The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1934-09-14
MINNESOTA NEWS

house here of 10000 cigarets and
escaped in a car.
Granite Fals-Two wells are now
furnishing Granite Falls with the
main portion of its water.
Crookston-Sale of 10000 bushels of
grain In one day in this city set an
all time record for grain receipts.
st. Hilaire-Storage of corn for
needy families is being carried on
under the direction of Miss Bena
Johnson.
Blooming Prairie-Voters of Bloom
ing Prairie turned down a bituminous
street surfacing plan in special cleo
ton. 166 to so.
st. cloud-Appointmen of James
r. Bennett, Jr., as special assistant
attorney general of the United States,
was made public.
Waconia-St. Joseph's Catholic
church celebrated the seventy-fifth
anniversary of its founding with
Homecoming and harvest festival.
Thief River FaIls-Four thousand
dollars in tax sales were reported by
the Pennington county auditors Of
fee on the first day of tax sales this
week.
Montevideo-The freshman class of
the local high school will be absorbed
by the Junior high school, leaving
only three classes in regular high
school,
observation-disclosures of inadequacy
Of the city well water supply, flow
age has been piped from the Mon
roe mine near here to guard against
shortage.
MinneapoIis-The Home Owners
Loan Corporation office for Mime
sofa, now nearing the close of its
first year, has made 1926 loans
amounting to S23,175,73S.70.
Benson-Attributing his more than
four score years to hiking and lots
of footwork, John Kepner observed
his eighty-sixth birthday by ira
versing from Holloway to Benson
a distance of 20 miles-on foot.
Observation-Disclosures of magazines,
playing cards, and tables is under
way by the American Legion here
for distribution among men in the
CCC camp at Lynd. The men are
converting the wods at Lynd into a
park.
Minneapolis-Two and a quarter
Will Io11 ~, L Ia
set as the Minneapolis goal in cam.
paign launched to take full adVan-
tage of federal loan program for
speeding work and purchases of ma
terials, has begun.
Byron-One less bank bandit is at
large after one attempted to hold up
the State Bank of Byron. The presi.
den, F. M Williams, stepped on an
alarm and defied the bandit. Aroused
citizens wrecked the getaway car
and the robber was jailed.
Montevideo-The Lac qui Parle re-
servoir project now appears to be as.
sured, with the state highway depart.
ment ordered to make a survey of
the site of the proposed reservoir to
determine what lands will be needed
for flood control purpose.
misunderstanding that voters this
fall will demand tax conscious repre-
sentation in the legislature, James
P. Mcdonnell, president of the Min
nesota Taxpayers association, In
sisted that the state must bring
down the costs Of operation.
st. PauI-So far this year 535 driv-
ers' licenses have either been revok.
ed or suspended in Minnesota by the
state highway commissioner on rec
ommendation of the courts. it was an.
nounced. OF this number 376 have
been revoked and 159 suspended.
Baudette-Lewis Payne, 4S, shot
and killed Paul Melhorn and attempt
ed to escape in the woods. Deputies,
assisted by Peter Klimek, aviator, To-
Gated the man and returned him to
Baudette. Payne admitted the kill
ing and he will be sentenced to Still
water.
Red Lake Falls-For the first time
in many years the city of Red Lake
Falls is within month Of being on
cash basis, all warrants issued up
to July 81 being payable. Several
times in past years warrants have
not been payable until year or more
after the date of issue.
Minneapolis approximately 1,400
HI club members from all parts of
Minnesota invaded the Minneapolis
loop for the annual dinner in their
honor at the Nicollet hotel, with lead
ing business men of the city as hosts.
Each year for the past IL years the
banquet has been one of the high
lights Of the boys and girls trip to
the Minnesota State fair.
-Postponement of in
stallation OF a new electric power
plant turbine here was decided by the
city council after it had considered
increased costs of the proect. Under
the original plan, the turbine cost
$4,000, with one-third of that amount
to be contributed by the government.
The cost now, however, is estimated
at $4,000, and the city council de-
cided against the purchase.
Fergus FaIls-Beaten to death after
being robbed by two men he picked
up while making collections, DR.. John
Schacht, 55-year-old prominent dem
fist, was found on the Otter Tail riv-
er few miles from Fergus Falls.
The body, concealed by the murder
ers, was found by two youths, ending
the search that began after the dem
lists disannearanca Palmer Swen-