The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1920-06-25
NEWS OF STATE
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Recent Happenings in Minnesota
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land on the state road east of town,
was sold for SIS an acre. The land
had no improvements.
Itasca-Douglas Lodge, the popular
resort at the state park here, has
been reopened and indications are
that it will be busy during the entire
summer.
Little Falls-Several thousand farm
ers and city folks attended the an
nual farm bureau picnic at Pine
Grove park here and the picnic was
pronounced big success.
Mora-The Kanabec County Pure
Bred Stock association had an auc-
ton sale at the county fair grounds
at Mora, the first time in the history
of Kanabec. Business places were all
closed for the afternoon.
Minneapolis Modern chicken
thieves, whose depredations have been
discovered, used chIoroform to subdue
their feathered loot, owners of the
fouls told the police. The loss of 60
chickens from four coops was report
ed.
ST. Paul-Mrs. Claudius Bombach,
wife of the chief accountant in the Of
flee of J. A. o. Preus, state auditor,
died at the st. Paul City hospital af-
ter three weeks Illness She is sur
vived by her husband and one son,
Emil F. Bombach.
Bemidji-Through the efforts of
Game Warden John Cline, yearling
deer has been secured near Gemmell,
which was caught in cattle corral
and has been brought to Bemidji and
placed in an inclosed yard in the City
park at Diamond point.
ST. Paul-The State Supreme court
heard and took under advisement four
appeals, argued at two sessions, while
other state departments observed a
primary election holiday. The court
has recessed for the summer months
and will resume sitting in September
Detroit-The caterpillar or worm
pest is again in evidence through all
the woods of Becker county. In GER
tain sections the worms literally COW
er the trees, and while they seeming
ly prefer the Eastwood, yet the oaks,
maple, boxelder and others are like
wise being stripped of their foliage.
Fergus Falls-Carl Doerr, who re-
sides in the town of Elmo, this coun-
ty, began suit in the district court
here short time ago to obtain a
divorce from his wife on the ground
that she had deserted him and had
been guilty of cruelty towards him.
His wife filed counter complaint,
and the court, after hearing the evil
, dence, granted her divorce.
Misunderstanding projects in Moor
head involving the pavement of
about a hundred blocks have been
abandoned for this year as result
of the Minnesota supreme court deci-
sion holding that cities under home
rule charters are not affected by gen.
eral paving legislation enacted by the
last legislature in the last session. An
election must now be held to authorize
the projects.
Virginia-When a baggage smash
err" employed by the D. w. & P. rail-
road at the station here allowed a
trunk to fall off baggage truck
few months ago and drop into the
automobile of Bude Drakulich stand
ing beside the platform the act cost
the railroad $50 and costs of defend
ing an action just decided by jury in
district court. The owner of the car
sued the railroad for $780,
Crcokston-Ole Olson is suing the
Great Northern in two actions. One
is to collect $500 for the death of his
son and the second to secure $1,000
foI an Overland automobile in which
his son was riding at the time of his
death. The car was struck by Great
Northern passenger train last fall. o.
son was instantly killed and his faith
er claims the engineer should have
stopped before the accident.
Grand Rapids-Local high school
students, some of whom are said to
be members of this years graduating
class, are blamed for number of rot
ten eggs being thrown through a win
dow of the Charles Chalberg home in
to the room occupied by Principal
Cook of the high school, against whom
the boys are said to have a grievance.
A window was broken and the house
more or less smeared with the eggs.
Mrs. Charles Chalberg is very indig-
nant over the outrage and may pre-
fer charges against some of the ring
! leaders, whom she claims to know.
Mr.. Cook is naturally equally incens
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Minneapolis-The development Of
scenic sections of the Northwest and
the establishment of federal and state
parks in these places is to be urged by
forestry associations of Minnesota and
adjacent states, according to Dietrich
Large, Minnesota representative, at a
conference in La Crosse, Wis, last
week of representatives of Northwest
states. Arrangements were made at
the conference for the formation of a
park promotion organization among
representatives from Minnesota, Iowa,
Wisconsin, Illinois, Kansas, Nebraska,
Michigan, North Dakota and South
Dakota.
Farmers club was held at the farm
home of Mrs. Inga Peterson, east of
Angus. A large crowd was in atten-
dance and the affair proved huge
success. Halvor Stevenson and Mr..
Rake of the State Federation of Farm
bureaus we're speakers.
Minneapolis-"Help Prevent Forest
Fires" will be printed across the
stamp on every letter going out from
the Minneapolis postoffice to Mime
sofa points for the next few months