The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1925-05-22

office at Moerhead will be of first class
rank, advices received from Wash
ington indicate.
Bethel-Two city fire trucks raced
% miles to Bethel, north of Minneapo-
lis, to aid in checking flames which
destroyed two buildings.
Slayton-At the annual meeting Of
the Murray county convention Of wo-
mems clubs here, Mrs. Axel Frisk Of
Hadley was elected president.
Wlnthrop-Crappies have been rec
commended for stocking Cedar Lake,
near here. by Thaddeus Surber, state
superintendent of fish propagation.
New Prague-Formal opening OF
the new banking house here Of the
State Bank of New Prague has been
set for May rs.
kenyon-The Kenyon Cooperative
Oil association, formed by business
men and farmers near here, has
elected officers.
Rark Raplds-Minnesota county
d6CAlO III A1CCI AOl . JuA0 ~, 81 anu
% for their annual outing at Fish
Hook lake.
WlIImar-John Williams, for 20
years manager Of the Northwestern
Telephone exchange here, has retired
due to Ill health. H Is succeeded by
P. e. Fader of st. Cloud
Worthinston-The Pfingsten Lu.
theran church was dedicated here.
Rev. Lambertus, president of the dis.
trict, and Rev. Laubrock, president Of
Eureka Lutheran College, delivered
the sermons.
st. PauI-The forecasted production
of winter wheat in Minnesota was
placed at 100000 bushels as COM
pared with 100000 bushels in 1924
by Paul H. Kirk, Minnesota agricul-
tural statistician, in his crop report
for May.
Albert Lea-A. C. Erickson was re.
elected president Of the Minnesota
League Of Building Loan and Savings
Associations at the closing session Of
LILO CACfCAJn dAAudl uSCl1uS lud
University of Minnesota.
Redwood Falis-Elmer Bruer, has a
Holstein cow which holds the record
out of approximately $4,000 cows in
this state. The cow, which is seven
years of age and was fresh in Janu.
airy has a record of 998 pounds of
butter for the month.
Wlnona- The Mississippi river,
source Of power for the new s10,000,-
900 Twin Cities Ford plant, was har.
messed for another use by the Ford
Motor Company, when Is Ford cars
were shunted on barge for shipment
to Winona.
FaIrmont The Martin county
American Legion endowment fund
has gone beyond the $1,000 mark set.
late contributions making a total Of
S1,596.
st. PauI-Char1es Metz, age 80, OF
st. Paul, was the oldest person at
tending the annual meeting of the
Minnesota Territorial Pioneers asso-
citation day at the Old Capitol build
ing. Mrs. Sarah Truax of Hastings,
age 104, the oldest member, was un-
able to attend.
Red Wing-A huge tooth of mos
todon was found in gravel pit at
the state training school, by one Of
the boy inmates. The tooth, in an
excellent state of preservation, was
h;efn
here.
MinneapoIis-An old family horse
was made principal heir to a $780,
900 estate left by Mrs. Lucelia A.
Tasker. Among AZ requests, it was
specified in Mrs. Tasker's will that
$4,000 shall be placed in trust to pro-
vide a suitable home for my horse,
Joe Younger, as long as he shall live.
Redwood FaIls-The livestock judg-
ing team of the Pipestone high school
won at the annual district judging
contest here. Teams from Renville,
Olivia, Montevideo, Granite Falls, st.
Peter, Hector, Sleepy Eye, Tracy,
Redwood Falls, Garden City and Ma
della participated.
WeIIs-The state banking commits
sion has granted Theodore Aune of
Glenwood, Mimi, and group of bust
ness men a charter for the Security
State Bank to be opened here shortly.
The bank will be incorporated for
$4,000 and will have a surplus of
$4,000.
ELL Riu>r- FrouE padCcb forynor
living near Elk River, was released
from Stearns county jail, when the
Sherburne county grand jury returned
a mo bill" Bedoch was arrested and
charged with second degree man.
slaughter. Five children of Bedoch
were found at the Bedoch home near
here, after a spectacular fire had de-
stroyed the home. All were dead.
Mankato-Dentists of southern Min.
nesota, members of the Southern Min.
nesota District Dental Society, will
meet here June Is, 10 and 20 for their
twelfth annual convention. Among the
speakers will be Governor Christian
son. More than 900 dentists OF this
territory are expected to attend the
convention.
Austln-As an expression Of its ap-
prevail Of the veto Of Governor Chris.
Hanson of the socalled emergency ap-
preparation which would have sustain
ed the work Of testing cattle for tuber-
culosis, the Mower County Farm Blu.
reau has withdrawn an invitation ex-
tended to the governor to address the
annual county picnic in June.
Cottonwood county will
stage a historical pageant under aus.
pices of the American Legion and the
Window Community club on Home
coming day August and 5.