The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1925-06-26
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Balaton = Minnesota's Oldest WON
Ian, Mrs. Louise Bickford Shequen,
died here at the age of lot years. She
was born at Stanbridge. Can. Febru'
airy 8. 1918.
Morris-A class Of SO pupils receiv
ed their diplomas from the rural
schools of Stevens county at the grad
| uation exercises at the West Central
School of Agriculture here.
Grand Rapids-On or before July
1, Grand Rapids will have a new
bank. when the Itasca County State
bank opens its doors for business.
Glendale = Civic leaders here have
In series of bees" completed i'm
provement at new bathing beach at
Beaver Lake and have constructed a
new bathhouse and roller coaster.
Granite Falls-A new water filtra
ton plant is being given its first try
out and the people of this city will
have pure water on tap for the first
time in many months.
Observation-Disclosures education fol
the deaf was discussed by E. A. Stew
enson, superintendent of the Fari
bault School for the Deaf, at bust.
ness session Of the biennial conven'
ton Of the Minnesota Association OF
the Deaf.
Long Prairie-Long Prairie is to
stage celebration July IA, the occa.
sion being the completion of exten.
sive improvements to the Long Prai
rie Creamery. Governor Christianson
has been invited to speak. The day
is to be known as dairy day."
st. James-Amcng the graduates OF
the st. James high school this year
Miss Lilly Mae Johnson has a re
markable record for attendance and
promptness. During the IL years OF
her public school life she has moi
missed single day, nor been tardy.
Rochester - Two tornadoes, cross
ing the path Of the southern Mime
sofa area which was swept by violent
storms less than 4S hours previously,
struck central Dodge county, partially
demolishing the town of Hayf1eld and
wrecking farm buildings with total
loss estimated at S250,000.
Minneapolis - Holding bank mes.
senger at bay with drawn pistol, a
street car bandit calmly alighted from
a street car at University and Ham.
line avenues, st. Paul, jumped into a
touring car at the curb and fed
with $4,000 in cash, while 20 passen-
gers looked on, helpless and dazed.
Appleton - While drilling on the
John Malzahan farm, George R. Shep.
ard was asphyxiated by dynamite
fumes. In an attempt to rescue him
he was brought to within 10 feet of
the top, but dropped back again and
was dead when brought out a short
time later.
ST. Paul - The Owatonna district
team won first place with 2,427 points
in the boys state livestock judging
contest at the University farm. The
three other teams in the contest fin.
ished In the following order: Bemidji
district, second, 1856 points; Gilbert
district, third, 2,269 points, and Pipe
stone district, fourth, 1902 points.
Fort Smelling One hundred and
fifty physicians and surgeons from
Minnesota, North Dakota, South Da.
kota, Nebraska, Kansas, Missouri and
Iowa, members of the Seventh corps
area, Medical Reserve corps, will be
at Fort Smelling July 5 to 10, to take
part in two weeks medical training
under the Jurisdiction of the com.
mander of the seventh corps area.
ST. Paul - Robert Edwin Odds, st.
Paul, former law associate of Frank
B. Kellogg, was named assistant sec.
rotary Of state by President Coolidge.
Colonel Odds, who is now in Paris,
succeeds John Van A. MacMurray,
who is now en- route to assume his
new post as minister to China.
ST. Cloud-Taxed beyond it's capacity
by the increased number OF inmates,
it has been necessary to place cots in
the Railways of the state reformatory
to care for the 767 inmates now con.
fined there, c. A. Vasaly, superinten.
dent, reported. The raformatory has
capacity of 600 inmates.
st. PauI-Farm loans by the state
of Minnesota will be financed hereaf
ter out of the state trust funds, under
a plan being worked out by Governor
Theodore Christianson and his ad.
yisers. In other words, the state will
buy its own bonds and pay interest to
itself, instead Of selling tax free
rural credit bonds in large amounts
to outside capitalists.
Minneapolis The University Of
Minnesota, celebrating its greatest
commencement exercises, made the
day one in which its leaders and stu.
dents of both past and present re
ceived all honor. The history Of Min
nesota's first days took it's place be-
side the record of the great univer'
sity of today as DR.. William Watts
Folwell, the first president, before
throng of 10000 persons gathered in
the Memorial stadium for the gradua.
ton of 1902 seniors, received the hon.
orary degree of doctor of laws.
ST. Paul Governor Christianson
announced his appointees on the new
"superboard" of administration and
finance, which will control the ex.
penditures of state departments and
boards. Members OF the new board
are: Henry Rines, present state treas.
urer, named as state controliAS. A. ].
Peterson, Dawson, budget commits.
sioner; H. w. Austin, st. Paul, com.
missioner of purchases; e. w. Stark,
Center City, state treasurer to sue
coed Mr.. Rines.
Sandstone-Fire of undetermined
origin destroyed the spring house
here, belonging to the Chippewa
CnripgS Cornoratiou