The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1924-04-04
Brevities of Worlds News Sent BY
Cable and Wireless.

| WInona-The cornerstone OF the
new main building of Winona state
teachers college was laid in the pres
ence of 500 students, alumni and citi.
zens who gathered for the ceremonies.
HanIey FaIls-Henry Everman, a
| farmer, was killed when he was drawn
into drive wheel of an engine used
to grind feed. Mr.. Evermann slipped
and fell on the drive belt.
vesell-This little Rice county VII.
lage ceased existence as a municipal.
ay at special election, voters of the
village deciding by large majority to
dissolve the village incorporation.
Red Wing = Paul Olson, aged 81, a
resident of Minnesota since 1864, and
pioneer settler Of Meeker county,
died here after an illness OF two
weeks.
nimous decision in supporting the
negative side of the state debate Ques
ton against a high school team from
Clarissa The victory brings the Der.
tina team into the finals for the dis
trict championship.
| Pipestone-Standard Oil company
officials announced plans are going for
ward for the erection of large dis
trict office and warehouse building in
this city. Work on the structure will
begin soon and will represent an en-
penditure of approximately 100000.
| nfnta do
Der of the Virginia-Eveleth real estate
board, and said to be the states only
woman realtor, has announced she
will seek seat in the Minnesota
house as Representative of the 61st dis
trict
Dufuth-The front end Of 500 Line
switch engine was set up in district
court here as an exhibit in the case
of Joseph T. Morando, former switch
engine crew foreman, who is suing the
railroad for $4,000 for the loss of a
leg in an accident last April
| OWatonna-The war on gasoline
prices was again renewed in this city
with the announcement of A. M. Cra-
vath, garage owner. of cent cut per
gallon of Standard run gasoline at his
filling station, the new price being 1873
cents per gallon.
| Winnebago-W innebago has been
named as the central receiving point
for eggs to be sold through the Poul.
| try Products association made up OF
Martin and Faribault county poultry
raisers. 1t is probable substations
will be located at Fairmont, Sherburn
and Wells.
Rochester-High Forest township
people have gone on record pledging
themselves to portect various forms OF
wild life, such as ringneck pheasants,
ruff1ed grouse, prairie chickens, quail
and song birds. To do this they plan
to make their properties virtual game
refugees.
oWatonna--The dairy belt racing
circuit has been organized by heads
of horse racing committees of three
fairs as the result of meeting held
here. The three fairs included are
the Mankato fair, which will be held
Aug. Is to %; the Steele county fair
here during the following week, and
the Olmstead county fair at Roches
ter during the week after the latter.
Winona-A district institute of gov.
eminent and politics under joint au.
spices of the Winona teachers college
and the League of Women Voters has
opened here with an address by Judge
Thomas B. Wilson of Mankato, chief
justice of the Minnesota supreme
court. David Bryn-Jones, professor of
political science at Carleton college.
Mortified, spoke.
| Redwood FalIs-Action has been
taken in several of the ORDINATIONS
of the city regarding the closing of all
business houses in the city for one
half day each week, this day to be
used for recreation. The American
Legion is the first organization to of.
ficially adopt the project and com.
mittee has been appointed to cooper.
ate with other organizations in putting
the idea across.
Rochester-W. B. Yunker, of Roch.
ester, and one of his pilots, Arthur
Samson of Belview, Mimi, left for
Fairbanks, Alaska, to launch their air.
plane transportation venture. They
plan to fly two big passenger carrying
boats this summer. Mr.. Yunker has
already sent two airplanes to Alaska
in advance of his own arrival He
will use them in commercial aviation
in the United States far northwestern
possession.
ortonviIIe-A. w. Randall, former
Big Stone county auditor, who was
found guilty of grand larceny in the
second degree by jury, was sen.
fenced by Judge Stephen A. Flaherty
to one year and six months in the state
| penitentiary at Saltwater. Randall
was indicted on II counts. some charg.
ing him with misrepresentation of the
| county's delinquent taxes while he
was county auditor.
/ Waseca-What is said to be the
first case in the state to be tried un-
der the liability provisions of the
vostead act was heard in district court
mere. The jury returned a verdict in
| favor of the plaintiff, placing the dam.
age award at $500. Under the provi.
sions of the act, civil action for both
punitive. and actual damages can be
brought against party selling intox'
icating liquor. In this case the plain.
] tiff claimed loss of support for herself
and children because the defendant
had sold her husband intoxicating
liquors.
Mortified Carleton college inter
collegiate debaters returned to the
| ..-or, a. tar q frf,,rn nhouf four TIL