The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1918-06-21
OF STATE
TERSELY TOLD
Recent Happenings In Minnesota
Given In Brief Items For
Busy Readers.

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session has opened in the high school
building. 1t is to be held primarily for
those students who have work to make
up.
Cambridge. P. Johnson, bro.
Their of j. B. Johnson OF this city, was
ordained at the meeting of the Aug
| ustana synod in the Twin Cities last
week.
Kettle River.--Mrs E. ]. Carlson of
Kettle River has been appointed town
chairman of the National Council of
Defense to take the place of Mrs.
G. w. Michaelson, who has moved
away.
Bemidji Religious education
among the young was the keynote of
addresses by speakers at the sixtieth
annual convention of the Minnesota
Sunday school association, meeting
here.
Battle Lake.-Rev. F. T. Erickson,
who has been pastor of the Swedish
Lutheran church in Eagle Lake for
several years has left for Hudson,
Wis, where he has accepted the pas
torate of church.
Crookston.-The annual meeting of
the Polk county chapter of the Am
erican Red Cross, to be- held in the
assembly room of the Crookston high
school, is expected to bring many
visitors and delegates to Crookstan.
Hibbing orphan babies
were brought from New York to Hib-
hing and will be placed in local homes.
The babies were obtained from Ca
tholic orphanage and travelled with at
tendants on special coach from Du-
luth.
Cass Lake.-Al Nelson is building
two cottages on Star Island on Sun
rise beach, one for Mr.. Gray of the
Gray Motor company office at Min
neapolis and the other for r. H. Wells
of the Minneapolis Gas Light COM
pany.
Pine City.-The William Weinberg
er auto, which was stolen from the
garage on his farm at Meadow Lawn
May 81, was located at Minneapolis
where the young men who had taken
1t had disposed of it for 500. The
thieves are not known.
st. Cloud.-The memorable Cold
Spring dam case, which involves a
large number of issues, will be up
for hearing again in district court on
June "a. The case will be heard be-
fore Judge Parsons, who will come
here from Moorhead for that purpose.
st. Paul.-Township mutual insur-
ance companies in the future must
use the English language exclusively
in all contracts, records and bylaws,
John B. Sonborn, state insurance COM
missioner, following the trend of, SEN
timent against foreign languages that
came with the war, yesterday issued
the order under which the companies,
when present supplies are exhausted,
must use English exclusively in print
ed and written forms.
Eveleth-The school gardens To-
Gated near the junior high and Spruce
schools, are showing signs of produc-
ton, and good results seems evident
The gardens are cared for by the
school children, under the supervision
of o. HI. Schmidt, who has general
charge of all school gardens. More
than 400 school children are rais4ng
vegetables and potatoes on these plots,
and the produce realized at the clos.
of the growing season will amount to
no small item.
Deer River-The loyalty of the
Indians in this section in subscribing
for Liberty and other loans to the
country is surprising. These people
have not been solicited by any COM
mittee at any time, and it is learn
ed that at Coffey, ten miles from here,
the natives have deposited with Post
master Coffey about $1,000 for their
donation to the Red Cross fund, and
at Bena the deposit made with the
agent amounts to more than $4,000.
One Indian at Coffey contributed $3.50,
and at Bena one gave $500.
Minneapolis.-The reunion of the
"Old First" Minnesota Volunteers, the
first regiment from any state ten
dered to President Lincoln in the
Civil war, will be held here June 81.
The members will be guests of the
city at complimentary dinner and
tour Of the city and environments
will follow in the afternoon. In the
evening patriotic meeting will be
held at the First Baptist church.
Among the speakers will be Mayor
Hodgson of st. Paul, aud Daniel w.
Lawler. Edwin F. Kenrick, of Mer-
RAM Park, state bank examiner, was
unanimously elected commander of
the Minnesota department, at the an
nual G. A. r. encampment here. 9th
er officers elected were: John r..
Howard, Detroit, senior vice COM
mander; FL. A. Garridge, Minneapo-
lis, junior vice commander; w. j..
Taylor, Pipestone, medical director;
the Rev. T. W. Fridgett, Alexandria,
chaplain.
Saltwater Washington County
Guernsey breeders gathered at Ted
Wier's grove for the annual picinc.
1t was great success, the attendance
totaling 15G or more. Brief talks were
made by Col. r. a. Wilkinson, H. R..
Leonard, A. G. Mccormick and Profs.
Weaver and McKerrow.
Thief River Falls.-Jacob Pfeffer
of the Northern Construction COM
pany of this city is in a serious con-
dition at hospital in Hibbing as the
result of an accident which happened
about three weeks ago, the details
of which have just become known
here.
Moose Lake--Passages from the
Bible, quoted by James Was1ner as
sufficient reasons for not subscribing
to the Liberty loan, the Red Cross
and tie Y. M. G. A. war work, did
not appeal to Sheriff Rodey Hawley
of Pine county. who nlaced AVimmer