The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1920-08-27
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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Spooner-E T. Eide, who returned
Wednesday evening from Thief River
Falls and Holt, reported that there
| were some fires south of Warroad, al
| so around Williams, but that the
worst were in this section.
Fulda--Frank Atwood was prob
/ ably fatally injured when he was run
down by an Omaha passenger train
| near Dundee. Atwood was driving an
| oil tank and was about to cross the
track ahead of the train when his mo-
| tor died
Mankato-Jesse R. Edwards of Ellis
worth was elected by the Board Of
| county commissioners of Mobiles coun-
| ty to fill the office Of sheriff made va
cant by the death of Terry ]. Mccall,
| killed while attempting to arrest a
man for a minor theft.
Devils Lake-This section of the
state was assured of another $125,000
creamery when the Farmers Cold
| Storage company was organized. Tom
Mallory was elected president of the
| concern, whose plant was last month
completely destroyed by fire.
Crookston-Bird dogs from all parts
of the United States will be brought
here Sept. 8 for the All-American field
| trial club event. Announcement has
been made by Dr. T. Benton King, Sec
rotary of the club, that the field trials
will be in the vicinity of Crookston.
Fairfax-At the annual meeting of
day evening, Mrs. George Bond was
elected district clerk, succeeding
Frank Hedley, who has served in that
capacity for three years past. Mails
Broxford and E. E. Erickson were
elected treasurer and director respec-
/ lively.
Red Wing-Two runaway 14-yearAold
Chicago boys, suspected of having rob-
bed the Frontenac Cash Store, at
Frontenac, nine miles from here, were
captured by residents of that place
midway between Frontenac and Lake
City. They were brought to Red Wing
and placed in Jail pending investiga-
ton.
Tower-Driving of sheet piling in
East Two Rivers has been completed
by Contractor Terrier, who has the
contract for dredging the river. The
work of dredging the bottom is now
well under way, but heavy clay bodies
are being encountered and it is esti-
mated that probably two months more
will be needed to complete the work.
Bemidji-The new state normal
school here recently closed its 1st year
with total attendance beyond all ex-
pectations. Since the opening of the
school in June, 1919, 500 students at
tending one or more terms each, have
been enrolled. Notwithstanding the
fact that the school is only year old
several students who entered with adj
vance standing were graduated in
June from the two-year advance
course
Minneapolis Music contracts
amounting to over $4,000 have been
approved for the Minnesota State
Fair, Sept. A to IL. Included are the
Minnesota State band, st. Paul; First
Infantry band, Minneapolis; and the
Fairmont, Marshall, Madison, and
Eveleth bands, all of Minnesota. The
Minnesota State, Longfellow, Lind
quist and Chalmers orchestras have
also been booked, as well as the Apol-
10 quartette and Morgan, G. A. r.
Drum. corps. 4
Crookston-Among Crookston physi-
clans attending the meeting of the Red
River Valley Medical association at
Warren were: Doctors Ralph Kirsch,
vice president of the association, j. F.
Norman, G. A. Morley, c. E. Dampier,
H. e. Nelson, A. A. Just, A. Kahala
and H. H. Hodgson. Surgical clinics
were conducted. A dinner was serv-
ed the visitors, after which several pa
pers were read. The next meeting of
the association will be held in Crook
ston in December.
Minneapolis-Go James NJ Cox,
democratic candidate for president,
who will speak at the Minnesota State
Fair ON Labor Day, Sept. 6, has taken
the same subject as Warren G. Hard
ing, republican candidate, who will
speak at the fair on Sept. 8. Hard
ing's subject will be Agriculture and
the Nation" while Cox has taken
agriculture and the American Farm
err" The choice Of this subject by
both candidates has aroused tremen
dous interest in the northwest
Owatonna.-A staff of so teachers
has been signed for the Owatonna
public schools for the coming school
year. The increased number is due to
the opening of new school building
to relieve crowded conditions. The
city's annual school census, recently
completed, shows a total of 1,175 chill
dren.
Brainerd-John j. Cummins, chief
clerk of the Northern Pacific railway
shops, has returned from Seattle,
Wash, where he spent three months,
temporarily filling the position of di-
vision storekeeper of the Seattle divi-
sion.
Owatonna.-Attorney Abbott W.
Sawyer, of this city, was named presi-
dent of the Southern State Bar and
Bench association at its annual meet
ing here Others officers are George |
J. Allen, Rochester, vice-president;
Irving Eckholdt, Rochester, secretary, |
and F. G. Sasse, Austin, treasurer.
observation-disclosures Grover Frank
pleaded in the municipal court he was
unable to control his auto, Judge Cady, |
after filming him 500, ordered him ne
yer to attempt to operate the machine
again 1t was Franks second appear
ance in court on the charge Of reck-
less driving.