The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1920-12-03
ENTIRE FIELD COVERED
News Of Events In Gopher State
Gathered From Many Different
Sources and Arranged In
Crisp Readable Form.

| Ecklund post or the American Legion
| Mankato-Annual sessions of tn
Southern Minnesota Medical associa
ton closed in this city. More than 40,
| physicians were in attendance.
Thief River Falls-There were 65
entries in the fourth annual poultr.
show, which closed here Saturda.
night, 200 more than last year.
Glenwood-Carson G. Henry died, at
ter suffering for eight days from in
| juries received when he was shocked
by live wire and fell 80 feet from ;
building.
Minneapolis-Cha w. Sexton
Minneapolis broker, who died two
| months ago, left an estate valued a
$560,194 according to a report of the
| appraisers.
Hugo-E. J. Letonuead resigned a:
a member of the independent schoo
| district school ward and Joseph Golf
| fon of Anoka township was appointed
to replace him.
Canby-Mr. and Mrs. A. H. Rocl
celebrated their golden wedding ami
versary here Mr.. Rock is a veteran Of
the Civil war and is prominent in Ma
| sonic, circles.
Minneapolis-Add fire protec
ton for children in Minneapolis public
schools was assured with the purchase
of 754 fire extinguishers by the board
Of education at cost of 100000.
Slayton-It was decided by a vote
of "a to "a to dispense with the ser
vices Of the county nurses here. Orig
inally this was the first county in
the state to employ county nurse.
Biwabik-Manual training classe:
of the Biwabik high schools under In
structor Raymond Smith, are to trans
form copper stills, seized in liquor
raids, into art pieces of wrought met
al.
ST. PAUL.. w. Hill returned to this
city from ST. Mary's hospital, Rochest
er, where he recuperated from an at
tack of lumbago and grippe, contracted
after a hunting trip to British Colum
bia.
st. Paula housewives bake.bread
here Mrs Sam Goldstein of the st
Paul Housewives league said, unless
bakers further reduce the price Of
bread.
Hastings-A special meeting of the
Dakota county board of commission
ers here decided to issue $250,0OC
worth of bonds to defray expenses in
connection with the highway between
st. Paul and Wescott
Minneapolis-The annual meeting OF
the Minnesota State Horticultural so
ciety will be conducted in Minneapo
lis Dec. z to 10 in the L. S. Donaldson
company store. Professor R. s. Mack
intosh, secretary announced.
Minneapolis Merton Higley, 25
years old, who pleaded guilty to the
theft of an automobile belonging to
Alderman Michael Meagher, was sen.
fenced by District Judge w. c. Leary
to an indeterminate term in the state
reformatory at st. Cloud.
inneapolisAPolice are seeking the
owner of the mystery car" a truck
that went over a 100-foot embankment
on the Mendoza road near Happy Hol.
low, about two miles this side of Men.
dota, more than week ago and has
lain there unmolested since.
st. Paul-Andrew e. Fritz, public
examiner to the Minnesota tax com
mission, certified taxes and penalties
amounting to more than $4,000 Of the
American Express company, represent
ing earnings of more than S45, $50. 40
derived by money order sales the last
to public officials. The public exam
iner's office also certified $1,544 taxes
and penalties of the American Railway
Express company.
st. Paul-The Minnesota. movement
to obtain better health laws will be
actively aided by ]. A. o. Preus, gov
ernor-elect, according to word given by
Mr.. Preus to directors of the annual
sale of Christmas seals in Minnesota.
Furthering of the work of the state
health department agencies will be
one of the major efforts of the new
governor. Mr.. Preus urged generous
buying of the Christmas seals to
finance the work of the volunteer pub
lie health organizations.
Marshall-Clarence Hines, was
found guilty of manslaughter in the
second degree here. Hines, while try.
ing out a motor in a car he had re-
paired, collided with car in which
number of Balaton people were rid
ing. Mrs. Thomson, one of the occu-
pants of the car, was killed and the
others were injured. Hines was SEN
fenced to term not exceeding three
years in the state prison.
Luverne-Four men were fined 500
and costs here for attempting to
avoid payment of the Minnesota nom
resident hunting license fee. 1t is
said they bagged two deer.
Minneapolis armed and un-
masked bandits entered the United
Cigar store, Sixth street and Nicollet
avenue, Minneapolis, held up the clerk,
robbed the safe of $500 in cash and
escaped in an automobile driven by a
confederate as scores of persons
passed the store.
ST. Cloud-Reverend Leo P. Cans,
rector of the cathedral here since
1907, died after two days illness from
a throat affiiction. He was Al years
old. The Rev. Mr. Cans formerly was
professor of canon law at the ST. Paul
seminary and is well known through
out the St Paul diocese.