The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1920-04-23
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Sioux Falls will be the headquarters
of R. B. Leady, federal prohibition en-
forcement agent in South Dakota, &C
cording to official orders.
Philip Obeschain, years old, was
killed at Watertown, S. D., when an
automobile knocked him down and
crushed his chest. His parents wit
messed the accident
In a weeks campaign the Aber-
deem, S. d., Y. NJ. c. A. building COM
mittee raised by public subscription
$225,000 with which to build a new
association building in that city.
While extracting a shell from a
gun, Alvin, 10 year old son of An
drew Goehring, of Highmore, South
Dakota, accidentally discharged the
bullet which killed him instantly.
Minnesota, Iowa, Illinois and Wis
consin will be represented at the dis
trict meeting of the Mississippi Valley
Conservation Congress, scheduled to
take place in La Crosse the latter part
of the month.
Farmers of Mcpherson county, S.
D., have received more than $4,000
from their wild hay crops during the
last nine months, besides retaining
enough feed to carry their herds
through the winter
Announcement is made by H. C.
Cobb of Redfeld, president of the
South Dakota farm bureau, of the ap-
pointment of P. j. Crandall, former
county agent of Union county as sec
rotary Of the state bureau.
E. L. Boland of independence S. D.,
will realize more than $1,000 from
his sweet clover crop of last year,
having just finished threshing a 40
acre crop. Last fall he sold $4,000
in seed and still has about 600 bushels
valued at approximately $4,000.
Announcement made by E. U. Behr-
dahl, secretary of the Retail Mer-
chants association of South Dakota,
that the annual meeting of the asso-
citation will take place May II, IL and
Is at Watertown. 1t is expected that
700 guests will be in that city for the
meeting.
Coal dealers at the head of the lakes
anthracite and bituminous coal will
become acutely short before boats can
arrive from down lakes. Captains who
are fitting out their boats for their
first trip from Duluth are having diff
ficulty obtaining COAL
John Hendricks, farmer of the De
Smet district in South Dakota, was
fro, licn cf, Co..
fire, which destroyed the large barn
on his place. Twelve calves were
burned to death, and in addition 500
bushels of oats, 60 tons of hay and
other personal property was. con-
Sumed.
1t is estimated that 50 per cent of
the wheat crop in Brown, Edmunds,
Day and Marshall counties, S. d. has
been put into the soil during the last
week. In the lighter soil districts
most Of the wheat is through the
ground. Farmers are Offering SIS a
month for help and say the supply is
sufficient at that price
Fargo, N. d., was awarded unani-
mously the 1921 Rotary conference for
the 18th district at the conference lust
closed at Wausau, Wis. More than
1000 attended an informal reception
at Rothschild pavilion, followed by a
conference dinner brief address by
E. j. Filiatrault, five minute talks by
H. B. Craddick, district governor, and
Albert S. Adams, International presi-
dent
Rev. H. H. H. Fox of st. Johns Epis-
copal church of Detroit, Mich, was
elected suffragan bishop of the diocese
to have charge of new division of
the diocese in eastern Montana, at the
annual convention of laymen and
clergy at Livingston. Mont. The cleo
ton followed deadlock during which
the clergy favored Rev. Edward M.
Cross of st. Johns church, st. Paul,
Mimi
What is believed to be the record
price for school land in Marshall
county, S. D., is $276 an acre paid for
20 acres by Joe Gartner of Eden at
the annual school lands sales held at
Britton. The record previously was
held by Sphinx county, where S2O5 was
paid for parcel of school lands. A
delegation of Danes from southern
Minnesota and northern Iowa bought
heavily and will establish a colony
near Lake City.
From February Is to April 3 a total
of 315 deeds were recorded in the of.
flee of the register of deeds at Madi-
son, S. D., representing a total valua-
ton Of ,547,37012. Between January
1, 1920, and February Is, SO other
deeds were recorded, this bringing the
total valuation of transfers in farm
land and city property to more than
$6,000,O00. IS
Tom Goodwin was denied pardon
by Judge Fleeger in circuit court at
Sioux Falls, S. D. Goodwin is serving
a years sentence in the county Jail for
stealing trunk filed with silk and
laces from a hotel.
In accordance with statements made
just prior to the recent states prima-
ries, it is understood that Governor
Peter Norbeck of South Dakota is pre-
pairing to call another special session
of the state legislature for the early
part of next month. 1t is likely that
the session will convene before Nav
Is
The champion egg eater of South
Dakota is Lucas Schellen, living near
Shindlar. He with several others en-
tered in an egg-eating contest. He
outdistanced all the others by eating
Is eggs and was awarded the state