The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1916-02-04
What's Doing
| in Minnesota

| several women, gathered here for the
| annual meeting of the Second district
of the Minnesota Editorial associa-
| ton.
| MISUNDERSTANDING high school de-
South st. Paul by unanimous decision.
Hastings had the affirmative of the
| state question.
Red Wing.-President George E.
| Vincent of the University of Mime
sofa will be among the speakers at
| the convention at the Southeastern
Minnesota Teachers association at
Red Wing. 'aF.
Faribault-A Dan Patch freight
| train was wrecked on the line north
| of Faribault, when six cars were de-
rallied at SCOTS Mill and rolled down
the embankment. No one was in
jured.
Notwithstanding in the snow i'm
an upright position, both legs frozen
above the knees, his hands, ears and
part Of his face turned white by the
cold, ]. P. O'Neill, a PIONEER resident
of the Mesabi range, was found.
Duluth.-Whether John McAlpine,
millionaire lumberman, shot himself
accidentally, committed suicide or was
murdered will be settled by jury
which is hearing the suit to collect
on $4,000 accident insurance pol
icy.
Faribault, Minn.-The forty second
annual convention of the Minnesota
Young Mems Christian association will
be held in Faribault, February IL to
Is. The theme of the program this
year is Americas Appeal to Christian
Men"
eapolis.-Judge Paige Morris,
in United States district court has
| held that the counties of Becker, NAH
nomeT and Clearwater have no right
| to tax the White Earth lands belong
| ing to mixed bloods. A permanent
| injunction was granted.
Hibbing.-Many thousands of dollars
will be paid out on the Mesabi and
Vermilion ranges in the pension fund
| announced by the United States Steel
/ Corporation. Pensions will go both to
| iliCi anu W "OLlcu 7 vi lllcu tue dSc
limit is placed at 60 years, and for
| women, so.
Minneapolis.-The thirty-second an
nual meeting of the Minnesota State
Pharmaceutical association, which is
| composed Of druggists throughout the
state, will be held in Minneapolis
February 8, 9 and 10. The sessions
are to be held i'm the auditorium of
the college of pharmacy at the Univer-
sity Of Minnesota.
Crookston.-Leo R. Boyd was elect
ed chairman and l. K. Silverton secre-
tary of the Polk county Democratic
central committee at a meeting held
to elect 20 delegates to the state con-
ference. The delegates were in
structed for Wilson and for Lynch as
national committeeman. Peace and
harmony prevailed.
Crookston.-The official program for
the fifth annual Farm Crops show to
has been completed, and it is the
strongest that ever has been present
ed by the Minnesota Red River Val
ley Development association, which
comprises the ten counties in north
western Minnesota.
Mankato.-M. o. Hagen, a North
Mankato meat dealer, disappeared
about two years ago. His wife and
two children later moved to Minneap-
oils. A telegram has been received
from the Canadian mounted police at
Hythe, Alta, that Hagen had died
there alone in shack on claim he
had taken. He was stricken with
paralysis. He was so years old.
Duluth.-Fully 5000 woodsmen in
the Northern Minnesota lumber camps
now are drawing the highest wages
paid in the past five years. Conditions
for logging are ideal and the camps
are calling for men. The lowest
wage paid is $26 a month and the
minimum for men who will stay a
month is $35. The loggers have been
forced to raise the scale about S. to
get men.
Winona.-Two members of the Wa
basha county board, together with the
sheriff, were in Winona viewing the
Winona county Jail. They propose to
erect a county prison at Wabasha
during the coming summer, taking the
place of an antiquated structure,
which frequently has been condemned
by grand juries and the state board
of control. The present Jail at Wa
basha has served the county for half
a century. The new one will cost
100000.
international Falls.-James A. Taw-
ney of Winona, representing the Unit
ed States, and H. M. Mignautt, repre-
senting the Canadian government,
were here as a committee appointed
by the international joint commission
to consider the amount of storage in
Rainy lake that can be provided in
order to regulate the water level of
the Lake of the Woods. They took
testimony as to the extent, location
and valce of land that will necessarily
be overflowed in order to provide sew
erage and capacity in Rainy lake in
order to regulate the water level.
Washington, D. CA bulletin on
mortality statistics, issued by the fed
sral census bureau gives the follow
ing for some of the Minnesota cities
selected in respect to geographical sit
uation: Duluth, III thousand; Man.
kato, 1876; st. Cloud, 1873; Saltwater,
13; Winona, 1874.
Stillwater.-More than 1920 farm
ers, members of the Washington
County Better Farming association.
and declared by officers to be one of
the largest gatherings of agriculturists
ever held in the state, assembled at
the saltwater prison for the annual
meeting of the association.