The Ely miner., 1921-02-04
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.

his wife, age "a, passed away at tnelr
home her on the same day after sixty
four years of married life.
Minneapolis-The price of gasoline
has taken its second drop within a
week. and was marketing at filling
stations, at 262 cents a gallon.
Marshall-Fire completely destroy
ed the new modern rural schoolhouse
of Island Lake township. Flames
were first discovered in the walls and
spread to other portions of the build
Ing.
Sleepy Eye-The Sleepy Eye Milling
company has announced it's mill here
will be closed Feb. Is. because of lack
of export trade. Three other mills in
several sections of the state also will
close down.
Jackson-William Rinker was found
guilty by jury in district court
here on a charge Of murder.
ing Sheriff T. j. Mccall of Mobiles
county. The jury deliberated two and
half hours.
Stillwater-Sheriff T. H. Maher
poured 80 gallons Of moonshine
into the st Croix river Judge ]. N.
Searles ordered several sacks of sugar
and cornmeal seized in a still raid.
sold at auction.
Minneapolis-Dean Alfred Owre of
the college of dentistry, University OF
Minnesota, has returned from Indian
apolis, where he was elected president
of the Dental Faculties Association OF
American Universities.
Stillwater-The Washington County
Holstein Breeders elected: r. w. Mead,
Saltwater, Route No. 4, president; e.
j. Brosions, Saltwater, Route No. 5,
vice president; Ray Jeans, Withrow,
secretary and treasurer.
DuIuth-One workman was probably
fatally injured, another painfully hurt
and three others received slight cuts
when two-inch gas pipe exploded at
the Minnesota Steel plant at Morgan
Park, suburb of Duluth
Hastings-At the annual meeting of
the Hastings Creamery association
here, F. T. Liddle was elected presi-
dent; Frank Karnick, vicepresident;
John Conzemius, treasurer, and G. O.
Henry, secretary and manager.
st. Paul-T. j. Okerson, Gladstone,
is dead in ST. Paul from injuries suf-
fered on the Rice st road, when he was
run over in quick succession by two
automobiles. He suffered fracture of
the skull and a broken left leg.
Thief River Falls-Morlan H. Bish-
Of of ic
city, has been appointed deputy banh
examiner for northwestern Minnesota
and will begin his duties Feb. 1. Mr..
Bishop is cashier of the Strathcona
State Bank
Worthington-The explosion of a
gasoline tank of an automobile in a
garage in the c. W. Kinsman farm
near here caused a fire which Destroy
ed the car, garage the machine shed
and a granary containing large quanti-
ties of grain and corn.
Mankato = Captain Theodore w.
Black, Minneapolis, and Captain E. v.
Nyquist, Mankato, were named by the
War department as Minnesota officers
to take course of instruction at
Camp Benning, Ga. The course will
he in infantry and last three months.
ST. Paul-Capital stock increases for
two state banks were allowed by the
state banking department. The State
Bank of Hector received authorization
to raise it's capital stock from $25, 900
to $4,000, while similar increase
made by the Farmers State bank of
Heron Lake.
Windom-Peter Aune, after leaving
his burning home returned to the
| building and was burned to death. His
body was found later by firemen Aune,
with other members of his family, left
the burning building, and without CIV
| ing a reason, he returned to the house
and was overcome by smoke.
Crookston-The annual winter meet
| ing of the Minnesota Red River Valley
| Development association will be con-
! Quoted here Feb. 10. This years gath
ering is expected to surpass all its
| forerunners The grain and potato
exhibits will be the largest in number
| in the history of the shows and the
/ livestock will tax the accommodations,
even with the new big addition built
last year. The outstanding feature
| of the programs will be the farm mar
| keting question. So great has become
the interest in this subject that the
major portion of the time for two full
days, will be given over to the sub
ject
Rochester-The Builders and Con-
tractors section of the Rochester EN-
ployes' association announced that
from this date their business would
| be conducted under the open shop
plan Practically every contractor
and builder in the city belong to the
association.
Minneapolis-A gain of 2.68 per cent
! over 1919 was shown in the birth rec
ords for 1920, according to DIR. F. e.
Harrington, city health commissioner.
This was 81 per cent greater than the
death rate for the same period. In
1920 there were 9,152 births and A.
| 713 deaths.
/ Redwood Falls-Nick Bernady, a
farmer living near Seaforth was seri-
ously injured when his clothing be-
came caught in corn shredder He
was thrown around the shaft twice be-
fore the belt slipped off. stopping the
machinery. Bernardy was injured
| about the face and head and suffered
two broken ribs and a broken arm.
/ Winona-H. w. Southworth. secre-
tary of the state board of arbitration.
is in .Winona investigating conditions
| in connection with the strike at the In.