The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1924-06-06

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Hibbng-Hundreds of dollars Of
damage was done to Hibbing gardens
when killing frost hit here.
virgnia-The second reunion of
Virginia pioneers, concentrating the
big fire of 1898, will be conducted June
10, it has been announced. j. Adam
Bede, pioneer newspapers editor, will
deliver the principal address.
RochesterThe majority of the pure
bred Holstein dairy cattle sold here at
the annual sale of the Holstein Breed
ers' association were bought by far
mers from Olmsted county. The so
ocws sold for nearly $4,000.
Detroit-On June 10, 20 and 81, De-
troit will entertain representatives Of
the League of Minnesota Municipali-
ties at their annual convention 1t is
expected that more than It's COM
munities in the state will be repre-
scented.
ST. PauI-Senator Robert M LaFol-
lette declared he will have nothing to
do with the so-called third party con-
vention at st. Paul June II. He
asked his friends to stay away, Civ
ing his reason the participation in the
ST. Paul convention of communist or
CARNATIONS.
Wabasha-The 1924 wool pool I'M
der direction of the Minnesota Co.
operative Wool Marketing association
will center here, officers of the or
ganization having made contract by
which facilities of the Wabasha wool
warehouse become available to mem
bers R. E. Jones of Wabasba is sales
manager.
Detroit-Thirty-nine spoilers, cham
pions of their respective districts,
competed for the county championship
here and when the smoke of spent syl-
tables had cleared away, Evelyn Erick-
son of district No. and Anna Parker
of district No. 112 were declared win
ners. They will compete in the state
contest at the State Fair next fall.
Rochester-Deputy Game Warden
Rex. r. Robinson has in his possession
a strange creature caught by fisher
man. Some call it mud puppy but
others call it salamander. 1t has
gills like fish, but it also has pro-
nounced ears, eyes with eyelids on
them and other evidences of being an
animal 1t has four little feet but
when placed on the ground it squirmed
along like snake.
Acknowledgements Rosenberger, a
farmer near the Iowa-Minnesota line,
running farm Of 800 acres, has prac.
tically solved the labor problem by a
system of rotation that is attracting a
good deal of attention among farmers
in his neighborhood. Dividing his land
ints five tracts. Rosenberger starts a
field with soy beans, following with
corn the second year, oats and red
clover the third year, with sweet
clover alternating in half the field, and
other crops in the other two fields.
Crookston-A movement is under
way to establish a branch of the Ola.
cfer Park trail from Fergus Falls to
Winnipeg. At present the trail is es.
tablished via Fargo and Minot to Ola
cier Park and the feasibility of a
branch through the Red River valley
to the Manitoba metropolis is being
urged. The proposed line would fol
low closely the GreatsNorthern railway
north of Crookston until Winnipeg is
reached.
BemidjI- Elmer e. Mcdonald, for.
mer member of the state Legislature
and vice-president of the state bar as
sociation dropped dead at the summer
home on Lake Bemidji Mr. McDon-
aid had practiced law here the last %
years of his life, also having st.
Paul practice until 1912. He was a
former county attorney of Beltrami
county and had been active in arrang-
ing the affairs of the Minnesota State
Bar association convention, which will
be held in Bemidji in June.
MinneapoIis-Fou interest in
The Corn Exchange and a similar in
terest in the Flour Exchange, separ-
ate properties, are to be included in
William Henry Eustis' gift to Mime
sofas needy, crippled children, and
the gift, when Mr. Eustis fulflls his
$1,000,o0O endowment pledge, will be
increased by 100000. BY Jan. 1,
1925, Mr. Eustis, former Minneapolis
mayor, will have given to the cause
of the needy, crippled children sub
stantialIy all of his physical property,
amassed in 43 years of productive
business activity including liquid as
sets and loop district real estate, ag-
gregating value of more than ST.
100000 His gift, in the form of a
trust to the University of Minnesota
and site on which now is being
built the Michael Bowling school,
will be so per cent larger than his
original agreement.