The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1917-07-06

Minneapolis: 1
A telegram urging that the Mime
sofa National guard be mustered into
federal service July Is, as originally
planned instead of August 5, has been
sent Secretary of War Baker by Gov
ernor Burnquist.
Indian agents nipped several pros
pective beer parties when they seized
on cases entering Ironton bone-dry
Indian territory. The autos loaded to
the guards with beer are now stored
in the city hall at Brainerd.
The thirty-second annual meeting OF
the Minnesota Total Abstinence Asso-
citation has been held at Wanamingo
and resolutions were adopted urging
Congress to prohibit the sale of intoxi-
eating liquors during the war.
High price of land, cold winters and
the presence of liquor. were held re-
sponsible by st. Paul men for the
Twin Cities loss of the army canton
ment which Secretary of War Baker
definitely awarded to Des Moines.
Fire which destroyed the barn of
William Huff was declared by the
owner to have been caused by bird
which carried twig, one end of which
was aglow into a hay aloft. Not far
from the barn q brush fire was burn
ing.
A warning to the American people
against any delusion that the war is
unipnd of
Lake Falls by T. L. Norris, premier of
the province of Manitoba, speaking at
the annual summer meeting of the
Red River Valley Live Stock Breeders
association.
Duluth Jews, far removed from their
countrymen in the European war zone,
in spontaneous burst of giving, do
mated $4,000 at a mass meeting in
Duluth. Held by the plea of DR.. Ma
than Krass of Brooklyn, they poured
gold and jewelry at his feet. A pa
triotic pledge of fealty to America was
voiced.
When John Bates, La Crosse mu-
sic teacher, used United States flag
in a restaurant at Mabel as towel to
wipe the dust on the piano keys from
his fingers small knob of citizens
gave him his choice of kissing the
banner or taking a cold bath in a
creek just outside of the village. He
chase the former.
After spending two of the busiest
days in Shrine history, representatives
to the supreme council closed their
1917 session in Minneapolis with a
dinner, at which Zuhrah temple was
host. Before ending the business ses-
sion, the mobiles did generous bit
towards the war by contributing $685.
900 for Red Cross work
With the sentencing of Arthur
Thorne, secretary of the Duluth local
of the Industrial Workers of the
World, to S5 days at the work farm,
Municipal Judge Smallwood placed the
court on record as holding the l. w.
w. to be an organization (which by
word of mouth teaches or advocates
the duty, necessity or propriety of
violence or Industrial strife"
Minnesota's Red Cross contribution
was increased approximately 500 in
consequence of an auction sale of flow
ers at the summer meeting held at
the University farm by the Minnesota
State Horticultural society and it's
auxiliaries, the Minnesota State Gar
den Flower society, the Minnesota
State Bee-Keepers' society and the
Northwestern Peony and Iris society.
The fourth annual meeting of the
Red River Valley Development Asso-
citation ended with the election of
these officers: S. M. Sivertson, Crook
ston, president; Mike Holm, Roseau,
first vice president; F. A. Green;
Stephen, second vice president; C. H.
Zealand, Crookston, secretary, and w.
W. Prichard, Thief River Falls, treas
urer. The need of aiding the nation
in war was the keynote of the conven-
ton.
A. M. Opsahl, state oil Inspector,
may become secretary to Governor
Burnquist about August 1. On that
date the oil inspection department
will be merged with the dairy and
food department, oil inspection to be
in charge of special deputy. Mr..
Opsahl~ himself advocated the merger,
contending that the present system of
inspection is needlessly expensive and
inefficient. He asserts that the oil
should be inspected in the grocer
tank and not at the source of supply.
The strike of Duluth district boiler
makers has been settled. Both en-
ployers and employees were satisfied
that concessions which were made by
both sides should not be made public.
Minnesota has again led Northwest
ern states in receiving cars of immi-
grant movables, according to figures
given out by Fred d. Sherman, COM
missioner of immigration.
R. M. Washburn of the Minnesota
university farm attended the National
Dairy council in Washington and held
conference with Herbert G. Hoover.
Mr.. Washburn alleged that the equiv
alent of 6O,OOO,000 pounds of meat was
wasted annually by poor dairying
methods, and urged that greater eff
forts be made to conserve the dairy
supply and increase it's productivity.
Patients in the state hospital for in
sane at Rochester are compelled to
sleep on floors, the state board of Wis
itors declares in report to Governor
Burnquist, combating denials by the
state board of control.
Letters Found Give German News.
British Headquarters in France, July
S.-Interesting items of German news
have been cleaned from letters found