The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1919-05-16
NEWS OF STATE
TERSELY TOLD
Recent Happenings In Minnesota
Given In Brief Items For
Busy Readers.


cream purchased that day.
Crookston.-The Polk County Sun
day school convention will be held
here on May 10, at the Congregational
church. , ......
Pine River-Pine River will hold
the biggest Memorial day celebration
in its history this year. Congressman
Knutson has promised to come and
deliver the principal address.
Winona. - An increase of $40 a
month for members of the Winona
police department, bringing the patrol
mems salary to 500 month, was
recommended by Chief w. C. Norton
Bagley F. A. Simpson, deputy
state fire marshal, was here to sell
two buildings condemned and ordered
destroyed by Judge G. w. Stanton.
Mankato.-Hugo Boness, 20 years of
age, farmer living near Amboy, was
arrested here charged with forging
his fathers name to $50 check and
cashing it with local merchant.
Bemidji.-A. E. Feir, cashier of the
Security State bank, has been appoint
ed a lieutenant in the officers reserve
corps of the army of the United States,
the branch being the air service.
Crookston.-Oneh hundred Minneapo-
lis business men will visit Crookston
and vicinity in June on their annual
tour, according to word received by
the Crookston association of public
affairs.
st. Paul.-Cigaret licenses will be
issued by the state dairy and food de-
partment instead of by the cities, &C
cording to notification, from James
Sorenson, dairy and food commits
sioner.~
Lake Park.-Becker and Clay coun.
ties, which jointly maintain an anti
tuberculosis sanitarium near here, will
construct home for nurses this year,
it is announced. The building will
cost $4,000.
St. Paul. - Minnesota's new labor
laws will be the subject of lectures
before inspectors, special agents, and
deputies of the state department of
labor and industries at meeting May
1928 in the old state capitol, st. Paul.
Stillwater.-Speaking to the Wash
Kollmer said that several persons
have agreed to donate $4,000 each for
the purpose of constructing a needed
addition to the present city and county
hospital.
Moorhead.-Mrs. Betsy Thorson, SIS,
died at a local hospital of injuries
sustained when she was knocked
down and run over by an automobile
driven by J. E. Tiegen' near the Allen
hotel on the morning of April 26.
County Attorney G. H. Rustad and
Sheriff Dan w. Mcdonald are making
an investigation. S..
East Grand Forks.-In response to
request received by Mayor Robert
Anderson from the Duluth CONNER
cial club that East Grand Forks be
represented at a meeting of the Roose-
welt Trail association, to be held soon
at Duluth, selection of a delegate to
represent the city was referred to the
Commercial club, and action will be
taken to insure representation.
ochester.-Duluth was selected as
the place for holding the next conven-
ton of the state Congregationalists
at the closing session here. Delegates
| and pastors voted to appoint a COM
mission of twenty-five to superintend
the raising of $4,000 during the year
as fund to handle various conference
activities. Forty thousand dollars of
this fund will go to Carleton college,
a Congregational institution.
st. Paul.. A. o. Preus, state audi
tor, has announced a plan to CONSOLE
date June 1 the state timber and land
tinue as superintendent and will be
assisted by J. F. Gould, now manager
| of land sales. Oscar Arneson, former
timber superintendent, will aid in the
prosecution of ten timber trespass
claims aggregating 100000 and set
for trial this month in the Ramsey
county district court, the auditor said.
He will then retire from the state Of
| flee to manage St. Paul concern
| manufacturing a portable power saw.
Cass Lake.-A hotel in which guests
will register their names and ad-
dresses upon the wall is the novel af-
fair promised here by w. c. North
way, formerly of Los Angeles, who
proposes to erect the structure front
ing on the Minnesota Scenic and
Roosevelt Memorial highways and
three blocks from the Mississippi Val
ley Scenic highway from New Orleans
to Ely, Mimi. He will call it the
Autograph hotel. The novel manner
of registering guests was started by
Mr.. Northway in a similar venture
elsewhere, when for fifteen years he
had all people stopping with him write
their names on the walls. This unique
| autograph collection will decorate the
walls of his proposed hostelry here,
as will large pen drawing thirty feet
square.
st. Paul-After it was fairly estab.
lished at hearing that there is bust
ness for only one bank at Augusta,
| the state securities commission took
under advisement the question of
whether the single charter will be is
sued to the proposed State Bank OF
Augusta or the Augusta Peoples State
bank, which are rival projects.
Saltwater. Graduation exercises
for county and the smaller graded
schools will be held in this city at the
high school building during the first
part of June. DR.. Frank Nelson OF
Minneapolis and Mayor J. r. Kolliner
of Saltwater will be the speakers.
Crookston.-After returning to his
farm home near Girard following a
Welt m CrooLctop Erod 7 avf0n found