The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1921-03-04
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.

Hastings-The garage of ]. NJ Rim
ardy, at Hampton, was robbed OF $500
worth of automobile castings and tires.
Observation-Disclosures are looking
for Eddie Mortensen, an Omaha pas
senger brakeman, who it is alleged,
appropriated draft for $500 and fled.
Hutchinson-At meeting OF the
Mcleod county agricultural associa-
ton, the date for the 1921, or 18th an
nual fair, was fixed for Sept. n to 80,
inclusive.
Winona-James B. McNelty of Avo-
ca, Wis, was elected county agricul-
tural agent for the Winona county
farm bureau at meeting of the board
of directors here.
Pipestone-Fifty-four head of regis
tered hogs belonging to Harold Axtell,
were burned to death by fire which is
supposed to have originated from q
heater on hog waterer.
Woodlake-The Woodlake State
bank has taken over the business of
the Citizens State bank of Woodlake
and the village will have but one bank
ing institution in the future.
Clinton-Discing and dragging of
fields already has been begun in sew
eral fields in this section, the mild
open winter having put the ground in
excellent condition for such work
Montevideo-The members of the
newly organized Tri-State Breeders as
ISOLATION have decided to take steps
~ oroo +o,yord tbo oroot;oD nf a stock
sales pavilion on the county fair
grounds here.
Marshall-Lyon county has more
than 400 miles of bitches which have
been constructed the last 20 years at
cost of more than $1,000,O00, accord
ing to statistics compiled by o. H.
Sterk.
Observation-Disclosures Prindle, OF
Hutchinson, won the district high
school declamatory contest, here, in
which girls representing high schools
of Cokato, Buffalo and Hutchinson par
ticipated.
Owatonna-A final meeting of the
Steele county organization for raising
funds for European relief council and
the Near East relief showed that with
a quota of 1910, Steele county raised
a total of $11,305.
st. Paul-T. E. Campbell, st. Paul
police chief, who recently was under
| fire in connection with an alleged af-
fair with the wife of a patrolman, re-
signed. He was exonerated, however,
of misconduct charges.
Notwithstanding the valley of
| the Minnesota river into a state park
as means of solving the problem Of
food control in this section is being
considered here. The subject already
has been suggested publicly and, it is
said, further action may be taken.
Elmore-Contract for grading of the
Daniel Boone trail between Gilmore
and Ledyard and the Imperial highway
across country south of Gilmore from
Emmitt county to Winnebago county
has been let to company from Oma-
ha at cost of $83,096.
Tracy-Postmaster Rae has notified
the postal authorities at Washington
that the citizens of Tracy have COM
| piled with all requirements in connec-
ton with the establishment of free
mail delivery and it is expected the
service will be started soon.
Observation-Disclosures meeting
| attended by about 800 farmers and
business men, G. A. Genet, local repre-
sentative of the Minnesota Sugar COM
pany of Chaska, has contracted for
800 acres of sugar beets to be raised
in this section. The sugar beet indus
try is new to this section.
Stillwater-Peter ]. Beltz, promi-
nent Red Wing businessman, began
| serving an indeterminate sentence of
from one to ten years in the state pen
itentiary for third degree robbery. He
was permitted to plead guilty to a
comparatively light charge, following
his confessed robbery of the State
Bank at Alton, Mimi, jan "a. He also
has confessed robbing the state bank
at Stockholm, Wis, recently.
Hastings-A complete check of the
Dakota county treasurer's office by, ac-
countants Of the state examiners Of
flee disclosed that the actual shortage
was fixed at $27,361. The misappro-
priations, the accountants stated, ex-
tended over a period of seven years,
the largest individual amount being
/ taken from the Pennington fund of
$4,000 J. F. Kane, indicted on the
charge shortly after disappearing on
December II last, has not yet been
apprehended.
st. Paul--Charles ]. Moos, we'll
known newspaper man, manager of
Senator Frank B. Kellogg's 1920 cam
paign for the United States Senate,
and at present head of contracting
firm in ST. Paul, will be named post
master of st. Paul to succeed Otto
Raths, according to a report from
Washington.
Owatonna-The Steele County Tele-
phone association composed of repre-
sentatives of rural telephone compa-
mics of this county have decided to dis
continue switchboard business with
connections with the Tri-State Tele-
phone Co.
Winona-The swift passing of the
pioneers who developed this region
was indicated it report submitted at
the annual meeting here of the Winona
County Old Settlers association, show
ing the death of q members the last
year. Four of the 81 were more than
90 years of age. Seven of them came
here when Minnesota was a territory.
st. PAUL. e. Potter, president of
the Minnesota Farm Bureau federation,
has accepted appointment as a mem