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


Forty-one head of sows
and gifts sold for $2,54S, an average Of
$62 head at the Rice County Duroc
Jersey Breeders sale here.
Clarkfield-Dan Sullivan, county
agent for Yellow Medicine county, has
resigned, his resignation taking effect
as soon as successor is appointed.
Meriden-H. w. Schuldt was elect
ed president of the Meriden Livestock
Shipping association. The associa-
ton did $4,000 business last year.
Waseca-Bonds for county ditch No.
10, to the amount of $4,000 were sold
to a. Minneapolis company at meet
ing of the county commissioners here.
Slayton-James Garrison, SO years
stroke of apoplexy- hrs. Garrison was
president of the Citizens State bank Of
Slayton.
Hastings Charles A. Thorne, veter-'
an newspaper correspondent of Hast
ings, died after an illness of eight
days from double pneumonia. He was
So years old.
Owatonna- Steele county commits
sioners have voted $1,000 to each
township in the county which will
raise like sum for road building and
improvements.
st. Paul-DentaI assistants, nurses
and hygienists planned the forming of
a state association to be known as the
Minnesota State Dental association at
meeting here.
Winona-R. A. Humphrey, for the
past three years county agricultural
agent for the Winona County Farm
bureau, has rendered his resignation,
effective March 1.
: Winona-The first death in the case
red here when Mrs J. F. Holden, wife
of local druggist, succumbed after an
illness of one week.
Rochester Mayor G. B. Brown, has
filed for reelection at the primary Feb.
%. E. H. Wire also filed for mayor,
making, with DR.. G. H. Newhouse,
three candidates seeking the place.
Tracy-Mrs. Hans Sand of Garvin
is in hospital suffering from severe
burns about the face and neck which
are the result of an explosion of a
gasoline fiatiron which she was using.
Winona-J. G. Huffman, delegate
from the machinists' union, was elect
ed president of the Winona Trades and
Labor council, representing 80 unions,
at the annual meeting of the organiza-
tion
Elk River-Arrival of Minneapolis
fire fighters short time after a fire
had threatened to wipe out the entire
business district, cut the property loss
to $4,000, according to estimates
| made.
Faribault-The Faribault post of the
American Legion will celebrate Wash
ington's birth and will bring all OF
Rice county into the affair when an
informal winter carnival will be con-
Quoted
Red Wing-John w. Church, so
years old, pioneer resident of Wacou-
ia, dropped dead while chopping wood
at his home He was one of the first
men to come to this section of the
country.
ST. Paul-Forty-seven men, whose
sole duty is to protect the states in
terest from the menace of the forest
fires are employed by railroads in Nor
thern Minnesota, according to w. T.
Cox, state forester.
Owatonna-The Steele county farm
bureau has made plans for series of
farmers institutes and home demon
strations in the county. Plans for the
bureaus annual membership cam
paign also were made.
Winona-The Southeastern Mime
sofa Guernsey Breeders association
will have their annual banquet and
business meeting here. L. V. Wilson,
secretary of the state association, will
be the principal speaker.
Stillwater-J. r. Colliner, former
mayor of this city, accompanied by his
wife, left here for a three weeks
cruise which will carry them to Gen.
trail American points. They will sail
from New York February II.
Northfeld-An overheated stove
caused the complete destruction by
fire of the Valley View schoolhouse
six miles west of this city. The loss
is estimated at $4,000. The building
will be replaced next summer.
st. Paul-Minnesota now has 1922
men and 20S officers enrolled in the
national guard, showing a continued
increase in the personnel, according to
the monthly report received from
Washington by the adjutant general
st. Succeeding j. P. Claus
sen, resigned, Thomas Yapp, st. Paul,
has been appointed secretary of the
state railroad and warehouse COM
mission. Mr.. zap has been assistant
secretary of the commission for sew
eral years.
Observation-Disclosures which rivals
that of fullfedged motion picture
house has been recorded by the Con-
gregational church of this city since
the installation of a moving picture
machine and showing of films at the
church twice week.
Mankato-Af bidding his friends
goodby, Richard A. Ziegler of this city
committed suicide by placing a stick
of dynamite in his vest pocket and
| lighting the fuse, blowing his body to
bits Pieces of the body were picked
| up half block away.
Crookston-Pooling of wheat by far
mers as a solution of the marketing
problem was advocated in the resolu-
ton introduced and adopted here at
| the closing sessions CT the farm mar