The Ely miner., 1920-12-17
Recent Happenings in Minnesota
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her home here.
aledonia-Caught in a circular
wood saw while working at sawmill,
Leo Brumm lost foot before the ma
chine could be stopped.
Melrose-The Central Minnesota
Dairymen's and Buttermakers' asso-
citation will have its 18th annual con-
| vention in Melrose on Feb. / and 2.
Slayton-For the loss of leg, Clar-
ence Beals was awarded 100000 dam
| ages in district court here, against the
Chicago, Burlington e Quincy railway.
Black Hammer-While assisting at
wood saving, Ivan Bitterness of Black
Hammer was caught in the betting of
an engine and killed. His neck was
broken and both arms torn from their
sockets.
Red Wing-Three of the older boy
inmates of the state training school
here stole an automobile belonging to
one of the officers of the school and
fed A search for the boys has been
started.
| Duluth-Vesselmen here will ac-
claim the navigable season of 1920
closed at the head of the lakes when
the steamers Mullin and Billings,
headed up Lake Superior with cargoes
of coal, reach here.
Tracy-The new Methodist church
was dedicated here with appropriate
Mitchell of st. Paul delivered the ded-
icatory sermon. The new structure
| was erected at a cost of $4,000.
Mankato-Bernhard Maiers, 20 years
old, who gave his home address as
| Candy, was arrested here charged with
raising $5 bills to $40 bills. Accord
| ing to the police he confessed to hav-
ing passed Is bills raised in this man.
ner.
Sauk Center-In a community bee"
| 125 business and professional men
| donned overalls and worked for a full
day grading the ground for site o.
| the armory for the Sauk Center Ma
chine Gun Company of the National
| Guard.
Crookston-Announcem was re-
| ceived by President Hans Samuelson
of the National Telelag of America
that Crookston had been selected as
the 1921 convention city for the or
ganization. The meeting here will be
on June %, "a and 25.
st. Paul-Upon his return from New
York Carlos Avery, state game and
fish commissioner, announced that he
intends to recommend that the state
of Minnesota purchase 200 acre tract
as a start toward increasing the num-
ber of game birds in the state.
lsworth-Clyde Dewey, 6 year old
son of Charles Dewey, farmer resid-
ing near Primghar, was killed in corn
elevator accident. The lads clothing
became entangled in a machine and
he was thrown to the ground with
great force. His skull was crushed.
Morris -Adelbert Clapp, Appleton, is
said to be corn king of Minnesota by
virtue of having grown ia bushels
and 10 pounds of corn on one acre.
His profit was $S1.9O. Last years
champion, liver Barnaal, Sacred Heart,
raised 1862 bushels, upon which he
cleared $37S.40, selling the crop for
seed.
st. James-While his wife tried in
vain to save him, Henry Ulhorn,
farmer, slowly choked to death on his
farm near here. Ulhorn climbed to
the top of windmill to make some
repairs. In descending his clothing
caught in the shafting and suspender
drawn tightly across his throat grail
ually forced out his life.
Minneapolis-Five state senators
who will confer with a House COM
mittee in ST. Paul December 21 over
proposed legislation under the Bah
cock Good Roads amendment, have
been selected by Louis l.. Collins, lieu
tenant governor-elect. The senator's
are J. H. Baldwin of Frazee,. B. N.
Anderson of Manchester, Gustof Wi
dell of Mankato, A. C.. Gooding of Ro-
chester and P. H. McGarry of Walk
er.
Cow Testing association has just COM
pleted it's first years work with re-
suits which prove gratifying, accord
ing to officials. There were $50 cows
tested during the year, 76 produced
over 300 pounds of butter fat; 210 pro-
duced from $50 to 200 pounds of fat
and the remaining GA, in the test less
than six months were averaging 300
pounds. The average for the associa-
tion is $50 pounds of butterfat.
Crookston-Two meetings will be
conducted in Crookston the early part
of 1921 that are of considerable i'm
portance The first will be the 1921
convention of the North Minnesota Ed
itorial association, which will meet
here Jan. 20, 81, % and "a w. e.
Mckenzie of this city is in charge of
arrangements for the event which will
be attended by editors from every
section of the state. The second meet
ing will be the Red River Valley Win
ter Shows, Feb. z to IL. The winter
shows which are staged here annual
ly are the classic event of the year
for northwestern Minnesota.
Delano-Five pioneers of this section
have died within the last week. They
were Ignatz Parson, Charles Wander
see, John Czock, Mrs. Ludrecher and
Mrs. Blank. Three of them were more |
than 80 years old, while the other two
had passed their SEVENTEEN birthday.
Minneapolis-Lack OF funds has
made it necessary for more students
at the University of Minnesota to can
eel their registrations this fall than |
ever before in the history Of the insti- |
tuition, university officials declared. |
They attribute the condition to the
general tightening of finances and the |
decreased demand for student labor. ]