The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1935-08-01
MINNESOTA NEWS

dam built last fall.
Moose lake-Neariy 5000 people
attended the annual Arrowhead dis
trict Izaak Walton league picnic here.
Rochester-Dr. Charles H. Mayo,
the younger OF the two world famous
brothers, observed his SEVENTEEN
birthday. recently.
Piainview = approximately $4,000
cases of early peas have been can
ned at the Plainview plant of the
Lakeside Packing company.
caiedonia-A levy totaling s11s,250
has been made by the Houston coun-
ty commissioners. The levy repre-
sents an increase of s13,250.
Fairmount-Martha Stark was mar
ried to Lawrence Stapp and they went
to Iowa for honeymoon. Mr.. Stapp
drowned the next day while in swim
ming.
Austin-A shipment Of 401 well
finished heavy butcher hogs brought
s13,456.22 to ]. T. Waite Of Fenton,
Iowa, at the George A HORNED &
Company.
Camp RipIey-Allotment OF s96,176
for improvements at Camp Ripley,
training grounds for the Minnesota
National guard. has been approved
by President Roosevelt.
Hibbina-Voters here defeated
bond issue to raise s12S,00 for paw
ing at an election. A direct grant
Of s106,O00 from the federal govern
ment had been promised.
Luverne-The city council sliced
Inverness tax levy for 1885 to little
more than one-half Of the figure for
the last two years, levyirg $4,000
as compared with $4,000 for 1888
and 1884.
Pine city-Henry Stephan, 96, a
Civil war veteran who had the IN
usual experience Of serving In both
the Union and Confederate armies,
died at his home at Beroun, near
here, following long illness.
Battle Lake-More than 5000 men,
women and children of Otter Tail
county assembled on the shore Of
West Battle lake, near here, for the
thirty-eighth annual Old Settlers pic
mic and reunion of Otter Tail.
Wadena-A bottle, buried as part
OF the Arbor day ceremony here in
1896, was uneathed by workmen re-
pairing Wadena streets. In the bot
tie was yellow, faded paper on
which the writing was scarcely de-
cipherable.
Misunderstanding permits totaling
$4,000 have been issued here since
January I, Peter Hoglund, local build
ing inspector, has announced. This
total includes only new construction
and does not include repairs or i'm
provements.
st. Paul-In the most sensational
tournament of golf ever played on a
Minnesota course, Lighthouse Har-
ry" Cooper won the st. Paul open.
His 72-hole card totaled 271, II un-
der par. Horton Smith was second,
four strokes behind.
cass Lake-The seed extractory at
the federal forest nurseries here has
just completed the longest and
largest run in the history Of the plant,
E D. Clifford, superintendent of the
nurseries, said. During this time
$500 pounds of seed was extracted
from 1892 bushels of cones.
Slayton-Slayton's bonded indebt-
edness will be refnanced under the
law passed by the last legislative ses-
sion. The state investment board
will loan the village $4,000 at 81
per cent. Companies holding the
s1,200,000 in village bonds will re-
issue series for the balance of $780,
coo.
Mendota-The Mount Vernon" of
Minnesota is 100 years old. Just a
century it was sine. Henry H. Sib-
ley, the prince Of pioneers, completed
the stately old Sibley House that was
to stand as monument to the life
and achievements Of the young fur
trader who became Minnesota's first
governor.
ST. Paul-Minnesota farmers paid
s36S,799 on their land bank loans In
June, bringing to more than s1,7sS,.
600 their total payments for the first
half Of 1885. II was the largest
months payments received this year
and practically double the volume
paid in June last year, the Federal
Land Bank Of ST. Paul announced.
Buhl-At a meeting Of the bust
ness men and residents of Bull. a
resolution was adopted selecting a
site for the state hospital for the in
sane that has been ordered placed in
some location in the northwestern
part OF the state. The Dupont site,
which Hibbing and Chisohlm have
been working on, is situated FIVE miles
from Bull, Chisholm and Hibbing.
MISUNDERSTANDING their predic-
tons on word from Washington. Of
icers Of the Minnesota Game Protec-
tive league, the Midwest Conserva-
ton alliance and the Minnesota Izaak
Walton league voiced the belief that
a 30-day national duck hunting sea-
son would be declared for this fall,
despite efforts of Minnesota and other
midwest groups on behalf Of a closed
season.
owatonna-John Christgau of Owa-
tonna, president Of the state Elks,
presided at the institution of an Elks
lodge at International Falls
Wiiimar-A set OF resolutions con-
demning proposed food control for
the middle fork Of Crow River was
adopted here al public meeting at.
tended by z. V. Willard, state COM
missioner Of conservation; L. P. Zim-
norman. acting administrator IF tF7a