The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1921-04-22

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Hutchinson Superintendent s. T..
Tiff and M. r. Wevle, principal. and
the entire corps of 80 teachers have
been reelected for the school year Of
1921-22
Owatonna-H B. Swanson. head OF
the agricultural department of the
high school, has been offered an in
structorship in the Iowa State college
at Ames.
Rochester-The Olmsted County
Fish and Game league requested the
State Fish commission to furnish a
car of pike to be put into the Power
Dam lake.
Warroad-The Booth Fisheries com.
pany has completed a cold storage
plant here which will be used for the
first time this spring when the fishing
season opens.
st. Martin-Frank Kellman of St.
Martin, was killed and two compan-
ions, Raymond Blomgren and William
Pachell, was seriously injured in an
automobile accident at Pine River.
Fergus Falls-A large flock Of swans,
the first that have been seen here in
years, has settled in Otter Tail Lake.
The swans number several hundred
and are attracting much attention.
Foley-A verdict of $4,000 for
breach of promise was awarded Mag
dalene Carey against Alex Nutshell by
jury here after celebrating IL hours.
The original amount asked was S.
900.
Thief River Falls-Wheat seeding in
Pennington county started in earnest
and the expected acreage Of this grain
will be pretty well covered, if weather
conditions continue as favorable as at
present.
Storden-By an almost unanimous
vote the people of Storden authorized
the issuance of $4,000 bonds for the
erection of a new public school build
ing. The vote on the proposition was
los to 4.
Winona- Master plumbers here have
served an ultimatum on striking jour-
neyman plumbers that they would put
into effect an open shop, unless their
employees returned to work at the
wage of 80 cents an hour.
Eveleth-A delegation of 25 bust
ness and professional men, named at a
mass meeting here went before the
state legislature to protest against the
passage of the per capita tax before
the Minnesota legislature.
Windom-Mrs. Ingeborg Olson, age
| So, survivor of the Belmont Indian
massacre of Aug. "a, 1862, in which 10
white settlers were killed, is dead at
her home in Belmont township, where
she resided for the last 35 years.
Moorhead = The potato acreage
| planted in the Red river valley this
spring will be an increase of at least
25 per cent over last years planting,
A. P. Probstfeld, manager of the
| Northern Potato Sales company, de-
clares
ST. Paul-Ray P. Chase, state au-
ditor, assumed his work of state audi
tor. Mr. Chase has been seriously ill
with pneumonia since December, be-
ing unable to come to the office since
his appointment as state auditor effec-
tive January 1.
ST. Paula conference of represen-
tatives of cooperative livestock ship
ping associations in the northwest to
consider the advisability of establish
ing their own selling agency in South
ST. Paul will be conducted in the old
capitol, April q.
Owatonna-Reports from Professor
Andrew Boss, chief of the division Of
farm management, University farm,
| disclose that the principal dairy and
| stock farming districts of the state
which includes Steele, Rice, Mower,
| Dodge, Freedom and Waseca counties,
| made good profit
Bemidji-Lieutenant Ralph Oracle,
Seventeenth United States aero squad
ron, was buried following funeral SER
vises attended by $500 persons, under
the auspices of the local post of the
| American Legion. The body of Lieu
| tenant Oracle was returned from
France last week. He was shot down
in battle near Calais, in 1918.
st. Paul-The opening shot of the
war against the barberry bush in nine
western states was fired when plant
pathologists of nine states attended a
conference at the University farm
school, Plans for their campaign
against the barberry bush were laid
and certain areas were chosen as their
grounds for the opening of the cam
paign.
ST. Paul-That the state game and
fish department has not only been self
sustaining for five years, but that it
1 returned a net profit to the state Of
nearly 100000 during the 1919-1920
season was disclosed in report from
Carlos Avery, commissioner During
that period revenues amounted to
$29S, 63S67, while disbursements were
but 1929 $685.
i ST. Paul-Although the number Of
income tax returns filed in Minnesota
has increased 20 per cent over last
year, the revenue which the federal
government will receive from Mime
sofa shows a decline of % per cent,
according to a statement from the Of
flee of the collector of internal re-
venue Total income tax payments in
Minnesota of $10,487,506 for the
first quarter of 1921 upon the returns
of 1920 were $3,21S,606.62 less than
the 1919 returns for the corresponding
period.
Litchfield-With the defeat of a
bond issue for s275,O00 for the cree.
tion of new school building at spe-
cial election held here, officials an
nounced that another election would
be held in the near future. The vote