The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1920-04-16
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10 be the oldest white settler in cas-
tern South Dakota, died at his home
there.
The annual convention of the North
Dakota Sunday School association for
the Southern half of the state will be
held in Valley City on June 16, II and
Is.
Fountain City, Wis, will secure a
new city hall as the result of the city
election, when the proposition to issue
$4,000 bonds was carried by a vote
of 144 to 73.
Ffremen at Grand Forks have petit
toned the city council for an increase
OF from 10 to 20 per cent, asserting
that the existing wage scale is too
low and out Of tune with living costs
1t is announced that Grant Van SAINT
of st. Paul has bought the Napoleon
Ebert homestead, on the Yellowstone
river, near Livingston, Mont, for
100000 and will stock it with thor.
oughbred cattle.
State Veterinarian J. F. McGhee, OF
South Dakota found evidence of an.
thrax in several herds of cattle In
southern Perkins county A number
OF cattle in various herds have died
from the disease.
Seven hours after he attempted to
pass a forged check for $45 at an
Aberdeen bank, Ned Cinbrow, Chi
cago, was sentenced to serve one year
at hard labor in the state peniten-
tiary, Sioux Falls.
Mrs. Bessie Broughten of Miles
City, Mont, has been exonerated on
the charge of stealing a horse belong
ing to ALI Irrion. He charged that
she had stolen the horse and drove
it 60 miles to her ranch.
Gus Johnson, pioneer resident of
Grafton, N. D., who attempted to kill
himself by cutting his throat with a
knife, will recover, according to physi-
clans. Officials will place an informa-
ton alleging insanity against him.
Two persons were killed, five in
jured and number of others received
minor hurts as the result of fire which
destroyed the Hotel Lincoln, a family
hotel in the downtown district of
Seattle, with property loss estimated
at 100000.
J. Lohr, for many years proprietor
OF the James j., Hill farm at North
cote, Mimi, is reported to have pur-
chased 1900 acres of land at Gunton,
Mont, where he will grow hemp, if
conditions warrant the experiment.
Otherwise, fax will be the crop sown.
Word has been received at Virginia,
Mimi, that c. E. Julihn, Minneapolis,
superintendent of the bureau of mines
experimental station, has been ap-
pointed district engineer of the Lake
Superior field succeeding B. C. Pick
ard, who has been transferred to the
West.
Peter Anderson, farmer near Lud-
low, South Dakota, was accidentally
killed by the discharge of small cali
Der rifle in the hands of his son. The
two were riding on a load of hay when
the boy saw a rabbit and started to
hand the loaded gun to his father. The
rifle ball entered the mans head. He
died instantly.
A verdict of not guilty was return
ed following the trial of Mary and
George Searle, at Lead, S. D., who
were charged with murder in connec-
ton with the death of Mrs. Hilda
Neamy, mother of Mrs. Searle. The
jury was out IL hours and 20 minutes.
Judge McNenny discharged the pris-
oners. Mrs. Neamy's body was round
in the furnace of her home.
Contracts for the construction of
the state owned mill and elevator to
be built at Grand Forks, N. D., were
let by the industrial commission joint
ly to the Seagles Construction COM
pany Of Minneapolis and the North
ern Construction company Of
Grand Forks, with the former in
charge of the work. The guaranteed
price for the mill and elevator build
ings is $922,S50 exclusive of the mill
ing machinery and power plant.
Ray Seen, who shot himself in the
head after an alleged attempt to kill
Miss Harriet Carlson, % years old,
residing near Sheyenne, N. D., is not
expected to survive. He is in New
Rockford hospital, where attending
physicians say there is practically no
hope of recovery. Miss Carlson, who
says she rejected Soen's attentions.
and who was shot in one arm when
she grappled with Seen when he
pulled the revolver, was only slightly
injured.
While drilling well on the farm of
Henry ]. Kienast, in Edmunds county,
South Dakota, workmen struck, about
300 feet below the surface, a vein of
coal about 40 feet in thickness. The
spread of the vein had not been de-
termined, but it is believed to be very
large.
killing of Martin Quinones, his wife
and two children, near Neid, Okla.
last December when the automobile in
which they were riding was struck by
a railroad train, has resulted in a
damage suit at Sioux Falls, S. D.. for
the benefit of the two surviving chill
dren.
Proprietors of Butte, Mont, restaur-
ants and hotels, closed because of a
strike for higher wages of the cooks
and walters, decided to open at once
a cafeteria capable of caring for 5000
persons three times daily. Employers
form the cafeteria staff and all other
eating places remain closed.
Haakan Amundson, who has been
reported killed in action" since July
IL, 1918. has arrived in New York, &C.
cording to a communication receiyed