The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1919-11-07
NEWS OF STATE
TERSELY TOLD
Recent Happenings In Minnesota
Given In Brief Items For
BUSY Readers.

Cnlsnolm.-The village council let
the contract for excavating for the new
| recreational building to Winslow &
Salvi for $6S,0oO.
lvanhoe.-Three members of the Jo-
sephsen family living near here, were
| severely burned as the result of a
gasoline fiatiron explosion.
Stillwater-A. A. Golden, proprietor
| of pool hall here, was found guilty in
! municipal court of conducting gam
bling game and was fined $50 and
| costs.
Owatonna.-M. j. Bowling Of Olivia,
delivered the memorial address which
featured the United Church Roosevelt
Memorial meeting held at the Baptist
church here.
| Erskine.-Fire threatened to destroy
the 500 depot here, but through the
use of several fire extinguishers, which
were kept about the place, the blaze
was put out in short order.
Thief River Falls.-Michael Dow
ling, banker of Olivia, has been Sc
cured by the Thief River Falls Mer-
chants association to speak here at
their second annual banquet.
| Ada.-John P. Nygaard, sheriff of
Norman county, captured the automo-
bile bandit that made away with a
Studebaker Six touring car from the
E. D. Meldrum farm near Perley on
Oct. &c.. at Rochester, Mimi.
ST. Paul.-State aid of S2,770,440 to
schools for the year ending July q,
1919, was certified by ]. M. Mcconnell,
commissioner of education to State
Auditor J. A. o. Preus. Aid apportion-
ments are granted 1928 schools.
Hastings.-A. NJ Northrop, 70 years
survived by two daughters. Interment
was at River Falls, Wis B. C. Cad
well, 80 years old, also died. He is
survived by three sons and three
daughters.
| Nashwauk.-The unprecedented cold
spell has closed down the local ore
washing plants. The one at the Nash
wauk mine will resume as soon as
weather permits, but it is stated that
the Hawkins washer will continue
closed until next spring.
| Virginia-Mrs. Anna d. Fish, first
policewoman in ST. Louis county, and
| for the past six years member of
the police force, has resigned. She
has accepted position with the state
and will assume her new duties the
first of the year, living in Minneapolis.
Red Wing-A verdict for $3.50, was
returned by the jury which tried the
suit of Lucy Farrell against G. o. Mil
Ter for damages on account of injuries
received through the explosion of gas
Eoline, which the plaintiff claimed had
been purchased for kerosene. The suit
was for $4,000.
Winona.-It's apple blossom time in
the vicinity of Wirona. Jacob Jerrec-
eek, farmer of Homer Valley, near
here, brought to the city half dozen
apple blossoms from tree in his orch
ard. The tree has been in full bloom
for the past week. Later frost killed
the autumnal bloom.
| Hill City.-Missing for three days
when he went hunting for rabbits, A.
Amunson, 60 years old, of Hill City, is
believed to have accidentally shot
himself and persisted in the snow that
has fallen almost continually for two
days. Searching parties are looking
for him. Amunson started for a small
lake three miles east of town carrying
q 22-calibre revolver.
| Carlton.-While the bulk of the crop
of Carlton county potatoes was har-
vested before the recent cold spell,
some growers are reported to have
harvested potatoes that were not
shipped are in pits in the fields and
are not believed damaged. Many of
the rutabagas raised in this section
are still undug but are not believed to
have been injured although many will
be if the weather does net moderate.
ST. Cloud.-Toltz, King & Day, Of
st. Paul, were chosen by the county
board as architects for the new
Stearns county courthouse, construc-
ton of which will begin as soon as
weather conditions permit building ac-
tivities next spring. The courthouse
will be three story building and will
have large dome. 1t will be set
exactly I'm the center of Court House
square and will have four entrances,
one facing each. street about the
square.
acknowledgements e. G. Melander
of Clay county opened an inquest at
Hitterdal, Clay county, in the case of
1.-TWO children killed by the airplane
driven by Lieut.. Ed Axberg of Ender-
| lin, N. D. Clifford Lonsdal, aged g.,
and Elsie Moe, aged Ia, were killed
when Axberg's plane hit the sleigh in
which the victims and thirteen other
children were returning from school.
The other children injured when the
tail of the plane overturned the sleigh
as Axberg sought to rise after dis
covering that the children were direct
/ Iy in his path while landing, are re-
ported to be recovering.
Sandstone.-Antes Dupee killed him
self by shooting in the temple with a
revolver at his home here. The act
Is attributed to an uncomfortable tenn
per that at times made him crazy. Dur
ing a discussion of family affairs he
told his wife and two children that he
was going to end it all. He went to
a trunk and got the gun and immedi-
ately carried out his threat. He re-
turned from the North Dakota harvest
fields and his wife had but lately re-
turned home from severe operation
at Minneapolis hospital. Mr.. Dupee
| was well known hereabouts and his act
was a surprise to all.
Menahga.-L. F. Bradke, of Spruce