The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1933-06-30

W. VI Hle! 10TH
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Warren-The twenty-seventh an.
nual Marshal county fair will be June
20 to July 1.
st. Cloud-A reduction in water
rates on bills due in June, July and
August, was voted by the city com.
mission.
NorthfieId-An all day program OF
vaudeville, sporting events and fire.
works was arranged for the fifth an
nual community picnic held here.
PaynesviIle-The club house at the
local golf course burned to the ground
and all equipment, including several
expensive bags of golf clubs were de-
stroyed.
Blooming Prairie-The annual fin
ancial report of Blooming Prairie's
municipal electric plant disclosed it
had earned net profits of s4,627 in
the last year.
st. Paui-Secretary of War George
H. Dern approved an allotment Of
$275,000 for maintenance dredging of
the Mississippi river in the Twin City
section of 225 miles.
Former Congressman Vic
tor Christgau left here for Washing
ton where he will take up new duties
as assistant to Chester Davis, direc-
tor crop production in the department
of agriculture.
Minneapolis = Congressman Einar
Hoidale of Minneapolis was ordered
by his physician in Washington to
take much NEEDED rest or face COM
plete breakdown. He Immediately
planned a trip to Norway.
st. PauI-Crop conditions in Min
nesota are ideal at present with ev-
cry crop making good Roadway and
prospects unusually bright for good
yields on all grain, according to the
Cargill Crop bulletin issued here.
EIy-The body of the Rev. William
H. Downing, AZ, Eveleth Methodist
minister, for whom a search in the
Superior national forest had been I'M
der way, was found in Birch Lake.
The body had been in the water about
four days, officials said.
misunderstanding deal ear to the
pleas of a large delegation of farm
bureau members, the Rice county
board of commissioners refused to
adopt resolution to appropriate
$1,650 for agricultural extension work
in the county.
MinneapoIis-The biggest campaign
ever conducted to make the city safe
from smallpox and diphtheria started
when scores of persons appeared for
immunizations in more than 500 phys
| icians' offices, which have been trans
posed into temporary health centers.
Buffalo-Twenty-two farmers Of
Meeker, Wright and Carver counties
were defendants in $4,000 damage
suit which grew out of an attack on
Archie L. King Of Grove City at q
disturbance during farmers picketing
activities at Howard Lake last Oc-
tober IL.
Breckeridge-A new butter cham
pion, Fence Johanna Bess Fayne,
Holstein COW, bred on Fence Farms,
was announced, following completion
Of 365-day official test which
showed total of 1,510.62 pounds Of
butter. She is one of only five cows
in the history of the country enter the
1,50O-pound class.
lindstrom-Crops in eastern Min
nesota, with the exception of winter
wheat, rye and alfalfa which were
winter killed, are coming along in
good condition, it was reported here.
Barley, spring wheat, oats, corn and
potatoes are rated as exceptionally
good and should the present favorable
weather with its abundant rainfall
continue, one of the best crops in
from 10 to Is years is expected.
Duluth-Two tracts of land total
ing 1880 acres, 12,144 in Superior
National forests, 1886 acres in the Me-
saba district, were purchased by the
U. S. forest service for s75,2S1. The
price paid for the Superior tract,
$60,S16, or approximately So an acre
was the highest paid by the forest
service in buying 225,649 acres of tim
Der land in dozen eastern and mid
western states for s46S,442. The Me-
saba district land cost $14,465
ST. PauI-William Hamm, Jr., veal
thy brewer was kidnapped and held for
100000 ransom. The police were
kept off the case at the request OF
the family. After private negotiations
with the kidnapers, the money
was tossed out of a coupe along
the highway near Rush City, and
Mr.. Hamm was released thirty
hours later near Wyoming, Mimi, I'M
harmed. Verne Sankey is suspected
of being the leader Of the kidnapping
gang.
Grand Rapids-Wilfred Wood and
w. Pierce, chief paper makers, and
A. A. Richards, chief mechanical en-
gineer for Edward Lloyd, Ltd, Of
Sittingbourne, England, were visitors
at the plant here of the Blandin Pa
per Company.
Atwate-A needle 21s inches long
was removed from the abdomen Of
the nine-months-old son of William
Everson, living near here. 1t is
thought the needle penetrated the hip
of the child while it was lying in a
crib and worked it's way into the OBJ
domen.
st. PauI-Increase Of 2.2S4.000. 900
cubic feet il. volume of water stored
in reservoir lakes at the headwaters
of the Mississippi river was reported
by the q. S. district engineers office.
Volume totals 26,746.0O0, 900 cubic feet.
Ely-The young men who are en-
gagged in forestry work, In this sec
ton are having grand time. besides