The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1917-11-30

The Aitkin- Grow Wing county san
atorium at Brainerd for treating tu-
bercular patients will be completed in
February at cost of $4,000 and be
occupied in the spring.
Plans for entertaining 500 out-of-
town visitors at the annual meeting
of the Northern Minnesota Develop.
ment association at Brainerd Deem
Der and are about completed The
fact that the State Potato Growers
and Northern Minnesota Sheep Grow
ers' associations are to meet with the
N. M. D. A. adds interest.
F. S. Schwalen, a Triumph banker,
arrested several weeks ago on a
charge of interfering with the sale of
Liberty bonds, appeared in court at
Fairmont and was fined 500 by Judge
Il. C. Dean. When his case was called
Schwalen appeared before the court
wearing Liberty Loan and Red Cross
buttons. He told the court he had
subscribed to the Loan and Red Cross
fund, and for that reason was given
a light fine.
Effort to coordinate Minnesota or
CARNATIONS engaged in patriotic serv-
ice will be made by representatives
of the State Public Safety commits
sion at conference in st. Paul soon.
Announcement of the proposed con-
ference is made by G. w. Henke, pub
licity director of the commission, who
said the undertaking is along lines
laid down at a meeting in Chicago
which was called by Arthur E. Bes-
tor of Washington, whom President
Wilson has placed in charge of ma.
tional patriotic work
Minnesota draft boards do not ex
pect to begin actual work under the
new regulations before December Is.
Letters from Washington indicate
that the board may begin December
I, but stated that supplies probably
will not be available then. A letter
from the adjutant general urging the
utmost economy in expenditures,
states that if the local boards will
dispense with all clerical help ex-
cept the chief clerks from December
1 to December Is, they will save the
government $1,000,000.
Two recent announcements from
Washington marked progress in pre-
pairing for future operation of the
selective draft in Minnesota. One
stated that December 1 had been set
as the date on which all local boards
should begin preparations for putting
l 49, Ill
tenn for drafted men. The other stated
that DR.. William j. Mayo had been
! named chief of the medical advisory
organization for the state.
The embargo on through shipments
to the South st. Paul market which
has been in effect since November
10 has been lifted. The big decrease
in cattle receipts and the improve
ment in the car situation has brought
about normal shipping conditions
again, officials said
The importance of more pure bred
cattle in Minnesota to prepare for
the enormous European demand,
which is sure to follow at the close
of the war. was emphasized at the
annual banquet of the Minnesota Abb
erdeen Angus Breeders association
| in st. Paul
AS a result of alleged disloyalty ut
terances and publications Is indict-
ments have been returned against
Faribault residents by grand jury,
and ]. E. Palmer, assistant attorney
general, has gone to aid James P. Nc
Mahon, county attorney, in the prose-
cutions before District Judge A. B..
| Childress.
A large delegation of Pipestone
county automobile owners went to
| Omaha to attend meeting of the ex-
| ecutive committee of the King of
Trails association. The route for the
trail between Sioux City and Orion
1 vile. Mimi. will be decided.