The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1917-08-17

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A well-bred little pig, sold and re-
sold at an auction given for the bene-
fit Of the Red Cross at Pennington,
brought $24 into the Golfers of the or
ganization.
Part of the burnt down section of
Gary is being rebuilt and the build
ing operations have commenced in
Carl Nelson of Mahnomen,
has secured the largest end of the con-
tracts and now has a large crew at
work.
Fifty-five Austrians, only part of the
crew, quietly have gone out on strike
at the Belgrade mine near Biwabik.
Miss Dorothy Swannum of Fertile
received broken arm in collision
between two automobiles driven by
Norman Nelson of Fertile and DR.. Mel
son of Crookston.
Checks for 100000. received by
State Treasurer Rines from the st.
Paul road represent the first remit
lance of gross earnings taxes delin-
quent September I.
Two men giving the names of Jim
Hynes and Robert Taylor are awaiting
hearing at St. Cloud on charges of
plotting to rob the Northern Pacific
station and fast train.
A. c. O'Banion, Clay county agricul-
tural agent, has been notified that the
war department is DESTROYS of obtain
ing cavalry horses, and is willing to
purchase directly from the farmers.
State Auditor Preus has returned
from Austin, where he Is making an
inspection of Horace Austin state
park. A dredging contract on lake
in the park was recently completed,
and Mr.. Preus, as custodian of the
state domain, II examining that work
in particular.
Inheritance taxes totaling about $500
were paid the atate on two estates.
Patrick F. Walsh, who died January
II left an estate of $39,577 to his wild
ow and daughter who paid $435 inner
itance taxes. Mrs. Marie w. Ellis, late
of st. Paul, died June Is, 1914, at Chi
cago and left her estate of $4,000 to
her son who paid a similar tax of
$7751.
Bertram Wilson, the 12-year-old son
of Mr.. and Mrs. L. B. Wilson of Be-
midi, landed a 12k-pound pike while
fishing in Turtle lake. After landing
the monster in the boat, it was nee.
essary for the women in the boat to
sit on the fish to keep him from flop
ping back into the water. The pike
was thirty-six inches long and is q
record catch.
Jess J. Dunning, former secretary
of the I. w. w. local at Bemidji, &C
companied by man who gave his
name as William Shorey, were arrest
ed on the outskirts of the city, and
the Citizens committee, which several
weeks ago placed Dunning aboard an
outgoing train with instructions never
to return to Bemidji, repeated the
task, and both Dunning and Shorey
have left the city with warning that
should they return, the police will not
take action but the Citizens commit
tee will.
Closely following the arrest of A.
L. Sugarman, state secretary of the
Socialist party, J. o. Bentall, Socialist
candidate for governor of Minnesota
in the last state election, and one OF
the best known Socialist leaders in
the state, was arrested on his farm
at Litchfield by United States agents
headed by De J. Buisson, deputy
United States marshal. The warrant
charges Bentall with "wrongfully at
tempting to Cause INSTRUMENTATION, mu
tiny and refusal of duty in the mill
tary forces of the country"
Ignatz Brabec, a wealthy farmer, and
his two sons, Joseph, 10, and Edward
II, are in the county Jail at Albert
Lea charged with, assault, and Mrs
Brabec is suffering from cuts and
bruises as the result of a family quar-
rel, according to Sheriff Peter Fosse
During an electrical storm at Ste.
phen barn owned by ]. j. Sinclair
was struck by lightning and two horses
were killed, while two of his men, Sew.
erson and Underberg, were knocked
down by the shock. They recovered
in few minutes and extinguished a
fire that had started in the hay NOV
A personal appeal will be made to
President Wilson to insure the North.
west. it's winter supply of coal, Judge
John F. MCGEE, chairman Of the Min.
nesota Public Safety Commission, said
With Senators Knute Nelson and
Frank B. Kellogg, Judge MCGEE hopes
to see the President at once.
John Buchanan, custodian of the
buildings of the st. Cloud normal
school, has completed thirty-fve years
of service for the state, and this en-
ployment has been continuous save for
one year, in which he was employed in
the construction of the Mississippi
dam. 80
E. A. Williams of Clarrissa, has been
elected superintendent of schools OF
Todd county to fill the unexpired term
of v. s.. Knutson who had resigned
following the institution of malfeas
ance proceedings. Mr.. Williams is a
member of the Farmers Nonpartisan
league.
John K. West, Detroit, Mimi, was
reelected president of the Minnesota
Scenic Highway association at the
annual meeting held in Sank Center
ard M K. Kohl, Cass Lake, was re
elected secretary. The association
plans considerable maintenance work
on the highway this season