The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1921-08-05
NEWS OF STATE
TERSELY TOLD
Recent Happenings in Minnesota
Given in Brief Items for
Busy Readers.
ENTIRE FIELD COVERED
News Of Events In Gopher state
Gathered From Many Different
Sources and Arranged In
Crisp Readable Form.

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Ruthton- Fire, caused by lightning,
destroyed the big barn on the William
Beck farm
Redwood Falls-Carl Kempfert,
aged 70. retired farmer, jumped in
to cistern while visiting at the home
of a son near here, and drowned
Stillwater-The body of John L.
Leffler, aged 70 years, who has been
missing two days, was found in Lily
lake, boys playing near the lake found
the body.
Dundas-Sam Remington, ST., is
dead here from injuries received when
struck by an unidentified automobile
driver The driver of the machine did
not stop.
Moorhead- Clay county has been
asked by Carlos Avery, state game
and fish commissioner, to set aside a
range of townships, to save the prai-
RE chickens from extinction
Redwood Falls-Two drownings oc.
Cured in the Minnesota river Sunday
August Menohow, a young farmer, and
Fl. e. Brocksmith, transient harvest
hand were drowned while swimming.
Thief River Falls = The United
States civil service commission will
conduct an open competitive examina.
ton here Friday August Is, to fill the
position of postmasters at Red Lake
Falls and Plummer
Minneapolis-Ora Titus, lineman for
the Minneapolis General Electric com
pany, who was rescued by firemen
while being slowly electrocuted at the
top of a power circuit pole, died in
the General hospital.
Warroad-Chief Powassin of the
Bukkatee Island tribe of Chippewa In
dams, is quoted in the Warroad Pho
neer as branding as Heap big lies
recent reports that the tribe had been
doing the Sun Dance.
Winona-The 1922 convention of
the Minnesota department of the
American Legion will be held at Vir-
ginia, it was decided at the third an
partment at Winona
Thirteen year old Helen
Arnold of this city has a record to be
proud Of She made her third rescue
from drowning of the year when she
swan to the aid of Mrs. Ray Flynn
who was in distress in Four Mile bay
Hibbing Petitions asking that Hib-
bling be incorporated as city will be
presented to the district court some
time this week, it has been announced
here. A sufficient number of names
have been attached to the petitions to
make this possible.
Minneapolis to construct
a highway to Pennington by way OF
Cedar avenue, thereby providing di.
rect route from Minneapolis to the
south, which might possibly be desig
mated as state highway No. SO, was
voted down by the Hennepin county
commissioners.
Canby-A survey of the farming dis
trict north of here which was swept
by hail and windstorm shows that 40
square miles were covered by the
storm. Madison was about the center
of the disturbance. Corn was damag-
ed on an average to 80 per cent, some
fields having been completely wiped
out
st. Peter Using more than 600
people in its cast and telling a story
that is of absorbing interest through
out Minnesota and the Northwest, st.
Peters big historical pageant will be
given on Aug. Is and 10. 1t will be
the most pretentious community en-
terprise ever attempted by this city,
and is expected to attract thousands
of visitors.
Jackson - When Mrs. William
Schatz saw her two small children
carried under the swift current of the
Des Moines river near here, she rush
ed into the water to save them, and
she, too, was drowned Although help
was within hailing distance, the trag-
edy was not revealed until the chill
dren's clothing was found on the bank
of the stream.
st. Paul-Plans for merger of CO.
operative cheese-producing associa-
tions of Minnesota and Wisconsin for
a common. marketing of their product
were laid at meeting in the Capt.
toll by representatives of the Pine
Island, Mimi, cooperative cheese-pro-
ducing association, and of creamery
livestock associations. The discus
sion was preliminary to a project to
gather together all the cheese produc-
ers of the two states, which produce
about 80 per cent of all the cheese,
into the United States, into one CO.
operative body.
Owatonna-Farm women are organ
izing in Steele county for series of
meetings to be held beginning August
II in the interests of farm housewives
by the Steele County Farm bureau.
Miss Lucy Cordinier Of the University
farm is expected to be the chief
speaker at the meetings.
Observation-Disclosures of the re-
Gently closed Chippewa County State
bank are at work on plan for re-
opening the institution at an early
date. 1t is proposed to issue addi-
tional stock, and if these plans are
carried out, it will be possible to make
good all deposits Of the old bank.
Montevideo-John Haga had mar
row escape from death while working
Oh his farm. Haga was driving har-
vester when a storm came up. He
was unhitching the horses when light
ming struck the animals, killing al
three. Haga was thrown to the
ground by the shock, but was unin-
jured.
Pipestone-Joh Toutjes, black
smith at Holland, was killed while at
work in his shop. He was welding a
shaft in the head of a steam thresh-