The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1918-08-02
NEWS OF STATE
TERSELY told
Recent Happenings In Minnesota
Given In Brief Items For
Busy Readers.

| n tOn.-COngreSSnan and MRS
Halvor Stevenson are back in Crook
ston, having returned from Washing
ton for two months stay.
Little Falls.-A Little Falls mother
has drawn her first payment on $40,
900 insurance policy carried by hel
son, who was in the service.
| Moorhead.-Clay county has enlist
ed S79 men for farm work, with coun
ty labor committee, headed by G. M
Witherow of Moorhead, making such
report today.
Crookston-Out of the 157 men re
Gently sent from this city to Camp
Grant, only nine were rejected. -Four
of these were sent back on account
of defective teeth.
Fergus Falls-The low stage of the
water in the Otter Tail river may
prove serious for the Otter Tail Power
company, which operates a big cleo
trio power plant here.
| Moorhead-A military funeral was
held here for Lieutenant Olaf j. Tan.
ner of Moorhead, an aviator, who
| crashed to death on a Texas aviation
| u6iu several Weeks ago.
Fergus Falls.-The city police sta
tion in this city was struck by light
ming during a storm and was set afire.
The flames were extinguished before
| much damage was done.
Hibbing = State mine shipments
| leaped into new record for this sea-
son with the announcement that the
state owned properties last week
shipped 204,411 tons of ore.
Frazee.-Exercises were held for the
drafted men who left for Camp Grant,
Ill. Addresses were made by j. j.
Daily and DR.. H. G. Leonard of the
Methodist Episcopal church
Wabasha. - Forty-eight men have
left here for Camp Wadsworth S. G..
This quota did not exhaust Glass /,
but number of 1918 registrants have
volunteered to leave Immediately and
they will depart for Indianapolis Au-
gust 15.
Virginia-The Virginia school board
has gone to Chicago to inspect differ
ent types of flooring in use in the
schools of that city, SO they may act
intelligently when flooring is selected
for the new high school building being
erected here.
Red Lake Falls.-Business men in
the towns in this county have agreed
to assist the farmers in harvesting
their crops. A number Of men have
signed cards pledging themselves to
work four days week, for two weeks,
Saturdays excepted.
Little Falls.-Lester Longley is the
first Little Falls boy, who has enlisted
since the war broke out, to work his
way up from a private to lieutenant.
He received his commission at the
officers engineer training school at
Camp Lee, Petersberg, Fla. ~
Rochester.-Robert Saul, 10 years
old, was shot and instantly killed here
by Ellsworth Burgess, son of Rev. C.
E. Burgess of Rochester. Burgess
didn't know the gun was loaded? The
Saul boy, who lived at Winona, was
visiting in Rochester.
Brainerd.-The diamond drill, tripod
and considerable machinery of Tom
Sole, located near the Croft mine, was
burned with a loss of several thou
sand dollars. A peat fire raging all
day was supposed to have been ex-
tinguished, but blazed up again and
destroyed the drill.
Breckenridge. Ethel Brewer and
Marie Gown, 16 and IL years old, were
taken in custody by the sheriff here
after having run away from their
homes with $3.50, which they had
stolen. The girls were taken to Fer
gus Falls, where their parents met
them and took them to their homes in
Alexandria.
eckenridge.--OwIen Lilly of James,
vile, Waseca county, has contributed
$3.50, to be apportioned between the
Red Cross, Y M. G.. A. and X. of G..
war funds, as a penalty imposed by
the county food administrator for
boarding wheat. Lilly held 100 BUSH
els after May 10, and after he had
been twice ordered to market it.
Crosby-Village Assessor Richard
Johnson has reported that the as
sessed valuation of Crosby this year
is $5,257, ,284. This Is an increase of
more than $2,5OO,00O over last year.
The valuation is apportioned as fol-
lows: Real estate, S4,653,263; per-
sonal, $394,022; cash and credits,
100000. The value of mined iron ore
was placed at $139,69S. The village
automobiles were assessed at $6O,633.
Little Falls-A call has come to
Mrs. L. d. Brown, chairman of the
Morris county National Council Of De-
tense, to obtain registration of candi-
dates for the United States Student
Nurse Reserve. The following vii
lagos will also arrange for registra-
tion places: Royalton. Mrs. C. C.
Lisle, chairman; Swanville, Mrs E. A.
Flood; Pierz, Mrs. A. P. Stoll; Darl-
ing, Mrs. E. F. Buck; Lincoln, Mrs.
M. E. McGill; Motley, Mrs. B. F. Cot
tingham.
Fairmont-Mrs r. S. Cross, SIS
years old, mother of Mrs ]. A. A. |
Burnquist, was seriously hurt in an
automobile accident about eight miles
south of here. Mrs. Cross was riding |
with Mrs. Robert Livingston when the |
accident took place. She was taken |
to the Fairmont hospital, where it is
said she is suffering from concussion |
of the brain and broken rib.
Fosston.-T ilford, the 3-yearold son
of Mr.. and Mrs. Tom Taroldson Of the !
town of Queen, was killed at their
home while playing around hayrack.
He fell and was caught in such man
ner that his neck was broken.
Winona.-Patriotic addresses and
music featured the twenty-eighth an
nual convention of the Minnesota
Funeral Directors association in. ses-