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

90 yodIS Clu, d NlSllui VI SiOoP"o S'SA
ness for five weeks, died at ST. Ca
briefs hospital.
Pipestone-Thirteen former service
men qualified in an examination here
to receive vocational training provided
by the government.
Luverne-The year old son of Ca
sey Van Batavia was drowned in a
foot of water in rainbarrel at their
farm home near here.
Fergus Falls-Wreck of fast
freight train on the Great Northern
railroad at Parkdale, south Of this city,
blocked traffic over that line several
hours.
Clinton-H. G.. Mathews. a farmer
living eight miles east of Clinton, was
killed when the gun with which he
was hunting rabbits, accidentally dis
charged.
Hutchinson-The Minnesota State
Veterinary Medical association will
have its annual midsummer meeting
at Hutchinson Thursday and Friday,
July IA and Is.
Grand Rapids-The farmers institute
meetings planned for Itasca county
March 10 to 10 inclusive are attracting
considerable attention from the far
mers in the county.
Notwithstanding labor condi-
tions in Minnesota were reported sat
isfactory by an executive committee of
the Minnesota Building employers as
ISOLATION, which met here at the
Builders Exchange. "
Chatfield Delivering Lip, 400
pieces of mail while travelling 1885,
SIC miles is the record of Otto Bur-
bach, rural mail carrier on route No.
2, who is just completing his Is years
of government service.
Litchfield-Failure to send in money
to the internal revenue department
after each game last season cost the
DasseI baseball team $35. The man.
agement forwarded the tax at the close
of the season with the additional $35
fine.
McIntosh-Miss Marjorie Gullickson
a sophomore Of the Moorhead high
vision in the ninth district declama-
tory contest here while Lester Smith
of Bemidji, took first honors in the
boys division.
Minneapolis-Th Minnesota Wo-
mans Christian Temperance Union
will hold it's annual state convention
at Crookston August to 5. The con-
delegates to be held in San Francisco.
Calf, August II to "a.
Observation-Disclosures authorities Of
Chippewa and Lac qui Parle counties
have been unable to solve the mystery
which surrounds the death of Sam
Robinson, 65 years old. livery man
of this city. Robinson's frozen body
Feb. 90.
Detroit-Mrs. Nick Rewier, wife of
a farmer living near here, is in jail
awaiting preliminary hearing on a
charge of killing her 4 months old
baby. According to reports here, the
woman decapitated the infant and then
tried to drown herself in a tub of wa
ter. She was prevented from doing
so by neighbors, it is charged.
Fergus Falls-Ross Petrie killed
himself at his home, near this city.
party in honor of his twenty-sec-
ond birthday anniversary was held and
when it was over he expressed wish
to shoot himself. A gun was taken
away from him, but he slipped away in
the night and hanged himself to a
tree. Disappointment in love affair
is given as the cause.
ST. Paul-All appointees who served
in any capacity for the advancement
of the Public Safety commission
which functioned during the World
war in Minnesota are receiving certi-
ficates of appreciation and acknowl-
edgement of their services, signed by
]. A. A. Burnquist. former governor,
c. H. March and other members Of
the commission. More than 5000 such
certificates are being mailed.
Minneapolis-The state convention
Of the Lutheran Brotherhood of Amer
lea will be held in Minneapolis on
April 18th and 18th. Arrangements
are going forward to accommodate 500
delegates. A permanent state organ
ization will be formed and plans laid
for the maintenance of club rooms and
dormitory for the benefit of Lutheran
students at the University of Mime
sofa. Olaf R. Kelly, Minneapolis, has
charge of the general arrangements.
Hibbing-More puipwood has been
cut in the woods of northern Mime
sofa the last five years than ever be-
fore in the history of state logging,
according to John McKusick, who has
several camps located near Interna-
tional Falls and Pengilly
Owatonna-A controversy between
factions of the city council which has
extended over two years, has ended
with the issuance of permit by the
council to allow the Standard Oil COM
pany to build an oil filling station
Property owners in the district, how
ever, declare their intention of fight
ing the matter in the courts.
Minneapolis-Ten days in the work
house was the sentence imposed by
Judge c. L. Smith in Minneapolis mu-
nicipal court on R. ]. Rasmussen,
dairyman, who was convicted of hay-
ing 1873 per cent added water in his
milk. Judge Smith, in imposing SEN
tence, lectured the milkman severely,
saying the evidence showed that he
was distributing milk unfit to be used
as food for babies.
Worthington-Henry Wasslund, 81
years old, for 20 years farmer in De-
wald township. committed suicide by