The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1925-08-28

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st. charIes-September 1, 2, 3, and
have been chosen as the dates for
the Winona county fair at st. Charles.
Hibbins-The Inland Steel Company
OF Chicago, owner of the Lauar mine
here, has added the Morton iron mine
to its list Of Minnesota ore producers.
Wheaton-Triplets, born to Mr.. and
Mrs. Leonard Kerling here last week
are to be exhibited at the Traverse
county fair in Wheaton, September
16.
Fergus FaIIs-J. e. West, newspaper
man from Willard, has bought the
New York Mills Herald, Ottertai
county, from E. r. Estes, and expects
to continue its publication.
Granite FaIls-A part of the cloth.
ing stolen from the Berg store at
Porter has been recovered near Han
ley Falls. Section men found the
clothing under a pile of ties.
Winona-George F. Sylvester, &C
years old, cashier of the closed Plain
view State bank, and one of four off
GERS indicted by a Wabasha grand
Jury, dropped dead while writing on
typewriter at his Plainview home.
Savage broke into the
Riley general merchandise store and
postoffice, situated in the same build
ing, and robbed the postal safe Of ap
proximately SITS. They left 500 in
stamps and the money order book.
Long Prairie-The Long Prairie
Creamery paid $4,000 to its farmer
patrons for the months cream re-
ceipts, according to Secretary George
Lano. More than 200 farmers re-
ceived checks in excess of 500.
Northfield-One of the largest acre
averages in grain during the present
harvest season in this vicinity was
recorded on the L. r. Strunk farm
where nine acres Of barley and oats
yielded 50 bushels to the acre.
Montgomery-Dr. F. c. Westerman
has released 20 Chinese pheasants in
the state game refuge district, south
of town. The birds were shipped from
the state game reserve at Mound,
MINI.
Wheaton-Citizens of White Rock
S. D., and Wheaton have Joined in a
formal protest to the United States
war department against the proposal
to abandon the plan Of improving the
outlet Of Lake Traverse in Minnesota
and South Dakota.
Montgomery-B. B. Sheffield, presi
dent of the Commander Elevator Com
pany, has announced purchase by the
company of the Exchange Terminal
Elevator at st. Louis Park. The pur-
chase price was $350.000.
Neutrality-suspicious. to the Minnesota
state fair, will get their first glimpse
of the giant dirigible, Shenandoah
when it flies over the fair grounds
September or Z, the exact date not
yet decided, according to official ad
vices received from Washington.
Acknowledgements It's EN-
ployees of the Frazier mine, located
near here, and operated by the Oliver
Iron Mining Company, were thrown
out of work when orders were re
ceived from the east g suspend OPP
Grafton
Minneapolls-Efforts to arrange a
debate on evolution between DR.. w. B
Riley, pastor of the First Baptist
church of Minneapolis, and Clarence
barrow, Chicago criminal attorney,
were begun by Frank ]. Manning
president of the Educational Forum
OF Boston.
Belle PIaine-Long, long ago-leg
ends are not accurate as to time
Heinrich Altentrofer buried the fam
lily treasure near her as he fled before
an Indian attack. Believing the leg.
end handed down from father to son,
several young men are preparing to
excavate where the '1ost treasure" is
supposed to have been buried. Ac.
cording to the story. Altentrofer es.
timated the treasure at $4,000.
Fort RidgeIy-A few old settlers
and many of their descendants met
at Fort Ridgely for their annual OBJ.
servance of the anniversary OF the
New Ulm Indian massacre of 1862.
It was 63 years ago that the Sioux
Indian outbreak began, eliminating
in the New Ulm massacre and the
daughter of scores Of pioneers and
their families on their lonely farms
in this vicinity.
Rochester-Announce that the
Mayo clinic contemplates the con.
struction of $2,000,O00 addition to
the present buildings were made by
Harry Rarwick, business manager OF
the institution, following the an
nouncement of the Rochester board OF
education that the block now occu,
pied by the Central school has been
sold to the Mayo association for $780,,
600.
MinneapoIls-Of the $290.ooo worth
of bonds taken in daylight robbery
of the Northwestern National bank OF
Milwaukee last December, approx
mately 100000 worth were recovered
In Minneapolis, 1t was learned.
MinneapoIIs-A car load Of Mime
sofa butter and 800 Minnesota butter
makers will go to the convention OF
tho National Creamery Buttermakers'
association at Portland, September 10.
16 and IL. 1t war announced. The but
ter, declared to be the best ever made,
was shipped from the Twin Cities in
a specially decorated and refrigerated