The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1936-02-13
MINNESOTA NEWS


stroyed an adjoining grocery building.
Albert Lea-Mrs. Nellie Roach, 50,
who apparently went into a rural
church to pray was found frozen to
death when the janitor opened the
church for mass.
Virainia-It was 81 below zero here
on election day when Oscar Tamte
was declared the new mayor. It was
discovered that 6,1s6 Of the towns
s,S4S registered voters cast ballots
during the day.
clinton-Water sold for a nickel a
glass during the extremely cold
weather here. A water main burst
and the villages supply was cut OF
for two days Water on hand was
sold at premium.
observation-disclosures members Of
the Gopher Campfire club, statewide
organization OF sportsmen were honor
guests at the clubs twenty-fifth mid
winter dance and frolic at the nation
al guard armory here.
DuIuth-Local opposition to plans
Of the state department Of conserva-
ton to remove deer from Itasca State
Park resulted in the abandonment Of
the project, E. v. willard, commits
sioner Of conservation announced.
ST. PauI-State taxation policies In
Minnesota resulted in decision by the
Minnesota Mining and Manufacturing
Company of st. Paul to establish a
branch factory at Detroit, Michigan
instead OF continuing expansion of
rapidly growing business here.
crookston-T. G. Glesne of Under
wood Otter Tail county, won the
grand championship of the open
classes Of corn at the Red River VAL
ley Winter shows and his 20-year-
old son, Anton, won grand champion
ship Of the All Corn club classes.
cIoquet-A sS,OO0,o0O plant will be
boarded up, it was decided. and 500
men and women must look elsewhere
for work as a result Of failure to
reach an agreement in the three
month-old labor dispute involving the
Berst-Forster-Disfeld match plant
here.
Observation-Disclosures Of Governor
Floyd B. Olson in ST. Mary's hospital,
will be completed February %, his
secretary, Herman Aufderheide, an.
nounced. This will permit the Gov
errors return in time for a meeting
Of the state pardon board March 16,
IT and Is.
Hewitt-Ffre swept through a lum-
Der yard and coal shed here, with an
estimated loss of $4,000. Fire de
partments from Hewitt and Bertha,
handicapped by 25 below zero wealth
er, had difficulty in keeping the blaze
from spreading to the railroad station
and other downtown buildings.
ST. PauI-Hampered by intense
cold. the whole state began digging
itself out Of snowdrifts that had
practically isolated most sections of
southwestern Minnesota. The biz.
Yard was reported the worst in 20
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highway travel. Schools in most sec.
tons were closed until the blocked
roads were opened.
MinneapoIis-Dallas Ward, Marshall
high football coach, and Sheldon
Beise, All-American backfeld star al
Minnesota last fall, have been ap
pointed to positions on the University
Of Minnesota football coaching staff.
With the recommendation Of Head
Coach Bernie Bierman and Athletic
Director Frank Mccormick, Ward will
be freshman football mentor and
! Beise will be assistant to Bierman OF
the varsity.
Fairncnt-Lashing SHOWS and the
sting Of bitter cold have played hav,
oc with Martin county's pheasant
! population. Several observers re
ported birds dead on the drifting
prairies. Others described birds
helplessly disabled by the storm
their wings cluttered with snow and
! ice. Lack of cover is combining with
food shortage, sportsmen assert, tc
! jeopardize the bird supply on the
/ greatest scale in many years.
ST. PauI-Minnesota counties viii
be allotted their share of the s7,625,
600 state relief fund voted at the re
cent special session of the legislature
in quotas based on a percentage o.
the county contribution and the need:
Of each county, the state executive
council has decided. The monthly
quotas Of state funds will be con
trolled by a maximum to avoid over
expenditure and will be subject Il
revision as. conditions change.
MinneapoIis-A $1,000 model home
to be erected in the city's residence
district designed to demonstrate pro
gress made in new materials anG
methods of construction, has been an
nounced as project Of the Builder
Show, Home Beautiful Exposition
and Flower Show scheduled for tn
municipal auditorium March GA
The exposition this year will featur'
a garden of $4,000 blooming flowers
200 trees, and hundreds of shrubs
With so per cent increase in build
ing expected during 1896, many new
exhibitors have contracted for spac'
at the show.
st. PauI-Fred A. Thielen, formerl
general sales manager Of the Mime
apolis Brewing company, has beel
appointed treasurer and general sale
manager of the Yoerg Brewing CON
pany here. The Yoerg outfit, oldes
brewery in Minnesota, has long bee
known for its huge ageing cave
which are followed out Of higi
white sand cliff above the banks @
the Mississippi. Tradition says tina