The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1936-10-15
MINNESOTA NEWS

city of Fergus Falls in 1887 will be
$4,000, a decrease of $4,000 under the
levy for the present year.
st. PauI-WMIN, the Twin Cities
newest radio broadcasting station, is
on the air officially form its new
studios at st. Anthony avenue and
Syndicate street in the Midway dis
trict.
st. PauI-Approyal for purchase of
72,496 acres of woodland at cost Of
s164,073 to be added to national for
ests in Minnesota was given by the
National Forest Reservation commits
sion.
nneapolis-President Roosevelt
made fast trip to the Twin Cities
for short speech on the steps of the
state capitol here before continuing
on to Governor Landon's stronghold
in Nebraska.
Hamline and ST. Thomas, fraternity
reunions, bonfire and pepfest, eli
NAKED by a dinner and dance, are
among the plans for Hamline univer-
sity's Homecoming, which begins
Oct. %.
MinneapoIis-Air mail volume shat
tered all records at the postoffice in
September, according to figures re-
leased by John R. Coan, postmaster
More than 1,114,0e0 letters were
cleared for airmail through the post
office last month.
Vergas-Choking on a bug he had
swallowed, Roland Dernth, 19-months-
old son of Mr.. and Mrs. Henry Dernth,
died just a few minutes before an
operation was to have been perform
ed. He was found to have the wing
of bug lodged in his lung.
ExeeIsior-Mrs Inga Mathilda Wes-
sell, 60-year-old Excelsior woman
found guilty of drunken driving in an
accident which injured a deputy sher-
if, was sentenced to serve six months
in the workhouse and her drivers IL
cense was revoked for life.
Madison-Forty-nine appeals cever-
ing 81 parcels of land have been filed
in the appraisement proceedings of
the Lac qui Parle dam project No. 1.
There are IS parcels of land affected
by this project and about e per cent
were appealed for re-adjustmenu
ST. PauE-Grants totaling $500, 195
to Is states to aid them in financing
their public-assistance programs dur
ing the period, Oct. to Dec. 81, were
announced by the United States So
cial Security board in Washington.
The grants included Minnesota, for
the aged, s1,467, 405.32.
MinneapoIis-Forty Minnesota All
Club members left here for the Ma
tional Dairy Show at Dallas, Texas,
and 25 Of them go on funds provided
by The Minneapolis Journal, bringing
to 4,367 the number Of boys and girls
who have been awarded trips and
scholarships by The Journal since
1923.
apoIis-Trucks rolled out from
IA wholesale grocery and warehouse
firms tied up for seven weeks by a
strike of General Drivers Union No.
544. Under an agreement, the strike
was at an end, and an estimated $50
men-at a payroll placed by employ
ers at upward of $4,000 week-were
back on their jobs.
DuIuth-State Senator Charles E.
Adams died of injuries received when
his automobile crashed into a tree.
He collapsed while driving. Physi-
clans said overwork had strained his
heart. Senator Adams served as a
member of the state senate continu-
ously for more than 20 years, having
been elected for his first term in 1915.
ST. cloud-Addressing the hundreds
of club women from all parts of the
state her for the forty-second annual
convention of the Minnesota Fedora
ton of Women's clubs Wednesday
evening. President Selke of the To-
cal teachers collegeg said it becomes
increasingly necessary that society
provide more and more for its youth.
MinneapoIis-Burial services were
mer Governor Samuel R. Van SAINT.
1t was in this Mississippi river town
that Mr.. Van Salt, the fifteenth gov
ernor of the state and one-time ma
tional commander of the Grand Army
of the Republic, started his business
career In its small cemetery the
members of the Van SAINT family are
buried
Minneapolis-A proposal to increase
the seating capacity of the Univer
sity of Minnesota Stadium to $4,000
will go to the board of regents for
consideration before the end of the
current football season. The new
seats would be created by removing
the running track, sinking the grid
iron Is to 20 feet and extending the
tiers down to within a few yards of
the sidelines and the eastern end
line. With the field thus depressed
a bank of seats could also be INSTALL
ed at the western end to be entered
at the top from the promenade in
front of the athletic building.
MinneapoIis-Grateful to the press
for its aid in obtaining her release
after 4s hours in Poland prison, Mrs.
Frederick G.. Atkinson, prominent
Minneapolis clubwoman, was willing
to forget her Imprisonment because
she failed to declare s14 in currency
and a $1,000 letter of credit. Still
irked by the red tape that caused her
to be held two days by Polish border
officials, Mrs. Atkinson, declared It