The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1921-01-21

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ted the consolidated school at Med
ford, six miles north of here.
Owatonna-The annual meeting OF
the Deerfield Farmers Mutual Fire In
surance company was conducted here.
]. HI. Wilker was reelected president.
Jacksonville Jackson city county
is considering securing a blanket cas-
ualty policy for the protection of the
members of the local fire department.
Montevideo-A company of National
Guardsmen has been organized here
with SO enlisted men. DR.. L. G. Smith
has been named as captain of the COM
pany.
Brainerd-To insure vaccination to
all citizens as a preventative against
smallpox, city health authorities have
volunteered to vaccinate free Of
charge
st. Paul-Collections in Minnesota
from Catholic churches for the Euro
pean relief council will total more
than 100000, according to Archbishop
Austin Bowling.
Jackson-Disrict Judge c. Dean
fined Emil Osterkamp $500 for man.
ufacturing moonshine whisky Oster-
kamp is farmer living near Round
Lake township.
Hastings-An indoor carnival will
be given by the civic committee of the
Hastings Women's club on February
4 next. The proceeds will be applied
to the levee fund.
Red Wing-There were a number Of
angry aviators in Red Wing, due to
the forced landing of three mail planes
in this vicinity and bringing of the
machines here for repair
st. Paul-Joseph O'Gordon of Min
| neapolis former deputy to Adjutant
General w. F. Rhinow, was appointed
executive in charge of the clerical
work of the state bonus board.
observation-disclosures H. R. Brush of
this city was elected president of the
Steele county Farm Loan association
at the annual meeting. The association
handled 100000 of farm loans during
1920.
Sleepy Eye-The board of education
has fixed February l, as the date for
special election for the purpose of
voting on a 100000 bond issue for
improvements to be made on the pub
lie school building.
Minneapolis G. G. Bennett,
former rector of ST. Paurs Episcopal
church, left Minneapolis for Duluth
where he will enter upon his new du-
ties as bishop coadjutor of the Duluth
diocese of the church.
Minneapolis-The Rev. T. E. Cullen,
pastor Of the Pro-Cathedral, left for
his trip to Rome and Mediterranean
points. The journey is in the nature
of a vacation tour and Father Cullen
expects to return in April.
Montevideo-The newly organized
National Guard company of Montevi-
dec has commenced drill under their
permanent officers. Lacking an ar
mory, the company is practising in the
Wincom college gymnasium.
Windom-The Window Deaconess
hospital, succeeding the Ruse hospi-
tai, has just been opened. The board
of managers of the new institution is
composed of men and women of the
several church societies of the city.
Flandreau-Miss Ida Soklotz has
taken the oath of office as register of
deeds of Moody county. She is the
first woman to hold an elective county
office in Moody county, aside from that
of county superintendent of schools.
Minneapolis DIR. Edward Will
liams, resident of Minnesota for 60
years, and Congregational minister at
Austin, Faribault and Northfield, is
dead at his home at Mortified. He
was member of the American board
of foreign missions.
st. Paul-More than 900 forest fires
in northern Minnesota were fought
and brought under control in the year
100, according to w. T. Cox, state
forester, who estimates that $4,000
by 262 townships in 16 counties of
Northern Minnesota during the year.
Observation-Disclosures and hunters by
the hundred will endeavor to clear
Norman county of wolves Sunday, Jan.
%, when ZIG square miles will be COW
cred in great wolf hunt Half a
dozen townships are included in the
territory and teams are being organ
lied, to gather on the rim of the wolf
infested district and work toward the
center. The teams will consist of 20
men, each with a captain.
DuIuth-Mines in st. Louis county
will pay more than $1S,000,000 in taxes
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office of Walter HI. Bergen, county au-
ditor. Statistics relating to 1920 taxes
to be collected in 1921 show that the
mining industry will bear the bulk of
the burden of ST. Louis county taxes.
OF $24,453,O 02 to be collected this year,
$1S,250,364 or 74.63 per cent of the
total, is charged directly to mining
property.
Owatonna-O rmsby Sensation, pure
bred Holstein bull, owned by Sloan
Brothers, A. B. Johnson and A. C.
Johnson of Ellesdale, has been sold
for $4,000. Other Holstein stock val
ued at an additional $4,000 was sold
at the same time to the Beaver Dam
stock farm at Montgomery, N. Y. The
bull was purchased Is months ago by
the Steele county men for $4,000 and
is regarded as one of the most valuable
Holstein sires in the country.
Winona-Efforts to bring about an
agreement between the management
of the Interstate Packing company and
its employees, who walked out, failed.
About IS men quit when reduction of
10 cents an hour in wages was an
nounced by the company. The plant
is in partial operation.