The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1919-12-19
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Northwest


The North Dakota Good Roads as
ISOLATION was organized at Minot by
good road enthusiasts from all parts
of the state.
Starvation, due to storms, and last
summers drouth, and the ravages of
coyotes bid fair, it is said, to wipe out
anteiopes in sections of Montana.
Carl S. Anderson, %, resident OF
Crooks, S. D., committed suicide in an
automobile near Crooks by shooting
himself through the head with shot.
gun.
]. Q. Adams, locator and founder of
the city of Three Forks in Gallapin
county, Mont, died in Chicago, aged
73. He sold the townsite to the Mil
waukee railroad.
Fire of undetermined origin com.
pletely destroyed the Catholic church
at Charles City, Iowa. The loss, which
includes costly interior decorations, is
estimated at $4,000.
Three delegates appointed by the
North Dakota legislature to approach
the Manitoba government for the pur-
pose of discussing Red river flood con-
troll will arrive in Winnipeg Dec. 16.
Because of fuel shortage and storm
conditions 4S hour embargo was
placed on all freight shipments on the
Northern Pacific railroad at Spokane,
except livestock, perishable foodstuffs
and fuel.
Vivian, Hurdle, Draper and Belvidere
are out of coal and are using corncobs
for fuel, according to dispatches. Con
ditions in other surrounding towns are
ms bad, it is declared, and there seems
to be no immediate relief in sight.
George Allery, Is years old, farm
hand, who shot and killed Newton
Brown, his employer, after a quarrel
last fall pleaded guilty to manslaugh-
ter in the first degree and was SEN
fenced to ten years in the penitentiary
by Judge Coffey at Bismarck, N. d.
Because of the increased need for
teachers, 20 Montana high schools are
giving normal courses, according to
Miss Adelaide Ayers, rural schools
supervisor. About 100 graduates in
these courses are expected in meas.
ure to relieve the situation next fall.
In letter addressed to George A.
Totten, as chairman of the North Da.
kato board of administration made
public, DIR. C. E. Stangeland, employed
by the state board of state Libraries,
resigns in compliance with the resolu-
tion adopted several days ago by the
board.
Stockmen who range their cattle in
the Short Pine forest reserve in the
northwestern part of South Dakota,
are insisting that no horses be allowed
to Craze on the reserve for the next
year. The horse market is decidedly
"off" these days, and horses are gen.
orally considered as a liability.
The Mitchell, South Dakota, fair
price committee will commence oper.
ations at once, according to Roscoe
Satterlee, chairman, who is awaiting
information from United States Dis.
trict Attorney Fiske. Any violations
of the scale fixed by the committee,
it is declared, will be prosecuted by
the federal government.
Miss Thelma Lucille Foght, daughter
of President Harold W. Foght of Nor.
thern Normal, has been admitted to
membership in Sidney L. Smith post
of the American Legion at Aberdeen,
being one of few women in South Da-
kota eligible to membership in the or.
der. She served as first class yeoman
in the paymaster's offcie at the Wash.
ington navy yard
st. Paul.-Possibilities of a diver.
sion Of the center of the steel Industry
from Pennsylvania to Minnesota will
be discussed by Judge Ebert H. Gary,
chairman of the board of directors of
the United States Steel corporation at
the second annual convention of the
State Realty Owners and Dealers as
ISOLATION which will be held in st
Paul on Jan. 15 and 16.
ST. Paul.-Patrick ]. Costello, for.
mer clerk in the Ramsey county audi
tors Office, was found guilty on a
charge of larceny in the second degree
in connection with an alleged shortage
Of more than $4,000 in the county
treasurer's office. The jury in the
case was out less than thirty minute
Conviction means prison term of not
to exceed five years. Costello was
the first of seven men to be brought
to trial in connection with the alleged
shortage.
All restrictions on the use of btu
minous coal for light, heat and powe,
in Minnesota, North and South Da
kota, Wisconsin, Northern Iowa and
the Upper peninsula of Michigan, have
been removed. Railroads are back on
normal schedule.
The jury in the case of Stephen
Harris, tried for killing of George He
brom at White Fish, Mont, last sum
mer, returned verdict of guilty and
suggested as punishment fine of ]
cent. Judge Thompson approved the
verdict and RENTED the fine. The
shooting followed quarrel over Har
ris' wife.
Grain from western Canada is NOV
ing more slowly this year than in
previous years owing in part to severe
cold spell since early in the season
which checked taking grain off the
fields and which necessitated use oil
all available cars on railway lines 70,
coal shipment
Reorganization of the Pan Motto,
company of st. Cloud, Mimi, was eff
fected at meeting of directors
Samuel C. Pandolfo, president of the
company, who recently was convicted
in Chicago for using the mails to de
fraud, resigned as president and di
rector