The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1935-10-31
MINNESOTA NEWS

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funds to cover complete cost of the
Lake Minnetonka restoration project
was voted by the Hennepin board of
commissioners.
SIayton-Women engaged in a roll
ingpin contest as men held their an
nual county corn-husking contest
here Cash prizes were awarded the
most expert of the rollingpin throw
ers. The targets were dummy men.
neapoIis-Thousands of pleas
ant hunters swarmed the fields at the
opening Of the season to find plenty
of cover for the birds to hide in.
Three persons were killed over the
first weekend and a few were in
jured.
MinneapoIis-Gle Seidel, varsity
quarterback on the Gopher football
squad and headed for all-American
honors, suffered a broken collarbone
in the last quarter of the Tulane
game He probably will be lost for
the season.
Frazee, Becker county's oldest resi-
dent, has observed her 102nd birth
day anniversary. Mrs. Atkinson still
is very active. She resides with her
daughter, Mrs Mary Parker, who is
70 years old.
ST. PauI-Governcr Floyd B. Olson,
following a conference with the two
majority leaders of the legislature,
announced the special session will be
called to meet December 2, and that
there will be an effort to reach pre-
session agreement on tax revision, as
well as on the social security bills.
Minneapolis-A three-judge federal
bench in Minneapolis denied a mo-
ton Of the federal government to dis
miss an Injunction obtained by the
Gold Medal Foods, Inc, restraining
the collection of AAA processing
taxes. The decision blocks further
processing tax collections in Mime
sofa.
Jackson-Au state cornhusking re-
cords were shattered in the Jackson
county contest on the Vern Williams
farm near here when Henry Christof-
fer, 43 years old, of Brewster, won
with a net load of 29.6 bushels in so
minutes. Eighteen competed. Ted
Balko held the old record of 27.1 bu-
shells.
Garrison-The success of roadside
development work accomplished by a
north shore CCC camp last year un-
der direction of the state highway
department has moved the depart
ment Of interior to establish three
new camps to continue this activity
in northern Minnesota. The camps,
containing 200 men each, have been
located near Garrison, on Mile Laos
lake; two miles north of Walker on
Leach lake, and near Knife river on
Lake Superior.
Onamia-A fathers dash back into
his burning home to get wraps for
six small children saved the life OF
a six months old baby, which had
been left behind in the excitement
The father, John Kimmons, had pre-
viously carried out the other six chill
dren, believing his wife had the
baby. When he ran back into the
house to get the wraps, he found the
baby on the bed, still asleep. KIM
mons suffered minor burns. The
dwelling was destroyed.
Dawson-They didn't mean to lie,
but the whole affair was so over
whelming that the truth, which they
expected to tell, was left behind in
the whirl of events that made them
perjury victims. That in a nutshell
is the story CT Bernice Anderson and
Helen Lund. the Dawson girls who
admitted classifying in the Carl H.
Fredlund trial in Minneapolis. Both
girls pleaded guilty to perjury indict-
ments growing out of their testimony
in the Fredlund defense. They hope
the court will be lenient.
Observation-Disclosures thousands Of
tons of hay and numerous hunting
shacks, a prairie fire burned over
an area of more than So square miles,
swept across western Minnesota and
into South Dakota. 1t was one of the
worst prairie blazes ever experienced
in this section, the flames rushing
across the lake bottom of Mud lake.
Pheasants and rabbits living in the
tall brush rushed from the fire by the
hundreds Hundreds of men from
this community and Roberts county,
in South Dakota. fought the fire.
notwithstanding another sign
OF returning prosperity to this terri
tory, the Minnesota, largest theatre
in the Northwest and one of the lead
ing showplaces in the nation, will be
re-opened Friday night, Nov. L.
Closed since July 1. 1884, the Mime
sofa has been extensively remodelled
and the latest improvements Of the
theatre world have been installed.
An elaborate Hollywood Premiere, In
front Of the theatre at 1880 will pre-
cede the showing Of c.. B. DeMille's
production, 1.-The Crusades". Many ma
tional figures Of the motion picture
industry, including Adolph Zukor,
president Of Paramount Pictures,
will be here for the opening.
Redwood FaIls-A church which
weathered massacre and storm OBJ
served the seventy-ifth anniversary
IF its founding in pioneer times
Rev. G. E. Martin, pastor of the Red
wood Falls Methodist church, opened
the four day program with a tribute
to pioneers who built the Middle
Creek Evangelical church and with
stood the Sioux uprising. Founded in