The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1909-02-19


the central creamery plant soon to be
| put in operation here.
Stillwater-A Lincoln day banquet
will be held at the Sawyer house to-
morrow evening. The address will
| be made by c. D. O'Brien of st. Paul.
The Memorial day committee will also
elect officers.
| Willmar.-The few outsiders who
were privileged to be present at the
high school are loud in their praises
of the delightful entertainment fur
nished by teachers and pupils on Men,
delssohn day.
Elk River-Elk River is the ban
ner high license town of Minnesota,
the new council having raised the
liquor license to $1,000, $500 higher
than ever before. Only one license
has been issued at that figure.
Crookston-Record breaking time is
being made by the Minneapolis Bridge
& Iron company in erecting the Samp-
sons addition steel bridge. The work
of putting in the concrete abutments
has started and will continue with
day and night crews until finished.
Winona-The Winona park board
has renamed the four parks of block
in size in the different wards of the
city. The old First ward park is
hereafter to be known as Window
square, after VIM. Window, and Gen.
tral park will hereafter be known as
Central square. The Third ward park
is to be called Sinclair square in hon.
or of D. Sinclair, and the Fourth ward
park is to be caued SObieski square
in response to a request from Polish
residents.
Brainerd-W. Moir, mechanical SUI
perintendent, and G.. H. Gilman, master
carbuilder, Of the Northern Pacific,
, were in the city, accompanied by
George Howard of the Commonwealth
Steel company, and Gerhard Vaughn,
of the Vaughn Refrigerator company.
They were here making arrangements
for the placing of the Commonwealth
transom draft rigging on 100 Lidger-
wood cars and the fitting of 25 refrig-
orator cars with the Vaughn system
of refrigeration.
Browns Valley-Steps to incorporate
the new local telephone company were
taken last night when the following
| named officers were elected and an
attorney was employed to draft arti-
cles: S. Y. Gordon, president; j. L.
Paul, vice president; N. ]. Brown,
secretary; J. Kieserling, treasurer.
Other directors are D. j. Leary, James
Malloy, A. Ironside, E. L. Larson, A.
| B. Gillette fhe new company will
be Incorporated for $4,000. Enough
stock is already sold to install the
plant.
Moorhead-The warehouse and
grain commission of the state held a
/ meeting in this city for the purpose
of hearing arguments on the question
of moving the towns Of Winnipeg
Junction and Stockwood from their
| present sites, to a new one about two
miles east of Winnipeg Junction. The
Northern Pacific is building a grade
at the point where Winnipeg Junction
is located, and this makes it almost
| necessary for the road to change the
location of the town. A vigorous fight
! is being made by citizens and business
people of Winnipeg Junction to retain
the location at the present site.
commencement honors
have been announced at Carleton col
| Iege for the exercises to be held at
the close of the school year, June 1.
| Miss Rhoda Dinwiddie of Grand Rap
| ids, Mimi, will be valedictorian. Miss
Dinwiddie has an average Of 95.4 per
cent, the highest in the class. Miss
Irene Ehrsman, who will be salutato-
rian, is a close second with an aver.
age of 946 per cent. Miss Ehrsman
is from Blue Earth, MINI. On the
| honor roll as speakers on the com.
mencement program, the faculty has
chosen Miss May Hall of Spring Val
ley; Ned Dickinson, Usage, Iowa; and
Ralph Towne of Waupun, Wis.
| Stillwater-A stranger entered the
First National bank here today and
presented check payable to bearer
for $3.50, purported to be signed by
]. ]. Eichten, wholesale liquor deal
err of Saltwater. From the fact that
| the check was different number from
| the series now being used by Mr..
| Eichten, the teller of the bank be-
| came suspicious and started to call
oh hn 20
| Seeing his game was up, the stranger
| darted from the building, but was over
| taken as he was entering car for
| st. Paul. He was put in jail, where
| he said his name was John Conley
| and that he was an ironworker and
% years of age His pockets were
bullying with cash, some $3.50 being
found upon him. Regular charges of
| forgery and endeavoring to obtain
money under false pretenses have
been preferred against him.
Winona-Miss Christine Boysen,
who received the 500 reward for the
prize essay on Robert E. Lee, concern
| ing which award criticism is being
made by the Daughters of the Confed-
eracy, was for several years teacher
in the Winona normal school, and
left here to do postgraduate work in
| Columbia college.
Stillwater-Judge StolOerg sustain
ed the action of Justice Christensen
of Alton in imposing straight SEN
tence of 60 days in the county Jail
for H. C. Meyer, former saloonkeep-
| err, for operating slot machine.
ST. Cloud.-The Commercial club OF
| this city is agitating the ACCESSIBILITY
| of so changing the charter of the city