The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1918-11-08
NEWS OF STATE
TERSELY TOLD
Recent Happenings IN Minnesota
Given In Brief Items For
Busy Readers.

hotel to r. C. Davis, and hereafter the
management of the hotel will be under
Davis & Dickinson.
Park River, N. D.-J. E. Cole of Min
neapolis, hide buyer for Mill City
fur company, was killed near here
when his car overturned, being pin
ned under the wreckage.
ST. Cloud. - Louis Lorinser we'll
known st. Cloud boy, who is serving
in France, has lost all the fingers on
his right hand, according to word re-
ceived by relatives here.
Red Lake Falls.-Chairman Walter
]. Quesnelps final report on the fourth
Liberty Loan shows that Red Lake
county subscribed $215,95O, or $3.50
more than the allotted quota.
Red Lake Falls.-During the month
the Red Cross shipped to headquarters
at Minneapolis 80 altered army shirts,
% helmets, $50 hand towels, 125 bath
towels. so shirts, It's handkerchiefs,
and Is napkins.
Hastings. &C. w. Howes, So, for
merly cashier of the old Farmer and
Traders bank here, died at the home
of his brother, Brantford Howes, in
st. Paul. A son, E. B. Howes, of Los
Angeles, survives him.
East Grand Forks.-The custer case
in proceedings brought to remove
Chief of Police Albert Hurst and
Mayor Cornelius j. Gelleher from of
fee in East Grand Forks, took two
days to be heard in Crookston.
Fergus Falls.-Peter Olson, living at
Battle Lake, became respondent be-
cause members of his family were suf.
fering from influenza and drowned
himself in lake. He left note OF
explanation and told where his body
would be found.
Stillwater.-The Minnesota Imple
ment Dealers Mutual Insurance com
pany recently elected Frank ]. Lake
formerly of Scandal, now a resident
of Minneapolis, president of the com
pany. Mr.. Lake takes the place of D
H. Evans of Tracy.
Red Lake Falls.-Carl Gerlach, 76
one of Red Lake county's pioneers
died of cancer after long illness Ii
1884 he came to Red Lake Falls towr
and took homestead. He was towr
assessor for twelve years, town chair
man for six years, and treasurer of the
school district for ten. He was twice
married.
Brainerd.-The Dispatches fire suf
ferers fund reached S4,018 few days
since, all being placed to the credit o
Brainerd Chapter American Red eros:
for immediate relief work. Every de
partment of the Northern Pacific rail
way shops and yards, even the track
men and the Minnesota & Interna
tional railway are represented.
Red Lake Falls.-Aime Cyr and Pa
Cyr of this city were arrested at LAX,
Union, Polk county, by Deputy Gam,
Warden William Munich on a charg,
of illegal hunting and pleaded guilt.
before Judge Charles Hallas of Ell
skine. Anne Cyr was charged witt
hunting from an automobile and Pa
Cyr for killing a partridge out of sea
son. Their guns were confiscated an,
each paid sgt fine.
president Donald Cow
| ling of Carleton college has returnet
from the east, where, as chairman o
| the reception committee of the Amer
can Council Of Education, he ha
| charge of the entertainment of tn
British Education mission, sent to thi
country by the British government
The mission is expected to visit tn
University of Minnesota and Carleto
college about Nov. 16.
Thief River Falls.-The Home Mis-
sion board of the Norwegian Luthera
church for the district of Norther
Minnesota held special meeting here
The affairs of the mission field wer
gone over and plans for the carryin
on of the work discussed Report
from the different sections were t
| the effect that the smaller congregs
tions are in good condition as
| general thing and that new interest
church work has generally increase
since the union was effected
st. Paul-The Minnesota federatio
of farmers clubs is organizing it
clubs which are not in the forest-firt
swept region, to aid members of club
in the fire-swept region. The excel
| tive committee is asking all farmer!
clubs not in the burned area to ca
/ special meetings, make up donation
of livestock, feed, machinery, seed @
money, and notify the secretary, Mr.!
I. e. Richardson, 1893 Cleveland av,
emu north, st. Paul, of what they hav,
The federation will then provide fo
the distribution Of the donations
to Mrs. Richardson nothing but a not
fication of what they have to Civ,
She will then indicate to what point
shipments should be made
Foley.-Judge John A. Roeser of til
district court filed decision with tn
clerk ofa court here in which, b
granted the writ of Injunction aske
for by the Stearns county attorney
the case of DIR. w. A. Bach, accuse
of maintaining a disorderly house {
his sanatorium on the East side, S
Cloud. He denied the injunctio
against his wife, Frieda Bach.
Aitkin.-Mrs Pies Marmon died /:
the family home in Glory townshi
leaving her husband and five childrel
the youngest but few hours old. Tt
family moved to Aitkin county, thre
months ago from North Dakota
| Wilmont.-A thresher bought fla
straw pile from it's owner here ar
Refreshed it, with the result that !
bushek Of perfectly good fiaxsee
worth IN the neighborhood of SIS
was recovered The Wilmont Cor
mercial club and the county agel
have started an investigation.
Il Thief River Falls.--Over $1,400 W:
raised In xhis CITY for the fire suffere