The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1921-01-21
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.

oldyCOu-HSLeT r1uk, d IdTmeT living
near here, fell from scaffold at his
home near here and died.
Canby-M. Lundring, 60, former
mayor of Candy and an implement
dealer here for 81 years, is dead
Fairmont-C. N. Kresch was elected
county highway engineer at meeting
of the commissioners. He succeeds
]. w. Mills.
Litchfield The Catholic church
here was partly destroyed by fire. 1t
is thought that the fire started from
defective chimney.
New Richland-Memb of the To-
cal Congregational church have voted
to build new $4,000 structure to
house their congregation.
Fairmont-Receipts from the lunch
less day" inaugurated by Fairmont
women to raise funds for European
children were announced as $3.50.
Litchfield-Forty hogs belonging to
F. E. Evenson, breeder of Poland
China hogs, south of this city, have
died from cholera He estimates his
loss at $4,000.
Luverne-John H. Harms, aged II.
died while seated in a chair at the
home of his daughter, Mrs. Fay Hun
ter here. Heart disease was given as
the cause of death.
Fergus Falls-John W. Gillette was
awarded verdict for $4,000 damages
in the district court in suit against
II n Patbia a 70 rYoor for aIiona tiop
of his wifes affections.
Litchfield-The Presbyterian church
here has extended call to Rev.
Bruce Mccullough of Chicago 1t is
expected he will accept the call and
take up the work soon.
Fergus Falls-Anton Boen, 25 years
old, living four miles east from here,
ended his life by shooting himself
through the head He used shotgun.
Boon was a veteran of the World war.
Fairmont-Farmers living in this
vicinity have reported seeing deer in
wooded sections. The animals are
supposed to be part of herd which
was released from private parks in
Iowa.
Rochester, man named L. Lee
mare, Minneapolis, shot and killed
himself at a hospital here. Hospital
authorities withheld information in
connection with the shooting while
making an investigation.
Hibbing-Miss Helen Duncan, dep
-uty clerk of Stuz township, is the first
woman to file for political office in ST.
Louis county, having announced her
candidacy for clerk of the township
She will oppose Ben Mcdonald, pres
ent deputy.
Hibbing-Delegates from the eighth
congregational district of American
Legion posts met here and discussed
the advisability of starting weekly
paper, devoted to the interests of the
Legion in Duluth and all villages and
cities in the eighth district
Truman-The Farmers Cooperative
Shipping association did business to-
falling $4,000 in 1920, at an expense
of $2,174, according to reports sub
mitted at the annual meeting. The as
ISOLATION shipped nearly 100000
pounds of livestock to Chicago and
South ST. Paul
Slayton-Stan1ey Portman, son of
c. A. Portman of Currie, is dead after
eating poison believing it was candy.
The boy saw his sister taking pills
from bottle, and climbing to a shelf
where the bottle was kept, swallowed
nearly dozen of the pills. He died
within five minutes.
Fergus Falls-Governor J. A. O.
Preus was the principal speaker when
the new creamery building, just COM
pleted by the Fergus Cooperative
Creamery association here, was form
ally dedicated in connection with a
three day convention of the State
Dairymen's association.
Bemidji-Classes were being con-
Quoted in churches of Bemidji follow
ing destruction of the high school
with loss of $125,000. The fire, which
was one of the most spectacular in the
history of the city, is believed to have
started in the boiler room and had
reached the roof before the alarm was
sounded.
Fairmont-The Martin county farm
bureau now has 1867 members, more
than any other in the state, according
to a report submitted by County
Agent Paul Johnson, at the annual
meeting. The increase during the past
year was LOO. Through the efforts
of the bureau, Mr. Johnson said, 20
pure bred cows and Is bulls have been
placed on farms and 46 silos have been
erected.
Hutchinson-With six comrades Of
his old battery as pallbearers and
American Legion and auxiliary mem
bers attending, funeral services were
conducted for Charles Mclaughlin.
Battery C, 151st Field Artillery here.
Virginia-Mike Kelly, chief of po-
lice at Mountain Iron, was hailed be-
fore United States Commissioner Otto
liquor in his possession. He was ar
rested by United States Deputy Mar
shall Sheldrup and claimed the liquor
was only for his own use. He waived
examination and gave $1,000 bail to ap-
pear in Federal court when, needed
ST. Paul-Funds said to have been
embezzled from the Dakota county
treasurer's office during 1920 by Jo-
seph F. Kane, former deputy who dis
appeared in December, will total more
than $500, according to the state ex-
aminer.
Red Wing-Examination into the
sanity of Isadore Rosenfeldt, IA year
old training school inmate, who killed
Edwin Holt, Is years also an inmate
of the institution, Dec. 20, last, by