The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1934-03-23
MINNESOTA NEWS

persons were arrested here in raids
on illegal liquor stores.
Duluth-Three thousand persons at
tended the Duluth Symphony Orches-
tra's first concert of the ceason.
Minneapolis-If you lose your driv-
ers' license it will cost 80 cents to
obtain a duplicate, George H. Hem
perley, clerk of court, announced.
Lester Prairie-The six-footed hog,
owned by Arnold Klaistermeier here,
gave birth to 10 pigs. Three of the
little porkers also have extra legs.
Anoka-A crew of ten CWA work
ers is at work on the Anoka armory,
completely redecorating the interior,
installing new heating unit and max
ing Improvements.
st. PauI-Thirteen boards to estab-
lish state corn-hog reduction quotas
and to review government contracts
were appointed by Secretary of Agri-
culture Henry A. Wallace ..
Minneapolis-The annual automobile
show at the auditorium attracted Wis
itors from Is states. Approximately
1900 new cars were ordered from
dealers represented at the show.
Warren-The rabbit hunt staged by
the Warren Gun clubs rabbit hunters
closed with the team headed by Steve
Easter winning with 2,501 points.
The losing team, headed by 81 Ander-
son, collected 2,110 points.
st. PauI-With 2,270 more farmers
now than in 1881, the back to the
farm movement in the state has be-
come reality, the state farm census
for 1888 taken by the U. S. depart
ment of agriculture reveals.
Minneapolis-Steps to test the right
of the state to minerals, sand and
gravel beneath public waters, involv-
ing millions of dollars in unmined
merchantable iron ore in northern
Minnesota were started at a meeting
of the conservation com mission.
ST. Paula 25-year conservation
program in Minnesota to fit in with
the feleral planning scheme of the ma
tional administration is being plan
ned by the state department of con-
servation. Commissioner E. V. Will
lard announced following meeting
with directors of the divisions.
Rayport-Dennis W. Byrne, A, pub
Usher of the Bayport Herald, and Karl
K. Kriesel, 26, editor, were killed
when their automobile ran down an
embankment here. Byrne had taken
over management of the Herald
March 1. Before that he operated the
Herald-Standard at Wabasha and a
weekly publication at Shakopee.
Marshall-Mrs. Lydia A. Hodgkin,
MarshalPs S4year-old world treveler,
is back home after trip to Palestine.
After Is days in Jerusalem she sailed
from Port Said, stopping on the way
TO New York at Rhodes, Istambul,
Athens, Naples, Vile Franche and
Gibraltar. The trip began two months
ago. She left Paris just before the
big riots.
Grand Marais-Snow shoes and dog
team will be required to reach the
northernmost post of the Veterans of
Foreign Wars, located on the Gunfiint
trail, 80 miles north of here. The
new post, Gunfiint Trail post No. 1850.
was installed at the Veterans Conser-
walton corps camp No. 1855 at Poplar
Lake. Officers and 20 men were in
stalled into the order
st. Paul-Three midwest governors
Endorsed demand for price fixing Of
basic agricultural commodities by the
federal government at a meeting at
Des Moines, Ia. The governors-Ol-
son OF Minnesota, Schmedeman of
Wisconsin and Herring of Iowa-de-
signated Olson as their spokesman at
conclusion of two-day parley of mid
west farm leaders from 10 states.
NorthfieId-Sale of intoxicating Iiq-
uors in Mortified, where a good share
Of the population is composed of COL
lege students, will not be counter
anced. Voters turned down a pro-
posal to permit the licensing of dis
pensers. Mortified has been dry
since 1909, and only 3.2 beer, permit
ted by the city ordinance, is available
to the city, seat of Carleton and st.
Olaf colleges.
Bemidii-Goyernment agents raided
several towns in this vicinity which.
under an old treaty, barred sale of in
toxicants on Indian territory. Eight
men were arrested and charged with
possession of liquor for sale in half a
dozen raids at Walker and LaPorte.
Towns in the dry territory also are
Hackensack, Backus, Remer, Long
vile, Dear River, Akeley, Cass Lake,
Federal Dam and Boy River.
Stillwater-CharacterizingM inneso-
ia as one Of the easiest states in the
union in which to stage a successful
kidnapping, John ]. Sullivan, warden
Of saltwater penitentiary, offered the
rev state crime commission a method
Of combating crimes of abduction.
The warden's talk was the feature of
the opening session of the new crime
commission, named by the State Bar
Association, in the house chamber of
the state capitol in st. Paul.
WiIlmar-Aroused over the torture
robbery of Mr.. and Mrs. Joseph Pecka,
aged residents of Lake Lillian, citi-
zens of Lake Lillian township ap-
proved reward of 500 for informa-
ton of the robber at the annual town
ship election. Breaking down the
door of the 5-year-old couples farm
home in the dead of night, the invader
fired several times to intimidate his