The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1917-11-02
1IleState News Of
The Week in Brief
An Epitome of All the Big and
Interesting Events of the Past
Few Days In the State.

the arrest of Fred Koch of that city,
for alleged seditious utterances, and
also for speaking against the second
Liberty Loan.
New Ulm, charged with being the
home of number of "disloyal Ameri-
cans" oversubscribed it's Liberty
Loan quota of s25O,O0O. It is assured
that subscriptions will total at least
$4,000 more than the allotment.
J. A. Smith of Saltwater township
missed three valuable Percheron ami
llals from his pasture one night re-
Gently, and although search has been
made so far it has been impossible to
even secure clue as to their where
abouts.
Floyd G. Pendergast, Civil war vet
eran and member of the Minnesota
legislature from the Sixty-second dis
trict, died at Carson City, Nevada.
Representative Pendergast was IS
years old. He had been in ill health
for some time.
The United States government has
& Zimmerman, st. Paul horse deal
ers, for $500 horses. The govern
ment has decided to buy all horses
from dealers by contract instead of
seeking out farmers and breeders.
Potatoes are coming into Princeton
from the growers in large quantities
and the Princeton market has been
strong and active throughout the
week The general range of prices
has been from $500 to $34O per hun
dredweight for Triumphs; $1.75 to
S1.9O for Ohios, and SLIGO to $1.75 for
other varieties.
The third disloyalty arrest in Martin
county was recorded when Charles
Alp, farmer, was taken into custody
on charges made by Liberty Loan so
licitors that he ordered them off his
place, saying the United States got in.
to the war and could now get out with
out his assistance Alps was released
on $1,000 bail.
Coal cargoes continue to come in to
Duluth harbor at rapid rate, seven
large steamers reaching there in one
day. The record day of the 1917 grain
shipping season closed when the local
elevators sent 925, 900 bushels of wheat
and flax on their way to Buffalo. Of
the total, $4,000 bushels is wheat and
100000 bushels flax
More than 500 refrigerator cars of
the Great Northern and Northern
Pacific railways will be diverted to
the Minnesota territory the next two
weeks to relieve the car shortage
and protect the sugar beet and po-
tato crops, G. w. Murnane, chairman
of the car service committee of the
Railroads War Board announces.
Conscience-stricken and weary of
being a. fugitive, Herman l.. Kuebler,
81 years old, appeared at the Winona
county Jail and gave Sheriff ]. w.
Parr the names of IS liquor houses
in the twin cities, some wholesale
dealers and operators of saloons,
upon whom he had passed forged
checks in December and January.
Three cases in which the National
Elevator company seeks to recover
from the Great Northern railway COM
pany for wheat alleged to have been
lost from cars while in transit, are to
be tried at special term of Beltrani
county district court at Bemidji. Much
interest is being manifested in the
trial OF one of the cases, as there are
All separate causes of action cited
Minnesotas next increment in the
draft will probably be called in the
period from Nov. 5 to 10, it was re-
iterated by Captain w. A. Curtis,
draft aid to Adjutant General w. F..
Rhinow. Captain Curtis has re-
turned from Washington, where he
was summoned by Provost Marshal
General E. H. Crowder to discuss re-
vised regulations for the second ma
tionwide draft.
The great war will have beneficial
effect on the people of the United
States, according to DR.. G. H. Mayo, of
Rochester. He declares that the peo-
pie of this country will be amalgamat-
ed as result of being called on to
fight the highly scientific nd organ
lied Germany. There can be no ones
ton in the world about the outcome
of the conflict" Dr. Mayo said. Ger.
many can't whip u.s."
Hunters will get the best big game
shooting in years, from November 10
to November 80, according to Game
Warden J. E. Kreager, who spends
most OF his time in Northern Mime
deer in my life in ST. Louis county as
/ have run across this fall" said
Kreager. And l have never seen
deer looking so sleep and plump. The
animals have had a great year-there
was plenty of grass and water"
Dates for the Northwest Loyalty
meetings in st. Paul and Minneapolis
have been set for November 16 and
II. The first meeting will be at the
Auditorium, in ST. Paul. Announce
ment of the dates was made by F. w.
Murphy of Wheaton, chairman of the
general committee.
Students of the Bemidji schools
are to form Junior Red Cross asso-
citation. w. P. Dyer, superintendent
of schools, has Endorsed the plan.
Right to form the Junior Red Cross
has been requested and it is expected
that the required permission will be
obtained from Washington soon.
tary of the Socialist party in Mime
sofa, was sentenced to serve three
years in the federal prison at Leav-
enworth, Kan. 1t took jury in Man
kato just 40 minutes to find Sugar