The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1934-10-12
MINNESOTA NEWS

500 lower than last year.
New london-The Lebanon Luth-
eran church of New London observed
its seventy-ffth anniversary.
MinneapoIis-Frank Gamelgard, IL
years old landed a six and one-half
pound Northern pike in Lake Har-
riet.
West concord-Schools here were
ordered closed temporarily to pre-
vent a spread of a minor scarlet fe-
yer epidemic.
st. Paul-Minnesota has collected
$2,070,656.51 in liquor revenues up to
Oct. l, David r. Arundel, state liquor
control commissioner, reported.
MinneapoIis-More than $4,000 stu
dents were registered at the State
University, with officials expecting
another possible 1000 in late regis
trations.
MinneapoIis-Total tax collections
so far this year are $1,794,7 23.14 bet
ter than for same period in 1893, ac-
cording to figures compiled by Henry
Roegll, county AUDITOR.
Observation-Disclosures of .S3,211,-
600 to Minnesota for relief purposes
during October was announced at
Washington by Harry L. Hopkins,
federal relief administrator.
Worthington-Contracts for erec-
ton of a new postoffice building here
has been signed by the federal gov
eminent, and bids for the new city
office building will be received.
Red Wlng-Operation expenses
were approximately $1,000 higher In
the school system here in 1929 than
now, survey revealed. The cost
per pupil has been pared s12 in sew
en- years.
Medford-The dangerous center
pier in the underpass Of Highway No.
IS near here, where the highway goes
under the Milwaukee railway, will be
eliminated this fall by the state high
way department
acknowledgements of duck
hunters started blazing away in the
1884 waterfowl hunting season In
Minnesota. Shooting will be permit
ted except on Mondays and Tuesdays
until sunset Nov. II.
kenyon-Doughnut dunkers and
coffee drinkers competed for honors
in one Of the entertainment events
arranged for Kenyon's community
corn show October 5. 1t was the
tenth annal exposition.
Waseca-Farmers of Rice, Steele
and Waseca county exhibited corn and
small grain samples at the TFi-
County Crop Show here The shows
were staged by the Dairyland Crop
Improvement Association.
Rochester-Olmsted county leads all
Minnesota counties in canning activi-
ties under the state emergency re-
lief administration, having made the
largest pack among the Al community
canning centers of the state.
Albert Lea-Fire caused by light
ming destroyed a large barn, 40 tons
OF hay, IL head of livestock and farm
machinery on the George Armstrong
farm near Hartland village. Two
filled silos also were destroyed.
Observation-Disclosures county has
been declared an accredited tubercu-
losis free area for three years as a
result Of retest. Less than one
tenth Of one per cent reactors were
found in the 1851 cattle examined.
crookston-A 17-year-old high school
senior who, during a four-months
period sent series of notes demand
ing $50 to $4,000 to A. F. Croonquist,
former Erskine banker, upon penalty
Court judge he was the author of the
letters.
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. and primi-
tive Indian music resounded from
Four Corners near here when the
Sioux Indians held their annual war
dance, concentrating the battle
fought 1T the Four Corners site be-
tween the Sioux Dakota Indians and
the Chippewa Barator Indians q CEN
fury ago.
'"''"tSoPShS"A GhAAACSOld anu Ill
across the corn belt farmers began a
series of township meetings to vote
on whether they desire the govern
ment to continue its corn-hog pro-
duction program in 1885 Farmers
who did not participate in this years
corn-hog program are not permitted
to vote.
Big Lake-The level of Mitchell
lake has been raised IA inches by wa
ter pumped from six nearby wells, the
Big Lake Improvement Association
reports. r. s. Hall, chairman, said
that it is hoped sufficient water will
be added to the lake in the next 10
days to start the flow Though a cut
into Big lake. Plans are to raise both
levels four feet.
ST. Cloud-St. Cloud citizens in a.
special election rejected a proposal
to amend the city charter to permit
issuance of bonds to make possible.
among other things, erection OF a
municipal electric light plant. APP
proximately s1,2oO,000 would have
been available to the city from the
Public Works Administration. IL the
charter had been amended. The vote
was 4,021 against and 2,O67 for.
st. PauI-Proposals by the railroads
to increase the freight rates on coal
which, it is estimated, will add ap-
proximately 100000 to the consum-
ers fuel bill in Minnesota. will he
fought by the Minnesota railroad and
warehouse commission.
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