The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1918-11-15

Luseile. w. CorDar, pioneer
hardware merchant of this city,
dropped dead at his store. He was
| about IS.
Minneapolis.-A meeting Of the Min.
nesota section of the American So
ciety of Mechanical Engineers, which
was scheduled for November 4, at Ray
mond and University avenues. was
postponed until further notice.
Minneapolis.-Wa Saving Stamp
sales in Minneapolis have reached the
amount or $4,000, S0o.sz, it was an
nounced at the Federal building. This
puts Minneapolis near the head of the
list of larger cities in the sale of war
stamps.
East Grand Forks.-The East Grand
Forks Commercial club has appealed
to Governor ]. A. A. Burnquist for i'm
mediate additions to the small hard
coal supply here as means of insur-
ing successful combat of the influenza
epidemic.
| Minneapolis-The bennington fam
| lily hotel will be used as reconstruc-
ton hospital for wounded soldiers of
Minnesota and Western Wisconsin
This was definitely announced follow
ing meeting at the Minneapolis Civic
& Commerce association.
Pipestone.-A E. Meyer came to
grief when he was caught trying to
dispose of $50 pounds Of fine pike
which he had caught with a net in
Lake Benton. Meyers net, gun, dog
and fish were confiscated by the game
warden and Meyer was fined 500.
Virginia-The fire relief fund is
now $1,000. Five hundred dollars
from the Interstate Iron Mining com
pany, the first corporation to sub
scribe, came through Mark Elliott.
Like amounts were donated by the In.
terstate company through Bull, Hib-
bling, Keewatin and Calumet.
Virginia.-Although the schools are
closed, the teachers will not remain
idle, as most of them are to assist the
draft board or do special work at the
| schools. OF the 126 teachers in the
faculty, 120 will work at the court
house, sixty in the morning and sixty
in the afternoon. They have been d.
vided into groups with supervisor for
each group.
Winona.-With five sons serving the
colors, four of whom were born in
Germany, Mr.. and Mrs. T. Bohks of
St. Charles boast 100 per cent" fight
ing family. Three of the sons are in
the United States army and the other
two in the navy. The parents in ad-
dition have supported every war work
drive. Two of the sons are with the
army in France, one training as an
aviation mechanic another on board a
battleship, while the fifth is serving
on a submarine chaser.
Moorhead.-Moland township farm
ers donated two carloads of potatoes
for the sufferers in the fire zone The
response has been generous and prac-
tically every farmer of the township
has donated part of his crop. Gun
der 0. Lee and A. T. Bekkerus, of the
committee that is gathering the pota.
toes, were in Moorhead and arranged
with e. D. Grant to store and ship the
potatoes through his house free Of
charge.
st. Paul.-Minnesota has been asked
to recruit 100 more carpenters and 200
unskilled laborers for the United
States Housing corporation. Difficulty
will be experienced in answering the
call, according to j. G.. Batten, state
superintendent of the United States
Employment service. Recent demands
occasioned by reconstruction work in
the forest fire zone and need for men
to handle coal from the docks, at the
Head of the Lakes, has aggravated
the shortage already existent, said Mr..
Batten.
st. Paul.-Livestock shipments from
the fire-swept district around Moose
Lake we're practically enlarged when
the Minnesota Public Safety commits
sion issued a, formal order prohibit
ing the expectation of cattle without a
permit. Representatives of the COM
mission were instructed to make it
clear to the settlers in this devastated
district that these steps were found
necessary and important to the general
rehabilitation scheme now being car
ried out under the direction of the
safety commission.
Thief River Falls-There will be
seven peat demonstration plots located
in Pennington county next year as the
result of the experiments carried out
at the Golden Valley station northeast
of the city last summer. Prof. Geo.
H. Neson of the soil department of the
university farm, in cooperation with
County Agent Ross P. White, spent
the greater part of the week inter-
viewing farmers in the eastern part of
the county to get their assistance in
farming the peat lands to the east of
the city.
Grand Rapids.-At the winter meet
ing of the Northern Minnesota Devel.
opment association here Nov. 20 and
81, the question of providing perman.
ent relief for victims of the late for
est fires will be discussed Secretary
Fred T.sLincoln is arranging for dis
cussions on this question, with an aim
to bring about action calculated to
afford permanent relief and encour-
agement. The logan of the N. M. d.
A. is 1--WE must keep our settlers with
| u.s." and it is expected that the OF
ganization will cooperate in placing
before the legislature definite informa
tion and an urgent request for legisla.
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