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

here with military honors.
St. Paul-C. e. Brown, Elk River,
was elected president of the Minnesota
Crop Improvement association.
Owatonna-The Owatonna lodge Of
Elks will almost double it's size today
when it initiates class of 1876.
Spring Valley-Mrs. B. Wruck of
Norwalk, Wis, visiting friends here,
was stricken with heart disease while
at motion picture theater and died.
st. Paul-S. b. Duea, of Pipestone,
former state senator, will succeed A.
H. Turritin of Minneapolis, as private
secretary to Governor Preus. His APP
pointment was announced by the gov
ernor
tillwater-Londius Sargent presi-
dent of the Saltwater Manufacturing
company and for many years promi-
nent in civic affairs, is dead at his
home here after an illness of several
months.
Sleepy Eye-William Lawson, In.
structor in agriculture in the Sleepy
Eye public schools, has accepted the
position of county agent for Brown
county and will enter upon his duties
at once.
Mankato-Florence Chenoweth of
st. James high school won first place
among the girls and Truman Quevel Of
Window won first place among the
boys at the final district contest in de-
clamation.
Jasper-James H. Taylor, for the
last 35 years actively in charge of the
affairs of the First National bank Of
Jasper, has sold his interests in the
institution of A. X. Hanson and Will
liam Lowe.
nneapolis-Members of the all
university council at the University of
Minnesota have chosen Oct. Is for the
annual all college class scrap, it was
announced. Nov. 5 has been set as
Homecoming day.
Slayton-Dr. J. M. Schobel of Stay
ton had narrow escape when his au-
tomobile jumped from a temporary
bridge and turned completely over in
it's fall, landing right side up at the
bottom of ditch.
in the South st. Paul purity squad
raid several weeks ago were concluded
when four men were sentenced to Jail
terms and one paid fine, in Dakota
county district court.
st. Paula. H. Turritin, private Sec
cretary to Governor Preus and former
president of the Lincoln National
bank, Minneapolis, resigned, giving as
his reason the necessity for caring for
his private business affairs.
Hutchinson-Compl are coming
in from the surrounding country re-
garding band of dogs turned killers.
Sheep, hogs and poultry are the vic
Tins of the pack, and farmers have
organized to hunt down the animals.
st. Peter-A gift of 100000 to the
Gustavus Adolphus college from the
Rockefeller foundation, interest accru-
ing from the amount to be applied to
teachers salaries, was announced by
o. j. Johnson, president Of the college.
Willmar-Mrs. William Forsberg,
whose husband was killed in an acct
dent on the Great Northern short
time ago, has received $4,000 from
the railroad company as damages. The
case was settled without court trial.
Ellendale-Miss Celia Harry of this
city is seriously i'll with sleeping sick
ness according to her physicians. This
is the second case of the disease here.
Miss Cora Johnson was i'll for several
months with the same malady last
year.
Minneapolis-Off Officials of the Fed
eral Board for Vocational Education
will be present when the summer ses-
sion for training teachers in industrial
education under the mith-Hughes law
begins, it was announced at Dunwoody
institute. The date will probably be
June 20. 3s
Rochester-M. o. Smith, former al
derman at large, was found guilty in
district court here of grand larceny in
the second degree The charge against
Smith was that while city officer he
refused check to pay election clerks
and judges but that he paid only part
of these and converted the balance to
his personal use.
Albert Lea-After four hours de-
liberation, the jury in the case Of
Hardy Friend, accused of crime
against 13-year-old grill of this city,
brought in verdict of guilty. The
case has attracted wide attention in
this vicinity, Friend being the son of a
wealthy banker of Marshalltown. He
is IS years old and divorced man.
st. Minnesota, ranking II in
population among states in the Union,
comes 18th in the number of motor
vehicles registered in 1920, according
to figures compiled by the American
Automobile association. 1t possesses
approximately 231,250 vehicles, of
which 204,300 are passenger cars, 49,
400 commercial cars and 1850 motor
cycles.
Minneapolis than 1000 stu
dents between the ages of II and 81,
and representing every county in the
state, are registered in the correspon-
dence study department at the Uni
versity of Minnesota, according to Miss
Sarah H, Van Duser, secretary.
twenty-five occupations are represent
ed including teachers, students, bank
ers and businessmen. Students cannot
graduate through the correspondence
course, but two years of university
work may be finished.
Minneapolis-Gov ]. A O.
Preus issued proclamation Friday,
calling upon the people of Minnesota
to give literally to the China Famine