The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1918-09-20

in the wartime services of the Asso-
citation.
Pillager.-The Pillager Cass county
fair is TO be held on Thursday, Friday
and Saturday, Sept. 10, 20 and FL.
st. Cloud.-Andrew Schults, one Of
the draftees who should have left
with the contingent going to Camp
Grant Thursday, failed to appear.
Mankato.-Frank Granger, team
ster of this city, was struck by an
automobiles while working on the road
south of the city, knocked down and
suffered severe bruises and injuries.
Little Falls Machine Inspector
Morgan has condemned two threshing
rigs in Morrison county. One ma
chine was wasting grain and the other
had not been repaired to do proper
work.
st. Cloud.-Sheriff Schooner took
Norman Johnson and Henry Blaisdell
to Fort Smelling to be indicted into
the service immediately. These two
men were picked up in the Stacker
raid here.
St. Paul.-Dr. Egil Boeckman of st.
Paul, son-in-law of the late James j.
Hill, has been notified of his appoint
ment as captain in the army medical
corps. He will leave in few days
for Camp Grant, Ill, where he has
been assigned to duty.
Bongard.-Mrs. ]. D. Krause was
instantly killed and her husband seri-
ously injured when the automobile in
which they were riding overturned.
Mr.. Krause is not expected to live.
He was formerly a member Of the
house of representatives from Carver
county.
Stillwater.-All former records in
turning out shells at the Twin City
Forge & Foundry company plant here
for an eight-hour period were beaten
one day recently when 210 first-class
shells were turned out by the shell
department employees there on what
is known as the daylight" shift.
Bemidji.-Fire originating in the
store of Woods & Atwater destroyed
| the business section Of Graceton, a
village IL miles west of Baudette. Be-
| sides the Woods & Atwater store, a
restaurant and the store of Knutson
& Lilua were burned down. The loss
exceeds $4,000 and is partly covered
by insurance.
inneapolis.-James Jacobson, AZ
years old, formerly restaurant keep
er, shot and killed his housekeeper,
Mrs. Alma Smith, at his residence,
and then turned the weapon on him
self and inflicted two wounds in his
head. At the Minneapolis City hos
pital 1t was said that his condition is
serious and little hope is held out for
his recovery.
st. PauL-Rupert Kinney Of La
INQUIRE county, North Dakota, filed in
United States district court suit for
$4,000 damages on behalf of himself
and $4,000 for his wife against 1s
residents of Pine county, Mimi, for
injuries alleged to have been received
in a star and feather party" at Will
low River. Mimi, last June. Attor
neys for the Nonpartisan league fled
the suit.
st. Paul.-The State Public Safety
commission has referred to State Audi
tor Preus without recommendation
proposals for the reclamation of state
land in northern Minnesota, with q
purpose of furnishing farms to return
ing soldiers. The action was taken ir
connection with drainage project In
Beltrami county, where much state
owned land is located. Mr.. Preus al
ready has advocated that action by
the state be deferred until definite
plan for application to all states alike
is worked out by federal board.
Thief River Falls.-V. B. Wye, spe
cial investigator for the state food ad
ministration, has been in Thief River
Falls looking into any case of viola
ton of regulations. He found tina
nothing more serious than minor In
fractions, caused through a lack o
understanding, could be reported.
Bemidji.-A baby daughter wa
born to Mr.. and Mrs. H. Mayne Stan
ton here. Aug. IL. Mr.. Stanton, at tn
time of the baby's birth, was at Quar
J tico with the marines, getting read,
to go abroad to fight. Mr.. Stanton i
, the SON of Judge C. w. Stanton and
well-known newspaper man,
i Brainerd.-M Peterson shot an
killed himself after wounding Claud
I'M. Winter and attempting to xii
Anna Peterson, his divorced wife, a
, the latter's home here. Jealousy !
} believed to have prompted the shoot
, ing. Peterson fired at Mrs. Peterson
| but the bullet missed her, strikin
Winter He then took his own life.
Il Minneapolis several hundre
delegates from more than twent
, states, Manitoba, Alberta and Sa.
/ katchewan, the thirty ninth annus
, general conference of the Swedis
Baptist Church of America convene
in the Elm Baptist church here.