The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1936-07-09
MINNESOTA NEWS

the new 9l,fZ0,UUU TeiieI appropriation
among the states.
Sleepy Eye-Charged with selling
unregistered profit-sharing securities
In violation of the Minnesota blue sky
law, Robert Charon and Joseph Sala-
van of Chicago were under arrest
here.
st. CIoud-Close to 10000 witnessed
the annual air show sponsored by the
st. Cloud Junior Chamber of Com
merce at the A. G. Whitney Memorial
airport. Fifty airplanes participated
in the stunts, racing, and other events
on the program.
ST. Paul-Payment of direct relief
to veterans receiving bonuses was
declared to be an administrative mat
ter to be decided on the merits of
each individual ase, in an opinion
from state Attorney General Harry H.
Peerson. 1t is not legal question, he
said.
Winona-Weekly barge line service
to and from Winona to the Twin
Cities and st. Louis by the Federal
Barge lines, operated by the Inland
Waterways corporation, now is in eff
feet. A towboat from st. Louis stops
at the Winona port each Thursday,
and from st. Paul each Wednesday.
Moose Lake-Preliminary work on
the new state hospital for the insane
here will be started as soon as Off
cial word of approval of a S9S1,670
WPA grant has been received, state
board of control members said. The
new hospital will be a S2,1S1,670 pro-
ject if federal funds are furnished.
ST. PauI-Award of a contract for
manufacture of 100000 motor vehicle
license plates for 1897 to the Gopher
Stamp and Die Company of st. Paul
at $4,000, was announced by Phil
Sundby, state purchasing commission
er. The ST. Paul company also had
the contract last year for 100000
plates at cost of $4,000.
st. Paul-Minnesota general revenue
fund is in the best condition in three
years, julius Schmahl, state treasur-
er, said when he paid off $4,000 900 of
certificates of Indebtedness leaving
the general revenue fund deficit of
$3,700,000. A year ago, outstanding
certificates of Indebtedness issued to
provide operating funds in the general
revenue account totaled $S,000,000.
Minneapolis - Most newspapers
throughout the state are behind the
movement to place Bernie Bierman in
charge of the All-Star football team
which will play the Detroit Lions this
fall. You are urged to get your name
on petition at the earliest possible
moment to show Bierman your appre-
citation for the winners he is turning
out at the University. See your edi-
tor now.
st. Paul-Fewer than five men in
American colleges have served agri-
culture so long as Andrew Boss. None
have given more faithful, notable SER
vice. Never possessed of a college
degree, never absent On sabbatical
leave, DR.. Andrew Boss, vice-director
Of the experiment station and father
of scientific farm management, has re-
tired after AZ years. service at Uni
versity of Minnesota farm.
Duluth-One of the worst caterpil-
lar plaques in northern Minnesota in
recent years is at an end, officials of
the state division of forestry announc-
ed after an inspection trip through
the infested area. The insects, known
as forest tentless caterpillars, cover
ed large portion of the extreme nor
thern part of the state, extending
roughly from the Itasca park region
eastward to Cook county and north
into Canada.
neapolis-Sightseers who desire
to look at the city from the tower of
the city hall must leave their cigarets,
knives, guns and matches with Will.
liam Finke, courthouse custodian.
Wooden supports of the chimes have
been feakened by the name-carving
visitors, Finke explained, and it cost
the city $4,000 recently to replace
them. So, from now on all sightseers
will be frisked like customers in a
police lineup.
Detroit Lakes-Services paying tri-
butte to the unknown soldier of the
World war buried in Arlington GENE
terry opened the seventeenth annual
encampment of the Minnesota Veter.
ans of Foreign Wars. Before a replica
of the tomb of the unknown soldier
members offered their tribute at ser.
vices in the high school auditorium
Nearly 10000 persons attended the en-
campment.
st. PauI-Immediate placing of
$4,000 farmers from the northwest on
public works rolls was ordered fol.
lowing a conference in st. Paul of
Harry Hopkins, WPA administrator,
and federal and state officials from
the drouth area. Hopkins said his
organizatino would cure on adding
that many men over and above the
work now being carried on in the
drouth area by the WPA, and that the
number would vary thereafter, de-
pending on developments.
st. Paula s4,750,OOO water conser-
walton program through construction
Of nearly $50 dams is underway in
Minnesota under joint sponsorship of
the WPA and local and state agen-
cies. The ITS smaller dams are in
tended to maintain normal levels in
smaller lakes for the preservation of
fish, fowl and game life. The larger
dams aim at flood control, mainte-
nance of a fresh water SUNNY and