The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1921-10-28
NEWS OF STATE
TERSILY 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.


Crisp Readable Form.
Frazee-State Game and Fish Com
missioner Avery has issued an order
I. closing 80 lakes in Becker county
against the netting of white fish.
Sleepy Eye-Robert Hose, pioneer
hardware merchant here, dropped dead
here Of heart disease. He was So years
old. He leaves widow and one son
Detroit-Floyd Cummings, following
complaint of Fire Marshall w. G.
Stewart, is held on charge Of arson
in connection with the burning of his
bakery.
Luverne-The city of Luverne has
just completed it's third well to fur
nish water for all parts of the city
There is ample water here now fol
years to come.
Owatonna-John Deviny, aged 81
postmaster here, is dead. Mr.. Deviny
had been in poor health for two years
and was confined to his bed for the
last four weeks.
Winona-A prompt response by Lu
clan Radomsh prevented the drawing
of Edward Czaplewski and Ben Mill
er, both aged %, when their canoe
capsized in the Mississippi river here
Thief River Falls-The sugar beet
harvest is on in Pennington county,
three carloads of about $4,000 pounds
each having been shipped out this
week. Harvesting is going forward
rapidly.
Fergus Falls-A waterworks trench
caved in here burying Asa Harry and
Elmer Swanson to their necks. Swan
sons arm was broken by the weight
of the earth, and Harry's chest was
crushed.
Canby-When the home of R. E.
Quenroe was burned Mrs. Quenroe
was trapped in her room and was so
badly burned about the head and body
she died at hospital a few hours
after the fire.
Winton-The mystery surrounding
the disappearance three years ago of
Lawrence Merhar was cleared up when
a human skeleton was found near the
dumping grounds. Tattered clothing
identified the missing man.
st. Paul-Work of the soldier bonus
board will be completed in March,
1922, according to Colonel w. T. Mol
lison, board member All new claims
for bonuses, Colonel Mollison said,
must be filed before Jan. 1, 1922
Thief River Falls-Mrs. Andrew
Bloomquist of Middle River, suffered
a broken collar bone, and her husband
received minor cuts and bruises when
a car driven by Bloomquist went into
the ditch. Mr.. Bloomquist was pinned
underneath the car
Kragness-A golden eagle, weighing
10 pounds and with wing spread of
by Emil Boon, young son of farm
er living north of here. This is the
first golden eagle heard of in this Sec
ton in recent years.
So. st. Paul-William Buckley has
lost his fight against dismissal as chief
of police. Judge w. L. Converse of
Dakota county dismissed an action
brought by Buckley following his dis
missal by the board of police COM
missioners of South st. Paul month
ago.
Minneapolis Speeding up of legis-
lation that will make available to road
building projects in the Northwest
millions of dollars of federal funds,
was urged in a resolution adopted by
the Minneapolis Mayors committee on
unemployment, of which Sewall D. An
drews is chairman.
F st. Paul-According to figures made
public recently by the United States
department of agriculture, the lumber
cut in Minnesota last year was Is per
cent less than that of 1919. The total
for 1920 was $4,000 feet, which COM
pared with 100000 feet for 1919, shows
reduction of 114,000 feet.
Fergus Falls-Otter Tail county's
road building program for the coming
year will be the most extensive ever
undertaken The commissioners ex-
pect to expend $207, 400 in the grading
and construction of new roads, and
10000 for maintenance. They also
expect to turn $24,600 over to the town
ships for work Oh township roads,
making total of $4,000.
Duluth-Duluth and the northwest
cannot afford to postpone longer the
development of harbor facilities to
keep pace with advancement of the
Great Lakes-St. Lawrence waterway
project, otherwise it may discourage
appropriation of rightful moneys in
tended for improvements. This wes
the keynote carried out in sessions
here of the Duluth port development
conference.
Minneapolis-Agr extension
workers from all over Minnesota will
arrive at University farm Nov. IA, for
a two days session. Following a din
ner on the mems campus the first
event, addresses are scheduled by
Dean w. c. Coffey and DR.. H. M. Will
son.
Minneapolis Minnesota's delegation
to the national convention of the
American Legion in Kansas City, Oc-
tober 81, will make a strong bid to
have the national headquarters of the
Legion transferred to Minneapolis
FROM its present location in Indianap-
oils.
nneapolis-Friends of the prohibit
ton law, met at the Y. M. c. A., or
ganized formally as the Antilawbreak-
ers league, and announced they will
seek to enroll Minneapolis men and
women in their league by thousands.
The organization later is to be extend
ed over the state IT ia an expansion