The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1920-03-19
NEWS OF STATE
TERSELY TOLD
Recent Happenings in Minnesota
Given in Brief TENS for
Busy Re-. 1ers.
ENTIRE FIELD COVERED
News of Events In Corner State
Gathered From Many Different
Sources and Arranged In
Crisp Readable Form.

| f1lDDluS.- pOSIOulCo Will
be located in the Security bank build
ing on April /.
St. Peter-Owing to the high price
of building materials, two business
blocks will not be built here this
spring.
Pine River.-G. H. Atwood has ar
rived from Long Prairie and taken up
the Pine River school.
st. Cloud.-Bishop James Dow Nor
rison of Duluth, administered confir-
nation to class of catechisms in the
ST. Johns Episcopal church here. Rev.
George Dennison is rector of the par
| ish.
| st. Peter.-Nine pure bred calves
were distributed by the Nicollet Coun-
ty Farm Bureau to the boys and girls
of the county. The calves will be en-
tered in the calf raising contest at the
NicOllet county fair.
| Winona-Home made beer and
whisky of uncertain origin proved a
combination that caused a brawl in
| which two women and five men en-
|
men and two of the men paid fines of
$25 each.
Shakopee.-Albert Kirkeby of Sha-
kopee, while returning from France
on transport last year, obtained
bottle and inserted note. The bottle
was tossed into the ocean. Kirkeby
has been notified that the bottle was
of
Fergus Falls.-The Commercial club
committee, the Fair association and
| U. C. T. management have decided to
! invite Theodore Roosevelt to deliver
an address at the great U. c. T. con-
vention and general Homecoming that
is to be held in this city in June.
Owatonna.-A check for $4,000 was
presented to Pillsbury academy by
Thomas H. Kelly, to be used to place
an organ in that institution as a me-
mortal to his daughter, Laura Kelly.
Miss Kelly died shortly after her
graduation from Pillsbury in 1906.
Hutchinson.-At a special election
here the proposition to issue $4,000
bonds for the installation of white
improvement will be in connection
with program for paving of 10 blocks
and installation of storm sewer sys-
tenn.
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. of the Mankato
state normal school toured to neigh
boring towns to follow up work of nor
NAL school graduates and see how
they are progressing and to meet high
school seniors and discuss with them
the possibility of taking up teaching
course.
Hibbing.-The Hibbing Commercial
club at its next meeting will bring up
two resolutions for final action. One
is to prohibit Gay walking" and the
other is aimed at enforcement of the
antispitting ordinance Both PROPOSE
tions have been informally endorsed
by the club.
Moorhead.-The price of Red River
Ohio potatoes has been gradually ad-
vancing and the top sale reported is
$4.85 cwt., or $2.91 bushel. This
is for No. stock sacked and loaded.
Shippers and growers expect lively
tions are favorable for shipment
st. .Paul.-Application for funds to
purchase seed grain for farmers in the
flooded section of Roseau and Mar
shall counties were denied by the
state relief board. Assistant Attorney
General c. Louis Weeks informed the
board that there was no authority for
ho tot 70 rot loo farrd
pose and that it was properly mat
ter for the county commissioners of the
counties. Approximately $4,000 was
asked. The relief board notified coun-
ty commissioners that they could is
sue county warrants for the necessary
sums, under provisions of state law,
but the state had no authority to sell
bonds to reimburse them.
Owatonna.-According to an an
nouncement by DR.. Milo B. Price,
principal of Pillsbury academy, the 10
cal school Is in line for a 100000
share of the $1OO,00O,000 fund to be
raised by the Northern Baptist con-
ference for support of its foreign mis-
sions and educational institutions in
the interchurch world movement. DR..
Price recently returned from a meet
ing of the conferences educational
committee at Buffalo, N. Y. Carleton
college at Mortified is to benefit from
the fund to the extent of $1,000, 900, it
is declared, through its utilization with
the Baptist church, although it is no
minally Congregational institution.
Manufacturers that they per-
mitted at least 100 of their flock of
sheep on their farm near Moorhead to
starve to death were preferred against
Gutfried and Oscar Danielson. States
Attorney G. II. Rustad, who issued the
warrants, said an official Investigation
disclosed several piles of dead sheep
on the place, with at least $50 more
sheep in an emaciated condition.
Little Falls.-A new charter will be
submitted to the voters of Little Falls
at special election. The present
charter does not permit the raising of
funds for public Improvement to the
extent citizens desire.
Winona.-Knights of Columbus to
the number of 400 from all parts of
southeastern Minnesota gathered here
for banquet and exemplifcation of
the first, second and third degrees.
The work was under direction of Wi
mona Council No. $50. Knighthood
was conferred on a class of 55.
Red Wing.-That Red Wing is a
motor boat town in every sense of the
word is demonstrated by glance at
the city assessors tax records. which
show that at least $4,000 annually is
collacfa6 IN motor boats owuad in