The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1919-04-04
NEWS OF STATE
TERSELY TOLD
Recent Happenings In Minnesota
Given In Brief Items For
Busy Readers.

| time ago.
| International Falls.-G. V. Kinney,
formerly superintendent of Independ-
ent District No. 4, has been appointed
by the board for another term.
| st. Cloud.-Arthur German, for the
past few months city editor on the
Journal-Press, has resigned to be court
reporter in this judicial district.
Little Falls.---F. w. Lyon, incumbent
of the Office of municipal judge, has
asked for recount of the vote in the
city election held March Is, when he
was defeated by one vote by Phil S.
Randall.
Rochester.-Mrs. Angela Stowell of
this city has received from Gen. J. ].
Pershing a letter extending greetings
in response to a missive of congratula-
tions sent him for his victory over the
| German troops.
| Bemidji.-Many improvements have
been made at the manual training de-
| partment of the high school. Several
new machines have been installed in
Guiding the most modern of woodwork
ing machinery p.
st. Cloud.-Warren Freeman, who
recently returned from a business
trip at Brainerd, states that st. Cloud
granite is being favored for the large
new courthouse to be erected in
Brainerd this summer
| Chisholm.-The mortgage on the First
| M. E. church here that has been paid
off was burned at exercises held in
the church, Rev. Mr.. Stidd, the pastor
District Supt. Hodgson Of Duluth and
clergymen from range points speaking.
Aitkin.-Walter Moork, Eneman for
the Aitkin-Deerwood Telephone COM
pany, fell from a ladder while Install
| ing telephone here and struck upon
| the cement sidewalk receiving a deep
| cash over the left eye and a badly
| sprained wrist. ,.
| Crookston.-H. w. Brown, brought
| to Crookston on a charge of making
out checks without having funds to
| Ben Rosenberg, clothier, was given a
preliminary hearing in municipal court
Thursday and bond was fixed at $500,
| pending the April court term.
Long Prairie.-The State board of
control has appointed as members of
the Todd county child welfare board:
Mrs. Mary E. Wilson, Staples, chair
man; E. v. Moore, Eagle Bend; Mrs,
c. A. Wood, secretary; E. A. Williams,
c. J. Spieker, all of Long Prairie.
Buhl-Rev. Father P. j. Maloney,
member of the Home Guards, leader
in civic affairs, and one of the most
popular priests of this section, was
brary. He leaves here for Grand Rap
ids to take charge of a church. Many
| people came from other points on the
range and the guest of honor was suit
| ably rewarded for his service in this
| community v ~s.A.
st. Paul.-The present population Of
the .Faribault state school for feeble
minded is the largest of record, C. J.
| Swendsen of the state board of con-
| troll announced on his return from a
visit to the institution. There are
1923 inmates with normal accommo-
dations for only 1850. The board of
control budget asks for $150,000 for
the establishment of colonies for fee
BILE minded on state lands. f..a
Delano.-Great Northern passenger
train No. TO- eastbound, ran into an
earth slide, mile east of here. The
engine and two cars left the rails.
Henry Eddy, St. Paul, engineer, was
cut and bruised and was taken to a
hospital in st. Paul. His condition
was not considered serious None of
the passengers was injured. The
train, the Winnipeg-St. Paul mail, was
running slowly. The landslide was in
a curve and covered 40 feet of the
rails. -aE. si.s # r.
Moorhead.-Clausson Clark, a young
farmer living alone one mile south of
Glyndon, pleaded guilty of assault in
the third degree and paid fine of
500 and $14.49 costs imposed by POI
lice Magistrate E. U. Wade. Judge
Wade reserved his decision on the
second charge against Clausson, carry
| ing concealed weapons. Clark was ar
| rested by William Whistler, village
marshal of Glyndon and Albin Fox,
marshal-elect, charged with pulling a
gun on Sidney Mimic and threatening
| to shoot him.
Cloquet.-At special session of the
board of education, plans and specifi-
cations for the new high school were
| formally accepted. The architect is
| Croft D. Boerner of Duluth. Contrac-
tors bids will be opened on April IL.
The proposed building will be a beau
tiful, substantial fireproof affair, 200
by 80 feet, three stories high. 1t will
contain large gymnasium that can
be used for both auditorium and gym
nasium and has room arrangement for
| agriculture, commercial work, domes-
| tic science, teachers normal training
| department and manual training.
Observation-Disclosures in the morning,
shortly after 4 o'clock, took an auto
truck from the Laven garage, drove
to the A. M. Stein clothing store,
| gathered up 120 suits, valued at from
| $40 to $50 each, drove to the Mankato
Manufacturing company's plant, where
they stole three trunks in which they
packed the clothing. Steiners bakery
was visited, but the arrival of the bak-
| ers at about 4 a. m, is thought to have
interfered with their operations on the
safe, which showed evidences of hav-
ing been tempered with. At a c;ga-
store the robbers secured some chang :
from the till and a quantity of cigars.
Saltwater. = Carlos Avery, state
game and fish commissioners will he