The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1921-10-14

English Lutheran church here.
Cannon Falls Clarence, son of Mr..
and Mrs. Albert Hughes of Stranton,
was accidentally shot, dying about
| four hours later.
Luverne-C. S. Reynolds, aged so,
| one of Rock county's oldest pioneers,
died at his home in this city after a
prolonged illness.
Northfield-Mr Lee Roger, aged
45, is dead from burns received in a
fire which destroyed her farm home
southeast of here
Owatonna Villages within Is miles
of this city have added night police
squads because of the large number Of
robberies in this sectiol.
Melrose-Joseph Reisner, % years
old, died while a brother and com.
panion are seriously injured as the re-
suit of motorcycle accident.
Breckenridge Sister Mary Rose,
mother superior and founder of st.
Francis hospital of Breckenridge, died
| at the hospital following protracted
| illness.
New Ulm-The southwestern Min
| nesota association of the American
legion, comprising the second congress
sional district, selected Springfield as
| the next convention city
Bemidji-An additional county
agent will be secured for Beltrami
county if the residents of the nor
thern part of the county raise $1,000
| for the balance of the year.
Rochester, second reunion of
the old boys and girls of Rochester
| closed with luncheon to the old girls
! only. More than 400 former Rochester
citizens attended the reunion.
Winona-E. G. Hall, president #
| the Minnesota Federation Of Labor, is
here discussing the unemployment sit
uation with union leaders. He said he
expected to remain two weeks.
Bemidji-An average yield of about
200 bushels of potatoes per acre is ex-
pected for the county. Farmers are
unwise if they sell at this time, Coun-
| ty Agent Dvoracek pointed out, as the
price is almost sure to advance.
Fergus Falls Burglars entered the
| Taylor Hardware store in this city and
| got away with three rifles, 5000 cart
| ridges, half. dozen knives and all the
| flashlights and batteries they could
| find.
Chatfeld-Arnold H. Davidson Of
this city won the silver cup in the
| First State Bank corn contest for the
season. Davidson raised $500 pounds,
on an averae of SIN bushels per acre
on five acre plot.
Mantorville-A plea of not guilty
will be entered by Victor Johnson,
when he is placed on trial at the Oc-
| tober term of district court here, on
a charge of murder, according to a
statement made by Johnson's attorney.
Fergus Falls-Henrik Hansen, "a
| years old, accidentally shot himself
| while hunting in the town of Butler,
| in this county. He had rested the gun
| on the ground and when lifting it the
| hammer caught in a bruSh, the charge
entering his side.
Owatonna Mrs. ]. E. Rounds of st.
Paul was elected president of the Min
| nesota Federation of Women's clubs
| by large majority over her opponent,
| Mrs. A. F. Beatty of Anoka at the
final session of the twenty-seventh an
nual convention.
| Thief River Falls-The potato crop
of Pennington county promises to be
| the best money producer the farmers
have had. From can estimated 1900
acres in potatoes the average yield is
! expected to reach 125 bushels per acre,
or total crop of 500 bushels.
st. Paul-Possibilitie of using the
| 7,000,000000 tons of peat said to exist
in Minnesota was the subject of a con-
! ference of business men, following a
!, trip to the boys of Caruton county. 1t
! was pointed out that a patent process
| has overcome the difficulty of produc-
| ing peat on commercial scale.
Bagley-Five children of Nels Mel
son, the oldest Ia years old, were
burned to death in fire at Pine Cen
| ter, Is miles south of here, which de-
stroyed the general merchandise store
! and postoffice there. The fire was
caused by an overturned stove and the
children, three girls and two boys,
were trapped on the second floor,
| where they were asleep.
Taylors Falls-At his home here, in
the shadow of the power dam on the
| ST. Croix river, Uncle" John Daub-
ney, the oldest white man living in
this section, celebrated his 102d birth
day in the midst of the villagers and
territorial pioneers of Minneapolis, st.
| Paul and Saltwater I'm fit for a
fight" Uncle" John told his friends
who came to congratulate him.
| st. Paul-State road work costing
| nearly $2,500,000 in the last three
months has been big factor in pro-
viding employment, State Treasurer
! Henry Rines said, the bulk of the funds
being paid out for labor. The total
spent by the state highway department
for construction and maintenance
| work since July is given at $2,448,-
| S49.31, of which $1,203,511.71 was paid
out in September.
Minneapolis Because the Mime
sofa dry law provides Imprisonment
for liquor law violators and the pro-
hibition amendment does not, A. L.
| Melahn, group chief, declared opera
tions will, as far as possible, be car
ried on under state statutes. Mr..
Melahn in announcing the change,
said he was, certain Jail sentences
| would wipe out much of the illicit
| traffic in Minnesota.
Austin-Tampering with switch in
| deliberate attempt to wreck the Chi
cago Great Western passenger train
| No IL. three miles south of Austin,