The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1924-06-13
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crosby--A special election has beer
vailed by the village council for June
"a for the purpose of deciding whether
the village shall issue bonds in the
extent of $4,000 to take up outstand-
ing orders.
Tracy-Rosie NJ Hansen was grant
ed $4,000 by Judge r. A. Montgomery
in district court as damages in a suit
for $4,000 brought by Miss Hanson
against the Minneapolis Street Rail-
way company.
Park Rapids-The annual picnic of
the Shell Prairie's Cattle club at Fish
Hook lake near here was attended by
approximately 500 persons. Officers
of the state association were present
as well as number of breeders from
the Otter Tail county.
Observation-Disclosures and publishers
of the state will throw aside the cares
and worries of the paste pot" and
frolic at four-day outing at Alexan-
dria, beginning June 26, under the
auspices of the Northern Minnesota
Editorial association.
Fergus FaJIs-Dr. A. B. Cole, one Of
the best known physicians and public
men in northern Minnesota, died here
of heart disease. He was 76 years old.
DR.. Cole had served two terms in the
Minnesota Senate and was a candi
date for the Legislature this year.
Duluth-Organization Of the Com
mercial clubs and civic bodies of nor
thern Minnesota into a permanent or
ganization will take place at Hibbing
July /, according to arrangements
made at a conference of officers OF
the Duluth Chamber of Commerce and
the Hibbing Commercial club.
Deer Creek-The Deer Creek cream
cry was destroyed by fire. The fire
originated on the roof from chimney
sparks. New machinery, valued at
more than $1,000, had just been in.
stalled. The creamery was owned by
farmers cooperative company. The
loss is partly covered by insurance
Wabasha-The 1924 wool pool. up
der direction of the Minnesota Co
operative Wool Marketing association
will center here, officers of the or
ganization having made contract by
which facilities of the Wabasha wool
warehouse become available to mem
bers. r. E. Jones of Wabasha is sales
manager.
Winona-The largest class in the
history of Winona Teachers college
was graduated here when diplomas
were awarded by resident director, s.
H. Somsen, to 156 students at the com.
mencement exercises. Diplomas pre-
viously had been awarded to SO stu.
dents, bringing the total number of
this years graduates to 249.
Duluth-Brush and forest fires in
the Canadian border country, checked
by heavy atmospherical conditions,
were we'll in hand, according to a
wire received from Grover M. Comet,
acting state forester. Mr.. Comet, who
rushed to International Falls in re-
Spouse to reports of serious fires rag
ing near there and Blackjack, inspect.
ed the fire area. He state that wealth.
er conditions were more favorable now
and the fires were not running.
Minneapolfs-A total of 10,00t, 900
of rural credit bonds Of the state OF
Minnesota were sold, in the largest
single sale ever conducted by the Min
nesota Rural Credit bureau, to a syn
dictate headed by the First National
of the syndicate were the First Ma
tional bank of New York, Lehman
Bros, and the Hayden-Stone company.
notwithstanding refuge in dense
swamp near the home of his father,
Dan Click, 10 years old, was found by
Sheriff Julius R. Johnson and depu.
ties five miles west of here and ar.
rested as being implicated in the
shooting Of Charles Runyan, Bemidji
taxicab driver. who was lured by a
fake call into the country and shot.
Runyan, who is at the Lutheran hos
pital here, is improving and has g
good chance for recovery.
MinneapoIis-A warning that black
stem rust is now abundant on com
trail area and that the winds will short.
ly be carrying this rust to growing
cereal crops was broadcast by the
Conference for the Prevention of Grain
Rust, an organization representing the
agricultural interests of thirteen Mid.
die Western states. Immediate eradi.
cation of all common barberry bushes
was urged as an effective means Of
reducing rust losses.
Duuth-Duluth soon will have one
of the largest match plants in the
United States operated by the Federal
Match Corporation. When the Fed.
eral Match Corporation was formed
it acquired nine plants, two of which
were located in Duluth. For reasons
of economy, it was decided to consoli.
date these two Duluth plants. The
plant formerly operated by the Min.
nesota Match Manufacturing Com
pany was less than half the size OF
the second plant, formerly operated
by the Union Match Company.
Bemidji-Using automobiles instead
of horses to follow their hounds. a
party of wolf hunters, including State
Game Commissioner Jay Gould, for.
mer Governor John Lind and son,
John; Ed Eylar, president Of the Hen
nepin County Sportsmen's club, and
members of the Bemidu chapter of the
Izaak Walton league, bagged seven
wolves in the vicinity of Hines. Three
wolf cubs were found in hollow tree
ard were saved alive. The others
were all shot. Two hounds were used
to drive the wolves out of the woods