The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1919-12-05
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editor of the Fairview Tribune, died
recently in Minot, N. D.
Montana Wesleyan college, Helena,
is waging a campaign in the state to
take up the Indebtedness of $4,000
on a new dormitory. Nearly 100000
has been pledged.
Henry Conis, IL years old, son of
Ware, Mont, was shot in the head and
killed while he and his brother were
playing with a rifle.
Threatened strike of Washburn,
Wis, teachers for more pay was
averted when the board of education
granted an increase in wages Of $40
per month dating from Sept. 1.
George Beachwood, a farmer living
near Stanley, Wis, was shot in the
abdomen while hunting near Lady
smith by members of his party. They
mistook him for deer. He is thought
to be fatally injured.
James Blackjack, former representa-
tive from Pembina county, past grand
master of the Masonic body of North
Dakota, steward of the state peniten-
tiary, died in Bismarck following a
brief illness from pneumonia.
Mrs. Adelaide R. Peterson Of Bir-
ney, Mont, has been appointed a
United States commissioner by Judge
George M. Bourquin of the United
States court. She is said to be the
first woman to hold this position in
Montana
The Tacoma city council agreed to
let the % alleged 1. w. w. who are
on hunger strike in the city jail,
starve if they want to, following re-
port from Assistant City Attorney
Frank Carnahan that the city cannot
be held responsible.
Ignite miners working in the Da-
kota Coal company mines at Tasker
and Burlington, N. D., went out ON
strike when they learned that the fed
eral court at Fargo had issued a re-
straining order preventing the state
from taking control of the property.
The unreasonable and abnormally
heavy SHOWS in Montana, have driven
wv llOll tAC clllu IuCy al 2
making raids on sheep. One owner
reports the death Of so. Coyotes have
appeared in the lowlands in unusual
numbers because of the snow in the
hills.
A. Mitchell Palmer, United States
attorney general, will attend a meet
ing of the fair price committee Of each
city and town of South Dakota, ac-
cording to e. w. Fiske, United States
district attorney. The meeting is to
be conducted at Pierre early in De.
cember.
Luc Lax, negro, 62 years old, arriv-
ing at Devils Lake, N. D., from Minot
with quantity of drugs believed to
be opium, valued at approximately
5000, and a number of bottles of whis-
ky, was arrested and locked in the
county Jail awaiting formal charges
by the state attorney.
Fred Gangner, former mayor of
Anaconda, Mont, convicted on a
charge of operating an illicit still, was
sentenced to serve seven months in
the Deer Lodge county jail and pay a
fine of $500 and costs by Federal
Judge George NJ. Bourquin in the
United States district court.
Unaware that her son was dead
Mrs. Louisa Brown, 90, of Brown
town, Wis, lifted the body of the man
from the floor to the bed and sat by
the bedside throughout the night, APP.
plying wet cloths to the head of the
corpse in an effort to revive conscious.
ness. Brown, who was 50 years old,
fell dead of stroke of apoplexy.
"You should take over and operate
the mines in the name of the people,
Governor Sam w. Stewart of Montana
was urged in a telegram sent from
Livingston to the capitol by represen.
tatives of all local business houses
Continuing, the telegram states
This community is confronted with
the most acute fuel famine ever faced
by people"
Soldiers, sailors, marines and nurses
of parts Of the Dakotas and all of Mon.
tana, Idaho and Wyoming, who are
in need of rehabilitation and desire
later to take vocational courses while
in the hospital, will go to Fort Harri
son, near Helena. 1t is some years
since the fort has been occupied
regularly by troops. In all force OF
$50 doctors, nurses, internes and at
PENDANTS is to be employed
The formal charge of murder has
been filed against Mr.. and Mrs. Wal
ter zimmerman of Granville, N. D.,
held for some time in connection with
the death of Margaret Kottke, whose
body was found in a straw stack. The
trial will take place next month.
Representatives from the 20 locals
of the United Mine Workers union in
Montana, after a conference at Bill
lings, decided to take no action look
ing toward resumption of work
basing their decision on the expressed
belief that the nationwide strike
would be settled at the Washington
conference within a few days.
Mrs. Mary Mccarthy, so, was burn
ed to death at Grand Forks, N. D
At the time of the fire Mrs. McCar
thy was alone in the house. When
her son, Daniel Mccarthy came home
from work he found the chSrred body
of his mother lying on the kitchen
floor.
Cordwood which year ago could
be purchased at Helena, Mont, al
from Sc to SIS is now $40 to SIS a cord
with the prospect that it will go high
er. Woodcutters have more orders
than they can fill. Tho city has a
large crew of men cutting wood in the
hills.