The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1936-10-29
MINNESOTA NEWS

is bringing cents per pound.
pringfieId-Springfel long talk
ed of municipal airport will soon be
a reality. A large crew of men are
at work on the tract and the plan is
to complete the work this fall.
Tracy-Shooting wild ducks before
the season opened cost l. E. Roland
er, Slayton $95 fine and his new
gun. He was arrested by warden
who said Kolander shot six ducks.
Owatonna-Fruit growers and 9TH
ers interested in orchards and home
Identification joined in tour to four
| Steele county farms where results
along those lines have been outstand-
ing.
Bemidji-A crowd estimated at
nearly $500 persons attended the
Forest Dietel farm auction near Ne
bish, making the affair the largest
ever held in this part of the state.
ST. Paul-Average farm prices in
Minnesota on Sept Is were just / per
cent under the average for the base
periods of September, 1924, 1925 and
1926, figures compiled by University
Farm school statisticians disclosed.
MinneaPoIis-To aid in taking care
of the per cent increase in regis
tration at the University of Minnesota
this fall, 80 additional instructors and
minor faculty appointees will be hir-
| ed,
eapois-Lucian c. Sprague,
Minneapolis, president and correctly
er of the Minneapolis & st. Louis rail-
road, declared freight revenue for the
M. & st. L. has increased $1,300,O00
for the first eight months in 1886
over 1885.
Bemidji-Constructio of a munich
pally operated low rent model village
for needy families in this area seems
assured with the approval of the pro-
| ject by the state WPA office Build
ing will start as soon as the project
is approved by President Roosevelt.
onamia-State game and fish off
Gals report an 81 pound northern
pike leaped into the boat of Dan Aug
er, Onamia, while Anger was fishing
in Platt lake. The officials said Au-
ger was pulling in 215 pound bass
and that the pike leaped for it, tum-
bling into the boat
DuIuth-E. M. Beetle, sc, of Duluth,
claims record of having voted for
more Republican presidential candi-
! dates than any other person in Mime
sofa. Since voting for Gen. U. S.
Grant in 1872, Beetle claims he has
cast his ballot for every candidate
nominated by the Republican party.
Rochester-Forward strides in the
social life of the people were predict
ed by DR.. William Mayo in Minneapo-
lis after he and his brother, DR..
Charles Mayo, were honored by the
international Medical assembly as
modern miracle workers and their
! Rochester clinic was termed the
eighth wonder of the world.
Mankato-Promotion of the con.
struction of a city auditorium and
municipal building, at an estimated
cost of around 100000, of which $780,
600 is to be obtained as a PWA grant
from the government, was launched
following a discussion of the project
among representatives of various city
organizations and business firms.
MinneapoIis-All attendance records
for Minnesota home football games
will be broken at the Homecoming
game with Iowa November Z, accord
ing to Les Schroeder, ticket manager,
who said that on the basis of present
orders, $4,000 fans will watch the
game. The record was established in
1884, when $4,000 watched the Co.
pher-Michigan game.
Lake Benton-Workers on an over
pass on q. S. Highways IA and rs
here unearthed tree thirty feet be-
low the surface of the ground. The
form of the tree, Is inches in diameter
lies visible along the edge of the
trench which the men were digging
for a storm sewer beneath the bed
of the overpass. The wood Of the
tree is still in soft condition and
appears to be likened to Ignite.
Aitkin-Award of eight highway
construction contracts for crawling
of 81 miles at cost of S64,264 was
announced by N. W. Elsberg, state
highway commissioner. The jobs are
in Aitkin, Big Stone, Kittson, Koo-
chiching, Lyon, Murray, Redwood,
Todd and Yellow Medicine counties.
Elsberg also announced letting of
contracts for SIX small bridges on
farm-to-market roads in Cass county
at S10,301.
Giencoe-The first pole of the Nc
Leod Cooperative Power Association
rural electrifcation lines, marking
start of construction of the first block
of 40 miles of line, has been set by
President Lars Leifson of the associa-
ton. The project, entailing expendi-
ture of 100000, is to be completed
within two months, with farmers ex-
pected to receive power before Christ
mas The municipal power plant of
Hutchinson will furnish the electric
ity.
Worthington Damages totaling
| s54,625 are sought in IL cases at the
| fall term of district court here.
.ExceIsior-A five-year-old Guernsey
cow was crowned grand champion
female of her breed at the national
dairy show at the Texas centennial
exposition. The queen, Hornblend's
Beauty Raider, owned by the Boulder
Bridge farms of G. N. Dayton, Ex-
celsior, was awarded the Royal Agri.
cultural and Horticultural Society of
Guernsey trophy by John G. Adams
of Boston, president of the American