The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1937-01-21
MINNESOTA NEWS

lived in Olmstead county so years.
Minneapolis Joe Louis, negro
heavyweight, knocked out three oppo-
nents in an exhibition at the auditor
ium, sponsored by the Minneapolis
Tribune.
Sank Centre-Sauk Centre suffered
its third major fire in two months
when a $4,000 blaze swept building
occupied by a furniture store, harness
shop and plumbing firm.
Fergus FaIIs-The frozen body of
Rober Ryan. farmer, who disappeared
December 80 while en- route to his
home near Aitkin, was found in a
snow drift by searchers.
Morris-Lamb feeders and sheen
men from Minnesota and North and
South Dakota met at the West Cen
trail School and Station for the annual
lamb feeders day program.
Thief River FalIs-The Thief River
Falls Cooperative creamery in 1886
established an all-time high mark by
producing a total of 696,917 pounds of
butter, G.. S. Berg, manager, announc-
ed
eapoIis-Increase of SIZE, 900 in
Minnesota WPA funds for January has
been authorized and will provide work
for 1000 additional persons, Samuel
Kudish, deputy state administrator,
announced.
Hibbing-Hibbing citizens at ref
erendum cast two to one vote in op-
position to proposed 100000 bond
issue for the school districts share
in the cost of erecting new proposed
100000 school building.
st PauI-Minnesota's relief needs
will require a minimum biennium ap-
preparation of S1700C,000, Governor
Elmer A Benson declared following a
conference with members of the house
emergency relief committee.
ST. PauI-The federal government
spent s115, 790,909.5S on relief of all
types in Minnesota in the last two
years, it was revealed in President
Roosevelt's report to congress on 1885
and 1886 relief expenditures.
nneapolis-Minnesota has 33 air
ports, seven of them partially or fully
lighted for night use, the U. S. bureau
of air commerce reported. Of these
airports, 10 are municipal, four COM
mercial, three intermediate, Is auxili-
airy and one an army field.
Albert Lea-The rural electrifcation
administration has executed a loan con-
tract with the Freeborn-Mower Co.
operative Light and Power association,
permitting the association to use up
to s175,000 to build 179 miles of rural
lines serving SOP customers. The lines
will serve parts of Freeborn and
Mower counties.
EIy-Construction work on the new
community building here has started,
with Mayor Jack Peshel digging up
the first shovelful CT dirt as excavation
activities got under way. The new
1884, building will be constructed
with the aid of a federal PWA grant
of SS6,60O with the city taking care of
the balance of about S150000.
st. Pau-The Minnesota State Fair,
now at the peak of its success, may
be extended to two weeks next fall,
for the first time in it's 75-year history
Unprecedented success of the 1886
fair, which set an all-time attendance
record of $685. is the reason given
by Lee NJ. Shell, president of the fair,
for the move to lengthen the fairs
run from eight days to two weeks.
ST. Paul - Physicians, dentists,
nurses, social workers, pharmacists
from Minnesota and the Northwest
will gather for the Congress Of Allied
Profession, feature of the Saith An
nual Meeting of the Minnesota State
Medical Association at the Auditori-
UNI May 8, and 5. The congress
will be held throughout the day, May
3, and will be climaXed with a large
public health meeting in the evening.
Washington representatives Of the
Social Security Board, the United
States Public Health Service and
WPA will be present to discuss ma
tional welfare activities in their rela-
tions to the professions.
DuIuth-State relief officials have
agreed to reopen the Grover Comet
transient camp near Grand Marais to
house and feed 400 homeless northern
Minnesota lumberjacks as their strike,
showed first signs of action toward
settlement Several small operators
are reported ready to accept the terms
of the strikers About $500 men have
quit work, Fred LeQuer, president of
the timber workers union, claimed.
Caring for the strikers has become a
major problem since most of the lum-
berjacks are without homes. When
the strike was called, union officials
planned to have the strikers occupy
the camps and thus eliminate the
housing problem. Most operators,
however, paid their men and told
them to leave. Camp supplies were
cut off.
ST. Paul-Seed buyers are cautioned
to read carefully the labels on seed
containers by c. P. Bull, directors Of
the seed and weed inspection division
of the state department of agriculture.
Certified" seeds must be certified for
some particular purpose, such as pur-
ity and freedom from weed seeds, be.
fore being of value to the buyer, he
said. The label ~. S. Verified
means the United States office has
verified the seed only as to its origin
and not as to purity, weed content or
termination, Mr.. Bull pointed out.
Fergus Falls-J. N. Haagenson, OF