The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1920-07-23

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dynamite cap, which he found, explcd-
ed.
Alexandria The Blake hotel, one of
the largest summer hotels in the
state, was destroyed by fire. The no.
tel was located three miles from this
city, facing on Lake Carlos.
Fertile-The Polk county fair was
held here this week. The attendance
was extraordinarily large and it is
claimed $4,000 people paid admissions
during the three days of the fair.
ST. Cloud-The Great Northern fast
mail express is now scheduled over the
st. Cloud Fergus Falls division. The
train has heretofore been scheduled
on the Breckenridge division through
Willmar.
Owatonna--The Steele county board
of commissioners have doubled the
levy for roads and bridge purposes in
the county and have provided for an
expenditure of 100000 during the
coming year.
International Falls-Rev. A. w. Nor
din of Rush City has accepted a call
to the local Swedish Lutheran church,
which has been without pastor for
the past year and preached his first
sermon Sunday.
Pine River--Ellsworth, 8, son of Mr..
and Mrs. E. E. Martin, was drowned
in Norway brook while bathing. Mr..
Martin is president of the First Ma
| tional bank of Pine River and we'll
known in Brainerd.
Congressman and Mrs.
Halvor STEVENSON have arrived home
| from their season at Washington, d.
C. They have opened their home on
Houston avenue and expect to remain
here until December.
Thief River Falls-Godfrey Carlson
of this city has been bound over to
the grand jury by Judge Tarrant OF
municipal court here on a charge OF
selling whisky to an Indian He was
released under $500 bond.
Spooner-About 200 settlers Thurs
day celebrated the second annual
creamery picnic of the Cloverleaf Co
| Operative Creamery association. Talks
on dairying, cooperation, creameries,
and other kindred subjects were given.
Fairmont-Truman Dwight Court
ney, four-year-old son of Mr.. and Mrs.
Weaver Courtney, died here a few
hours after drinking gasoline. The
child was playing about his fathers
garage and found cup containing the
fluid
! Hastings-At it's regular meeting
| the Dakota county board of commits
sioners set the tax levy for 1921 at
| S259,750 to be appropriated as fol
lows county revenue $65,950; county
poor; $4,000, and road and bridges.
! $175,OOO
Vinona-Farmers in this Victnity
are experiencing shortage o. labor
and have called upon the Winona AS
ISOLATION of Commerce for aid. The
commerce body is placing men at $S5
a month with board, lodging and laun
dry in addition.
Grand Rapids-Fred Sandness, son
of Mr.. and Mrs. liver Sandness, farm
er in the Rosy county north of here
was almost blown to pieces while
breaking stumps with dynamite, get
ting the full charge of the explosion
of twenty-five sticks.
Jackson-Searchers found the bod
les of both Frances and Lillian Ely
borg, brother and sister, 8 and years
of age, respectively, after long hun,
/ in the Des Moines river. While the1i
parents were away from home the
children went to the river to wade
and slipped off sandbar and were
drowned
st. Cloud Michael Bretz, dairy
man, Sc years old, was killed, and his
| automobile demolished when STRUCK
by Great Northern train Nc. 30, bound
to Sandstone, two miles east of thi:
city. The body of Bretz was thrown
forward and fell on the tracks. Hi:
head and hands were severed. HI
leaves a widow and Is children.
Glendale school district!
near here have voted to reject con
solidation with the local school dis
tricts and three others have refused
to take action on the matter unit
their annual elections. Glendale resi-
dents are optimistic, however, owe
prospects of obtaining four yea
high school course for the village
Sleepy Eye-The year old son o
Mr.. and Mrs. Frank Simunich, residing
on a farm in Nicollet county, wa
; drowned when he climbed to the edg
of watertank and fell in. A 5 yea
old brother who witnessed the child
. fall into the tank made an effort t
rescue him. He did not notify his pal
ents until half hour after the acc
dent
Ortonville-T. J. Cole, So, farmer
eight miles from Ortonville, was acc
dentally shot and is not expected t
recover. Attempting to kill nous
with a pitch-fork, he knocked over
shotgun and the gun discharged, tn
shot entering his body. Cole has jus
sold his farm and was preparing t
move He has wife and four chi
dren.
Luverne-Reports have been n
ceive6 from the hail stricken district
3 in this vicinity which show that tn
l loss to farmers will run all the wa
2 from a Is per cent loss to total. Az
justers say that probably SO per Ger
4 of the farmers struck by the storl
$ were insured Several of the policie
1 were dated and issued the day pr
vious to the storm, it is said.
: Winona-Kiwanie clubs of Winon'
/ Lacrosse, Eau Claire and Chippew
: Falls are making plans for an all da
:, picnic and outing July 81 at Whitehall
e Wis. Whitehall officials and bushes
/ men announced the town will declal
r a holiday in honor of the occasion.
3 Minneapolis-He Herman Peters, allie