The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1924-05-23

/ AuStln-OWdlO0nd was dWdru6u lHS
| 1925 convention of the Central Bap-
fist Young Peoples union at the close
of it's 1924 session here.
Austin-Seventy-fi farmers attend
ed the stone and stump blasting de-
| monstration conducted by Representa-
tives of the University Farm, at the
Will Hartje farm.
Ortonvlle-Acting on petition of
majority of the dairy stock owners
of the county the board of county COM
missioners has ordered an area test Of
the dairy cattle of Big Stone county
Morris. F. Entel of Montevideo
was elected president of the seventh
group, Minnesota Bankers Association,
at it's closing session here. More than
200 bankers attended the three SEES
sions
oorhead-Edward Fay, said to be
the oldest Minnesotan living in Clay
county, died here. He lived in this
state since 1858 and was stage driv-
er. He was postmaster here from
1874 to 1890.
Two Harbors-The first brook trout
fry of the season were received here
when the local chapter of the Izaak
Walton league distributed 100 cans to
the various streams tributary to the
city.
Thief River FaIs-Thirty-four cars
of Mennonites passed through here
from Canada to Chihuahua, Mexico.
They left Canada on account of re-
stricting freedom and schools and
ways of living.
Austin-The Milwaukee road has an
nounced the discontinuance of two
passenger trains between this city and
Calmar, Iowa, daily. The change is
believed to have been necessitated by
the increase in motor traffic and the
resulting falling off of rail travel.
Currie-The committee named by
the legislature to erect monument
in the memory of the early settlers OF
the Lake Chetek country will within a
short time have their plans complete.
A site for the monument has been
selected near the graves of the pio-
neers killed in the Indian raids.
Owatonna-Final action will be
taken in the selection of site for the
Tricounty Tuberculosis sanatorium to
be constructed and maintained by
| Steele, Freedom and Faribault coun-
ties at meeting here. Sites have
been offered by Owatonna, Albert Lea,
Blue Earth and Winnebago.
WilImar-Through the efforts of
the American Legion posts of Kandi-
yohi county complete and anthem
tic collection Of plats of all Gene
teries in the county will be made.
On these will be marked the graves
of soldiers of all wars. These records
will be preserved and continued.
Sleepy Eye-There has never been
time when so much interest has
| been taken in the boys and girls
club work in this county as there has
this spring. The baby beef. dairy
calf and pig clubs all have large en-
rolments and additional poultry and
corn clubs have been organized for
the first time this year.
Albert lea-After an all day battle
| in which large number of volunteer
citizens from Albert Lea used feet
of trucks, a gap in the new dam at
the outlet of lower Albert Lea lake,
| was closed, thus saving that body of
water from going down through the
Shell Rock river and destroying the
concrete bridge across the south end.
of the lake.
Bemidii-In little Lutheran Free
church of Nymore, where the family
of Enevild Stangeland gathered to at
tend a program, funeral services for
three members of his family who lost
their lives in fire which destroyed
their home. From the rooms of the
Stangeland home, the charred bodies
of the three children were taken and
because of the condition in which they
were found, only one casket will be
| used.
Park Rapids-The directors of the
! Jefferson Highway took steps to
shorten and relocate the highway in
| the northern part of the state. The
city of Warren and villages to the
north of that city were making strong
bids before the highway directors for
the location to be designated their
way from Thief River Falls. How
ever, route was selected which will
take the Jefferson traveller from Thief
River Falls north to beyond Holt on
a trunk highway and thence west and
northwest over graded and graveled
state aid road through Marshall coun-
ty passing through New Folden, and
Strandquist, and thence through Karl
stad, Halma and Bronson, st-iking a
trunk highway at Hallock and thence
to the border
Spring valiey-Four couples living
here, jointly celebrated their golden
wedding anniversaries at the Metho-
dist church. They are: Mr. and Mrs.
il. A. Stevens, Mr.. and Mrs NJ w.
| Thompson, Mr.. and Mrs c. F. Kumm.
and Mr.. and Mrs. Philip Zimmerman.
Mr.. and Mrs. Stevens are the oldest
| living members of the church and
Mrs. Stevens has lived in Spring Val
', ley since she was years old.
Rochester, new Artists club was
organized here and % promised to
, send in their work for an exhibit 1t
has been discovered there are about
30 artists in Rochester.