The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1935-05-03
MINNESOTA NEWS

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show has been arranged by the Amer
lean Legion for April 80 and May /
and 2.
Atwater-A $4,000 bond issue for
construction of gymnasium-audito-
rum and class rooms was approved in
a special election.
Minneapolis-Over 500 cases of re-
| ported scarlet fever is the reason
children under seven are being kept
from school for three weeks.
Luverne-Operation of the munich
pal light and power plant during 1884
has resulted in net profit of $4,000,
the annual financial report of the city
shows.
Thief River Falls-Twenty-five par
cells of farm land ranging from So to
| SIP per acre were sold at the delin-
quent tax sale covering Pennington
county.
Lake City-About 20 southern Min
nesota schools plan to take part in
the annual district music contest
here, May 5. The event will attract
500 students.
Crooktson-Wrapped in blankets to
which was pinned a note signed "a
Heart Broken Mother, a 10-day-old
baby girl was left on the steps of a
hospital here
Two Harbors-Beer taverns in Lake
county are to keer closed from a. m.
to a. m. daily under a new ruling
of the county board and the Two
Harbors council.
Excelsior-Lake Minnetonka water
levels will be raised under a Crow
river diversion project for which the
state executive council has approved
$90,00O,000 appropriation.
St. Paul-The per capita con-
sumption of legal beer in Minnesota
since repeal ended two years ago
is SIG glasses. This state ranks ninth
in beer drinking, New York is first.
Gaylord Sportsmen from all Sec
lions of the state will gather here
June Is, 16 and IL for the twentieth
annual summer conference of the
Minnesota Game Protective league.
Onamia-Burglars broke into a
drug store and the postoffice here,
and after setting fire to the latter
building escaped with about $225, in
cash and stamps. Virtually all con-
tents of the building were destroyed.
Madison-Using a butcher knife to
cut his way through a welded iron
bar, Ed Schroeder, charged with at
tempted forgery, escaped from the
Lac qui Parle county Jail here. Schroe-
der was arrested two months ago at
Dawson.
virginia-Knife wounds self-infiict-
ed in his Jail cell caused the death of
John Lahti, As, proprietor of Pike
River beer tavern, awaiting sentence
for the murder of Elmo Alaspaa, 26,
Of Embarrass, victim of a dice game
quarrel.
St. Paul-Minnesota's forty-ninth
| legislature adjourned sine die after
three months of lawmaking. Their
biggest effort, the omnibus tax bill,
was promptly vetoed by Governor
Floyd B. Olson upon it's passage.
Leaders believe an extra session is
likely.
Grand Marais-Their winter forage
supplemented by several hundred
tons of hay supplied by the depart.
| ment of game and fish, deer in Cook
county came through the winter in
much better shape than last year, Art
Johnson, department official in Grand
Marais reports.
St. Paul-By means of the three
signal flashlights found near the pay.
off scene and a railroadman's cap
found in the pay-off car, the govern.
ment linked Alvin Karpis, fugitive
public enemy No. 1, to the 100000
Edward G. Bremen ransom-kidnaping.
| The trial of ten defendants is being
| held here.
Breckenridge-Two young men
were injured fatally when their mo-
| torcycle crashed headon into an au-
tomobile on highway No. about 8
miles east of here. Philip Adkins Of
| Grand Forks, N. D., died a few min
utes after the crash and his cousin,
George Adkins, Jr., of Breckenridge
succumbed later in hospital.
St. Paul-Establishmen of the Tai
cot lakes migratory wild fowl refuge
and public shooting grounds in south
| wactorp Minpocof. oc fodoro1 wild
| life restoration project will soon be
completed, E. " Willard, commission
| er of conservation for Minnesota, an
| nounced. Contracts for construction
| of a $4,000 dam in the Des Moines
river is expected to be let this week
MinneapoIis-Ni persons have
| filed for the office of mayor leading
| officials to forecast hard time count
ing ballots in the May Is primary.
st. PauI-Bids on five highway pro-
| jects totaling approximately $125,00
have been called for May 8 by the
Minnesota highway department. Work
in Duluth, Redwood Falls, Motley and
near Thief River Falls and Belle
PLANE is included in the call.
neapoIis-Brought to the city in
cages and crates, wild animals and
birds from Minnesotas north woods
were exhibited at the annual North
west Sportsmen's show in the NUM-
| cipal auditorium.
Austin-Fire of undetermined orr
| gin swept through the Crane lumber
company yards, causing loss estimat-
ed at about s150,000 The blaze
caused about $4,000 damage to the
city feed store adjoining the lumber
yards. For a time it threatened a
considerable part of the residential
| section.