The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1925-06-05

VI the CITY.
AIexandrIa-Under the direction OF
the Alexandria Commercial Club, 60
cans Of pike fry were planted in lakes
near here.
Waseca-The state game and fish
commission has announced that the
game refuge in Blooming Groove town.
ship will be retained.
Madison-John Wollschlager of Bel
bingham purchased the farm OF John
Kemen, two miles south of here, pay
ing $3.50 cash per acre for the tract
Red Lake Falls = The June settle
ment Of the Red Lake county taxes
will be some $4,000 greater than usual
as the result Of record-breaking tax
title sale.
Clinton - The opening of a. new
creamery here was attended by a rec.
ord crowd. More than 5000 pounds OF
butter were received for the opening
day.
Austin = Alonzy Hayes, a former
Austin man, has left Beloit college
his entire estate valued at 100000. Ac.
cording to the Beloit Alumnus, col.
lege publication.
WIIImar = Judge George Moeller
since 1904 Judge of Municipal Court
here, died here at the age of Sc. Judge
Mueller was appointed in 1904 by Gov.
ernor VanSant
ST. Paul = Damage estimated al
SA0 nm Woo coucad nv 6ro 81 +bo NH.
club. $40 North Washington street.
The blaze started on the stage in the
lodge room. Furnishings and seven
elks' heads were destroyed.
Minneapolis-A petition asking for
an increase in Minnesota rates on
grain and some grain products was
filed by nine railroads with the Min.
nesota railroad and warehouse com
mission.
Westbrook = Work of building the
dam which will raise the level OF
Double Lakes about three feet will
begin according to information re.
ceived by Representative A. G. Knud'
sen.
Middle River = Louis Dykeman OF
Argyle won first place in the Marshall
county high school written spelling
contest and Emily Carlson of Strand.
quist won first honors in the oral con.
test.
WInona Most of the men laid OFF
in the motive power department OF
the Chicago and North Western rail.
rood SHOWS have Nov < will ratury to
work, Charles A. Coleman, master me.
chanic, said. There were 220 men laid
off.
Thief River Falls - Tourists camp
ing in the tourist park maintained by
the city hereafter will be charged SO
cents night for accommodations at
the camp, it was decided at meet.
ing Of the park board.
Edgerton = Human bones, believed
to be those Of man, were found in
the ruins of livery stable here by
investigators seeking to determine the
cause of fire, which threatened to
destroy this village.
Crookston - About 60 members Of
the Nels T. Void post Of the Ameri.
can Legion drove to Winnipeg to at.
tend the memorial celebration of the
Great War Veterans OF Canada. The
post colors and color guard were
taken along.
Wells Miles Brewster has re-
ceived word of his appointment as a
cadet to the United States military
acadamy at West Point. He erpects
to leave July 1. He is graduate OF
Wells high school and son of M. w.
Brewster.
st. Paul = Letting of contracts for
the Ford bridge was delayed for at
least seven more weeks when the St.
paul city commission rejected the pro-
posed ordinance providing for S775,.
600 bonds to pay st. Paul's share OF
the project.
ST. Cloud = Mrs. H. E. Wilcox, Of
East Lake, was seriously injured here
when an airplane, piloted by Speed"
Holman, winner of the international
Air Derby, at st. Louis last fall,
crashed from height of 500 feet at
the Benton county fair grounds dur.
ing the Memorial day program.
Fergus Falls = A contract for ESQ.,.
900 pounds of sweet cream butter at
q price of cents above New York
quotations has been awarded the Fer.
gus Falls Cooperative creamery and
the Pelican Rapids Cooperative
creamery by the navy department
The premium will mean approximate.
ly $4,000 above market prices.
Minneapolis = Minnesota bankers
prepared to mobilize an army Of 1000
former service men, armed
with service rifles and pistols and
equipped with high powdered automo-
biles, to put stop to bank robberies
and holdups and the looting of rural
stores throughout the northwest. The
organization will be known as the Min.
nesota County Rangers, and will have
the backing Of every bank in the state.
Each bank will subscribe to a reward
fund of $4,000.
Winona = Scholarship honors were
wrested by the boys of Winona high
school from the girls for the first time
in many years when John Schmidt
and John Hillyer were declared re-
spectively Valedictorian and saluta-
torian Of the 1925 graduating class.
Windom-Dr. f. H. Weiser, physi.
clan here, died from heart disease
shortly after his return from meet
Ing of the Southern Minnesota Medi-
cal association. DR.. Weiser was prom
inent in Masonic circles.
ST. Paul = Broken links In the long
and growing chain Of good roads in
will be forged this summer,
paving, grading and gravel
ing iohs to be let by the state highway