The Ely miner., 1925-07-24


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Granite falls-flans are now under
way for the formation Of girls band
In Granite Falls.
WiIlmar-A junior life saving corps
has been organized here with mem
bership Of 20 select boy swimmers.
Atwater-Mr. and Mrs. John Bolin
celebrated their SD wedding ami
versary at their home in Forest City.
Slayton-Editors of southern Min
nesota will hold their midsummer
meeting August s at Valhalla lake,
near here.
New UIm-Figures compiled by hail
underwriters show that s19,242 was
paid to the farmers in Courtland
township, which was visited by a Sc
we're. hailstorm a few weeks ago.
Willmar-The Farmers Cooperative
elevator of Lake Lillian. containing
1000 bushels of grain, was destroyed
by fire. Origin of the fire is undeter-
mined.
st. Charies-St Charles Is to have
new city hail. 1t will be 60 feet
long and 30 feet wide and will have
a basement for furnace room and
coal bins.
Fergus FaIls-The board of direc-
tors of the Otter Tail County Fair as
sociation have announced the dates
for holding the fair this year as Sep
tember 21, %, % and "a.
Ivanhoe-Out of a field of six can
didates the county board named A. X.
Stauning of Tyler, county attorney of
Lincoln county, to fill the unexpired
term of G. w. Sites, who dropped
dead at his home at Lake Benton.
Winona-With six new cases of in
fantile paralysis reported, swelling
the total number Of cases to II, steps
were taken by health authorities to
enforce rigid measures designed to
curb the spread of the disease.
Observation-Disclosures to the livestock
area test, w. A. Peck, livestock COM
yards, is delivering a series of ad-
dresses in Scott county on the advan-
tages of the tuberculosis test.
st. cIoud-A bequest to the city Of
st. Cloud Of $4,000 to be used to help
defray the expense of installing a
water supply system is one of toe
items in the will Of the late C. L. At
wood, probated here. The estate to-
tails $245,000.
Owatonna-Fifty carloads of dairy
cattle, picked from the finest herds in
Minnesota, will move south into Texas
and Oklahoma this summer and fall,
to build up the dairying industry Of
the southwest, with Minnesota produc-
ers as the foundation.
Faribault-ReQuest for an appropria-
tion of s2,250 for county agricultural
extension was approved by the Rice
county board of county commissioners.
The board also voted 5000 for putting
on Rice county booth at the State
Fair.
Worthington-At the annual meet
ing of the board Of commissioners of
the Southwestern Association, DR.. C..
L. Sherman of Luverne was named as
president; DR.. P. C. Doland of Worth
ington, vicepresident, and DR.. S. A.
Slater, superintendent Of the sanator-
ium, was reelected secretary.
Thief River FaIls-Pennington coun-
ty taxpayers for the. first time since
the organization of the county in 1910,
found that taxes had been reduced, the
1924 levy upon which payment is be-
ing made this year being $456,677.77,
as compared to s497,977.96 for the
year 1923.
BIakeIy = Residents Of Lincoln
township will urge their representa-
tives in the legislature to propose a
bounty for skunks. 1t is estimated
that nearly 100 skunks have been
killed in the township in the past
two months. Loss in chickens is es-
timated at several hundred dollars.
HaIlock-Fourteen men, prisoners in
the Jail here, escaped by saving the
bars of second story window and
sliding to the ground on rope of
blankets. One was recaptured when
he appeared at farmhouse. Six other
prisoners refused the opportunity to
escape.
Duluth-Two Duluthians were elect
ed to head the Luther League of Min
nesota and Superior which closed a
three day convention with a picnic at
Lester Park. Walter Moeller, Duluth,
was elected president and his brother,
George Moeller, treasurer. was re-
elected.
Observation-Disclosures citizens de-
feated a proposal to issue $350,000 in
bonds for a new school building and
site, to take the place Of one recently
voted, which called for $225, 600 issue
for a new building without the site. by
vote of 1885 to 515. The prior vote
will now stand and the $4,000 struc-
ture will be built at once.
FarIbauIt-Cutting the road appro-
priation in half and reducing the
county revenue fund $4,000, the Rice
county board set the county levy at
s312,100 for 1926, as compared with
s400.79212 for 1925. The tax rate
will be Is mills. or 5.2 mills less.
Twin ValIey--The Crosswell Power
Company at Heiborg. has completed
the high line to .Mahnomen and is
starting an extension from there to
. Winger. The towns of Heiberg, Twin
Valley. Syre, Ulen, Gary, Hitterdal,
and Mahnomen are now being fur
niBhed with electricity from the plant