The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1920-11-19

Eveleth-Thomas Smigel, Is, died
az a result of losing a leg in a railroad
accident.
Windom-Ambrose Wenker of Hay
Point, a worker on a road crawling
crew, was run over by a truck and had
both of his legs broken.
Owatonna-First steps toward the
organization of an auxiliary to Owa-
tonna post. American Legion, have
been taken here by local ome
Pine Riyer-The village of Remer
will hold a special election. for voting
on a bond issue of $4,000 for the COM
pletion of a water~orks system.
Fairmont-Lecnard ~2-year-old son
of Mr.. and Mrs. Henry Wilhalm, of
Minneota township, died as a result of
having been run over by a wagon.
Red Lake Falls-The board of coun-
ty commissioners has voted to bond
Red Lake county for not more than
$250,000 for work on the Jefferson
highway.
New Ulm-Herbert Haeska, %,
North Star township, has been arrest
ed charged with having made two at
tempts upon the life of John thinner
man, 10.
Thief River Falls-Some fine spring
lambs and dairy calves were exhibited
at a combination live stock show
staged here by members of the Boys
and Girls clubs.
Blue Earth-The Blue Earth council
and the Citizens Heating Corporation
have agreed to the council taking over
the city heating system. The cor
poration installed the plant,
Willmar-J. C. Kinnon was instantly
killed, and Frank Cavanaugh badly in
jured when their automobile went off
an enbankment near Monticello. They
were tourists from Colorado.
st. Paul-The Duroc Jersey boar,
Long Pathfinder, Second, has been sold
for $1,800 to j. L. Donovan of Clon-
tart, Mimi, by the animal husbandry
division of the University of Mime
sofa.
Grand Forks-John Hurley, conduc.
tor and j. E. Williams, brakeman of
a Great Northern work train, were
killed, when an engine, hauling a ca
boose, ran into the real end of their
train.
Bemidji-Officers and committee
chairmen for the coming year were
named at a meeting of the members of
the south Bemidji Red Cross orCaniza-
tion.. Two entire committees were re-
named.
Fairmont-Gustaf A. Peterson, "a,
was barred from citizenship when he
appeared for examination in Judge
Deans court, because he evaded army
service, claiming to be a subject of
Sweden.
Crookston-Six hundred and forty
two quarters of Canadian whisky,
seized during the past few weeks, most
Of it containing 81 per cent ether, were
dumped into the sewer by Sheriff o. K.
Bolstad.
st. Paul-Governor J. A. A. Burn
quist was reelected president of the
st. Paul branch of the National Asso-
citation for the Advancement of Color
ed People at the annual meeting Of
that organization.
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Roseau are selling fax straw to a Du-
luth firm for 81 a ton. Thirty to 40
tons are being delivered daily. The
flax is being stacked and will be baled
before shipping.
Eveleth-Frank Tolkovick was
killed by the accidental discharge of a
shotgun. The lad was preparing to go
h,,nf;pr onI haI -a.fnI Tho ch,to,o
against a chair, on which he was seat
ed. His four year old brother is sup
posed to have discharged the gun
while playing with the trigger.
Duluth-After being out one hour
and thirty minutes the jury in the
trial of John Murphy, former chief Of
police of Duluth, and ex-deputy Uni
ted States Marshall Frank L. Bradley
and nine others charged with trans
porting bottled liquor, returned a YER
dict of not guilty against all of the
defendants.
st. Paul-Recommendation that
three large reservoirs be built in the
Minnesota river valley to collect the
overflows during early summer floods
and prevent inundation of the rich
farming lands of the river bottoms.
was made in a report filed by e. V.
Willard, commissioner of the state de-
partment of drainage and waters. He
the probable cost at $4,000 |
600.
st. Paul-Governor Burnquist is
sued a proclamation making it unlaw-
full to trap muskrats in the state of
Minnesota for the l920-1921 season.
This proclamation was issued on the
recommendation OF Carlos Avery, state
game and fish commissioner, who sent
out q~uestionnaires to fur dealers and
t%rappers in all parts Of the state. The
to the missionaries were
about 10 to / in favor of a closed sea-
son in order to save the muskrats
from determination.
Redwood Transformation of the
proposed Minnesota Valley Drainage
and Conservancy district which will
include a greater part of the Mime
sofa valley, now has reached a stage
where a general public hearing is to be
at New Ulm, Dec. 3, at
which the 10 district judges in whose
jurisdictions the proposed drainage
will be carried out will hear
evidence for and against the petition,
which has been presented, asking that
the big ditch be constructed.
Owatonna-The quarterly conference
Of the state board of control, in con
with representatives from
state institutions throughout the state,
including superintendent, educators
and teachers, was conducted here. 1t