The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1921-04-01
NEWS OF STATE
TERSELY TOLD
Recent Happenings in Minnesota
Given in Brief Items for
Busy Readers.
ENTIRE FIELD COVERED
New Of Events In Gopher State
Gathered From Many Different
Sources and Arranged In
Crisp Readable Form.

Duluth. M. O'Gorman, 6S years OF
age, for 20 years member OF the Du-
luth Board of Trade, is dead.
Marshall-M w D. Lovelace, age
II. who came to Lyons county in 1872,
died at her home in Cottonwood.
Montevideo-The county board OF
Chippewa county has sold $4,000 in
refunding bonds to the Northwestern
Trust company of st. Paul.
Litchfield--Mrs. w. P. Robertson
was elected president of the newly or
ganized women's auxiliary of the
American Legion IF this city.
Faribault-Thonias H. Quinn, an ex-
service man and young lawyer, and R.
A. Tomadt were nominated for mayor
m the nonpartisan city primary cleo
ton.
Litchfield-The Meeker County
Farm bureau will contribute a car OF
corn as its share in the campaign to
help the starving and famine stricken
people in China.
Fergus Falls-Frank j. Evans,
cashier of the Fergus Falls National
bank for 35 years and one Of this city's
most prominent citizens, died here
from heart trouble.
Royalton-Fanned by a strong west
wind, fire today destroyed the frame
building occupied by the Thomas Gar
Der stores, entailing loss estimated
at from $500 to $4,000.
Luverne-John Kuehl, farmer liv-
ing near Beaver Creek, is. dead from an
internal hemorrhage suffered in lifting
heavy wagon box from truck and
placing hog rack on the truck.
Bemidji-Police on the range have
been asked to join in a search for
George Merwin, "a year old farmer of
Cromwell, Mimi, who has been miss
ing from his home for several days.
Winona-Two arrests were made by
police here in connection with series
of disorders in the fourth ward, in
which three persons were injured and
considerable damage done to property.
In one instance Oscar Becker was at
tackled by four men and beaten into
Inconsistencies.
st. Paul-Fort Smelling will be one
of the citizens military training camps
under the red" white" and "blue"
unit system, where young men will re-
ceive 80 days. free military training, il
congress reapproves the $1,000,000 ap-
preparation, according to a dispatch
from Washington.
Willmar-Fifteen years in the state
peniteptiary at Saltwater was the SEN
tence melted out to Henry e. Wheeler
of Minneapolis in the district court
here after he had pleaded guilty to rob-
berry in the first degree in connection
with the holdup of the State Bank of
Kandiyohi in February.
Minneapolis-The next trial of Mike
Weisman, charged with operating a
vice resort in the Gateway district, will
be held at Hastings in Dakota county.
Judge Jelley, in district court made
this decision when ruling upon an ap-
plication made by the defense in the
Weisman case for a change of venue
from Hennepin 20 Ramsey county.
Minneapolis of land near
Minneapolis by the state for aviation
and radio purposes will bring 100000
of equipment to Minnesota and an an
nual expenditure of $4,000 by the war
department, according to Lieutenant
Colonel w G. CARTS of the adjutant
generals department A bill has been
prepared authorizing such lease by
the military board
ro ox~xyin Dot
dry goods merchant of Garvin, went to
his store to bank the furnace he had
narrow escape from death. AS he en-
tered the place, Peterson was COM
manded to throw up his hands, but in
stead of doing so, ran for the door.
The intruder fired twice at Peterson,
one bullet passing through his scat
sleeve and the other through his hat.
The robber fed before Peterson could
return with. assistance
Aussin-A new automobile trail is
to be laid out between Minneapolis and
Chicago, by the Oak Dale Trail Asso-
citation recently formed and whose
headquarters are at Owatonna, MINI.
The project IS organized and financed
and the work of blazing the trail is to
begin at once. The trail will leave
Minneapolis and pass thru Owatonna,
Austin, McGregor, Madison and Mil
waukee. 1t will practically follow the
line of the Chicago, Milwaukee & st.
Paul railroad, and in addition to reg
ular markings every tenth telegraph
pole along the route is to bear the
emblem of the trail composed of the
initials 20. D. t.
Minneapolis -Frank j. Brown of
Slaytcn, county agent for Murray
county, has accepted appointment as
assistant state leader of county agents
in charge of the southwest district of
the state, and will begin his new duties
with offices at University Farm on
April 1st Mr.. Brown succeeds J. s.
Jones.
Owatonna-Shorthorn breeders Of
Southern Minnesota completed per-
manent organization, headquarters of
which will be maintained in this city,
when they formed the Southern Mime
sofa Milking Shorthorn Breeders asso-
citation at session here
st. Paul-S. A. Farnsworth, for
many years active in municipal affairs
Of st. Paul, died at his home here.
Mr.. Farnsworth formerly was city
commissioner but resigned from his
position last June to become treasurer
Of the Central Metropolitan bank He
was IS years old.
st. Paul-The gross earnings of tele-