The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1922-07-28

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StiIIwater-The Washington county
| Holstein Breeders association held it's
annual picnic in Crocus park here.
About $500 participated in the pro-
! gram of sports and athletics.
Hibbing-The city council has adopt
ed a resolution ordering cut of 5 per
| cent in wages of all city employees,
from heads Of departments to common
| laborers, except where the pay is fixed
| by law.
New UIm-Small grains in this vic
Unity will be an excellent crop. AL
ready 1000 bushels of rye have been
delivered to the local mills.
OrtonviIIe-The drouth in this dis
trict, which has extended over a peri
cd of 35 days and which had seriously
menaced the corn crop, was broken
with heavy rain.
Pine Island-Farmers in the vicinity
of Pine Island gathered at the farm
of August Karow, two miles north of
town, to destroy some 1,500 barberry
bushes growing wild in 20 acre pas
-
ture.
cloquet-Forest fire claims in this
city are being settled rapidly. APP
proximately 100 claims are yet to be
settled in Cloquet, and settlements are
being made at rate from Is to 20
claims each day.
Grand Rapids-A crowd estimated at
10000 people attended the fourth an
nual Legion day celebration here. Be
ginning with big parade there was
something doing" all day. Every bus
mess house in Itasca county closed.
st. PauI-Work was resumed on an
addition to st. Marks school, follow
ing fire started when heavy beam
falling from the top of the building
broke two electric light wires each
carrying $500 volts.
DuIuth-Erection of hospital for
contagious diseases through bond is
sue is prevented by the Minnesota SUI
preme court in decision holding the
city council lacks authority to sell
bonds for such purpose under its char
ter, without vote of the people.
Montevideo-Miss Elsie Salisbury,
held for the murder of Oscar Erick-
son in April, has been released from
custody on bonds of $4,000. The bonds
were signed by Minneapolis and Mar
shall friends of the accused.
Minneapolis-Minn 1923 bud
get for transient relief provides for
an appropriation of $4,000, Richard
bakersfield, secretary of the ways and
means committee of the public well
fare board, said.
st. Paui-Five hundred and ten dol
and girls of Minnesota in perfect
teeth" competition which will be fea-
ture of the health education work to
be conducted at the public health build
ing at the Minnesota State Fair.
MinneapoIis-As memento to be
treasured by the University of Mime
sofa, a battered study desk used by
the late DR.. Cyrus Northrop, former
president of the university, in his stu
dent days at Yale and later when he
was member of the Yale faculty,
will be presented to the university
alumni association.
Professionalism Mcneil, druggist. is
in a precarious condition in Sioux
Falls hospital as the result of an acct
dent he suffered while playing golf
on the municipal links at Sioux Falls.
Mcneil was accidentally hit on the
head with club by another player.
DuIuth-Inauguration of lakes-to-
ocean service in advance of the deep
water project is virtually assured
through the announcement of definite
plans for the erection of large ter
minal warehouse on the Duluth water
front and the building of fleet of
modern electrically propelled freight
ers for operation between Duluth and
New York.
Austin-Ignoring the guards sta
toned at the roundhouse and shops
of the Chicago, Milwaukee & st. Paul
railway here, 100 strike sympathizers
forced IS Negroes from those build
ings and escorted them out of the city.
The sheriff and police, who had been
summoned, arrived on the scene after
the crowd had dispersed.
EIy-The jury in the case against
the four men tried here on the charge
of murder in connection with the
killing of Orso Kovich, returned a
verdict finding Matt Settinen and Matt
Banich guilty of murder in the third
degree and acquitting Nick Kostelos
and Mike Svetich.
Mahnomen - After luncheon and
sightseeing at the wonder farm" of
j. B. Schermerhorn, Minneapolis resi-
dents, at Mahnomen, with it's 10000
acres, $250,000 in buildings and 1,4O0
head of fine beef cattle, the automo-
bile party of the University of Mime
sofa agricultural department faculty,
regents and farm paper editors, def
nitely abandoned the prairie and
struck for the woods.
crookston-A1bert Lea was chosen
as the next convention site of the first
district Of the Sons of Norway, which
adjourned their sessions here after all
officers had been reelected
Fairmont-Every time the wheel
goes round, someone wins a prize"
murmured Judge & G. Dean, as he
gave a gambling wheel a whirl in dis
trict court here. AS the wheel spun,
the court watched it contemplatively
and when it stopped he said: This
time you draw 500 and the COSTS
addressing two prisoners who were
before him, charged with gambling at
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