The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1920-05-28
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.

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picting the life of the people of this
section of the state since the earliest
days of the pioneers will be staged
at the Benton county fair grounds for
two days, June % and 20.
Hibbing docks from which
water may be pumped with which to
| fight fires, may be built at several
| summer resorts in the wood country
this summer, if suggestion made by
| forest rangers is followed.
| Virginia-August Halberg was
brought here from Aurora by the
county officers on charge of manu-
| featuring liquor. Halberg was accom-
| panied by his entire family, consisting
| of his wife and seven children.
Willmar-C. E. Johnson was killed
| here when a vulcanizing machine in a
tire service station exploded. Johnson
was struck by heavy piece of the
machine. All the windows in the
| building were blown out by the explo-
sion.
Hutchinson-Small grain in this
vicinity is well advanced, despite the
| shortage of farm labor and unfavor-
| able early season conditions. The
| acreage this year of wheat planted is
said to be not more than rs per cent
of normal.
Wilmont-At meeting of the Will
| mont Commercial club, it was decided
the club should stage a Fourth of July
| celebration in connection with Chau-
tauqua. 1t is expected it will be the
biggest three day celebration in this
section of the state.
Virginia Bringing American sugar
| from Asia is being done by a whole
sale grocery house here, because of
inability to obtain supply elsewhere.
The firm has contracted for 1000 bags
in China, of sugar that was exported
from the United States. .
Langford-At special meeting
called for June 1, patrons of nine
school districts surrounding Langford
will vote on the question of consolida-
ton of the districts. If the proposal
carries the consolidated school build
ing will be constructed here.
Hibbing-A strike Of miners at the
gan-M Mckinney interests, is reported.
Underground workers struck in SYM
pathy with a Finnish shift which was
discharged. The number of men to
walk out is not definitely known.
Crookston-The final Polk county
bread contest, to decide what school
teams shall attend the state contest
o. he 10 fo; folI
be held here May %. Schools through
out the county will send teams to the
contest which will be held here.
Bemidji-The Bemidji Manufactur-
ing company has resumed operations
on a 10 hour basis after having been
idle since May 3, when timber work
ers struck. There was no trouble
when the plant reopened, the men re-
turning under the old wage schedule.
Edgerton - Establishment of a
building for the use of teachers in the
local school is being considered by the
board of education. 1t is the belief that
many Of the villages of the state will
be compelled to take such step in
order to obtain competent instructors.
tillwater-Joseph Anderson, 10,
former resident of Saltwater, son Of
Mrs. M. B. Anderson, who resided here
years ago, is missing. He enlisted at
Jefferson Barracks Dec. 10, 1917, was
overseas about year; came back and
re-enlisted May 2, 1919, at Sioux City.
The last his mother heard of him was
in October, 1919, in the government
hospital, No. 81, at Denver, Colo, sup
posedly for shell shock.
Minneapolis : Three indictments,
charging jury bribing were returned
by the Hennepin county grand jury
against two men who recently pleaded
guilty in Federal district court on
charge of conspiring to smuggle whis-
ky into Minneapolis from Canada. The
two men named are expected to be
witnesses before the grand jury as to
matters alleged to involve public Of
ficials. Their names were not made
public.
Minneapolis-With book which
she had been reading still clasped in
her hands, Wilhelmina Schultz, 49,
year-old university girl, was found
dead in the bathroom of her residence
here by an older sister. The air in the
room was tainted with escaping gas.
She had been suffering from heart dis
ease for the last year and the gas
charged atmosphere had brought on a
sudden collapse, according to phycisi-
ans, rather than gas poisoning.
Brainerd-Albert Lunde, son of Gill
bert Lunde of Brainerd, according to
Sheriff Claus A. Theorin, was the sus-
pected robber killed by Marshall Mar
man of Delano when he attempted to
escape from an automobile in which
he was being taken to Minneapolis, it
was learned here. 1t was at first
thought the man was A. Anderson of
Slayton.
Hibbing-Very few cases of tuber-
cular cattle were reported to the
health department as the result of an
inspection of all village and township
cattle made by DR.. G. Mason the past
few months.
Bemidij-Northern Development as
sociation boosters from all parts of
Northern Minnesota will gather here
Friday and Saturday June Is and 10
at the regular summer meeting of that
organization. Speakers of national
prominence have been secured and
special feature of the meeting this
year will be exhibits of various indus
tries of the state. Experts will ex-
plain the details of each exhibit
Virginia. travelling orchestra
composed of musicians from high
schools from Gilbert, Biwabik, and yir-
ginia is being formed to make tours of
the range this year.