The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1918-07-19

= boxes now being attended to.
Pine City.-A contingent of 10 mer
from Pine county will leave here OF
Thursday, July rs, for the army train
ing camp at Camp Wadsworth, S. C.
!, Grand Rapids.-The haying in this
section is we'll under way, much of the
tame hay having already been cut
The hay will be light again this year
and will not average over ton to the
acre on new seeding.
8 st. Paul.-Advances in subscription
> rates are announced by st. Paul IA
6 pers. The Pioneer Press, morning
: paper, which has sold for 2 cents, will
now cost 3 cents and the Dispatch
: an afternoon 1-cent paper, will sell for
3 2 cents.
st. Cloud.-!Thursday was the 80th
birthday anniversary of Rt Rev.
James Trobec, former bishop of st.
Cloud, who retired to ST. Stephens,
this county, where nephew is pas.
tor, there to spend his remaining days
in quiet and rest after his long career
in the priesthood.
Anoka-The Minnesota Dry Milk
company building here was destroyed
by fire. While the night Waterman
was ascending to the second floor to
find out why the lights went out, an
explosion occurred in the basement.
Five minutes later the four-story
structure was mass of flames
Wadena.--Max Pink suffered pain
full injuries at Park Rapids on the
afternoon os the Fourth when an auto
mobile, driven by one of the drunken
rowdies of that village, crashed into
i'Pink's machine and almost wrecked
! 1t. Morris Merickel and George Clay
don were riding with Pink at the time
of the accident and both suffered
bruised legs.
Virginia.-The legislative program
of the Minnesota Federation of Labor
to be presented at the next session of
the state legislature in January will
be formulated at the thirty-sixth an.
nual convention of the federation
which has opened here at the Moose
hall. The formulation of the program
is expected to be the most important
business before the convention
st. Paul.-Kaiser Bill might well
look at the garden of Mrs. Mary Sauro,
SO Upper Levee, and worry. One rad
ish raised in this garden would be
sufficient for meal for one whole |
family, if the family was addicted to |
radishes. This radish is twenty inches |
long and eight inches in diameter and |
is believed to be the biggest produced |
in Minnesota garden this year
eapolis.-Oficers in charge of |
United States army recruiting in Min
neapolis have announced that scores
OF soldiers are wanted Immediately to |
fill up new units being organized. The
men will be trained alongside veteran
soldiers, and viii have excellent
chances of getting commissions, re-
cruiting men say, because of the new
policy of picking officers directly from
the ranks.
Bemidji-The official call for ESQ
men to be sent from Beltramf county
to Camp Wadsworth, Spartanburg, S.
c., has been received by the local
draft board. This is the largest call
for men yet received by the local
board. OF that number 200 will leave
Bemidji the morning of July %, repre-
senting the south end of the county,
and so will BE sent from Baudette,
July 25, representing the north end.
Winona.-The financial budget for
Winona county for the year 1919 was
adopted by the county board
prior to adjournment of the July ses-
sion. The budget provides for an in
crease of about $4,000 over the ex-
penditures of the present year, the
advance being rendered necessary by
of highways and pay
ments on roads which have been con-
The budget totals $4,000.
Mankato-Mr. and Mrs. J. Wiseman
of this city received news by telegram
of the drowning of their son. Clarence
at Fort Hunt, Va, where he
was member of the United States |
coast artillery. Word has been tele- {
graphed to the commanding officer to
have the body sent to Mankato for {
burial. The lad was born in Hender-
son, Neb., nineteen years ago, and be- s
fore his enlistment attended the high |
school here.
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er living near here, killed three of his
four children by cutting their throats. l
Mrs. Wosniak fed with her baby to
the home of a neighbor. Wosniak adj {
mitted the crime when arrested. For I
some time the farmer has been in
doubtful senile condition. Mrs. Wos- 6
MAX said he believed that his family |
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you want to" was the only statement 6
he would make to the sheriff. c
Minneapolis.-Cer advocates of 6
the Nonpartisan league and other I
agencies in North Dakota for changes t
in the method of handling grain were
and restoration of hedg-
ing privileges in handling of wheat to '
other grains was urged in resolutions q
adopted by the Tri-State Country c
Grain Shippers association, which v
closed it's annual convention here. I
A. E. Anderson, Cottonwood, Mimi, q
was elected president of the associa- t
ton. Vice presidents chosen were: d
w. M. Jones, Grand Forks, N. D.; Otto e
Nelson, Hills, N. D., and j. G. Brady, c
Aberdeen, S. d. Il
st. Paul.-Fire in one of the ware
houses of the Northern Insulating
here destroyed fax straw
used in insulation valued at more than
81 ZOO, 900. The fire had been burning >
IN the straw, which was contained in 4
4 building -150 feet square, for at least a
+hree weeks and was not discovered | :