The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1920-12-03

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being conducted here.
Fairmont-With good grades Of
soft coal selling at $21 ton and. hard
coal $26 ton, farmers are harning
corn for fuel.
Stillwater-Jonas w. Backland, first
deputy warden at the state peDiten
tiary, is dead. He had been ill fol-
three months.
Duluth-The coal supply at the head
of the lakes amounts to 10000 tons
according to report by F. M. Schut
tie, state weighmaster
Luverne-As soon as a selection has
been made, city mailcarriers will be
appointed and free delivery service
will be inaugurated in Luverne.
Elmore-The Methodist church OF
this city is to spend $4,000 for en-.
largement and improvements to acco
modate the growing congregation.
Paynesville-The Farmers Co-opera-
tive creamery at Hawick, was destroy
ed by fire starting frorn defect in
the smokestack leading from the boil
er room.
| L lpCoIOuC uISc pdooCu6Olo WoIc
injured and four cars were sent into
the ditch when a Rock Island freight
train was derailed seven miles south
of here.
| Appleton-Ch e. Twitchell, a
farmer, was killed when caught in the
| belt of machine with which he was
grinding feed on his farm, six miles
west of here.
William j. Eich, AZ years
old, st. Paul printer, committed suicide
by shooting himself with a shotgun.
Eich had been a resident of st. Paul
for many years.
Blue Earth-D A. Arbuckle, wanted
in this city on charge of DESERVING
his family, has been arrested at Sand
Point, Idaho, and an official has been
sent to bring him back.
| Pipestone-Three passengers were
| injured and four cars ditched when a
Rock Island freight train was derailed
seven miles south of here. None of the
injured was seriously hurt.
Winona-The Winona county fair
will be held the week preceding the
state fair. At recent meeting the
dates of the annual event were set as
Aug. 80, 81 and Sept. and 2.
LaCrescent-Apples raised and ex-
hibited by D. c. Webster Of this place
won 10 first prizes, seconds and 2
thirds at the recent horticultural ex-
| position at Council Bluffs, Iowa.
Hibbing John Kames, charged with
! the murder of Chester Evans, Negro,
| who was shot to death in the Range
hotel, entered plea of not guilty when
given a hearing in municipal court.
Duluth-Two unmasked men threw
ammonia in the face of A. l.. Hen
erickson, jewelry store proprietor, and
| after beating him insensible fled with
pouch containing about $4,000 worth
| of diamonds
Duluth-Max Mason, the first of
| seven Negroes to be tried here on
charges of criminally attacking an Is
year old white girl, on the night of
June IA, was found guilty by a jury in
district court.
Jacksonville state road crew
which worked all summer IL this
county has finished it's work for the
season. Fifteen miles of tiles were
laid, IA miles of read graded and 16
| miles graveled.
ST. Paul-M. L. Flannery, assistant
attorney general, returned from Wash
ington where he has been attending
the hearings in the Minnesota Railroad
rate case before the Interstate Com
merce commission.
ST. Paul-Joseph Nachtigall, Is years
old, failed to negotiate turn from the
Jefferson highway to South st. Paul
with touring car and was fatally in
jured when the ear plunged down a
40-foot embankment.
Hibbing-The sounding of taps by
bugler from the top of the Hibbing
library to honor Hibbing EIks who
gave their lives in the World war will
be the feature of the Elks' memorial
service on Dec. at the public library.
Nashwauk-Howard Caddy and Ell.
mer Pakkala, both of this city, are
among 70 national prize winners in
the nation wide Boy Scout essay con-
test on fire prevention, under the sup
ervision of the national board of fire
underwriters.
Winona-Seeing that he was unable
to escape from being run down by
a rapidly approaching automobile, Al
bert r. Smart, tossed his infant boy,
whom he carried in his arms to safe
ty just as he was struck and prob
ably fatally injured.
Duluth-Prospects that navigation of
the Great Lakes will continue for
three or four more weeks, owing to the
mild weather, will be of considerable
aid to transportation companies haul
ing cargo lots of coal, ore and grain,
traffic experts said.
Minneapolis-The University of Min
nesota must have $11, 492,250 for its
maintenance and improvement during
the next two years, Lotus d. Coffman,
it's president, told the board of re-
gents, in presenting to them the ten
tative budget he has drawn up.
Winona-On the 50th anniversary of
the founding of the church, the 25th of
its occupancy of the present building
and completion of slightly over 26
years as pastor by Rev. Father ]. G. ].
Pacholski, the new altar of the st.
Stanilaus church was consecrated
here The altar cost $4,000.
New Ulm-Constructio of three
large reservoirs with total capacity
of 1880, 100000 cubic feet at various
points in the Minnesota River valley
to protect most of the valley from
devastating floods is recommended by
the Minnesota department on food in
vestigations.
MinneapOIis - Bringing with him