The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1920-01-16
Recent Happenings in Minnesota
Given in BrieflsI.ems for
Busy Readers.
ENTIRE FIELD COVERED
News of Events IN Corner State
Gathered From Many Different
Sources and Arranged in
Crisp Readable Form.

J. Wurume, who escaped recently from
the Ohio state prison was arrestec
4 here.
Hibbing. Frank Kyrel, who gave
his home as ST. Paul, was arrested here
on a charge of assault preferred
| against him by a woman.
Slayton -Nels Holm, pioneer 1>resi-
dent of Murray county, died at his
home here Mr. Holm came from ST.
Paul to Murray county AZ years ago.
Detroit.-Bursting of a sprinkler
system damaged the stock and fixtures
of the Blanding department store here
| $4,000 The loss is partly covered by
insurance.
Winona.-Local Elks will soon in
augurate campaign to boost the MEM
bership of the club to 500. Extension
/ of activities is planned following the
campaign
! Hutchinson.-The amount expended
during the year 1919 for new buildings
and Improvements in the city amount
ed to $16S,325. Thirty-four new homes
were built.
Brainerd.-A moonshine outfit was
seized here and Frank Asher, Is years
old, and Arthur c. Gunion, %, were ar
rested. The outfit was found at Gun
| ions home.
| Glencoe.-At the annual farm bu-
reau meeting here e. H. Ulrich was
elected president, c. R. Peter vice
president and George Benjamin secre-
tary-treasurer.
i
CONFEDERATION H. Heland, a well
known merchant here, is dead He
came to this section of the state 40
years ago. He leaves a widow and
seven children.
Virginia. to the annual
report of the police department, dur
ing 1919, 1,O5S arrests were made, 519
of which were for drunkenness, while
during 1918, 1909 were arrested.
Willmar.-M oonshiners have been
busy operating their stills at Willmar
during the last few weeks. Several
suspects have been arrested, but in
toxicating liquor are still to be OBJ
| tanned
Thief River Falls.-Gunder Kolshus,
a farmer living near here, has been
adjudged insane and taken to the state
asylum at Fergus Falls. He had killed
40 head of his livestock before ap-
pretended.
Stillwater.-Th saltwater Market
company is now paying So per hundred
weight for potatoes, that price being
a raise of 40 cents per hundred during
the last ten days. 1t is expected that
the price will advance steadily.
( Stillwater.-John ]. Jeremy, better
known as Fisherman John II Of
South Saltwater, has gone to Lansing,
Mich, where he has been called to
locate the body of man by the name
of Walker who was drowned near that
city on Nov. 20, last
Owatonnar-The Deerfield Farmers
Mutual Fire Insurance company, an
organization of 1882 Steele county
farmers, elected officers at the annual
meeting here. The officers are: Presi-
dent, John H. Wilker; vicepresident,
p. Eliason; secretary, J. G. Peterson;
treasurer, A. w. Dietz; directors, A.
F. Schult and John Pichner.
Hibbing.- Hibbing Market COM
pany which operated the municipality
owned potato warehouse during the
winter of 1918-1919 purchased and sold
1924 bushels of potatoes, paying the
farmer 20 cents per hundred above
the current market price and selling
to the merchant at an average of Is
cents per hundred over the price paid
the farmer.
Slayton.-A mass meeting attended
by nearly 1000 farmers was staged
here to protest against the dredging at
Beaver creek in this county, which was
petitioned for by the county board A
permanent organization was effected
and several thousand dollars raised to
fight the project. The estimated cost
of the proposed dredging was given at |
approximately $150,O00.
st. Paul.-Twenty-four counties |
have voted to affiliate with the Mime
sofa Farm Bureau Federation, which |
will be put into active operation as
soon as the movement has. been Off |
cially approved by the bureaus of |
thirty counties of the state. Not a
single county has taken action OPP |
posed to federation according to v. e.
Anderson of Wheaton. The annual |
farm bureau conference for the state |
will be held at University farm jan
81, 3S, 20 and 81
Fergus Falls.-The Park region dis |
trict and Otter Tail County Medical |
association conducted its annual meet
ing here and elected the following Of
ficers for tho cnc,,;n. roo,.% ~. II N
Lee, Underwood, president; Dr. Ran
dali Ashby, vice-president; DR.. Heck
stroth, Brandon, second vice-presi-
dent; DIR. F. Naegeli, Fergus Falls,
secretary treasurer.
Winona.-James A. Lockwood. 80. |
and James L. Finch, 80, pioneers of
Wnona county, died at their homes
near Ridgeway. Mr. Lockwood settled
In Winona county in 1856, while Mr..
Finch became a resident in 1856.
brownsville. Investigations by
State superintendent of Banks F. e.
Pearson disclosed the presence in the
State bank of Brownsville of $4,000
in paper admitted by o. w. Root. ac-
cording to Mr.. Pearson, to be worth
less. The bank was closed by orde.. of
the state superintendent of banks and
investigation of the paper held by the
bank begun
Mankato.- Committees have been
appointed at meeting of local bust
nessmen to obtain q site for the pro-
posed 100000 arInory, which would |
be the headquarters of the Fifth regi-
ment