The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1921-07-29
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.

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ence of social workers will take place
here, from September 10 to Is.
! Montevideo-The board of county
commissioners have refused the Gus
tomary aid of $500 to the Chippewa
County Farm bureau.
Luverne-Lawrence, 16-year old son
! of Mr.. and Mrs. Emary Farrest, had
his back broken by being run over by
the bull wheel of binder.
/ Luverne-While crossing a bridge in
Kanarani township with a threshing
outfit, George Hughes was seriously in
| jured when the bridge collapsed.
Luverne-Loren Forrest, harvester,
received probable mortal injuries when
the binder which he was operating
passed over his back. The horses had
become frightened.
Canby-Harvey Davis, an electrician.
was severely burned when he came in
contact with wire carrying 1900 volts
/ of electricity. Davis was rendered un-
conscious and his clothes were burned
from him.
Bertha-The Bertha baseball team
won its twelfth victory of the season
when it defeated the Verndale, Brain.
erd-Little Falls combination by 4 to
2 score. The local team has lost but
| two games.
Minneapolis-De sheriffs recov-
cred the body of Arthur Menard, aged
80, of Minnetonka Mills, who drowned
Sunday while swimming in Lake s1in-
netonka at Ferndale.
Red Wing-After So hours of con-
slant shoveling by hundreds of men,
the body of Frank Elk, who was buried
alive in cave-in at the sand pit of
the Red Wing Filter Sand company
was recovered.
! Gonvick-Progress is being made in
obtaining final surveys of the Red Lake
and Clearwater rivers, according to
George w. Walker, Thief River Falls,
engineer of the Red Lake draining and
conservancy district
Minneapolis Arthur Price, city fire
marshal, and the police were searching
Minneapolis for firebug who has
tried to burn two loop hotels: In both
cases the buildings were saved by
quick action by employees.
Northumberland Erickson, aged Is,
died here when he was overcome by
fumes while fumigating room in the
state teachers college here. His faith
er, Gust Erickson, is in a hospital at
Fargo, recovering from the effects of
the gas.
Fergus Falls-Henry Kantrud and
| Alfred J. Nelson were both seriously
| burned here by gasoline explosion
in the Nelson Bros. garage. Kantrud
ran across the street with his clothing
ablaze. Bystanders finally tore the
burning clothes from his body.
st. Paul-Charles F. Staples, former
member of the Minnesota railroad and
warehouse commission, has been ap-
pointed acting director of the bureau
of valuation of the interstate commerce
commission, according to Washington
reports. He succeeds the late Judge
C. A. Prouty.
Shakopee H. Brehm of Mime
apolis, is held in the Carver county
Jail at Chaska pending further investi-
cation into the death of Miss Astrea
Erickson, masseuse at sanatorium
here, who was injured fatally, when, it
is alleged, she was struck by an auto
mobile driven by Brehm.
st. Cloud Business men of st. Cloud
have subscribed $500 for their por-
tion of an armory site to take advan-
tage of the state offer of $4,000 for
the building of an armory. At a spe-
cial election, the voters of the city
turned down a proposed bond issue of
$4,000 for the erection of an armory
the vote being two to one against the
proposition.
Fond du Lac, visa merger of the
Wisconsin State Cheese Producers fed
Grafton and the Minnesota Cheese Pro-
| ducers association was completed at a
joint meeting of the boards of direc-
tors of the two organizations at Ply
mouth. Nearly half the output of the
state of Minnesota, totaling 100000
pounds, will be placed under control
of the new organization.
Red Wing-A high pressure cam
paign for regulation of coal distribu-
tion has been launched by the Property
Owners federation of Red Wing Econ
omy in public affairs is the aim of the
federation, which previously has been
active in seeking reduction of fire in
surance costs as we'll as obtaining bet
ter insurance for the smaller cities.
The federation's coal campaign is sup
ported by the Red Wing Chamber of
Commerce.
Albert Lea-sYou should be more
careful where you drive, papa" were
the only words said by Mervil, 3-year
old son of Ed Piper, farmer, when
he arose to his feet after his father
had severed his right arm just below
the shoulder with a binder sickle.
The child had followed his father to
the field and lay hidden in the stand
ing wheat.
Alberta-Robbers looted the safety
deposit vault of the Alberta State
bank here, taking Liberty bonds and
other securities in an undetermined
amount and also robbed the strongbox
at the Great Northern railroad station.
Farmington-Rev. d. j. Moran of
| Pennington was elected commander
of the American Legion posts of the
Third Congressional district, which
held one-day meeting here. Seventy
1--WE delegates were present, two dele
| gates being sent from each post.
Little Prairie MiFhes ota's latest
addition to good roads Isl open to the
public today. Five thousand enthusi.
asts gathered here with their 1000 au.
tomobiles parked in an adjoining pas
ture, and participated in the Jubilee
which marked completion of the paw