The Ely miner., 1925-09-25
Neu1t BrietrMau
All R State
Condensed Stories Of Happenings
Of the Week in Minnesota

Bemidji-Plans for the 1925 conven.
tion of the Northern Minnesota Educa'
tion Association here October 8, 9 and
10 were announced here by officers in
charge.
Rochester-Memberso OF the local Kt
wants Club will invade Wisconsin on
the next interclub tour. The trip will
include a stop at, La Crosse for
! luncheon on the return trip.
GIencoe-Julius Hopp, 81 year old
farmer, was convicted on charge OF
! first degree manslaughter, on a muir
der charge growing out of the death
! Of Louis Willis, a neighbor.
Tracy-The dance pavilion and
skating rink at Teepeotah, Lake She
tex, near here, was destroyed by fire
Of undetermined origin yesterday,
The loss is partly covered by insur'
ance.
ST. PauI-The death rate in Mime.
| sofa decreased from 1,013 deaths, per
| 100000 population to 971 deaths in
1924 and thus becomes one Of the
healthiest states in the country, ac'
cording to United States department
Of commerce report.
Duluth. j. Chapman arrived in
Duluth on the steamer America of
Duluth instead of in a refrigerator car,
as he did several months ago. Mr..
| Chapman will remain in Duluth a few
days to rest up before starting the
| trip to Kansas City.
Northfieid-If Carleton college sue
cessfully completes its campaign for
an endowment fund of $1,200,000 by
February Is, the general education
board Of New York will add $125,000
to its original gift of 100000 to the
| fund.
| New Ulm-The town board of West
Newton will endeavor to prevent nom
resident hunters from hunting in the
township. A resolution was adopted
prohibiting non-residents from hunt.
ing in the township and the board is
determined to carry out this edict.
Minneapolis cut Of 81 cents In
retail prices of gasoline was made eff.
fective at filling stations throughout
Minneapolis and st. Paul, lowering the
cost of first grade gasoline to 22.1
cents a gallon, while low test motor
fuel sells at 1871.
Bemidji-This week marked the end
of the Crookston Lumber Company s
saving operations here. One of the
operate, it also is one of the last in
the entire northwest to complete its
saving operations.
Hibbing-Attended by more than g..
500 men. women and children, formal
dedication exercises for the new Me.
mortal building, were held here, un-
der the auspices of the American Le-
gion.
st. Paula charge of shot from her
| own gun proved fatal to Mrs. Harvey
| Kunert, % years old, st. Paul, bride
| of four months, while she was hunt
ing with her husband near Aitkin.
Her death was the seasons first hunt
ing fatality in Minnesota.
ST. PauI-The first drive of the re
organized prohibition forces on boot
| logging in the northern Minnesota
woods, close to the Canadian border,
resulted in the arrest Of the postmas-
ter at Vermillion Dam, a former chief
of police at Virginia, north woods
farmer and the confiscation of Can
adian Scotch whisky valued at $1,000,
and quantity of beer
Fairmont-Destinies of the Mime
sofa Federation of Women's Clubs will
be directed during the coming two
years by Mrs. Willard Bayliss Of CHS
| holm, who was elected by vote Of
212 to LAG on the formal ballot at the
concluding session of the thirty-first
annual convention here. The new
leader of the $4,000 club women of the
state has been chairman Of the de-
partment of public welfare for the fed
Grafton for the past two years.
ST. Paul-Minnesota's automobile
registration reached the record total
of 549,542 cars, which is $4,000 greater
than the registration on the CORE
spending date in 1924 The revenue
from the automobile taxation in the
state will reach nearly $10,000,000 be-
fore the end Of 1925, Mike Holm. Sec
| retary of state, predicted. This is larg-
er than any forecast ever made for the
year. The total amount of money paid
into the state highway fund by auto
lists for license plates to date is
! s9,491 ,06531.
st. Paul-Minnesota has Joined four
other states in fight before the Uni
ted States supreme court against di-
! version of the waters of Lake Michi-
gan into the Chicago drainage canal.
The states entrance into the lakes
level controversy has been made In
an effort to protect Minnesota ship
ping out of the port Of Duluth from
serious injury threatened by the low
/, ering of levels entailed in Chicago's
! drainage system. Clifford L. Hilton.
attorney general, said.
Minneapolis-With tourist inquiries
recorded this year more than double
those of any other year in history,
Gateway Tourist Bureau officials esti-
mated that more than $4,000 tourists
had availed themselves of the Civic
and Commerce Association routing
service. while passing through Mime
apolis this season, setting new rec
ord.
New UIm-The annual Old Settlers
banquet will take place here Wednes'
! day night, October z, the anniversary
date of the arrival Of the first settlers.
! The Junior Pioneers Association is
sponsoring the affair.