The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1936-11-05
MINNESOTA NEWS

Atwater-Atwater dedicated its new
addition to the school. which includes
An auditorium, gymnasium and class
rooms.
orthfisId-Northfield' new post
office, said to be the finest federal
building of it's size in the state, was
open for public inspection before NOV
ing day.
DuIuth-Flame-throw of the type
used in the World war may be utilized
to back-fire forest fires next summer.
The plan was discussed at a meeting
of forestry officials here.
Sank centre-Loss in blaze which
destroyed three business places and
threatened an entire city block before
it was brought under control, was es-
.imated at more than $4,000.
Alexandria, grade shorthorn COW
in the herd of Theodore Johnson, who
lives near Kensington, gave birth to
triplets. Two of the calves are snow
white and one is red and white.
Benson-A hunting accident claimed
the life of Ernest Larson, 80, butter
maker at Freedom, when he was ac-
cidentally shot by gun in the hands
of his brother, Joe Larson, st. Cloud.
MinneapoIis-A $4,000 fund for i'm
munizing Minneapolis poor children
against diphtheria and smallpox was
voted by the board of public welfare
meeting as committee of the whole.
EvansvilIe-By a vote of $50 to SO
the village of Evansville voted to is
sue bonds for the erection of a new
community hall and gymnasium. 4
part of the cost will be provided by
| federal funds.
So. st. Paul-Wage increases Of 7
| per cent were given hourly and piece
work employees of the Cudahy Packing
/ company and hourly employees of
Swift & Co., arrangements of the two
concerns announced.
Moose Iatee-The state investment
board made available S1,200,0 as the
/ aIdlC oAdlO VI LAc SSplO1tOtO GIL
struction fund for the new state nos.
pital for the insane at Moose Lake,
Julius Schmahl, state treasurer, an.
nounced
| Litchfield's environs on the basis of
recent reports, T. w. Whitmore sight.
! ed an animal near the city limits. Mr.
and Mrs. Wallace Anderson of LIE
Sueur also saw two deer near Corvu
so, south of Litchfield.
Grand Rapids-The state banking
department has authorized the Warba
State Bank to change its name to the
Grand Rapids State Bank and it's 10
cation to Grand Rapids. The order
also authorized an increase in capital
stock from $4,000 to $4,000.
Buffalo Lake-To celebrate its be-
ing clear of debt, Buffalo Lake held a
Halloween carnival and bonfire The
! burning of the bonds, now paid, was
the highlight of the program which
was sponsored by the Village council
i and the Women's Improvement
League.
st. PauI-Approximately $50 snow
plows, distributed among Is state
highway maintenance districts. are
ready to keep Minnesota trunk high.
ways open to winter traffic, accord
ing to N. w. Elsberg, state commits
J cinnnr hlnolynI H.
the highway department has erected
more than 1000 miles of snow fence
where drifting is expected.
acknowledgements Walter Wei
ford of North Dakota and Hjalma1
Petersen of Minnesota lauded Fargo
and Moorhead for the fine spirit of CO
operation between the two cities
which has made the bridge possible
when they spoke at the dedication OF
the new 100000 Front street bridge
over the Red river here. Great crowds
witnessed the parades, dedication and
ribbon-cutting ceremonies opening the
long span which joins Minnesota and
North Dakota.
Duiuth-A 50,000-bushel cargo oil
Argentine corn, the first ever to be
brought to the head of the lakes, was
received by the Capitol Elevator Co
here. The South American corn will
be sold through regular channels at
about S1.05 per bushel as compared
with price of s110 quoted for dom
este corn, Mr.. Graves said. Prac
tically no domestic corn is on hand
in Twin Ports elevators and not a
single bushel is in the bins at the
Capitol elevator.
Winger-Police and Polk county
deputies are on the lookout for rob
bers who broke into the Farmers
State bank here and escaped with
$4,000 The raid brought the loot IL
three recent robberies in the state to
$4,000. AS in other cases, the ban
dts broke into the rear of the bank
and cracked the safe by use of acety
lene torches. Banks were robbed al
Eitzen (S7,000) and at Remer (s5,00o)
All three were robbed by the same
gang, authorities believe.
Mankato-Minnesota highways
state, county and urban-will re zoned
for definite maximum speeds, If rec
concentrations adopted by the Mime.
apolis public safety committee are ap
proved by the state legislature. De
legates from all parts of the state
comprising the membership of the
committee, approved a program call
ing for: Maximum speeds of so miles
IN hour on super highways of the
state. Maximum speeds of As miles