The Ely miner., 1918-04-05

the purpose OIL ioi niin6 no
saltwater. At a meeting of the
Washington county board the pay ror
a man with a team on county road
work was fixed at Sc day
Minneapolis.-Th Hennepin coun7
ty grand jury returned two indict-
ments against Floyd Sedgwick, FORM
err cashier of the Calhoun State!
bank, Minneapolis, charging him
with grand larceny in the secondl
degree.
Luverne.-The residence and bank
building of August Finke of Hills.
Mimi, former representative In the!
state legislature, were painted with
streaks of yellow. A hardware store
belonging to Finke's brother also was
painted.
/ Roseau. Mrs. Mabel Norquist
Newberry died last week, having
been married but twelve days. She
was taken ill with rheumatism, which
affected her heart, causing death.
She was buried at Roseau, her form
er home.
Crookston.-A drive to raise money
| for the war fund by the Disciples of
| Christ to help their eleemosynary
work will be started in the county
under the direction of Rev. w. J..
Carry. Polk county has been appor-
toned $400.
| Crosby-S. T. Harrison, a former
engineer here, who was lieutenant
| in the Minnesota naval militia and
was stationed on the U. S. S. Wyo-
ming, has been commissioned lieu
tenant commander, according to adj
vices received here.
ST. Paul.-State officials and en-
ployecs have begun presenting their
associates and other friends with
Thrift stamps. The first chain let
ters in national series, started to
promote sales of Thrift stamps,
have reached the capitol.
Washin gton.-To facilitate the sup
plying of war industries with labor
and the transfer of labor from one
section to another, the country has
been divided into 13 employment dis
tricts, the United States employment
service announces. The Ninth district
Includes Minnesota, North Dakota,
South Dakota and Montana.
Fergus Falls. Carl E. Berg,
Browns Valley, was brought here
charged with having failed to regis
ter. He says he always supposed he
was 81 years of age, and had no in
tention of willfully failing to regis
ter. Berg was bound over to the dis
2 trict court, and may be induced into
army He has a wife and one child.
Minneapolis. Visiting physicians
; of the Northwest are to be given a
clinical feast on April 8, 9, 10, II
and II. The feast is called clinic
, surgeons and physicians of the city
| at various hospitals. The clinical
material furnished by the 2,300 hos
{ pital beds for the city are to be
5 made available for the purpose.
!, Duluth-A government statement
regarding ice conditions on the nor
thern Great Lakes says "The warm
! weather of the forepart of the week
> decreased the thickness of ice in all
! lakes, but the cold weather of the
firm. In Lake Superior the ice is
> softening and breaking up in the
: harbor at Duluth-Superior, but the
Y field in the lake remains about the
2 same, % inches.
Minneapolis-Rev j. T. Bergen
pastor of the First Presbyterian
church, one of the first to volunteer
for civilian defense duty, has re
ceived a commission as first lieu
: tenant on the brigade staff of the
tailed to special publicity worl
o among Minnesota Home Guard units
t Mr. Bergen enlisted as a private il
t Company G when the civilian aux
d iliary was formed.
st. Paul-Governor Burnquist hal
y gone to Washington to attend a con
ference called by the secretary o
: the interior to discuss ways o
Americanizing residents of foreigl
. descent 1t is expected executive
from many states will be presen
= and that plans to bring residents o
foreign birth or extraction. to real
r ization of the benefits of lOya
s American citizenship will be affected
, The Governor expects to return Z
e take part in the big civic loyalt
n demonstration in Minneapolis.
q nneapolis-Andrew Boss of tn
3 University farm announced that tn
r government was asking Minnesota t
y seed 100000 acres to spring wheat
q This is about the average of tn
D. state for the last five years, thoug
W last year the spring wheat acreag
t was only 100000. Mr.. Boss e,
% pressed the opinion that the stat
y would come up TO the demand fo
g 5000, 900 acres. Mr.. Glover reporte
'r that many farmers in southern Mil
& nesota, who do not usually gro
G wheat, are seeding some land
D. wheat this spring, and that other
II who heretofore have planted only
a. small amount are adding to the
acreage.
"a st. Cloud-Farmers OF Minnesot
q are responding loyalty to the govern
VI ment's request for large plantin
Oh of human foods this spring. Tn;
II this is true has become evident
nt A. ]. Glover, special representati'
a. of the United States Department {
Id Agriculture, with men from the d
partment of agriculture of the Un