The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1920-01-23

superintendent or the local schools,
has been reelected for a two years
term.
Duluth.-For five nights women
were attacked in the downtown streets
in Duluth, according to reports given
the police.
Duluth.-Bounties paid by st. Louis
county to trappers and wolf hunters in
1919 totaled $19,470, according to the
county auditors report.
Hutchinson.-The amount expended
during the year 1919 for new buildings
and improvements in the city amount
ed to $16S,325. Thirty-four new homes
were built.
Mankato-Louis Wenner, 16, was
instantly killed while hunting at Eagle
lake, near here. A shotgun accidental
ly discharged by companion blew off
the top of his head.
Moorhead- business in
Clay County in 1919 was heavier than
usual, with total of 127 cases, forty
two of them district and eighty-five
Justice court cases.
Fergus Falls.-I o. Swenson was
elected president of the First State
bank of this city to succeed the late
A. Brandenburg, who was killed in the
tornado here last June.
nt.-AnnOuncement was made
by Rev. w. E. Griffith, southern Min
nesota district superintendent, that
new Congregational church, to cost
$4,000, will be erected here soon. !,
Mankato.- William Simmons of Mani
kato pleaded guilty in the Federal disA
trict court, ST. Paul, to charge of at
tempting to transport liquor from
Mankato to Iowa, and was fined 500.
ST. Cloud.-President Henry SuZallo
of the Washington State university
has been secured to give the COM
mencement address to the graduating
class of the ST. Cloud normal in June.
Albert Lea.-Arrangements are be-
ing completed for Albert Lea's winter
carnival to be staged here from Jan.
26 to 81 In addition to parade there
will be skating, skiing and tobogganing
contests.
Stillwater.-One thousand, one hun
bred, sixty-three real estate transfers
were filed with the register of deeds,
A. W. Magnuson, during 1919, being an
increase of Alp over 1918 and PIP more
than in 1917.
Stillwater-The third steel barge to
be constructed by the Twin City Forge
and Foundry company, is practically
ready to be launched, while fourth
boat will be ready for its initial dip in
about 80 days.
Stillwater-V. R. Brown, Neilsville,
Wis, has been named county agent of
Washington county, to succeed A. o.
Mccormick, recently resigned. Brown
will begin his duties Feb. Is. His
salary will be $4,000 per year.
Luverne.-Walter E. Ross, 81 years
old, was given suspended sentence of
five years at the ST. Cloud reformatory
\ by Judge Nelson in district court hertz
on his plea of guilty to the charge of
forgery. Ross father made good the
forged check.
Duluth.-Germain Francois Gilroy, 3
years old, French orphan, has reached
Duluth under special permit from
the French government allowing him
to reside in America until he is Is, I'M
der the promise of DR.. A. T. Laird that
he will be educated.
Duluth.--More than 200 business
men from the Mesaba and Vermillion
ranges and Duluth will go to Brainerd,
Jan. %, to promote the campaign Of
the newly organized Minnesota Fair
Tax association, which is fighting the
proposed tonnage tax.
Madison.-A shooting scene in
"L'Ayenir Studio" playlet produced
at the Congregational church fair here
caused the death of Gordon Hayden,
Is, one of the players. The boy was
killed when boy in the playlet whose
part it was to aim rifle at Hayden,
pulled the trigger. The gun was not
known to be loaded. Hayden died
few minutes after the shooting.
Minneapolis ten acres, or six
city blocks, of floor space will be filled
with the best that America has to Of
fer in all manner of automotive equip
ment and industrial products at the
National Automotive show Jan. 81 to
Feb. z. Each of the five floors of the
is to be held, will be filed to capacity
with exhibits. Everything has been
done for the comfort of automotive
show visitors. Wide aisles have been
left to avoid overcrowding.
Virginia. Virginia jobbers are re-
ported to be without sugar, and none
seems available for some time Local
wholesale men claim that the condi-
tion is due, not to shortage of sugar,
but to speculation in the product,
either refineries or others holding the
sugar for fancy prices. Local men
handling sugar have declined to buy
sugar at the fancy prices asked by the
sugar Spectator, and will try to aid
in the fight for an open market by buy
ing only such sugar as is absolutely
necessary.
Moorhead.-A verdict for $500 in
favor of the plaintiff was returned by
the jury in Clay county district court
in the $500 damage case brought
by John T. Hottie, as special ad-
ministrator, VS.. John L. Mccormick
of Fargo. The suit was to recover
damages for the, death of o. A. Chris,
Jensen, Oakport township farmer, from
injuries suffered when the car in which
he was riding collided with one of the
defendants trucks on the state road
north of the Moorhead courthouse on
Oct. L., 1918.
Minneapolis care will be
taken of all automotive show visitors
according to the plans of the Minneap-
oils and ST. Paul hotel, civic and re-
tail associations These organizations
have made preparations to care for
quarter million out-of-town guests.