The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1935-03-08
MINNESOTA NEWS

| nVeS or her grown son and four chill.
dren when fire consumed her home
here.
Fergus FalIs-John Rorsum, Battle
Lake, lost the sight of one eye, neces-
stating is removal when splinter
struck him while he was chopping
wood.
Brushville-Nick Alderman of st.
George, on his first days relief work,
was killed when a gravel pit cayed
in on him. Max Struffert, another
worker, suffered brkoen leg.
st. PauI-Governor Floyd B. Olson
signed the $4,000 emergency relief
bill for the purchase of feed for
drouth stricken counties of the state.
More liberal federal aid is promised.
st. vincent-Mrs. Angelina Goose
law, 100. one of Minnesota's oldest
inhabitants died here. Her death oc-
CURED at her isolated farm home
north of here. where she was said to
have lived for 80 years.
StillWater-State leaders of all poll
teal faiths passed before the casket
of George H. Sullivan to look for the
last time at the veteran statesman
who served continuously for 81 years
| in the Minnesota senate. He died
| February 16.
Albert Lea-Eight men held in con-
nection with disturbances during a
strike at the Potter foundry here sew
eral weeks ago were sentenced by
District Judge Fred Sem of Waseca
| to serve two months in the county
| Jail with three defendants given the
| option OF 5000 fine.
Mahnomen-As threat to Mahno-
men merchants dealing in oleomarga-
| rine, group of dairy farmers bought
| the entire stock and set it ablaze on
| the Mahnomen's busiest street inter-
| selling the product unless they want
| ed to be boycotted.
observation-disclosures Stegeman of
| Beaver Creek and Lester Hanson of
Graceville received the grand trophies
when awards in the twenty-frst an
nual livestock and plant judging con-
tests for students in the agricultural
| college at University farm were an
nounced in Minneapolis.
| ST. PauI-Plans for Minnesota's fifth
year of grasshopper eradication work
were announced by A. G. Ruggles,
| state entomologist, who took up with
county agents and control leaders
| throughout the state the matter Of
early spring investigations to learn if
grasshopper infestations appear to be
menacing.
Winona - The war department
| granted a request for an extension
of time to March 16, 1887, for COM
| pleting reconstruction of bridge
across the Mississippi river here.
| Original plans called for completion Of
construction in 1881 and an extension
of time to March, 1885, subsequently
was granted.
postoffice is completed, and en-
ployees at the old postoffice are bust
ling about making preparations for
moving their departments. The
building will be thrown open March
8, for a formal opening to which post
masters from throughout Minnesota
and a number of outside centers and
the general public have been invited.
! st. Paui-Some $4,000 Minnesota
| farmers in 81 counties sold 257,479
head of cattle and 6,544 head of sheep
to the government during the emer-
gency livestock program of the AAA,
which ended Feb. /, F. ]. Brown,
state drouth relief director, an
nounced. The farmers were paid 3d.
| 100000 for their cattle and sheep, or
an average of $14.63 per head of cat
| tie and So per head Of sheep.
MinneapoIis-A total of 1886 head
of cattle was gathered up in the state
during the drouth season of 1884,
transported to pasture lands in nor
thern Minnesota, fed, cared for, re-
| herded for transportation to packing
| houses or for other disposal with
| loss of only 46 cattle to the LOCO head
and an average cost for all expense,
except transportation, of less than 81
head, a report of the enterprise by
NJ. J. Thompson, supervisor, reveals.
ST. Paul-Because the mortgage
moratorium act has not yet been ex-
| tended by the present legislature,
those who got their mortgage re-
quirements eased UP will have to act
| to safeguard their interests, John
| Bosch, president of the Minnesota
Farm Holiday Association, warned.
Many will have to apply to the courts
before March 1 for an extension,
whether the law is passed or not.
Breckenridge-The state is selling
! 0,000 acres of state lands at auc-
ton, the sale to begin April 1 in
| Wilkin and Ottertail counties and
continuing at 10 other points, 1t was
announced by F. A. Wildes. chief OF
| the division of lands and minerals in
| the state auditors office. The lands
are large in 40 acre tracts and the
largest areas are in Roseau. st. Louis
| and Marshall counties. Bidders must
be prepared to pay in cash Is per
cent of the purchase price. the rest
is payable over period of 40 years.
A purchaser is limited to 500 acres.
MinneapoIis-Dr. William P. Muir
ply of Harvard Medical school and
one of the three 1884 Noble prize
winners in medicine, has consented
to speak at the eighty-second ANIMAL
meeting of the Minnesota State Medi-
cal association to be held in the audi
torium June "a, 25 and 26. DIR. Muir
phys acceptance has been received
| by the Hennepin County Medical So