The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1935-03-15
MINNESOTA NEWS


store, sandwich shop, two elevators
and lumber yard office.
Fergus FalIs-Brisk demand for
naturalization papers has developed
here rs result of the agitation for old
age pensions for native born or nat
uralized American citizens.
nneapolis-February was the big
gest short month in the history Of
the Minneapolis police department
for the number of tags handed out
to motorists. over $4,000 were tagged.
Atwater-Fire destroyed the Nels
Lundgren furniture and hardware
building here with damage set at
$4,000. The Atwater and Grove City
fire department fought the blaze for
more than an hour.
Lake Park-E. T. Vigen, 70 years
old, resident of Becker county for so
years. died after brief illness. He
had served on the school board for
33 years. II as president, and had
been a membe-, of the village council
for ten years.
st. Paul-April / is the deadline
for farmers to sign corn-hog reduc-
tion contracts and qualify for the
bonus the government is to pay for
cooperating to reduce production.
DR.. Andrew Boss of the University
Farm, state director. announced.
st. PauI-Minno sofa has 1855 miles
of cement paved roads, the biennial
report of N. w. Elsberg. highway
commissioner to Governor Floyd B.
Olson reveals. The state system EN-.
braces 1889 miles, 1000 miles of
which was added by legislative act
in 1888.
Thief River FaIIs-Fire attributed
to faulty furnace, did an estimated
$4,000 damage to a combined office
building and apartment house here.
The blaze worked up through the base
ment ceiling which fell through,
dumping the fixtures of a jewelry
store and an insurance office into the
basement.
TWO Harbors-Thomas Mccarthy
of Two Harbors and William ].
O'Rourke of Duluth, railway conduc-
tors who had been intimate friends
for more than the 40 years they had
served the same railroad. died with
in an hour of each other at hospitals
in their home cities. Each was 62
years old and widely known over
the Range.
Crookston-Two Crookston farm
ers found way to beat the icy pave
ments and get their cream to mar
ket. They found the highways too
slippery for their cars, he said, so
the two farmers returned to their
homes and donned ice skates. With
a can of cream between them they
skated several miles down the high
way into Crookston.
Duluth-Eight islands in northeast
ern Minnesota lakes will receive
names and be placed on maps April
2, the federal land office here an.
nounced. The islands, heretofor un-
named and not on file on government
plats. are in Islam lake, st. Louis
county: Lake vermillion and Part
ridge lake in st. Louis county and
Greenwood lake, Lake county.
Observation-Disclosures from liquor
taxes In Minnesota the first two
months of 1885 increased s127,S17
over the same period year ago. Da-
vid R. Arundel. state lisuor control
commissioner, announced. Gross col.
lections for the two month period are
$509,07S.40, Of which hard liquor
taxes supplied s1O5,S04.91 as against
$S1,131.42 for the same period in
1884.
Duluth-Trees snapped under the
weight of heavy ice coating and
sleet tore down miles of telephone,
telegraph and power lines when the
worst sleet storm in the city's his.
tory cut off it's 100000 residents from
the rest Of the world. A tangle of
power wires. sagged under an inch
and half coating Of ice. Damage
caused by the storm was estimated
at 100000.
BagIey-A U. S. district court con-
test to determine whether the fed
eral government or the state should
have the power to condemn land
around Wild Rice lake in Clearwater
county, has been decided in favor
of the state. The federal govern
ment sought to condemn the land
for wild rice refuge for Chippewa
Indians and the state for an aquatic
fowl refuge, the state opposing the
governments right.
nneapolis-Minnesota drouth re-
lief agencies moved into high gear to
grant feed loans without regard to
the S25 monthly limit placed by the
FERA as Harry L. Hopkins. FERA
administrator, announced in Chicago
that the restriction was to be lifted
Immediately. Lifting of the s25 limit
was ordered because farmers are now
faced with spring work and in some
cases the limit proved entirely in
adequate, Mr.. Hopkins said.
st. Paula special session of the
legislature next winter was proposed
by legislative leaders as they advanced
the suggestion that this legislature
merely appropriate relief funds for
1885 and leave next years needs to
a special session.
MarshalI-The three Mitzner broth
ers, farmers near Balaton, believe in
doing things in harmony. In triple
wedding ceremoy at their farm. Err