The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1919-09-12
NEWS OF STATE
TERSELY TOLD
Recent Happenings In Minnesota
Given In Brief Items For
BUSY Readers.


Catholic church at Stephens presented
their pastor, Rev. j. Fraling, with a
new touring car.
acknowledgement of the Northern
Pacific here have voted to stay on the
job 80 days in accordance with Presi-
dent Wilson's plea.
Hibbing.-Local schools are crowd
ed, the enrolment being over 1920, an
increase of several hundred over last
years opening enrolment. There are
1873 teachers.
Lake City.-Mrs. John Meyer, 81
years old, was instantly killed when
struck by Milwaukee mail train here.
Besides her husband, she is survived
by seven children.
st. Paul.-Friday was moving day
at the state capitol Five state depart
ments changing Offices to make room
for committees of the state legislature
during the special session.
Wilmont.-Floyd Liebeck, Is, was
instantly killed when he collided with
an automobile driven by w. A. Shell,
quist here. The boy was thrown from
his wheel and his neck was broken.
neutrality-suspicious. of the results
of the recent membership drive by
the Bemidji Civic and Commerce Asso-
citation, by Secretary HI. Mayne Stan
ton, shows the actual membership to
be 404
Minneapolis.-The first convention
of full blooded Indians Minneapolis
has ever had will convene Oct. 2, when
200 delegates, Society of American In
dams, assemble in the city hall for
the seventh annual convention.
ST. Paul.-Transfers of 315 patients
in state insane hospitals were or
dered by the state board of control.
The changes are to be made to pre-
serve the balance of patients able to
work and those physically disabled.
Winona.-Lieut. Edmund Clemenski
of Winona, who has been chosen for
the consular service of the United
States and will work with the military
attache of the American legation at
Sofia, Bulgaria, has left for his new
post. .-. ....
ST. Cloud.-Shopmen employed at
the Great Northern here have voted
to postpone their strike until Nov. 2,
as originally planned. The local shop
men have decided to abide by their
original demands. Seven hundred are
affected in the movement.
Virginia.-Unless local restaurants
and cafeterias keep all flies out, they
will be closed up, DR.. C.. w. Miller,
health officer, reported to the city
council, and declared that the health
board may be forced to close one or
two restaurants.
Cusson.-Thomas Winton, general
manager of the Rainy Lake Lumber
company, and his assistant, c. H.
Rogers, were hosts to thirty or more
iumbermen of Duluth, Superior and the
Twin Cities on a houseboat on Lake
Kepetogama, near here, the visitors
arriving by special train.
Minneapolis.-Me of the Leg
islature were honorary pallbearers at
the funeral of Representative John G..
Lennon of the Thirty-frst legislative
district which took place at Johnson
undertaking rooms, 1900 Hennepin in
this city. Burial was in Lakewood
cemetery. Members of Elks lodge No.
A were active pallbearers. Mr.. Len
non died at his home after lengthy
illness. "A
Minneapolis.-A conference of Red
!. Cross delegates from every chapter in
Minnesota and North and South Da-
kota has been called by the Northern
Division office to be held in Minneap-
oils September % and %. At this
conference the complete peace pro-
gram of the Red Cross, so far as it
has been formulated, will be dis
cussed, and plans for the third annual
Red Cross Roll Call, to be held No
vember to II, will be announced in
detail.
Grand Rapids. = Potato buying
opened almost month earlier in this
section than ever partly because po-
tatoes are farther along this year at
this season than usual, but chiefly be-
cause the market is unusually strong
and the prices particularly good.
Many of the potato growing sections
appear to have either poor crops on
account of too much moisture, or be-
cause the farmers went into more
profitable crops, the guarantee OF
wheat and other crops inducing them
to forego raising potatoes.
st. Paul-Extra precautions against
fire in pine forest along the North
ern Pacific Railroad south of Moose
Lake, which is rated an extraordinary
fire hazard as the result of severe
HAIL storm, have been ordered by w.
t. Cox, state forester. The hail
stripped the needles and the bark from
the pines, leaving them to dry and
make an unusual fire danger, the for
ester said Special crews were sent
into the district and will be kept there
for a few weeks until the menace is
over. Reports are asked as to the
area of timber damage.
Duluth.-Receipts of coal at Duluth
and Superior docks fell off during
August as result of the strike of
dock operatives. Arrivals of anthra-
cite for the month were 62,100' tons
as compared with $4,000 tons during
July, and bituminous receipts were
51O,50O tons, against 1,327,400 tons
during July. The movement of an.
thracite this way up to September ]
aggregated 662,700 tons, falling of
of 121, 900 tons from the corresponding
period last year, and 100000 tons
of bituminous came in, an excess OF
430,500 tons as compared with the
same period in 1918.