The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1921-02-11


Waseca--A special election Will be
conducted here on Monday, Feb. A, to
vote on $4,000 bonds for the purchase
of new firefighting apparatus and
equipment for the city.
ST. Paul-H. L.. Stewart and E. f.
Brown have taken over the Merchants
hotel. ST. Paul, having obtained lease
from the Grinnell College foundation.
which owns the property.
ochester-Primary system for nom
nations, displacing the old party eau
Gus, as provided by recent legislative
action. was adopted at special session
of the Common Council.
Duluth-Of the 2,737 criminal cases
handled in municipal court last year,
drunkenness with 769, topped the list.
Annual report of the city clerk shows
$42. OF collected in fines.
Luverne-Ciarence Steine, Is year
old son of Knute Steine. of Luverne,
had two fingers shot from his right
hand by the accidental discharge of a
shotgun while hunting rabbits.
Rochester, man giving his rame
as R. Radcliffe was arrested here on
charge of passing forged checks on
several business houses. The alleged
bad checks were signed &C. o. John
son."
Winona-M;ll- was reduced from Ia
to II cents quart here, following a
reduction by farmers from $4.16 to
$3.50 a hundredweight to distributor.
The new rate is the lowest in several
years.
: Minneapolis-H. L Hermstad OF
Red Wing was elected president of
the Northwestern Association of Mu-
tual Insurance companies. at the clos
ing of the third annual convention in
the West hotel
st. Paul-Plans to bring the Ma
tionaI Dairy show to the State Fair
grounds for its annual convention
next October, were discussed at the
regular monthly meeting of the
State Fair board.
Pipestone-Mrs. David Johnson
probably was fatally burned and her
husband and two children were less
seriously burned. when a can of
kerosene taken to the stove to kim
die the fire. exploded.
st. raul-Dr E. w. Puckley and
William d. Dwyer, both of st. Paul
have received crosses of the Order OF
ST. Gregory. the highest papel civilian
honor, because of their war wo;k with
the knights of Columbus.
Luverne horseback into
the village of Beaver Creek, near
here, an unidentified man left his horse
and in its place took farmers team
hitched to buggy and drove away
No trace of the man has been found
Hastings-The trial of Tony Meri
ca, South ST. Paul, indicted on a
charge of murder in the first degree
in connection with the death of Greg
orius Diaz, ended when Judge w. L.
Converse directed a verdict for the
defendant
Belle Plaine-One-third of the men,
bers of the grand and petit juries
drawn for the June term Of court in
Sibley county are women. The selec
ton was made pursuant to the action
of the state legislature on women's
jury nils
Winona-Archie G. Ames of Mime
iska. one of the best known livestock
breeders of southeastern Minnesota
filed petition in bankruptcy. Assets
are listed at $88,000, including farm
lands and buildings. valued at $48,000
and liabilities at $4,000.
Fergus Falls-A post norton on q
cow which died at Breckenridge show
ed that the cow had eaten hatpin and
that it had penetrated the walls of the
stomach and had become imbedded in
the heart to the depth of four inches
before it caused the animals death.
Walker-After being trapped 35 feet
under ground for 25 hours, Eugene
Osborne, well digger of Akeley, was
rescued after furious digging by a
crew of $50 men who worked in re
lays. When brought to the surface
Osborne was benumbed by the cold
and ON the verge of collapse.
Warren-A Minnesota state record
for milk production during a seven.
day period was broken this week by
Neeltje Mercedes de Kol Homeland
7-year-old Holstein cow on the P. Frost
Spaulding farm near here. The COW
gave 845.5 pounds of milk in seven
days, her highest production for sin.
gle day being 1897 pounds. The for.
mer record was 1851 pounds
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. of a French
orphan has been decided upon by the
Hutchinson Women's club TIE orphan
will be cared for for one year The
club has also decided to pay the rail-
road fares for ID or 80 twin city chill
dren who will have no vacations un-
less given aid They will be brought
to Hutchinson, where they will be en-
tertained for four or five weeks in the
homes of club members.
ST. Paul-If all the bootleggers in
Minnesota suddenly would become
conscience stricken and pay an income
tax on their 1920 profits, internal reve-
nue. agents in ST. Paul estimated the
amount would reach $25,000,n00. why
if such tax were paid, there would
be no need for general income tax
declared Collector e. j. Lynch Con-
servatively estimated, Minnesota's il
licit liquor dealers last year netted
profits in excess of $120, ZOO. 600. it was
asserted by federal agents.
Redwood Falls-It is expected the
Redwood County Rural Telephone
company will be granted permission to
pany has 1000 telephones in opera
ton in Redwood, Brown, Renville and
Yellow Medicine counties