The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1925-10-23
Neuut Brietrhw
All R State
Condensed Stories Of Happenings
Of the Week in Minnesota

complexion Tor the sessions OF the Mill
nesota Education association which
opens November In ST. Paul.
Observation-Disclosures in this vicin.
ity have organized and incorporated
the Winnebago Raral Cooperative
Fire association for protection Of its
membership.
Albert Lea-Southern Minnesota's
prosperity special" solid train load
Of 40 cars Of potatoes raised at Hol-
landale left Clarks Grove near here for
Missouri points.
Two Harbors-A report that plati-
mum has been found in paying quanti-
ties near Beaver Crossing on the old
No. / highway to Port Arthur was
given credence here.
Moorhead-A campaign for an en-
dowment fund of 100000 for Concor.
dia College, will be started about the
middle of June, DR.. ]. N. Brown, presi-
dent of the institution announced.
Observation-Disclosures is to have
canning factory ready for the 1926
crop, through action of dozen inter-
ested business men and farmers. The
company is to have capital Of $780,
600.
MISUNDERSTANDING an offensive
which would not be denied, the hard
driving Gophers fairly swept the Little
Giants from Wabash college off their
feet and registered 80 to victory
for the Maroon and Gold before $1,000
rooters in the Memorial stadium.
Red Wing Goodhue county's
courthouse for rs years will be re-
placed If the county commissioners
take action on a resolution by the
county grand jury holding the pre-
sent building to be inadequate.
ST. Paul-The State of Minnesota
completed arrangements for it's fuel
supply for the coming year by award
ing contracts totalling s75O,O0O for
12S,O90 tons for coal to be used by
the various state institutions.
Minneapolis - Northwest Holstein
cattle enthusiasts are rejoicing at
the cleanup" of high show ring honors
that were carried back to Minnesota
by the herds of the Minnesota Hol-
stein Co. of Austin and by Dr. Chris
TOPPER Graham of Rochester from the
National Dairy Exposition at Indian.
apolis.
Hibbine-Ore shipments from iron
mines this year were up to normal
and may exceed those Of former years,
it is shown in tonnage estimates COM
piled by the state department of
mines. The total output this year
may attain 3S,OOO,0OO tons, one of the
six greatest totals in the history of
mining in the state. The value of the
crop is expected to reach $114,000,.
600.
Lake City-Agriculture must have
the same legislative protection ac-
corded to general industry or it will de.
cline, J. F. Reed, president of the Min
nesota Farm Bureau Federation, de-
clared in an address before the Wa
basha County Bankers Association.
He defended the efficiency of the
American farmer, declaring that he
surpasses the German, English, Italian
and Spanish farmer.
ST. PauI-There were fewer mar
riages and more divorces in Minnesota
in 1924, compared with 1923, bulle-
tin of the federal census bureau shows.
The ratio of divorces to marriages also
is increasing. The report shows that
in 1924 in Minnesota there were 3d.
124 marriages performed and 2,S03
divorces granted. For the calendar
year 1923 there were 24,785 marriages
and 2,729 divorces. This is decrease
of 1861, or 81 per cent in marriages,
but an increase of IA, or 2.7 per cent,
in the number of divorces.
Observation-Disclosures farming is
the reason for an increase of 9,7S2
farms in Minnesota during the past
five years, Dean w. c. Coffey of the
University of Minnesota college OF
agriculture, said. The increase, which
amounts to 51a per cent, is shown in
the United States census bureaus pre-
liminary figures on farms for 1925 and
the gain by Minnesota was made dur
ing a period in which the total number
Of farms in the entire country dwindled
from 6,44S,343 to 6,372,608. The total
number of farms in Minnesota at pre-
sent is 1S8,260.
MnneapoIis-Dr. Hiding Berglund,
a native of Sweden and a doctor of
science from the University of Stock
holm was chosen head of the depart
ment of medicine in the Univer-
sity Of Minnesota medical school at
the October meeting of the board of
regents on Oct. 10. DR.. Berglund
came to the United States in 1920 and
studied at Harvard, later returning to
Stockholm to receive his degree.
Since 1923 he has been assistant pro-
lessor of medicine in the Harvard
Medical School and an associate in
one of the large Boston hospitals. He
will take up his work at Minnesota
about November 1.
ST. PauI-Extension of the Mime
sofa Western railroad, formerly the
Luce line or Electric Short line, from
the present terminus at Lake Lillian
through Clara City to Dawson, dis
lance of 81 miles, is contemplated in
al application presented to the inter
state commerce commission.
st. PAULA campaign to enroll a
million young peop.2 in patriotic
pledge of allegiance cor law enforce,
nent, will be conducted by the Wo-
mems Christian Temperance union.
Minnesota will be asked to secure 25,-
Geo names to the roll of young people
between the ages Of Ia and Is years-