The Ely miner., 1936-12-10
MINNESOTA news

chatfield-Claude Barrons, 40-year-
old laborer, hanged himself in the
wood-shed at his home in Cummings
vile near here. Relatives could give
no reason for the act.
Bemidji-C. L. Klockman of New
Ulm, deer hunter was fined 500 fol-
lowing his plea of guilty on charge
of killing an elk near Malcolm. Elk
were protected by law.
inneapolis-Bernie Bierman, head
football coach at the University, said
at the close of this years schedule
that Minnesota was assured of an
other first class team in 1887.
St PauI-The annual Farm and
Home week will be held at the Uni
versity Farm school Dec. % to JAM
1. with fully 5000 persons expected
to attend. More than 200 lecturers
and demonstrations are scheduled.
ST. PauI-Proposed safety legisIa-
ton. to be submitted to the 1887
state legislature was drafted at
meeting of the uniform highway traf-
fic act group of the Minnesota public
safety committee at the state capitol.
Duluth-The federal government
will pay approximately s226,O00 to far
mers in northeastern Minnesota this
year for participation in the depart
ment of agricuIture's soil conserva-
ton program last summer.
Essex-The $4,000 bushel grain ele-
vator here of the Eagle Roller Mill
Co., of New Ulm, was destroyed by
fire. Loss was estimated at approxi-
mately $4,000 including the building
and 5000 bushels of stored grain.
Rochester-Samuel C. Confer, 81,
Minneapolis realtor since about 1900,
died in Colonial hospital here. Mr..
Confer underwent an operation No.
vember II, and a second operation was
performed few days later in an ef-
fort to save his life.
Granite FaIIs-Should heavy SHOWS
come this winter the highway depart
ment of Yellow Medicine county will
be better prepared than ever before to
battle with the drifts. The county
commissioners have purchased three
new push plows which will be deliver
ed within few days.
ST. cloud-Weather recording instru-
ments attached to six stratosphere
balloons released at st. Cloud were
carried to height of 16 miles, soar
ing through temperatures of 70 below
zero, before being found near Albert
Lea, less than Is miles west of were
the balloons went aloft.
a-StockhoIders of the Wa
basha-NeIson Bridge Company of Wa
basha voted authority to the board Of
directors to enter into contract of
agency with John R. Foley of this city
to sell the toll bridge to the state or
government. The agency is to run
two years, or until the sale is made.
MinneapoIis-Big Ed Widseth of
the Golden Gophers was named on the
United Press all Big Ten football
team. And so is Andy Uram, who is
conceded the title Of the best ball
carrier in the league. Bud Wilkin-
son, Charley Schultz and Earl Svend-
sen made the second team.
AskoV-This community, largest ru-
tagaba shipping center in the United
States, is seen facing the loss of
its chief industry if freight and Can
adian tariff rates are not substantially
changed. Dealers here point out that
Canadian rutabagas can be laid down
in Chicago at Is cents per hundred
weight, while Askov rutabagas are
shipped at a cost of 92 cents per hun
dredweight.
St. PauI-Because a large number
of hunters mistook fawns for does dur
ing the deer season, Minnesota may
revive the one buck law. The ban on
fawns was recommended by the state
conservation department at the re-
quest Of many sportsmen's groups,
but reports received during the sea-
son, indicate the experiment was not
generally approved. Many hunters
shot fawns by mistake.
Elk Invertebrates NJ. Babcoek,
former Minnesota highway commits
sioner and father of the states vast
road system, died of heart attack at
his home here. He was 65. Mr. Bab-
cock had just returned from a trip to
Wyoming in behalf of the National
Safety council, with which he was CON-
nected as an adviser on safety and
good roads. He suffered one attack
while on the trip but appeared to
have rallied from it.
Minneota- -Minneota, badly in need
of new water supply, called upon LIr.
Martin, well driller, and after sug-
gesting two or three places where
wells might be drilled finally allowed
him to look around and pick his own
spot. This he did, claiming that he
could strike water at about 40 feet.
The well, now completed was drilled
to 42 feet, and apparently has struck
a fine vein. A pump will be placed
over the well and a reservoir ccn-
structed nearby.
Hastings-An example of local pride
shown by WPA workers in their pro-
ject is to be found here, where a crew
has volunteered to complete, on its
own time and without pay, a series
of concrete tennis courts The orig
inal application covering the project
was insufficient to complete the work
and supplemental application be
came necessary. Rather than risA
leaving an uncompleted project, t1e
workers continued on the project,
completing it when they were not reg
ularly employed on other units of tie
new athletic field at Hastings.
rowervilIe-Farmers of this vicin-
ity are given weekly opportunity TO
discuss Agricultural urobIems with