The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1933-03-31

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MinneapoIls-Fire at the airport
caused $4,000 damage.
st. PauI-Mrs. Jean w. Witch has
resigned as state budget commission
er.
Observation-Disclosures of men
have applied for work in all Twin
City breweries the past week.
lansing-Merchants and farmers
of the surrounding area held their
annual market day and auction sale.
Hastinss-The Hastings bridge,
closed to traffic during the daytime
for the past three weeks, is open
again now.
Newport-Three armed masked
men held up and robbed the Farmers
! Terminal State Bank and escaped
with $500.
| Excelsior-Parts of Lake Minnetonka
has been seined for carp to be sent
to New York in tank cars. Game fish
were returned to the water.
Ivanhoe-Its finances in excellent
condition, it will not be necessary for
Lake Stay township, Lincoln county,
to assess a township tax levy.
MinneapoiIs-All city banks are be-
ing protected against burglars by the
installation of bandit-proof equipment
and bullet-proof tellers' cages.
DuIuth-Because it is broke, the Du-
luth Board of Education skipped its
$4,000 payroll, depriving 700 school
teachers and board employees Of their
checks.
Minneapolis-Lux, the German po-
lice dog that has been the "eyes" of
Senator Schall for five years, died in
Washington as the Senator left here
for the capital.
Fergus Falls-Assets of the closed
Farmers and Merchants State Bank
here, totaling 100000 in paper, were
sold at auction for $1,000 to M. S.
Beard of Owatonna
Blooming Pralrie-Funds for the 70
lief of needy families here will be
| raised by the Otto T. Lund post,
American Legion and its auxiliary at
home talent show.
Albert Lea-Cars and buses were
stalled here when two feet of wet
snow fell. Drifts as high as eight
feed paralyzed outlying roads until
plows could clear the way
Hastings = A homemakers short
course will be given by business men
at the Hastings armory April 5 and
6. 1t will include food demonstra-
lions and a spring style show.
ST. PauI-Minnesota farmers plan
to sow 16,0S2,000 acres to the princi-
pal crops this spring, slightly less
than the 16,166,OO0 acres harvested in
1882, the U. S. department of agri-
culture reported here.
Winona-Bishop Francis M Kelley
of Winona, announced that control Of
st. Mary's college here has passed
from the Winona Catholic diocese to
the Brothers of the Christian scholors,
an international Catholic order with
headquarters at st. Louis.
Atwater-Farmers from all parts of
Minnesota will march on the state
capitol to demand Of the state legis-
lature legislation in the interest Of
human welfare, according to plans by
John H. Bosch, president Of the Min
nesota Farmers Holiday association.
Albert Lea-Albert Lea gave ex-
pressive welcome to the advent of an
era of good feeling and better times
with a parade which took an hour.
The parade was sponsored by the
Junior Chamber of Commerce. Bands
played, bells rang and all whistles OF
the city shrieked.
Albert Lea-A resolution was adopt.
ed by the Leo Carey post Of the Amer
lean Legion opposing constructor of
new post-office here and urging dis
continuance of the postmastership of
Albert Lea and other cities Of the
same class, on account of the exist
ing economic conditions.
ST. PauI-The Minnesota highway
department is faced with a possible
| S445,000 reduction in its 1888 highway
construction program as result of
action by the federal bureau of roads
Withholding that amount Of federal
highway aid pending outcome of the
suit to cancel s1,S00,00O in highway
construction contracts let in Novem-
| Der, 1881.
ST. PauI-The Minnesota State Fair
has adopted 25-cent outside gate ad-
mission for this years exposition,
| September 2 to 9. The adoption of
the 25-cent gate was prompted by a
desire on the part of the management
| to make it possible for every citizen
to visit Minnesota's Great State Fair.
| No curtailment in the fairs educa-
| tional and recreational activities is
| planned.
Winona-One thousand workmen
of this vicinity will be employed on
upper Mississippi navigation projects
in this section within a month, Off
cials indicated here. Preliminary
work is well under way, with crews
cutting the 5000 30-foot piling to be
used at the Whitman locks, telephone
lines are partly finished, and power
lines are under construction. The
huge projects include half-million dol
lar, nine-foot channel locks at Alma,
Wis, and Whitman, MINI. A stub
track and contractors buildings are
now being built at Whitman
LakefieId-An old steam boiler will
| ha mead RI uufflo the eYhaust of a
large Diesel engine at the municipal
light and water plant, the village
council decided here following COM
plants of persons living in the neigh
| borhood.