The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1920-03-19

luotiou piCIuTe tuodIeIS mere on sun
day has proved failure.
Bemidji-Frank Dewey, charged
with setting fire to hotel here, was
| arraigned in municipal court late and
bound over to the grand jury.
Red Wing.-Chamber of Commerce
| directors decided to stage a historic
pageant Aug and 6, depicting devel-
opments of Rec Wing from early days.
La Crescent.-Three weeks after the
death of her husband and two weeks
after the death of her mother, Mrs.
Anna B. Peterson died at her home
here.
Sherburne. = Sherburne American
Legion post has ordered plans drawn
for community hall, which the SER
vice men expect to erect this sum-
mer
st. Cloud-The establishment of a
substation of the st. Cloud postoffice to
be located in East st. Cloud, has been
authorized by the postoffice depart
ment.
Chisholm.-A resolution was pre-
sented to the city council signed by
200 citizens, asking that contracts for
the recreational building be let as
soon as possible.
Hibbing.-C. G. Alexander, superin-
tendent of the Hibbing public schools,
was reelected by the board of educa-
ton. Mr.. Alexander's yearly contract
now calls for $500.
Stillwater.-Forest Lake and vic
Unity voted to issue bonds to the
amount of about 100000 with which
to erect a high school building in
School District No. Sc.
Red Wing.-C. e. Sheldon, president
of the Red Wing board of education,
is seriously ill at Los Angeles, Calf,
where he and his wife are spending
the winter He is suffering from heart
disease.
st. Paul-The last tract of hemlock
trees in Minnesota is now being cut
by lumber company on the st. Louis
river not far from Duluth, according
to report received by w. T. Cox,
state forester
Mankato-The lifeless body of Hen
ry Jesse, % years old, was found
hanging from the rafters of barn on
his farm two miles south of Mankato.
No reason for the act is known. His
widow survives.
Winona.-All hope of the resump-
tion of the daylight saving plan here
during the coming spring and summer
was killed when the Winona Labor
and Trades council went on record
against the plan.
st. Peter.-The death of Gottlieb
Gravandee, a LIE Sueur county farmer
without heirs, caused his estate
amounting to SIS, ISL to escheat to the
state. This is the largest estate re-
ceived by the state.
Worthington.-The top prices for
land in Mobiles county was paid when
Andrew Johnson, Round Lake, paid
$500 an acre for the 100 acre Kingery
farm, near here. Seven years ago
Kingery bought the land for $125 an
acre.
Marshall.-In the hayloft of a barn
on a farm northeast of Client, local
authorities found complete distillery
Hector Bhulster and Prudent Brazyan,
arrested and bound over to the grand
jury.
Red Wing.-Rev. J. nj. Wick, presi-
dent of Red Wing seminary for the
last two years, has resigned, his resig-
nation to take effect June 1. He &C
cepted call as pastor of the Nor
wegian Lutheran church at Jewel,
Iowa.
Stillwater-Five aliens were adj
mitted to citizenship in district court
by Judge j. ~ Searles, out of a class
of 49, One of the men in the class
could not answer the simplest ques-
tion propounded by r. S. Coleman of
st. Paul.
Medford.- Medford graded and
high schools have opened again after
having been closed because of the il
fuenza epidemic. The epidemic is
believed to have died out entirely in
this section all remaining cases of |
the disease being convalescent.
Madison.-Joseph Cedric, 81, of st.
Paul, was crushed to death here. He
was working on steamshovel which |
overturned, pinning him under the
iron. The accident took place in the
and the body was not re-
leased until p. m.
Hibbing.-A jury in the case of the
state against John McGrath of Bull
returned verdict Of not guilty after |
being out two hours. McGrath, a |
of the Bull board OF educa-
ton, was charged with fraudulently |
claims to public officials.
st. Peter.-A Nicollet county cow,
Colantha Aaggie Queen,
owned by William Schmidt, of Ira |
verse township, has broken the milk |
record. In a seven day contest the |
cow produced 564.5 pounds of milk. |
to the records of the Hol-
association of America, |
this Is the great record of milk pro-
duction.
Winona.-What is said to be one of |
the biggest confiscation of a shipment |
Of game fish ever made in this section |
of the Mississippi was made at East |
by Game Wardens Rackow
and Gautsch. The confiscated ship
ment included 16 150-pound boxes, Ia
Of pike and two of bass and perch |
mixed, the total value being about
$1,000. The fish were consigned to a
New York market by Peter Nelson of
Pipin, Wis, according to Rackow.
Chatfield.-Mr. and Mrs. William |
Brooks of this place celebrated their
60th wedding anniversary here They
were married at High Forest, near
here, in 1860. The family consist of