The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1919-05-09
NEWS OF STATE
TERSELY TOLD.
Recent Happenings In Minnesota
Given In Brief Items For
Busy Readers.

Turtle River-By more than $1,000
this village went over it's quota to the
Victory loan.
Fergus Falls.-More than $50 wo-
men attended the annual convention
of the Ninth district, Minnesota Fed
GRAFTON of Women's Clubs here.
Fairmont. - A memorial bridge
across the outlet of Lake Sisseton is
planned here as a tribute to Martin
county's soldier boys, dead and living.
Crookston.-Advertising the Mime
sofa Red River valley by the use of
motion pictures is being considered by
the Red River Valley Development
| association
Sank Rapids.-Murray Davidson, IL,
son of Mr.. and Mrs. Harold Davidson
of Sank Rapids, was wounded when
a gunsin the hands OF boy companion
was discharged.
st. Paul.-Victory Loan subscrip-
tions totaling $500 were reported
by officials on the staff of the st. Cloud
state reformatory. Inmates of the in
stitution were not canvassed.
1 +" w duCud 10 " hdfO q SoA
| negie library and 5000 has been
| raised to buy the site. The council
accordingly took the necessary steps
to provide the perpetual maintenance
| funds
Brainerd. - Special officers have
seized blockade runner who was at
tempting to enter Indian territory on
the Guyana range. An automobile, 240
quarts of beer and II quarts of whisky
were confiscated.
St. Paul.-Minnesota began May
business with $8,450,725 in it's cash
| box, according to Henry Rines, state
treasurer. Funds holding more than
| 100000, were the revenue fund with
s5,Sl8,669, the road and bridge fund
with $839,164, and the forest fire re-
lief fund with $538,832.
Fairmont.-Herbert Brie took his
car to garage, bought two new tires,
a new battery and other fixtures for
the 1919 season, the bill amounting to
500. The next day he found that
thieves had stolen the machine. A
Minneapolis paper stamped with rail-
way news agents mark indicated that
the robbers had come from the twin
| cities.
Duluth. A. Todd, former board
of trade member and well known in
] financial circles in the Northwest, has
been named as defendant in 100000
suit brought by Claire Luhn, a clerk
in local stort, for alleged breach of
promise. On April "a, 1918, the COM
plainant alleges, Todd promised to
marry her, but failed to carry out his
agreement.
st. Paul.-The State Board of In
vestment has voted to invest 100000
| in state trust funds in the Victory
Loan, and to ask for bids on 100000
Massachusetts state bonds now held
for the same funds. Applications
from schools and cities for loans ag-
gregating $4,000 were approved and
early payments were ordered on pre-
| viousiy authorized loans of $4,000. .
acknowledgements this week all
city employees who desired to continue
in their official position climbed on the
old water wagon. The new city ad-
ministration issued sweeping orders
declaring that no person who is not
ION the wagon" may be employed by
the city Some employees have in
quired into the possibility of the ban
being removed Just for one day, June
Goth.
Wykoff.-Case M. Allen, local bank
er, is reported to be dying at his home
here as result of having been struck
twice by the same automobile, driven
by a woman. Mr.. Allen took short
cut across the main street. The auto
| mobile rounded a corner and struck
him squarely. He fell heavily, but was
apparently not seriously hurt. In the
act of arising, however, he was struck
again, the woman evidently in her ex-
element losing control Of the car.
Duluth.-A second John Dietz case
has developed at Floodwood. George
H. Kramer, settler, is alleged to
have shot and seriously wounded
James Ryan, one Of a crew of drivers
attempting to run logs through land
owned by Kramer. Ryan was hit
three times, once in the wrist, again
in the arm and through the body.
He is in Duluth Hospital. Kramer
| was arrested and brought to this city.
| Other settlers are reported to be offer
| ing resistance.
st. Paul.-Some s1O,00O,OOO of nego-
table securities and other tangible
evidences of the states great wealth,
now scattered in safety deposit boxes
in st. Paul, Minneapolis and Duluth
| banks, soon will be rounded up and
| placed in new safety deposit vault
to be built in the treasury department
| offices in the capitol, Henry Rines,
state treasurer, announced. A fund of
$25, 900 for the new safety deposit
| vault was provided by the 1919 legisla-
ture and the building contract is to
be awarded soon by the state board of
control.
Virginia.-John Severon is showing
his friends a pot of gold which fell at
his feet out of foundation near
Chandlerville. Severon bought the
old Robert Morgan estate north OF
Chandlerville recently. He was sound
ing the stone UNDERMINING of the
house, built before the Civil War, re.
Gently. He dislodged an ancient ket.
tie and it contained lao 500 gold
pieces.
Duluth.-Alfred Jaques, of this city,
United States district attorney for
Minnesota, has received parchment
signed by President Wilson, reappoint
ing him to his position for four years