The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1921-06-24
NEWS OF STATE
TERSELY TOLD.
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.

0Ady LII II dim I1Cim was luStduLls
killed here when struck by lightning
He leaves widow and four small chill
dren.
Gilbert-Gilbert Boy Scouts won tn,
largest number of points in the Bo,
Scouts tournament at Virginia. CHS
holm was second and Eveleth third.
st. Paul-The ordinance establishing
the dollar gas rate in ST. Paul from
July % to the same date 1922, was
finally adopted by the ST. Paul city
council.
Collegeville Judge ]. w. Willis o.
st. Paul was the principal speaker a.
the commencement exercises here a.
st. Johns college when sc students re
ceived their diplomas.
st. Cloud-More than 1000 student.
are attending the annual six weeks
summer school conducted at the st
Cloud state teachers college, now il
the second week of study.
st. Paul-One million dollars worth
of school bonds will be placed on sale
within the next ten days to provide
money for the erection of new schools
according to a resolution passed by the
ST. Paul city council.
st. Paul-The North American
Creamery company of Paynesville, in
creased it's capital from 100000 tt
$1,000,000 in an amendment to the arti
cles of incorporation filed with Mike
Holm, secretary of state.
Albert Lea Rayond v. Arth, of New
Richland, is dead at hospital from
injuries suffered in an automobile &C
cident. When the machine, of which
he was an occupant, collided with an
other, Arth suffered broken back.
Crookston-Car Knutson, who es
capped from the Polk county Jail, where
he was held on the charge of first de
gree murder in connection with his
wife's death, was found hiding in q
woods seven miles north of Crookston
Zumbrota-The Masonic lodge OF
this village celebrated the opening OF
their new lodgerooms here. Several
hundred members of the order from
surrounding towns, as we'll as about
SO from Braden lodge of st. Paul, at
tended.
Albert Lea-The 2-year-old SON Of
John Curtis, farmer residing near
here, was found by his father, smother
ed to death in grain bin of the barn
The baby had climbed a ladder into the
loft of the barn and had fallen down
a ten-inch grain chute.
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the st. Paul battalion, Minnesota Nav
al Reserve, will board the cruiser Els
sex at Duluth for two weeks train
ing trip on the Great Lakes. They
will participate in the fourth of July
celebration in Chicago.
Lake City-Claus Meyer, retired
farmer of Central Point, near here
was killed when the automobile he was
driving was struck by the Chicago
Milwaukee & st. Paul fast mail train
at crossing west of here. The car
was dragged about 200 feet.
Rochester-The $4,000 damage suit
brought by John C. Gibbons against
Senator A. C. Gooding was dismissed
in district court here. Gibbons sued
to recover for injuries alleged to have
been received while he was employed
on the construction of hotel building
Minneapolis Shippers of eggs
throughout the state are being caution
ed by Chris Hee, state dairy and food
commissioner, to ship nothing but fresh
eggs. Several shippers in Milan and
Maynard were recently arrested and
fined on charge of having shipped de.
composed eggs.
st. Paula resident of Minnesota is
not entitled to operate motor vehicle
bearing the license of another state in
Minnesota, James e. Markham held in
an opinion given to j. NJ. Peters OF
Jackson. The question related to the
registration of a motor vehicle recent
ly purchased by Peters in Iowa.
Pipestone-After four years of work
John Kowalsky, an electrician, has
completed what he claims is the small
est electric motor The little machine
is mounted on top of lead pencil
The cross section of the motor is one
quarter of an inch. When operated
from small flash light battery, the
motor, Kowalsky says, attains speed
of 5000 revolutions minute.
Eveleth-Twelve women jurors, com
posing what is believed to have been
the first woman jury ever deciding {
court case in the state, returned 9
verdict for the plaintiff in the case Of
George Kotze against Mike Kotchman
Kotze sued for SAT-, with interest from
Feb. l, alleged to be due him on a con
signment of fruit purchased from hin
by Kotchman.
Rollingstone-Re home aftel
a pleasure ride in their automobile
John Ries and his wife discovere;
that their 10 weeks old daughter hal
died in its mothers arms during tn;
trip. The parents had supposed the
baby was asleep. A physician pro
nounced death due to hemorrage o
the brain.
Pioestone-Crop conditions in gen
eral in southwestern Minnesota were
never better than at present. TIL,
ground was in excellent condition t,
receive the seed and growing condi
tions have been almost ideal, Their
being plenty of moisture and sunshine
st. Paul Traugott Strausberg, age
IL, son of an Evangelical pastor at Bis
cay, Mimi, was arraigned in Ramse.
county juvenile court on charge o
having embezzled $4,000 from the Mel
chants National bank of St Paul
where he has been employed as mes
senger.
Fairmont-Georg Boye, As year
old, who fatally shot Mrs. John Seine
der, former housekeeper on his farm
near Ceylon, and then turned the gu