The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1919-10-10
NEWS OF STATE
TERSELY told
Recent Happenings In Minnesota
Given In Brief Items For
BUSY Readers.


pound of either hard or soft coal on
the market and few homes are pro-
yided with their winters supply.
Moorhead.-A loan of $4,000 was
granted the Moorhead school board by
the state investment board. The money
will be used to help in payment OF
the cost of building the new Third
ward school building.
eapolis.-Abolition of the Unit
ed States Indian bureau was demanded
by the Society of American Indians at
the closing session, attorneys being
named to wage legal battle in Wash
ington towards that end,
Farmington.-The school teachers of
Pennington have petitioned the school
board for SIS month increase. No
action was taken by the school board
at its regular meeting. The salaries
of the teachers now range from $50 to
SIPS.
Brainerd. -The First National bank
of Brainerd boasts it has the largest
pumpkin on record. The pumpkin,
which is said to weigh 122 pounds, was
raised in Platte Lake township, 70
miles southeast of Brainerd, by John
H Milnar
st. Paul-Nine cases of influenza in
St. Paul and twelve in the state at
large were reported during September,
according to figures issued by the state
board of health. Outside of st. Paul
not more than two cases were listed
in any community.
Shakopee-Scott county honored
her returned service men with feasts,
athletic games and talks by Governor
Burnquist and Mayor Hodgson of st.
Paul, at the Scott county Homecoming
Four hundred veterans took part in a
parade of service men and citizens.
Winona.-As result of eating pois-
oned berries, it is said, Mildred Eaves,
years old, is dead and the mother,
Mrs. Owen Eaves, and another child
are critically ill at their home at Alma,
Wis. All were taken violently ill with
commissions. The authorities are in
vestigating.
Glendale. = Citizens of Glendale
WCIO nOOIo W luO lOlul ACu SCl FASC l11O1A
of this section. A banquet with num-
Der of prominent men 90 she state as
speakers, a football game between a
squad from Pillsbury academy and the
Blooming Prairie high school eleven
marked the days program.
st. Cloud-The body of Eileen For
sted, aged 4, was recovered from a
cistern after an eight-hour search. The
little girl had fallen into the cistern
unnoticed. Later the mother placed
the covering back over the cistern
without noticing the body. The par
ents are Mr.. and Mrs. Edward For
sted.
Park Rapids.-Georgs Schoenberger
last spring rented forty acres of land
near here, which he planted to pota-
toes, which yielded about ITO bushels
to the acre, sold at 81 per bushel and
brought in $500 in all. The expense
for seed potatoes, cultivation, spray
ing, digging and marketing amounted
to about $1,000 in round numbers.
Pipestone.-The Knights of Colum-
bus council of this city made plans
for the initiation of class of IS last
Sunday. The first and second degree
were conferred by the Pipestone coun-
Gil and the third degree was exempli-
fled by a degree team from Minneap-
oils. 1t was the first big initiation that
the local council has had in the last
two yeas.
st. PauI.-Roller towels are to be
placed under the ban with common
drinking cups and other public health
menaces. The anti-roller towel regu-
lation, as approved by the executive
committee of the state board of health,
was submitted to other board members
late yesterday by DR.. Charles E. Smith.
Jr., executive officer, and when unani-
.mously approved will have the effect
of law.
st. Paul.-Minnesota's $4,000, 900
soldiers bonus law may be subjected
to court tests to establish it's consti-
tutionality and Validity beyond any
question. Such action is contemplated
by bond concerns purposing to buy the
certificates of Indebtedness offered un-
der the law. Any litigation that is
commenced probably will mean from
thirty to ninety days delay in the be-
ginning of the actual payments of bon
uses, it was semi-officially stated.
st. Paula defense fund against
malicious prosecution of osteopathic
physicians will be raised by the Min
nesota Osteopathis association, it was
decided at the annual convention here.
Osteopaths in some places are being
subjected to persecution by their enc
mics, it was asserted, and the fund
will be used in fighting it. DR.. w. v.
Stephenson, of Minneapolis, was
elected president of the association; ;
DR.. Clara C. Wieland, st. Paul, vice
president; DR.. F. E. Jorris, Minneapo-
lis, secretary; DR.. Martha A. Covell,
st. Paul, librarian, and DR.. Georgia
Borup, ST. Paul, treasurer.
Ely.-As far as known no arrest has
been made of the person or persons
who fired upon Clarence Rice, an Oil
yer Iron Mining company police officer
at the Zenith mine here, where forty
Bulgarians are on strike, because,
it is said, they objected to any out
side police guards. Rice was not hit.
St. Cloud.-Mrs. Stewart of st.
Cloud, chairman of the state board of
visitors for institutions, announces
that Miss Florence Monahan, Mime
apolis, has been appointed head of
the new women's reformatory at
Shakonee and will assume her duties
Oct. 1.
Worthington. Morton Cory,
62 for the last twenty-seyen wears