The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1919-02-07


for some time.
Virginia - Father John Linlmer
formerly of Cloquet, has arrived to as
sumo the duties as pastor of the
Church of Our Lady of Tourdes, sue
ceeding Father w. ]. Powers.
Ht. Paul.-Inheritarce taxes of $731
were paid The state on the estate o
James T. Morris, who died Oct. 81
1917, in Minneapolis. Property valued
at $61, 238 was left to the widow.
Aitkin-The Aitkin county Rec
Cross chapter has donated $500 for re
lief work in this county. This does
not include the amount donated to the
fire sufferers or soldiers and theh
families.
st. Cloud-Lawrence Notch, pho
neer of Albany, died in the st. JOSEPH
home here. He was 81 years of age
and has been resident of Albany
since his coming to this country, sixt,
years ago.
Winona. The Merchants Trust
company, new Winona organization
with $4,000 authorized capital, has
filed articles of Incorporation in the
office of the secretary of state, Julius
A. Schmahl. The incorporators are:
H. E. Blair, C. NJ Morse and S. A
Steffen, all of Winona.
st. Paul-St. GATHERINGS college, st
Paul, virtually is assured of a $500,
600 endowment fund from the Rookie
Teller foundation, it was announced
| following series of conferences be
tween members of the board of trus
tees and DR.. w. Blutrick, educational
director of the foundation.
Aitkin-Mrs. Hattie Stafford has re
ceived letter from her son, Capt. Or
rem Stafford, reported missing in
France, who was captured and taken
to the prison camp at Baden, Ger
many. With companion, he escaped
from prison, walked across the Black
forest to the Rhine and arrived safe
ly within the Allied lines
Crosby-The mining men of the
range and the presidents of the several
villages will meet at the Armory and
discuss ways and means to have EN-.
ployment ready for the soldier and
sailor boys when they come home. All
the boys have found work so far and
the idea is to form an organization
that will look after the matter.
Mankato.-Mankato is to have q
new and thoroughly modern three.
story fat building of brick and con.
crete construction to be ready for oc.
| cupancy about Oct. L. The estimated
cost is about $4,000. Representa-.
tives of Minneapolis building syndi.
cate came here and secured the site
and will start building operations.
Minneapolis. ]. o. Bentall, sen.
fenced to one year in the Crow Wing
county Jail at Brainerd upon convic.
ton Of obstructing the draft, has be.
gun his term. Bentall also is under
sentence of five years in the federal
prison at Fort Leavenworth for viola.
ton of the espionage act. An appeal
is pending. He was convicted of draft
obstruction for inducing a farm hand
to neglect to register.
Gilbert-Mrs. Maud Anderson, pub,
Usher of the Gilbert Herald, lost the
end of one of her thumbs, while the
weekly issue of the paper was being
run, when she attempted to rub daub
Of ink off one of the forms. The rag
in her hand caught In the mechanism
and her hand was drawn In. being
badly hurt. 1t was found necessary
to amputate the thumb about half way
between the end and the first joint
Crosby-Crosby claims the record
for families of seven children or over
among the towns of its size, about
1000. 1t has twenty-three such fam
lies, and counting the parents there
are just 331 people in the group. Four
teen of the families have seven chill
dren each, two have eight children
each, four have nine children each,
one has ten children and one thirteen.
The last mentioned is Charles G. Heck
ala.
Virginia. The complaining wit
ness failing to press the charge against
Corporal Clarence Carlson, arrested in
Moorhead recently and returned here
on a charge of grand larceny and ask
ing that prosecution be dropped. Judge
Carey dismissed the case and Carlson
| was released. 1t was alleged he Sc
cured Red Cross aid through misrep-
resentation, but the accused disproved
most of the accusations. He is a re-
turned soldier.
Minneapolis. = A. D. Wilson, food
administrator for Minnesota, told
members of the State Horticultural
society at their annual meeting here
that the food lid was lifted and that
conservation was only necessary from
the standpoint of general thrift. He
| said that the greatest tribute to the
| patriotism of the farmers was found
in the fact that they had brought 49,
900 additional acres into cultivation
since the>war began.
ST. Paul.-Adjutant General W. F.
| Rhinow announces that federal recog-
milton has been given the Sixth Min
nesota infantry, with headquarters in
st. Paul. This completes federal rec
ognition of all state guard units au-
| thorized to date. Colonel George Book
staver commands the Sixth infantry.
| With the exception of one battalion.
made up of men from the iron range,
the enlisted personnel is composed of
st. Paul men. Supplies and equipment
have been ordered for the regiment.
Hibbing-The town of Stuntz war
board has appropriated $4,000 for
war relief work, $4,000 to the Arme.
nian-Syrian and $4,000 was donated to
the Polish relief funds. This is the
second donation for the Poles, as