The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1936-10-01
MINNESOTA NEWS

on the Industrial ticket (Socialist-La-
bor).
st. Paul-The state forestry office
rushed to make out and distribute
checks for $1,000 men who cooper
ated in battling forest fires in north
ern Minnesota.
Observation-Disclosures had the
lowest traffic fatality rate during the
first seven months of 1896 among
cities Of the state having more than
100000 population, the Minnesota Pub
lie Safety committee reported.
st. Paula tri-state pact between
Minnesota and the Dakotas to con-
troll, operate and maintain dams built
with federal monies was recommend
ed by Governor Hjalmar Petersen be-
fore the Minnesota state planning
board.
owatonna-Len Mosher was ap-
pointed by Mayor C. P. Anderson as
a member of the owatona public uti-
lities commission He has been q
prominent figure In Owatonna bust
ness and civic affairs the past quarter
century.
Lake Benton-The congregation
Of the Diamond Lake Danish Luther
an church observed the golden an
niyersary of the founding of the
church with special ceremonies. The
Rev. Harold Ibsen, pastor, was in
charge Of the exercises.
Minneapolis-With building volume
continuing to rise in Minneapolis 10
out of Ia classifications under which
building permits are issued have
shown gain during the first eight
months of 1885 over the corresponding
period Of 1885 Finance and Commerce,
commercial newspaper, reported.
Moorhead-Louis Benson. head
coach at Concordia college here. re-
fuses to acknowledge his team will
be the dark horse in the Minnesota
college conference this fall The Cob
bers have perhaps the toughest sched-
ule Of any school In the conference
this fall, meeting Gustavos Adolphus,
st. Thomas and st. John.
ST. Paul-Every bump and soft
shoulder in Minnesota's $4,000 miles
Of rural highways will be charted this
fall by 40 engineers who will drive
over every mile of roadway to gather
information for state highway plan
ming survey conducted by the Mime
sofa highway department and the q.
s. Bureau of public roads.
MonticeIo-The state supreme court
upheld Wright county district court
decision holding the State Bank of
Monticello broke a contract entered in
to with stockholders of the Farmers
State Bank of Monticello, which it pur-
chased and for that reason the lat
ter are not liable for a deficiency in
assets involved in the transfer.
NorthfieId-At the opening convoca-
ton of the year at Carleton College,
DR.. William Trufant Foster, econo-
mist, author, and lecturer, gave the
address, Alternatives to Freedom
Following the opening address to
Carleton students DIR. Foster will re-
main at the college for a month in
the capacity of visiting lecturer.
New Hope-New Hope township,
which lies between Crystal village
and Plymouth township, received its
-, &,r-4 he
nepin county commissioners on petit
ton Of majority of residents Of the
area signed decree separating it
from Plymouth township and setting
it up as township in itself. On Au-
gust by petition of its residents
the area received a divorce from Crys-
tai village and simultaneously attached
itself to Plymouth township. Up un-
til that time it had been the western
half Of Crystal village.
Winona-Winners in the one-act
play contest sponsored by the Min
nesota Congress of Parents and Teach
ers were announced by Mrs. NJ. l..
Spencer, Winona, state chairman of
the drama and pageantry section of
the congress. The best child's plays
entered, Christmas at the Toyshop"
and wind Over West Salem, will
be presented by the Winona Commun-
ity Players at the state convention
Of the Minnesota Congress of Par
ents and Teachers here October %
Sixty-seven entries were received
from all parts of the state.
Minneapolis-A new building for
the Center for Continuation Study, at
reorganized Institute of Technology
and proposed educational student
union building were major points of
interest at the University of Mime
sofa as the states largest educa-
tional unit prepared to open for its
sixty-eighth year. Beginning fresh
men took over the campus with other
students registering and taking ad-
vance examinations. New structures
include an addition to the Women's
gymnasium, the promenade and
training quarters that complete the
Athletic building, a roof house on
wing of University hospital that will
house a psychiatric unit and the n.y.
draulic engineering laboratory on
Hennepin island
MinneapoIis-The Minnesota foot
ball team, heading for Seattle, hard
ly expected to take on any tougher
foe than Washington. But they did
at Missoula Montana Fire RACED
the hotel in which the boys were
CHARTERED during the night. AS usual
the boys were successful in escaping