The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1921-08-12

lion mas ueeH organized mere.
Gilbert Robbers enacted movie"
holdup here and escaped from the
Gilbert hotel with $500, and 10 shots
were fired.
1 Warroad-The two-year-old child of
Mr.. and Mrs. Morris Goodwin of War
road is dead as the result of chewing
a paper of fly poison.
Minneapolis-Mo than 1,400 farm
laborers have been placed on Mime
sofa farms through the county farm
bureaus in the last two months,
Hibbing- Robbers chopped their way
into candy store and removed 400
pound safe. After reaching secluded
place, the safe was opened and $50
/ taken.
| Breckenridge-While playing with
his elder brother, Edwin Stevenson,
aged 10, was struck below the right
ear with jack-knife, an artery being
severed.
| Ulen-Ernest McDougal farmer liv-
ing near here, was probably fatally in
jured when he was kicked over the eye
by horse and section of the skull
torn away.
Luverne-A three days school of in
struction in livestock judging will be
conducted here this month, according
to an announcement by Rock County
Agent Teater.
Ortonville-One man was killed, an
other perhaps fatally injured and
three others knocked unconscious in
boxcar holdup and battle between
eight men near this city.
| Virginia - Contractors completing
the new court house here have an
nounced they expect to have the struc-
ture in readiness for the September
term of the district court.
| Minneapolis-Frank L. Randall, for
mer superintendent of the Minnesota
State reformatory at st. Cloud, and
for number of years among the fore
most penologists of the country, is
dead.
| st. Paul-Ten miles an hour will be
the speed limit in the downtown dis
trict hereafter, according to an order
issued by Chief of Police H. ]. Creap-
eau, following three deaths from au-
tomobile accidents within week.
Jasper-Police authorities in this
vicinity have been asked to watch for
three men who broke into the harness
| store of j. Paulson here, assaulted
Paulson and escaped with $3.50 in Lib
| erty bonds and war saving stamps.
| misunderstanding operations
are becoming general in this vicinity.
The yield of small grain is coming
close to the average. Wheat is going
about 10 to 13 bushels to the acre, oats
| 40 to so bushels and barley 20 to 80
| bushels.
Hastings-Maurice O'Brien, county
| treasurer of Dakota county, will be
| called upon at hearing before J. F..
| McCoumb of Minneapolis, referee, ap-
pointed by Governor j. A. o. Preus, to
explain why the shortage in his office
was not detected earlier.
| Fergus Falls-Arthur P. Peterson
and Justin O. Juvrud of Rothsay, ar
rested and brought here for hearing
on the charge of robbing the United
States mails, waived examination and
were held to the next term of federal
court under $4,000 bonds each
! Winona- Mistaking three patrolmen
| in the dark for prospective customers,
John Mayzek attempted to sell them
moonshine and was placed under ar
rest, police announced. They reported
the discovery of five neatly labeled
| bottles of home made whisky in Ma
zek's pockets.
st. Pau1-Judge Wilbur F. Booth of
the United States district court award
ed the Omaha Structural Steel Bridge
company of Omaha, Neb., $51,006.S9
against the city of Rochester, for addi-
tional compensation due to it as a re-
suit of building hydro-electrical pow
er plant for Rochester during the
years 1917 to 1919.
Baudette-Tommy Gibbons, st. Paul,
aspirant for the light heavyweight
boxing title, is spending week in the
vicinity of the Lake of the Woods.
Gibbons is keeping in fighting trim
tramping through the forests in
search of suitable hunting lodge
where he and brother Mike may hunt
big game this winter.
Two Harbors-E ntrapped in a burn
| ing barn on the property of Axel Ring
dore, Carl, the 4-year-old son of Ring
dore, and Donald Freberg. 4-year-old
/ son of Mr.. and Mrs. Arthur Freberg
/ were burned to death. Two other boy
companions who escaped, swung a
heavy barn door back in place which
the two young lads were unable to dis
place. The children were said to have
been playing with matches.
/ st. Paul-State aid distributed to
school districts of the state formed
| the bulk of the disbursements by the
state board of education for the year
ending June &c. according to the finan-
/ cial statement made public. Payments
totaled $6,62S,02396, divided as fol-
lows: Maintenance of the department
of education, $72,O03.35; special state
aid, $3,176, 1888; current school aid,
/ s3,15S,S07. Contingent, $23, III; train
| ing schools and Institutes, $37,226; In
/ dian reservation schools, $14,455; aid
to school libraries, $30,199; Smith
Hughes (federal) $67,62S; teachers
employment bureau, 1852; re-educa-
ton, $25,306; travelling libraries, $16,-
402; night public schools, $2,4S5. The
balance July was $229,11425.
Nashwauk-Timothy Clark, 20 years
old, was shot to death here by ]. Nc
CURE, policeman, when he resisted
| arrest. Clark, in an alleged intoxicat-
ed condition, caused a disturbance
down town and attacked the officer
when the latter told him he was under
arrest. Mcclure is being held in Jail
pending an investigation by county