The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1919-07-25

conveying the school children to and
from their homes.
Virginia. with many members Of
the Moose order from both ranges
present range Legion of Moose was
organized here when 100 were initi-
ated.
St Paul-John B. Hompe. Deer
Creek, after IA months in military
service, has resumed his duties today
on the staff Of J. A. o. Preus, state
auditor.
st. Paul.-Application for tuition re-
funds from 800 former members of
the s. A. T. C. at Carleton and ST.
Olaf's college were received at the
Office of Adjt.-Gen. w. F. Rhinow.
Wadena. Engineer e. s. Ward has
severed his connections with the high
way commission as road engineer and
will be in the employ of the county
hereafter at a salary of $500 per
month.
Minneapolis prices, blamed
on shortage of the supply, have been
| raised 1 cent in Minneapolis yester-
day. The new price is Ii cents a
quart. Cream still sells for IA cents
half pint.
Hallock-Ed Feldt of Robin, Mimi,
was drowned in the river here while
bathing. He was married and the
father of five children. About ten
years ago he was the leader OF the
Robin band.
Thief River Falls.-The city coun-
| ell has decided to submit to the people
at the fall election the question of the
| adoption or rejection Of the Sunday
closing, ordinance about which there
Is much difference of opinion.
st. Paul.-Roy Albert Sharp, Albert
Lea, yesterday pleaded guilty to a
charge of being a Stacker when he
was arraigned before Samuel Whaley,
United States commissioner. He was
held under $500 bail to appeaEat the
Mankato term of district court October
| %.
Minneapolis. - Minneapolis postal
receipts for the first Is days of July
show an increase of $10,992.94 over
the same period one year ago. The
reduction in postal rates that went
into effect July /, is the reason given
for the increase.
Minneapolis.-A special committee
OF the Minneapolis common council
will consider plan to purchase army
foodstuffs and sell them to the public
at municipal market. Alderman T.
o. Dahl said he believed the plan
would help to reduce the high cost of
living.
Minneapolis.-No more army pa
tients will be received at the Fort
Smelling General Hospital No. %, it
was announced yesterday. Gonzales
cents are being discharged as rapidly
as possible in preparation for closing
the hospital August l. Those remain
ing will be transferred.
Albany.-At a meeting of the presi-
dents, secretaries and buttermakers of
the cooperative creameries of
Stearns county held here ON Thursday
Stearns County Cooperative Cream
cry association was formed.
Minneapolis. = Ten thousand new
box cars will be furnished to the North
west. for the handling of the 1919
grain CROP according to A. ]. Strouts,
chairman of the grain control commit
tee of Twin City terminals. Four thou
sand of the new cars already are on
their way to Minneapolis, by order Of
the Railway administration, he said.
st. Paul.-Until the national defense
act of 1915 is amended, Minnesota
probably will not lose any of its Ma
tional guard strength, 1t is believed by
Col. H. A. Hanigan, inspector-instruc-
tor, who said yesterday the War de-
partment order limiting guard
strength to 200 officers and men for
each senator and representative In
Congress probably applies only to
states which did not organize guard
units under the act of 1916.
Olivia-Running at SO miles an
hour, the westbound Olympian, coast
train on the Milwaukee railroad,
struck an open switch here and the
engine and eight coaches, all steel
cars, left the rails. Fireman Frank
Frederickson and Arthur Bonniwen,
coal inspector, both of Minneapolis,
were scalded. The train ran onto
siding and the engine plowed into two
empty stock cars, smashed them and
turned over in the ditch. Kenneth
Ferguson, Minneapolis, engineer, stuck
to his post and was uninjured. u.s.
Brainerd.-Officers elected and In
stalled at the convention of the Sons
of Norway district comprising Mime
sofa, South Dakota and Iowa included
past president Mons Hague, Appleton;
president, Judge Lewis Larson, Sioux
Falls, s. D.; vice president, George
Reinholdtsen, ST. Paul. secretary,
Hallward Askeland, Minneapolis;
treasurer, Andrew Steinsrud, Duluth.
The 1921 convention was won by
Sioux Falls.
Minneapolis Theodore S. Void,
governor of the Ninth district federal
reserve bank, has announced his res
ignation, effective Oct. l. Mr.. Void
was elected vice president and mem
Der of the board of directors of the
Northwestern National bank of Mime
apolis to succeed Joseph Chapman,
who has obtained an interest in the
department store of L. S. Donaldson
e Company, and will be associated
with Mr.. Donaldson in the active man
agement of the store.
St. Paul-Market Commissioner j.
N. Brander, of Montana, has returned
home, satisfied, he said, that his
states cattle and sheep herds could