The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1919-10-24
NEWS OF STATE
TERSELY TOLD
Recent Happenings In Minnesota
Given In Brief Items For
Busy Readers.

the last year has been taken into the
city Of st. Cloud, with extension of
limits to the west. The new addition
will be plated at once.
:. st. Joseph.-Drawn by the force of
q fast moving train, Miss Regina Wolf
was struck by a car vestibule of a
Great Northern train at the depot here
and injured. She died later.
Owatonna.-Nearly 500 members of
the Steel county farm bureau met here
to ratify the state farm bureau fedora
ton meet, and to lay plans for drive
to be conducted late this month.
ochester.-Reports of committees
and election of officers marked the
closing day Of the annual meeting of
the Women's Foreign Missionary So
ciety of the Winona district of the
Methodist church.
Cloquet. = Charged with having
struck with a hoe and fractured the
skull of Is year old Lempi Lami,
daughter of his employer, Oscar Siv-
ula, 80 years old, is held in Jail here
awaiting the result of the girls in
juries.
Menahga.-Olof Junus, the Hillview
merchant, has threshed lis bushels OF
clover seed from less than 20 acres of
land of his farm just south of town
that will bring him the neat sum of
$1,S75 and will net him more than
what is made on 160 acres in the Iowa
corn belt.
Luverne. - Mrs. Fred Goeske, rs
years old, was probably fatally injured
here when run down by large truck
driven by o. Johnson, a 16-year-old
boy. Mrs. Goeske was raking leaves
in front of her home when the acct
dent occurred. Johnson says he lost
control of the machine He is not
being held by the police.
Moorhead.-At the meeting of the
Minnesota Potato Growers association
here Nov. 5, 6, and Z, w. 1. Nolan of
Minneapolis, speaker of the lower
house of the Minnesota legislature;
Dean R. w. Thatcher of Minnesota
Agricultural college, and N. ]. Holm
berg, commissionerSof agriculture of
Minnesota, will be among the speak
ers.
Moorhead.-The fourth annual meet
ing and show of the Minnesota Potato
Growers association, to be held in
Moorhead, Nov. 5, and Z, will be the
big event this year of tho potato in.
dustry in the Northwest A program
of special merit has been arranged
with the best authorities to speak on
interesting and important topics rela-
tive to the potato industry.
st. Paul.-State bonus claims have
been filed by 21,849 former service
men and nurses of Minnesota, Major
W. A. Curtis, bonus executive officer,
announced. Of these, 17,949 are await
ing presentation to the board, the re-
naming number from those received
from Oct. 8 to 10, having been returned
for correction, the major added. The
biggest filing day was Oct. IA, when
3,340 claims were received
Clearwater, - Wilbur F. Shattuck,
one of the incorporators of the Clear
water Mercantile company, died at his
farm near here. He was an active pro-
moter of the first rural mail service
and of the telephone system of this
community, and was vice president of
the telephone concern since it's or
ganization. He was born in Franklin
county, New York, in 1857, and came
to Minnesota with his parents when
he was 10.
Minneapolis. -Armistice Day, No
vember II, will be celebrated by
parade of 10000 veterans of all wars,
1t was announced by committee plan
ming the observance in connection with
the national convention of the Ameri-
can Legion in Minneapolis. The G. A.
R., Spanish War Veterans, Veterans
of Foreign Wars, Sons of Veterans and
all American Legion posts of Mime
apolis and ST. Paul, with delegations of
other posts and military bands, will
be in line.
st. Paul.-Directing that the Fourth
Minnesota Infantry be converted into
an artillery, with Colonel George E.
Burnquist approved the recommends
tons of the state military board, made
at an open meeting. In a statement
directing the transfer the governor ex-
pressed the belief that by such reor-
ganization adjustments can be made
which will take care of all former
members Of the guard, both officers
and men, who have served overseas.
Luverne.-Damages in the sum of
$3.50 were awarded James York of
Rock Rapids, Iowa, against his brother,
Mathew ]. York, of this county. in
district court here in suit for per-
sonal damages. The plaintiff in the
action claims that during an alterca-
ton with his brother in the fall of
1917, the defendant struck him over
the eye causing an injury which later
resulted in the loss of sight of one
eye. The suit was for $4,000, and the
jury returned verdict of $4,000, add
ing $3.50 for medical bills.
St. Paul.-Members of the Mime
sofa committee on labor problems
have left to attend meetings of the
labor conference now meeting in
Washington. The committee includes
w. /. Nolan, speaker of the House,
and Representatives T. ]. McGrath
and John L. Levin of st. Paul.
Middle Riv Rev. r. Drysdale was
formally allied as pastor of the
Presbyterian church here last week.
Rev. R. L. Barackman of Thief River
Falls, preached the sermon of the eve
ming. Rev. Mr.. Kelley of Red Lake
Falls delivered the charge to the pas
tor.
Pipestone.-A special meeting of the
PfpeStone county farm bureau has