The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1921-04-29
Recent Happenings in Minnesota
Given in Brief Items for
Busy Readers.
ENTIRE FIELD COVERED
New % OF Events In Gopher State
Z Gathered From Many Different
Sources and Arranged In
Crisp Readable Form.


for $4OO. The purchaser was c. G. Al
bee, of this city.
Benson-The A. j. Holland Whole
sale Furniture company plant here was
destroyed by fire with an estimated
loss of $4,000. .
Mankato-Thieves gained entrance
to the Cedar Rapids Oil company's Of
fees at this city, blew the safe and
got away with about $50.
Duluth-For the theft of 40 cents of
soap Louise Cody, young girl, paid
fine of $40 and costs in police court
here. She pleaded guilty.
William c. Penrod, age
80, was drowned and three others mar
rowly escaped death while canoeing
on the st. Croix river here
Windom-A coroner's jury found
that Edward Conway, aged IS, died
from alcoholic poisoning after drinking
| moonshine during card party.
Mankato-Jero Morson, aged 8,
was playing on a raft in flooded stone
quarry here and fell off. He drowned
before companions could reach him.
Spring valley-Harold Clayton, of
Winona was elected president OF the
Southeastern Minnesota Baptist Young
Peoples association, which closed its
annual convention here.
Blue Earth-The 54th annual con-
| ference of the Minnesota Evangelical
association convened at the Salem
Evangelical church here with 80 min
| listers present from over the state.
Windom-A special municipal elec-
| tion will be held here May 20 to act
| upon amendments to the city charter.
The changes to be passed upon have
to do with the methods of issuing war
rants and borrowing money.
st. Paul.. H. Mullen was appoint
ed as first assistant highway commits
sioner by c. NJ Babcock, state highway
commissioner 1t was the first appoint
ment by Mr. Babcock under the new
highway administration act.
Minneapolis-The honor system will
be retained in the agricultural, home
economics and forestry departments of
the University of Minnesota. It's aboli-
ton was favored by only 10 votes at
| the annual election at the university.
Owatonna-First steps toward the
organization of new local National
| Guard unit were taken at meeting
at the armory here when Major Harold
S.. Nelson; First Minnesota Infantry,
| spoke to number of prospective mem
| bers.
MinneapoIis-Ma Sanford's "Apos-
| trophe to the Flag" was presented at
the national congress of the Daughters
of the American Revolution, in sess-
| ion at Washington, as Minnesota
contribution to Memorial Continental
hall.
7 Slayton-A. G./Mereness, of Cotton
wood county has been elected county
agent of Murray county, taking the
place of Frank J. Brown, who goes to
! the university farm as county agent
| director.
st. Paul-Examining 129 applicants
| for licenses as pharmacists and assist
amt pharmacists, the Minnesota State
Board of Pharmacy passed only A, it
was announced at the conclusion of the
examination.
st. Paul-Numerous reports from
soft drink propiretors of the activities
| of pseudo federal dry agent who at
! tempted to obtain money on Is occa-
sions, has resulted in the arrest of
Daniel Scanlon
Minneapolis-Gr Ground barley is held
to be equal to shelled corn, pound for
pound, for producing weight when fed
| to fattening cattle in an announcement
made at the University farm following
the completion of 112-day test in
feeding.
Albert Lea-Fire of unknown origin
completely destroyed the Andrew
Knutson hardware store, the Kaaken-
son & Co. warehouse and store with
dwelling above in Manchester, nine
miles from here, with an estimated
loss of $4,000
Canby-Four persons had narrow
escape from death when the car in
which they were riding crashed into a
dog on the King of Trails highway,
near here The car was turned over
into ditch and all of the occupants
were seriously injured.
ST. Cloud-Oscar A. AIRED, for IL
years cashier Of, the State bank at
Spicer, Kandiyohi county, was sen.
fenced to 10 years in Saltwater peni.
Tertiary when he pleaded guilty to
forgeries extending over four years
and amounting to $4,000.
Spring Valley-Following a mass
meeting of citizens here, petitions are
being circulated asking Tor material
decrease in telephone rates in this
vicinity.
/ Fergus Falls-The body of Peter r
| Medjaa, well known farmer living near
Underwood, was found in Turtle lake
near his home Medjaa has been miss
ing for three weeks.
Pipestone- Ole Shelrud, aged 81
who confessed to a series Of robberies
from freight cars in the Omaha yards
in period of five years, was sen.
fenced to five years in the state refor.
matory at st. Cloud.
I, Duluth Steamship passenger ser
vice on Lake Superior was opened
when the steamer America sailed out
of the harbor for points along the
north shore of the lake.
st. Paul-Charles T. Kelley, of Me
nagha, assistant state commissioner Of
immigration and editor of the Me
nagha Journal, died at Miller hospital
following 10 days illness.
Thief River Falls-The Red River
Valley Guernsey Breeders association
| will have its annual sale and picnic