The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1908-12-18
MINNESOTA NEWS
Interesting Items Gathered IN the
Gopher State


Duluth.-Increased mining of iron
ore and decreased shipments this
year means increase in taxes for Min
nesota.
st. Paul-Tag day fund aggregates
$17,500, according to reports received
at meeting of tuberculosis relief COM
mittee.
Minneapolis-C. A. Smith Timber
Company announces it's intention to re-
forest half million acres of timber
land; American firms expect to follow.
South St. Paul-Carl Braun and P.
F. Boland were fined S. each by Judge
Doss for failure to obey the school
laws relative to sending their children
to school.
st. Paul.-An Industrial home for
crippled children may be established
in st. Paul by the coming legislature
in conIormance with recommends
ton of the state board of control.
st. Paula tax on the present water
power of the state to form a sinking
fund to wipe out the cost of deepening
the Minnesota River and constructing
impounding reservoirs is the idea
number of engineers of the state have
expressed.
Brainerd-The district court con-
vened here. One of the most import
ant cases to come before it will prob
ably be that of Ralph Morey, the elev-
en-year-old boy, who on Saturday, No
vember 9th, shot and killed John Bush
way, Jr., a lad of about his own age.
Duluth-The recount of votes in the
Riddell-Riley contest for sheriff of Itas-
ca county, completed at Grand Rapids,
Mimi, gives Riley gain of one vote,
making his majority over Riddell fifty
On Thursday the contestants will in
troduce evidence as to alleged irregu-
larities.
Duluth-There is now no doubt that
the steamer D. NJ Clemson went down
with all hands near White Fish Point.
Twenty-three hatch covers have been
washed ashore there and their descrip-
ton convinces the Provident Steam
ship company that they belong to the
missing boat.
MISUNDERSTANDING to a report
of Frank Hoffman,, statistician of the
state labor department, there have
been thirty-three strikes during the
past two years, which involved 8,S18
labor union men. There are 2,063 mem
bers Of twenty unions still on the
strike, although some are working.
Crookston-Regular passenger SER
vice on the Greenbush-W arroad line OF
the Great Northern road will be estab-
lished on Dec. FL. There will be one
train each way on the line daily,
leaving Crookston at $40 a. M, arriv-
ing at Warroad about 2 p. m. The
train will leave Warroad at 3 p. m.
and will arrive in Crookston at 10 p.
m.
st. Paul-W. H. Williams, retiring
labor commissioner in the recommen-
dation sent with his biennial report
suggests that the Office be made cleo
tive rather than appointive, but sug-
gests the election should not take
place until November, 1910. He also
believes that the twenty odd inspect
ors of the department should be placed
under civil service.
Washington, D. C.-Governor John
A. Johnson of Minnesota, in an ad.
dress today before the joint confer.
ence of the national commission and
the governors of different states,
brought an enthusiastic message of
accord from the great Middle West
in the scheme of conservation, and
declared that the paramount problem
of the hour is the development of in.
land waterways.
Duluth-Wholesal Importation of
French women into the United States
and more particularly into the North
west was disclosed through the ar
rest by William H. Dean, inspector
in charge of the local United States
immigration office of Clemantine
Daily, native of Paris, who says
she was brought to Duluth under con-
tract by Mary Gain, 234 st. Croix
avenue.
st. Cloud-The roads in Minnesota
last year caused the death of Isl
people and injured 1,720, according
to the sworn statements of the roads
filed with the railway and warehouse
commission. These figures include
the report of thirty-four roads for the
year ending last July. Six small
roads, like the Duluth Belt line, and
similar short stretches are the only
ones which have no injury record.
st. Paul-Two designations from
state boards reached Governor John
son. John Frank of Austin resigned
from the state livestock sanitary
board because of disability. He be-
came totally blind some months ago
and has not been able to attend .
meeting of the board since his ap-
pointment. Edwin H. Hewitt of Min
neapolis has resigned as q member
of the governing board of the state
art society, pleading lack of time to
attend to the duties of the position.
Minneapolis-That favorite Swedish
American comedy, lyon Yonson,"
which has been before the public for
nearly twenty years, will be the at
traction at the Bijou Opera House,
Minneapolis, all Of Christmas week.
Minneapolis.-Bla in home OF
dairymen located on boundary line be-
tween st. Paul and Minneapolis calls