The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1921-09-30
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
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Sources and Arranged In
Crisp Readable Form.

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Crisp Readable Form.
Brainerd-The Sixth District Amer
lean Legion association was formally
organized here.
Lake Benton-The farm residence
of Peter Chawsee north of here, burn
ed to the ground while the family was
away.
Claremont = Thieves entered the
Way drugstore while the clerk was
away and about $25 from the cash
register was taken.
Brainerd = Robert Nelson was
drowned in South Long lake, near
here, when he stepped into hole
while wading after duck he had
killed.
eran, is dead at his home here at the
age of 80. He was born in France and
recently he and his wife celebrated
their golden wedding anniversary.
Hawley-Knute Mayfield, farmer, &C
cidentally blew his head almost off
while trying to shoot hawk. 1t is
thought the hammer of the gun caught
in his clothing and was discharged.
Tyler-The first hunting accident in
this vicinity occurred when Nels Utoft,
aged 16, had one of his hands so bad
ly wounded by an accidental charge of
his shotgun, that the hand had to be
amputated at the wrist.
A
pointed to draw up new charter for
the city. This charter, when complet-
ed, will be submitted to the voters,
and if four-sevenths of the voters ap-
prove, it will go into effect.
Tower-People on farms and on the
outskirts of this town are being both
cred by black bears, which are very
numerous this year. A bear recently
killed a calf and was later shot by a
settler. The bear weighed 400 pounds.
Winger-The funeral of Nels T.
Void was conducted here, in charge
of Nels T. Void post of the American
Legion of Crookston. The pallbearers
and the firing squad were overseas
veterans, wearing regulation uniforms.
Fergus Falls-Andrew Lee, far
mer living in the town of Everts, lost
his home, together with $4,000 auto
mobile and s275 in cash, by fire and
narrowly escaped death when he
jumped through a window from the
second floor.
Slayton-Since the hunting season
opened, Game Warden G. W. Johnson
has taken AZ guns away from hunters
because the firearms have been car
ried in automobiles loaded and ready
for action. Two have been caught
without licenses.
st. Paul-There have been 613
cases of infantile paralysis and sus-
pected cases reported to the state
board of health, DR.. A. J. Chesley, ex-
ecutive secretary of the state board of
health, said. There have been So
deaths, of which 20 have occurred
since Sept. 1.
st. Paul-The 1921 crop of pota-
toes, as estimated by Hugh ]. Hughes,
director of markets of the State De-
partment of Agriculture, is from 3d.
100000 to 50,0OO,00O bushels less than
the normal requirement, which he says
is something more than 380,000,000
bushels year.
Wilmont-A 15-months-old child of
Edward Herman, living near here, was
killed when older children, while their
parents were in town, caught a colt
and hitched it to a stoneboat The
animal became frightened and ran
away, striking the child with the
heavy stoneboat.
Worthington-Thie entered the
confectionery store OF Dick Casareto
and carried off safe weighing 500
pounds which contained $500 in cash
and valuable papers. Entrance was
effected by breaking the glass in the
rear door, reaching through the open
ing and unlocking the door.
Neutrality-suspicious. than one-third
of the population of Minnesota in 1920
was of native parentage, according to
a federal census bulletin. Out of the
total population of 2,368,936 in the
state, there were S27627 persons of
native parentage. Of foreign parent
age there were 70S,126, and of mixed
parentage 347,019. The foreign born
population amounted to 4S6,164.
Minneapolis the interest of the
100000 campaign to be launched next
month by the Minnesota conference of
the Swedish Lutheran church, an ex-
ecutive conference of 20 ST. Paul Luz
theran pastors took place at Bethesda
hospital. About 100000 of the sum
will be used for educational purposes
at Gustaphus Adolphus college at St.
Peter, and the remainder. as Mime
sofa conference quota for the new
seminary building at Rock Island, Ill.
Faribault-Thomas Hagerty was
held responsible for the killing of Hen
ry Griffith, his brother-inlaw by a
coroner's jury here Evidence, intro
duced at the inquest, called by DIR. P.
A. Smith, coroner, was to the effect
that Hagerty shot Griffith on the stairs
of the house of John Hagerty, father
of the accused man and of Mrs. Grit
fifth.
Duluth-Mrs. John Pikkaranen, who
had been suffering from nervousness
since being burned out in the forest
fires of 1913, committed suicide by
taking gas in the basement of her
home.
Brainerd-A % pound muscallonge.
A inches long, the largest fish ever
caught from shore in the Mississippi
river at Brainerd, was landed here by
J. F. Cirbzar. He used steel rod and
an ordinary line and required a half
hour to land the fish.