The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1908-10-23
Short Course Scholarships.

OH0ToQ TO pay the eullTS cApSASc VI
sending one member to the Farmers
Short Course at the College of Agri-
culture from each Of the three farm
ers' clubs making the largest and most
desirable contribution to the st. Louis
County exhibit of the recent state fair.
The farmers clubs of Meadowlands,
Embarrass River and Ashawa are the
winners. D. o. Anderson, of Meadow
lands, has been selected by his club to
be one of the beneficiaries and selec-
ton will soon be announced by the
club at Embarrass River and at Asha-
wa.
This Short Course for Farmers has
been established for eight years. Its
benefits are for mature men and
women who cannot avail themselves
of the regular and longer courses OF
study. The next session will open on
Friday, Jan. Is, 1909, and will con-
tinue for four weeks. Instruction will
be given in subjects of interest to
farmers of today. One hundred forty
one registered for the course last
winter and found it exceedingly help
full
Crookston.-Young men of Crook
ston have organized Young Mems
Johnson club"
Stillwater-The pardon board de-
MES petitions for pardons for Fred F.
Guion and John P. Quirk.
st. Paul-Thugs shoot one resist
ing victim and rob two others at
Grand avenue and Oxford street.
st. Paul-Lucille BERT, twelve
years old, falls forty feet from Colo
RADIO street bridge without sustaining
apparent injury.
Minneapolis his hands brok-
en-, probaly as result of fall while
asleep in hay loft, man walks a mile
to hospital in Minneapolis.
ington.-Estella M. Bailey was
appointed postmistress of Carbon,
Kittson county, Mimi, vice G. v.
Bailey, resigned, and G. L. Anderson,
postmaster at Guthrie, Hubbard coun-
ty, vice G. A. Henderson, resigned.
eapolis.-Upwards of 1000
visitors and exhibitors are expected
in Minneapolis for the thirteenth an
nual convention and exposition of the
Minnesota Retail Hardware associa-
ton, Feb. % to 26 inclusive.
Brandon.-A farmers cooperative
store just organized here, has pur-
chased the $4,000 stock of general
merchandise of F. w. Ruppelius. Au-
gust Lane is president and Nels Aug
dahl secretary of the new firm. Mr..
Ruppelius will manage the store.
Red Wing-Frontenac for the third
time within a year was the scene of a
daring daylight robbery and August
Santleman, manager of the Frontenac
store, was the three-time victim.
Some time in the afternoon while he
was busy waiting upon his customers
sneak thieves entered and unobserved
successfully extracted $500 roll of
currency from the open safe and made
their escape.
The attraction at the Bijou Opera
House, Minneapolis, for the week Of
October 25th, will be new melo-
drama of New York life, produced I'M
der the management of A. H. Woods,
entitled "Tony the Bootblack," in
in which Dave Genaro and Ray Bailey
the we'll known vaudeville headliners,
are starring. 1t will be handsomely
staged, and competent company will
be seen in support of Genaro and
Bailey.
Dassel.-Fully conscious that she
was acting contrary to her parents
injunctions and wishes, Mrs. George
l.. Paterson and little daughter,
Helen, left town, where they had been
living with her parents, and after
stopping in St. Paul for few hours,
went to Saltwater yesterday after
noon to visit the husband and father
who is a convict in the hospital ward
of the state penitentiary.
C. L. Pillsbury, noted electric en-
gineer, has designed for the new
Miles Theatre of Minneapolis one OF
the most complete electric equip
ments in the west. Nearly 5000 cleo
trio lamps will be used in the in
terror and exterior decorative and IL
luminative lighting, installed in steel
conduits. The contract for the cleo
trical work has been let to the Min
neapolis Electric Equipment Co., of
which Mr. Theo. L. Hays is the head.
st. Paul-John A. Hartigan, state
insurance commissioner, has issued a
bulletin dealing with the work OF his
department. During the last nine
months the receipts of the insurance
department have been $56,9O6.SS
against 2,121.54 in 1907. This is an
increase of $4,7S4.S4. The California
Insurance company of San Francisco
and the Midland Life association OF
st. Paul have been licensed to
transact business in the state.
Preston. Johnson, better
known as big Hans" has been sent
to the Rochester asylum for the in
sane. He is about forty years OF age,
single and a victim Of liquor.
Duluth.-The cornerstone OF the
Elks' home, under course OF construc'
ton on First street east adjoining the
Board of Trade building, that is to
cost about $4,000, was laid.
Thief River Falls.-The city OF
Thief River Falls will spend $4,000
this year in caring for it's poor. This
amount is an increase of $1,000 over
that of last year.
Eveleth.-Just as he was returning
home from hunting and was nearing
his own premises James ID. Lummy