The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1935-07-11
MINNESOTA NEWS

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Owatonna Association are continuing
efforts to obtain a CCC camp in
Steele county.
Fort Snellins-The annual Citizens
Military Training Camp is in full
swing here with thousands of boys
from the middle west participating.
MinneapoIis-The Fourth of July
brought tragedy over the state,
twenty-five persons being drowned
or killed in Minnesota on the holi-
day.
canby-Uncle Sam is offering his
surplus hay at a bargain. A few
months ago the government was ask
ing S22.75 for the hay which it is now
willing to part with for s275.
Hinbing-The Sturgeon Lake I'm
proyement Club will build an emer-
gency airport IS miles north of Hib-
bling for the use of aviators flying
between Ely and Canadian border
points.
Wayzata-The use Of a mixture Of
hydrochloric ensilage on farms so as
to prevent fermentation and preserve
the digestible qualities of the corn
was demonstrated at the Blodgett
farm near here.
Anoka-Joseph PoncZek, farmer,
living near here, confessed to police
that he murdered Mrs. Clara Will
liams of Minneapolis and buried the
body in his yard. He had hired her
as housekeeper.
Brainerd-The legendary figure of
Paul Bunyan, superman of the north
woods, will be brought to life in a
gigantic pageant and exposition here
July IS, 10 and 20. Preparations are
under way to entertain 10000 per-
sons.
WaIdorf-The school board has just
completed arrangements to pay off
the remainder of it's state loan, $4,000,
and s191.25 interest, erasing it's debt.
The loan papers will be burned at
celebration which will be arranged
when they are received from the
state.
Red Wing-Little Elisse, 10-day-old
Indian papoose on the Prairie Island
reservation near here, yawns at WIS.,
itors and displays two tiny teeth she
had at birth. ELISE, whose teeth
were perfectly formed, is the daugh-
ter of Mr.. and Mrs. Martin White of
the reservation.
st. PauI-Governor Floyd B. Olson
issued an order directing the game
and fish department to bar CONNER
cial fishing of bullheads throughout
the state. Catching of bullheads by
angling is permitted with a limit Of
80 day and the same limit in pos
session at any time.
Duluth-Dismissal Of 81 state en-
ployes here who are not members Of
the Farmer-Labor party was announc-
ed by the state railroad and ware
house commission. The men were
inspectors, weighers and samplers,
who have been on half-time for sew
eral months due to lack of coal and
grain movements.
Faribault-Two Faribault men are
under arrest on charges of larceny
growing out of their alleged accept
ance Of relief while having sizeable
postal savings accounts. They are
Henry Swanson who is reported to
have had $1,000 in savings and Emil
Paquette who, with his wife, was said
to have had nearly $500.
NorthfieId-In memory Of Robert
Selden Strong. who met death last Oc-
tober in an airplane accident in Cali
fornia, student loan fund of $4,000
will be established at Carleton col
lege by his mother, Mrs. Edward A.
Strong of San Marine, Calf, former
ly of Minneapolis. Mrs. Strong al
reay has established the fund in a gift
, ST. Paul-Two northwest conserva-
ton groups, the Midwest Conserva-
ton Alliance and the Association of
Midwest Fish anil Game Commission
ers, representing thousands of sports
men and game commissioners, de-
manded an immediate one-year mora
forum on hunting of waterfowl to
prevent what they called a crisis
threatening several species Of birds.
Fairmont-Martin county farm or
CARNATIONS appealed to Secretary
Henry Wallace for the AAA to ar
range loans on sealed grain similar to
last years corn loans. A resolution
making the request was adopted and
sent to Secretary Wallace by the Mar
tin County Farm Bureau, corn-hog al
lotment committee, wheat allotment
committee and the county warehous-
ing board.
MinneapoIis-The board of park
commissioners approved a budget re-
quest of s511,6G0 for operation of
parks, Fairgrounds. street forestry
and the municipal airport during
1886. This is an increase of $4,000
over the s41s.6e0 budget allowance
for 1885 and would call for a tax
rate Of mills as compared to 1t
mills this year. The request will go
to the board Of estimate and taxa
ton for action late in the fall
Minneapolis Reinforcements of
about 5000 men are being recruited
in Minnesota to the ranks Of the CCC
workers-mainly to work improve
ments in the states vast forest en-
pire. Restocking Of about 100000
acres of forest in Minnesota is one
Of the chores on which the men will
engage. Added to the approximately
10000 CCC workers in the state, the
new recruits will raise the total to
about 10000. Some will engage in
soil conservation and park work but
nearly three-quarters of them will
work in the woods.
International FaIIs-An invasion of
worms in such enormous numbers