The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1921-03-11

system.
Blue Earth-The meeting of the Sec
ond District Editorial association will
be at Mankato on March Is, 1t is an
nounced here.
Hastings-At meeting of the Hast
ings board of education tonight K. A.
Durbahn was elected superintendent of
schools for the coming year.
New Richland-Plans were made for
fast semi-professional baseball club
here this summer at meeting which
formed the New Richland Baseball as
ISOLATION.
Jackson-Army officers inspected
Company l. of the Minnesota National
Guard, which is stationed here. Plans
were discussed for the erection of an
armory here.
Marshall-D. e. Brunskill and Louis
Hanson. both of Russell were badly
injured when the automobile in which
they were riding crashed in the road
and turned over.
Duluth-A new time record for the
trip by airplane from Virginia to Du-
luth was established when Lieutenant
Arthur S. Pearce of Virginia, made the
81 mile trip in Al minutes.
Montevideo-The members Of the
newly organized Tri-State Breeders as
sociation have decided to take steps
at once toward the erection of stock
sales pavilion en- the county fair
grounds here.
ST. Paula petition, signed by 1880
citizens of Cass county, proposing the
establishment of new county COM
prising 81 townships south of Walker,
was filed in the office of Mike Holm.
secretary of state.
Minneapolis-Mi public lib
rary patrons during 1920 read 1,5S7,954
books. OF these, 1,095,603 were read
by those who borrow their books from
the branch libraries and 29S,245 by
those who use the central library.
Luverne-The Luverne board OF ed
ucation rejected all bids for the erec-
tion of high school here on the
ground that they we're excessive. The
lowest figure was $4,000 more than
the funds available for such use.
Marshall. W. Whitney, publisher
of the Marshall Messenger, has
purchased the Marshall Reporter, COM
bining the two publications. The Re-
porter was owned by group of farm
ers and was a Nonpartisan paper.
Stillwater-Louis Hagen of the town
of Denmarck has been elected presi-
dent of the Washington Guernsey
Breeders association. The annual pic
mic of the association will be at the
farm of H. F. Coleman at Winthrow,
June Is.
Rochester--Artie Naow, Japanese
restaurant proprietor, was arrested
charged with the manufacture of moon
shine Suspicion was drawn to Naow
when the sewer at his home became
clogged Plumbers found raisins
caused the trouble.
Crookston-Finding of the body OF
DR.. A. A. Just marked the death OF
two city officials in the last two days.
DR.. Just was Crookston's health officer
and death came after a heart attack.
Louis Ellington, city clerk, died at
his home due to hardening of the
arteries.
Marshall-More than 100000 dam
age was done by fire at Russell. The
heart of the business district was
burned out before the flames finally
were checked by bucket brigade of
several hundred persons. Russell is
town of 500 population, 10 miles south
west of here.
Bemidji-A modern junior and Sc
nior high school building will be erect
ed on the site of the school recently
destroyed by fire, the board of educa-
tion decided. The new school will
have a capacity of 500 students and
will be one of the best educational
buildings in the northwest.
Minneapolis in Hennepin
county have assumed proportions be-
yond the ability of Hennepin county
judges to cope with them, Judge H. d.
Dickinson, senior Judge, said in an
nouncing that Judge B. F. Wright of
Park Rapids will spend few days try
ing divorce cases in Hennepin county
to help relieve the congestion.
Tracy-Federal authorities raided an
and drove into this place with two
stills loaded on an automobile. The
federal men were hungry and went to
hotel for dinner, parking the machine
nearby. When they returned to the au-
tomobile, the stills were missing and
so far as can be learned had not been
recovered
Minneapolis-Gas consumers who
have failed to pay the Minneapolis Gas
Light company the difference between
the temporary rate of cents thou
sand cubic, feet and the permanent
rate of $1.14 for the period from Feb
ruary IS to July 26, 1920, were ordered
Judge Wilbur F. Booth in the United
States district court
Minneapolis-One hundred seventy
boys from all parts of Minnesota, ex-
ceiling in club work designed to In
crease and improve production of live
stock, grains and other farm products,
are to be given free trips to the 1921
Minnesota State Fair and member
ships in the annual boys camp at the
fair grounds. Two boys Is years or
over who have made the best records
this year will be selected from each
county for the trip in 1922.
St Paul-Every possible aid to
chose who knock at our doors" is
urged by Royal A. Stone, state Ameri-
canization chairman of the American
Legion, in a bulletin which just has
been issued. The bulletin urges aid