The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1920-06-11
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.

Minnesota Cooperative Potato Mar
keting exchange was formed by far
mers living in this vicinity.
st. Peter-Gustavus Adolphus col
lege graduated the largest class in the
history of the institution this year.
The college class numbered 43.
Waseca-Because of inability to OBJ
tain bids from outside financial houses,
the city council will sell $4,000 worth
of paving bonds to local citizens.
Mankato-Odd Fellows from all
parts of Minnesota, more than 1000
in number, opened the sessions of the
grand lodge encampment in this city.
Askov-I. B. McNelly, living west of
Bruno, was badly hurt by an explosion
of box of dynamite caps, his face,
hands and knees being badly lacerated.
Little Fork-Work of the Minnesota
land clearing train crew here was
watched with great interest. Many
stumps and old trees were uprooted in
their demonstration.
New Richland- businessmen and
farmers plan to revive the New Rich
land Community club and consider
construction of community building
at meeting here July 6.
neutrality-suspicious. to fight forest
fires will soon be flying over the range,
according to announcement by ID. l..
Mcintosh, forest ranger here. They
are to fly between Duluth and Vermil-
lion and Pelican lakes.
Stillwater-George Appel, a we'll
known resident of the town of Oak
dale, arrested by Deputy Game War
den Klinefelter for catching under
sized bass in Lake Elmo, was fined
| $40 and costs in municipal court.
Sank Center-Sauk River and Sank
lake are higher than for number of
years, owing to recent heavy rain falls.
| A number of families living east of
| here are entirely cut off by the high
| water. Wagon roads are almost inn
| passable.
| Chatfield-Charles P. Best, former
| mayor of this place, dropped dead OF
| heart failure while moving the lawn
at his home here. Mr.. Best was rs
years of age and had lived practically
his entire lifetime in Chatfield and vi
cinity. He was active in Masonic
| circles and well known in this part of
| the state.
head-Seventy-three Concordia
college students graduated from vari-
GUS departments when the college
commencement exercises were held in
| the auditorium. Seventeen Of these
students have finished the college
course, forty-three of them the acade-
mic course, six the commercial course
and seven the shorthand course.
Grand Marais-E. H. STEELE and
other engineers are here working on
the Babcock highway program to be
carried out by Cook and Lake coun-
ties, being part of the engineering
force of Itasca county sent here tenn
porarily G. G. Gladman, locating en-
gineer and staff of assistants, also Of
Grand Rapids, will make their head
quarters at Two Harbors
Northfield-Gift of 100000 to Garlic
ton college here by F. c. Barrows OF
Fergus Falls, grandson of Charles M.
Goodsell, who founded the college in
1865, is announced. The gift includes
property and securities, the income
from which is to be used for building
purposes at Carleton for 25 years, af-
ter which the property will be turned
over to the board to be used as it sees
| fit
Crookston-Harry L. Smith, the
Citizens bands of this city, has ar
| rived. Mr.. Smith has had consider
able experience In band work and is
| expected to quickly put the two local
bands in shape for summer concerts.
| The new leader was former member
of Pryor's famous military band, as
well as the musical organizations of
Peoria and Monmouth Ill.
Eveleth-Holy Family church, at the
suggestion of Rev. Anton Leskovick, is
| raising money for the installation of
| large electric chime clock to be placed
| in the steeple of the church. The
clock will have four dials with such
| dimensions that the time of the day or
night may be seen from any part of
the city. Large electric lights will
| illuminate the tower at night and the
clock will chime out every fifteen min
utes. The cost of the clock will be
close to $4,000 and some of that
amount has already been contributed
| by the parishioners. Several enter
| tainments will be given by different
organizations of the church for the
purpose of raising the money.
Mankato-After IA years of activity,
the Mankato Commercial club was
voted out Of existence at final meet
| ing. The Commercial club will be sup
planted by new Civic and Commerce
association, which is now under pro-
Eeess of formation In Mankato, under
supervision of the American City bu-
reau.
Hibbing and stickers bear
ing the emblem of the /. w. w. have
been found recently on buildings un-
der construction in this vicinity. The
organization is not as active as in for
mer years. conducting their meetings
secretly at members homes.
Worthington-Robert Davies, far
mer, accidentally ran the tine of a
| pitchfork into the head of his little
| daughter, piercing her brain and caus-
| ing death. Davies was working in the
barn and did not know the girl had
| followed him into the building.
Red Wing-Six seniors of the Pine
Island Goodhue county high school
had miraculous escape from death
when the automobile in which they
were riding smashed into Chicago
Great Western engine at that place.
Two were seriously injured and the
other four escaped with minor cuts
| and bruises.