The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1921-07-22
Recent Happenings in Minnesota
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aged IA, of Renville, was seized with
cramps while swimming in small
lake and was drowned before help
could reach him.
Duluth Benjamin Willis How,
treasurer and director of the Kelly
How-Thomson company, is dead here.
Mr.. How was prominent in business
and civic affairs.
Winona-Union religious services, a
military parade, and ball opened the
18th annual convention of the United
Spanish-American War Veterans, de-
partment of Minnesota, and the Wo-
mems auxiliary.
st. Paul-Frank Brunskill, special
investigator for the county attorneys
office, who was formerly member of
the Minneapolis police department for
IL years, was appointed captain
of detectives by A. C. Jensen, superin.
tendent of police.
Hibbing-Joseph Lupich was con
victed Of manslaughter by jury
which deliberated "a hours. Lupich
was charged with being the driver OF
an automobile which ran down and
killed Lavania Mckenzie on street in
Virginia, Thanksgiving day.
Motley-Constable Otto Beckner OF
Motley has been bound over to the dis
trict court by Justice c. A. Couillard
charged with dereliction of duty The
charge grew out of the fight at Motley
July in which Eugene Leroy was
killed while, it is alleged he and three
others were resisting arrest.
st. Paul-Andrew E. Fritz, state
public examiner, resigned, asking
Governor ]. A. o. Preus to relieve
him Aug. l. Chas. Foster, his chief
deputy, also resigned, and the two
men will form a law partnership
Mr. Fritz has held office for ten years
and had about two years more to
serve
Duluth-The trial of B. L. Roberts
state elevator inspector, charged with
second degree manslaughter, in con
nection with the death of Mrs. Glenn
entine Merritt, has begun in district
court here. Mrs. Merritt, an elevator
operator, was killed Nov. 80 last
when the elevator fell. 1t was alleged
the elevator was in faulty condition
Duluth-To make an annual mid
summer inspection of 100000 acres
of state forests in northeastern Min
nesota party of forestry men
headed by a state supervisor has left
here. For three weeks the party will
travel by land and water, the guests
of fieldmen of the state service. The
first lap of the tour will be made on
speeders over logging railroad routes
St. Paul Minnesota stands thir
teenth among the states of the Union
in the amount of internal revenue
taxes collected during the fiscal year
ending June 80, according to an an
nouncement by L. NJ Wilcutts, in
ternal revenue collector The tota
amount collected in this state was
$77,296,297.4 Only two western
states surpassed this mark, California
with collections of $308,737, 060, and
Missouri, with collections of $211,
572,374
ST. Paula parasite is killing fish
in the lakes of Minnesota, in some
cases 100 times as many fish being
killed by the parasite as are taken
from the lakes by hook and line, Car
los Avery, state game and fish com
missioner, estimated. Specimens OF
the parasite on the carcass of large
y,;lya xrora. ,,1oaa II, o1oobo1 ond conf
to Professor William A. Riley of the
department of ZOOLOGY of the Uni
versity of Minnesota to be examined
The parasite is about the size af 9
tick. The protracted heat wave ant
low water of this year undoubtedly
had large part in spreading the par
asite, Mr.. Avery said.
ST. Paul-Plans for organization Of
q Minnesota farm financing corpora
ton for the pooling of agricultural
credits in the state and using them
where the seasonal demand is the
greatest were authorized by director.
of the Minnesota Farm Bureau FEEDER
alton, meeting at the old capitol, il
connection with the midwest confer
ence of officers and directors of farm
bureaus from IL states. Under tht
plan, proposed by L. e. Potter, presi
dent-;of the Minnesota federation, {
committee of bankers and farmers will
be named to work out details. Confer
ences preliminary to the organization
of the corporation will be conductet
in various sections of the stat,
through the local cooperative associa
TONS
Waseca-The annual visitors day a
the state demonstration farm and ex
pertinent station near this city wa,
conducted yesterday, with Andrew
Boss, vicedirector of agricultural sta
lions and chief of the division of az
rOnomy and farm management at thu
state university, as the principa
speaker.
Waseca-The Waseca Commercial
club has drafted resolutions asking
State Highway Commissioner c. M
Babcock to promise early action il
the improvement of the Wilson high
way, State trunk highway. No. 13
Surveys have already been made.
Winona-Farm hand wages wer'
reduced at meeting of the Noun
Vernon unit of the Winona count.
farm bureau. Two dollars and hal
was decided on as the fair wage pc
day for harvest hands. Threshers
prices were fixed at cents per bushe
for rye and barley, cents for oats, 1
cents for fax and % cents per hun
dred weight for timothy.
Crosby "A chunk of almost pur
copper weighing approximately LOO
pounds is on display at the Sagamor