The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1925-08-14


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Minneapolis-More than 500 mem
bers attended the sessions of the Min
nesota Funeral Directors association
here.
Windom-Fire, discovered by a
small boy at the Tuthill Lumber Com
pany yard caused approximately $751;
600 damage.
Lake MISUNDERSTANDING valued at
about $4,000, and s48 in cash was
taken from the Stebel & Fussky gen.
eral store here by truck bandits.
Windom-During the past month,
Charles Mathews, county agent, has
placed 1876 men on farms in the coun.
ty to help with the harvest.
Fairmont = improvements totaling
well over s250,0O0 for the first seven
months Of 1925 is the record for this
city, one not heretofore equaled.
Fergus FaIls-Congressman Knut
Wefald, Nonpartisan League congress
man from this district, announced that
he will be a candidate for reelection
to congress.
Ada-The First Methodist and Ger
man Methodist congregations have
been consolidated here under the name
of Community Methodist church. Rev.
F. w. Henke is the pastor.
Northfield-At the annual meeting
of voters in the Mortified school dis
trict budget Of $4,000 in estimated
expenses for the schools of this city
during the coming year was approved.
Owatonna-Final arrangements have
been made by a joint committee Of the
Steele County Farm Bureau and the
Owatonna Chamber Of Commerce for
a Steele county booth at the Mime
sofa State fair.
FuIda-At their regular meeting con-
Quoted at Valhalla, the Murray County
Bankers association approved Of the
ranger" type of bank protection that
is being inaugurated in many nearby
counties.
ST. Paula four-hour fire which at
racted thousands of spectators caused
damake estimated at between $780,
600 and 100000 to the two storage
houses of the Jacob Schmidt Brewing
Co.
New Misunderstanding dairy far
mers of the New Richland community
will consign large number of pure
bred and high grade dairy cattle to a
sale to be conducted here at the close
of the annual New Richland Dairy day
celebration, September "a and rs.
-Dennison-Captain Martin E. Trench
formerly of Dennison, was ordered to
the Virgin Islands as governor in sue
cession to Captain Phillip Williams
who has held the post for three years
and who is to return to the United
States for medical treatment
Redwood FaIIs-Affairs of the First
National bank, recently closed, have
been placed In the hands of L. R.
Ewart of Wells, Mimi, who has been
named receiver. Plans for the reor-
ganization of the bank have not been
completed.
Granite. FaIis-The levy made by
the county commissioners for high
way purposes in Yellow Medicine
county set a new record The sum of
$4,000 has been appropriated for
road and bridge work for the coming
year.
Hibbina-A train of more than so
automobiles, bearing boosters from St.
Louis county, the largest county in the
state, arrived here on the eighth an
nual club booster tour. Nearly 200
members of the st. Louis County Club
were in the party.
st. Paui-The people of Minnesota
have 100000 more in savings ac-
counts in state banks now than they
had a year ago, marking an unusual
strengthening of bank conditions and
of Individual savings, A. j. Veigel,
state superintendent of banks re-
ported.
Shakopee-Routing of highway No.
5 In northeasterly direction from the
state reformatory for women through
Shakopee to connect with Highway
No. 81 is contemplated, according to
a committee of citizens who inter
viewed State Highway Commissioner
C. M. Babcock.
ST. Paul-The largest paving order
ever signed by the state of Minnesota,
and the greatest expenditure for high
way improvements ordered by the
state In 1925, was announced, when the
state highway department asked for
bids on nearly rs miles of paved roads
on main trunk highways through the
state. Paving will care for vital links
In important systems running out of
the Twin Cities in three directions,
giving the state one continuous paved
road 20S miles long, from southern
Minnesota to Brainerd, and putting
builders at work at once on paving
along long, badly worn parts of the
highway from Minneapolis to Man
kate.
Waseca-Mrs. William G. Ward, wi
dow OF the last state Senator W. G..
Ward, died at her home in Waseca.
She was IA years old and one of the
pioneer residents of Waseca.
Hamiine - Frederick Remington's
masterpiece, IA Dash for Timber"
will be part of the fine arts display
at the Minnesota state fair. September
to IL, when paintings illustrating the
history of popular art in the United
States dur .1g the past so years will be
the specif.i attraction fsr art lovers
Between FOO and 500 canvasses will be
shown. according to Maurice I. Flagg,