The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1925-10-30
BrietrMu
All h State
Condensed Stories Of Happenings
Of the Week In Minnesota

prosperity special" solid train toad
OF 40 cars of potatoes raised at Hol-
landale left Clarks Grove near here for
Missouri points.
Moorhead = Announcement of a
standing award of from $1,000 to
$4,000 for the capture of bank bandits,
dead or alive, win open campaign
for the organization Of Is units Of q
Clay county ranger system.
st. Paul-Funeral services for Mrs.
Amy Kellogg, 70 years old, pioneer
Minnesota resident, were held Mon
day. Mrs. Kellogg, the first white
child born in Wionna county, was the
wife of Frederick Kellogg. brother of
Secretary Of State Frank B. Kellogg.
New Brlghton-Walter Ritz, far
mer-aviator'' Of Truman, charged with
being the first violator Of Minnesota's
aerial code, because he took up pas
sengers in his airplane against orders
declaring 1t unfit for use," was fined
SIS in justice court at New Brighton.
Minneapolis Although 100000
more bushels Of grain were poured into
the Twin Cities and the head of the
lakes in two months this fall than in
the same time last year, the peak Of
the grain movement was passed with
out embargo or major complaint on
car service" the Northwest Regional
Advisory Board announced.
Atwater-Jacob Haldon, shot three
times by Colin Mcdonald, cashier,
when he was alleged to have attacked
the latter's father, VIII Mcdonald,
president of the State Bank of An
Mandate, is dead. He succumbed more
than month after the shooting which
took place September IL.
Winona = Winona celebrated its
achievement of conquering the natural
barrier thrown up by the Mississippi,
which for 60 years has stood as an i'm
passable wall between Minnesota and
Wisconsin, in a pageant and Mardi
Gras. The celebration marked the
opening of the new concrete roadway
which replaces the formerly dangerous
road known as Deaths Pike"
st. Paul-Henry Rines, state comp
troller, announced that savings of $751;
600 had been made in the second pre-
audit budget of the various state de-
partments, bringing the total of eco
nomics effected by the department Of
administration and finance, Of which
he is member, since it began func-
tioning six months ago, to approx
mately $4,000.
st. Paul-Ffve million feet of giant
white pine timber, blown down some
time last summer by tornado nobody
saw will be offered for sale by the
state of Minnesota, November 2. It
lies in belt about mile wide and 10
miles long, in southeastern Koochi-
ching county. The state owns about
1000 acres, or one-fifth of the land
devastated by the storm.
Henderson-Forty barrels of beer
resurrected from an abandoned brew
cry where they had mellowed for so
years may, instead of foaming in goblet
or stein, become Exhibit A in endless
litigation. Andrew ]. Volstead, father
of the prohibition law and now legal
adviser to the Minnesota prohibition
forces, will be asked to render an
opinion on the legal status of the beer.
MinneapoIis-The Minnesota potato
crop of 1925 will bring it's growers
nearly double the amount of cash re-
ceived for last years harvest, al
though the yield is about 100000
bushels short of the 1924 total. The
1925 production, according to October
forecasts, will be around 26,000,000
bushels, as compared with a final esti-
mate of 100000 for the 1924 crop.
Albert Lea-Ducks and gees swooped
down on a barrel of mash and drank of
1t to their hearts content. After drink
ing their fill they became so hilarious
that they could be heard for half a
mile. However, county authorities
weren't interested in the violation Of
the Volstead act by the birds. Instead
. they turned their attention to the farm
home in Freeman township and ar
rested the farmer and his wife.
st. PauI-PriZes for the finest Min
neosta butter and for skill in judging
butter were announced at the dinner
of the Minnesota Creamery Operators
and Managers association. State prize
winners in scoring butter were:
George d. Roufs, Winsted, first prize
given by the state dairy and food de-
partemnt, and A. w. Dahlsgaard, Cla-
rissa, second; NJ. A. Nelson, Harris,
third; Max Renner, Springfield, and O..
o. Vaughn, Brownton, tied for fourth
and fifth prizes.
Minneapolis - Minnesota's football
machine went through its first major
test at the Memorial Stadium and
while it failed to outdistance Knute
Rockne's scoring machine from Notre
Dame, the Gophers creation showed
great possibilities. The test ended
10 to Z in favor of the Rockne gridiron
model. Fifty thousand witnessed the
game, the largest crowd that has ever
attended sport event of any kind in
the northwest.
st. PauI-The gasoline tax imposed
by the last session of the legislature
totaled s530,015 on the September con-
sumption which was 26.500,7S5 gal
Ions, Hjalmar Nilsson, state chief oil
inspector, announced. The tax which
went into effect May /, now collected,
totals $2,S06,54S, representing con-
sumption of 140,371, 4s5 gallons since
that date.
Observation-Disclosures is to have a
canning factory ready for the 1926
crop, through action of dozen inter-
ested business men and farmers. The
company is to have capital Of $780,.
600.