The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1919-12-12

| ty, with few contributions from pri
vate citizens, have raised $3.50 for the
Theodore Roosevelt Memorial fund.
Sank Center.-The plans for $26.
900 armory here have been accepted
by the adjutant general in st. Paul
The contract for construction has
| been let.
Litchfield.-C. NJ Cronse, breeder oil
Duroc-Jerseys hogs, has refused an Of
fer of $4,000 fer his herd boar. The
| animal is nine months old and weighs
$40 pounds.
Brainerd.-A substantial increase in
livestock premiums is contemplated
by Grow Wing County Agricultural
association which conducted meeting
at Peqnot
st. Paul-Federal internal revenue
agents raided three homes in st. Paul
and seized three stills and large
quantity of whisky, arresting four
men and woman, all Italians.
tillwater.-Stillwater Elks will play
Santa Claus to the poor children OF
Saltwater and vicinity this year as
they have in years gone by, G. F
Englin is the chairman of the com
mittee.
Mankato.-Jan. 10 to "a are the
dates set for the big Mankato win
ter fete. F. e. Crandall, JOHN Far.
mer and C.. r. Butler have been ap
pointed as King Testers to his honor
Carnival King Ferd. Hoerr.
Winona.-Temporary relief N the
local fuel situation was afforded by the
release of three cars of soft coal held
in the railroad yards here, by order
of the fuel administrator. The coal
will be sold to householders in half
ton lots
Owatonna.- high school
students of oral English and dramatic
art will present number of plays,
playlets and other forms of dramatic
entertainments for small communities
in this section of the state during the
winter.
Crookston.- Hallock, a village in
Kittson county, is awaiting report of
an examination of a sample of gas
found on the farm of Emil Kvark,
near there. A flow of gas was struck
at depth of 125 feet while well was
being dug.
H, chinson.-Albert Nuwash, so
years old, Silver Lake livestock
dealer, was killed b the eastbound
train near Komensky station four
miles from here He was walking on
the track and being very deaf did not
hear The approachir- train.
Chisholm.-The Chisholm Defense
League, which handled the funds for
all the war drives in this village, has
passed out of existence. An appropria-
tion of $4,000 was turned over to the
Chisholm post of the American Legion.
This fund wall be used by the soldiers
in providing quarters.
Grand Rapids.-Tom Peterson, a
local hunter, has just returned from
the Sky Lake region, where he was
successful in killing a fifteen-prong
buck, one of the largest animals killed
in that section this season. Seven
other hunters in the party also shot
a deer each.
uO W SSiuS lOI
rough fish in thirteen Minnesota lakes
was granted on competitive bids by
Game Commissioner Carlos Avery.
The bids were unusually high Hunt
& Hanson of Lake Crystal were
granted the right to seine i'm Lake Gill
fillan, Blue Earth county.
Montevideo.-The Fourth annual
show of the Chippewa County Poultry
association will be held here Jan. 6
to 9. Leading breeders of the north
west are entering their birds and the
Minneapolis show has been postponed
two weeks so as not to conflict with
that of the Chippewa county show
Duluth.-Dismissal of various ac-
lions in the United States district
court here wound up all but one of the
socalled boarding cases." started two
months ago as result of agitation
against alleged profiteering. All of
these cases brought against Armour &
Co., the Charles B. Robins Fish COM
pany of Chi"ago and Johns Fish COM
pany of Duluth, were dismissed
st Cloud Two cars day are be-
ing produced at the factory of the Pan
Motor company here, according to Of
ficials of the CT mpany. i Sas stated
by them tina: there are nov S6out $50
men on the payroll. They say sac COM
pany plans during the next sixty or
ninety days tor production of about
twenty-five cars day. Most of the
parts used in the cars now turned out
were made in the local plant, it is
stated
Fergus Falls.-A scheme to rob Fer
dinand Peters, farmer living near
here of his private stock" while he
was attending church, was alleged in
district court in connection with the
arrest of Herbert Bredehoft, charged
with completely in the attempted rob-
berry of Peters. 1t is charged that
Bredehoft and two other men schemed
to steal liquor stored in the basement
of the Peters home whole the owner
was at the church.
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 a 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.
Misunderstanding before Judge
Edward Freeman in district court here
for a stay of proceedings asked by the
villagers against the moving of the
depot, freight warehouses and tracks