The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1925-05-01


College students began practicing in
the chorus which the college will
send to the Morse Centennial in June
Mankato = approximately $4,000
has been subscribed toward the $50,
600 which the Mankato Y. NJ. c. A
has set as goal for its financial cam
paign.
Red Wing = A site for the new
substation of the electrical power line
which the Northern States Power
Company expects to run into Rec
Wing this summer, has been chosen
CIoquet = Two Cloquet men afflict
ed with blindness for many years are
the recipients of radio sets given BY
the American Foundation for the Blind
at New York city.
Cromwell : A 92-acre tract on the
shore of Eagle Lake, about two miles
from this village, has been sold for
the location of Duluth Boy Scout
camp. improvements will cost about
$4,000.
Lesueur Center = Representatives
of four generations of the family were
present when Mrs. James Floyd, pic,
neer resident of lie Sueur county, eel.
ebrated her Goth birthday.
New Richland = Norwegians from
all over south central Minnesota are
expected to flock to st. Olaf's lake,
near here, on May II, when celebra,
ton of Norway's Fourth of July
will be held here.
Red Wing = Work has been com
menced on the new nurses home for
st. Johns hospital here. The new
building will cost approximately $40,
coo and will be a II room succeed
frame structure.
Waseca = Seyenty-five men have
been arrested for spearing fish in run
ming water with the aid of light
Most of the men were fishing on the
Cannon river in the neighborhood OF
Morristown.
Gaylord - The lowly prune prom
Uses to win a place in the orchards
of Sibley county. A number of farm
ers have experimental successfully
with prune trees, according to reports
here.
Red Lake Falls = The April term
of the Red Lake county District Court
lasted less than day. No cases were
tried and the petit jury was ordered
not to report, saving the county about
$500.
Owatonna - Members of the Owa.
tonna council, Knights of Columbus,
will entertain more than 500 visiting
knights May 25 and 26, at the annual
convention of the Knights of Colum.
bus, Minnesota Grand council, here.
Northfield-An invitation to the
Minnesota Holstein Breeders Associa.
ton to conduct it's 1926 convention in
Mortified will be extended by ~Hol
stein men here. The 1925 convention
is to be conducted in Glencoe in June
Hibbng-Grand Forks, N. D., was
chosen as the 1926 meeting place for
the ninth district Rotary at the or
ganizarion's concluding session of its
two day conference here. Edward A
Snberstein, president of the Duluth
Rotary Club, was chosen governor.
Owatonna-Russell w. Seath, coun
ty agent, is leading a movement
among farmers to form second COW
testing association in the vicinity Of
Owatonna. The associations organ
ization is expected to be completed by
midsummer.
ST. Paul - Herbert X. Jennings
secretary of the Federal Land Bank
and the Federal intermediate Credit
bank, ST. Paul, since they were found
ed, was named president of both
banks to succeed E. G. Quamme, re
signed, at special meeting of the
board of directors in st. Paul.
Long Prairie = Todd county bank.
ers met here with Sheriff John B.
Burns to plan a countrywide organiza.
ton to combat bank bandits. With
number of counties sponsoring organ,
lied "gun squads" in Minnesota is
brought to seven. The others are Wa
SEGA, Watonwan, Martins, Pine, Kama.
bee and Meeker.
Minneapolis to convert Lay
mans cemetery intp a park play
ground and business block, by remov
ing 10000 graves from the oldest
cemetery in Minneapolis and return
ing to heirs Of the founder land
which he sold for burial purposes
many years ago, were under way in
Minneapolis. Thousands of Mime
sofa pioneers are buried in the GENE
terry. Title to the land passed to the
purchasers of individual plots, when
these small parcels Of land were sold
for burial purposes.
ST. Paul - Mrs. Mary Arthur, los
years old, resident of st. Paul for
more than SO years, died at Little Sis
tiers of the Poor home.
Beaver Falls = Funeral services foI
Mrs. Sarah F. Brown, 101 years old
who died after so years residence in
Beaver Falls, were conducted here
Mrs. Brown was born in New Bruins
wick, Can, Jan. %, 1924.
Duluth = The iron ore shipping sea
son is well under way with opening OF
navigation on the Great Lakes. The
season is well in advance of last year
and Indications point to banner year
in both mining and shipping.
Albert Lea-The Interstate Power
Company of this city announced that
commencing May l, the electric rates
for Albert Lea will be reduced / cent
kilowatt hour and gas 10 cents q
thousand fest.
Northfield Members of ST. Olaf
College concert band will leave North
field for a 10 days tour of the middle
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