The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1919-01-24

tors or the Pioneer store mere, nave
purchased the large department store
Of Baer Bros, at Frazee, Mimi, one
of the largest In that territory.
Grand Marais. - Miss Schaller, 81,
who taught in the local school last
season. died from the effects of In.
fiuenza at Jackson, Mich, recently.
She was a daughter of Judge Schaller
of st. Paul.
East Grand Forks.-Supt. F. E. Lur
ton of the city schools is preparing az
account of East Grand Forks n the
World War;" which he hopes to pub
lish i'm book form and also deposit
with the Minnesota State Historical
society for future reference.
Minneapolis. With 1,500 chickens,
pigeons and rabbits on display, the
thirty-third annual show of the Min,
nesota State Poultry association was
held in the armory. Three hundred
and fifty pigeons, the biggest exhibit
ever seen in the Northwest, were on
exhibition.
ST. Cloud. NJ. Leticon, 81, gran
tic cutter, met instant death while
walking with Jack Smith, along the
tracks in the Great Northern yards,
when box car which had been shunt-
ed onto the track struck him and
knocked him down. The wheel passed
over his neck, nearly cutting the head
from the trunk
st. Paul.-Seventy thousand work
ers have been placed in Minnesota by
the Federal Employment service since
its organization last August, accord
ing to reports made to Hugo V. Koch,
state director In addition, approx
mately 1000 men and women were
recruited in this state for direct war
work in other communities.
Hastings. = Following indictments
by the Dakota county grand jury on a
charge of offering false evidence in
the recent election contest against his
opponent, Ralph w. Downs Of South
st. Paul, Peter A. Hoffman of Has
tings, former auditor, was arraigned
in the district court and his trial set
for February II. He was released on
$500 bail.
Fergus Falls. = Otter Tail county
commissioners adopted a resolution
approving the Babcock state highway
plan. The board also voted to con-
struct road from Fergus Falls south
westward to the Douglas county line
at a cost of 100000, having received
notice that the United States govern
ment would appropriate $4,000 to-
wards the cost of the road.
st. Paul.-The board of directors of
the Minnesota State Automobile asso-
citation at meeting held at the St.
Paul Athletic club adopted resolutions
indorsing the plan for state trunk
highway system as proposed by G. NJ.
Babcock, commissioner of highways,
and pledged the association to favor
an increased tax on motor vehicles in
sufficient sum to finance the propo-
sition.
Grand Rapids. Sessions of the
Northern Minnesota Development as
ISOLATION closed with program devot.
ed to sheep-raising prospects in cut
over regions Cass Lake was selected
as the place for the summer meeting
and Duluth for next November. The
officers elected were R. R. Wise, Brain
erd, president; Charles Scheers, Axe
ley, vice president, and Fred T. Lin.
coin, Brainerd, secretary.
Roseau.-Theo Anenson, a young
soldier stationed at Camp Forrest,
Ga, was brought here in care of an
other soldier. The young man was ill,
mentally, and he was turned over to
the county authorities. His mind
seemed to be more or less blank and
he had only a hazy idea where his
folks are located. His home was
finally located in Beltrami county,
northeast of Roosevelt, and he was
taken there.
Duluth.-Ten men, out on their hon
or for five months after their convic-
ton last fall in federal court here on
bootlegging charges, voluntarily re-
turned for sentence. They were given
terms in Jail ranging from "a hours
to four months by Judge Page Morris.
Waino Kutilla, charged with failure
to register for the draft, was given "a
hours in Jail. He has an aged father
whom he supports and the court was
lenient with him.
st. Paul. = Regardless of wheth-
er jobs are waiting for them, $4,000
men returning to Minnesota from mill
tary service, all will be listed in the
placement system inaugurated by fed
eral, state and local employment agen-
cies. Community agents will be re-
quired to report on each soldier and
sailor returning from service to their
respective districts. Many reports al
ready have been received and the
work is progressing satisfactorily, but
no figures are available.
st. ePaul.-With nearly 100000
worth of military equipment author
lied by the federal government for
the Minnesota National guard, assur-
ance that the state military organiza-
ton will be reorganized under direc-
ton of the War department was given
by Major H. L. Brady, federal prop
erty and disbursing officer for Minnes
sofa, on his return from Washington
The announcement is taken to indi-
cate that the three infantry regiments
and the field artillery regiment, the
states former National guard strength,
will be recruited soon. Thirty thou
sand dollars worth of tentage wifi be
shipped to the state soon, Major Brady
said.
Little Falls. - The new Morrison
county board of commissioners organ.
lied by electing Henry Gassert, chair
man and ID Rocheleau vice chairman