The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1933-08-25
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SE!vENTs:of the week
- droughoafsf,e State
of Ten thousand Lakes
told in brief form
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Ravens Sauer Kraut Wiener Buns
festival.
Virginia-Three men, including
city fireman, were asphyxiated here
by swamp gas at the bottom of well
under construction.
observation-disclosures to revive a
proposed calling for a federal prison
farm here, were made when the Min
nesota public works advisory board
met at the state highway department
building in st. Paul.
ST. Paul-Chief Justice Samuel B.
Wilson of the Minnesota supreme
court submitted his resignation to
Gov. Floyd B. Olson effective Sept.
4. The governor took the resigna-
ton under advisement.
st. Paul-Pheasants will be shot
in 81 counties of Minnesota for sea-
son ranging from 31a to 91a days,
starting at noon October 81, it was
decided tentatively by the Minnesota
conservation commission.
st. Paul-The interstate commerce
commission authorized the Northwes-
tern Bell Telephone Company to &C.
quire control of the Tri-State Tele-
phone and Telegraph Company
through purchase of capital stock.
St. PauI--Local public Indebtedness
in Minnesota outside of the metropoli-
tan area of Hennepin and Ramsey
counties has been reduced by 25 per
cent in the last five years, according
to tabulation by the state tax COM
mission.
Austin-George A. HORNED & Co.
has employed Ais additional workers
since July 1, in cooperation with the
NRA. This will mean an increase of
approximately 100000 annually In
the payroll of the Austin plant. This
includes only the Austin plant and
does not include additional workers
employed at the company's branch
offices.
st. Paul-Shower baths and a swim
ming pool for state officials and en-
ployees are the latest fads at the
Minnesota State Capitol Two mod
ern equipped rooms containing the
shower baths are being installed in
the sub-basement of the Capitol,
while the swimming pool has been
created from an old reservoir for
washed air.
Hibbing-Forest and brush fires
swept 1900 acres of cumberland in
northern Minnesota before being ex-
tinguished by 500 men, including 300
recruits from the civilian conserva-
tion corps. High winds whipped the
flames over a wide front before fire
fighting crews arrived. The fire was
concentrated in the Stingy lake re-
gion north Of here.
Fairmont-Fairmont will ask for
$4,000 federal aid to extend it's sew
er system, it was decided at coun-
Gil meeting. The project is to cost
about $4,000. 1t is expected the re-
mainder of the money will be raised
by selling city bonds, to be voted on
at the state wet and dry election Sep
TENDER IL. The work will be done
this fall as unemployment relief.
shakopee-Voters of the city must
pass on the question before the city
can accept an electric power line ex-
tending from Shakopee to Spring
Lake. Owners of cottages at the
lake and farmers nearby built the line
several years ago to obtain light and
power from Shakopee. They now de-
sire to give the line to the city with
the understanding the city is to fur
nish them with electricity.
OrtonviIIe-This city is going to
be prepared to serve sweet corn to
vast crowd at the annual festival
August "a. Last year over 1000
came to the city to eat sweet corn
and DIR. E. N. Schoen of the general
arrangements committee for the event
has just placed his order for 10000
plates, 10000 spoons, 10000 napkins,
100 pounds of coffee, 20 tons of sweet
corn, 100 pounds of salt and ESQ
pounds of butter.
Starbuck-A go year old bank rob-
Der, J. A. Kjornes, farmer near here,
fleeing with loot from the First
National bank, was shot to death as
he ran out of the door. The money
was recovered. The slain mans
youthful companion escaped in an
automobile. A shotgun charge fired
by Rudolph Hanson, restaurant own
er, killed the robber, but it was the
alarm spread by a plucky girl, Miss
Florence Bulman, chief telephone op-
orator, that sent Hanson into action.
ST. cIoud-Explaining that he had
assumed the responsibility of putting
over the NRA program in Minnesota,
Governor Floyd B. Olson appealed to
members of the American Legion, in
state convention here, to lend their
aid in enforcing the program.
Observation-Disclosures of federal
state advisory board of Minnesota
and South Dakota, meeting here with
Frank w. Murphy of Wheaton, fed
eral regional public works director,
voiced their approval of the proposed
milestone river diversion-Big Stone
reservoir federal project.
st. Paul - Northwestern railroads.
will make a coach passenger rate of
one cent mile August 81 to Septem-
Der 9 to stimulate travel to the Min.
nesota State Fair.
observation-disclosures Bergerson.
former worlds champion log roller
will appear in log rolling contest at
the Gopher camp fire annual outing
at Bell Lake, August 20 and 81
Bergerson has appeared in every ma,
jor burling contest in the northwest
and will take part in a championship
contest at the Worlds fair next