The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1921-12-30

OUTDOORS into Subzero weather WltR
only their nightclothes on when fire
| broke out in department store. The
loss was estimated at $4,000.
East Union-A large number of
friends greeted Mr.. and Mrs. A. p.
Melquist, residents of Carver county
for over so years at the celebration OF
their golden wedding anniversary
here.
st. James-The annual poultry show
| Of the Watonwan County Poultry as
ISOLATION will be conducted here Jan.
8, 10 and IL, President G. NJ Fuller
announced. Liberal cash prizes are
offered.
Members of township
| units of the Steele county farm bu-
reau will act on a proposition looking
toward the abolition of due bills and
| tin money" at meetings within the
next month
Austin-Mower county commission
ers sold $4,000 Az per cent ditch
bonds at q premium. This is said to
be the best sale of any municipal or
county bonds in Minnesota since pre-
war times.
Austin-The Mower county commits
| sioners are now advertising for bids
on the largest road contract ever let
by this county. The bids asked for
are on grading a stretch of 58.5 miles
| Of highway.
Austin-Superinten OF Schools
| s. T. Nevelin announces that the facili-
ties of the new $1,0O0,000 high school,
| especially the swimming pool and
gymnasium, will be extended to the
public at once.
st. Peter-Funeral services for the
| three members of the Netzke family,
killed as a result of an explosion at
| their home near Nicollet, were con-
Quoted from the Trinity Lutheran
church, at Nicollet.
| Blue Earth-The county commits.
sioners of this county have let the
contract for gravel surfacing of 19
miles Of highway between Winnebago
and Wells, passing through the vii
lagos of Delavan and Easton.
| Fergus Falls-The turkey crop has
been the most profitable crop raised
on Minnesota farms this season. Dur
| ing the last two days total of more
than $4,000 has been paid out by one
firm in this city for turkeys.
Slayton = S. A. Baldridge, So, OF
Lake Wilson, received a broken shout
| der and Harlow Holbrook, 35, OF
| Chandler a broken arm and internal
injuries when gravel pit caved in
| on them south of Lake Wilson.
Luverne-Fire, believed of incen.
| diary origin, destroyed the barn and
| contents on the farm Of Joe Branden.
| burg, in the northern part o. this city.
| Some time ago a note was found in
| the barn, threatening it's destruction.
Rochester,. H. Seewald of this
| city shot Is pound jack rabbit which
| had ring in one of it's ears. He is
now eager to hear from the person
who ''ringed" the rabbit and when it
was done, because of the animals
| size.
Buffalo-Peter Gayer was taken in.
| to custody here following raid in
| which the sheriff seized large still
and considerable quantity of moon
shine. Gayer was taken to Anoka and
| after being arraigned was held for
| trial.
Pipestone-Robbers backed a mo-
tor truck up to the rear of the tobac'
CO warehouse of the J. N. Robson
Grocery company here and loaded on
| more than $500 worth of tobacco and
made good their escape. They left
/ no clue.
I, Hibbing-At the last meeting OF
the Hibbing Commercial club, whole.
salers from Virginia advocated the
formation of one big civic organiza.
ton, which could have for it's pur.
pose, discussions of subjects of inn.
portance to the range as a whole.
st. Paul-Charles M. Babcock, state
| highway commissioner; John H. Null
| len, deputy commissioner and chief
highway engineer, and G. L. Kipp,
construction engineer, are in Little
Falls, where Morrison county commits
| sioners are opening bids on 10 miles
| of paving on state trunk highway No
| 81 between Little Falls and Royalton.
Pipestone = The Pipestone high
school debating team won a unani
nous decision of the judges over the
Slayton team in debate here. The
Pipestone team supported the affirma.
Live of the question, Resolved, that
| the United States government should
regulate by direct control, the price
of coal in peace times, constitutions
| atty granted"
| Owatonna-Steele county farmers
will plant corn heavily in the expecta.
| ton of raising aL0ther bumper corn
| crop, it has been learned here. An
| swers to a QUESTIONABLE sent out by
| the state farm bureau federation in
dictate that this county, which is one
| of Minnesota's leading dairying and
| pork raising counties, has use for all
the corn it can raise.
| Minneapolis with moon.
shine liquor and resentful because he
had rebuked them for using violent
| language when the gates stopped them
| from making the crossing at Wash.
ington av. and Erie st. Sc, two men
shot and killed Lawrence Hogan.
aged Milwaukee railroad f1agman, &C
| cording to the confession of one of
them now held in the city Jail, Cap
tain Frank Brunskill, head of the de.
tective bureau, said.
Redwood Falls-Frank Donlon, eyed
| 25, of Bayfield,, Wis, was arrested
| here charged with issuing forged
| checks. At his examination in mu-
nicipal court he was bound over to
the spring grand jury and was sent
| tn tho county TAIL