The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1936-05-14
MINNESOTA NEWS

known resorts in Minnesota, was
swept by flames and burned to the
ground with a loss OF 100000.
Minneapolis-Three men, a grocer,
a former relief department clerk, and
a cafe operator, confessed members of
ring through which fraudulent relief
food orders were sold, were sentenced
to one year each in the workhouse.
st. PauI-Liquor drinking in Min
nesota Is increasing, the April report
Of David r. Arundel, state liquor con-
troll commissioner, disclosed. Revenue
from liquor taxes in April, 1886. the re-
venue increased to s143.450.
Fairmont-Mal Eiken, a reserve
back on the University of Minnesota's
indicated championship football
teams of the past three seasons, has
been named head football coach and
instructor in physical education at the
high school here.
Faribault-Two new ordinances pro-
viding for the licensing of electricians
and pinball machines were passed by
the city council. Electricians must
pay license fee of s25 for the first
year and $40 each additional year,
licenses to be approved by the city
council.
St. Paul-MinnesCta is all set for a
construction job that may reach as
high as s100,000,O0O this year, Fred
Schilplin, state FILA director, an
nounced. This volume of business
should be sufficient to employ every
carpenter painter and building mech
anic during the construction period,
according to Mr.. Schilplin.
St. PauI-Alvin Karpis, long wanted
Public Enemy No. 1, was captured
without fight at New Orleans, La,
by federal G-Men, led by ]. Edgar
Hoover. He was Immediately trans
ferred to a chartered plane and flown
to st. Paul, where he is under indict-
ment in both the William Hamm and
Edward G. Bremen kidnapings.
Aitkin-Aitkin county officials were
asked to pay old age assistance with
funds transferred from treasury bal
ances totaIing s202,333 as is permitted
by the new old age assistance law, Di-
rector Kenneth C. Haycraft Of the
state agency said On his reurn from
Washington. The law permits such
transfers excepting from ditch and
sinking funds.
Ada-Shot twice while he slept, John
Kinniger, well-to-do bachelor farmer,
was found dead in his home four
miles west of Ada. Robbery, in the
opinion of Deputy Sheriff Oscar Bang,
was the motive for the Staying. He
said preliminary investigation reveal
ed Kinniger sold quantity of wool
and a shipment of sheep in Fargo the
day before he was found dead.
Wofverton-En route to their home
here in Wilkin county, two truck driv-
ers, Morris Tyler and Barney Sub
stad, were waylaid by gang of eight
men a short distance out of Minneapo-
lis, in Anoka county, who hi-jacked
their truck-load of liquor valued at
S4,446 and then took them on a
roundabout tour before releasing
them, five miles west of Saltwater.
ST. PauI-Fifteen fourth-class post
offices IN Minnesota will be advanced
to the presidential grades July 1,
next, the postoffice department an
nounced, because of increased volume
Of their business. They are: Cohas-
set, Dunnell, Easton, Elysian, Green
Isle, Holt, Kettle River, Lake Lillian,
Newport, Peterson, Prior Lake, Rose
Creek, Saint Hailaire, Trail and Wen
dell.
Duluth-Persons living on Mime
sofa farms increased 81 per cent from
April 1, 1880, to Jan. 1, 1885, accord
ing to a special report made public by
the bureau of the census, department
of commerce. AS of Jan. 1, 1885, the
Minnesota farm population was $685.
Ats, of which 1000 were non-white
races. A large part Of the gain in
the farm population was in the north
eastern part Of the state.
Fairmont-With property damage
placed at 100000 and with four dead
and more than 25 injured, the Red
Cross and other relief agencies be-
gan relief efforts in the tornado
stricken areas in Todd and Martin
counties. A survey shows 800 buildings
were demolished or badly damaged
on 200 farms. WPA workers are in
the area to help remove debris and
clear drainage bitches damaged by the
twister.
neapoIis-Farmers and land
owners planting forest trees on crop
land will be paid up to SIS an acre
this year under terms of the soil con-
servation program, Frank ]. Brown,
University Farm, in charge of the
state program, announced. One,
amounting to SO an acre, will be paid
for shifting from soil depicting to soil
conserving crops. A secondary, or
soil building payment of S. an acre.
will be made to those planting forest
trees on crop or pasture land.
Minneapolis-This years college
graduates find from 20 to 1000 more
jobs available than did the class of
1885 with starting salaries SIS to SIS
a month higher in many lines. The
heavy industries show the most strik-
ing revival in employment opportuni-
ties, with more scouts" visiting cam
puses to interview promising seniors
than at any time in the past several
years, according to survey of the
employment situation at 81 leading
universities and technical schools,
made by Northwestern National Life
Insurance Company.
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