The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1926-03-19
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OF the Week in Minnesota

Plpestone-For 232 hogs delivered
here, three Pipestono county farmers
carried home $8,223.57.
Fairmont-Frank A. Day, editor of
the Fairmont Sentinel, has filed for
state senator in the Martini atonwan
district.
MadeIia-A Watonwan county wo-
man, Mrs. Oliver Ashly Of this city,
has filed for election to the Minnesota
house of representatives.
oIivla-O. T. Sunde, AZ years old,
formerly sheriff of Renville county and
federal prohibition agent, died at a
Rochester hospital.
Chatfield-D. e. Farrell, 70 years
old, territorial pioneer, and for a
long time known as the "cattle king
of southern Minnesota" died here
from heart attack.
DuIuth-Representa Maggie, Re-
publican, of New York, introduced
bill to authorize the navy to dispose
of the radio station property at Du-
luth, stating 1t was no longer needed.
Biwabik-Thrift soon will be part
Of the public school curriculum here
with the installation of savings sys-
stem for pupils under supervision OF
the board of education.
Pequot-A IL year old girl who
burned the East Gull Lake school
house near here because he did not
like the teacher, is to be tried at the
June term of District Court.
lronton-A trainload of 20 cars of
ore from the Armour No. 2 mine has
been freighted to Superior to be held
for spring shipment. This is the first
ore to be shipped this year.
Minneapolis-Iowa's fighting bas-
ketball team entered quadruple tie
for the Big Ten floor championship at
the Kenwood Armory by defeating
Minnesota in the final game of the
conference floor race, IL to Is.
Sleepy Eye-The Izaak Walton
League will buy plot of ground near
the Cottonwood river for picnic and
camping grounds. Other outdoor inn
provements are planned.
nneapoIis-Eighty young men and
women will receive certificates Of
graduation from President L. D. Coff-
man at the 37th annual commence
ment exercises of the Minnesota
school of agriculture at University
farm Wednesday, March a.
St. Paul-Snow has blocked 900
miles of trunk highway in the state,
the highway department reported in
its weekly condition report The de-
partment has had $500 men, SO snow
plows and 1000 teams at work open
ing the roads.
Minneapolis - Creamery member
ships in the Land o'Lakes Creameries,
Inc, will pass the 500 mark in 1926,
making 1t the largest cooperative but
ter marketing enterprise in the coun-
try, officers said at the closing ses-
sion of the fifth annual convention.
st. Paula tabulation completed by
the state tax commission shows that
railroads operating in Minnesota in
creased their gross earnings in 1925
more than S7,000,000 as compared to
the previous year The gross earn
ings of all roads in the state for the
year totaled $160,561,S0 as compared
with $153,551,349 in 1924.
MinneapoIis-Dr. w. w. Charters,
professor of education at the Univer.
sity of Chicago, and DR.. B. r. Bucking-
ham, director of the bureau of educa-
tional research, at Ohio State univer-
sity, will be the principal speakers at
the Superintendent's and Principals
Short course and annual Schoolmen's
week to be held at the university,
March 30 to April 2.
st. PauI-Purchasers of stock in
the U. S. l. Realty company, by con-
| tract, are not obliged to fulfill the con-
| tract of purchase, the state supreme
court held in affirming the actions of
Mile Laos, Olmsted. Stearns, and
Polk county district courts. The de-
cision does not affect actual stock.
holders. The action of the high court
is far reaching and involves payment
of from 100000 to 100000 by coo
persons.
ST. Paul-Five Minnesota men were
named by Governor Theodore Chris
/ tiason to represent the state as dele
gates to the national conference on
street and highway safety, at Wash
ington, D. c., March %. "a, Is. They
were Judge Levi M. Hall, Minneapolis
George H. Herrold, head of the St
Paul city planning commission
Charles M. Babcock, state highway
commissioner, and Bert Wheeler, com
missioner of safety, Duluth.
ST. Paui-With 100000 more bu
shells of grain on Minnesota farms
than was there year ago, farmers
of the state are making plans fol
greater livestock raising, reports
show. Paul H. Kirk, state agricul
tural statistician, estimated in his
March crop report that there are 153,
444, 900 bushels of grain on Minnesota
farms, an increase of 30.241,000 blu
shells over March l, last year.
! ST. Paul-Declaring that If Mime