The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1921-04-08

st. Paul-St. Paul will enlarge its
citizens vigilance committee in an at
tempt to curb reckless automobile driv.
ing.
neapolis-Kindness to Animals
week will be April ii to II. and prizes
from So to SIS will be offered for the
best pictures of common dogs.
Luverne-The county board of Rock
county has advertised for bids for grav-
cling the state road known as No. 8.
The bids will be opened April 10Th.
Owatonna-M M. Johnson was elect
ed senior counsel of the Owatonna
council. United Commercial Travellers,
at the annual meeting of that organi-
cation here.
Jacksonville question of issuing
$13,500 in bonds for the installation of
white way system in Jackson will
be voted on at the coming city cleo
ton. April 5.
Fergus Falls-The board of county
commissioners opened bids for the
construction of new courthouse to re-
place the building destroyed by tor.
nado two years ago.
st. Paul-Henry Crepeau, st. Paul
chief of police, suspended George w.
Wells, captain of detectives. Differ
ences between the two are said to have
caused the suspension.
Observation-Disclosures Of Company G.
Third Battalion Motor Corps of the
state troops stationed here, received
| honorable discharge this week from
| the state safety commission.
Olivia-State and federal army OFF,
GERS conducted an inspection of Com
pany H, Minnesota National Guard.
The inspection is the first since the
reorganization of the company.
Waseca-The municipal coalyard,
| established in. this city last year, has
accumulated net profits of $1,400 above
| all costs, according to a report sub.
mitted to the local city council
Tracy-Nine horses, number of
mich cows and several hogs were
burned to death when lightning struck
| the barn on A. Trudeau's farm, near
here. The loss is estimated at $4,000.
Rochester Announcement was
made by the Rochester Telephone
company that an increase of approxi-
mately Sc per year for each telephone
would go into effect here on April 16.
Olivia-Hog cholera again has APP
peared in this section, breaking out on
at least two farms in Renville county.
| Quarantine measures have been adopt
ed in an effort to stamp out the dis
ease
Luverne-Harry Lineau, who stab
| bed Florence Martin of this city Jan.
80, was sentenced by Judge L. S. Nell
son of the district court here to 10
years in the state penitentiary at hard
| labor
Minneapolis-The fifth annual short
course for Minnesota editors will be
held at the University farm May 5, 6
and Z, w. P. Kirkwood, editor of the
publications at the College of Agricul-
ture, said.
Minneapolis-Ern Keoch, deputy
sheriff of Hennepin county, was shot
and probably fatally wounded by Mrs.
Roy Langford, Negro woman in the
Langford place, at 1921 Washington
| avenue south.
Pipestone-The Campbell Construc-
| ton company of Minneapolis, was
awarded the contract for the erection
| of water tower here to be used in
connection with the new water works
plant just completed.
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. on the river
Mississippi was opened here when the
Steamer Minnesota, pleasure vessel
owned by the Mayo brothers of Roch-
ester. locked at the levee after drop
down the river from its winter quar-
tiers at Fountain City, Wis.
St. Paul-The state supreme court
refused second trial to Orren Shea,
otherwise known as Tacoma Johnny
Doyle, convicted in Ramsey county dis
trict court on an Indictment charging
him with completely in the murder of
Mrs. Alice McQuillan Dunn in 1917.
Duluth-While its mother was wait
ing with it in railroad station to take
a train for Rochester for treatment,
the II months old infant son of Mr..
and Mrs Irving O'Brien, South Hib-
bling, died as result of swallowing
a tack.
Luverne-With the lowest bid for
construction of the proposed new pub
lie school building here, $4,000 above
the $350,000 fund available for the
structure, the board of education had
decided to await lower prices before
letting the contract for the building.
Sank Center-Fighting fire with all
| the energy of experienced firemen, re-
naming at their posts until ordered to
safety by corps of teachers, girls, in
| mates of the Minnesota Home school
| for Girls, saved hundreds Of dollars
| worth of property when Siberia, one of
the cottages of the school, was destroy
ed by fire. The building, which was vir-
| tually new, was valued at $4,000. 1t
was covered by insurance.
Minneapolis-Hal the drunkenness
| called to the attention of the court in
Minneapolis, with the situation now
more deplorable than in the palmy
| days of liquor saloons, comes from the
sale of Jamaica ginger, lemon extract,
| perfumery and hair tonic, according to
| information in the hands of the coun-
| Gil license committee, furnished by
Judge c. L. Smith. who offered actual
court records to substantiate his state
mentS.
Hibbing operations in the
north woods are virtually completed,
according to information received here
from woodsmen returning to this sec
| ton. According to the woodsmen,
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