The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1925-05-08

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Austin-Almost 800 applications for
positions in the Austin schools for the
coming year have been received.
Mortified = More than $50 st. Olaf
College students began practicing in
the chorus which the college will
send to the Morse Centennial in June.
st. Paul-Minnesota's state treasury
has a total cash balance on hand, In
Guiding all funds, of $14,016,SS1 on
May ], as compared to $13,8 1895 ,164 in
the state treasury a year ago.
Fergus FaIIs-After q years of mar
ried life, Betsy Halvorsen Lerbakken,
"a years old, filed suit in District Court
here against her husband, 95 years
old, charging nonsupport.
Crookston-The United States land
office here, has been closed and the
records sent to Cass Lake, where the
three government land offices in the
state have been consolidated.
New Prague-The city of New
Prague is in a prosperous condition,
according to a financial report made
by T. F. Rybak, city treasurer, which
shows a balance of $S3,202 to the city's
credit.
Observation-Disclosures Of the ST. Olaf
College concert band left Mortified
for their annual tour which will in
clude a two-week journey through
some of the larger cities in northern
Minnesota and Wisconsin.
Rochester, is announced by Will
lard Furlow, American ace, chairman
Of a committee on aviation of the
American Legion post, that Rochester
is soon to have a permanent landing
field for planes. An effort will be
made to have Colonel Mitchell, now
stationed in Texas, as speaker for the
dedication.
Red Wing The city council has
authorized it's legal department to
proceed with steps seeking to restrain
the Tri-State Telephone and Tele-
graph Company from putting into eff
feet here the increased residence tele-
phone rates on May /.
ST. Pam-Governor Christensen re-
naming Charles M. Babcock as state
highway commissioner, and made a
change in the office of state librarian.
He appointed Paul Dansingberg Of
Minneapolis as state librarian to sue
coed Charles F. Ebel of Faribault.
Lake city-Development of a me-
mortal drive out of Lake City in mem
Dry of Lake City soldiers and sailors
who made the supreme sacrifice in the
World war is now under consideration
by a committee of the Lake City
Luncheon Club.
Grand Rapids-Recent rains have
raised the rivers in this county
enough to start the delayed log
drives. There are yet two streams
where timber is moved a long dis
lance in this section. The Itasca Pa
per company has a drive of about g.
600 cords Of pulpwood coming down
Prairie river.
Little Falfs-A young pig" market
is being developed here. Saturday at
least 500 young pigs ranging in age
from four to six weeks were on the
market. They were in crates, boxes,
barrels, wagons, buggies, trucks and
some even rode in style on the back
seats of f1ivvers. Before the morning
was half gone, however, every pig
had changed ownership.
Cass Lake-In view of the fact that
the legislature passed a bill to pro-
vide for the erection on the state
capitol grounds of a statue to the al
most vanished lumberjack, Cass Lake
will offer a real model. He Is a stur-
dy old warrior Of the woods and the
log drive, Mike McAlpine, who, his
friends claim, is the best surviving
type of a fast fading tribe.
ST. PauI-The 9th anniversary Of
the admission of Minnesota to the
Union will be celebrated at the an
nual convention of the Minnesota Ter
ritorial Pioneer Association to be held
in the Old Capitol, May 18th. All over
eighty years of age VIII be guests Of
honor. Among matters for adjustment
will be formal acceptance of the beau
tiful flag and staff by the Sons and
Daughters of Veterans, opening Of the
Log Cabin and Portrait Hall for the
Norwegian centennial and plans for
the coming state fair, Sept. 5-12.
Observation-Disclosures will be the
center of interest for groups through
out the nation who are cooperating in
the fight against tuberculosis, during
the week of June 15 to 20, when dele
gates to the National tuberculosis AS
sociation's annual conference will as
semble, for the twenty-irst annual
gathering at the New Hotel Nicollet.
The American ~Sanatorium Associa-
ton will meet at that time and an
Nurses institute, open to nurses
throughout the middle west, will also
he held.
st. Paul-Minnesota income tax re-
ceipts for the first quarter of this year
were s~6,634,S36, a decrease of s1.219,-
s76, or 1853 per cent from the total
of s~7,s54,512 for the same three
months last year, according to the first
official figures on quarterly receipts
announced in Washington.
ST. CIoud-Samuel C. Pandolfo,
founder of the Pan Motor Co., now
serving 10 years in Leavenworth peni-
Tertiary, is seeking his freedom on a
writ of error filed with the United
States circuit court Of appeals, st.
Paul. The case has been set for hear
ing June 3.