The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1935-03-29
MINNESOTA NEWS


new postoffice here.
Young America-Teachers of the
Norwood Young America schools re-
ceived pay raises recently.
LakefieId-Lakefield schools closed
for two weeks to prevent spread Of
scarlet fever, measles and influenza.
Aitkin-Two black bears at an oil
station here ended winter of hiber-
nation, coming from their den, with
two fuzzy cubs to greet the spring.
Lake Lillian-Burglars raided the
First State Bank of Lake Lillian and
set fire to the building to cover their
tracks, escaping with about $1,000.
EIIendaIe-Wesley e. Steele, con-
nected with the Security State Bank
of Allendale for 20 years, and promin-
ent in community activities, retired
from his position as cashier because
of poor health.
Red Wins-Instructors in the pub
lie schools Of Red Wing may smoke
cigarets but they can't do it in pub
lie and continue to hold their jobs,
the board of education agreed in
heated session
Wadena-Wadena county's farms
have increased by 3O1 during the past
five years, largely in the north half
of the county. The census five years
ago showed LAOS farms in the coun-
ty. The, present count is 1,706.
CaIedonia-Common labor wages
will be 25 cents an hour and skilled
labor so cents an hour on construc-
ton and maintenance of Houston
county highways during 1895, it was
decided at a meeting of the county
board.
WiIImar-The city Of Willmar has
been made defendant in two actions
for damages filed in the district court
as result of construction of the
First street bridge. and allegations
of loss of business and depreciation
of property, with $2O,S00 sought.
St. PauI-Nearly s66,OOO,OOO was
expended in Minneso-a for relief from
October, 1892, through December,
1884, L. P. Zimmerman, acting state
relief administrator, showed in a sta
tistical report given the state legis-
lature. Of the S66,00O,O00 a total of
$1S,000,00O was expended in CWA
projects.
Wayzata-The effort to raise the
level of Lake Minnetonka with accom-
panying recovery Of shoreline and
restoration of Minnehaha creek and
the falls moved another step forward
when members of the Lake Mime
tonka Preservation Association in
dorsed the so-called Crow river pro-
ject to divert waters to the lake.
St. PauI-Because of possible
changes in the state income tax law
by the legislature, the Minnesota tax
commission will not mail out return
1884 blanks until about May 1 and
the deadline for filing returns will be
about June Is, the commission an
nounced. The blanks have been held
up because the tax commission did
not want them to be out-of-date be-
cause Of changes in the law.
Duluth-Members of 67 Minnesota
families will leave for Alaska in May
to become members of new settle
ment being founded and sponsored
by the federal government as a new
type of subsistence homestead pro-
ject. The families, from cutover
areas in northeastern Minnesota, are
headed by bonafide farmers and will
sail from the west either May 1 or
May Is, bound for an Alaskan val
ley. The Minnesotans will be select
ed by the state rehabilitation corpor-
alton.
st. PauI-The machinery whereby
Minnesota farmers will be enabled to
get seed for spring planting got I'M
der way with such speed that no far
mer entitled to aid will be without
seed when planting time comes, Of
ficials for the system announced.
State Auditor Stafford King. who un-
der the terms of the seed loan law is
to administer it, began contracting
2 county and township boards to &C.
quaint them with the system. Every
county is eligible to participate in the
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fort is to be made to put the system
into quick operation.
Slayton-Murray county In the
heart of the western Minnesota
drouth area, burdened by debts ag-
gregating million dollars is consid-
ering voluntary bankruptcy. County
commissioners voted for steps to take
advantage of new federal bankruptcy
laws dealing with liquidation of mu
nicipal debts. They retained Frank
w. Murphy, Wheaton attorney, and
authorized him to conduct negotial
tions with creditors and proceedings
in federal court. A proposition to
refnance ditch bonds, one of the
greatest items of debt, was placed be-
fore the commissioners. State Sena-
tor ]. V. Weber announced he would
meet with bondholders here to seek
a refnancing basis. Murray county
is the first in the state to announce
intention to avail itself of new bank
ruptcy laws.
Fairmont-Martin county has $780,
600 bushels Of seed grain over and
above its own needs for this spring,
according to farm bureau survey.
Farm bureau officials believed that
similar SURPRISES were available in
other southern Minnesota counties in
sufficient quantities to care for the
states drouth area. The seed grain
available here, according to the survey
is 100000 bushels of corn, $4,000
bushels of oats 11000 bushels OF