The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1920-11-12
NEWS OF STATE
TERSELY TOLD
Recent Happenings in Minnesota
Given in Brief Items for
Busy Readers.
ENTIRE FIELD COVERED
News Of Events In Gopher State
Gathered From Many Different
Sources and Arranged in
Crisp Readable Form.

| old, an attorney of Crosby, is dead
of pneumonia here.
Winona-C. L. Hedges, superinten
for the past four years, has been ap
| pointed to a similar position at La
Crosse ~
Duluth-Rev N. p. Peterson, ~
years of age, pastor of the First Swe
| dish Lutheran church of Duluth, drop
ped dead of heart disease while deliv
ering a sermon.
Duluth-Scores of potato growers
| from all parts of the state displayed
their products at the state potato show
which was held in conjunction with
the Minnesota Potato Growers asso
citation convention. .-,, D..
Lewistown-At a special election
this village authorized the issue OF
$4,000 in bonds for an addition and
improvements to the consolidated high
school building here. Work will be
begun next summer.
Marshall-Unless some errors are
found in the returns. A. E. Anderson
and Silver Erickson, candidates for
county commissioner in the fifth dis
trict, will have to draw lots to see
who shall qualify for the office.
Fergus Falls-Search of almost two
months duration for Arvid Anderson,
patient of the state hospital for the. in
sane here, ended with the finding OF
his body in Hoot Lake. Boys who
were fishing made the discovery.
Fergus Falls-An unidentified man
committed suicide near here, by throw,
ing himself under the wheels OF a pas
senger train. His body was so badly
mangled by the train that there were
no means of making Identification.
Red Wing-County commissioners OF
Rice, Goodhue and Dakota counties
met here to apportion the amounts to
be contributed by the three counties
in support of the Mineral Spring. Tu-
berculosis sanatorium at Cannon Falls.
st. Paul-Clay deposits in Minneso-
ia will be the subject of study by Bar
on Gerard de Geer, geologist of Stock
holt, Sweden, who visited the Mime
sofa Historical society building and
conferred with DR.. Warren Upham,
archeologist.
Brainerd-The highway department
has notified the county engineers Of
flee and has sent forms for filling out
the refundment claims under Amend
ment No. l. The report is expected
to cover refundments of several hun
dred thousand dollars.
st. Paul-In an effort to raise the
American Presbyterian church budget
of $23,000,000 two teams of workers
headed by prominent members of the
Presbyterian vestry will make a whirl-
wind campaign through Minnesota and
nine other states, speaking in thirty
cities. .
st. Paul-Two Minnesota state
banks have doubled their capital, F..
E. Pearson, state superintendent of
banks, reported. They are the Com
mercial State bank of st. Paul, increas-
ed capital from $4,000 to $4,000, and
the Cosmopolitan bank of Saltwater,
also increased from $4,000 to $4,000
st. Paul-During October $1,239, 5S1
was paid out in soldiers bonuses and
during the first week in November
$250,000 was paid out. Up to July l.,
100000 in soldiers bonuses had been
paid, making the total payment ap-
proximately $11,500,000, according to
George LaFond, chief accountant in
the office of NJ. ]. Desmond.
st. Paula resolution urging that
the marriage laws be MADE more
stringent by legislation at the next
meeting of the state Legislature and
that a provision be made that five
days elapse between the application
for, and the granting of marriage IL
cense, was adopted at meeting of the
Minnesota State Humane society.
Minneapolis-Full Endorsement of
the 1920 Christmas Seal sale to be con-
Quoted in every community in Mime
sofa beginning December 1, was voic-
ed by representative teachers from
every section of the state, in a resolu-
ton unanimously adopted at the con-
Guiding session of the annual meet
ing of the Minnesota Eduaction asso-
citation.
neapolis-Students of the Uni
versity of Minnesota will launch "Bet-
ter Minnesota Week" on Nov. 16 with
tag day, and conduct convocations
at which prominent men will speak
Nov. II, Is and 10, and conclude the
ceremonies on Nov. 20 with a parade
through Minneapolis in honor of the
alumni who will attend homecoming
day. r
st. Paul. P. Kinney, chief forest
er of the Indian service of the federal
Forestry department, with headauar-
tiers at Washington, has just arranged
for the sale of 100000 feet of tim
Der on Indian reservations in the
state. He conferred with w. T. Cox.
state forester, at the capitol. Sawmills
operated by the Indians on the Nett
Lake reservation are providing keen
competition for the commercial mills
in selling lumber, he reports. The In
dams are doing considerable logging
themselves and more of them are en-
tering the numbering and logging bust
ness each year, he said
st. Paul-Automobile licenses in
1921 will net Minnesota s5,4O0,OOO and
will be spent in pulling Minnesota
out of the mud" according to an esti-
mate made from figures obtained in
the automobile license department at
the state Capitol.
Minneapolis = Intense interest in
citizenship is being manifested among
club women all over the state, accord
ing to Mrs. George Allen of Rochester.
president of the Minnesota Federation
of Women's Clubs. More than so civ
ic clubs have been formed in the past
month and six additional ones are in