The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1921-11-18
NEWS OF STATE
TERSELY TOLD
Recent Happenings in Minnesota
Given in Brief items f'-
Busy Readers.
ENTIRE FIELD COVERED
News Of Events In Gopher state
Gathered From Many Different
Sources and Arranged In
Crisp Readable Form.

JdckSon-Mr. and MIS-. James ID
Moses, for A years residents of Jack
son county, celebrated their COLDER
wedding anniversary here.
Adrian-The bid of R. B. Whitakel
& Co., of st. Paul, has been accepted
by the city council for the rebuilding
of the electric light plant here.
Fenton-Arthur Kluss, employed a
the Fenton State bank, was accident
ally shot and killed by Fred c. Bohn
a companion who also works at tn,
bank.
Hibbing-Hugh Reed, aged "a, faith
er OF Harry Reed, prominent northern
Minnesota banker, is dead from burn.
received week ago when a Lighted
pipe ignited his bathrobe.
Luverne-The Mosley Consolidated
Oil Corporation of Lewistown, Mont.
has leased a piece Of land in MOUND
township, near here, for the purpose
OF prospecting for coal, oil or gas.
Rochester-The store of e. L. Lyman
company here was robbed of $3.50
worth of fur garments. Only the best
articles were taken and an automobile
evidently was used to haul the loot
away.
Red Wing-Louis Berger, prophet
or of soft drink parlor, was arrested
on complaint of his wife for having
liquor in his possession He was
bound over to the grand jury in bond
of $500.
Brainerd-Despite inclement wealth
er there was large attendance al
the opening session of the Northern
Minnesota Development association
meeting here. Delegates from all Sec
lions of the state were represented
st. Paul-The State Humane so
ciety celebrated it's fiftieth anniver
sary by holding its annual meeting in
the offices of Sam Fullerton, execu-
tive secretary the Old Capitol build
ing. The meeting was presided over
by DR.. A. w. Ryan, president, Duluth.
Windom-John Stewart, a farmer
residing in Watomwan county has lost
II head of Holstein cattle, as the result
of corn stalk poisoning The poison is
said to be similar to wood alcohol and
formation of the poison in the stalks
is said to be due to the warm, dry
fall weather.
Minneapolis = Fourteen city-wide
organizations, through representa-
tives present at meeting with the
county attorney of citizens advisory
committee, pledged support to Floyd
B. Olson, county attorney, in war to
the end on bootlegging and moonshine
making in Minneapolis.
St Paul-Minnesota has received it's
quota of surplus war materials which
will be used for road building pur-
poses. A total of approximately $780,
100000 of this material had been dis
tributed among the various states by
Nov. 1, according to bulletin just
issued by the United States department
of agriculture.
Minneapolis Henry c.. Wallace,
United States Secretary of Agricul-
ture. is to come to Minneapolis to be
one of the speakers at the Minnesota
Crop show, to be held in the Armory
from December Is to 16, according to
an announcement made at the office
Of the county agent of the Depart
ment of Agriculture.
neapolis-Farmers and Home
makers week at the University Farm
will be held January 2 to T. The
meeting is an annual affair and gives
opportunity for farmers and home
makers to attend classes and learn
most progressive methods in their
line of work. DR.. A. v. Storm at the
University Farm, is in charge of res
ervations.
Minneapolis-Gr development
of the township unit" plan in the
Minnesota Farm Bureau federation,
and more effective help by the extern
sion department of the University of
Minnesota in the cooperative market
ing movement were topics under con-
sideration at the university farm,
where county agents, university ex-
tension workers, farm bureau officials
and county commissioners from all
over the state were gathered for their
fourth annual conference
ST. Cloud-Police are looking for a |
man who is known here as Joe Smith,
who posed as a federal prohibition |
agent while searching two places and |
making of arrest" The man whom |
Smith ordered patro1man to take to |
the police station is bartender at a |
soft drink place and he has procured |
warrant for the arrest of Smith The |
latter did not show government Gre
dentials at either place he presented
himself and now the st. Cloud police |
have orders to pick him up on sight.
Princeton-Deputy sheriffs were
scattered over Mile Laos county in
search of Charley Jackson and George
Sam, Indians, who escaped after hav-
ing been arrested in connection with
the killing of Joseph Slima, Mime
apolis peddler
Albert Lea-Florence Reed, aged 16,
Of Austin, was killed and Louis Hill, 16,
also of Austin, is in hospital in a
critical condition, while six others es-
capped uninjured when an automo bile
IN which the eight were riding was
by an orcoming machine
The driver of the second automobile is
sought by the police.
. Thief River Falls-The tremendous
strides being made by dairying in this
section is shown by figures given out
by Secretary Peter Engelstad of the 4
Thief River Falls creamery, covering
receipts for the first nine months of
he year, which have been $4,000
pounds greater than for the entire
year of 1920. Il
Red Lake Falls-Eephyr Gagner, AZ