The Ely miner., 1936-10-08
MINNESOTA NEWS

tied Saltwater during the annual
Lumber jack Days held here.
Duluth-An enlarged WPA recrea-
tional program in the Duluth district,
involving the expenditures of $175,000
and providing for the employment of
400 recreational workers has begun.
Houston-Houston county, Mime
sofa, was included in list of areas
in the upper Mississippi river wild
life and fish refuge in which shooting
of waterfowl during the coming sea-
son will be restricted.
st. -Minnesota's population
will become stabilized at approximate
ly 2,710,00O by 1850, Roland S. Vale,
professor of marketing at the Univer-
sity of Minnesota and consultant for
the state planning board, predicted in
public forum.
StillWater-Eugene Gilbert, a Min
neapolis warrant officer, went to Still
water to collect a speeder's fine, and
was jailed for driving with stolen
license plates which he had used to
disguise his car. To hide his iden
tity Gilbert had removed his tax ex-
empt license plates and put on pair
police here had recovered.
Fort SneIling-Harry H. Whiting,
president of the Pillsbury Flour Mills
Company, was critically injured in a
riding accident at Fort Smelling. Mr..
Mr.. Writings horse reared, throwing
him off backwards. The horse fell
on top of him. Several bones were
crushed and Mr. Whiting underwent
an operation and blood transfusions.
RobbinsdaIe-Uph Upholding its boast of
being next to the largest city in Min
nesota, Robbinsdale celebrated it's
first annual Goodwill. day. Opening
with parade Of several bands, bugle
and drum corps, floats, marching
clubs and fleets of cars, the celebra-
tion continued through the day with
a varied program of sports events,
vaudeville and other activities and
concluded with dance.
Minneapois-Se which traf
fic safety organizations had sought to
make the safest month of the year,
ended with the Minneapolis casualty
chart footing up as follows: Nearly
rs per cent more accidents than in
September, 1885, The same number
of traffic fatalities as in September,
1885. Thirty-three more traffic in
juries than in September, 1885. More
drunken drivers than in any Septem-
Der since 1925.
ST. Paui-The st. Paul auditorium
will be the scene of the biggest med
ical school in the world for an entire
week, starting October II, when 5000
physicians from all parts of the Uni
ted States, Canada and foreign coun-
tries will assemble there for the twen-
ty-frst annual session of the Inter-
State Post Graduate Medical Asso-
citation of North America. The RAM
sey County Medical Society will be
host to the gathering.
Austin-An 1S-year-old daughter of
a minister, who forged a signature on
department sales slip just on a dare
is in the Hennepin county Jail facing
a forgery charge. The girl, Margaret
Mcfarland, daughter of Rev. Paul Nc
Farland, former Minneapolis sales
man and now minister of a United
Brethren church at Austin, said she
Cd 1a eIi ha nf
w. c. Kelsey, wife of a dentist, to
get a $29 evening dress for a girl
friend.
eapoIis-Declaring a personal
political campaign is humiliating to
the individual and degrading to the
high office of judge, Judge William
C.. Leary, veteran of the Hennepin
County District Bench, withdrew from
the judicial race and announced his
retirement effective January 1. Judge
Leary, who has been on the bench "a
years, said he is Withdrawing from
the campaign because of the kind of
political fight he feels it would be
necessary to stage for reelection.
Forest lake-Gored to death by
bull, the body of Christopher Candi-
OTTO, IA years old was found in
field near the home of his grand
mother, Mrs. Bertha Kosanko, south
of here. The boy left his grandmoth-
er's farm home, where he lived to
take the cows to the pasture on his
way to school. He was not missed
until late in the day when he failed
to reappear after school. The body
was discovered after a search of
fields and pastures in the vicinity of
the farm.
neapolis-5pecia1 arrangements
for handling traffic in the vicinity of
the University of Minnesota on the
days Of football games, including the
rerouting Of traffic and the closing of
the Washington ave. bridge over the
Mississippi river from noon to 6 p m.
were authorized by Chief Frank For
estal of the Minneapolis police de-
partment. A detail Of 72 patrolmen
will be on duty in the university area
to handle the traffic to and from Me-