The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1933-09-15

dale, Democrat, returned to the U. S.
aboard the liner Bergensfjord from a
fve-weeks holiday in Norway. Sweden
and Denmark.
Granite Falls-By a IL to 1 vote 1t
was decided to issue $4,000 bonds to
build sewage disposal plant and to
construct new bridge. Work will
begin right away.
ST. Paul-Minnesota farmers will
be permitted to grow 14,300,000 BUSH
els of wheat next year, Is per cent
reduction under the governments
acreage control plan.
Marshall-The ditch for the pipe
line to the new water supply is COM
ing along great, with about so men
working on the job. The digging be-
gan from the municipal plant end.
Minneapolis-Proposa for a state
tax on beer of 81 barrel as a means
| of new revenue were being advanced
in as another reason for a special ses-
sion Of the legislature this winter.
| st. James-In a dress costing 81
cents, Miss Mildred Askeland, II, was
crowned Miss All Minnesota" at the
state fair. She was chosen on the
basis of her skill in making garments.
st. Paul-Workers on the nine-foot
channel projects in the Upper Missis-
sippi river will be selected from lists
| of qualified workers submitted by the
U. S. employment service in the north
west.
Bagley-A new hall of brick con-
| struction has been completed for the
village of Bagley and the old village
hall has been moved to the fair
| grounds to be used for livestock ex-
| hibits.
Baudette-Rain afforded temporary
| relief to brush and forest fires in nor
| thern Minnesota and northwestern
| Wisconsin which have resulted in the
death of one person, Axel Jensen,
Red Wing.
Belle PIaine-Due to prevailing dry
weather the sugar cane crop arrived
| at the ripening stage earlier this year
and the local sugar mill has started
its production two weeks earlier than
in previous years
Elk River-Electric current from a
| $4,000 volt line shot into the body of
Alfred Brown, Jr., as he was working
| at substation of the Elk River Power
| & Light Co., but heroic efforts of the
plant manager saved his life.
st. PauI-Kidnaping three men as
human shields, two members of a
bandit gang fed the scene of an $500
| holdup, but were shot down and one
| Of them slain in a running gunfight
with police. One policeman was cri-
tically wounded.
Byron-Reeling drunk, bandit rob-
bed the Byron State Bank of $3.50 and
killed Charles Gronvold, a farmer,
when he entered the bank. The
slayer, Silvey Speckeen, 20, of West
Concord, turned his pistol on himself
when pursuers closed in near West
| colt, near st. Paul. He is expected to
| die.
Redwood FaIls-For the first time
in the history of Redwood Falls
mayor has vetoed an ordinance passed
by majority vote of the city council.
| Mayor H. D. Thorp SAINT back to the
| council unsigned, an ordinance which
would have permitted beer to be sold
on the Redwood county fair grounds
September 25 to %.
st. PauI-Until sufficient states have
ratified repeal Of the eighteenth
amendment, Governor Olson will make
no decision as to whether to call
| special session of the legislature for
passage of liquor control legislation,
he said. He indicated, however, tina
he would consider a special session,
either in December or January.
Tracy-All modes of transportation
from the horse and buggy to the air.
plane brought nearly 10000 persons to
Tracy to witness the seventh annual
presentation of its Boxcar day cele-
bration. In the two and one-half mile
parade were 100 floats representing
the city's Industries and civil life.
The Juvenile section Of the parade
drew much applause.
Jarrett Minnesota authorities
threw an armed guard around the
| home of Herman Luer here, following
the visit of stranger in what is be-
lieved to be another KIDNAPPING at
tempt on members of the wealthy
banking family. Herman Luer is
brother of August Luer, wealthy Al
ton, ILL.,, banker, who was kidnapped
July II and released five days later
without ransom payment, The Min
nesota resident formerly also was a
banker at Alton.
lindstrom-William Hamm., Jr.,
st. Paul brewer, has donated $100 to
the Chisago Lakes Association to
cover expenses involved in prelimi-
nary work to promote the raising of
the water levels of the Chisago chain
of lakes.
| MinneapoIis-The second American
naval vessel to bear the name Min
! neapolis slid down the ways at the
Philadelphia navy yards-the thir-
teenth of Is 10,000-ton cruisers al
lowed the United States under terms
of the Washington and London naval
| limitations treaties.
Observation-Disclosures county dis
bursed a total of S4,029 in pension
warrants to aged persons and mothers.
OF this amount, s2O,3o3 went to 1854
persons of advanced age, and s23,726
to 615 mothers to support themselves
| and their children.
Montgomery-The task of planning
Montgomery's big yearly event, the
fifth annual Kolacky Day, Oct. /. is