheaton-The second tuberculin
test of all cattle in Traverse county
has been completed and the reactors
have been disposed of. Traverse
county herds now show 100 per cent
pure bill of health.
| OWatonna-The city council may
call another special election to vote
on $350,000 bond issue for its pro-
posed public utilities plant in order to
prevent legal Instructions to the issu.
ance of the bond.
Waseca-E. H. Smith, veteran sec
rotary of the Waseca County Agricul-
tural society, failed in an effort to
terminate his connections with the
County Fair association, when the
board rejected the formal resignation.
Akeley-Tillmar Smith, superinten-
dent of the Akeley public schools for
several years, and who also is engaged
extensively in farming, has filed for
| q
for the sixth district Mr.. Smith for
merly was an attorney.
/ FaribauIt-Work of grading trunk
highway Mr.. 1, known as the Jefferson
highway, between Faribault and Owa-
tonna, is now under way, with steam
shovel and six grading outfits, in adj
dition to several bridge and culvert
crews on the job.
MarshfieId-A report of school saw.
ings here shows there is total +
$11,S58.2S on deposit, all saved through
small but regular deposits by the
school children of Marshfield as the
result of the thrift savings plan in.
augurated on April Is, 1922.
Observation-Disclosures of the Clay
county unit of the Minnesota Potato
Growers Exchange, named this week,
as announced are: John Holte, Moor
head; S. d. Anderson, Rolag; E. s.
Benedict, Sabin; Henry Possehl,
Baker, and Gil Fevig, Ulen.
ST. PauI-Three bandits held up and
disarmed a postal clerk and a mes
senger at the Great Western station,
South ST. Paul, robbed them of six
registered mail pouches believed to
contain at least $4,000 in currency,
and escaped.
] OWatonna-Owatonna and North
field divided all but one of the four
places awarded in the three events
i for commercial students in the fiji
teenth state high school district. Fart
bault was the only other school to
place, getting second in the shorthand
contest.
Rushmore-In the finals of the
Mobiles county declamatory contest,
comprising the Reading, Round Lake.
Biglow and Rushmore high schools
here, Clayton Jacobson won first in
oratory and Sylvia Higley first in dra.
mates. Both winners live here. The
other first was won by George Wick
of Biglow in the humorous group.
ST. Paula quarantine against Ca.
lifornia livestock, skins and feed was
put into effect by the Minnesota Live
stock Sanitary board, and strict rules
covering shipment of other commodi.
ties were formulated to guard against
importation of hoof and mouth dis.
ease. The quarantine, to continue in
effect until the disease has abated.
Grand Rapids-Golden Mocasin dent
corn, a field corn developed at the
North Central experiment station here,
is acquiring wide reputation. Not
only will it be planted this year on
many farms in northern Minnesota
but it will be given a trial in at least
two countries in Europe, at several
places in Canada and in all northern
states of this country.
MinneapoIis-A further decline OF
8 cents in the price of butter at New
York under the weight of foreign dairy
imports has made an increase in the
tariff extremely urgent, H. f. Meyer,
head of the new sales department OF
the Minnesota Cooperative Creamer-
les association, said A Minnesota de
legation, already organized to go to
Washington and plead for tariff pro-
lection for the dairy industry, is await
ing word as to the best time to 60
there.
vlraInIa-The Virginia naval re-