The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1920-10-29
NEWS OF STATE
TERSELY TOLD
Recent Happenings in Minnesota
Given in Brief Items for
Busy Readers.
ENTIRE FIELD COVERED
News Of Events In Gopher State
Gathered From Many Different
Sources and Arranged in
Crisp Readable Form.

] Brownsville-The hotel, warehouse
and postoffice here burned.
Waseca- Waldorf, a village on the
Milwaukee road southwest of here.
will vote on incorporation on Nov. Is.
acknowledgements 16, II and Is
are announced as dates for the annual
Martin county poultry show at this
! place.
! Brainerd-Robbers entered the
Brainerd Grocery company and carted
away stock of cigarets valued at
$4,000.
| Windom-George Shook, a farmer
| residing near here, was accidentally
/ shot and killed when a gun was dis
| charged.
Cologne-Joseph Hauser, 16 years
old, accidentally shot himself in the
abdomen while hunting and died few
hours later.
Winona-The Rev. H. T. Braa, pas
tor of the Scandinavian Lutheran
church here has accepted call from
ST. Paul's Lutheran church, La Crosse,
Wis.
Buhl-The municipal water and light
company has announced an increase
of 20 per cent on water rates and 33 1-3
per cent raise in the price of cleo
tricity.
st. Paul-Members of the Minnesota
Creamery Operators and Managers as
ISOLATION are holding their twenty
seventh annual convention at the Ryan
hotel, st. Paul.
Observation-Disclosures proceedings are
threatened to prevent the city from
collecting a special assessment Of
$1S4,O0O against property benefited by
the municipal heating system.
st. Paul-The final shipments of bal
lots for the general election Nov. 2 was
made, julius SchmahI, secretary of
state, said There have been 100000
ballots distributed this fall, compared
to 100000 in 1918.
Winona-Two federal agents seach-
ed five residents and obtained a still
and jug of mash here, according to
taxi-driver who said he hauled them to
town. They departed without COM
municating with local police. "
st. Paul-At meeting of the judges
of probate held here recently the ira
portance of Amendment No. 2 was
emphasized. This Amendment pro-
vides four year term for probate
judges instead of two years as at pre-
sent.
st. Patchwork of st. Paul school
students, including especially those in
the vocational and special training will
be shown on exhibition at the st. Paul
auditorium Nov. and in connection
with the meeting of the Minnesota
Education association. More than
5000 persons, teachers and others in
terested in educational work, are ex-
pected to attend.
st. Paul-The chairmen of almost
every township in the forest area Of
the state keep in direct touch with
forest rangers and report dangerous
fires to the local rangers. The local.
rangers report fires to the two district
rangers, H. G. Weber, with headquar-
ters at Duluth, and e. A. Under, with
headquarters at Warroad, w. T. Cox,
state forester, pointed out in explain
ing just how closely the forestry de-
partment keeps a check on the forest
fires in Minnesota.
Minneapolis-The annual meeting Of
the Minnesota State Horticultural So
ciety will be conducted in Minneapolis
Dec. z, s, 9 and 10, it was announced,
arrangements having been completed
for use of exhibition space and meet |
ing room on the fourth floor of the L. |
S. Donaldson company store. Officers |
of the association are preparing pro- |
gram which will bring to public atten- |
ton the accomplishments of Mime |
sofa in horticulture and the problems |
which Minnesotans engaged in that |
work are endeavoring to solve.
nneapolis-Deaths in yHennepin |
county resulting from the use of sub
stitutes for alcoholic drinks, following |
the enforcement of the prohibition act,
are few compared with those of other |
communities, according to the figures |
given out from the office of DIR. Gilbert |
Seashore, coorner. In Ramsey county, |
since Jan. 1, 1920, there have been IA
deaths from the use of wood alcohol, |
Jamaica ginger and other similar con-
coctions, according to DR.. c. A. Inger-
son, while only seven deaths occurred
during the same time in Hennepin
county from the same cause.
Moorhead-Thomas O'Leary, under
arrest here charged with robbing the
State bank Of Georgetown, at George
town. Mimi, and the shooting of the
cashier, Peter Stennes, in an alleged
confession made to county officials,
said he engineered the robbery for the
purpose of obtaining capital with
which to finance the purchase of Can
adian liquor.
Sank Center-The new state armory
for the use of the Sixth regiment, Ma
chine Gun company, of the Minnesota
National Guard, was formally opened
by Colonel G. Woolnough. The cost of
the armory is $4,000.
Hibbing-Fires in the meadow lands
district are practically all out, accord
ing to d. L. Mcintosh, forest ranger,
who with crew Of 100 men fought
the blaze day and night with centri-
fugal pump moved from place to place
with tractor.
st. Paula total of $1,000, OS1I0
has been paid to the state of Mime
sofa in heritance taxes since the tax
plan went into effect in 1900, according
to an announcement from the office of
Clifford L. Hilton, attorney general
This includas all raumantc Nm 70 and |