The Ely miner., 1918-03-29
NEWS OF STATE
TERSELY TOLD
Recent Happenings In Minnesota
Given InSBrief Items For
Busy Readers.

Tie SOOu cause 9oUU.
St. Paul.-Arguments on questions
of law relating to indictments against
A. c. Townley, head of the Non
partisan league, and Joseph Gilbert.
manager, will be heard in the state
supreme court May 81.
Luverne-Luverne's Red Cross
duck brought $4S50 for the Red
Cross at Beaver Creek and Hard
wick today. At Beaver Creek, $4,750
and at Hardwick $1OO was realized.
The plan is to continue the sale.
So far the total sale of the duck
has brought $4,000.
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. R. G.
Weech returned from Murdock,
Mimi, where he was hired as super
intendent of schools. The school
building is a new $S5,OOO building
and employs ten teachers. It is com
posed of five districts, consolidated
and has gymnasium.
st. Paul-M1nnesota soldiers num-
bering 100000 to $4,000 will be dis
franchised in the statewide primary
election June II unless some steps
are taken within the next few weeks
to provide for collecting and count
ing their votes. The subject is Civ
ing deep concern to state officials.
st. Paul.-Dr. Arthur F. Kilbourne,
superintendent of the Rochester state
hospital for insane was stricken
with apoplexy, according to report
received by the State Board of Con-
troll. DR.. Kilbourne was reported to
show some improvement and his
chances of recovery are said to be
good.
Wells-A new chemical automo
bile fire truck has been added to
the equipment of the department
The truck is large enough to carry
twenty flremen end will be used on
emergency calls from neighboring
villages and will also respond to fire
calls from the surrounding farming
districts.
Bemidji-The recruiting office
here has averaged better than man
day during the month of March
From present indications it appears
that this record is to continue and
] that the Bemidji office will retain
the banner as securing the largest
| number of enlistments per capita in
| Minnesota.
Wells.-This village, with a popu
1ation of 1900 persons, established
| record in Red Cross sale which
| is believed to be the best of any
| town of it's size in the country. More
than $4,000 was raised. A single
pig, registered under the name o
Red Cross Maid" sold for NOR
than $1,000.
ST. Paul-General property taxes
| in Minnesota during the past yea
have increased approximately 19 PEI
| cent. The total amount levied b,
the state and all its counties, cities
| villages, school districts and town
ships in 1917 and payable this yea
is $62,446, ,4O1.79 The total levy il
1916, payable in 1917, was $52,449
| 740.06. The increase is S9,948, ,661.79
| 1873 per cent, TO De exact.
| st. Paul.-Minnesota fire losse
during February were only $417,09
compared with a total of $2,035,33
for the corresponding month a yea
| ago, according to a bulletin issue,
late yesterday by George H. Nettle
ton, assistant state fire marsha
Greatest reductions in fire losse
were in Minneapolis and in local
ties outside of ST. Paul and Duluth
A corresponding decrease in th
number of fires also is shown.
Red Wing-Joseph Gilbert, ]
Martin and n. S. Randall, Nonpal
tisan league speakers, through thei
attorney, Thomas Sullivan, entere
demurrers in district court here t
indictments charging disloyalty
Kenyon and Goodhue counties las
summer. The demurrers were base
on the alleged grounds that 9Th
facts in the indictments to not COZ
stitute a public offense." J. C. See
bach and his son Carl, also unde
indictment on disloyalty charges
entered demurrers similar to tn
Nonpartisan men.
II Minneapolis of the pr,
posed University Road" betwee
Minneapolis and Rochester, will h
discussed on the evening of Tue
day, April 2, when county commi
sioners and surveyors of five coul
ties meet as guests Of the new Sout
Town Civic club, sponsors of tn
new trail into the southern part {
the state, at a banquet at the Sout
Side high school. In addition
!. Hennepin county, there will be coul
. ty officials from Dakotal Goodhu
Olmstead and Fillmore counties, an
400 men are expected 40 be presen
Brainerd.-Fred T. Lincoln seer
tary of the Northern Minnesota d
!, velopment association, has returne
from conference at Grand RAPID
where matters were taken up
! make the fall meeting of the ass
i citation there November 20 and 81 on
of widespread interest.
Minneapolis.-Col. E. T. Lee wi
lead delegation of the Sons of til
. Veterans from Minneapolis to Shilo
) battlefield April to attend the al
nual reunion there of veterans ,
that battle. They will board a Tel
nessee river packet at st. Louis fl
a river journey to the battlefield.
Aitkin.-Mrs Margaret E. ALE
was indicted by the grand jury G
: a charge of murder in the first degre
for killing C. D. Lewis of Esquag
NAH, this county, last January at th
Allen hotel. James Mcmahon We
also indicted for the similar charg
st. Paul.-Many prospective sc
tiers from Iowa and Illinois are plal
ming to huy from $4,000 to 200C