The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1919-06-13
NEWS OF STATE
TERSELY TOLD
Recent Happenings In Minnesota
Given In Brief Items For
Busy Readers.

st. Cloud.-The city commissioners
have adopted resolutions for special
election July on bond issue to erect
q memorial armory.
Brainerd.-Northern Pacific railroad
shop employees will hold their annual
picnic Saturday, June 81. Eighteen
passenger coaches have been allotted
| for their use.
Luverne. = Cut worms are causing
so much damage to the corn in this
section that farmers are seriously con-
| sidering sowing the corn fields to mil
let or fodder corn. %.'t
st. Cloud.-Funeral of the late David
Mccarthy, SO years old, former state
representative, acting mayor of st.
Cloud and president of the common
council, was held here.
Pine City. H. Hay, deputy state
commissioner of agriculture, will
speak at the farmers and merchants
picnic at the Pokegama town hall at
Pokegama lake on Saturday. June 81.
st. Paula. G. WEIGH of Glencoe,
was elected president of the Mime
sofa union, American Society of Equi-
ty, at the state convention held in St.
Paul, defeating L. M. Samuelson Of
Lafayette, 231 to 149. i''.. #'- "a
Luverne. = William Treat, 11-year,
old son of Mr.. and Mrs. j. E. Treat of
this city. was accidentally killed at
school playground here. He and
some companions were playing at the
top of chute when it suddenly tipped,
throwing him backward. His neck was
broken.
Brainerd.-When 10-year-old Fritz
Gartner, son of Otto Gartner, was rid
ing bicycle near the depot, he was
playfully pushed by another boy to.
wards a moving train. He grabbed
the rods of car and wrapping his
arms and legs around them, was
dragged block. Ne
st. Cloud.-Federal Judge Carpen-
ter of Chicago, has set for trial on
September % the case of II officials
and promoters of the Pan Motor COM
pany of st. Cloud, charged with using
the mails to defraud. BY June % the
defendants must file demurrers. He
transferred the case to Judge George
Z. Page.
Brainerd. - Additional features of
the Northern Minnesota Development
association convention program at
Cass Lake on June 2G-21, have been
arranged by the secretary, and those
who attend are assured of some prac-
teal discussions on subjects all-impor-
tant to the development of Northern
Minnesota.
Bemidji. = Mrs. H. w. Bailey, 80
years old and for twenty years a resi-
dent of Bemidji, died at her home
here. She is survived by eight chill
dren. Mrs. Bailey assisted in organic
ing the circle of the R. H. Carr G..
A. R. post eighteen years ago, and
was president of that organization un-
til about year ago, when she was
forced to retire on account of poor
health. This record is perhaps not
equaled in the United States. .'s2
st. Paul--St Paul ranks second in
the list of army recruiting stations in
Minnesota in the number of recruits
obtained up to May 81, Colonel Charles
w. Castle, recruiting officer for the
district, announces. Minneapolis led
the district with 118 recruits, st. Paul
had AZ. The total for the district was
238. Recruits obtained at other sta
lions of the district are: Duluth, 10;
Mankato, 10; Crookston, II; Virginia,
8; Winona, 9; Superior, s.; Bemidji, z,
and International Falls, 6.
Red Lake Falls.-News has reached
here of the drowning of Philip E. Cyr
of Duluth, former Red Lake Falls
resident, who lost his life Memorial
day in small lake near Cramer, while
fishing in a boat with two companions.
The latter, William Adams and
Charles Sholund manged to land with
the assistance of E. A. Thompson,
fourth member of the party, who had
remained ashore. Mr.. Cyr was un-
able to swim The four men had
found an old boat on the shore and it
appeared to be in fair condition but
when the three were 100 yards from
shore the craft collapsed and Mr. Cyr
sank almost Immediately. sa4
Fergus Falls. II fatal automobile
accident occurred in the town of Os-
car, sixteen miles northwest of here.
4 party consisting of Gottlieb VAIL
and family of this county, Emil VAIL
and family of Lsdgerwood, N. D.;
Fred VAIL of Atlantic, Neb.; Fred
VAIL, Jr, and family of Lidgerwood,
and Fred Drews, another relative, had
Lidgerwood, the three brothers not
having met before for thirty-seven
years. They were driving to the
home of Gottlieb VAIL when one of
the autos overturned in ditch. Fred
VAIL, ST., of Atlantic, Neb., was
crushed and died in two hours. Fred
Drews had knee crushed, shoulder
broken and ribs broken. Emil Wahl
had forearm crushed and was other
wise injured. aE a. -
st. Paul.-Transfer of the criminal
insane from the st. Peter state hospi-
tai to the state prison at Saltwater is
advocated by DR.. R. M. Phelps, super.
intendent of the St. Peter institution,
in formal report to the board of con-
troll on the daylight escapes Thursday
of four inmates of the criminal insane
| ward at the hospital. ~ 1919 iafa
Minneapolis. - Because the annual
convention of the North Dakota Bank
ers' association will be held in Mime
sofa this year, large number of Twin
Cities bankers are planning to attend
| Tho convention will be held at Detroit