The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1934-07-06
MINNESOTA NEWS

ton work worth more than $4,000 will
be undertaken in Pennington county.
Morris-Seventy women enrolled for
the homemakers' short course at the
farm school here at its twentieth an
nual session.
Ruthton-Fifty-four sheep were kill
ed by lightning when they huddled
next to a wire fence during a storm.
They were owned by e. E. Beede and
Vernon Dillman.
StillWater-After nearly two years
OF legal subterfuge, former State Sem
ator Edwin l.. Mclean was taken to
saltwater prison to start serving a
two-year term for forgery.
Stillwater-One hundred barrels Of
creosote are being distributed by
government agencies in Washington
county to stop the spread of chinch
bugs, reported in the northern coun.
ty.
Brainerd-An attendance of 200 per-
sons was recorded at the district con-
vention of the Minnesota State Osteo-
pathic association converting at the
Brainerd Chamber Of Commerce Of
fees.
Detroit Lakes-Before 5000 specta-
tors, the Pelican Rapids Legion drum
corps, captured first prize in the
Ninth district American Legion con-
test held in conjunction with the an.
nual district convention here.
Professionalism Kumper and Merle
Jansen were sentenced to year and
a half in the st. Cloud reformatory
upon their pleas of guilty to charges
of stealing wool from storage houses.
Wailbur Jansen got six months.
letroit Lakes-Leaving Canada for
the first time since 1914, the famous
Princess Patricia Canadian Light In
fantry Band will visit Detroit Lakes
July 1 and under the direction Of
Captain James, Canada's "Sousa."
st. PauI-There is good grazing for
at least $4,000 head of cattle in seven
northern Minnesota counties, F. A.
Wildes, director of the division of
lands and minerals, state department
Of conservation, says that a survey
just completed reveals.
Bemidji-Failure of bidding contrac-
tors to include with their bids certi-
fed checks in the proper amounts
drawn on Bemidji banks made it
necessary for the city council to re-
ject all bids offered for construction
of the sewage disposal plant. New
bids will be opened July 9.
st. cIoud-Adding to the burdens of
the farmer, a new enemy has been
discovered. The wild mustard and
the Russian thistle have been report
ed seen in many sections Of central
Minnesota, crowding out stands of
wheat and establishing themselves in
places where grain has refused to
grow.
nneapoIis-Veterans now enroll
ed in CCC camps may continue with
the CCC after June 80, when the new
enrolment period starts, Senator
Henrik Shipstead wired Paul Nordeen,
adjutant of the fourth district, Amer
lean Legion. Before the regulations
were changed, veterans engaged in
emergency conservation work could
not continue after June 80.
Northfied-The Mortified postoffice
bill, was slipped through congress
in the closing hour of the session in
Washington. The passage Of the bill
will now permit the postoffice depart
ment to go ahead with plans for the
new $4,000 postoffice building, con-
struction Of which has been delayed
several years because of the litigation
over the land on which it is to be
built.
ST. PAUL.. V. Willard, state con-
servation commissioner, was author
lied by the state conservation COM
mission to purchase 5000 acres of
land bordering the Arrowhead river,
in the Grand Portage state forest DIS
game refuge and game production
area. The tract will be purchased
with funds from the public shooting
grounds and game refuge account in
the division of game and fish.
Owatonna-Construc of q pro-
posed road on the Dodge-Steele coun-
ty line has been ordered by Judge
F. w. Sem in a district court man.
date filed with Clerk of Court s. C.
Golf here. The order demands that
the two county boards act jointly in
the project, which calls for half
mile construction to link roads which
now exist, using emergency relief adj
ministration funds.
st. Paul-The canvassing board
cleared up the middle in the close
congressional races. There was some
question in the second, seventh,
eighth and ninth district on who was
nominated. They were: Second
Henry ,Arens, FL; L. P. Johnson, R.,
Elmer T. Ryan, D.; Seventh-Paul ].
Kvale, FL, Richard T. Daley, D.:
Eighth-A. T. Winterquist, FL, Will
liam A. Pittenger, R., Jerry A. Harris,
D.; Ninth-R. T. Buckler, FL, Ole
%. Sageng, R., Martin o. Brandon, D.
Maynard M. BARLEY, D., was returned
the victor over E. G. Quamme for
state treasurer,
st. Paul-Minnesota was allotted So
425,551 by the federal government out
of the s200,000,O0O road fund for high
way construction projects for the next
fiscal year starting July 1. South Da-
kota was allotted s3,047,643 and Wis
consin s4,941,S37.
Frazee-Fire which destroyed their
farm home left eight members of the