The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1918-09-20
NEWS OF STATE
TERSELY TOLD
Recent Happenings In Minnesota
Given In Brief Items For
Busy Readers

for three wears was pastor of the
Lutheran Synod church of this city,
has been appointed chaplain of the
naval training school at Great Lakes,
Ill.
Brainerd-The Brainerd Co-opera-
tive Creamery building has been com
pleted, machinery is being installed
and it is expected the creamery will
be opened il ten days, which will be
made the OCCASION of farmers rally
here.
Red Wing Ed Crowley, La Crosse
saloonkeepeS, riding on the same train
from the Twin Cities with some draft
ed men en- route to Camp Grant.
passed bottle of whisky among the
boys and was arrested when the train
arrived here AS he was intoxicated
he was allowed to go on paying a SIS
nne
Stillwater.-Work of remodeling the
buildings comprising the old state
prison here, which were purchased by
the Twin City Forge & Foundry com
pany for use in making munitions, is
progressing rapidly. New equipment
and machinery valued at 100000 will
be installed and it is planned to add
500 workers to the plants roster, max
Ing total of $500 men employed in
making munitions here.
st. Paul-Attorney General Clifford
L. Hilton has announced the appoint
ment of John Evensall of st. Paul as
an assistant attorney general. He will
fill temporarily the vacancy caused by
the appointment of C. Louis Weeks
as state insurance commissioner for
the period that Commissioner John B.
Sanborn is in military service. Egbert
S. Oakley, Duluth, was advanced to
Mr.. Weeks former position of deputy
attorney general.
The fate of 100000 Stacker" hens
In northern Minnesota was decided at
q meeting at University Farm few
days ago. At that time representa-
tives of the United States department
of agriculture and of the agricultural
extension division of the University
decided upon the determination of the
non-productive hens of northern Min
nesota, which means about rs per cent
of the hen population, or total of
100000 birds.
Bemidji-What is claimed to be the
best crop Of oats ever grown in Bel
trami county has just been threshed
by George Miller, known as the "Pota-
to King" Fourteen acres were plant
ed to oats, which came up so thick as
to appear like one solid block, and
produced 1,150 bushels Of oats, frac-
ton over 50 bushels to the acre. Mr.
Miller has in over so acres of pota-
toes this year, and buyers are now
offering $1.20 per bushel to growers.
c. H. Eckles, of the college of agri-
culture, University of Missouri, has ac-
copied the position recently vacated
by H. H. Kildee, as head of the dairy
husbandry division, department Of
agriculture, University of Minnesota:
Professor Eckles has held leading
place among dairy husbandry men in
the United States. Professor Eckles is
43 years old. He was born in Marshall
town, Iowa, and is a graduate of Iowa
State College, Ames, Iowa, class Of
1895.
st. Paul-The Minnesota railroad
and warehouse commission refused to
approve telephone installation charges
proposed by telephone companies, de-
claring them excessive and unjustif-
able. The commission also forwarded
a protest to Postmaster General A. s.
Burleson against making the Federal
order, which provides for a readiness
to serve" or installation charge Of SIS
to SIS, depending upon the monthly
rental of the service required by the
subscriber, effective in Minnesota.
The age limit for students entering
the school of agriculture, University
of Minnesota, has been reduced from
II to 16 years as war measure. The
reduction in the age limit has been
made in order to open the way for
more Minnesota boys to make special
preparation for farm work, and was
brought about by the new army law
cutting the draft age to 10 years. The
school will open Oct. % for five
months session. Special courses fol
shorter periods also will be offered.
Consumers as well as some dealers
seem to have misunderstood the new
wheat flour regulations" says A. D
Wilson, Federal food administrator fol
Minnesota. THE statement that the
$3.50 rule for the purchase of substi
tutes has been changed to an 1921
rule seems to be the cause for the
confusion. Many persons believe tha
they can now buy five pounds of stand
ard wheat -four with every one pound
of substitutes. This is not the case
The 1920 rule means four pounds o
wheat flour with every one pound O
substitutes" ,s8
Winona-E. G. Toan, principal o
the Medford, Wis, schools for sew
eral years until last spring, now o
Dover, Mimi, was instantly killed an,
his wife fatally injured when a Chi
cago & Northwestern passenger trail
struck their automobile on crossini
near Dover.
st. Cloud-Maurice Kohn, Hold
ingford merchant, was arrested b.
State Food Inspector j. A. Anderson
on the charge of shipping eggs unfi
to use, brought here and fined $40
and $10.75 costs. Kohn blamed en-
ployees for not Gambling" the egg
properly.
st. Paul-Joseph Uhl, Wabash
county farmer living near Elgin, MINI
who appeared before Samuel Whaley
United States commissioner here, o
q charge Of violation of the espionag
acs. obtained his release upon $500
bonds. He will appear before tn
United States district court in Winon