The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1918-05-31
NEWS. or STATE
TERSELY TOLD
Recent Happenings In Minnesota
Given In Brief Items For
Busy Readers.

st. Franciscan 1886 penny sold for
$40, hens egg for S21, and an angel
cake for $3.50 at Red Cross auction
here. The sale netted 5000.
Mahnomen.-Ir c. Mccoy, manual
high school, left last week for Min
neapolis to teach at the Dunwoody
Institute.
Observation-Disclosures Burnquist has
accepted an invitation to deliver the
address at the Fourth of July cele-
bration here. A Red Cross rally will
be held at the same time.
st. Paul-The Minnesota Episcopal
diocese council, at its sixty-first an
nual convention in Christ church,
pledged it's undivided support to Presi-
dent Wilson and Congress.
st. Paul-Meat is beng served but
once a day in nearly all state institu-
tons under war time conservation
rules and efforts are being made to
use substitutes and aid in the food
administration movement.
Red Wing.-Goodhue county will
expend $75,9S352 in the permanent
improvement of highways this sum-
mer The contracts on state and Fed
eral road projects were awarded by
the county commissioners.
Fosston.-The Fosston school was
one of few in this state able to
qualify for Federal aid in agriculture
under the Smith-Hughes act which
will mean additional aid of from $500
to 500 per year in agriculture
Red Lake Falls.-A request that the
Great Northern railway widen its de-
pot platform in this city will be made
upon Great Northern officials by the
Red Lake Falls Commercial club,
resolutions to this effect having been
adopted unanimously
Little Falls.-Herman Crossfeld,
who left with four other local car
penters to enter the service, makes
the fourth son OF J. w. Crossfield in
the service of the United States. A
fifth son is expected to be called into
the service in short time.
International Falls.-Fire destroyed
the storehouse and home of P. A.
Pearson Of Loman, together with con-
tents. In addition to the household
furniture the loss included the sum-
mer's supplies for the family, log
ging outfit, the total loss being $4,000.
Brainerd.-Newton H. Ingersoll, So,
member of the Ingerso1l & Wieland,
publishers of the Brainerd Dispatch,
died of heart disease. He was post
| master of Brainerd IA years; State
Editorial association executive COM
mittee member, Shriner, Woodman,
Workman and member of other or
ders.
East Grand Forks.-The local Pres
byterian church, under the direction
of its pastor, Rev. F.. c. Oliver, has
started a nonsectarian employment
agency. Run free of charge, this
work is expected to help solve the
difficulty of bringing the employers of
farm labor and men looking for work
together.
Rochester.-Frank Mohr and his
two sons, Is and q, were drowned
in the Zumbro river here. They
were fishing. The younger son start
ed across the river, encountered a
deep hole and sank. His father at
tempted to rescue him. He went
down Then the older son attempted
to rescue the two and he, too,
drowned
Minneapois-M Minnie Heyer,
20 years old, wife of Louis Heyer,
was found dead in her home, and
her two children, Victor, 4 years old,
and Laura, years old, were found
unconscious from carbon monoxide
poisoning. Victor regained conscious
ness at the Minneapolis City hospital
Mrs. Heyer was heating water on a
gas range and the room was poorly
ventilated.
st. Paul.-Interest received upon
state funds in the hands of Henry
Rines, state treasurer, for the year
ending May 1, 1918, amounts to $17O.-
721.95, an increase of s60,259.7S over
the previous year Some of this in
crease is due to an increase in funds,
but the greater portion is due to larg-
er deposits having been kept in the
inactive banks which pay three per
cent interest as against two per cent
In the active or checking account
banks. 1t is the policy of Mr.. Rines
to keep as much of the states funds
in the inactive accounts, which has
resulted in large increase in the
states interest account. Included in
he i,,fn
year is $3,567.94 received as interest
from daily deposits of departmental
funds. Previous to May 1, 1917, these
funds were deposited monthly and the
state received no interest for collec-
ton made during the month. The law
directing daily payments of these col
lections was passed by the 1917 legis-
lature at the suggestion of State
Treasurer Henry Rines.
st. Paul-Deposits in Minnesota
state banks show a gain of more
than Fl percent, having increased by
nearly $5O,O0O,000 to combined to-
tai OF $275,436,374 in the past year,
according to figures made public by
F. E. Pearson, state superintendent
of banks This showing reflects a
period of remarkable prosperity in
Minnesota, coming as it does in the
face of Liberty Loan and Red Cross
drives and other wartime campaigns
for funds" Superintendent Pearson
said. "The big gain in deposits GER
tainly is noteworthy under the cir
cumstances."
Winona.-Jealous because Of atten-
lions alleged were paid to his wife,
F. r. Stevenson, restaurant propri-
etor, last night at a local hotel, shot
and instantly killed Elmer Mead, 80
years old, taxicab driver. He at
tempted also to kill his wife, but the