The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1925-08-07


the old settlers OF Pipestone county
held here, S. T. Marshall was named
as president and E. L. Reader was
elected secretary.
Mora-Funeral services were con-
Quoted at Mora, the family home, for
Mrs. Henry Rines, wife of the Mime
sofa state controller. Burial was in
Mora. Mrs. Rines died in st. Paul.
Dawson-June was the biggest
month in the history of the Dawson
Cooperative creamery. The sum Of
$10,S02 was paid to patrons for cream
during that period
aledonia-Houston County Fair
will be conducted at Caledonia Sep.
TENDER l, 2, 3 and A. The fair board
has prepared for a greater fair than
ever before.
Little Fails-Charles E. Vasaly and
Warren Dix of st. Cloud, and a repre-
sentative of the state organization, met
with a group of local business men to
discuss organizing of a Kiwanis club
! here.
Northfeld-Ralph L. Henry, for
three years member of the Carleton
College faculty, has accepted an ap-
pointment as assistant professor Of
English at Miami University, Oxford,
| Ohio.
kenyon-A contract for S37 1000
church was let by the Norwegian Luz
theran church.
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Red Wing-George L. Lutz of Plain
view was married here to Miss Flo
renee M. Barghusen Of this city, the
| ceremony being performed by the
grooms' mother, Rev. G. F. Lutz. Mrs.
Lutz is pastor of the Congregational
church at Pine Island.
Croshy-A number Of Protestant
churches Of Aitkin, Grow Wing and
Cass counties are negotiating for the
purchase of the Northwestern hospital
at Brainerd. The hospital with its re-
Gently built addition cost about $141,.
600, including the equipment
St. Paul-Bids will be received Au-
gust IA in sale of the palatial ST. Paul
residence of the late James J. Hill.
| The dwelling, valued at $189,000, will
| be sold at public auction, at the St.
Paul courthouse, in accordance with a
court order following partition action
brought by Hill heirs.
Minneapolis-Th protein content Of
the 1925 spring wheat crop which, to
a large extent, is the determining fac
tor in the milling quality of wheat,
| promises to be higher than last year,
grain experts in Minneapolis said at.
ter making tests of hundreds Of
samples of the new wheat.
Mankato-Phil Comstock was elect
ed state commander of the Veterans
of Foreign Wars to succeed the late
DR.. Hugo Hartig at meeting of the
advisory council of the department
Mr.. Comstock was former vice COM
mander and his position is to be filled
president
MnneapoIis-The National Auto
Tourist Camps of Minneapolis with .
capital of $4,000 filed articles of in
corporation in the office of Mike Holm
| secretary of state. The new corpora
ton will conduct tourist camps, CON.
duct retail stores and gas stations
throughout Minnesota and neighbor-
ing states according to articles filed.
Bemidji-Announcem that Swift
& Co. is interested in establishing q
creamery in this section and is con.
sidering purchasing of the Bemidii
Creamery Company plant, was made at
meeting of the Bemidji Civic anu
| Commerce Association by represen,
| tative of the company.
Thief River FaIis-Announcement
has been received from Ole Sageng OF
| the rural credit board that F. F.
Haynes of this city has been selected
as the local appraiser. His district
presumably will cover all of Penning.
| ton and certain sections of Marshall,
Red Lake and Beltrami county.
ST. Paul-Fifty-seven thousand more
automobiles are travelling Minnesota
| highways this year than last, and cars
| owned in the state have brought
| S9,256,539 in revenue to the state
treasury, more than S1,000,000 in ex.
cess of license fee revenues for the
first seven months Of 1924, Mike
Holm, secretary of state, announced.
Duluth-Settlemen offers to LOO
fire sufferers of the Woodland district.
who have claims aggregating approx
mately $1,000,000, will be made, the
first to be sent out by the government
| through it's representative, Albert
| Baldwin Duluth attorney, he said. Mr..
Baldwin said he will make the settle
ment offers as rapidly as he completes
investigation of each claim.
lie Sueur Center-Bootlegg now
serving time or waiting of the federal
grand jury in the LIE Sueur county Jail,
have been put to work in the fields.
Several days ago farmers complained
of the shortage of help. Sheriff Hugo
| Bolke put up the proposition of field
work to his prisoners and they agreed
| they would prefer the outdoor to Jail.
| The labor shortage on farms near lie
Sueur has been partially solved.
ST. Paula $2,500,000 transporta.
ton merger is perfected in Minnesota,
placing under one management seven
of the largest passenger bus COM
panies, with routes stretching into all
parts of the state. The purchases and
merger are centered around the North
| land Transportation Company. The
Northland generally is regarded as be-
ing the property of the Great North
ern Railroad. This is one of the far.
reaching results of passage by the
1925 legislature of bus control act.
enderson-Purchase OF the old
| home of Major Joseph r. Brown here