The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1921-02-18
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.

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ganization has been formed here with
Mrs. c. Day as president.
Fairmont-The trustees of st. Paul's
Lutheran church have let the contract
for their new $4,000 parsonage. Work
will begin within a few days.
Eveleth-Local people voted favor
able ct the election held on the ques-
ton of selling $4,000 bonds to con-
struct new vocational and a grade
school.
st. Paul-David A. Carr, former in
spector in the st. Paul bureau of sani-
tation, indicted on several charges of
forgery, was given an indeterminate
sentence at Saltwater.
Montevideo-Religio instruction
for the public school pupils is to be
given a trial in Montevideo. A plan
for the course has been arranged and
10 churches of the city will coop
crate
st. Cloud-Leander J. Kost, deputy
county treasurer of Stearns county,
was named county treasurer to sue
coed Christ Schmitt, resigned, by the
unanimous vote of the county commits
sioners.
Albert Lea-Gene Connors, indicted
by the grand jury for threatening the
life of C. c. Buss, pleaded guilty be-
fore Judge Catherwood and was SEN
fenced to 60 days in the county Jail and
fine of $100.
Minneapolis-"The Dutch ROOM
one of the popular Minneapolis cabar-
cts, which adjoins the National hotel,
was raided by police as the last strains
of jazz were dying out at midnight and
1913 patrons were taken to police head
quarters.
st. Peter-One of st. Peters women
has thrown her hat in the ring for
mayor of the city. Her name is Mrs.
A. X. Gault, and she is third district
chairman of the Minnesota League of
Women Voters and a well known club
woman of the state.
st. Paul-Coroner G.. A. Ingerson of
Ramsey County recommended that the
same check be kept of denatured alco.
hol as grain alcohol following the re-
port of 16 cases of denatured alcohol
poisoning in the Twin Cities during
the past week.
ST. Paul-John Temple of Mankato,
Mimi, appointed assistant United
States attorney under Alfred Jaques
at st. Paul, August 10, 1920, resigned
to engage in practice of law in st. Paul
with Joseph J. Moriarity of Shakopee,
and Harvey J. Diehl of st. Paul
Minneapolis on the cigaret
will be put under way at the State
Regional conference of the Women's
Christian Temperance Union. This
meeting will be the first of series
throughout the state to fight the CT
garet, narcotics and non-enforcement
of prohibition laws
Duluth-Twelve participants of a
poker game in downtown hotel were
held up and robbed of $1,000 in cash,
and jewelry valued at $4,000 by lone
masked bandit The robber is said to
have given the proper signal" at the
door and upon being admitted, -four
ished revolver and stripped the
crowd of its valuables.
Minneapolis permanent organiza-
ton, presumably the Minnetonka Park
way association, will be formed to
build 200-foot boulevard from Min
neapolis to Lake Minnetonka, it was
decided at mass meeting at the Dyck-
man hotel. Representatives of IL Min
neapolis organizations and commit
tee from st. Louis Park attended
ST. Paul-Material increases in Min
nesota railroad earnings in the last
six months of 1920, compared to the
same period in 1919, are shown by the
reports filed in the Minnesota tax COM
missions office. The Minnesota, Da-
kota & Western shows gain of $780,
727; the Duluth, South Shore At
lantic, $59S; the Electric Short Line,
$S,942; the Chicago, Milwaukee & st.
Paul sleeping car service, $123,542 and
the Minneapolis & st. Paul Suburban
railroad, $31,365.
Detroit. A. Narum, auditor of
Becker county, will be given a hearing
before Governor J. A. O. Preus We'd
nesday, February 16, to show cause
why he should not be removed from
office, according to information re-
ceived here. The charges against the
county auditor grew out of an alleged
shortage in the Becker county accounts
of the sale of fish and game licenses
during the past year The accounts of
the auditor are said to be from $1,000
to $4,000 short.
eapolis-Faribault was chosen
as the scene of the first annual state
convention of the Minnesota State Fed
Grafton of Business and Professional
Women's Clubs at meeting Of the di-
rectors of that organization held at the
Business Women's club here.
Waseca-O. C. Amloy, 80 years old,
sons here. The aged man had gone
to the barn to do some chores when
the bull attacked him, knocking him
down and trampling him. His wife no
ticed his absence and went to the barn,
where she found the animal standing
over the victim.
Owatonna-Owatonn may get its
second unit of the First Minnesota In.
fantry as the result of the new or
ganization tables of the United States
Army and the resignation of Major
Edison Andrews of Minneapolis. Ma.
jor Andrews resignation leaves Cap
tain Harold s. Nelson, A. e. F. vet
eran and commander of Company ]
of this city, in command of the Third
Battalion of the regiment. Captain
Nelson has been recommended to the