The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1918-12-27

CdSL VI hS.-JOS6pu llGTlCu,
of England township, has returned to
his old home in Montreal after an abb
sence of twenty-three years.
| Chisholm.-The village council has
increased the pay of the chief of po-
lice and day and night sergeant SIS
| per month and policemen and firemen
$40.
Hastings.-Harry Johnson, second
cook at the state hospital here, who
weighed $50 pounds, died from inf1u-
enza complications. His body was sent
to his old home at Rayne, Ill.
| Ivanhoe-The Lincoln county board
in session here has contributed an ad-
ditional $4,000 to the relief fund of the
| Tyler tornado sufferers. The original
amount contributed by the county was
$4,000
| Bemidji.-County Auditor-elect A. d.
Johnson returned from st. Paul.
where he severed his connection with
the M. & l. railroad, preparatory to
assuming his new office of auditor OF
Beltrami county.
| st. Cloud.-Supt. Boerger, of the
county schools, has sent check for
| $40 to the fire relief sufferers fund in
northern Minnesota. 1t came from the
school of Luxembourg, of which Sr. M
Olga is the principal.
Virginia.-Tony Vidac, of Biwabik
sentenced to sixty-five days on the
county work farm by Judge Milbrook
of Biwabik, charged with making false
and defamatory remarks about Johane
Rebic, was taken to Duluth, by a
deputy sheriff
Virginia.-This city will not forget
the little folks this yuletide, as the
usual community Christmas tree will
be set up in the middle of Chestnut
street, opposite the Elks building. Tiny
vari-colored electric globes will be
| strung along its branches.
Virginia.-Ralph M Sphinx, foreman
of the composing room of the Virginia
killed in action in France, acquaint
ances in Virginia have learned. Mr.
| Sphinx left Virginia some time ago. He
worked for time as printer on the
International Falls Journal
| Crookston.-A. d. Stephens received
report from the state director of the
Fourth Liberty Loan which shows that
the percentage of bonds sold in Polk
| county, based on the allotment, was
| 10S, and the distribution of bonds pei
capita was 24.9 per cent, or one bond
to every fourth person in the county
+ Moorhead.-The demurrer in the
| $4,000 SANDER suit of Rosa Stella
Dilworth, has been overruled by Judge
| Bert Fesler, of Duluth, who heard the
| case. The case grew out of the charge
made by the defendants to Sheriff Dan
| w. Mcdonald, that Stella had stoleI
money from them, and that he was not
obeying the work or fight" order
! st. Paul-The Office of Federal fueI
administration engineer in each state
will cease to exist January Is, 1919
according to notification received by
H. J. Meyer, fuel engineer for Mime
sofa, fron H. "A Garfield, Federal fuel
administrator. Mr.. Meyer said the
government had decided to retain the
conservation bureau of the fuel admin
istration, and is planning to educate
the public to keep up fuel saving fol
| its own benefit.
| Crookston-E. M. Mcmahon, gen
eral secretary of the st. Paul associa
I! ton, was the principal speaker at the
annual dinner of the Crookston asso
| citation and in the course of his re
marks paid special tribute to the en-
| terprise of the farmers and business
men of the valley in making possible
the erection of the building for the
promotion Of the livestock industry
and evidenced that the Twin Cities
were keenly interested.
/ gs.-Testimony in the cleo
ton contest of Alfred E. Rietz against
| p. H. O'Keefe for county attorney OF
| Dakota county, has closed here. The
case is to be argued by a representa-
tive from the attorney generals Office
| before Judge C. J. lockwood, in Min
/ neapolis, at date to be announced
| later, when the question of legality OF
the soldier vote will be considered and
alleged errors in ballots cast at the
recent election will be taken up.
MISUNDERSTANDING to informa
ton received here, one of Uncle Sans
big new battleships will be named
,Pipestone The information was from
fChairman Rogers, of the Ninth Re
| gional Liberty Loan Committee. This
county will receive the distinction be
cause it was one of the four counties
in the Ninth Federal Reserve district
to have the highest standing in the
Fourth Liberty Loan campaign. The
I! .,ta1 subscription of the county was
$1,045,100.
Virginia.-Th armory building ques
ton again bobbed up at the city coun
Gil meeting, new angle to the pro
tracted controversy being introduced
when City Attorney George Shea gave
it as his opinion that the state cannot
force the city to provide quarters fol
the military organization, contradict
ing the claim of state official re
Gently made that the city must furnish
drilling quarters and headquarters for
the National Guards. The matter went
over till next meeting, when Mayor
Edward Johnson will outline his plans
for combined city hall and auditor
ium, the latter to be used by the Ma
tional Guard.
| Hibbing.-Local Elks, after several
weeks idleness because of the ban
will resume activities after the holi
days The biggest initiation of the
year will take place at the armory on
the second Monday in January, when
a large class will be put through, with
visiting delegations from Chisholm,
Duluth and Virginia present. An ath.
letic program and lunch is planned.
Virginia eighteen months