The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1920-01-30
NEWS OF STATE
TERSELY TOLD
Recent Happenings in Minnesota
Given in Brief TENS for
Busy Readers.
ENTIRE FIELD COVERED
News of Events In Gorher State
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Sources and Arranged In
Crisp Readable Form.


of the American Legion post here has
been formed.
Winona --FoIniation of a Woman s
auxiliary of the American Legion at
tached to Leon j. Wetzel post here is
planned
Crookston. Illness of Judge William
Watts of the 14th judicial district, has
caused postponement Of the winter
term OF the court until Feb q
New Richland.-The New Richland
Farmers Cooperative company has in
corporated with capitalization OF
$4,000 Frank Johnson is president.
Albert Lea.-At least 35 cases Of
influenza have been found here. Luther
academy has been quarantined with 81
cases. No deaths have been reported.
- Redwood Falls.-John Hardegger
was killed when he slipped while cut
ting ice near here and fell against a
circular saw. His body was nearly cut
in two.
Albert Lea.-Peter Brandstrop, a
switchman, was killed here in the Min
neapolis & ST. Louis yards when a
freight train ran into the rear of a
car on which he was standing.
eca-Improvements and build.
ing here last year amounted to $780,
600 1t is expected that the 1920 total
will at least be twice that amount.
The street paving total was $37936.
Uncomfortable dynamiting in a
gravel pit near here, Fred Skeen was
struck on the top of the head by big
stone. He was taken to a hospital
where mis- condition was reported seri-
GUS.
Sank Center.-A community house,
which also will be the permanent head
quarters OF the local American Legion
post Is being planned. The city of
Sank Center will be petitioned tn
finance the project.
Mankato-The high school was
closed part of last week because of the
sickness of the teachers An attempt
will be made to keep the grade schools
going by dlling in with high school
teachers who are not sick. Fourteen
teachers were off duty on one day.
Little Falls.-Potato growers from
over the state gathered here TO com
plete plans for the organization Of the
Minnesota Cooperative Potato Grow
ers exchange. The Michigan plan OF
potato marketing is proposed as the
basis for the Minnesota exchange.
Window. Lokken Of Heron
r IL L@% IF 81. H., 10 off
while operating a corn shelter on a
farm near here LOkken was reaching
over the gears to adjust an oil cup
when his hand was caught in the ma.
chinery. The hand was torn off COM
pletely below the thumb
Winona--A Henry of Utica. Winona
county, was awarded damages by ii
jury in the amount of $4,000 in his
suit again John w. Pfeffer, farmer
residing near Utica, for alleged per-
manent injury caused when Pfeffer is
said to have struck the machine driven
by Henry while driving on a country
road near st. Charles on Oct 6 Henry
sued for $4,000
John Ranta. IS. Finnish farmer resid.
ing five miles north of Cloquet, on the
Saginaw road, shot and killed his wife
and two children and then turned his
revolver upon himself with fatal re.
suits. Ranta. 1t is believed in Cloquet,
where he is well known. went violently
insane The Ranta case is the third
case of insanity and gun play near
Cloquet within the last four months.
Lake Benton.--A systematic search is
now being carried on in an effort to 10.
cate three $1,000 Liberty Bonds War
Saving stamps valued at 800 and cur.
rency to the amount of s720 which
were lost on a Northwestern passenger
train running through here. Although
the loss occurred on October IL. last
all efforts to find the missing secnri
ties have failed. The federal authori
ties have been notified and renewed ef
forts are now being made to recover
the lost bonds and money
ST Paul-More than 600 members
of the grand lodge Of Masons of Mime.
sofa gathered in annual meeting at the
ST. Paul Masonic Temple and elected
officers for the year Those elected
We're: e. A. Montgomery. Minneapolis
grand master; F. e. Jenkins. Farihault
deputy grand master: H. Held. New
Ulm, grand senior warden. J. NJ. Nc
Connell. st. Paul. grand Junior war
den; David w. Knowlton. Minneapolis
grand treasurer: John FisheI. st. Paul
grand secretary: Henry Nohbs, Rem
vile. grand chaplain
Brainerd.--George Bennett Of Guy.
una was found guilty of charge OF
first degree manslaughter by a jury in
district court here. Bennett was cbarg
ed with shooting his wife when he mis-
took her for a deer. Oscar Reno, a
companion of Bennett on the night OF
the shooting. who was indicted also
was discharged.
st. Paul.-Deposits in Minnesota
banks aggregate $444,049, 269-an in
crease of a4.410,411 over the totals a
year ago, according to the annual re
port by George Sivwricht. deputy su
perintendent of the state banking De
partment
Crookston.-The Farmers Co-opera
tive Live Stock Shipping association
made the first shipment of three Cal
loads of stock, the hogs all brought the
top price of $1410 with the exception
of three pigs for which 10 cents over
top pig market were paid. The tota
amount received for this shipment was
approximately $4,000.
Observation-Disclosures point to the
fact that the figures to be returned by
census enumerators for Saltwater viii
fall short of the 10000 mark, notwith
standing that the last city directory is
sued in 1919 gave Saltwater popula
ton Of 12,470.