The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1925-10-16
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All M State
Condensed Stories Of Happenings
Of the Week in Minnesota

dia College, will be started about the
middle of June, DR.. ]. N. Brown, presi-
dent Of the institution announced.
New RIchland-F orty-four cattle,
placed on the auction block here in a
dairy cattle sale, brought between $40
and $140 each. The sale was attended
by breeders throughout the state.
Roohester-Hugh Chalmers, retired
Detroit (Mich.) automobile manufac-
turer, and former president Of the Chal-
mers Automobile Company, has ar
rived here and is a patient Of the Mayo
Clinic.
st. PauI-Motor buses operating in
interstate traffic, even If they serve
only between two points, are subject
to the 10 per cent tax In Minnesota,
according to decision announced by
District Judge Hugo o. Hanft, at st.
Paul.
neapolls-Fifteen hundred Min.
nesota county rangers were ordered
to be on the lookout for bandits who
broke into the United States Welding
Company's plant, 120 North Second
street, and stole an oxyacetylene torch
and tank Of oxygen.
st. PauI-The Minnesota American
Legion rifle and pistol team won first
place in the matches at the national
convention in Omaha, and R. E. Cot
ton, st. Paul, coach Of the Minnesota
team, took second in the individual
rifle matches.
Minneapolis-Half a ton of baggage,
a calf and % junior leading citizens Of
Minnesota were in Indianapolis as
guests Of the Minneapolis Journal to
attend the International Dairy Show.
The youngsters had captured high hon
ors in the calf club competition in the
state.
st. PauI-The automobiles of IA
middle western states have paid their
way this year in a very literal sense.
They have more than paid for the to-
tai expense of constructing 5000 miles
of new automobile roads in those
states. License fees and gasoline tax
es supplied the money.
Misunderstanding that he suffered
permanent injuries when he dived into
water that proved to be three feet in
depth, William Aldo of this city has
filed suit for $4,000 damages against
G. R. Moses, proprietor of summer
resort Is miles southeast of this city.
Aldo declares that Moses is respon-
sible for the safety Of users ofIthe
beach.
ST. Paul-Minnesota's rural credit
bureau has allowed 120 loan applica-
tions since July 1, for total OF
$4,000, 1t was announced. The re-
organized bureau began work July
and under the amended law it began
making new appraisals. A staff Of
district appraisers was put to work
to check the valuations made by local
appraisers.
Mime apoIis-The Great Northern
railroad let a contract for construc-
ton in Minneapolis Of general ter
minal headquarters for its extensive
highway passenger bus operations in
Minnesota. The building will cost
about 100000 and is to be equipped
with most modern facilities for re-
pairing, reconstructing and machining
the large fleet of buses.
St. PauI-The United States depart
ment of agriculture figured farmers In
Minnesota, North and South Dakota
this year produced more cereal crops
and potatoes with value Of S723,345,-
140. The Importance of the corn crop
to Minnesota is emphasized in the re-
port. With a value of $103,755,750, it
exceeds the value of all other crops in
this state, which formerly was largely
a wheat raising state.
Duluth-Twelve thousand Minnesota
miners were working at full speed with
mine stock piles already exhausted,
reaping the second greatest iron ore
crop Minnesota has produced in the
last five years. With an average OF
more than 20 per cent above last years
production, mine experts estimated the
total output for this year at nearly 49,
100000 tons, one Of the six greatest
totals in history of mining in the state.
Value of the crop, at the time, is ex-
pected to reach STA, 100000
ST. PauI-There were fewer mar
riages and more divorces in Minnesota
in 1924, compared with 1923, bulle-
tin of the federal census bureau shows.
The ratio of divorces to marriages also
is increasing. The report shows that
in 1924 in Minnesota there were 3d.
124 marriages performed and 2,S03
divorces granted For the calendar
year 1928 there were 24,7S5 marriages
and 2,729 divorces. This is decrease
of 1861, or CT per cent in marriages,
but an increase of "a, or 81 per cent,
in the. number of divorces.
st. PauI-Appointmen of Andrew j.
volstead, author of the prohibition en-
forcement law, as head of the legal
department of the northwest dry en-
forcement district was announced by
General w. F. Rhinow, regional di-
rector. He will act as General Rhi-
now's legal adviser and will handle
trials of some cases.
Northfieid-Steps toward perpetual
ing the records of the life and activi-
ties of pioneer Norwegian immigrants
in the United States were taken here
with the organization of the Norwe-
gian American Historical Society at
St Olaf College.