The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1920-06-04


Ellsworth-W. Schultz was made
unconscious by bolt of lightning
which killed his team while he was
working in the fields near here.
Hibbing few cases of tuber-
cular cattle were reported to the
health department as the result of an
inspection of all village and township
cattle made by Dr. C. Mason the past
few months.
vicinity is well advanced, despite the
shortage of farm labor and unfavor-
able early season conditions. The
acreage this year of wheat planted is
said to be not more than rs per cent
Of normal.
Wilmont-At a meeting of the Will
mont Commercial club, it was decided
the club should stage a Fourth of July
celebration in connection with a Chau-
tauqua. 1t is expected it will be the
biggest three day celebration in this
section of the state.
Hutchinson-One hundred and ten
cans of wall-eyed pike have just been
planted in Lakes Jennie, Belle, Hook,
Erie, Swan and Marion near here by
the state game and fish commissioner
The total number released numbered
more than 100000.
Virginia-Bringing American sugar
from Asia is being done by whole
sale grocery house here, because of
inability to obtain a supply elsewhere.
The firm has contracted for 1000 bags
in China, of sugar that was exported
from the United States.
Langford-At a special meeting
called for June 1, patrons of nine
school districts surrounding Langford
will vote on the question of consolida-
ton of the districts. If the proposal
carries the consolidated school build
ing will be constructed here.
Bemidji-The Bemidji Manufactur-
ing company has resumed operations
on a 10 hour basis after having been
idle since May 8, when timber work
ers struck There was no trouble
when the plant reopened, the men re-
turning under the old wage schedule.
Stillwater-Floyd Frantzen, and Will
liam Smith, two runaway boys from
near Alton, have been turned over to
their parents, who came after them.
Both were hiking for Billings, Mont.
where they expected to scalp Indians.
Edgerton - Establishment of a
building for the use of teachers in the
local school is being considered by the
board of education. 1t is the belief that
many of the villages of the state will
be compelled to take such a step in
order to obtain competent instructors.
Winona-Walter Dunston, a farmer
living at Wiscoin, Winona county, re-
ports that the recent heavy rain causs
ed the creeks in that vicinity to over
flow ard cuver the surrounding fields
to such an extent that hundreds of fish
including trout, suckers and clubs
were left lying on the ground.
Shevlin-Charles Mcdonald, proprie-
tor of a garage here, was held up by
lone bandit and forced to give up
the automobile he was driving. The
man took the car and drove a half
mile beyond Bagley, where he aban-
doned it in the center of the road, pre-
sumably catching train. Mcdonald
had no money on his person.
osemont-Deronica Baily, 9 years
old, was so severely burned when at
tempting to start fire in the kitchen
stove with can of kerosene, that she
may die. The child's mother was in
an adjoining room sick. She heard
the child's cry and rushed to her aid.
Throwing a blanket about her body,
she put out the fire, but not until the
flames had burned away most of the
girls clothing.
inneapolis-Solution of the mys-
terry surrounding the murder of the
woman found in an untenanted house,
1888 Bryant avenue south, is no nearer
realization. Despite the fact that
every clue given the police was in
vestigated and several hundred per-
sons inspected the body of the victim
at the county morgue, the Identified
ton of the woman and the motive
leading to her Staying remain as much
puzzle as when the crime was first
discovered.
st. Paul-Contributi to the relief
fund being raised for Castle Rock resi-
dents who lost everything in the re-
cent tornado last, were urged from
the charitable people of the state in a
public statement issued by Governor
Burnquist. He asks that contributions
be sent direct to the central commit
tee for relief, at Castle Rock, made
up of o. d. Shumway, town marshal,
chairman; the Rev. A. S. Earl, secre-
tary; Will Frame, treasurer; G. H.
Wood, T. c. Records and ]. W. Shellin-
berger.
ST. Paul-C. G. Andrews, the only
Minnesota colonel in the civil war now
living, who is in his 91st year. was
one of the veterans who delivered ad-
dresses to the school children in con-
nection with Memorial Day. This
venerable soldier talked to the pupils
of Central High school. Mr. Andrews
was captain, lieutenant colonel and
colonel of the Third Minnesota regi-
ment in the civil war, and was a divi-
sion general the last year of the war.
While captain he was for three months
in confederate prison in Georgia.
Few men are better qualified to instilI
patriotism into the young than Mr..
Andrews.
Minneapolis = Three indictments,
charging jury bribing, were returned
by the Hennepin county grand jury
against two men who recently pleaded
guilty in Federal district court on a
charge of conspiring to smuggle whis-
ky into Minneapolis from Canada The
two men named are expected to be
witnesses before the grand jury as to
matters alleged to involve public Of