The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1919-02-28
Ne Ms Of STATE
TERSELY TOLD
Recent Happenings In Minnesota
Given In Brief Items For
Busy Readers.

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/ Busy Readers.
Forest Lake.--The farmers of the
vicinity of Forest Lake will have an
institute of one days duration on Sat
/ urday, March 15.
Crookston.-Five head prize winning
cattle at the livestock show are now
beef and will be consumed by fanciers
of good meat in Crookston.
4 Virginia. Cervnovich. arrest
ed and charged with desertion Of her
/ family, was released on $500 bail I'M
til her preliminary hearing.
Y ST. Paul-Several hundred spirit
ualists from all parts of the state at
| tended the final session Of the Mime
| sofa Spiritualists' association In this
city. ~
st. Gloud.-The Farmers State bank
of Spring Hill with capital stock Of
/ $4,000 fully paid in, divided into 100
shares of 500 each, just authorized,
is to commence on March "a.
| Hibbing. Tony Asich, arrested by
the sheriff's office on charge Of sell
ing liquor upstairs over the Hibbing
fruit store on Pine street, to children.
was bound over to district court.
Hastings-Joseph Holt, veteran
express and mail clerk on the Milwau-
kee railroad, 9died here aged "a. He
was well known among railway men.
having been fG years on the Hastings
& Dakota division.
/ Pipestone.-Thel large crew of men
| erecting Pipestones new $250,000 high
school building has not missed day
all winter The work has So advanced
that the building. will be ready for oc-
cupancy next fall.
| neapolis.-Herman Liss, former
deputy clerk of municipal court, con-
victed of Offering $500 bride to David
| Grodnick, a state witness in the arson
case against Meyer Gutenberg. will be
sentenced In few days.
Mankato.-Thomas Hunting, acquit-
ted by jury in the district court here
OF the charge of forgery in the second
degree, was arrested but few hours
after his release on second charge
of forgery, brought by E. w Owens,
sales manager for the machinery de-
partment at the state penitentiary at
Saltwater, for whom he worked.
| Minneapolis-Mor than $50 en-
| listed men and officers of the Forty
first division, who were in France
nearly year, were in Minneapolis for
two hours, on their way to Camp
Lewis, Wash, where they will be de-
modified. The men were met at the
Milwaukee station by Representatives
of the Red Cross, who gave them APP
| pies and cigarettes. The men all are
residents of Western states. g.
Rochester.-Joseph Seida, alleged
| defrauder, has been brought to Roch-
ester from Regina, Sask., by Sheriff
Mitchell, after an extradition fight of
several months. Seida is charged with
obtaining $500 from the local First
State bank. Detectives located him in
Avonlea, Can, where he was arrested.
but 1t was necessary to send extradi-,
ton papers to France for Pres. Will
sons signatuee before, the prisoner
could be returned.
| Minneapolis.--A. F. Nelson of Ben
son, was chosen secretary OF the
| Farmers Grain Dealers association
of Minnesota at the concluding SEES.
sion of their three day convention at
| the West hotel. The 1920 convention
will be in Minneapolis, Feb. II, Is and
10. A resolution was adopted urging
the passage of bill changing the
Minnesota statutes to permit the re-
organization of stock companies into
cooperative associations, without com
Polling the companies to first disband
their organization & #
| Minneapolis. - The Northwestern
| Clay Manufacturers association, at
their annual convention at the West
| hotel, elected the following officers:
F. 3. Martin, Minneapolis, president,
to succeed r. H. Smith, Minneapolis;
C. X. Willard, Heron Lake, reelected
| ice-president, and II. W. Lindler, Min
neapolis, reelected secretary-treasurer.
The executive committeeman named
are: G. j. Swanson, Minneapolis; W.
| a. Ochs, Springfield, MIMI; Jacob
Voelker, Winona; G. A. WEIGH, Mime
| apolis, and v. F. Kreycik, West Con-
cord, MINI.
st. Paul-The following officers of
the Minnesota Editorial association
were elected at the closing session of
| the annual convention held here: Pres
ident, Asa NJ Wallace, Sank Center
Herald first vice-president, ]. r. Lam
dy, Olivia Times: second vice-presi-
dent, Philip Liesch, Brown County
Journal. New U1m; third Vice-presi-
dent w. E. Verify, Wadena Pioneer
Journal; secretary, John E. Casey, iJor-
| dan Independent; treasurer, H. C. Ho
falling, Mapleton Enterprise; executive
committeeman, three year term, L. s.
lWhitcomb, Albert Lea Tribune Frank
]. Meyst, manager Western Newspaper
Union, Minneapolis, was named as the
associations representative on the
committee to recodify the states
newspaper laws. Other members are:
one senator, one representative, the
attorney general and the state printer.
dji.-Brown and sunburned, all
healthy and happy, the largest number
OF soldiers to return to Bemdiji IN a
body came when boys who left here
In the summer of 1917 to enlist in the
Tenth Engineers, arrived home, hav-
| ing seen virtually Is months of over