The Ely miner., 1920-04-30
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Ashland, Wis-The Womans Chris
tian Temperance union of the state of
Wisconsin will hold its forty-seventh
annual session here October s, 8, 10
and IL
Spokane.-One of three mills of the
Bunker Hill & Sullivan Mining COM
pany of Kellog, Idaho, was practically
destroyed by fire, entailing a loss es-
timated at $5O0,0O0.
Rapid City, S. D.-Edward Wake
field, AZ years old, employed by local
lumber, company, was electrocuted
when he tried to learn the cause of the
sudden extinguishment of lights.
Webster, S. D.-Crows have become
so numerous in parts of Day county
that the county commissioners have
started campaign for determination
Of them by offering bounty of cents
per head for the birds
Neenah, Wis.--Rox River Valley pa
per mill men have completed organiza-
tion of $1OOO,OOO corporation which
has started construction of two ma
chine paper mill and converting plant
at Niagara Falls, N. Y.
Madison, Wis.-Herman B. Dahle,
former member of congress from the
third Wisconsin district, is dead at his
home in Mount Horeb. He was born
in Perry, Wis, in 1855. He served in
the 56th and 57th congresses.
Fargo, n. D.-A minimum wage of
$3.50 for women employed in hotels,
cafeterias and soda fountains was ten
tatively adopted by the conference rep
resenting the employers, the workers
and the public, conducted in Fargo.
Velva, N. D.--Mrs. Emil .Roulier,
aged A, 13 miles from here, killed her.
self by poison after she had admins
tered a dose to her year old daugh-
ter, Lea. Worry and i'll health is be-
lieved by officials to have unbalanced
her mind
Bismarck, n D.-William Mills of
Bismarck, former police commissioner
of Fargo, died here following an opera
ton for stomach trouble He was Sc
years old and had resided in Fargo 25
years, coming to Bismarck only few
weeks ago.
Pembina, N. D.-Judge E. w. Con-
my of Pembina, resident of the state
since 1885, county Judge of Pembina
county for ten years, died here He
had been ill eighteen months Judge
Conmy was a member of the Demo
cratic state central committee.
Bismarck.-Jacob Wolf, farmer
living near Turtle Lake, McLain coun-
ty, N. D., and his family of six have
been murdered Their bodies and that
of the hired man were found in the
house and barn. The crime is be-
lieved to be the work of maniac. A
Bozeman, Mont-Miss Alice CHS:
holm of Bozeman, has been called into
service for the Y. M. c. A. overseas
for entertainment work with the Amer
ican forces in the army of occupation
at CoblenZ, Germany. She expects to
sail on the New York, an American
line steamer.
Bismarck, N. D.-The state automo-
bile registry department is out of tags
and shipments long since expected
have become lost in transit AS a re-
suit, applications for licenses have
piled up, but this does not exempt
owner from sending in their applica-
tions for tags.
Redfield, S. D.-While cleaning
chicken for dinner, Miss Blanch Forth
of Turton discovered what had become
of the SIS goldpiece she had received
as Christmas present last year. On
opening the chickens gizzard, five
coins were discovered Four were
pennies and the fifth was the missing
goldpiece.
Duluth.-A complete counterfeiting
plant in Duluth, capable of flooding
the northwest with Federal Reserve
bank notes was seized by Frank w
Sommer, United States secret service
agent, and local police. The federal
agent and police raided house, con-
fiscated small trunkload of counter
feiting equipment and arrested Joseph
s. Schab, age 40, and John Korba, age
80.
Ashland, Wis.-Considerable uuan-
titles of potatoes, buried in root eel
lars all winter are coming to the mar
ket. Thousands of bushels in North
ern Wisconsin were held up all win
ter by the unprecedented depth of
snow and the condition of country
roads, which. were impossible for
weeks. For a time no teams were
able to get through on some country
roads
Minneapolis.-Bank deposits in Min
nesota have increased from SIG. .OS3. 900
in 1900 to $S99, ,296, 900 in 1920, accord
ing to statement of comparative
bank deposits of the northwest, issued
by the First National bank of Mime
apolis. In North Dakota the deposits
have increased from S11 ,222, 900 in 1900
TO $780, 0,S6S,000 in 1919, and in Mon.
tana the deposits have increased from
$17,115,O00 in 1900 to S190,SS0, 900 in
1919. The statement shows there
were 276 banks in Minnesota in 1900
as compared with 1,459 in 1919. In
Montana the banks have increased
from 35 in 1900 to 419 in 1919.
Dell Rapids, S. D.-Farmers in this
section of the state are not evincing
any intention of curtailing their pro-
duction, despite reports that in other
sections crop acreage will not be as
extensive as last year Considerable
seed is already in the ground, especi-
ally on the highlands, and the present
weather conditions are favorable.
Alcaster, S. D.-The artesian well
which has furnished the city's water