The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1918-04-12
NEWS OF STATE
TERSELY TOLD
Recent Happenings In Minnesota
Given In Brief Items For
BUSY Readers.

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old, killed himself at his home near
here by shooting himself with rifle.
Moorhead.-Afte years suffer
/ ing, Edward Fay, Jr., as, veteran of
| the Spanish war and assistant post
master, passed away at his home
| here.
Aus.in.-Eugenc Wood, for 80 con-
tinuous years Mower county register
| OF deeds. died here. He was 80 years
old, father of former Adjutant Gen
eral Fred B. Wood, prominent Ma
son aud Elk
| ST. Cloud--Work will be started
Immediately on an addition to the
Great Northern car shops in this
city The new building will be 200
Feet long and 70 feet wide The
cost OF the addition will be about
| 100000. The new building will be
/ used as repair and wood working de-
partInent.
] Bemidji.- The $685. zoo bond issue
voted last February by the city of
Bemidii has been sold to the Wells
| Dickey company of Minneapolis. AS
there are certain questions regarding
the legality of selling the bonds, the
| attorney general will be. asked to pass
| al opinion
minneapolis G. L. Morrill,
| has been indicted by federal grand
| jury on charges Of causing 70 be
sent through the mails obscene,
| lewd, lascivious and filthy matter of
an indecent character" The indict-
ment is based on Morrill's latest
| book. THE Devil in Mexico" Nor
| rill is cut or bonds.
| Jackson.-A small posse of men
here got out their yellow paint and
| started to paint the town. Starting
IL the downtown district. they paint
ed owls and crosses on the sidewalks
| IL the direction of the homes of pro-
| Germans Six homes, including the
home of d county official, were given
| the yellow marks of "pro-German."
ST. Paul.Rain which began falling
N some sections of the Northwest
Friday night, and continued through
the next day, changing in some Sec
:ions 70 snow, is great boon to the
farmers, and. in the opinion of crop
experts, has made an ideal condition
for the crops already in the ground.
| Seeding this year is at least two
| weeks ahead of the average in Min
nesota.
| ST Cloud-The farmers of Mime
sofa are responding loyalty to the
| Governments request for a large
| planting of human foods this spring.
| That this is true has become evil
dent to A j. Glover, the special
representative of the United States
Department of Agriculture, who, with
men from the University of Mime
soia has been holding series of
meetings il the various parts of the
state
| Jackson.-Gladys Hasa, years ODD,
was killed and four others injured
when the car Louis Jacobson was
driving ran into ditch. The acct
| dent occurred nine miles south of
Jackson, while Jacobson and his
Gladys Kasa, were on their way to
| Reverse, Mimi. The steering gear
went wroES and Jacobson lost con-
trol. Jacobson resides at Walling
Fort, Mimi.
ST. Faul-Eighty-two of Mime
sofas SO counties have made provi-
sion for employing county agri-
cultural agents, and contracts have
been made by 81 of the 80 with men
| to fill the places According to the
| University Of Minnesota agricultural
extension division, the four counties
/ whose commissioners have refused to
comply with the federal government S
request that such provision be made
are Douglas, Houston, Koochiching
and Pope.
| Winona-Many thousands of Wi
/! Eona's citizens marched in a parade
/ three miles long here in commemo-
ration of the first anniversary of
Americas entry into the war and the
opening of the third Liberty Loan
drive Every branch of city life was
:, represented together with floats illus
tr.ating the part the farmer is play
| ing in the war The parade was the
largest in the history of Winona and
demonstrated. according to Liberty
Loan officials that the city is 100
per cent loyal.
st. Paula new call for 1913
drafted men from Minnesota to en-
| train for Camp Dodge during the five
day period beginning April 26, was
received by Adjutant General w. F.
Rhinow from Provost Marshal Gen
eral f. H. Crowder The men will be
drawn from draft Glass l in the Sc
quence of order number, subject only
to exceptions of those engaged In
crop production, as directed by an
earlier order. Only white men phys
,ically qualified for regular military
service will be indicted under the
I call.
Winona-Captain Walter Blair has
sold the popular St. Paul-Davenport
packet Morning Star, to the Coney
Island Excursion Company of Cincin.
aati. it was announced today. The
completion of this transaction, rumored
| 10: some days, will remove the last
OF the packets from upper Missis
| sippi river trade this year.
Minneapolis. - Minnesota farmers
ale responding heartily to the gov
i ernment's appeal for increased wheat
j wheat acreage OF about AZ per cent
more than last year. These farmers
are planting 1881 acres in wheat as
compared with 1853 acres last year
| ST. Cloud George A. Tanner and
c. X. Foslein have filed contest
in the Sank Center dry election. The
contestants charge q violation OF the