The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1919-08-15
NEWS OF STATE
TERSELY TOLD
Recent Happenings In Minnesota
Given In Brief Items For
Busy Readers.

alton.
Hibbing.-About 100 shopmen in the
Great Northern branch shops at Kelly
Lake and the Missabe shops at Nit
chell have gone out.
Moorhead.-O. C. Beck, after con-
Quoting a furniture store in Moorhead
for thirty-five years, retired from bust
ness, when he sold out to Leo John
son.
Glyndon. The county commission
ers of Clay county will meet at Down
er soon as road committee to con-
slider the petition for direct road
from GAINESVILLE to Glyndon.
Stillwater.-The Civic club has de-
cided to cooperate with the Washing
ton county Agricultural association to-
ward holding county fair here on
Thursday, Friday and Saturday, Sept.
25, 26 and 81.
Dilworth.-A watermelon feast here
cost Annie Kappa and John Barone
$3.50. They were two of five men
arrested on charge of stealing three
watermelons from a car in the North
ern Pacific yards here.
Grand Marais.-A. ]. Mcclure, dairy
specialist of the state agricultural ex-
tension division, will visit Cook county
the week of Aug. 1923. He will speak
at meetings of the county farm bureau
at Tote, Rosebush and Hovland.
Moorhead. - Mrs. Minnie Wright,
known also as Minnie Foss, promi-
nent witness in the Sheffield murder
trial, obtained divorce in the Clay
county district court from Lyle Wright,
whom she married on Sept. II, 1917.
New Ulm.-Julius A. Schmahl, secre-
tary of state, will be the principal
speaker at soldiers Homecoming cell
ebration here Aug. 20. The celebra-
ton also will mark the turn of war
fare in favor of the white people in
the Indian massacres of August, 1862,
at Fort Ridgley.
Red Wing.-Nels Neseth, 65, section
foreman of Zumbrota, while riding on
railroad motorcar on the Great
Western road, near Eumbrota, was
killed when the vehicle left the tracks,
tipping over on him. He is survived
NY q WIDOW ana SIX CQllQrGu.
st. Paul.-Governor Burnquist has in
Dictated that his announcement of the
date of the proposed special session of
the legislature may not be issued until
the state legal department has given
an opinion on the question of the pow
er Of the state calamity board to deal
with an impending forest fire menace.
st. Paul. l. Regulations against ex-
cessive charges for hay and corn, I'M
accountable stock losses and other
possible abuses at the stockyards in
Minnesota were promised shippers by
the state railroad and warehouse COM
mission at an initial conference at the
capitol, establishing commission con-
troll of stockyards. a "
New Ulm.-Over 200. farmers from
Brown, Nicollet, Renvflle, Redwood,
Blue Earth, LIE Sueur, Scott and other
counties bordering along the Mime
sofa river, went on record in meeting
here favoring an assessment of at least
25 cents per acre on overlooked lands
to secure funds to finance movement
to in some manner secure abatement
Of the damage caused by the occa-
sional overflow of the Minnesota river.
Pine City.-Ben Soule, his wife and
two children, residing near Princeton,
were caught under an automobile in
which they were riding near here,
when the machine turned turtle. The
accident was caused by the car run
ming into deep rut. Occupants of
another car, which came along shortly
after the accident, released the vic
tins. Soule and his wife were consid-
erably bruised, but the children es-
capped with shaking up.
st. Paul-Reduction of the Mime
sofa National Guard as recently or
dered by the war department will be
considered by the state military board.
Disbanding of the negro battalion Of
the Minnesota Home Guard, Gen. Rhi-
now said, is probable when the State
Public Safety commission passes out
of existence. The announcement fol-
lowed the positive refusal of the mill
tia bureau to authorize the continu-
ance of the organization, composed Of
st. Paul and Minneapolis companies,
as unit of the new National Guard.
st. Paul.-The severe drouth in the
west, particularly in Montana, Wyom-
ming and Idaho, has created demand
on all surrounding sections for the
surplus hay. The U. s. department of
agriculture has requested the Mime
sofa state department Of agriculture to
ascertain as thoroughly as possible the
hay surplus of Minnesota. The plan
adopted is to take listings Of the hay
on hand and for sale either in the
stack or in the field, together with a
statement of the tonnage, kind, quality
and price. These listings are then
turned over by the department to the
regular hay dealers and also to such
relief committees or buying associa-
tions or individuals as may have been
in the market for Minnesota hay.
Moose Lake.-Army worms are oper-
ating extensively west of this village.
A black worm Of from one to three
inches in length infests field and
over night destroys big tract, cut
ting the stalk next to the head. The
Commercial club has wired for help
and County Agent Johnson is on the
job doing his best to check the pest.
Crookston.-The board of directors
Of the Polk County Improvement as
sociation, organized at Crookston June
8, has about completed plans for
launching definite program for the
promotion Of good roads in Polk coun.
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Moose Lake.-A severe hail storm