The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1921-12-16
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.

Friday by Olaf Severson, farmer liv.
ing south Of here.
Hibbing-Company G, the Hibbing
National Guard company, will be mus.
tered out and the Messaba range will
lose its only remaining militia organi
cation.
Tracy-A. H. Rowland has received
his commission as postmaster of this
city and will assume the office as
soon as the retiring postmaster can
be checked out.
Luverne-Judge M. R. Reynolds, OF
! municipal court here, has decided that
Charles E. Carter of Ash Creek, find
er of an automobile, becomes the own
er of the machine.
Fergus Falls-The village council at
Perham, this county, is going to SUI.
| pervise public dances, and has an.
nounced it will put a. stop to the sin
formal grips and wiggles" that are
now SO popular.
Minneapolis special committee
from the public welfare board and
| various social and charitable agencies
is considering means of raising $780,.
! 900 for relief of jobless men in the
next two months.
! Minneapolis-Th annual builders
show Of the Minneapolis Builders ex.
change will take place March 20 to
Is in the Armory, F. S. Heating, chair.
man of the show committee of the ex.
| change, announced.
St Cloud-Fred Stockinger, police
sergeant here, is facing an investiga.
ton for alleged implication in the
robbery of the safe in st. Cloud de-
partment store on October "a last, &C.
cording to the police.
St Paul-Dates for the 1922 annual
meeting of the Minnesota Education
association were announced by G. G.
Schulz, secretary, as Oct. 25 to %,
inclusive, the sessions to take place
at the Auditorium here.
Luyerne-To combat violations of
the Volstead prohibition act, Good
Citizens league of Rock county has
been organized. About 200 have al
ready signed the roll, with prospects
of TRIPPING the number in a short
| time.
Blue Earth-The body of Oscar
Johnson, who was killed while serving
/ with the American forces in France,
has arrived in Hoboken, N. j., and
will be shipped to Blue Earth soon,
according to word received by his
parents.
Minneapolis Turner Eddy,
professor and dean emeritus of the
University of Minnesota, and recog.
nized as one of Americas leading
men of science, died at his home.
Death was due to heart disease, COM
plicated by an acute attack of pneu-
monia He had been ill but a few
days.
Granite Falls-Lars Alsen, who had
been working at farm near Candy,
was adjudged insane in the probate
court here. Olson, one of the few
survivors of the famous Lost Batal-
ion" in the World war, had become
obsessed with the idea that spies
were following him and that he would
be shot down.
Cloquet-George Korpi, aged Is
years, was surprised when black
bear ran out of a hole, into which he
had poked his hand, expecting to
start rabbit. The lad fired shot
from the only weapon he had-a ..22
/ calibre rifle-at the beast and then
ran a mile to his home. Returning
with his father, a 500 pound bear was
/ found dead.
L n @ q rt IF hnf "a
termined campaign to eradicate bar
berry, the United States department
| of agriculture has an exhibit of the
j poisonous bush at the Minnesota
crop show at the court house. It
shows the barberry effect on small
grains raised in Minnesota, ana at
/ tracted as much attention as the huge
displays of fruit, grain and potatoes
grouped about the assembly room.
i Washington-There were 5000 ba-
bies born in Minnesota last year. That
is an increase of more than 5000 over
1919. The birth rate per 1000 popu-
lation last year was 1913. While that
I is an increase over the previous year,
when it was 219 per 1000, it is still
below the rate for the years 1915, 1916,
1917 and 1918. In 1915 the rater per
1000 was 24.6, in 1916 it was 24.4,
while in 1917 and 1918 the rates were
23.S and 23.9, respectively. OF the
5000 babies born in Minnesota in
1920, there were 444 colored and 55,-
465 white.
Owatonna-The city council has au-
thorized Mayor Diment and the city
attorney to draw up an ordinance re-
curing the three railways passing
through this city to install gate sys.
TENS at five points where traffic is
heavy in the city. Previous requests
that gates be set up have been ignored
and recent accident led to the &C
ton taken by the council.
Minneapolis-One hundred and fifty
representatives of the Minnesota
State Association of Electrical Con
tractors. and Dealers attended their
annual banquet and entertainment al
the Builders Exchange.
Hibbing-Injunction cases brought
against the village of Chisholm and
the Chisholm school district by mum
Der of mining companies restraining
them from exceeding the 8 mill tar
limit have been dismissed by order
of Judge w. A. Cant of Duluth.
St. Paula fifth unit of the Min
nesota Cooperative Creameries' asso
citation, to be organized at Theft Riv
er Falls December 16, will be known
as the Fourteenth district. 1t vii
= comprise Polk Normau Clearwater