The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1919-08-08

plans for the erection or SlI,6U0
stock sales pavilion on the county fair
grounds.
international Falls. Walter J..
Smith, former state treasurer. has dss
parted west after spending several
days here on business.
Bemidji. Beltrami county has BEEN
called upon to raise $1,000 for the rs-
lief Of those who suffered from the
cyclone at Fergus Falls
Perham.-Joseph A. Struett sold the
Ernest Koppert farm Of 160 acres and
the Christ Ebeling place OF, 800 acres
to Alvin jacobson Of Mapleton. The
consideration was close to $4,000
Sank Charles e. Bell, vet
eran of the Civil war and well known
in Sank Rapids, sustained painful, II
not serious injuries, when he was run
down by an automobile he was crank
ing.
Hitterdal. Minnie Carlson, IL. suf-
fered cuts on the face and shoulders,
and Miss Sarah Norby was thrown
from car and bruised in collision
between two automobiles on narrow
grade a mile east of Hitterdal.
Moorhead.- Frank Underwood, alias
Frank Gierke, Charles Cross and
James Melet were held to the Clay
county district court by Judge L. d.
Evans on the charge of robbing Mr..
and Mrs. Carl T. Nelson OF $500.
| Hibbing-Mrs. Dan Bublich is in
serious condition at her home at Car
son Lake with bullet wound through
her left lung. The police arrested her
husband, charging him with firing the
shot. The shooting is supposed to be
the climax Of family quarrel.
st. Cloud. = Tearing down the
Schwartz building on st. German
street has started, and means the pass
ing of one more of the citys land
marks. With one exception it is the
last frame building on st. German
street in the business section Of town.
Milaca-A double wedding was cele-
brated here, the principals being Ward
]. Struble, postmaster of Mora, to
Miss Amanda Hoaglund, who for some
time past has been assisting at the
postoffice, and Otto Hoaglund, assis-
tant cashier Of the First National bank
of Milaca, and Miss Blanche Hay OF
this village.
st. Cloud-Twenty-five quarts Of
whisky, Mrs. Mary Heck reported,
were stolen FROM her place of bust.
ness, the New West hotel. Chief
Brick has in custody a Joe Gallagher
who, according to his own statement,
is from Pittsburgh, Pa, who tried to
sell some liquor.
Wadena.-Rev. e. S. Murphy Of st.
Helen's Episcopal church received
call from the congregation at Detroit
this week with an offer of substan-
tial increase in salary, Crookston to
be served by him from Detroit. Rev.
Murphy feels in duty bound to remain
l'by this charge and therefore decided
not to accept the call.
Observation-Disclosures in Crookston
and in other towns in northwestern
Minnesota are fearful of a milk short
age due to mosquito pest, which is
worse this year than at any other
time in recent years. The large num-
Der of heavy rains and the inundated
| lands are responsible for the heavy
crop of mosquitoes and farmers declare
the pests are affecting their cows.
Owatonna.-Clark Chambers, former
member of the Minnesota State Fair
early Minnesota state fairs were held
liz Steele county, died at his home
here. Mr.. Chambers served as an aide
to General Alex Chambers, his brother,
during the Civil war, and was at one
time member of the state prison board.
He was 80 years old and had lived
in Owatonna since 1859.
Hibbing.-The question of a new
wage scale for the iremen, policemen
and other village employees will come
up at meeting of the village council
soon. Both the fire and police COM
mittee have received letters in answer
to their inquiries as to what wages
other municipalities pay. This knowl-
edge will help them in perfecting a
scale for the biggest village. The
firemen and policemen are seeking
higher wages.
Nashwauk. - Another murder, the
motive for which was robbery, has &C.
Cured on the Western Mesaba follow
ing closely on the heels of the Taco
mite tragedy. Zuerie Switch, IS, Ser
bian. employed at the Hawkins mine,
was found shot dead with a bullet
wound in his head in the La Rue To-
cation by miners going to work. 1t
has been reported that he carried a
large amount of money on his person,
reports putting the amount as high as
$500, and this, the authorities be-
lieve, prompted the crime.
st. Paul.. j. Bayle, district forest
ranger on the north shore of Lake
Superior, has advised State Forester
Cox. that the forest fire that ragged
some distance from Lutsen was con-
trolled by the combined efforts of fif-
teen Alger-Smith railroad employees
and a state force Of fourteen men
after long, hard fight. THE fire
ran over good part of the section
and burned out one-half mile of rail
road track" the ranger wrote. 1t was
along the line of the Alger-Smith Lum-
Der company between Cramer and
Knife River Ranger Bayle said the
railroad company will be asked to re-
imburse the state for the expense of
fighting the fire.
Bemidji. = Congressman Knutson
has written to Auditor A. d. Johnson OF
Beltrami county that the preliminary