The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1920-11-12

ed plea of not guilty in police court.
| Minneapolis needs to
meet the rapid growth of st. Olaf col
lege, Mortified, were outlined at
dinner attended by $50 alumni at Gen.
trail Lutheran church in this CITY,
Red Wing Henry C. Alters of St.
Cloud, well known throughout the
northwest, is dead at the residence Of
| G. j. Alters, brother he was visit
ing.
Hastings-A barn and horses, valued
| at $1,000, were destroyed by fire Of
unknown origin here. Six horses and
| quantity of hay were burned. The
barn and horses were the property of
William Radke
Stillwater-The five steel barges
that were constructed for the govern
ment by the Twin City Forge & Foun-
dry rompany have been taken to st.
Louis where they will be launched to
trade in the Ohio river.
Owatonna-Rev. John Kildahl, at
present in charge of Wisconsin
parish and well known in northwest
Lutheran circles, has accepted call
| as pastor of the Trinity English Luz
theran church of this city.
Blooming Prairie-Steele county au-
thorities are attempting to trace Chris
Jorgenson of st. Paul. Jorgenson is
alleged to have fired several shots
from shotgun at youths engaged in
Halloween pranks last week.
Brainerd-An alleged confession OBJ
tanned by the police from James Deb
els has cleared the $4,000 cigaret rob-
berry which occurred here recently.
The confession duplicates Martin Sor-
enson, companion of Debels.
st. Paula parsonage, although
owned by church, is taxable, as it is
not place generally used for Chris
tian worship, c. S. Oakley, assistant
attorney general in the office of G. l..
Hilton, ruled in answer to several in
quiries.
st. Paul-C. c. Ponsonby, chief train
dispatcher for the terminal division of
the Great Northern railroad, by which
he had been employed for 3S years,
died from heart trouble at his home
here. He had been in ill health for
three years.
Duluth-A coroner's jury in session
here returned a verdict that Chris F.
Lahman, 55 years old, a farmer of
Floodwood, had been murdered by an
unknown assailant and had not died
of heart disease as had been first an
nounced by the family
st. Paul-Life imprisonment in the
women's reformatory at Shakopee was
the sentence imposed upon Mrs. Ethel
Wormack of this city, when she was
found guilty of the murder Of Mrs.
Edna Kelley, Minneapolis, in the RAM
sey county district court.
neapolfs-Damage amounting to
approximately $4,000 was caused by
fire, which spread through the mill
and elevator of the Central Milling
company. Thirty thousand bushels of
oats and 10000 bushels of wheat were
stored in the place, and much of this
was ruined.
st. Paul-The Ramsey county grand
jury freed Harry Payne, ST. Paul po-
liceman, of the charge of murder,
when it reported to Judge H. R. Brill
nobill in the case of the man charg-
ed with the unlawful Staying of Harry
F. LaValle on the night of September
5. He was released.
Owatonna-Steps will be taken at
a meeting here toward the organiza-
ton of Company I, First Minnesota
infantry. The new organization is to
replace Company l of the Second Min.
nesota infantry, which served rs a
unit of the 136th infantry during the
World war and was mustered out of
the service in the spring of 1915
st. Paul-The State Tax commission
conducted hearings at which the Nor
thern Finance company Of Minneapo-
lis asked a reduction in the valuation
of the Temple Court business block
in Minneapolis, and a hearing to de-
termine the apportionment of property
of the Observation-Disclosures Light &
Power company in Washington and
Goodhue counties. The cases were TAX
en- under advisement.
nneapolis-Falling in 10 DAYS
$3.50 a barrel from its price on Sat-
urday, Oct. 80, and selling In the Min
neapolis market at 1915 to $40 for the |
best family patents and 1926 to 1915
for standard patents, -four became
prime factor in the downward ten
dency of the cost of living The price
now quoted compares with $1O.4O to
$1,000 for best patents on Nov. 6, last
Saturday, and with $1120 to S11.5O
on the Saturday preceding that.
st. Paul-The Minnesota Railroad
and Warehouse commission filed form
al protest yesterday against the fed
eral valuation of railroads in Mime
sofa which they charge are s23, $685.
057.50 higher than the state railroad |
figures. The protest was filed with
the Interstate Commerce commission. |
The state alleges that the amounts of |
the federal excuses are as follows: |
Great Northern, 1887 ,004, or % per
cent; 500 line, S9,254,023, or 35.1 per
cent; Hill City railway, $135,559.82.
or ASP per cent; Minneapolis & Rainy |
River, $661,SSS, or As per cent; Du-
buque & Sioux City, $1S6,5S2, or 36.9
per cent.
Thief River Falls-The city council
adopted resolution whereby the cost
of putting in the sanitary sewer con-
nections from laterals to lots will be 1
assessed against the lots in question
such assessments to be Incorporated
by the county auditor with the regular
real estate tax.
Minneapolis-Maj. Bruce M. Mohler,
for nine years chemist with the divi-
sion of sanitation of the Minnesota