The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1920-05-14
Recent Happenings in Minnesota
Given in Brief TENS for
Busy Re- ders.
ENTIRE FIELD COVERED
News Of Events IN GOPHER State
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confirmation to class OF 80 young
people at st. Peters.
Fergus Falls-William Kerch, who
lived Is miles southwest of here, was
drowned while fishing. His parents be-
lieve he was seized with illness and
fell into the water.
Omega-The Minnesota Securities
commission again refused to issue a
charter for the establishment of sec.
ond bank here, giving as the reason
that the place is too small.
st. Paul-Subscriptions in the popu.
lar sale of state soldiers bonus bonds
to date totaled s1,563,7OO, $4,000 hav.
ing been credited on one days total.
The largest subscription was a $4,000
purchase by Sam Vansas of Biwabik.
Cass Lake-The body of Earl Child
of Laporte, who with his father,
George Child, was drowned in Leech
Lake last October, while hunting, has
| Just been recovered. The body of the
elder Child has not as yet been 10
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st. Peter-When their automobile
/
tern passenger engine near here. B.
o. Schwaz, Amboy, Mimi, and his two
brothers, A. E. and Donald R., mar
rowly escaped death. The car was
crushed to bits. .-...
| Red Lake Falls.-Under a proposed
ordinance before the City council, milk
vendors selling in this city will be re-
quired to have their cows tested for
tuberculosis once year. 1t is. esti-
mated the cost of the tuberculin test
will not exceed 81.
| Moorhead-There will be no paving
done in Moorhead this summer be-
cause of the question of the constitu-
tionality of the state law passed by
the last legislature governing paving
contracts in Minnesota towns, in the
opinion Of city officials.
| Madelia-Judson Case, railroad
man was killed while eating his lunch
when freight train ran onto side
track because of an open switch and
bumped into freight car under which
he was sitting. Case was 55 years old
and is survived by his wife and three
daughters.
Stillwater-Matt C. Mcmillan, who
has been employed at the Minnesota
state prison for about twenty years,
working his way up to cashier, credit
man and buyer of Irvine, ETC., has re-
Gently been selected to assume the
duties of newly created office, SUI
perintendent of industries at the
| prison.
Deer River-Fire of unknown origin
| destroyed a warehouse belonging to
c. w. Reithner in which was stored
supplies and logging outfit belonging
| to H. E. Lindhe. The total loss is
$4,000; insurance, $4,000 The resi-
dence of John Mcdonald next to the
building was damaged to the extent of
$500, insurance, $1,000.
Redwood Falls-A jury in the dis
trict court virtually decided that a
| farmer is responsible for injuries sus-
tanned by his hired help when they re-
turned verdict of $4,000 against Mar
tin Goche for the injury received to
| Burton Clark who lost his left arm in
mower while employed on Goche's
| farm. The suit was for $4,000.
Hibbing-Forester Mcintosh advises
that Buhl, Chisholm, Mountain Iron,
Virginia and Gilbert, as we'll as Hib-
bling, have applied to the forestry de-
| partment for allotments of trees to
| be planted in the respective COM
munities on Arbor day as living
memorials to soldier dead. The trees,
white pines, arrived in fine shape and
have been distributed.
misunderstanding to reports COM
ing from the farming districts the
seeding of small grains has been prac-
tically completed in this county and
the first sown grain Is showing up
| nicely. While there has been consid-
cradle wet weather, the amount of
rain that has fallen has not been large
and the ground is in good shape for
preparation for the corn crop.
: Dalton-Two persons were killed
and two seriously injured when the
automobile they were riding in was
struck by a Great Northern passenger
train, east bound, near here. The
dead are: Guy Rostad, driver Of
the machine, and Miss Myrtle Fos-
haug. The injured are: Peter Mel
son and Miss Agnes Hammer. They
we're taken to hospital at Ashvey,
where physicians said they may recov-
er.
Tracy-A fifty thousand dollar cor
poration is being formed here for the
| purpose of making this place the avia-
lion center for this section of the
state. The new corporation will be
known as the Club Port Flying School.
Dr. A D. Hoidale is president of the
corporation.
Moorhead-At least 5000 people are
expected to attend the convention in
Moorhead June "a, Is and rs, of the
Pelleget, an organization of Norwe-
gians. The meeting will attract visi-
tors from two or more Northwestern
states and speakers Of national pro-
minence will participate.
Barup-Barup was threatened with
disastrous fire when a truck driver
unloading gasoline into an under
ground tank failed to notice that the
tank was full and flowing over. A
lighted cigaret set fire to the gasoline
and burned portion of the store The
driver escaped with slight burns.
Fergus Falls-While the season is
backward and late in Minnesota, the
amount of farm work done on May 1
compared very favorably with the