The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1920-04-09

has been i'll for the past five weeks. is
shown.
st. Paul.-Ilse Schumann-H eink, Ia
years old, granddaughter Of the cele-
brated contralto, is in st. Paul begin
ming course of studies at the Vista
ton convent.
Owatonna,-The county fair board
has granted permission to the Steele
county live stock breeders to build a
live stock sales pavilion on the county
fair grounds here.
Stillwater-One hundred and TWEEN
ty-five members of the Minnesota
Funeral Directors association holding
its annual convention in Minneapolis,
made a trip through the state, prison
here
/ Worthington.-The physicians of
this city have united upon hospital
proposition and have asked the city
council to permit the voters to pass
on $4,000 bond issue to erect hos
taken faction.
st. Paul.-Prohibition law violators
may be prosecuted in both the Fed
eral and state courts for the same Of
Tense, according to an opinion Of At
torney General Clifford L. Hilton, who
said that the state law was not multi
fed by the Federal statutes.
| Aurora-Officers of the Utah Cop
per company of Boston and the Me-
saba Iron company have completed a
tour Of inspection of mining proper
ties in this vicinity, paying especial
attention to the site for the $3,000,000
Econcentrator to be opened at the Argo
mine, near here.
| Minneapolis The Minneapolis
board of education has approved a
proposal to raise the salaries Of all
principals, teachers, janitors and
clerks employed in the local schools
| $500 year, effective next year. The
increase will mean an added expendi-
ture of more than $952,000 annually.
International Falls.-The local post,
American Legion, unanimously adopt
ed resolution calling upon the
Koochiching county board to appoint
former service man to fill out the
unexpired term of Sheriff Hugh T. Nc
Intosh, who disappeared several weeks
ago and recently sent in his resigna-
| ton.
Winona.-The annual retreat ofsthe
priests of the Winona diocese. has been
| announced by Bishop Hebron to be
held at st. Mary's college, the head
quarters of the Winona diocese, be-
ginning Monday, June 81 The Rev.
j. r. Rosswinkel, S. j., of Chicago, it
is stated will conduct the exercises of
| the retreat.
st. Paul.-The Minnesota Railroad
and Warehouse commission has def
initely decided to locate the state
owned experimental flour mill in Min
neapolis,. it was announced after N. j.
Holmberg, state commissioner of agri-
culture, and o. P B. jacobson, of the
commission, had inspected numerous
proposed locations in st. Paul and
Minneapolis.
Luverne. Professor H. C. Bell has
been reelected superintendent of the
Luverne public schools. If he accepts
the position it will make the 10th year
he has been at the head of the schools
here Superintendent Bells salary
was fixed at $3.50 for the coming year
and minimum of $125 for grade
teachers and $3.50 for high school
teachers was fixed by the board
Hastings.-Inquiries of number of
Chicago, Milwaukee & ST. Paul rail-
road employees in other cities for
houses here, with the intention of NOV
ing to Hastings, has renewed talk of
making Hastings a division point. In
formation from railway sources is that
1t is contemplated summing freight
trains direct from the head of the
lakes by way of Saltwater and Far
mington to this point
st. Paul-Assets and deposits of
Minnesota state banks show increases
Of nearly 20 per cent for the 11-month
period ending February %, as COM
pared with the previous 11-month
period, according to statement issued
by F. e. Pearson, state superintendent
Of banks. OF LIT banks and trust
companies, the statement says, 818
listed no bills payable on rediscounts.
This, according to Mr. Pearson, is a
remarkable record.
st. Paul.-The famous Gilfillan farm
in Redwood county, one of the largest
in the state with the possible excep-
tion Of the j. ]. Hill farm at North
Cote, is to be sold, it was announced
by Charles c. Gilfillan, son of the late
Charles d. Gilfllan of st. Paul, who
purchased the tract in 1880. The farm.
consisting of 1000 acres and valued
at approximately s1,300,O0O, will be
broken up into units ranging from 100
to 800 acres and will all be sold with
the exception of 400 acres surrounding
Mr.. Gilf1llan's home
Virginia.. W. Tercinen. local
realtor, knows what it is to be arrested
in Mexico. He had the experience at
Juarez, just across the Rio Grande
river from Ell Paso, Tex, and he told
OF 1t on his return from California.
where he went after shaking the dust
of the troubled republic from his feet.
His arrest did not assume interna-
tional proportions and only just got
into the papers, as it was of short
duration, and not attended by any
serious difficulties except that he saw
the inside OF the guardhouse for few
minutes.
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. County Attor-
ney Sam Belisle was In North St Paul
to investigate the drowning of a man
In q Dond on the Cillefta Form, rrho