The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1919-12-05
NEWS OF STATE
TERSELY TOLD
Recent Happenings in Minnesota
Given in Brief TENS for
Busy Readers.
ENTIRE FIELD COVERED
News Of Events In Gopher State
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Sources and Arranged In
Crisp Readable Form.


Hastings.-Robert Holmes, 81, far
mer of Douglas, was found dead in his
barn. Heart disease was given as the
| cause.
Pine City-Because of the lack Of
coops the Pine county poultry and
corn show to have been held here Dec.
t9, 10 and II, has been postponed.
Fairmont- Schools of Martin coun-
ty, with few contributions from pri-
vate citizens, have raised $3.50 for the
Theodore Roosevelt Memorial fund.
st. Paul.-The appeal in the test
case on the Minnesota soldiers bonus
law will be heard at 1870 p. m. Friday,
December 10Th. in the state supreme
court. ...
Sank Center.-The plans for $780,
600 armory here have been accepted
by the adjutant general in st. Paul.
The contract for construction has
| been let.
Pipestone.-The Pipestone County
Breeders association organized here
with capital stock of $4,000, and
will build stock sales pavilion at
the county fair grounds.
Ruthton.-By the narrow margin of
II votes the voters at special cleo
ton decided against the erection of a
public school building here. The prop
osition called for the issuing of bonds
to the amount of $4,000.
Moorhead-Averill was the first
branch of Moorhead chapter of the
Red Cross to report on the 1920 roll
call with Al annual members. Ulen
was second with 207 and two magazine
members. FELTON, reports seventy
seven members under the roll call.
Tyler.-Tyler, which has been with
out hospital facilities since the tor
nado of August, 1918, wiped out the
local hospital, is soon to have new
institution. A stock company with a
capital Of $4,000, formed by Mayor
S. M. Hansen and others, will erect a
modern hospital building in the spring.
st. Paul.-Food prices in Minnesota
are highest in International Falls, on
the northern boundary of Minnesota,
and lowest in Fairfax, Renville county,
according to reports received by the
state department of agriculture from
numerous small cities and towns in
connection with the high cost of living
investigation.
Blue Earth.-Early Herring, Is
years old, is expected to recover after
being robbed, stripped of his clothing
and left to die in the snow. Auto
thieves were making away with his
fathers car when Herring tried to
stop them They took him along, took
most of his clothing and threw him
out unconscious near farm house.
Crookston. Several sensational
cases will come up before the grand
jury when it begins its session Jan.
5. The case which will attract the
most interest will be that of Jim
Smith and Tom Thomas, Grand Forks
negroes now being held at Saltwater
penitentiary in connection with the
murder of Miss Edna Werner of East
Grand Forks several weeks ago.
Winona.- Mississippi river for
the last 31st consecutive year has
failed to freeze over at tits point dur
ing the month of November On Nov.
%, 1898, the river here was complete
ly frozen over, but the earliest clos
ing since that time was in 1910, when
the channel was entirely frozen over
Dec. 8. The latest closing recorded
here within the past 60 years was six
years ago on Jan. IL, 1913.
St. -Paul.-Indefnite postponement
of the Minnesota high cost of living
conference, scheduled at the capitol
at which A. Mitchell Palmer, United
States attorney general, was to ex-
plain to mayors, other city officials,
fair price committeeman and other
delegates, how every community can
cooperate In the government cam
paign to reduce prices of necessities
was announced, upon receipt of a tele-
gram in which Mr.. Palmer cancelled
his engagement.
St. Paula washing powder mine,
the first discovered in Minnesota, is
located near Big Falls in Koochiching
county, according to reports to the
capitol offices of the state forest SER
vice. 1t is a large deposit of gray
powder resembling pumice and eastern
concerns marketing securing and
cleaning preparations are negotiating
for it's output, according to reports.
Valentine Weller found the powder on
his homestead.
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. contracts with
school boards are more than mere
scraps of paper. 1t looked as if the
grade teachers here would receive a
salary boost, but County Attorney Fin
stad rules that where school boards
have engaged teachers by contract at
a stipulated salary they have no
tract calls for.
International Falls.-Two young
children of Magnus Hanson were
burned to death when the home was
destroyed by fire. Their mother was
seriously burned trying to save the
children.
Virginia.-The first fatal case Of
sleeping" sickness on the Mesaba
range was reported in the Lenont hos
pital here when Mrs. Eli Donculovich
of Aurora, aged At, died Of what ap-
pears to be that disease. 1t is said
she had been sick only short time.
but for three days all efforts to arouse
her had been futile.
HI tchinson.-Albert Nuwash, so
years old, Silver Lake livestock
dealer, was killed b. the eastbound