The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1919-09-05

l f1amllue.-1u0 AaDOr Lay aLLen0
ance at the state fair broke all rec.
ords, being estimated at more than
| 10000.
| Rothsay. = Albert Stinar and Joe
| Gerries were seriously injured when,
! in passing another automobile. the car
In which they were riding was crowded
| of the grade.
Hastings.-About 600 head of cattle
from Montana have arrived here and
| will be put to pasture in this vicinity.
The cattle came from the drought
| stricken section. =
| Bemidji.-A beautiful park or COM
munity building and probably Ipth
| will be established in Bemidji Yb, 4
memorial for the Beltrami coAsty
boys who fought in the world waur
Fergus Falls.-Gunder Barte,son,
| former sheriff of Ottertail county, and
alderman in this city, drowned him
self in Lost Lake. Mr.. Bartelson had
been depressed since the storm of
June %.
Thief River Falls.-Pennington coun-
TVS returned sailors, marines and
soldiers are to be the honored guests
at Homecoming celebration and re-
union to be held some time during the
last two weeks of September.
Two Harbors.-The city of Two Har-
bors municipal coal yards have re-
ceived their winter supply of soft coal
when the steamer Marquette was I'M
loaded at the local docks. Five thou
sand seven hundred tons was received.
st. Paul-The Chicago, Milwaukee
&c st. Paul road is directed to build a
| new passenger station at Ortonville
| and to open 1t to the public by De-
| cember /, in an order issued today by
| the Minnesota railroad and warehouse
commission.
Misunderstanding the nigh cost
plans for the establishment of mu-
nicipal market. 1t is proposed here to
have farmers sell their products direct
to the consumers, eliminating the mid
dleman's profit.
st. Paul.-Minnesota suffragists are
planning demonstration at the cap
itol September s, the opening day Of
lature on which they expect the suf-
frage amendment to the Federal Con-
| stftution will be ratified.
Red Lake Falls.-The 1919 personal
property assessment as completed by
| the Red Lake county board of equaliza-
| ton, shows total Of 1892 persons
assessed in this county, with a total
| un I'm lot Of 4Io1L
furniture in the county is assessed at
$50. r.
Hamline.-Music day, Sunday at
| the State Fair yesterday, brought an
attendance of 1896, nearly double
the number who went through the
gates Saturday. Between noon and 6
O'Clock the bulk of the crowd reached
the grounds and swarmed through the.
exhibition buildings.
| st. Paula $4,000 monument as a
J memorial to American soldiers and
World war workers is projected at
Fort Ridgely state park. The move
ment was launched at a soldiers home,
coming celebration there and M. j.
Bowling, Olivia, was elected president
of the association to raise the fund.
| Crookston. = The Crookston public
schools opened Tuesday with prospects,
bright for successful season. Eigh-!
teen new teachers have been added to-
the local force, and one new depart!
ment has been organized, which will
take care of those pupils who have
some difficulty doing the regular work.
| Thief River Falls-Albert Mostrumi
| of Neptune met death by drowning;
when pinned under an auto which
| turned turtle on leaving high en-
bankment and landing in eight feet of
water in drainage ditch alongside!
the road. A nephew who accompanied
him jumped as the car went off the.
| road.
Luverne.-A new high record price
| for Rock county farm larger than a.
quarter section was established when
| Jasper Christensen sold his 240-acrei
| farm four miles from Kanaranzi to W.
r. Hanson at $500 per acre. The farm,
| is well supplied with buildings. Four,
years ago Mr.. Christensen purchased,
the farm at $185 per acre.
st. Cloud.-Richard Lichey, 25, OF
Holdingford, returned soldier, shot
Julia Pierskalla of Avon in the arm,
after her sister, Mary, had rebuked,
his attentions toward matrimony.
Lichey had fired at the two girls at a.
lonely place in the road between Avon;
and Holdingford. The girls were walk
ing close together and Lichey stepped
out behind them and fired. He has
| been placed under arrest on a charge
OF attempted murder.
Clarissa.-Bank bandits entered two
banks here, looted the safety deposit
vault of one of them of approximately
$4,000 and left town without being
seen or heard by a single person The
robbery was discovered when the raid
ed bank opened for business Before
| entering the town the robbers cut all
| telephone communications leading
into Clarissa, thus preventing the pos
| sibility of citizens summoning aid
| from the outside. All the loot was
obtained from the Clarissa State bank,
where safety deposit boxes were
broken open and War Savings stamps
and bonds removed. Apparently ne
attempt was made to enter the banks
safe. The Farmers State bank Jared
better, as no effort to break open the,
vault of that institution seems to have
| been made.
| Luverne.-Rock county will be used
as state model in making the sur
vey for the inter-church world move
| ment Preliminary organization work