The Ely miner., 1925-07-24
NEWS OF THE NATION BRIEFLY TOLD

MISUNDERSTANDING 55 years
old, for the past few years secretary
treasurer of the Minnesota and North
Dakota Retail Clothiers' association,
died at his home here.
shakopee-History will repeat It.
self in Shakopee, the third Oldest city
in the state, when Scott county's his
torical pageant is staged on August
and 2.
Redwood FaIIs-Redwood county
will again have booth at the Min
nesota State Fair. An appropriation
having been voted by the county COM
missioners.
Worthington-A reservoir which
holds 100000 gallons of water is now
being constructed for the city as an
added step for protection against the
fire losses.
Pelican Rapids-Six buildings were
destroyed, members of one family
were nearly trapped in their home
and a loss of $45,0O0 ensued from a
fire which, swept the inland village of
Cormorant near here.
lie Roy-The lie Roy Lumber COM
pany is to wreck it's old building and
replace it at a cost of $S,O0O It is
said the new building will be the
largest OF it's kind in Southern Min
nesota.
Gonvick-Two boys were burned to
death, their father was burned seri
ously attempting to save them. and
3-year-old girl was saved by her
aged grandfather in a fire which de-
stroyed the C. E. Grantley farm home
near here
Lake Bsnton-Sixty years Of we'd
ded life have just been completed by
Mr.. and Mrs. John Nyberg of this
place, who have lived here for the
past 40 years. Both were born in
Sweden. Mr.. Nyberg is S5 years old
and his wife 49,
Faribault-Frank Huepenbecker Of
this city, has approximately two acres
of gladioli and dahlias now in bloom.
l have more than 10000 gladioli and
nearly 5000 dahlias, Mr.. Huepen,
becker said, and the flowers will con.
tinue to bloom until the frost comes.
st. Paul-As much as 81 a day is
being paid in the harvest fields of
South Dakota and Minnesota, it is re.
ported by Richard T. Jones, director
of the federal labor department for
the Minnesota and north central dis.
trict.
Mankato-August Schultz, promin.
ent 64-year-old Blue Earth county far
mer and president of the Mankato Co.
operative Creamery Company, died
suddenly. Schultz sat in the office of
the creamery where he was stricken
by heart failure and died before
medical aid could be summoned.
Shetek-Dedicatio of the memorial
which was recently erected in mem.
ory Of the Lake Shetek Indian mass
acre T.. 1862 will be formally dedicat.
ed August 2, with Governor Theodore
Christianson acting as master of cere-
monies and delivering the principal
address of the day.
Duluth-Sixteen men were injured,
four of them seriously, when powder
and dynamite in mixing house No. 2
OF the Du Pont powder manufacture
ing plant exploded. Damage estimat.
ed at $4,000 or more was caused.
Buildings nearby were wrecked and
windows for miles around were brok
en-.
Fort Snellins-For the first time
since 1922, 19 units of the 2O6 infan-
try, Minnesota National Guard pitched
camp at Camp Warren G. Harding,
for two weeks of intensive military
training. The regiment includes
units from Faribault, Moorhead, Park
Rapids, Hastings, st. Paul Park, Long
Prairie, Bemidji, Alexandria and
Sauk Center
nneapoIis-George Frazer, in.
structor in architecture at Cornell
University, has received the Grand
Prix de Rome fellowship in architec.
ture. The scholarship is valued at
$4,000 and includes three-year ap.
pointment to the American aoA1emy
in Rome. Frazer is 20 years of age
and graduate of the University of
Minnesota.
Fort SnelIine-Testing out a brand
new type of airplane, never before
seen in the northwest, and but re.
| Gently introduced into the United
States army, will be part of the pro.
gram OF the 109th Aero Squadron,
when it goes into camp at Fcrt Smell
ing, under command of Major Ray s..
Miller, for two weeks of intensive fly.
ing training. One hundred and six.
teen men will be at the camp.
William Henry Eustis,
philanthropist and acclaimed Min.
neapolis' most unselfish citizen" cele.
brated his S0th birthday at the Mayo
clinic Mr.. Eustis is remembered by
the children on each birthday as he
by an endowment of $1.500,000 Great
ed the hospital for crippled children
at the University of Minnesota and
presented the site for Michael Dowl.
ing School for Crippled Children to
the city.
ST. PauI-The Minnesota occupa-
tional tax on persons and companies
engaged in mining iron ore speaks
prospectively and not retrospectively"
and the state is not entitled to col
lect the tax from a company whose
operations ended prior to the time
the statute went into effect, the su.
preme court ruled in holding that thu
state is not entitled to collect $5,753
assessed against the Crete Mining Co.
The opinion reverses decision by
the Ramsey county court.
Minneapoiis-The story of how
Minnesota pigs, cows, chickens, eggs
milk, butter, sheep and potatoes go
| to market comparatively to increase