The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1921-09-16
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.

Duluth-Janice, two-year-old daugh-
ter Of Mr.. and Mrs. H. Dahlen, was
killed under the wheels of street car.
Frazee-A man believed to be Mike
Shiplock of Cudahay, Wis, was killed
when struck by Northern Pacific
train near here.
st. Paul-The Minnesota supreme
court again is in session at the open
ing of the fall term of court, following
the summer vacation.
Windom-Five cents and a penknife
was the loot obtained by five highway
men who held up Arthur Grams on a
country highway near Storden.
Gilbert-The new Sigurd Mos school,
named after one of the boys from
Mckinley who lost his life in the
World war, will be dedicated Friday,
Sept 16. The structure costs approx
mately $4,000.
st. Cloud-M. E. Jackson of Atwater
was killed near Paynesville when an
automobile he was driving turned over
on sharp curvs and crushed him.
Two men were with Jackson. Meth
er was badly hurt.
Winona-Mrs. Mike Hoffman of Wi
mona suffered a fractured arm and
four others escaped injury when the
car in which they were riding went off
the road between Byron and Kasson,
the car overturning.
Sleepy Eye-An automobile stolen
In Sioux Falls and containing $4,000
worth of silks was found deserted on
country road near here. The ma
chine had become disabled and was
discarded by the robbers.
Sleepy Eye-A double wedding with
features somewhat out of the ordinary
was solemnized at the Catholic church
here, when two brothers married two
sisters and the attendants were broth
ers and sisters of the brides and bride
grooms.
| Willmar-New storm sewers and
water mains in the business and resi-
Dental districts, costing approximate
ly $4,000, will be installed in this
city. Preparations are also being
made for paving all the principal
streets.
Rochester-Former Lieutenant Gov.
ernor A. E. Rice Of Willmar, pioneer
resident of Minnesota and prominent
for half century in the public life
of the state, died in a hospital here,
where he has been under treatment
| for some time.
Duluth Barney Erickson and Fred
C. Davis, special st, Louis county
deputy sheriffs, are locked up at the
county Jail, charged with acceptance Of
@hush" money, TO suppress evidence
which they had obtained against an
alleged moonshiner.
! Olivia Dahl, lineman, while
! painting the top Of a IS foot pole,
came in contact with live wire. He
was hurled from pole to the ground,
and though no bones were broken, 1t
is believed he was injured internally.
His hands were badly burned.
| Marshall-F. S. Cook, proprietor of
hotel here, has received letter from
man who said that 20 years ago he
had meal at Cooks nostelry and neg
lected to pay for 1t. In the letter was
| a postal order for the so cents due for
the meal with interest for 20 years.
Waseca-John Kim, a farmer living
north of this city, narrowly escaped
death when his car stalled on a grade
crossing of the Minneapolis & st. Louis
railway tracks near his home, just
as a train was approaching. Kim
jumped and saved his life. The car
was wrecked.
Grand Rapids-The state depart
ment of agriculture will have a meet
ing here for the purpose of taking up
the grading and shipping of potatoes
from this city. In previous years there
has been a great loss, it is claimed, on
account of improper grading and ham
ding of potatoes.
St. Paul-Employers of the state
mining and timber departments at
Hibbing were ordered by State Auditor
Ray P. Chase to join the posse of more
than 500 men who are searching the
woods in that section for Jack Webb,
slayer of Chief of Police Daniel Hayes
and two other police officers at Hib-
bling Saturday.
Jackson-Vernon Peterson, Is years
DID, is under arrest, and will be ar
raigned on a charge of manslaughter,
for the killing of MAIDS Hanson, &C.,
Saturday evening, while the latter was
crossing the street here. When Han
sen was struck the car that hit him
speeded away. Officers took up the
trail and arrested Peterson later at a
dance.
Owatonna-Steele county dairy cat
tie breeders have decided to put on a
campaign similar to the one the state
! breeders are conducting for increasing
the use of purebred sires in Northern
Minnesota. The breeders are laying
| plans to take scrub bulls at their beef
| value as payment on purebreds and to
offer the latter to present owners of
| scrubs at prices which are as reason.
able as possible.
Crookston-That the best prairie
chicken hunting in 10 years will be en-
joyed in this section when the chicken
season opens September 16 is the
opinion of hunting experts here.
Tracy-Plans to centralize the car
repair work for large territory at
this place are being made by the
North Western Railway company. Re
pairing of cars, under the new propo
sal, will be discontinued at four other
points on the system and the work
will all be done in large new shop
to be erected here.
st. Paul-Mike Holm, secretary OF
state, estimated that 10000 automo
biles with improper or without licenses
are being operated in Minnesota, and