The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1920-09-03

Bemidji-A fall from load of slabs
here killed Erick Erickson, Is years
of age. He was an employee of the
Crookston Lumber company.
Pipestone-When John Hahn sold
his los acre farm which adjoins this
city for an even $500 an acre, new
price was reached for Pipestone county
land.
Spooner-Mr and Mrs. c. R. Young
arrived here from Toronto having driv-
en- all the way in car. Mr.. Young
was formerly operator at the Baudette
depot
Anoka School districts 2, Is, SO
and 81 have voted to consolidate and
will build modern schoolhouse at
Coon Rapids on the Minneapolis-Anoka
trolley line.
Pipestone-While crossing the street
in the downtown district of the city,
P. P. Cady, Judge of the municipal
court, was run down and injured by a
motor truck.
Virginia-Another Virginia land
mark will soon take it's place in the
limbo of the crude past. At the last
meeting of the city council the old well
come arch was doomed
Pipestone-The city council has
awarded the contract for the construc-
ton of 100000 gallon concrete water
reservoir, in connection with the wa
terworks now being constructed.
st. Paul-On request of E. ]. Under,
district forest supervisor. a large
amount of fire fighting equipment will
be sent to Warroad to be used in ex-
tinguishing peat fires there, according
to w. T. Cox, state forester.
Grove City-Mrs Thomas Reed who
lives six miles northwest of here re-
ports raising chicken that has four
legs. Two of the legs are shorter than
the ones it uses to walk on, but it is
perfectly developed otherwise
Moorhead- Halgrim Gulbrand, sc
years old, of Ulen, who was taken to a
Moorhead hospital following an inves-
tigation made at the mans home in
Ulen by S. F. Fullerton of ST. Paul,
state humane agent, died there.
Redwood Falls-Sheriff Kise has
found the owner of the automobile
which he found abandoned on a coun-
try road near here. H. " Heckerts of
Sioux Falls, Iowa, has identified the
machine as the one stolen from him,
July Is.
Winona-Two additional units to the
plan tot the College of ST. Teresa, edu-
cational institution for young women
are to be erected on the campus of the
school here, DR.. Mary A. Molloy, dean,
announced. The cost is estimated at
$S00,0OO
st. Cloud-Henry Wolfson and his
son of Evansville, escaped death by a
scant margin when the Ford car in
which they were riding was struck by
Great Northern train No. IL at the
crossing near the brickyards on the ST.
Augusta road.
East Grand Forks-The Farmers Co
operative Elevator company has open
ed its new elevator. The company's
old elevator burned March "a. The
new structure has twenty bins and is
equipped to hold about 10000 bushels
of grain.
st. Paul-Patrolman John Schoepfer,
a member of the st. Paul police force
for the last 16 years, has been charged
with burglary by Chief of Police T. E.
Campbell. He is accused Of breaking
into the Hamline garage and stealing
$40 in cash and goods valued at $500.
Breckenridge-Dr. Lafayette Dodds
of Breckenridge, pastor of the Metho-
dist Episcopal church, died at his
home following an illness of four
months. He was born in 1845, and
served twenty-five years in the Mime
sofa conference.
Winona-Prpspects for an excellent
corn crop continue favorable through
out southern Minnesota and eastern
South Dakota, according to weekly
railroad crop report issued here.
Threshing is being carried on over the
whole area on big scale. Weather
conditions are satisfactory.
So. st. Paul-By unanimously voting
in the Affirmative on proposition to
extend the water system Of the town
by authorizing $4,000 bond issue,
the women of South St. Paul, the first
in the country to vote under the nine
teenth amendment to the constitution,
decided the result of the election.
South St. Paul-Fire of undeter-
mined origin spread to half dozen
building by an explosion of chemicals,
the business district of
South st. Paul and was extinguished
only after seven fire companies were
called from st. Paul to supplement the
South st. Paul force. Loss was es-
timated at $125,000.
Brainerd-Judge w. s. McClenahan
Of the district court is hearing the
case brought by Mrs. Quirk, daughter
Of the late H. c. Akeley, against T. B.
Walker of Minneapolis, requesting an
in the matter of negotia-
lions and deals between her father and
Mr.. Walker, starting in the early sos
and continuing until his death.
Fergus Falls Because little Mabel
v. Johnson, victim of the cyclone that
lid extensive damage here in June,
1919, survived by few minutes her
family, killed in the same disaster, the
property of her maternal grandfather,
John e. Engblad is claimed by Mr..
and Mrs. Oscar Johnson, Underwood,
Mimi, parents of the child's father.
st. Paul-Increasing more than $22,-
100000 in year, Minnesota's -four
legged gold mine" Is far in the lead
If all states in the nation in the vol
lme of its output in dairy products,
Chris Heen, Minnesota state dairy and
,ood commissioner, reports.
Mankato-Jesse Majewski and Will
lam Walters of Sleepy Eye were Sc
Terely injured when an automobile