The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1920-07-16

Fertile-The Polk county fair was
held here this week. The attendance
was extraordinarily large and it is
claimed $1,000 people paid admissions
during the three days of the fair.
Montevideo-The Minnesota river is
bank full here and in some places
the bottoms are under water. No dan
ger is expected however, reports from
towns on tributaries of the river IA
dicating a fall.
Duluth-District Judge w. A. Cant
in compliance with the request of coun-
sci of the 13 Negroes held in the as
sault case, ordered Sheriff F. l.. Magic
to appear July "a to answer a writ of
habeas corpus.
Stillwater-While working on high
power wires, Percy Derling, aged 46,
an employee of the Northern Power
company, was electrocuted. The body
was brought here. A widow and two
children survive.
Hastings-In default of $1,000 bail,
w. w. Kaptur was lodged in Dakota
county Jail to await action of the
grand jury on charge Of child deser-
ton He was committed by Justice
Smith of Pennington.
Winona Caught by the belt of
gasoline engine attached to cream
separator, Theodore Kleinik, 10 years
old son of farmer living near Ar
cadia, was killed by being hurled to
the concrete floor His neck had been
broken.
Hibbing-A stray shot from shoot
ing gallery hit Mrs. Amelia Ingevan in
the arm, causing flesh wound. The
force of the bullet was deadened by
coat the woman was wearing. A
guard was at once placed over the
shooting gallery.
Dawson-Water in the Lac Qui
Parle river, here receded two inches
and is now four feet from the high
water mark of last year. Some famil-
les have moved from their houses as
matter of precaution, fearing the re-
cent rains would swell the river fur
ther
Winona-J. v. Voorhees,, former su-
perintendent of Winona schools, has
been elected to similar position at
Eveleth at salary of $4,000 year.
Voorhees, was identified with the
school system here for IL years, re-
signing last winter to become north
west manager of Minneapolis teach
ers agency.
Duluth-Chief of Police John Muir
ply stated that he would offer his re-
ION 10 1n ntf any1oY1 IcCI
pending his hearing on charge OF
smuggling intoxicating liquor into the
United States from Canada. Chief
Murphy is out on $4,000 bail after
being arraigned before United States
commissioner and pleading not guilty.
Aitkin-After search of eight
hours by a posse of men and women,
the body of Robert Heineman, drown
ed in Little lake, was recovered
Heineman with Robert McAlester, a
neighbor, went fishing. Their boat
capsized McAlester saved himself,
Hineman unable to swim, is believed
to have been seized with cramps.
Heineman served with the American
Army in France.
Brainerd-Winston K Van Walk,
aged 16, was accidentally shot by his
5 year old brother James. The moth
err, Mrs. E. w. Van Walk, and four
children had just returned from a Wis
it when Jimmie spied rifle which
Winston had received as present. He
snapped the trigger and shot Winston
in the left side, the bullet just miss
ing the Is months old baby who was
crossing the room to the rear.
Slayton-A movement is soon to be
started by the towns on the Pipestone
branch of the Omaha road to persuade
the officials to establish Sunday train
service on the line. Persons living in
Slayton and other points on the linsr
are unable to leave for st. Paul and
Minneapolis on Sunday, and all mali
for the towns on the branch, including
Sunday Twin City papers, is held in
the Pipestone postoffice over Sunday.
Bemidji-Allen Strindberg, AZ years
old, bachelor living near Nobish,
found dead in his cabin by neighbors,
is believed to have committed suicide
by blowing his head off with dynamite
Coroner H. N. Mckee, after an inves-
tigation said, the body was found ly-
ing on bed and that the head had
been blown to pieces. Parts of fuse
and dynamite caps around the bed
lead to the belief that the man had
placed stick Of dynamite in his
mouth and lighted the fuse.
Crookston-1wc novel uses of air.
planes were put into effect near here
the past week. Sheriff Bolsead of
Polk county received message from
the sheriff of Beltrami county saying
an airplane had stopped there because
the supply of gasoline had been ex-
hausted. The pilot did not have mon
ey with which to purchase the gas, but
offered the farmers in the vicinity sur
rounding the place where the forced
landing was made whisky at s25 a
quart. After disposing of a sufficient
amount of whisky he purchased a new
supply of gas and started for Moor
head, Mimi, reports said. At Winni-
peg two men, conductor and mail
clerk on railroad train missed their
train when it pulled out of the station
and overlook it in a machine near the
border after flying in hired machine
Sank Center-Joseph Kellogg, who
was injured at Fairy Lake, July 4,
when an airplane in which he was a
passenger fell to the earth, is dead
Both arms and legs were broken. The
cause of his death was due to internal
injuries and conclusion of the brain
He's survived by a wife and step
child
Fairmont Continued rains the
past two weeks caused farmers to