The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1924-02-01

WiIImar = The new $4,000 water
plant for this city will provide it with
a water reservoir of a half million
gallons and pumping facility.
Thief River FaIIs-A total of $465
was paid out as bounties for 70 wolves
in Pennington county in 1928. In the
first half of the year the bounty was
only $3.50 per wolf, the increased
bounty Of SIS going into effect in July.
New ulm Five high school de-
clamatory teams will compete for hon.
ors here Friday, Feb. II. The schools
at Arlington, st. Peter, Springfield,
Hanska and New Ulm will have rep
resentatives in the contest.
crookston = The Polk county chap
ter of the Red Cross has voted to Of
fer $1,000 to the county commission
ers to be used toward maintenance Of
county nurse.
Rollingstone = Loss estimated at
$4,000 was caused by a fire which
destroyed the grain elevator, ware
house and coal shed of Schmidt &
Speltz, here. No water was available
to fight the fire.
Park Rapids = Park Rapids will OBJ
serve the dedication of the new Great
Northern depot Jan. 81, with a BAN
quet program and general get together
meeting. Officials of the Grsst
Northern will take part in the pro-
gram.
WiIImar-A $4,000 addition to the
orphans and old peoples home in
this city will be completed this week.
1t will make the institution one of the
finest in the state. Funds for the
building have been largely obtained
from old folks who wish to pass their
last years there.
Hibbing - The Hibbing high school
will soon be able to boast of one of
the best high school bands, not only
in this state, but in the entire United
States, since the board of education
has decided to purchase equipment
for the high school 100 piece band.
About $4,000 worth of equipment
will be provided.
Ortonvilie The annual ice har-
vest is now on in full blast on Big
Stone lake here. Nearly 100 men are
engaged in cutting the ice and get
ting it loaded into boxcars for ship
ment to the division points on the
Milwaukee railway. 1t is shipped as
far north as Fargo, west to Butte and
east to Montevideo.
Little Falls - The Itasca Paper
company of Grand Rapids has ac-
quired a site here for new pulp mill,
officials of the company announced.
They said deal has been consum-
mated with the Minnesota Power and
Light company of Duluth by which
adequate power for the project will
be obtained.
Mankato = John c. Wise, so, tele-
graph editor of the Mankato Free
Press, died of heart disease while on
his way home from work Mr. Wise
was prominent as democrat, having
charge of the state headquarters of
the party in st. Paul during the CAM
paign of L. c. Hodgson three years
ago.
Ely-"Cal" Dahlgren, supervisor of
the Superior National forest, and big
Bill" Darby, of the Canadian forest
service, who has charge of forestry
work in most of western Ontario,
have been conducting a two day con-
ference here. Their object is to get
closer cooperation in the conservation
of forests and the prevention of fires
along the border Of the two domains
Madison The board of county
commissioners has issued an order
to the county auditor to prepare spe-
cial ballots for all of the voting pre-
cincts in Lac qui Parle county that
the voters may act on the question of
whether or not the commissioners
shall make an appropriation for sus-
tanning the county agents office the
coming year.
Red Wing - Volunteer members of
the fire department are up in arms
over the new law which the state at
torney general has ruled must be ap-
piled to volunteers. The department
members have several methods to
suggest in the way of making up for
this lack of protection and one of
these will be decided upon at meet
ing and presented to the board of fire
commissioners for consideration.
Owatonna AS the clock in the
court house tower here struck the
hour, the heavy weights attached to
the winding mechanism broke loose
and fell through the floor into the
room of the county nurse. In the
room at the time were six people, who
narrowly escaI ed being hit b. the
1,500 pound weights. The crashing
iron fell through the floor to ths story
below, where the floor sank under the
weight
East Grand Forks = Anton Ander-
SON, of this place, is trying to locate
Jens o. Bjerk. supposed to be work
ing at his trade as a boilermaker in
some Minnesota city. According to
Anderson, Bjerk, who was last heard
of in Rochester, Mimi, has fallen
heir to a considerable fortune in
Norway.
crookston Only SGT acres are
needed, according to w. r. Low, in
charge of the cooperative potato
marketing campaign in the county. to
put Polk county lover the top" or
to give it the required $50 per cent