The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1935-08-29

/ OWatcnna - Ferdinand Jacobson
scored 95 points for first place in
butter competition over "a creamery
operators at the seventeenth annual
Steele county free fair and southern
Minnesota exposition here.
Duluth-A mad bull invaded the
farm yard Of R. W. Myshack and kept
the family indoors until deputy
sheriffs arrived next day TO drive II
away. The animal had escaped from
Levi Larson, Duluth farmer.
Hutchinson-A blazing council fire
( sputtered and cracked the twenty.
fifth year Of a pioneer sportsmens
creed when the Gopher Campfire Club
welcomed 5000 members to its annual
summer outing August IS and 70.
Stillwater-A separation of 81 years
was ended when Mrs. Grace Maun.
sell, city treasurer, visited a sister
in Boston she had not seen since
1873. Mrs. MauLseIl came west that
year to make Saltwater her home.
New Ulm-Farm land prices are
returning to Brown county on the
basis Of a transaction completed
here. Edward Haber purchased the
80-acre farm Of Anton Schmitz near
Essig at S165. per acre. Farm build
ings are included.
Minneapolis-Twenty-four wells in
all parts Of the city have been found
polluted by the city water depart
ment and ordered closed by DR.. F. z.
Harrington, city health commissioner.
as officials continue their efforts TO
check the typhoid epidemic. A total
Of 123 wells have been checked
commemorative Of the
Sioux Indian outbreak which began
70 years ago in the Minnesota river
valley will feature Henderson's sauer-
kraut derby and patriotic festival
August 24-25. Henderson was linked
closely to the horrors of the outbreak
along the Minnesota frontier and
through the celebration Will run
threads Of Renaissance for many of
the oldtimers of those days.
MinneapoIis-Al Of the worlds
greatest women golf players arrived
at the Interlachen Country Club to
practice for the National Women's
Golf Championship tournament to be
played there August 26th-31st. For
the first time golf fans Of the north
west will be able to see in action dur
ing the tournament such international
stars as Marion MiIey, Lexington,
KY; Mrs. o. s. Hill, Kansas City;
Glenna Collett Ware, Philadelphia;
Maureen Circuit Crews, Miami; and
Dorothy Traung, San Francisco.
Austin-The resettIsment admins
tration announced in Washington
that $40 individual homesteads have
been completed on II projects taken
over from the interior department.
It said many already are occupied by
prospective owners. The suburban
resettlement administration announc-
ed completion Of the Austin home
steads project her, where families
were selected principally from work
ers in nearby packing plants and
railroad shops. Individual home
steads project here, where families
equipped with house, a garage or
combination garage and barn, and a
garden plot
St. Paul-More than $500 persons
have been trained for private en-
ployment or industrial rehabilitation
through relief activities in the state
OF Minnesota, L P. Zimmerman. ad-
ministrator Of the state emergency
relief administration, announced. In
announcing the results of a recent
survey, he explained that the figures
do not include the half million who
participated in the recreational and
athletic programs, the $4,000 who re-
ceived the benefits of educational
training and the thousands of others
who developed an improved mental
outlook by being able to work during
the period Of the depression.
st. Paul-Approximately 5000 Span
ish-American war veterans in Mime
sofa will be affected by the Spanish
American war veterans bill which
President Roosevelt signed, according
to ". T. Coe, past state commander
Of the United Spanish War Veterans.
The bill restores all pensions to the
dependents and veterans of the Span
lsh-Amer1can war, Boxer rebellion
and the PHILIPPINE insurrection, and
the average Minnesota veterans al
lotments will be increased from s3s
to S45 per month under the bill. The
veterans now viii receive disability
payments from $40 to So a month
regardless Of their private income
cause Of disability or service record
Minneapolis - Automobile traffic
faces being slowed down to 20 miles
an hour in the residential districts
and Is miles an hour where there are
no traffic signals, as the city council
contemplated enforcing existing laws.
Aroused over the increasing number
Of traffic accidents and resultant in
crease in deaths and injuries, the city
council committee on ordinances and
legislation recommended the strict
enforceent Of existing laws when they
were informed a proposed ordinance
restricting speeds 10 80 miles an hour
would clash with the state law.
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. of the state
board Of control that state asylum
sewage be run into the city disposal
plant has been rejected by the city
council Councilmen held that the
$1,000 revenue assured 70 the CITY