The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1924-02-15
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Waseca-L. ]. Sheldon, local poul-
tryman, is now delivering over 100
dozen eggs week to local patrons.
Waseca Waseca's new $1,000
sewer system was put in operation
for the first time last week and is
working out very satisfactorily.
Lesueur-The local creamery made
41,OO0 pounds of butter in January this
year, as against $4,000 in January
year ago. Dairying is on the rapid
increase here.
WiIlmar-The Farmers Security
State bank of Willmar may open its
doors again soon, it was said, financial
aid having been promised the insti.
tuition.
st. Charies-Mrs. Sophia Pickert,
resident of st. Charles for more than
60 years, was 100 years old. She was
born near Herkimer, N Y, Feb. IL,
1924
SIayton-At mass meeting of the
radio owners of this city, an organ.
ization was perfected with 80 charter
members. The club will meet twice
each month for the purpose of dis
cussing radio topics.
LeSueur-The heaviest hog ship
ped from here in years was one in
cluded in shipment from. the Jas.
Janoysky herd. The hog was just
past two years old and weighed go
pounds.
acfa ~
lie health nurse, has arrived in Roch.
ester to take up work in the field OF
maternal and infant hygiene as pro.
ivded by the Sheppard-Towner act Of
congress.
Rochester-At meeting Of nine
churches here, 2,4O0 Bibles were de.
Dictated. The books have been oh.
tanned through the cooperation of the
Gideons and the citizens of Roches.
ter.
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. of the Hibbing
Lions club will raise a fund for the
benefit of widows and orphans of Al
miners drowned when the Milford
Mine, at Crosby, Mimi, was flooded.
A collection was started with a sub.
stantial sum.
Roche ster-The statement of DR.
Charles H. Mayo that he would. not
be candidate for the democratic
nomination for sthe presidency did
not stop his friends from trying to in.
duce the noted surgeon to change his
mind.
Rochester-To insure tn, transfer.
nation of the present Lake City road
into well graded and properly gray.
eled state highway, the county com.
missioners of Olmsted county will dis.
pose of $4,000 in bonds to obtain
money for the work
WiIImar-Bids are now being re.
ceived for the erection of the new
SOC, 1000 Lincoln school. Work on the
new building will begin in the spring.
The new school will relieve the con.
gested condition of the Willmar city
school.
Red Lake FaIIs-The Red River
Power Co., thru it's manager at Grand
Forks, W. H. Brown, announces that
an immense power plant will be con-
structed at this point, to replace the
old plant which is now inadequate to
care for the needs of the city.
Austin-Friends of Miss Mary Mel.
CHEN, grade supervisor in the schools,
are congratulating her on the adoption
by the Minneapolis schools of seat
work plan which she prepared for use
in schools. The state normal school
at Gunnison, Colo, is also using this
plan.
Hibbing = Work of stripping the
north forty" the former heart of the
village of Hibbing will be started in
earnest in few weeks. Big shovels
are ready to go, and the new mine
will be producing as fast as it can be
! made ready. This will give employ
ment to large number of men.
Rochester-When it became known
here that gasoline had jumped to 20.9
cents for low test and 23.9 cents for
high test, number of large consum.
ers conducted a preliminary confer.
ence looking to the completion OF
plans for cooperative filling station.
The idea is to organize number OF
truck, bus, taxi owners and others
who use large amount Of gasoline
and organize for the purpose OF
financing the filling station.
crosby-The Guyana range honored
its dead Sunday, when relatives and
friends of the Al miners who died in
the flooded Milford mine met here for
a short memorial service. At the
mine, five miles from town, giant
pumps continued their work of drain.
ing the mine and Foley's pond near
by, which poured tons of water and
mud through into the mine workings.
Workmen who knew the dead miners
in life helped at the pumps.
BaIaton-Mrs. Louise Bickford She
quen celebrated her 106 birthday an
niversary at her home here this week.
She is perhaps the oldest person in
the Northwest. She was born in Can.
ada in 1918 and come to Minnesota in
1866. Her husband lived to the ripe
old age of 10S and they had been mar
ried Is years when he died. She is
the mother of five children, two Of
whom are living She has sixteen
grandchildren, forty great grandchil-
dren and twenty great-great grand
children.
WiIimar-Willmar's new water.
works system will be ready for opera.
ton within a few weeks. When the
new pumping plant is placed in opera
tiou all of the water pumped from the
wells will be put through large con-
crete reservoir and filtered before be-
ing run into the mains.