The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1921-09-09
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
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Sources and Arranged In
Crisp Readable Form.

SouTCeS ana arranged Ia
Crisp Readable Form.
/ Moorhead-Country dances of Clay
county have been placed under ban,
following numerous complaints from
parents.
Anoka Oliver Thompson was
drowned at the juncture of the Rum
and Mississippi rivers Monday. The
boy was fishing.
Proctor-Roderick Casey, aged So,
while mentally deranged, took his own
life in the presence of his 14-year-old
| grandson, at his home near here.
Winnebago cholera has broken
1t is said that some owners did not re-
port the first cases to the agricultural
agent.
Winona-John Donahue, As, of St.
/ Charles, was killed when his body
came in contact with high voltage
wire as he was installing extra lighting
facilities at the Wabasha county fair
grounds at Plainview.
/ Wells-Lois Ella, 3-year-old daugh-
! ter of Mr.. and Mrs. Ophens Anderson
of this place, is dead from spinal men,
nights The body was buried imme-
diately without service because the
disease is contagious.
st. Paul-One man was shot to
death, another probably fatally wound.
ed and third seriously wounded in a
mysterious brawl which developed in
to shooting fray in soft drink par
lor at los West Seventh street.
Minneapolis Investigation of
charges of fee splitting between a
small group of municipal court attor-
neys and members of the police de-
partment was begun by members Of
the Hennepin county grand jury.
st. Paul-Martin county won first
honors in the county agricultural ex-
hibit competition at the State Fair
this year. Closely pushed by Beltrami
from the north and Morrison from the
central section, Martin scored highest
on points.
Minneapolis-Wit the Hennepin
county Jail crowded almost to capac-
ity, and with some of the prisoners
| lIOul LuUSlSu ohO lAoch
ity, the sheriff's office appealed today
! to the board of county commissioners
| for relief.
Mankato-Thieves gained entrance
through the rear door and basement
to the Stan. A. Smith jewelry store
of this city last night and got away
with about $1,000 in diamonds and
other jewelry which had been left on
display in show window.
Duluth-Life savers from the United
States coast guard station here were
called to rescue parties aboard three
sailing yachts and also prevented the
destruction of three other crafts, fol-
lowing a storm which swept the Du-
luth-Superior harbor Sunday.
Fergus Falls-Matt Ruikk was seri.
ously injured when he attempted TIC
stop a bull that ran through the
streets of the village of New York
Mills after it broke loose while being
loaded on a car Three men with
game rifles finally fired several shots
and killed the bull
st. Cloudy defeating Melrose, 3
to 0, ST. Cloud claims the baseball
championship of Central Minnesota.
Melrose was defeated here Sunday, 2
to 1, the tally being the only run
scored against the locals in fifty-nine
innings. These teams have played five
games this season, of which st. Cloud
has taken four.
Fairmont-Three. robbers entered
| 80, Lon ~ n,,~y all
blew open tee safe and escaped with
| $4,000 in cash and Liberty Bonds, after
| cutting all telephone lines into the
town. The charge of explosive used
by the bandits was SO heavy that it
wrecked the interior of the bank and
scattered large amount of currency
| and valuable papers over the place.
The windows were shattered. Damage
to the building was estimated at ST.
| 900. Citizens aroused, were held at
bay by the bandits.
st. Paul-Final plans for staging the
National Dairy show at the Minnesota
State Fair grounds October to Is
have been completed under direction
of the Northwest Dairy Development
! committee, according to an announce
! ment by it's chairman, j. M. Hackney.
| More than 1900 cows and bulls of
the five principal dairy breeds, an ex-
hibit of dairy industrial machinery oc.
| cupying more than 10000 square feet
| of space, and exhibits of milk products
from all principal dairying states in
| the Union, will be included in the
many features of the show. Leading
dairy experts of the United States and
foreign countries will give lectures and
| demonstrations.
Elk Rivera community picnic and
! get-together meeting of residents of
the vicinity OF Elk River were held
at the Elk River Park and Tourist
| camp ground at the confluence of the
| Elk and Mississippi rivers. Besides
townspeople there were two or three
thousand persons present from the
surrounding country.
Owatonna-Plansa are being made by
Arthur e. Kenyon, Steele county su.
perintendent of rural schools, for a
/ five day teachers institute here Nov
/ II to IS. Leading instructors in sew.
eral of the state teachers colleges are
expected to conduct the institute.
Hibbing-Forest fires which for a
time threatened the village Of Hibbing.
Buhl and Mitchell, a railroad center
near here, and which has swept an
area of practically so miles, were re-
ported under control after a hard
fight by D. L. Mcintosh, district for.