The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1917-11-23
TheState NewsOf
The Week IN Brief
An Epitonae Of All the Big and
Interesting Events Of the Past
Few Days In the State.

At an auction sale held on the Oluas
Anderson farm near Willmar thirty.
seven Holstein cattle brought $4,000.
William Horton, 80, unmarried,
killed himself by hanging at Brainerd.
His body was found swinging from q
rafter in his barn.
st. Alexius Catholic church, $780,
600 structure, was dedicated at West
Union Sunday. Right Rev. Bishop
Busch 6f st. Cloud delivered the dedi-
cation sermon.
Protests have been made to the
board of education at Virginia against
the German anthem, 1.-THE Watch on
the Rhine" being in the public school
song books. Children are tearing
them out. The instructors or the
supervisors have taken no action to
stop them.
Work has started on the new fish
hatchery at Pleasure Park, Ottertail
lake. Money to defray the expenses
has been raised by popular subscrip-
ton, and Immediately upon the COM
pletion of the work the state will take
over the building and maintain It..
The state will pay half the cost of the
hatchery building.
The following officers were elected
at the Northwestern Minnesota Edu:
cational association convention at
Thief River Falls: A. l. Jedlicka,
Mahnomen, president; Miss Lou
Green. Red Lake Falls, vice president;
c. H. Beise Crookston, secretary-treas-
urer; J. H. Hay, Thief River Falls,
and Mr.. Hay and Mr.. Hallock, mem
bers on the executive committee.
One Minnesota woman was named
among the prize winners in the cam
ming contest of the National Emer-
gency Food Garden Commission. Mrs.
J. N. Barnarth of st. Vincent, Mimi.
was awarded SIS and a National Ger
tificate of Merit for an exhibit of
garden. She is member of the st.
Vincent Union Industrial association.
Cities along the Mississippi river
will be called on the coming winter
to furnish additional tons of natural
ice in the fuel conservation campaign
to be conducted by Fuel Administra
tor Garfield to replace the artificial
ice which requires coal in its manufac-
ture used in many cities in this Sec
ton. Winona. Red Wing and other
cities promise to become the centers
of this increased war ice industry.
S. E. Grinnell, Walker, Mimi, in
dicted by the Cass county grand jury
charged with seditious utterances, was
arrested by the Minneapolis police ct
the request of the Cass county sher-
iff. II don't know what they charge
me with saying said Grinnell. Il
have always spoken my mind, but
have always been loyal American.
was born in Minneapolis sixty years
ago and one of my sons is about to
enter the aviation service"
The Northwest Experiment Station
flock of hens at Crookston has always
been noted for it's superior winter lay
ing hens and from time to time many
high records have been made. How
ever, all records for egg production for
this station have been smashed by
Leghorn pullet No. lit who completed
her first years laying with 235 eggs
to her credit. Besides being station
record this is well in advance of the
state records, according to Prof. c. e.
Brown of the Crookston station.
Pennington county's first potato
show at Thief River Falls was sue
cess both in number Of exhibits and
in quality of tubers on exhibition.
More than $500 in prizes were offered,
the grand prize being silver loving
cup valued at $50, the gift of the
banks of the county, given to stimu-
late increased acreage and better
quality of potatoes. Close to 100 eX-
hibits were entered. Prof. j. T. Nc
Call of the Northwest Agricultural
College, Crookston, judged the show.
An organization to promote develop
ment of idle lands in Minnesota has
been formed by leading land men of
the state. According to e. F.. Farmer
of Minneapolis, president, it is pat
termed after the Wisconsin Advance
ment association. Minnesota has
nearly 100000 acres of good farm
land untouched by the pillow and it is
our aim to develop this land" said Mr..
Farmer "At. present there is no or
ganization to further this plan from
the standpoint of the settler except
the immigration bureau On this land
we cam handle 10000 nose families.
Mrs. Peter Gaare, aged As, was found
lying dead on the kitchen floor at her
home at Georgetown. Coroner G. G.
Vincent is making an investigation.
The body was fully clothed when
found
w. j. Merchant, member of the Blue
Earth county coal commission, states
that the coal situation in Mankato
and the county is such as to demand
from consumers the most conservative
use of the article.