The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1920-04-09
Recent Happenings in Minnesota
Given in Brief l.ems for
Busy Re-. ders.
ENTIRE FIELD COVERED
News Of Events In Corner State
Gathered From Many Different
Sources and Arranged In
Crisp Readable Form.

| lied here.
New Prague-A unit of the women's
| auxiliary to be attached to the Charles
Borak post, American Legion, New
Prague, has been organized.
tillwater.-Philip McDermott, 80
years old, who came to this city 63
years ago, died at his home here. Two
| sons and two daughters survive.
Glenwood.-L Goldberg of this city
pleaded guilty to the charge of selling
| intoxicating liquor and was given a
! fine of 500 and costs by Justice Reed
Brainerd. Fire communicating
from the chimney to the roof destroy.
| ed the residence of NJ O'Brien, causing
a loss of $4,000, covered by $4,000 in.
surance.
Fosston.-Andrew E. Johnson of this
village has made contract whereby
he pays $1,000 for the buttermilk from
the Fosston creamery for period OF
three years.
Thief River Falls-A school election
was held when the proposition to issue
bonds in the sum of $135,000 was put
to vote. There were 174 votes cast
of which 100 were favorable.
New Prague Grading of the New
gueMontgomery road will begin at
once, the road to be graded and drain
ed ready for hard surfacing by Nov. 1,
1920, and hard surfaced in 1921.
Bruno.-At a meeting held here of
about 100 farmers it was decided to or.
ganize and build a cooperative cream
cry with capital of $1,000 and $4,000
worth of stock was subscribed as a
starter.
Redwood Falls.-Hearings on Ditch
No. 81 are being held before the Red
wood county commissioners. The pro-
posed ditch would drain $4,000 acres
of land and it's estimated cost is ST.
100000.
Canby.-1t is reported here that a
deal has. been completed whereby the
A. H. Savage interests of st. Paul have
acquired 100000 worth of stock of
the Citizens Light and Power COM
pany of Candy.
Virginia.-Three children were over
come by smoke and II other persons
trapped in flats above two stores by
fire that caused damage estimated at
$4,000. All the occupants of the flats
were saved by firemen.
Badger.-Norman Peterson of Badger
has received appointment to the posi-
tion of assistant clerk on the post
roads committee of the house of rep
resentatives, Of which Congressman
STEVENSON is chairman
Montevideo.-In special election
here it was voted to issue 100000 in
bonds for the erection of a new
school. 1t Is proposed to build 10
room grade school building, to be
ready for the fall term
New Prague-Citizens of New
Prague plan to erect a $4,000 COM
munity house, library, clubroom and
gymnasium as memorial to it's SOL
diers in the late war The building
will be financed by stock company.
East Grand Forks-Mrs. Hugh Quig-
ley, wife of Chief Hugh Quigley of the
local police force, met her death as a
result of heart failure while coughing.
She was SO years old, and besides her
husband is survived by three daugh-
tiers.
Glenwood.-Dr. j. r. Elsey of this
city was appointed medical examiner
for the bureau of war risk insurance
for the fiscal year ending June 80,
1921. AS official examiner DR.. Elsey
will investigate disability incurred
while In the service.
South ST. Paul.-Four masked rob-
bers held up several employees in the
garage of Frank A. Bredt here and OBJ.
tanned cash and jewelry amounting to
$4,000. One man suffered a slight
scalp wound when a bandit shot at
him for failing to raise his hands.
Bemidjf.-A. w. Aamodt, who for
the past two years has been county
agent for South Beltrami county, has
completed his work here and left for
Moorhead, where he took over his new
position April l as manager of the
Clay County Certified Seed Potato
Growers association.
Deer River.-O. e. Hulehan, cashier
OF the Farmers State bank here, was
acquitted by a district court jury at
Grand Rapids on a charge of forgery.
alleged to have been committed in real
estate transaction. The case was an
upshot of civil action held last fall
In which Mr.. Hulehan defeated a lum-
bering concern. The jury was out five
minutes.
Brainerd.-Judge w. A. Flemming,
IL years old, a pioneer of Crow Wing
county and Brainerd, was found dead
In bed at his home by his wife, who
returned from a visit at the home of
her daughter in Crosby. Death is be-
lieved to have been due to heart dis ]
ease.
Owatonna.-A special election to
vote s250,000 worth of bonds for Owa-
tomas proposed $550,0O0 high school
building carried by narrow majority
of % votes. Women's votes were
responsible for the carrying of the
bond issue. George A Baalson, prin-
cipal, will receive $4,000 salary a year.
Bemidji.-Joseph Clarkin, arrested
in state room of the sleeping car on
the southbound M. & l. train by In
dian Agents William Johnson and Ed.
ward Escola charged with having nine
dress suit cases filled with whisky he
was taking from Canada to st. Paul,
was arraigned before United States
Commissioner Simons here and held
In $500 to the Fergus Falls Federal
grand jury.
Fergus Falls.-Marjorie Hippins <