The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1917-09-28

: Eight thousand persons from Stearns
county and vicinity joined in a fare
well celebration at Melrose honoring
the county's quota of fifty-five which
| goes to Camp Dodge for training.
The Tri-State and Bell Telephone
| companies won a partial victory over
the State Railroad and Warehouse
Commission when Judge Childress of
the district court filed a decision on
the appeal of the companies revers-
| ing the order of the commission that
a 1O-cent extra charge should be lev
| led for all distance calls on the Tri-
State through Owatonna.
Fifty drafted men were rendered a
banquet by the loyal citizens of Brow
erville.
John Nelson Richardson, terri
torial pioneer of Hennepin county and
war veteran, died at his residence at
Anoka following long illness,
One hundred dollars a minute for
forty-five minutes for the American
Red Cross was the record established
at Heron Lake in a drive to provide
the Jackson county chapter with ade-
quate funds.
Prof. Willard E. Hotchkiss, who re-
Gently resigned as dean of the Uni
yersity of Nebraska, has begun his
work as head of the department of
business education at the University
of Minnesota.
A campaign to raise $4,000 for the
Nicollet county chapter of the Ameri-
can Red Cross will be made October
1. The county has been divided into
districts and canvassing groups for
each district appointed.
A most enthusiastic loyalty meet
ing was held at Henderson at Commu-
nifty hall. The meeting was In the
form of farewell reception for the
young men of that vicinity who were
leaving for Camp Dodge.
L. B. Blunket, 4S years old, died
in Winona hospital after having
been found in a dying condition in
covered wagon in which he was
journeying from his home in Bis
marck, N. D., to southern Tennessee.
Marvin Ploof had several ribs
broken in Crosby when the motorcycle
on which he was riding came into
collision with car driven by an un-
known Austrian, the driver of the car
not stopping to see how much dam
age he had done.
L. A. Ickler, vice president of the
American National bank, st. Paul,
who spent month near Drake, N.
D., said today that the wheat crop
is poor in that immediate vicinity
but is better in the East and North.
Conditions are much better in Min
nesota, however" said Mr.. Ickler.
Five new professors have been add
ed to the faculty of the University
of Minnesota, according to an an
nouncement yesterday from the office
of President Burton. They are:
Philip Bing, journalism, formerly OF
the University of Wisconsin; Prof.
J. C. LeCompte of Yale, to the de-
partment of languages; DR.. Robert
M. Yerkes, Yale; Everett Fraser,
law; E. C. Robbins, University of
Oregon, economics.
There has been a reversal of opin-
ion in many places in Southeastern
Minnesota as<to the extent of the
damage by frost some days ago. The
warm weather of the last few days,
typical corn-growing weather, has
convinced many farmers who took a
chance by leaving their corn undis.
turbed that they have made no mis-
take. More than half the crop
thought completely destroyed on the
ridges in this territory will mature,
experts said.
been shipped into Thief River Falls
since last spring-and that was re-
| ceived only after frantic appeals
Considerable alarm is felt lest win
ter comes without further shipment
All the dealers have been trying for
soft coal in plenty has been shipped
in until half of the usual supply has
been received. Some uneasiness has
also been felt over the fact that it
has been almost impossible to get
any cordwood.
J. o. Bentall, former Socialist can
didate for governor, has returned tc
his farm at Cedar Mills, after having
been arraigned in Minneapolis before
a Federal commissioner on a charge
of interfering with the draft law. He
was arrested and brought to Mime
apolis charged specifically with laid
ing, abetting and inducing his farm
hand, John F. Kassube, not to reg
lister for the draft" Bail was fixed
at $4,000. It was Bentall's second ar
rest in connection with anti-draft &C
tivities.
Edward Fedel, farmer residing in
the town Of Munson, two miles from
Richmond, lies in the hospital with
six shots in his body as the result
of one of the first hunting accidents
of the season. His condition is not
considered serious. Fedel went Out
on the Sank river for the purpose Of
fishing. Lucas Schroeder, a neigh
boring farmer, also went to the river
in quest of ducks. Sighting a muG
hen he fired. The hen happened tt
be directly in line with Fedel anG
a number of the shot hit him.
The forty-third annual reunion of thu
st. Croix Valley Old Settlers associa
ton was held in Saltwater. A banque
was served at 100 p. m. at the Sawyer
house.
George Shannon and John Kostchi;
were arraigned before United State,
Commissioner H. A. Simons at Be
midi on charges of introducing liquor
| into Indian torriforu Doth ,,loo 4 or