The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1924-08-15

chatfield-J. ]. Schrader, of Orion
township, has a white woodchuck
which he trapped on his farm last
week. The animal is all white except
for two black spots.
DuIuth-Dr. E. L. Tuohy, of Duluth.
was elected president of the Northern
Minnesota Medical Association at the
closing session here of the two day
annual conference.
While drilling a well near
Okabena, two veins of coal were en-
countered. One vein two feet thick
was struck at depth of 60 feet from
the surface and another vein was
struck at depth of IS feet.
FaribauIt-Old ST. Mary's hall, the
main building at st. Mary's Episcopal
School for Girls here, was destroyed
by fire after lightning had struck the
room of the structure. School author
tiles said the loss would approximate
$150,000 with insurance of 100000 1t
is expected that the structure will be
rebuilt
Hokah-Ed Selke has revived navi-
cation on the Root river between Ho-
kah and the Mississippi river. A
steamboat has not made a trip from
La Crosse to Hokah for many years,
but Selke is running powerboat on
this old creek with all the assurance
and safety that marked the passage
of the steamers.
st. Paul-Overturning of a Mime
apolis-St. Paul bus resulted in the in
jury of four persons and Is others be-
ing shaken and bruised when the bus
was struck by street car. The acct
dent was one of series of weekend
accidents reported to the police of
the Twin Cities in which two children
were killed and a total of II persons
injured.
Duluth-A resolution protesting
against the closing of the partridge
and deer season in Minnesota, was
unanimously adopted at the monthly
meeting of the Northwestern Gun
Club. A committee of three was ap-
pointed to telegraph Governor ]. A.
o. Preus protesting against the closed
season.
Austn-Two sets of tentative plans
have been offered trustees for the
Shaw Memorial Gymnasium for boys,
a gift made to the youth of Austin this
summer. Construction of the gymna.
SUM. which will also contain club and
reading rooms for boys. is to begin by
September l at site facing ON both
Main street and the Horace Austin
State park.
Duluth-Stipulation for judgments
in IL fire cases brought by residents
Of Carlton county against the govern
ment for losses sustained in the forest
fires of October, 1918, were signed
here by Federal Judge w. A. Cant By
obtaining the final settlement of the
cases, only IL cases of more than $50
originally on the federal court docket
remain for trial.
Mankato-Blue Earth County Cow
Testing Associations No. 2 and No. /,
topped the 80 associations of the state
for the month of June, according to re-
turns received by L. E. McMillen.
county agent. Blue Earth County AS
ISOLATION No. 2 led the field in June.
Three hundred and fifteen cows were
tested, the average milk production
being 900 pounds per cow and the aver
age butter fat 357 pounds.
Minneapolis-The identity of Arthur
Frazier, Indian World war veteran,
was further confused when the Vet
Grams bureau received report from
University of Minnesota experts, show
ing that the measurements of the
body at Niobrara, Neb., compare fav-
orably with War department records
and that they differ from the measure
ments of the living man, who has been
accepted by the Frazier parents as
their son.
Zumbra Heights-Out of 10000
trials, the University of Minnesota
fruit breeding experiment station ut
Zumbra Heights, Lake Minnetonka, is
hoping to make the one success that
will double the strawberry production
of Minnesota. In 1911, $4,000 seed
lings were grown from crosses of June
bearing strawberries with the ever
bearing kind BY scores, by dozens,
and singly, year by year, since, these
seedlings have been discarded until
only few remain.
Mankato-As the result of recent
threshing on various Blue Earth coun-
ty farms, leaders in farm bureau work
are claiming it is the champion wheat
raising county of Minnesota. Latest
and best of the returns so far made is
that of Edward Tarjeson, a farmer
eight miles south of Mankato. He as
serts, and his neighbors back his as
sertion, that on a fraction over eight
acres of wheat he got 20 bushels to
the acre of the finest and heaviest
grain seen this season