The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1934-06-15
MINNESOTA NEWS

brick manufacturing company after a
five years shutdown was announced.
st. Paul-More than 600 boys and
girls of Minnesota high schools at
tended University Farm for the an
nual judging contest.
Pipestone-Co Consolidation of busi-
ness of four railroads here into a
Union station was discussed at con-
ference of rail executives here.
Tracy-Forty men were employed
on the ERA sewer project here with
work progressing rapidly. Supple
menting material costs. s1,100 will be
paid to laborers.
MinneapoIis-One hundred thou
sand persons are expected to arrive
from out OF town for the sixtieth an
nual imperial council sessions Of the
Shriners, June II to "a.
Little FalIs-Albert Jackson, Brain
erd aviator, bailed out of his plane
when it went into a fiat spin while
he was stunning at an air circus here.
Jackson jumped from 1000 feet and
landed uninjured.
ST. Joseph-The "Black Fast" rig
orous form of selfdenial nearly as old
as the Catholic church, will be OBJ
served by 200 nuns of St. Benedict's
convent, st. Joseph, Mimi, until the
drouth is broken definitely
Fairfax-Twelve musical organiza-
tions participated in the second an
nual Choral Festival at Fort Ridgely
State Park which attracted vast
throngs from all parts Of Minnesota.
-Erling Swenson, state
game and fish commissioner, told the
Martin County Game and Fish league
here he believed the federal govern
ment will stop duck hunting next fall
because of scarcity of the game.
st. Paul-Income tax collections to
date in Minnesota total $1,149,341,
with an additional $609,444 unpaid, al
though returns have been filed. Gun
mar B. Bjornson. chairman of the Min
nesota tax commission. announced.
St. Paul-Unseasonable heat dur
ing the spring cut the propagation of
wall-eyed pike in Minnesota almost
half of what it was during the past
,, two years, DR.. Thaddeus Surber, SUI
perintendent of fish propagation, an
nounced.
Worthington-Lake Okabena was
dragged all day for the body of Phil
lip Ahrens, farmer, after a suicide
note was found. He called his home
from Sioux City, telling his parents
he faxed the suicide because of q
sweetheart's quarrel.
Minneapolis-River traffic was sus-
pende between Minneapolis and st.
Louis by the Inland Waterways Cor.
poration because of the low stage of
the Mississippi river. No freight was
accepted for delivery between these
two cities until the river rose.
kenyon-The advent of Kenyon's
first active bank in two years will be
made matter of public celebration.
Opening in mid-June of the new Sc
curity State Bank will be heralded by
civic gesture, involving entertain
ment and Al Club field day, tenta-
lively set for June Is.
DuIuth-Mining companies paid St.
Louis county total Of S4,S19.755.58
on real estate taxes for the first half
Of 1888, but for the second successive
time withheld approximately $1,000
900 due on properties now involved in
delinquent tax proceedings awaiting
trial in District Court Taxes with
held makes a total of approximately
100000 unpaid by TYNE mining COM
panies.
Tracy-The Minnesota Boosters As
ISOLATION, organized to advertise Min
nesota as the tourist center of the
United States, launched a campaign
for an annual appropriation Of $780,.
600 from the legislature for this pur-
pose. d. T. Evans, Of Tracy, presi-
dent of the new association, an
nounced the plan to seek the approp-
Ration following joint meeting OF
the association and the Northwestern
Minnesota Historical Society
Worthlngton-Fire which officials
said could easily have destroyed the
entire business district of Worthing-
ton had it broken out at any other
time during the last six weeks, Quilted
the interior of one building housing
the city heat and light offices. A for
tunate heavy rainstorm-the first
since April-and effective work Of
firemen and national guardsmen
quartered across the street combined
to extinguish the flames before they
spread to nearby buildings.
Minneapolis-Changes in the gov
ernment's drouth relief plans were
forecast following protests by farmers
and business men over the northwest
that the prices to be paid for cattle
purchased are too low and that the
drouth aid program should be applied
more to the feeding of cattle than to
their purchase and slaughter. Ad-
vices from Washington indicate the
drouth relief administration, while
pushing the program to buy starving
cattle in all those areas where the
emergency requires it, will broaden
its program to longtime basis and
lend its organized aid to keeping the
best cattle on the farms by system
of supplying feed.
st. PauI-Bids for highway jobs to-
falling approximately s155,300 have
been called for June Is by the Min
nesota highway department. Projects