The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1917-12-07

Stockholders of the Clay County
Creamery association have decided to
build a modern creamery building in
Moorhead to cost about $4,000.
The Oak Leaf Literary club of Bad
ger donated $40 worth of yarn to the
Red Cross and gave $25 to help pro-
vide a public skating rink for school
children.
Sheriff Kelly of Crookston has an
nounced that if he enters any So
called soft drink emporiums in East
Grand Forks under search warrant
that he will confiscate all intoxicat-
ing liquors and fixtures connected
with the sale of them in any way
such fixtures being the bars, tables,
chairs and any other fixtures pertain
ing to the sale of the liquor.
United States Commissioner w. A.
Fleming of Brainerd has held Stephen
Batters, said to be from Little Falls,
to the Federal grand jury in $500
bonds for selling liquor to Indians. He
was arrested at Wahkon. 1t is said
an Indian agent arrested an alleged
bootlegger near Trommald but the
!"evidence," consisting of two bottles
of whisky, disappeared and the man
could not be prosecuted.
Coal dealers of Minnesota are asked
to carefully distribute their supplies
of hard coal in a letter from Judge
MCGEE. Judge MCGEE calls attention
to the practice in some of the smaller
cities, where few families buy the
whole supply of hard coal received by
the local dealers leaving many fami-
lies with none. He suggests that some
coal be sold to everyone who can use
it as the supply of that variety is
more plentiful.
The first day of the trial at Glen
coe of A. E. Daggart of Lester Prairie,
one of twelve men of that place in
dicted on charge of rioting, as the
result of an attack on members of the
family of Louis Klatt, hotelkeeper
there, developed the fact that the at
tack was planed by the defendant and
others, according to the testimony of
William Bowman. Bowman was
one of the men alleged to have at
tackled the Klatts, but testified for
the state.
The Great Western railroad shops
are to be removed from Red Wing to
Rochester and Red Wing will shortly
be eliminated as a freight terminal by
the Chicago Great Western railroad
company, according to rumors in rail-
road circles.
David H. Orr, father of Representa-
tive E. E. Orr and B. F. Orr, merchant
and well known residents of Wadena,
died at his home in Mortified, of in
firmities incident to old age. Mr.. Orr
as born in New York state August
81, 1925.
The Washington county grand jury
now in session at Saltwater is col
fronted with a number of cases that
will come up for consideration by that
body. Nearly 20 witnesses have been
subpoenaed by Sheriff T. H. Maher
from various sections of the county.
While all of the figures for the ore
shipments from docks at the Head of
the Lakes were not obtainable it is
believed in shipping circles at Duluth
that the season will show about equal
to 1916 and may exceed it. Last sea-
son the Duluth, Missabe and Northern
shipped 21,455,245 tons and to date
this year has shipped 20,270,617.
Receipts of coal at the Head of the
Lakes docks for the season up to No
vember 30 showed an increase of L.
520,354 tons, according to statistics
compiled. Receipts aggregated TO-
542,185 tons, compared with 9,021, S31
tons up to the same period last year.
Dance halls and pool rooms in Min.
nesota may be kept open until II q.
m. daily under modification of the
10 o'clock closing order adopted by
the State Public Safety commission.
Notice of the new amendment has
been sent to sheriffs and police Off.
GERS throughout the state.
The following engineers of the Gu
yuma range have been ordered to re-
port for duty Jan. 5, 1918: C. Fl.
Scheuer, village engineer; c. NJ.
Pearce, village engineer for Ironton;
l.. T. Gavin, with the American Mag
anese company; S. T. Watson, supci'-
visor of Klondike township.