The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1920-12-31


northeast of here.
Canby-Fire at the Mueke & Will
liams garage at Minneota caused loss
of more than $4,000 to the building
and contents
Moorhead-William Leland, alder
man, has been mentioned as candi-
date for mayor to oppose DR.. E. w.
Humphrey, incumbent.
Minneapolis Freshmen at the Uni
versity of Minnesota began registering
for the next quarter. Registration will
continue until January A.
Hastings-A jury in the case Of Jo-
seph Pleskalt, charged with the muir
der of his wife, Katherine Pleskalt,
returned verdict of not guilty.
Brainerd-Rising from the floor af-
ter tussle with his small grand
daughter on Christmas eve George En-
win, farmer, 81 years old, fell back
against stove and died.
So. st. Paul-John Garcia of this
city was taken to Dakota county Jail
and is being held in connection with
the shooting of Gregorio Diaz during
hold-up of the latter's room here.
Hastings-Leka Vlada of South ST.
Paul, convicted of assault in the sec
ond degree, has been sentenced to an
indeterminate term of not less than
one year nor more than five at the
Saltwater penitentiary.
st. Cloud-Upwards Of so former
service men confined in the st. Cloud
reformatory for crimes since they left
the service will be given vocational
training as provided under the federal
vocational training act.
st. Paul-Sam F. Fullerton, execu-
tive agent, Minnesota State Humane
society, is preparing to distribute thou
sands of copies of Senator George G..
Vests eulogy ON the dog to the vari-
Gus schools in the state
Fergus Falls-The balance of the
tornado relief fund which is still in
the hands of a committee here will
be distributed among the churches OF
the city in proportion to the losses
they sustained in the storm.
st. Peter-Patrons of barber shop
left the chairs with their faces partly
covered with lather when hot water
pipes burst Two partitions were
wrecked by the explosion and plaster
was hurled all over the shop.
Chisholm-"Here is sume small
change, you are pretty good sport. We
will leave you that" This was the
farewell greeting extended to Wyman
French by two unmasked bandits who
held up and robbed him of 500.
Faribault- a special meeting of
the directors of the Chamber of Com
merce, arrangements were made to
stage historic pageant, depicting the
history of Faribault from the time it
was an Indian trading post to the
present time.
Minneapolis = Automobile bandits
met their match when motorized gun
squad surprised two men in burglary
and placed them under arrest as they
were about to escape with loot from
the Palace candy store, 1928 Sixth
street south.
st. Peter-Directors Of the Nicollet
County farm bureau have adopted
plans for the organization of the bu-
reau in this county. Each township
will be organized into a district club
with its own officers who will work
in connection with the county officers.
st. Paul-Beware Of the grasshop-
per during the coming season, is the
warning given in the report Of the
state entomologist, Prof. A. G. Rug
giles of University farm. According
to present indications. the report said,
the pests are likely to appear in large
numbers in 1921.
Tracy-Clarence Hines, found guilty
of manslaughter, has been denied
new trial by Judge Olson of the dis
trict court. Hines, an automobile re-
pair man, while trying out a motor
which he had repaired, drove the ma
chine at a great speed into car from
Balaton on a country road near here.
One of the occupants of the Balaton
car was killed and Hines was arrest
ed Upon being found guilty he was
sentenced to three years in the penY-
Tertiary.
Minneapolis total of S88 mem-
bers of the Minnesota Farm Bureau
federation were obtained in the first
six days of canvass in Lyon county,
George Schamel, who had charge Of
the work, announced. With 20 town.
ships in the county the township aver
age of members is 44.4, he said. The
new members will be considerably in
creased in number during the winter,
according to Mr. Schamel, as organiza-
ton work proceeds. The same party
has conducted membership campaigns
in Polk, Renville and Redwood coun-
ties.
Minneapolis-Many exhibits of prac-
tical and scientific interest to country
and town visitors will be shown at
university farm Jan. to 8, farmers
and homemakers week. The Mime
sofa Crop Improvement association
will display seeds of all kinds, among
them samples of several new improved
varieties of winter wheat, barley and
other grains which recently have been
distributed from the experiment sta
ton. Many farmers who have seed of
standard, improved varieties of diff
ferent crops will have sample lines
on exhibition. A crop improvement
representative will make it his bust
ness to help the grower and buyer to
get together
st. Paula report made to ]. S.
Arneson, Minnesota commissioner of
immigration, by the Minnesota Trans
fer company shows that II immigrant
cars destined to Minnesota points were
handled by the Transfer in Novem-
Der.
Grand Rapids-A special election to
vote on changing the name Of this viii
lage to Minnesota Rapids" will be