The Ely miner., 1925-05-15

county.
Rark Rapids-Minnesota county
agents will meet here June 26, 27 and
2S for their annual outing at Fish
Hook lake.
st. cIoud-More than $4,000 people
visited the three days civic and in
dustrial exhibits held in the st. Cloud
armory. it was announced.
Mankato = Approximately $4,000
has been subscribed toward the $780,
600 which the Mankato Y. M. C. A.
has set as goal for it's financial cam
paign.
Austin-Almost 500 applications for
positions in the Austin schools for the
coming year have been received.
ST. Paul-Beltrami county in north
central Minnesota has 1854 farms
valued at $9,414,110, according to re-
suits OF the 1925 farm census received
from the department of commerce at
Washington.
Duluth = Steaming In through the
Allouex ship canal the steamer Har.
vester officially ushered in the 1928
season of navigation, eight days earl
ier than was the opening last year.
st. James = The Watonowan Co
operative Egg and Poultry unit now
has lob members, who are deliver
ing their eggs to receiving stations of
this association.
Wells-The Wells Business and Pro.
fessional Women's Club is sponsoring
a 'city beautiful campaign. A city
flower will be chosen by popular vote.
Prizes will be awarded in the fall for
homes or premises showing the most
beautiful improvements.
Alexandria-George Scheckel of
Alexandria was elected president of
the Douglas County Holstein Breeders
at reorganization meeting of the as.
sociation, which will be affiliated with
the Minnesota Holstein- -Freisian
Breeders.
nneapolis-Marshall H. Coolidge,
kinsman Of President Coolidge and
a manufacturer and lumberman pro
minently identified with the business
affairs of Minneapolis for 80 years,
died following long illness.
ST. Secretary of State Frank
B. Kellogg, returned to St. Paul for the
first time in almost two years, to at.
tend the funeral of Cordenio A. Sever
ance, his partner in law practice for
81 years.
Falrmont-Julius e. Haycraft of
Fairmont, who has been appointed dis.
trict judge for the 18th judicial dis.
trict by Governor Theodore Christian
son, to succeed Judge E. c. Dean Of
Fairmont, who resigned because of
failing health.
MinneapoIis-Sale of $1,000 acres of
Minnesota farmlands in the first four
months of the year for $2,590,000, re-
ported in survey Of 81 counties com.
citation, was the basis for prediction OF
10000 in sales for the whole year.
Austin-Word has been received by
Albert HOPPE, manager of the South
ern Minnesota Holstein Co. that the
young bull, Sir Inka May, raised here,
has been sold at Philadelphia, for $12..
600. The animal will go to Seattle.
Austin - burr Oaks" a rambling
country estate, with many baths,
billiard room, a fireplace and gym
nasium, will be the future domain of
Sir Larry O'Keefe, former packing
L ;yob cd
the title and much of value from his
grandfather who died in Ireland.
Crookston-As the result of a vote
Of S26 for the bond issue and 762
against, the Crookston school district
will erect an auditorium and gymna.
sium to cost $4,000, as an addition
to the present high school building.
Voting of these bonds ends a long
contest.
Minneapois-A. N. Jacobs, author
of the "Magnus Johnson Steps Out"
article, involving the former United
States senator in an arrest whose cen.
trail figure turned out to be another
Magnus Johnson, was found guilty of
criminal libel in Hennepin county dis
trict court.
JanesvilIe-J. e. Sweeney, former
city editor of the Waseca, Mimi, Jour.
nal, has purchased the GAINESVILLE Ar.
gus from J. A Henry, veteran editor,
who retires after AZ years of service.
Mr.. Sweeney also is owner OF news
paper at Norwood. Mr.. Henry was
active in politics and was postmaster
of Janesville for 20 years under Re-
publican administrations.
Grand Rapids-Recent rains have
raised the rivers in this county
enough to start the delayed log
drives. There are yet two streams
where timber is moved long dis
tance in this section. The Itasca Pa.
per company has drive of about g.
900 cords of pulpwood coming down
Prairie river.
Belle PIalne-Surrounded by more
than a score of relatives, Mr.. and Mrs.
Johannes Nord, prominent pioneers Of
this county, celebrated their 60th we'd
ding anniversary at their home In
West Union.
Granite Falls-To have four sticks
Of dynamite explode beneath them and
live to tell the tale is the experience
of Charles Gilmore and Oscar john
son. The dynamite had been planted
in the excavation for new building
here and the two men were In the act
of placing log over the charge when
it was suddenly set of by the opera
tor
orthfieId-Hundreds Of people are
expected to visit the Carleton campus
May 16, when two of the biggest
events of the college year take place.
In the afternoon, Carleton's Gath an