The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1918-05-03

the local home guard went to Tabor
to act as military escort for the re
mains of John Palya, who served on
the Mexican border.
Hastings.-Mrs NJ Gossing, a pio
neer of Dakota county, died at her
home here at the age of Is years
She is survived by her husband and
Several sons and daughters.
New Richland.-A community SER
vice flag bearing SO stars, sold for
| $3.50 at Red Cross auction sale
here. The total proceeds of the sale
were nearly $4,000 Henry Deutsch
of Minneapolis made a stirrir g
speech.
Sank Rapids.-The county has
voted bonds for $4,000 for road
work this year. Three bridges will
be built, one at the outlet of Little
Rock in place of the old Gordon
bridge, and the others at haywood
and Granite Ledge.
Moorhead .-Moorhead may become
affiliated with the proposed Red Cross
| SNSONetAA ACoSuO Vi obAiLCu III IlllS SSS-
ton. At meeting of Moorhead fans
the question was quite thoroughly dis
cussed, and the local field is being
canvassed to determine the financial
support available.
Minneapolis. The Minnesota
Transfer Railway company handled
during March a total of 1861 cars
loaded with immigrant movables of
which Minnesota received 5SS; North
Dakota, 229; Canada, 210, and Mon
tana, 116. Minnesota made sub
stantial gain during the month.
Moorhead.-The Moorhead elemen-
tary department of the Minnesota
Normal school, located here, has es-
tablished an employment bureau. One
of the leading reasons for the bur-
eau is to furnish work for school chill
dren, after school hours. The bur-
eau was successfully inaugurated.
st. Peter.-Oscar Nelson told the
draft board that he should be ex-
empted because of the care which his
wife and baby needed Mrs. Nelson
said they needed care all right, but
that Oscar had not supported them
for 16 months. She recommended
that they put her husband in the
SHOCK troops"
Observation-Disclosures are investi-
eating the conditions under which a
bomb filled with high explosives was
placed in the Ada Milling company's
building. The bomb was hidden in a
suitcase found by workmen 1t is be
lieved a defective fuse saved the
building from destruction. Manager
Bedding said he thought the bomb
had been set by some pro-German
sympathizer.
Observation-Disclosures of a series
OF boxcar rObberies in the Burling-
ton railroad yards here recently re-
suited in the arrest of Joseph Chew
ski, Peter Weaver and Joe Mlynozak
OF this city, charged with stealing and
selling large quantities of food sup
plies consigned to the war depart
ment by local packing house for use
in the United States army in France,
according to Chief of Police Huck.
st. Cloud.-Dr. e. F. Green of the
state reformatory at st. Cloud, died |
1T Walker of pulmonary tuberculosis. |
He was a recognized authority in |
his state on the Binet-Simon sys. |
EN-. He applied it to,every English
speaking inmate of reformatory and |
he plan worked out successfully be- |
'ause the man was not only judged |
~ the crime he committed, but by |
conditions which prompted his act.
Minneapolis margins for
etail coal dealers of Minnesota out
ide the three large cities have been
ixed by an order Of Judge j. F. Nc
lee, federal fuel administrator for
Minnesota, made Immediately effec-
i've. The margins allowed are rs
0 4O cents ton higher than those
'ermitted to city dealers. The ex-
lanation is that small town dealers
ave smaller volume of business
nd hence a greater percentage of
overhead" costs.
Winona.-After continued signaling
o Engineer William Mann, SO, to
roceed after a stop at North Tomah,
Wis.,, and receiving no response, a
rakeman on a Northwestern way l.
'eight investigated to find the engi-
eer dead in his cab, and the fireman
hoveling coal, unconscious of the
cath Of his engine mate. The train
as brought to Winona by the fire.
ian and TIE body of the engineer
as sent to his home at Baraboo, |
us, where wife and children sur
i've.
Observation-Disclosures in Mime
ota are buying more pstatoes as
esult of the federal food administra-
on's "potatrfot" campaign, officials
lid, but the marketing of potatoes
as fallen off, due, it is supposed, to
lie fact that farmers are busy with
leir spring planting Potatoes
ust go onto the market now" said
A. Wye, Of the food administration,
md must get to the tables of Min.
esota homes IL they are not to be
asted, and If we are to save the
heat for which the potatoes will be
Instituted"
International Falls.-Hammond AS
Is, alleged assailant of Floss Cody,
ogers school teacher, was run down
7 armed citizens and deputy sheriffs.
9 was arrested at the home of a
an named Erickson, about 40 miles
ON Little Fork, after eluding his
lrsuers for nearly a week He was
aced in the county Jail after max
g futile attempt to escape.
Minneapolis.-B. HI. Woodwork