The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1921-10-07

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st. Peter-W With more than $500 per.
sons from over the entire state in at
tendance the cornerstone of the Gus
tavus college gymnasium was laid.
Luverne-The barn of Cornelius
Samuelson, together with four horses,
harnesses. hay, and other implements,
were destroyed by fire of unknown orr
gin.
Bagley-With the erection of sew
eral business buildings and dwellings
| at Ebro, near here, another prospect
i've city is added to Minnesota munich
palities.
Fairmont-Judge w. l.. Comstock of
Mankato, sitting for Judge e. C. Dean,
sentenced A. A. Kempert to 80 days
in Jail for failure to pay alimony of
$50 month.
Fergus Falls-The State Bank Of
Brushdale, across the line in Wilkin
county, was robbed of $4,000 in money
and bonds, according to. word received
by the sheriff here.
eapolis-Police were asked to
assist in the search for the jewelry
thieves who stole two trunks contain
ing $4,000 worth of jewelry from A.
l.. Heuer, salesman.
Duluth-James Shannon, aged seven
years, was crushed to death when run
over by motor truck. Police said
the lad was chasing pet rabbit and
ran directly in the path of the truck.
Crookston-Mrs. N. p. Stone of this
city and Mrs. j. A. Gould of Tucson,
Ariz., twins, celebrated their 10th
birthday anniversary here at ban
quet attended by relatives and friends.
Hallock-Rose Krips, aged 6, shot
and killed rcr brother, aged IL, with
a rifle. wh.-s the two were playing
with the gun which they did not know
was loaded. The bullet entered the
boys back
Gilbert-The Gilbert-Virginia road
will be closed for nearly year, it is
announced, for paving. AS detour
would cost large sum, the public will
be compelled to go to Virginia by way
of Eveleth.
Wheaton-Lilac bushes are in bud
here. The last few warm days, fol-
lowing heavy rains the week previous,
have brought out the buds IL cases
where the blossoms were nipped by
frost last spring.
st. Paul-Attention of all Minneso-
ia people was called by Governor J..
A. o. Preus, in an official proclama-
ton, to the National Dairy Show,
which opens on the State Fair grounds
Oct. 8, continuing to Oct. Is.
st. Paul-The office of Ray P. Chase,
state auditor, has paid out $3,410.9 for
clothing, groceries and other tempo
rary supplies for the forest fire suf-
ferers of Whitepine, the village de-
stroyed by fire early in September.
Dodge Center-Florence, the 9 year
old daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. Alec
Weir, was killed when she was struck
on the head by a piece of timber as
crossbar for swing. The timber
broke in half while she was swinging.
Virginia-H. L. Bowers, arrested on
charge of bigamy, and who at first
entered plea of not guilty, later
changed his plea to guilty, and was
sentenced to an indeterminate sem
tence at Saltwater by Judge Freeman.
Sleepy Eye-That the city of Sleepy
Eye will within few years own very
profitable enterprise in the form of a
central heating plant is indicated by
the annual report that, covering the
last years business of the local heat
ing system.
Fairmont-An explosion of a five
gallon copper boiler on a steam en-
CINE in a popcorn wagon caused a
loss of $500 to the popcorn roasting
outfit, besides blowing out the glass
in windows and floors in the immedi-
ate vicinity.
Embellishments of iron ore from
docks at the Head of the Lakes this
season have fallen away to less than
one-half what they were in 1920, &C
cording to figures announced by the
various docks at Duluth, Superior, Ash
land and Two Harbors.
st. Cloud-Young Americas baseball
team, claiming the championship Of
Southern Minnesota with Rees Will
liams and Bob McMenemy of st. Paul
association team forming the battery,
defeated the st. Cloud aggregation, 2
to 0, in the game billed for the state
title.
Fergus Falls-Potatoes are being
rushed to market from this locality
faster than ever before. Deer Creek
village reported a total of SO cars ship
ped out Saturday, as compared with
As cars shipped on corresponding
date year ago. Rothsay, 20 miles
north of here, reports having shipped
80 cars of the tubers.
st. Paul-Days of the "Wild West"
will be brought to minG in 3. Paul
when American Legion posts in Ram
sey county present their frontier JAM
boree'' at the Armory for one week,
beginning October Is. A score of for
mer service men now are at work
Transforming the interior of the build
ing into Slippery Gulch," mythical
western village.
Duluth-Caught while ransacking
the business office of the Strand the
alter in the heart of Duluth's business
district, youth wearing the uniform
of the United States army attacked
Leo Ressler, manager, knocked him
to the floor, dashed up stairway to
the street and ran four blocks past the
Duluth Central police station before
he was captured.
Hibbing -Greatly reduced ore pro-
duction on the Minnesota ranges will
cut the amount realizable by the state
under the new tonnage tax law to
about 1000, 900, instead of the original