The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1920-08-06
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.

for the next en~campment of the South.
ern Minnesota G.. A. r. association, In
June, 1921.
Mankato-Mrs. Elizabeth Christ, So
years old, was instantly killed when
she was struck by an Omaha switch
engine in the Omaha yards. .
Hastings-Frank Meyer, employed
as Waterman on the Chicago, Milwau-
kee and ST. Paul railroad, was killed
when struck by a freight train.
Melrose-Fire destroyed a large ele.
vator and water tank at Freeport, six
miles east of here, besides doing other
minor damage, for a loss of $4,000.
Observation-Disclosures let for road i'm
provement in Crow Wing county will
soon be carried out, all work being un-
der way before the middle of August.
Hills-Melvin Herreid was perhaps
mortally injured when he accidently
sent bullet into the pit of his
stomach from a revolver he was hand
ling.
Freeport-The grain elevator owned
by Moritz Hoeschen and the village
water tank were destroyed by fire en-
failing an unascertained loss not COW
cred by insurance.
Bemidji-Christ Olson, postmaster
at Becida, lost his barn and a large
quantity of new clover hay by fire.
Spontaneous combustion in the hay
was the cause of the fire.
Little Falls-Triplets, three girls,
were born to Mrs. Fred Carlson of
Gushing at a hospital Iere. Two of
the girls weighed Z pounds each, and
the third weighed 6h pounds.
Brainerd-The Brainerd Gas & Elec-
trio company has made application to
the city council for a raise in rates,
claiming to have lost money operat-
ing it's gas plant the past three years.
Madison-Cort Ransom dead, c. A.
Miller badly injured and George
Sackert shaken up, and two automo-
biles in the ditch, resulted from a col
lision n mile west of here. They
are all from Marietta.
Bovey-Authorities refused to say
whether the raid of an alleged moon.
shine plant, three miles from here, was
Inspired because the superintendent of
a lumber camp was smitten with blind
ness after he had swallowed wood al
cohol.
Winona-Membefs of the local post
of the American Legion have begun
a campaign to win the 1921 conven-
ton of the Minnesota department. The
campaign will come to it's climax at
the state convention in Duluth, Aug.
16, II and Is.
Hastings-Crops in the vicinity of
Hastings show a yield a little below
the average, according to early thresh-
ing reports. Rye is running Is to 20
bushels to the acre; barley 40, and
oats about 80. Wheat will be ready to
cut in another week.
Worthington-Ywenty-four hours af-
ter writing his son Of his intention to
kill himself William Johnson, soap
vender, committed suicide at his home.
The son rushed to this city from Och
eyedan, Iowa, arriving just after his
father had carried out his threat.
Brainerd-Mayor J.. E. Meyers and
! party of Minneapolis were here and
in a talk to Brainerd business men at
the chamber of commerce the Mill
City executive explained the Mime
apolis plan of welcoming foreign
states touristss and giving them in
formation regarding Minnesota's
wealth of lakes and recreational IA
~cilities.
st. Cloud-Sheriff Paul Felix Of Lit
tie Falls has notified the local police
that he is holding two boys who have
confessed to the theft of clothes and
shoes from a Great Northern car in
the local yards last week. The sher-
if is also holding a man who was ar
rested with the boys. The latter state
that the man has been using them to
steal goods and turn them over to
him.
Pipestone-Carl Hof, carpenter has
his two year old daughter after a
thrilling trip from this city to Fair
mont and return. Mrs. Hoff left Pipe
stone several days ago and took her
child with her to relatives at Fair
mont. On learning that his wife did
not intend to return to him Hof drove
to Fairmont and laid in wait until he
had a chance to kidnap his child,
which he did as the mothers was walk
ing on the streets of Fairmont. Hof
was alleged to have attacked his wife
and was forced to go to Fairmont to
answer the charge. He was found not
guilty in a Fairmont court and freed.
st. Paul-Sixteen life prisoners, adj
judged insane, have been transferred
from the Saltwater prison to the new
addition for the dangerous insane at
the st. Peter state hospital, j. J.. Sui
livan, prison warden, reported to the
state board of control. All were sen
fenced for murder.
st. Cloud-Assessor Stratton of the
town of Melrose appeared before the
County Board of Equalization. The
assessed valuation for the town of
Melrose must be raised approximately
160 per cent to bring it in line with
the assessments for other towns in
the county.
Sleepy Eye-Search for the body of
Clara Berg of Fairfax, who escaped
from the st. Peter state hospital two
weeks ago and who is believed to have
ben drowned in the Minnesota river.
has been abandoned because of high
water. Relatives have offered a re
ward.
Hibbing-Deputy United States mar
shals and George Wood game warden
for this district, raided two stills near
Eyeleth and arrested Matt Miller and
John Greben. At one place 100 gal
Ions of moonshine was cached. The
plant was in full operation when the
officers approached