The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1919-02-21
NEWS OF STATE
TERSELY TOLD
Recent Happenings In Minnesota
Given In Brief Items For
Busy Readers.

Given In Brief Items For
Busy Readers.
Sherburn.-O. G. Sisson, Civil war
veteran and pioneer resident of this
town, dropped dead at his home.
Bemidji. Fire, the origin of which
is a mystery, badly damaged the in
terror of the Golden West bottling
works near the Union station
Hastings.-Mrs. Pauline Sthroph, 83
years old, widow of the late Gottleib
Sthroph, a pioneer resident of Hast
ings, died at her home in South Hast
ings.
International Falls-A committee
of citizens raised the $500 pledged by
the city to help defray the expense of
publishing booklet with which to en-
tice pleasure-seekers to visit Northern
Minnesota during the outing season.
Bemidji.-Charles Sears. proprietor
OF soft drink place here, was bound
to the federal grand jury at Fergus
Falls by United States Commissioner
H. A. Simons here under $1,000 bonds
as the result of fight in his place of
business when Indian agents raided it.
eapolis.-Infiuenza and pneu-
monia took total of 2,276 lives in the
Twin Cities from Sept. l to Feb. 8,
according to a government report re-
ceived by DR.. H. M. Guilford. city
health commissioner, showing a death
rate of 80 per 1000 in Minneapolis
and Al per 1000 in st. Paul.
st. Paul.-Plans to bring thousands
Of summer recreationists from all
parts of the nation to Minnesota will
be developed at the annual meeting of
the Ten Thousand Lakes association
at the st. Paul Athletic club in the
near future. Representatives Of every
section of the state will attend.
st. Paul-The America First asso-
citation, Saint Paul hotel, st. Paul, has
been designated as the official agency
for the distribution of Roosevelt Me-
mortal buttons throughout Minnesota,
particularly among school children.
More than 100000 pupils of public and
private schools in st. Paul and Min
neapolis are already wearing these
buttons.
Moose Lake.-This city is rebuilding
at rapid rate and in few months
traces of the great fire disaster of last
October will be largely memory.
The two banks have consolidated and
will do business In new building to
be erected on the Knutila corner. John
Carlson has new store building near
ly completed. The five churches will
all rebuild
International Falls.-Harris Rich
ardson, attorney of ST. Paul retained
by the Backus interests to take care
Of their more important litigation, is
here to have charge of the water
works injunction matter, In which the
M. & o. Paper company seeks to have
the city enjoined from buying pro-
posed site for municipal waterworks
pumping plant.
Northfield.-The memorial service
of Carleton college for Professor Fred
Burnett Hill, which was postponed
from Feb. 9, were held in Skinner Me-
mortal chapel, Sunday. The speakers
included President Marion L. Burton
of the University of Minnesota for the
alumni, DR.. Harry P. Dewey, pastor of
Plymouth Congregational church, Min
neapolis, and others.
Hibbing.-An epidemic of severe
colds closely resembling influenza has
spread in Lynwood, farming locality
near Hibbing and township health of
ficials have been asked to take
charge. The epidemic is also preva-
lent in Bengal. The disease appears
to have found most of it's victims
among school children, number of
whom are in serious condition.
st. Paul-Commission Fred w.
Putnam of the State Railroad and
Warehouse department has gone to
Washington to attend a conference of
the executive and special board com
mittees of the National Association of
Railroad commissioners. The meet
ing is called to work out plan of CO.
operation between state commissions
and the Railroad Administration.
Winona.-Normal schools of Mime
sofa are rising to the needs of the
northwest, and particularly this state,
growing out of the teacher shortage
The problem, it is declared, is acute.
More teachers must be made avail
able, according to educational authori
ties, and the reconstruction calls for
the greatest strides in the teaching
profession. Greatly increased enrol
ments are expected by school authori-
ties for summer terms and the semes.
tiers beginning next September.
ST. Paula table showing the mum
Der of men furnished to the army by
each state during the war has been
made public by the War Department
New York led with 367,864, and Ne
vada stood last with 5,105 in the total
of 3,757,624 men obtained by draft
voluntary enlistment, or through the
National Guard. Middle Western
states furnished the following mum
bers of soldiers: Illinois, 251,974;
Michigan, 135,485; Minnesota, 99,116;
Iowa, 9S,7S1 Wisconsin, 1921; South
Dakota, 1856; North Dakota, 25,8O3
Crookston-At a conference of Ben
edictine Sisters with Right Rev. Tim