The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1920-04-23

combined with an increasing demand
has caused an epidemic of home buy.
ing here
Crookston.-C rookston residents are
taking steps to build swimming pool
and amusement center in Central park
| here this summer.
| Virginia.-All grade school teachers
of Virginia have signed contracts for
the next teaching year, according to
members of the school board.
Moorhead.-Carl A. Hallenberg, S3
years old, was found dead in his home.
Physicians stated he evidently died of
heart disease several days before
Renville.-At a special election here
bonds to the amount of $222,00 were
voted by large majority, to apply to-
wards the building of high school.
Clear Lake.-Two women judges
| with a man as chairman will serve as
an election board in each of the vot-
| ing precincts of Clear Lake at the
municipal elections.
Virginia.-B. H. Hayes, Duluth, is
on trial here charged with conniving
to pass an alleged forged check for
| $17,77S.75. The check was drawn on
the village of Hibbing.
Fairmont.-Frank Dale and E. D.
| Chase, both of Fairmont, were serious
ly injured when the car in which they
were riding was struck by Chicago
& North Western train here. ..
Virginia.-James Mcdonald, I. w.
w. lecturer, arraigned the American
Federation of Labor at meeting here
Slight enthusiasm greeted the speaker
though there was fair sized crowd
present.
Fergus Falls.-Lea Sweazey, cashier
at the Northern Pacific station here,
pleaded guilty to a charge of embIezz-
ling about $4,000, and Judge Parsons
sentenced him to state prison for one
to 10 years.
misunderstanding the first year of
its existence in this city, 3S7 cases
were heard in Cancellation court, the
smallest suit being for $1.25, while the
largest allowed under the state law
cannot exceed $25.
Hibbing.-The date for the annual
convention of state librarians, which
is to be conducted in Hibbing this
year. has not been decided upon. The
convention will be one of the biggest
ever staged on the range.
Sank Center.-R. A. Slatterly, prop
rietor of sheep ranch adjacent to
this city, left here March 81 for Farm
ington, Iowa, but according to reports
Of oh hoo
not been heard from since.
MISUNDERSTANDING lodge No. s,
A. F. and A. NJ, has purchased the Ma
sonic lodge building here from DR..
John ]. Rogers of st. Paul The pur-
chase price was $4,000. The new
owners will remodel the building.
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. official life as
city began under the new charter
recently adopted by the voters. A
complete set of city officials are now
in charge of the affairs of the munich
pality, with A. F. Strunk as MAYOR.
Windom.-Ernest Turner, superin-
tendent of schools of Cottonwood
county, has accepted the superinten-
dency of the public schools of West
brook. Professor J. E. Wright, now
superintendent of the Westbrook
schools, has accepted the position as
superintendent of the schools of Win
nebago, MINI.
Worthington.-An official tabulation
of the vote on paving and water bonds
recorded at the recent city election
shows that both of the bonds issued
are carried by large majority Bonds
in the amount of 100000 will be is
sued to carry on the paving operations
here and the waterworks extension
issue will be $4,000.
Minneapolis.-A joint indictment re-
turned by the federal grand jury
charges Oscar Martinson, sheriff of
Hennepin county, and IL other per-
sons with conspiracy in an attempt to
violate the federal act prohibiting the
shipment of liquor into states where
ing liquor is forbidden by law. 1t is
charged they attempted to smuggle
car into Minneapolis from Winnipeg,
Canada. The maximum penalty for
conspiracy is two years Imprisonment,
or $4,000 fine, or both.
Duluth.-Hearings will begin May z
before the International Joint Commits
sion and run straight through to the
end of June on the Lakes-to Ocean
proposition. Then after a midsummer
recess they will be resumed at the
lower lake ports in the fall While
fipO
ada and the other the United States,
are working up plans and estimates,
the commission which represents the
two governments will be travelling
through the west learning what traffic
is in sight for this route when opened,
and what new production will be
brought into being by it.
Minneapolis. Minnesota, long
known as ''the bread and butter state"
maintains its reputation, according to
the figures made public for 1919 by the
department of agriculture at Washing
ton, again leading the nation as the
greatest butter producing state 1t is
announced that in 1919 Minnesota pro-
duced 130,7S5,598 pounds of butter, as
compared to 121,909, 314 in 1918. At
the same time it outdistanced all other
states, its nearest competitor, Iowa,
producing only S7,914,633 pounds in
1919, and Wisconsin producing S5,054,-
334 pounds. Minnesota alone fur
nished one-sixth of the butter produced
in the nation.
Winona.-Rev. Joseph Kock, assist