The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1926-01-01
NeulJ BrietrMw
All III State
Condensed Stories Of Happenings
Of the Week in Minnesota

void, " years old, former speak of
the Minnesota house, died at the
home of his daughter at Grafton, N. d.
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS in Min
nesota Mr.. and Mrs. Farmer are re-
ceiving invitations to attend the
twelfth annual Farmers and Home
makers week Short Course at Uni
versity Farm, Jan. Is to %.
st. Paul-Holding that trade cam
paigns carried on through the medium
of raffles or lotteries are in violation
OF the state law, Governor Theodore
Christianson called on Minnesota Off
GERS to enforce the law.
st. Paui-Mrs. Frank B. Kellogg,
wife OF the secretary of state, arrived
In st. Paul to spend the Christmas
holidays in her home. Mr.. Kellogg,
detained in Washington by official
business, will arrive in few days.
Minneapolis Two shipments OF
rubbing alcohol, shipped for. sale at
prices totaling $4,000, as holiday
liquors rebottled under famous trade
names for Twin City consumption,
were in warehouses under federal
guard, seized in last minute drive
to make this a "dry" Christmas.
New Prague-The output of high
grade creamery butter from the New
Prague Cooperative creamery for the
year totals almost 100000 pounds.
This amount, it was estimated, will
place the local plant in third, or at
least fourth place in quantity produc-
ton in the state.
Minneapolis - One woman was
burned to death and "a men, woman
and children were saved when they
leaped from windows or were over
come by smoke and were carried down
ladders by firemen in Ii below zero
weather in $4,000 fire which gut
ted three-story brick building.
Minneapolis - Minnesota commune
ties are supplying work enough for
residents of their own cities, with
building operations expected to con-
tinue as long as weather is favorable,
r. T. Jones, district director, employ
ment service of the United States de-
partment of labor. says in his month
ly report.
MinneapoiIs-The Guaranty State
bank was held up and robbed of $4,000
in cash just before closing time by
three bandits. 1t was the first bank
robbery in Minneapolis in more than
year and the most recent and daring
of series of major crimes that have
resulted in two deaths, the wounding
of third victim and the loss of thou
sands of dollars within the past ten
days.
Rochester-An endowment, disabil-
ity and life insurance policy in an
amount exceeding $1,O60,0O0 has been
purchased by the Mayo clinic for 1876
members of it's permanent staff This
blanket policy, said to be the first of
its kind ever written, will also pro-
vide an adequate pension for members
of the clinic faculty, according to H.
j. Harwick, business manager of the
institution.
Barnum-This village of Barnum,
where there are 125 white Leghorn
hens for every man, woman and
child, will become the poultry CAPT
tai of Minnesota January 4, when the
agricultural extension service of the
University of Minnesota moves bod
lily OF Barnum, for -hort course.
Seven Minnesota counties and six
from Wisconsin are taking part in
the course.
st. Paula total of 569,9S7 automo-
biles were registered in Minnesota
during 1925, an increase of 1872 per
cent over the total for 1924. The pro-
portional gain for the year was al
most exactly the asme as that in the
whole United States, which was 1879
per cent, according to figures recently
biles, 44,9S9 were trucks and 524,542
pleasure cars.
st. Paui-Seven million dollars will
be spent for extension of Minnesotas
system of improved trunk highways
in 1926 The total for permanent i'm
provements in 1926 will be larger than
the expenditure fer that purpose in
1925 In 1926, the state will pave
twice as many miles of highways as
were paved in 1925. Charles M. Bah
cock. state highway commissioner,
made known that his department has
prepared a $14.O0o.Oo0 budget for
1926.
ST. PauI-Declaring that Minnesota
freight rate increases, ordered last
September by the interstate commerce
commission, are unlawful, discrimi-
natory and unreasonable" the state of
Minnesota, through the railroad and
warehouse commission, dcfied the au-
thority of the interstate body to regu-
late rates entirely within the state
and ordered the railroads to cancel
the higher rates and to re-establish
lower tariffs, set up by the state COM
mission in 1915 and in effect for 10
years.
st. PauI-Plans for new edifice to
replace the Hamline Methodist Epis-
copal church, Asbury and Capitol ave-
nues, st. Paul, which was destroyed
by fire, will be formulated. All the
official records of the church were
destroyed, and the organ, which was
valued at $4,000, was ruined. Decora-
tions valued at $4,000 were also dam
aged beyond repair.
ST. Minnesota grew less po-
tatoes in 1925, with production of
26,772,000 bushels this year and a.
100000 bushels last year. The price
paid to farmers. increased from 81
cents last year to s1.54 this year.