The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1924-08-15
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Austin--NIiss Mary Lacock of Spring
| Valley was appointed home agent for
J Mower county at a meeting of county
| club leaders here.
Tracy-Improveme which it is es-
timated will cost $4,000 has been COM
menced on the First Presbyterian
church building here.
Faribault-The Minneost Associa.
ton of Stationery Engineers opened
its fifteenth annual convention here
with 2proximately 800 meml and
large number of visitors present.
Austin-Members of the Austin Boy
Scout band are preparing for the trip
to the state fair, where the band will
play from Sept. l to 4. The band will
carry Al musicians and will be directed
by James Prevratil, local scout exec
utive
Hibbing = Fred Gorham, Virginia,
was awarded the contract to erect the
Memorial Recretational building here
at meeting of the village council.
The bid, which was $233,732, includes
the cost for the painting of the build.
ing.
Ortonville-Farmers and business
men from the counties of Big Stone,
Traverse, Stevens and Grant will mo.
tor to the Minnesota State Fair and
it's Northwest Dairy Exposition in an
automobile caravan that is expected
to outnumber any other being organ
lied over the state.
Garden City-"Those fellows could
make better wages at honest work"
said the agent of an elevator company
here when he found that burglars had
broken into the office and got nothing
for their trouble. The agent at the
Omaha depot agreed with him, when
he found that the burglars had also
entered his office and after breaking
the money drawer got just $4.25.
st. Cloud-Edwin Leonard Lindell,
of Minneapolis, bearer of the Croix de
Guerre, was elected commander of the
American Legion, Minnesota depart
ment, at the closing session here. Mrs.
Milton E. Spencer of Winona, was
elected department president of the
auxiliary, which like the legion, has
been in session here.
Cass Lake-Two men are dead and
a third is probably fatally injured as a
result of demented mans murder.
Gus expedition in this vicinity. The
dead are Charles Richards of this city
and N. j. Lindberg, the maniac, of
! Portland, Ore. The injured man is
Roy Jondahl, also of this city, who has
/ bullet wounds in his groin and his abb
| domen.
ST. Cloud-A coroner's jury investf
eating the killing of Jake Dimler by
City Detective Berg exonerated Berg
of all blame In the testimony it was
revealed that Berg found Dimler try
ing to force an entrance into a resi-
dence and when called upon to stop,
tried to get away. The bullet which
actually killed Dimler is thought to
have first hit the ground and then
glanced upwards striking Dimler.
ST. Paula program to double the
originally contemplated output at the
new Twin City plant Of the Ford Mo-
tor company and increase the number
of. workmen from $500 to 1000, will
be taken up at conferences. The en-.
larged program is to be carried out
early next year in the main manufac.
turing plant, under construction at the
high dam as the first unit in a $10,.
100000 Twin City Ford enterprise.
Dover-Bandits who blasted their
way into the vault of the First State
Bank of Dover failed to get as much
as one cent, it was disclosed, when a
safe expert succeeded in opening the
money compartment of the banks
safe. The six charges Of explosives
which the bandit gang set o., wrecked
the vault and blew the outer dor OF
the safe off. but failed to open the
inner door. When this compartment
was opened, approxim-. .ely 100000 in
cash was found to be intact.
Hibbing-"Yes, we have some ba,
nanas," is the revised version of the
popular song sung by members of the
local park board. Among the greatest
attractions here at this time are the
Hibbing village greenhouses, where
the banana trees hold the attention OF
visitors One of the trees is in bloom
while another has ripe fruit on it.
Tourists are especially interested in
! the tropical trees and about all OF
them make it point to visit the green
/ houses.
Moorhead- of several
million dollars to extend the beet
sugar industry into this section as a
means of helping the farmers work
out their financial difficulties, is as
sured, providing the government re-
tains it present policy. A. E. Carlton
of Colorado Springs, president OF the
Holly Sugar Corporation, third largest
beet sugar company in the United
States with factories in California, Ida.
! no. Wyoming, and Colorado, announces
this development will be handled by a
new corporation with capital of sew.
eral million dollars.
st. cioud-Practically all of the
equipment and furniture for the new
veterans hospital is now stored in the
! basement of the buildings, and it will
be installed as soon as DR.. Hans Han
sen of Logan, Iowa, the medical off.
Ger, arrives DR.. George Rice, who has
been appointed executive officer, and
! who is here awaiting orders to assume
his duties, expressed himself as highly
/ pleased with the buildings and the
equipment, which he declared is the
/ latest and best to be had. Announce.
ment was also made that the hospital
i uvo,,ld he onened about September 10