The Ely miner., 1934-09-21
MINNESOTA NEWS

IN years.
Rosewood-R. A. Rierson has been
appointed county agricultural exten.
sion agent.
Holland-Potato beetles are wreck
Ing untold damage on potato plants
and tomato vines in this vicinity.
Observation-Disclosures from over
the state enjoyed the annual three
day conclave of Minnesota Knights
Templars here.
Minneapolis Summer vacation
came to an end for $4,000 Minneapolis
children, when the city's public
schools opened for the 1934-35 term.
WaIker-A 100000 annual appropri-
alton from the state to support the
Minnesota Tourists bureau was ap-
proved by 125 delegates to the Paul
Bunyan meeting here.
st. PauI-Neil M. Cronin resigned
as chairman of the Minneapolis
Paul regional labor board. He had
headed the board since its organiza-
tion last November, serving without
compensation.
Minneapolis-With more than ESQ
contestant and 1000 blooms entered,
the sixth annual show of the Mime
sofa Dahlia society ended at the L.
s. Donaldson company store. Sixty
varieties were shown.
Minneapolis September relief
grants totaling $56,994,939 to 26 states
were announced by Harry L. Hopkins,
federal emergency relief administra-
tor in Washington. They include
$3,527,600 for Minnesota.
MinneapoIis-A large majority of
Minnesota farmers who have signed
corn-hog reduction contracts for 1884
favor continuing the corn-hog control
program for 1885, according to a
limited survey by the state AAA Of
flee at University arm.
st. PauI-Approximately $4,000 peo-
pie in Minnesota had until Sept. Is
to pay their second half of the state
income tax for 1888, C. E. Bashe, d.
rector of the state income tax bureau
announced. A total of s619,000 was
due the state on the second half of
the taxes.
Detroit lakes-Shot in a running
gunfight with Sheriff H. L. Johnston
Of Becker county, Casper Hodgson,
20, of Gardner, N. D., who, authori-
ties say, had stolen so automobiles in
this vicinity lay in local hospital
in serious condition with five bullet
wounds in his body.
st. PauI-More than 1000 subsist-
ence cows have been distributed
among the relief farm families of
Minnesota as part of the rural reha-
bilitation program of the state emer-
gency relief administration, it was
announced by Governor Floyd B. Oh
son, state administrator.
ST. Paul-The Minnesota State Fair
showed profit for the first time in
three years as 10000 more persons
attended this year over 1888. Attend
ance figures showed total of 445,325
persons attended, with the last Sat-
urday being the banner day with 92,-
215 filing through the turnstiles.
reconstruction of new
camp at Thistledew lake and enlarge
ment Of the Perch lake camp may be
the solution of the transient problem
in this part of the state. According
to present plans, both of the projects
will be completed in six weeks, the
new camp to provide accommoda-
tions for 200 men.
eight persons in Minnesota is receiv-
ing direct relief and one out of every
four farmers is getting feed relief
because of the drouth, L. P. thinner
man, deputy administrator of the
SERA, declared. Approximately 75,-
coo families, or more than 100000
persons, are now on direct relief, and
10000 farm families, or 100000 per-
sons, are receiving drouth relief.
ST. PauI-Farmers in 10 Minnesota
counties are assured a cash market
for upwards Of s1,000,000 worth of
corn fodder as result of conference
of government officials at Grundy
Center, Iowa. AS part of the gov
ernment program to gather livestock
feed for distribution in drouth re-
gions, the AAA has approved plans
for the purchase of fodder corn and
the allotment to the 10 Minnesota
counties is 100000 tons. This guam
tity will be realloted among the coun-
ties by committees headed by county
agents, and the work Of making the
purchases will begin at once.
st. PauI-The biennial state bud
get will bear an increase Of at least
10 per cent when it is presented to
next state legislature, it was pre-
dicted by I. C. Strout, state budget
commissioner. It was estimated that
at least $41,000,000 will be needed for
state activities for the two years be-
ginning next July 1, and the total
department requests may approx
mate as much as s44,000,000. The
1888 legislature appropriated $37,207,-
600 for the present biennium, al
though the various departments had
presented requests for toal of $44,-
$4,000, from which more than S.
100000 was cut by the budget COM
missioner.
Minneapolis-The regional labor
board completed disposition OF the
disposition of the disputed ballots
cast in the recent election held to de-
eide whether or not truck drivers Of
Minneapolis wanted local No. 574 to
represent them in collective bargain
ing. The results showed that No.
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