The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1917-12-14

office of mayor, has been filed with
the city clerk, by the contestants at
torney
The Crookston Lumber company
has on display in it's Offices large
service flag, whereon are thirty-nine
stars, indicating that this number of
employees have gone into the service
| OF their country.
With individual contributions limit
| ed to 20 cents, mess fund of $1,5SO
has been raised by Bell Telephone
company employees in the northwest
territory for their former associates
now in the 4Osth and 405th battalions
U. S. signal corps.
For the first time since the ak muE-
der case began at Virginia, officers
have openly expressed optimistic
views regarding the apprehension of
the murderer. Information of arrests,
however, has been prohibited by the
authorities. There are suspects in
custody who were "sweated" but their
identity is kept secret
Mrs. Timothy O'Connell, one of the
oldest pioneers in the state died at her
home in Mounds View, after short
illness. Mrs. O'Connell was born in
Limerick county, Ireland, March Is,
1928, and came to Minnesota with her
husband in the early fifties. Mrs.
O'Connell is survived by eight sons
and daughters and % grandchildren,
all living in the state
death by wounds in the head, caus-
ed by an. unknown person." was the
verdict in the case of John McGar-
ry, who was found unconscious in
George Anderson's soft drink" place
at Brainerd, when the police raided
the place confiscated some liquor and
arrested Anderson who is held on a
charge OF conducting a place in which
Intoxicating liquors are sold.
The operating income of the Great
Northern railroad decreased 1905 ,209.-
"a in October from the total of the
same month last year, according to
the report made by Controller G.. R.
Martin. The decrease for the 10
months ending Oct. 81, was s3,1S6,9S3.-
68. Operating revenue for the month
increased $4S1, 1925, but operating
expenses increased $1,1S0,056.59.
Nearly 100 farmers from Minnesota,
representatives of Minnesota milling
concerns and state officials, met at
Minneapolis with Charles L. Brand,
representative of the federal bureau
of markets, and recommended changes
in the federal grain grading system
which, according to the farmers, will
allow them to obtain from the millers
Whist they believe to be the prices to
which they are entitled.
Clifford Dow, 21a-year-old son of Mr..
and Mrs. 0. A. Dow, was shot and
killed by his 6-year-old brother Ar
thur, at the family home in Duluth.
The children were alone on the Sec
ond floor, playing soldier, when Mrs.
Dow heard a shot. She found the
youngest child shot through the head
with .38 calibre revolver belonging
to the father, which the children had
found in a bureau drawer.
The Northern Minnesota Develop
ment association, in joint convention
with the Minnesota Potato Growers
association and the newly formed Nor
thern Minnesota Sheep Growers as
ISOLATION was held at Brainerd with
the largest attendance in the history
of the association. President Middle
ton in his address paid tribute to the
potato growers Of the state and en-
phasized the need of organized effort
in assisting the government in its war
program. Patriotic resolutions were
adopted. Among the features of the
convention, a potato luncheon, part Of
the conservation program, was in the
foreground. Potatoes were prepared
after government recipes. Sheep Gull
ture was discussed by Prof. w. A. Nc
Kerrow of the University farm. Gov
ernor Burnquist addressed the conven-
ton the closing day.
The senior class of the Crosby
High School has received letter from
Secretary of the Treasury McAdoo
thanking members for purchasing a
Liberty bond and commencing their
scheme of willing it to the class of
1912, with instructions to buy bust
of President Wilson for the high
school. The letter will be framed and
hung in the high school.
Two wolves escaped from Central
Park at Crookston where they were
Gagged. They made their escape by
digging themselves out from under the
caging and were found running loose
around the park by the park custo-
dian who Immediately notified park
Superintendent Giles and Game War
den Munich. After failing in their
endeavors to capture the animals the
wolves were shot so they could do no
harm.
E. NJ. Wheelock, mechanical eX-
pert of WinOna gave the British the
first practical idea of the war mon
ster that forced the Germans to turn
on their heels in the recent drive
toward Cambria, directed by General
Byng: The fact that Wheelock was
the inventor of the armored tank
came to light few days ago, when
the bearer of the blueprilts of the
Winona man to the British military
authorities revealed the secret in an
interview at Cleveland. The Whom
an verified the statement, although
he admitted that he had hoped that
the revelations might come from the
British side rather than in America.
An attempt to escape from the
Clay county Jail at Moorehead by Fred
Anderson, charged with the murder of
George Sheffield, telegraph operator.
who was shot and instantly killed by
two bandits who held up the station in
that city last September. was frustrat-
ed when heavy iron bunk brace was
! found concealed under the mattress in