The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1919-12-05

Hibbing.-Within two years Hibbing
has become the strongest union labor
town in northern Minnesota. with 16
unions.
Faribault.-Mrs. Ray Boyle. who
slashed her throat five times with
razor is dead. She is survived by her
husband and one child.
Sank Rapids.-Aug. "a, Is, 26 and
~, were chosen as the days for the
1920 Benton county, f"i~ IT meeting
Of the association held here.
Spooner.-Danlei beaIusIey, Roosa-
welt, died in local hospital following
accidental discharge of his rifle while
hunting. He was So years old.
Rochester.-Mrs. Cleo Langstran
was asphyxiated and her husband Is
at the point of death as a result Of
a defective gas stove in the home
here.
Crosby.-Raids by Indian agents on
alleged blind pigs in Crosby's wet end
resulted in confiscation of 2,750 gal
Ions of grape wine, all Of which was
destroyed.
Northfield.-By a verdict Of jury
in district court at Faribault, the city
of Mortified secures practically the
entire $4,000 estate left by the late
George w. Murphy.
Moorhead.-WiIliam Merdenhall, 80
years old, for many years resident
Of Moorhead, was killed by the kick
of horse at Richville, Mont, accord
ing to word received here.
Virginia.-A fall on the ice of Vir-
ginia lake proved fatal for Charles
Conroy, widower, age 81, father Of
seven children, as he fractured his
skull and died soon afterwards.
Aurora.-Andrew Germ, a deer hum
ter, is believed to have persisted in
the woods north of Aurora during the
recent severe storm. Firemen have
Joined hunting party searching for
| him.
Litchfield.-The school board has
| raised the salaries of teachers here
SIS per month, it is announced. The
| amount will be paid in the nature of
bonus at the close of the school
year.
Duluth-Sixty thousand tons of flour
house to be taken down the lakes by
freighters before the close of naviga-
ton. If good weather continues, the
last boat will go down in December.
Owatonna.-The funeral of Mrs.
Anna Ringhofer, resident of Steele
county for more than so years, who
died at the home of her son Frank, in
Bixby, while on visit there, took
place here.
Mankato.-In recent order issued
by Chief Martin all punchboards, slot
machines, dice games or other gamb-
ling devices in the city are forbidden.
Gambling games of this nature had
run unheeded in Mankato.
Duluth.-The cities of Duluth and
Virginia and the village of Hibbing
will pay one-half of the $20,816, 1875
in taxes to be paid to st. Louis county
next year, according to the complete
assessment made public.
Rochester.-Mrs. Cleo Langstron
is dead and her husband near death
as a result of asphyxiation by gas
fumes from kitchen stove. Despite
blood TRANSMISSION and other efforts to
resusciate the husband, physicians
feared he would die. Langstron re-
Gently returned from overseas service.
Hibbing.-A new theater to cost
100000, will be erected in Virginia
on the former site of the Virginia
Brewing company plant. Some of the
best known theater owners in the
northwest are interested in the pro-
ject They include Ruben & Finkel-
stein, William Hamm, st. Paul, and
w. J. Rezac.
Manufacturer carnival clubs with
a membership of several hundred have
been formed in this city recently to
take part in the Mankato winter car
nival. The dates were set for jan
uary 1924. Fred Hoerr of this city
has been elected carnival king and
votes for the queen of the carnival
are being sold. -
Thief Rivers r'alls.-Elmer Eklund
Post No. 1T, American Legion, has
gone on record in resolutions as fav-
oring unrestricted citizenship for men
of Indian blood WIN served in the
World War. 1t was shown that dur
ing the war II 900 men of Indian blood
served the colors and considerable
percentage Of these are listed among
the killed in action.
Mankato.-Ernest Lundeen, former
Minneapolis congressman, deported
from Ortonville, was refused permits
sion to speak here, Mayor e. V. Wat
ters said. Two men, representing
Lundeen, interviewed the mayor, he
stated, asking if Lundeen would be
permitted to make an address in Man.
kato. Il told them he could not, be-
cause don't want to see any trouble
started in Mankato, and don't believe
anyone here wants to hear anything
Lundeen might have to say" the
mayor declared.
st. Paul.-Mmneapolis is to get the
experimental wheat -four mill for
which the special session of the legis-
lature appropriated $4,000 A site
near the junction of Thirty-fourth
street and the Milwaukee railroad
tracks has virtually been chosen. The
mill will have a capacity of 100 bar,
rels day. 1t will be built by the
state railway and warehouse commits
sion and the state department of agri-
culture, with forces of the agricul-
tural college working with them in
an advisory capacity. Actual con-
struction will be started in the spring.
st. Paul.-State fixed patato grades
and marketing regulations are needed
IN Minnesota to stabilize markets and