The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1921-09-02
Recent Happenings in Minnesota
Given in Brief Items for
Busy Readers.
ENTIRE FIELD COVERED
News Of Events In Gopher State
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opened in few days for traffic.
Winona-Simon S. Strouse, for 10
| years secretary Of the board of NUM-
cipal works, is dead at his home here,
aged 50, from pernicious anemia.
Rochester-Roy Shoup, aged %,
died at a hospital as result Of injuries
received when the motorcycle he was
! driving was struck by an automobile,
near Kasson.
Jacksonville general merchandise
| store of Dahl & Rasmussen at the vii
I lage of Petersburg, near here, was to-
| tally destroyed by fire, causing loss
of more than $4,000.
Windom-Sam Franz, farmer, was
probably fatally injured when trac-
tor he was driving turned over on a
country road north of here, pinning
him beneath the machine.
| Virginia-The big mill of the Rainy
Lake Lumber company will be closed
Sept 1, while mill No. 2 will open and
run day and night shifts. No wage
reductions will be made, officers said.
Barnesville-A hearing is being con-
Quoted here today on a petition to es-
| tablish a game preserve in Clay coun-
ty. The hearing is being conducted
by Carlos Avery, state game and fish
commissioner.
Clements-An early morning fire
here of unknown origin completely de-
stroyed the Otto Gustmann hardware
store and the ]. w. Haffenspirger &
Son implement building. The amount
of loss is unknown.
Rochester-Oscar Nicholson and Jo-
seph Werlich, are in a hospital here in
a serious condition as the result Of
being hit by a special Chicago Great
Western train near St. Charles, about
rs miles northeast of here. =
Duluth-Finding of the stripped
frames of several automobiles in a Sc
Guided spot near here is believed by
county and city authorities to account
for the disappearance of many Duluth
automobiles during the summer.
Moorhead-It is predicted by potato
men that Clay and Cass counties will
harvest potato crop of 4,850,000
bushels, with an estimated value of
$5,000,000. This is an increase in
yield of between 20 and 25 per cent.
Luverne-The Luverne city council
has declined to call second special
election to pass on issuing $4,000
worth of bonds for the erection of an
armory. The proposition was defeated
at special election few days ago
by one vote.
st. Paul-The Minnesota Railroad
and Warehouse commission denied the
petition of the Duluth Street Railway
company to increase its fares to Z
cents, but, pending final determine
ton, granted an increase to 6 cents,
effective September 1.
st. Cloud-While three of their num-
Der stood guard with shotguns and
fired whenever light showed, gang
of five safeblowers looted the ST. Mar
tins State bank at ST. Martins and
escaped with loot estimated at $4,000,
according to word received here.
Northfield-The city of Mortified
will oppose the movement to detach
from the corporate limit of the city,
1900 acres in the eastern and south
eastern sections of the city, the petit
tions for which will be heard in the
district court in Faribault Sept. 10, the
city council has decided.
st. Paul-There are 107,S24 automo
biles owned on 101,847 Of the 178,47S
farms in Minnesota, according to a
federal census bulletin. In other
words, 57.1 per cent of the farms of
the state have automobiles, and in adj
dition 3,677 farms have motor trucks,
and 14,794 have tractors.
Luverne-The dynamite blast of
the Quartzite quarries,a three miles
north of here, was complete success.
A wall of solid granite % feet wide,
rs feet deep and about 400 feet long
was thrown about 100 feet, when 5000
pounds of dynamite was used. This
was the heaviest charge of dynamite
ever exploded at one time in this part
of the state.
ST. Paul-Wilhelm Michelet of Thief
River Falls was appointed by State
Auditor Rap P. Chase to be state SUI
perintendent of farm lands. 1t is a
new position just created, Mr.. Chase
said, to bring about more efficient
handling of the states land interests.
F. A. Wildes will continue as head of
the mineral lands department, and
Otto Diercks, head of the state tim
her land department.
ST. Cloud-After choosing Mankato
as the 1922 convention city and elect
ing officers at business session here,
the delegates to the State Association
of Elks joined with members of the or
der here in the largest parade wit
messed in st Cloud. Twenty cities
were represented by the 1900 march
ers.
st. Paul-Governor j. A. o. Preus
issued a proclamation designating and
setting aside Monday, Sept. 4, as La
Dor day and urging that not only labor
but the public generally on that day
consider the problems of the laborer
and the relation of labor to the nation.
Minneapolis-Min coal con-
sumers, declared helpless in the face
of monopolitistic control which fixes
prices, are advised to fill their bins to
avoid possible shortage during the
coming winter, in report Of an in
vestigation into the trade by j. H.
Hay, deputy commissioner of agricul-
ture, made public.
Luverne- Edward and Robert
White, two transients, were arrested
by Sheriff Virgins of Rock county and
Sheriff Edwards of Mobiles county on