The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1934-03-30
MINNESOTA NEWS


central committee was called to a
meeting March 81 to arrange details
for a democratic state convention.
Duluth-Dairymen of the northern
sections of Minnesota, Wisconsin and
Michigan gathered with agricultural
leaders of three states for the two
day Tri-State Dairy Congress.
Blue Earth County Agent A. e.
Engebretson announced $50 applica-
tions for corn loans have been made
in Faribault county with a total of
100000 bushels of corn sealed.
Owatonna-There is a possibility Of
securing early action for the improve
ment of the Owatonna-Northfeld b
line road, which will shorten the dis
lance between the two cities by eight
miles.
ST. Paul-Establishmen of a state
constabulary to combat major crime
in Minnesota was urged as an objec-
tive of the state crime commission,
headed by Chief Justice John P. De-
vaney
ST. James-Three hundred business
men of st. James and farmers of the
surrounding territory formed the Wa
tonwan county chapter of the Mime
sofa Law and Order League at a meet
ing here.
Duluth-Berry growers of the head
of the axes area will take a step
further toward the organization of a
marketing agency at meeting April
at the northeast experimental sta
ton here.
Deer Rivera $4,000 fire destroy
ed four buildings and two railway
cars. Two homes, garage and sales
mart were burned while firemen, han
dicapped by frozen hydrant, battled
to control the flames.
St. Paul-Although valuation of real
and personal property have decreased,
taxes levied in 1888 and payable this
year in Minnesota totaled $115,740,-
530.S5, an increase of $1,222,43243
over the previous year.
DilWorth-When the Dilworth board
recently announced it would receive
applications for the superintendency
and II teaching positions at the Dill
worth school, 1n1 applications came
in from all over the country.
nneapoiis-Minneapol new post
office will be completed in July, more
than three months ahead of schedule.
Postmaster w. C. Robertson an
nounced following conference with
contractors representatives.
St. Paul-The state banking depart
ment is holding $15S,SS045 in trust
waiting for several thousand deposit
ors of closed state banks in Mime
sofa to call for it. The amount has
grown since 1923, being dividend
checks issued to depositors of closed
banks whom the banking department
has been unable to locate.
Baudette-Holder of the only I'M
cancelled air mail contract in the Uni
ted States, Peter Klimek went to St.
Paul to take a federal radio examina-
tion. With him was George R. LORI,
co-pilot, and Elmer Carlson, radio sta
ton operator. Klimek operates an
air line, carrying mail and express in
the Lake of the Woods country.
Minneapolis-The northwest during
February showed gains in the prices
paid the farmer for his products and
in the bushes done by city depart
ment and country stores, the Mime
apolis Federal Reserve Bank said in
it's preliminary summary of business
and agricultural conditions in the
Ninth Federal Reserve District.
Rochester-Court action in connec-
ton with Rochester's municipal cleo
ton recently appears likely following
charges of tampering with a ballot
box in one precinct. Frank G. New
house, defeated by Burt Elliott Eaton,
incumbent, for the municipal judge
ship, conferred with Hayes Dansing.
burg, Olmsted county attorney, con-
corning the alleged irregularities.
Duluth-Plans for the establish
nent of subsistence homestead pro-
ject near Duluth were announced in
Washington by Secretary of Interior
Harold Ickes. The Federal Subsist-
ance Homesteads Corporation will ex-
tend a loan of 100000 Fifty-two in
dividual homesteads of to 10 acres
each will be included in the project,
which will be located approximately
seven miles from the center of Du-
luth, near the highway to Virginia.
Moorhead-A threatened war be-
tween Minnesota and North Dakota
over the matter of truck regulations
between the two states, seems averted
following hearings at Fargo and
Moorhead attended by representa-
tives of the railroad and warehouse
commissions of the two states. Frank
w. Matson and Knud Wefald, Mime
sofa commissioners, announced that
reports of the war were exaggerated
and that the difficulties are on the
way to being ironed out.
st. Paul-Farmers in 40 Minnesota
counties have received about 1850
carloads of feed grains from the fed
eral relief administration and will get
some 800 more, T. A. Forsberg, state
drouth relief director. said. OF the
total about 1000 cars consist of grain
distributed on orders from Washing
ton and paid for from the original ap-
preparation of last December. Min
nesota was allotted around LOO cars
under this grant and the remaining
100 cars will be ordered out for ship
ment at once.