The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1918-04-19

department next week
st. Cloud.-A chain letter has been
started here for the sale of thrift
stamps. The sender mails one 25-
cent stamp to friend who is supposed
to buy four more and send the orig
inal and the additional four to five
friends, who is requested to repeat Tie
operation.
ontevideo.-Liberty Loan propa-
ganda has been carried to all parts
of Chippewa county so effectively
that the war office committee has
ordered 81 Liberty Loan Honor
Flags" for the communities that go
over the top. The countys quota OF
$430,000 has now been over-subscribed.
st. Paul.-Minnesota trust funds
the income from which goes to the
support of state schools and institu-
tons, and into the road and bridge
fund, now total $3S,16O,153, having
increased $1,S71, 5S3 during the last
fiscal year, according to statement
issued by State Auditor j. A. ".
Preus.
| campaign upon idlers. The police,
cooperating with civilian recruiting
committee, all are supplied with
blanks to be given to men who appear
to be out Of employment. At var
ious handouts" the police will comb
out the men for military service and
urge them. through the blanks, to
join the colors.
|, st. Cloud.-Mrs. John Benson, wife
of the man who was arrested on a
charge of wife desertion and draft
evasion, has entered plea to the
local court asking that her husband
be allowed to stay at home instead
of being sent to Camp Dodge. She
claims she is dependent upon him for
support. The case is being considered
by the local board
Brainerd.-One of the practical
features of the program for the sum-
mer meeting of the Northern Min
nesota Development association at
Walker on June z and 8, will be a
demonstration in land clearing under
the direction of Prof. l. d. Charlton,
newly appointed chief of the division
of agricultural engineering at the Uni
versity Farm, st. Paul.~
ST. Paula possible saving of more
than $350,000 year to telephone sub
scribers in Minnesota through the
unification of service by the North
western and Tri-State companies is
shown by preliminary survey made
by the State Railway and Warehouse
commission in advance of the hearing
April 20 on the application for APP
proval Of the consolidation project
Spooner.-Curtis C. Shaffer of
Northwest Angle, about the remotest
| section of Minnesota, walked across
the ice on the Lake of the Woods, AZ
miles to Warroad, and came on here
by train, to apepar before the loca,
board for examination. Both his eyes
were closed and his face was badly
swollen from the exposure to the sun
and snow, but he said he ''felt all
right" and is anxious to get after the
enemy -
st. Paul.-The Cudahy Packing
company has lost its suit in the Uni
| ted States supreme court to knock
out the gross earnings tax law in
Minnesota. The law is constitutional
and in the Cudahy case was fairly
executed, the court held The case
involved a $1,000 tax on the earning
| Of the refrigerator cars of the COM
pany on Minnesota mileage from 1905
to 1872 according to the attorney
generals office.
st. Paul-Minnesota farmers are
| given until May Is to market their
excess wheat. 4 D. Wilson, federal
food administrator for Minnesota. de
clared he was empowered to order
surplus wheat stocks sold at any
time. Live and freshly killed hens
may be dealt in by dealers after
April 10, the government having de-
cided to lift the ban against the prac-
tice at this time Original orders
were to cover the period between
February II and Apri! 50.
Houston. text books in
use in the schools here fed munich
! pal bonfire following a meeting of the
board of education at which 1t was
decided to discontinue the teaching
of German in schools. After the
decision of the board villagers
marched to the postoffice building
carrying the German books. A fire
was started and into it the books
| were thrown while the citizens as
semb1ed about it and sang Amer
ica." and "The Star Spangled Ban
ner."
st. Paul-Fiour and wheat boarding
has been discovered in Renville coun
ty by Vivian Wye, federal food in
vestigator, who issued a report in
Minneapolis In Olivia, Mr.. Wye found
2,400 pounds of wheat flour stored II
homes in excess of the, 30-day supply
of six pounds to person and also
I reported that one farmer had 2.00i
bushels of surplus wheat in his gtan
airy. Those. who held the cxces:
wheat flour were ordered to return
the excess to dealers and the farmer
was directed to market his surplus
wheat Immediately, in accordance
with federal food regulations.
/ Moorhead.-The Clay county loca
draft board has received instruction
j from Provost Marshal General E. Fl
1 Crowder at Washington ordering tina
persons who are completely and as
siduously engaged in the planting
cultivating or reaping of crop shall
be given a deferred classification I'm
til their work is completed"
Barnum. John Gowan, who wa!
: hurt in the bus accident at the eros!