The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1920-01-23
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Northwest

Several prominent Garretson, S. D.,
residents have established bank at
Sherman.
The North Dakota Y. M. c. A. state
convention will be held in Valley City
January %, "a and 25.
All space for the Fargo auto show
that will be staged during the week
of Feb. 10 has been sold.
The seventeenth annual convention
of the Montana Retail Merchants as
sociation was held at Lewistown, this
week.
Fourteen local chapters were repre-
sented at the annual convocation of
the North Dakota chapter, Royal Arch
Masons which was held in Fargo.
Lee Willis is being held at Hell
ena, Mont, for authorities at Mar
mouth, N. D., where he is said to be
wanted for alleged grand larceny.
The annual meeting of the North
Dakota Mutual Mechanics association
will be held in Fargo on February IL
and IL.
Thirteen men were admitted to prac-
tice medicine in North Dakota by the
state medical examining board. The
list includes George M. Constans of
Mortified, Mimi.
The gold medal show of the Mon
tana State Poultry Breeders associa-
ton and the Montana Rabbit Breeders
and Fanciers association was held at
Great Falls this week
Eau Claire, Wis, court No. g. Uni
ted Order of Foresters, received $120
as first prize in the membership con-
test for 1919. Nintey-eight new men,
bers had been, secured.
Governor Sam V. Stewart of Mon
tana, has issued papers of requisition
on the state of Minnesota for Paul
Connell, charged in Missoula county
with highway robbery and held at St.
Paul.
William D. Lynch of La Moure, ap-
pointed by President Wilson to the Of
flee of Federal prohibition director for
North Dakota, will establish headquar-
tiers in Fargo for the handling of his
work.
Officials of the Farmers State Bank
of Rockham, Faulk county, S. D., upon
completing the checking up of con-
tents of rs safety deposit boxes, rif1ed
by robbers, announced that more than
$4,000 in securities were taken.
The Minnesota Grain company's ele-
vator at Southam, S. D., was burned to
the ground from a fire believed to
have started from spontaneous COM
bustion. At least 5000 bushels of
wheat were destroyed. Loss $4,000.
DR.. L. C. Meade, for 20 years head
of the South Dakota state hospital for
the insane at Yankton, died there.
During his term at the head of that in
stitution he had made it and himself
famous for it's efficiency and human
ity.
Vice-Chairman w. d. Swain of the
Brown county, S. D., Red Cross chap
ter, has been advised by the state di-
rector that Brown county leads that
state in membership. The county has
more than 5000 members as compared
with $4,000 during the war.
Members of the Sioux Indian tribe
on Standing Rock reservation in wes-
tern South Dakota, will conduct a
meeting at Mclaughlin, Jan. 30th, to
perfect an organization for the better
ment of individuals who have been
and will be Issued with patents.
Miss Hannah Stires, for two years
a check girl in restaurants in Chicago
in a suit filed in the superior court
sought to obtain $25, 425 from the "Chi
cago Tipping Trust" She alleged she
received that amount in tips in two
years, and was compelled to give it to
the trust"
Minneapolis.-Good care will be
taken Of all automotive show visitors
according to the plans of the Minneap
oils and st. Paul hotel, civic and re-
tail associations. These organizations
have made preparations to care for a
quarter million out-of-town guests
Visitors can be sure they will receive
the best Of attention while in the Twin
Cities during National Automotive
Show week-January 81 to February Z
Duluth.-For five nights women
were attacked in the downtown streets
in Duluth, according to reports given
the police.
An entire family of five was wiped
out by gas in their home in Philadel.
phia. The dead are John U. Kelly, So
years old, widely known real estate
dealer, his wife, their 16 year old SON
the father of Mrs. Kelly and domes.
tic servant
Joseph Throndson entered a plea OF
fO q of vet
der in the district court at Grand
Forks, N. D., and was sentenced by
Judge A. T. Cole to life Imprisonment
in the state penitentiary. Throndson
on Dec. % fatally shot Elmer Dezell, a
farmer by whom he had been EN-
ployed and then made an unsuccess
full attempt to take his own life.
Paul Weise, years old, is dead al
the home of his parents in Turner
county, S. D., as the result of falling
against a hot stove. The child's
clothes caught fire while his mothe,
was absent from the room.
Two hundred men have received OF
are receiving compensation for in
juries received while members of the
forest service fire-fighting armies il
Montana and Northern Idaho, the
complete casualty list for the 191!
season amounting to approximately :
per cent of the total number of mer
employed on the fire lines.
Mrs. Kasper Livonak is in Dick
inson, N. D., hospital. not expected tt
recover from injuries received wher
struck by a Northern Pacific train al
Belfield. Her skull is fractured anG
she has numerous bad cuts about the
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