The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1933-09-22

years of the counciI-manager form of
government in Albert Lea, the voters
decided or a continuance.
Holland-An abundance of petty
thieyery has been stirring up this
community in recent weeks as many
gardens have been raided.
Lake city-Two mail robbery sus-
captured after a gun battle, in the
baggage room of the depot.
crosby-Matt Tomlich suffered Sc
we're injuries when he cranked his car
which was in gear. He was crushed
against the end of building.
Effie-Raymond McMaham, 17-year-
old Itasca county boy, walked away
with first prize at the State Fair, by
his ability to can fruits and vegetables.
Madison-Plans are being made for
the annaul Red Cross rollcall in Lac
Qui Parle county. An effort will be
made to secure the county's quota
of $500.
lie center-The contract for the
steel water tank project here has
been awarded and a 10000 gallon
capacity tank will be erected for
bid of s9,369.O0.
MinneapoIis-Bernie Bierman, Uni
versity football coach, called first prac-
tice and more than 100 candidates
turned out. He expects to have
| pretty good team.
ST. PauI-The state highway de-
partment has awarded contracts for
highway construction to cost 100000.
The work is to begin at once and
will furnish jobs for 400 to 500 men.
WiIImar-Kandiyoh county wheat
growers are rapidly preparing to take
into their own hands the local admin
istration Of the wheat allotment plan.
Communities already have elected
their officers.
Rochester-Unless the city of Roch-
ester secures some outside financial
aid it will be unable to take care Of
its needy and unemployed during the
coming winter, Mayor julius Reiter
told the Minnesota public works
board
acknowledgements by the Still
water Association and with its pro-
ceeds to go to charity, a harvest fes-
| tivaI in which neighboring communi-
ties have been invited to participate
will be conducted here October Il, Is
and II.
ST. PauI-The open hunting season
for waterfowl, coot and jacksnipe in
Minnesota will again be limited to
! two-month period, from October l to
| November 80, the department of agri-
culture in Washington ruled. Daily
limits have been set at II instead Of
| Is.
ST. PauI-The state of Minnesota
went to the polls and voted two to
one for repeal of the eighteenth
amendment st. Paul voted to 1
against retaining the amendment.
Volstead's county, Yellow Medicine,
went dry, 8 to 1. Twenty-Five states
| have now favored repeal.
MinneapoIis-The county either is
going to act as receiver for taxes
/ or act as receiver for tax-delinquent
| property. For Hennepin county Of
| fcials, thumbing through their statute
books to seek some remedy for the
growing list of payless taxpayers,
found 1927 law that permit them TO
/ do just that-have the sheriff collect
revenues on the delinquent property.
ST. PauI-Governor Floyd B. Olson
has announced the appointment of
state liquor control commission of Sc
! prominent Minnesotans, asking them
/ to cooperate in working out a plan
\ for legal sale Of intoxicating liquor.
4 Their report is to be available for
! special session of the legislature,
/ which the Governor is expected to
call as soon as repeal Of the eighteenth
amendment has been voted.
! st. PauI-The state land use COM
mittee, named by the 1888 legislature
to make study Of possible uses of
idle lands in the state, held its first
meeting. Converting with the group
was Gov. Floyd B. Olson's advisory
| committee on land classifcations. The
governors group agreed to act in an
advisory capacity for the land use
| committee Members of the COVER
nor's group are DR.. Raphael Zon, d.
rector of the Lake states experiment
station John Levin, of st. Paul; E. G.
Hall of Minneapolis; Winfield Holmes
| of Winche1l, A. J. Johnson, Beltrami
county, W. H. McGinty, Duluth, and
Mrs James Thurston of Minneapolis.
airbauIt-Faribault was Junior
! Chamber of Commerce headquarters
when more than 500 members of junior
chambers from Minnesota, eastern
/ North Dakota and northern Iowa
gathered here for the Minnesota state
convention
Duluth-The war department at
Washington called for bids for dredg-
ing Agate Bay harbor for a price of
$4,000. The contractor must begin
work within Is days after he is re-
quested to start and complete the pro-
/ ject within six and one half working
/ months.
st. Paula thirteen year-old rec
| ord fell when the attendance at the
State Fair this year was the highest
since 1920. William Ash, parachute
jumper, was killed when he dropped
5000 feet in front of the grandstand
and his chute did not open
ST. cIoud-Celebrating 100 per cent
enrolment of both merchants and con-
sumers in the NRA, more than $4,000
Persons took part in parade and
program here that exceeded In pro
portions the recent parade Of Legion
aires at the state convention here
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