The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1924-05-09
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wadena-Edward Hines of H,

bard county, superintendent OF Itasca
state park and ofrest, and former mem-
Der of the Minnesota legislature, died
in a local hospital, at the age of So:
Pine clty-K. M. Bolum of Long
Lake was elected President of the
Tenth District Bankers association
In convention here.
Ada-Crnokston was selected as
the meeting place In 1925 at the
closing session of the annual conven-
ton of the 14th district Women's
Christian Temperance union here.
st. James-Watonwan county will
send from $1,000 to $4,000 to aid the
suffering children of Germany, as
result of the relief drive in progress
here, according to Rev. E. P. Birk-
holz, county chairman.
Redwood FaIs-A delegation OF
more than 80 knights of Pythias
from Minneapolis is expected to be
in Redwood Falls, Monday, May IL,
to exemplify the degrees Of the or
der to class of new members.
Madelia-Scores of friends and
neighbors of Mrs. Rose Davis recent.
ly Joined her in celebrating her 105th
birthday Mrs. Davis, who is believed
| to be the oldest woman in Minnesota,
enjoys reading newspapers and mag.
| azines.
st. charies-Club women took
possession of the high school here.
as they gathered in the auditorium
from all parts of the first district, to
conduct the goth annual convention
of the First District Minnesota Fed.
Grafton of Women's clubs.
Mountain Lake-A six ton trans
| former at the substation of the Nor.
thern States Power company here
burned out and exploded with a loud
report that was heard for many miles.
The flare of blue flame gave many the
impression that fire was raging in
the village.
Montevideo-Lake Lac qui Parle,
which for several years has been
gradually drying up, again has wat.
er at its normal stage and can again
take it's place along with Mime
sofas many popular lakes. A new
concrete dam has been completed
at the lower end of the lake which
was the means OF raising the water.
Glenwood-The business men OF
Glenwood have offered to raise a
fund Of $4,000 to assist in the build.
ing and equipment of a creamery.
The money will be loaned to the
new creamery for period of five
years, without interest. Dairy farm.
ers are now being signed up to de.
liver cream to the new creamery.
Winona-One of the first steps in
the 100000 program of the board
of municipal works for improve
ments of Winona's waterworks sys.
tenn was taken when the board
awarded the contract for sinking a
fifth artesian well which, when COM
pleted. is expected to bring the total
daily supply of artesian water to s.
100000 gallons.
Fergus Falls-The steady decline
| in wheat acreage in this county is
illustrated in statement made here
by G. R. Wright, who is the largest
farmer in Otter Tail county. Mr..
Wright farms 6,400 acres. In 1910
half of this was in wheat. He has
been steadily cutting down the wheat
acreage and this year has only $40
in wheat, 600 in oats and the balance
in feed crops.
ST. Paul-R. ]. ICY" Thompson, who
embezzled 100000 from the HORNED
Packing company. Austin. Mimi. has
been turned down again by state
parole board He was sentenced to
prison July. 1921. The parole board
which spent the last two days inter
viewing applicants for clemency an
nounced that five of the 1877 applicants
had been given their conditional free.
dom, while Thompson was one of the
1872 rejected
Fairmont-After being actively en-.
gagged in business in this city for 60
years, Albert L. Ward, banker and
former state senator, was at his office
on the day of the Goth anniversary at
z a. M, his usual hour for starting
work He is the oldest resident of
Fairmont; being in his $50 year. When
Mr.. Ward drove up to the present site
of Fairmont, April %, 1854, an old
fort was the principal building, and he
came by oxen team.
! WiIImar-A slab of stone which is
believed to be the largest ever TAX
en- from quarry in this section of
the country has just been cut from
the quarry near Cold Springs. The
slab is to be used in the construc-
tion of new bank building in Cali.
| fornia. The stone measures 26 feet
in length and its other dimensions
are 31a by feet, and it weighs
$4,000 pounds.
| Minneapolis-Min Minnesota mills pro-
duced one-ffth of the total output of
! wheat flour for the entire United
States during 1923, the Federal Trade
commission said in a report of the
/ wheat -four milling industry submit
/ ted in response to Senate resolution
offered by Senator Norris of Nebraska.
| Minneapolis stood first in -four pro-
ddction with Buffalo and Kansas City
following in the order named. The
mills of Minnesota and Kansas pro-
! duced three-eighths of the entire out
put of 1921 and one-half of it was man.
ufactured by mills in Minnesota, Kan
sas, New York and Missouri.
Moose Lake-The first serious brush
fire of the season, after sweeping over