The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1937-01-14
MINNESOTA NEWS

He was one of the major partners in
the Mayo foundation.
Fergus FaIIs-The Fergus Falls
city council has given the final read
ing to an ordinance increasing the on
sale beer license in his city from $50
to SIS and the off-sale license from SIS
to $40.
st. PauI-Minnesota started its
three-way war against drunken and
careless drivers as a national survey
showed that at least 191 lives were
lost over the first weekend of 1897
through traffic fatalities in the U. S.
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. E. Leach en-
tered the city's political arena again,
filing for mayor, the office he held
from 1921 to 1929, and for which he
was defeated in 1881. Leach indi-
Gated his active campaigning will not
start for some time.
Minneapolis = Minnesota received
another football honor when Profess
sor Frank G. Dickinson of Illinois pre-
sented Coach Bernie Pierman with the
Knute Rockne Memorial trophy, en-
blematic of the national championship
under his system of rankings.
ochester-Senator Henrik Ship
stead will be unable to go to Wash
ington until some time in February,
physicians at Rochester said. But
they say his condition is very good,
with no complications following the
operation for removal of the gall blad-
der.
AppIeton-Mrs. T. H. Benson, 81,
mother of Governor Elmer A. Benson,
died at her home here. Mrs. Benson
had been i'll several days with compli-
cations resulting from a severe cold.
Governor Benson had rushed to APP
pleton and was at her bedside when
she died.
st. Paula bill appropriating ST.
900, 900 to finance seed loans for farm
ers in drouth areas and other districts
was proposed in the Minnesota senate
by Senator Fred Foslien of Garfield,
with provision by which loans would
be repaid on an adjusted bushel-for-
bushel basis.
st. Paul-The Minnesota Farm Bu-
reau federation, in 1887, will work for
permanent federal soil conservation
program, reciprocal trade treaties to
restore agricultural exports and 1iber-
allied farm credit policies, members
decided at the closing session of their
eighteenth annual convention at Hotel
Lowry.
Winona-Federal extortion charges
were filed against F. H. Frey, Al, who
police say has confessed to participa-
ton in $4,000 extortion plot against
w. w. Norton, wealthy Winona lum-
Der dealer. Frey and Frederick E.
Brown were arrested and Brown, fed
eral authorities said, was held for
state authorities.
ST. PauI-Bestriding Hamline's new
feldhouse with seven-league boots and
moving with lightning speed, STAN
ford university's basketball colossus
rubbed Hafnline's nose into the I'M
vanished floor with humping So to
rs victory in dedicating the 100000
Smelling avenue court.
Duluth. K. Martin, until last Feb
ruary president of the First National
Bank of Little Falls, received a $1,000
fine and term of six months at the
Minneapolis r workhouse and three
years in Leavenworth penitentiary for
classifying reports to the U. S. comp
troller of currency. He pleaded
guilty.
kenyon-Mayor B. C. Stoddard will
retain his position as president of the
village council here despite the fact
that he was not candidate for re-
election. E. I. Miller, the winner of
the election held December s, declined
at qualify as mayor and as a result
the outgoing mayor will hold over for
another term. Miller's name appeared
on the ballot without his consent. J..
A. Ferguson was named justice of the
peace to succeed Charles LindhoIm,
deceased.
Fort Smelling Appointment of Col
onel Charles F. Thompson, acting post
commandant at Fort Smelling, as as
sistant commandant of the infantry
school at Fort Benning, Ca, was an
r0unced. AS assistant commandant,
Colonel Thompson will be in direct
charge Of the school, Colonel Thomp-
on has been in command of the Third
Infantry since April and has been in
command of the post since the depar-
ture of Major General David l. Stone
this fall
MapIeton-A festival that had its
beginning in 1866, the annual Robert
Burns celebration of the Maple River
Burns club, will be staged again jan
uary %. Participation in the celebra-
ton no longer is confined to those of
Scottish descent, but the annual pro-
gram still carries on in much the
same form as in the days when the
Scottish pioneers met in farm homes
to honor the birthday of the Scottish
poet. A three-day bonspiel, to which
all curling organizations are invited,
will precede the celebration in the Ma
pleton school auditorium the night of
January %.
DuIuth-A strike of lumberjacks in
northern Minnesota timber camps
threatened to seriously retard logging
operations. Members of the Timber
Workers union claimed 5000 men
were on strike in camps in the Yer
million lake and Superior national
forest areas. They are demanding 81
for an eight-hour day, union recogni-
ton, improved working conditions and
81 per day maximum charge for
board. Lodgings operations are at