The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1909-01-29
MINNESOTA NEWS
Interesting items Gathered i'm ekse
Gopher State

Atwater.-The stockholders of the
Atwater telephone company held their
annual meeting and reelected the five
directors who have served since the
organization of the company.
Observation-Disclosures for putting
new braces in the bridge over the st.
Croix, and for laying 1000 feet of new
| flooring are arriving and active work
will be commenced on repairs at once.
Sank Enthusiastically M. w. Hal
loran of the Sank Rapids Commercial
club has been informed by Superin-
tendent Wilson that farmers insti-
/! tute will be held at Sank Rapids on
| Feb. 6.
Maukato-The charter commission
voted unanimously to prepare new
charter on the commission plan, sim.
| liar to the Galveston and Des MONIES
plans, but modified to suit the local
| needs of Mankato.
Minneapolis o. ]. F1agstad,
| pastor of the Bethany Norwegian
Lutheran church, has received a call
|
at Chippewa Falls, Wis. He will take
the matter up with the congregation.
which he has served for five years, be-
fore he comes to any decision.
| ,Atwater. - The Atwater Creamery
company has reelected the following
officers: Henry Boese, president;
William Johnson, secretary; o. ]. Gill
bertson, treasurer. Andrew Amdahl,
William Benin and E. M. Erickson
were reelected directors for three
years. William Johnson was again
elected as the company's buttermaker.
Little Falls.-Fire which destroyed
a resort just west of the city, resulted
in the death of Alex Waltzka, the
father of the proprietress, Pearl Mil
Ter, who was badly burned about the
face and arms trying to save Wa1tzka.
The inmates of the house barely es-
capped. The house was highly inflam-
mable and burned fast. Incendiarism
is suspected.
ST. Cloud.-The sixteenth annual
meeting of the Home and Foreign
Missionary societies of the st. Cloud
presbytery will convene in this city
Clark of st. Cloud is president of the
home, and Mrs. T. M. Findley of Spicer
of the foreign. Delegates from Litch.
field, Willmar, Greenleaf, Royalton
and Maynard will attend.
OF the new melodramatic plays OF
| 90 vi,
more successful or have been more
deliberately staged than Lucky JIM
which will be seen at the Bijou opera
house, Minneapolis, the week of Jan
uary 81, with young Joseph Stanley
in the star role. Stanley himself is
part author of the play, his collabora
tor being William c. Beckwith.
Brainerd-A meeting of the stock
holders of the Security State bank
was held and at the close d. D. Di
vine, state bank examiner, stated thai
the meeting adjourned to meet Feb
II, by which time the assessments or
the capital stock would be paid ant
the bank would reorganize and re
open. George Storck, of Earlham
Iowa, father of the cashier, was pres
ent and personally pledged himself tt
see that every dollar of the assess
ments is paid.
Fairmont.-Fred Goerndt, the Is
} year-old son of William Goerndt, {
prominent farmer residing near Ora
NADIA and about six miles east of Fair
mont, was the victim of an accidental
shooting. The young man left hOm
carrying gun and some traps, which
he intended setting in a slough on hi.
fathers farm. He slipped on the ict
and his gun was discharged, killing
him instantly. Failing to return home
his father went out to look for hin
about four hours later and discovered
the dead body.
Atwater-The remains of DR.. L. B
Woolson, former resident of thi
place, were forwarded here from
Mortified for interment under tn
auspices of the local Masonic lodge
of which he was a charter member
DR.. Woolson died on Tuesday at tn
Odd Fellows home in Mortified, a
the age of 96 years. His wife die,
in 1888 and he leaves no relatives
The burial was beside the remains 9
4 his wife. The doctor was one of tn
early settlers of Atwater. He was on
of the first postmasters and conducte'
the first drug store.
Eyeleth-An enthusiastic mas
: meeting was held in Eveleth at whicl
DR.. Bracken, secretary of the stat
board of health, and other physician
t spoke in connection with anti-tubel
, culosis exhibit Resolutions wer
{ adopted urging the st. Louis count
l commissioners to appropriate $1,000
: for the construction of sanitariur
) in this county for treating tuberc'
> losis. 1t was pointed out that tn
: largest percentage of tuberculosis
e cases in the state are in this sectio
| among the foreign element, and tn
D institution for treating disease shout
be nearer than Walker.
! Duluth.-Ten women of the restric
Y ed district recently ordered close
t were in municipal court charged wit
!. defying the law. They pleaded nc
I guilty; having retained attorneys, an
propose to fight the charges. The ou
Q come of the effort to drive women on
of town is attracting much attention
h Bemidji-Peter Palm of Nymor'
4 who, it is alleged, recently Stable
e John Coleman, saloonkeeper in tina
village, was arraigned on charge {
t assault in the first degree and pleade
Y not guilty. He was bound over to th
next term of district court.
2 ST. Cloud-The jury in the case {