The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1919-03-28
NEWS OF STATE
TERSELY told
Recent Happenings In Minnesota
Given In Brief Items For
Busy Readers.

GlVen IN Brief items FOr
Busy Readers.
Ely.-At the last meeting of the Ely
Commercial club, an active campaign
was launched for the erection of a
modern hotel
ST. Paul.-Governor Burnquist is
spoke at the annual meeting of the
Swedish Republican club in Chicago,
and later visited relatives in Dayton,
Ohio.
Bemidji.-Corporal William Eber-
line, until he enlisted in the military
an employee of the Security State bank,
has arrived from an artillery camp in
Dover, N. j., where he has been in
station several months.
Red Lake Falls.-The Perrault sta
ton cheese factory was recently reor-
ganized, having been purchased by
twenty farmers from Robidoux & Par
enteau. The Lake Pleasant Dairy as
ISOLATION is the name of the new COM
pany
Crosby.-Jacob and Rade Rebul
were instantly killed at Armour mine
near here. while blasting. 1t is thought
they miscounted the number of shots
placed and returned before all had ex-
pioded. Two shots were the cause Of
the mems death.
International Falls Robert Gunther
paid a fine of SIS and costs in munic-
ipal court. Sheriff Mcintosh and Chief
Of Police Kirkpatrick found Gunther in
possession Of two quarts of whisky
while on duty as bartender at Ban
croft's bowling alley.
st. Paul.-The state has received
s1,00S Inheritance tax on Minnesota
property in the estate of Joseph Mar
celina Hurtado of Bologna, Italy. The
property held subject to Minnesota in
heritance tax consisted of stock in
he Great Nothern railroad.
Hibbing.-Independent labor candi-
dates who were defeated in the city
election have left for st. Paul where
they say they will present to the Gov
ernor signed affidavits and photo
graphs showing Irregularities at the
election precints of the city.
CrOokston.-Mrs. l.. M. Davis, chair
man of the Crookston branch of the
Polk county division of the council
Of National Defense, has appointed
women to take charge of survey to
obtain data regarding what was done
In Crookston during the war period.
Blackduck-A year of progress and
advancement was outlined for the
Blackjack Commercial club at it's an
uual meeting just held, when, at a
banquet served by the domestic science
students Of the high school, plans for
the coming season were discussed.
Moorhead.-Leslie Welter has been
reappointed resident director of the
Moorhead Normal school by Governor
] ]. A. A. Burnquist and has received
MS commission for four-year term.
Mr.. Welter was first appointed by
Governor w. S. Hammond in 1915, sue
,eeding c. G. Dosland.
Minneapolis.-A lonely tramp, on
his early spring travels, is said to have
| saved several hundred persons three
miles north of Pine Island, when he
Jagged a Rochester-St. Paul Great
Western train in time to prevent a
landslide from covering it. The slide,
was 900 feet long and three feet deep.
Hibbing.-The water and light board
has decided to open bids for the erec-
lion Of modern power plant to be
erected In Alice, on April ~. Charles
Foster, superintendent of the local
plant, has been busy on plans for the
aew building which will be modern in
every respect. The present plant
must be moved as mining operations
will soon reach the ground it stands
IN.
Bemidji.-There is qualification here
over the reappointment by Governor
Burnquist of Arthur P White of Be
midi on the state normal board.
Since the appointment of Mr.. White
% this position by Governor Ham,
nond four years ago, the sixth normal
school has become reality and its
Initial building representing an ex-
2enditure of 100000, now adorns the
shore of Lake Bemidji.
Duluth.-That her husband forced
her to eat green peanuts and raw
neat, do her washing in a swamp,
earn telegraphy against her will and
:ead books she did not care about, was
he basis Of testimony in district court
here that secured for Mrs George
Cassidy divorce. She was also
!orced to do her Homework on a SEIZED
lie which her husband prepared for
1er, the plaintiff testified. She was
awarded $40 a month.
st. Paul.-Governor Burnquist has
named eight Minnesota representa-
ives to an annual meeting of the
Mississippi Waterways association,
which will take place April IL and 18
N st. Louis. The delegates are E. V.
Willard, state drainage engineer; p E.
Stevens and L. P. Wolfe, all of st.
Paul; Francis C. Shenahon, Minneap-
,lis; William A. Watts, Duluth; Sen
ator F. L. Cliff, Ortonville; Represen-
:ative o. C. Neuman, Wheaton, and
former Senator D. P. O'Neill of Thief
River Falls.
st. Paul.-Chairman Ira B. Mills and
Commissioner Fred w. Putnam of the
state railroad and warehouse commits
sion have gone to Washington to rep
resent the state at hearing on pro-
posed reconsignment charges by rail-
roads, scheduled before the interstate
commerce commission. The Minneso-
"a commission is vigorously opposing
he proposed charges by railroads, and
Henry O. Flannery assistant attorney