The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1922-08-18
Brevities of Worlds New. Sent by
Cable and Wireless.
New uIm-captain Max sebald, who

unit. Lieutenant w. S. Crockroft will
succeed him.
WilImar, Minn.-Miss Alice Magnu-
son was crowned queen of honor in
the presence of 5000 persons who at
tended the Kandiyohi county pageant
given by the American Legion.
Hibbing-The Mountain Iron bank
will reopen with a capital of $4,000
and surplus of $4,000. The new Of
ficers are: G. A. Webb. president; G.
A. Apuli, vice president; John Erick-
son, cashier.
StiIIwater-Heroism of 10 year old
Earl Thomas saved Byron Benson,
aged %, from drowning in Little Car
nelian lake, five miles northeast OF
| here.
Duluth-The Duluth board of edu.
cation expended in the last fiscal year,
which ended July 81, an amount Of
| $50, 924.64, exceeding its income, &C
| cording to the annual report.
Hbbng-The state convention Of
the World War Veterans to be held
here Aug. 18th and 10th. $50 dele
gates from Minneapolis are expected.
Hibbing-Henry Dexheimer, ex-ser.
vice man from Wisconsin, who appear
ed in Hibbing recently, who is thought
to be violently insane, has been re-
| moved to the county Jail in North
Hibbing to await his father, Henry
Dexheimer, to take him home.
MinneapoIis-Pol have been ask
ed to aid in the search of Mrs Dorothy
Nelson Willy, % years old, who dis
appeared from the home of her par
ents, with whom she has been living.
A note to her mother said she was not
coming back.
Minneapolis-C. S. Haynes of the
Charles S. Haynes company, realtors,
| announced the purchase of a 100-year
lease on the Phelps building, 913-915
Nicollet avenue, and the ground cover
| ed by the building, by Kelly Brothers.
Mnnetonka Beach-C. A. Eckstrom,
village marshal at Minnetonka Beach,
| has been authorized to take any steps
| he deems necessary, to check law vio-
| la lions by speeders
Luverne, Minn.-Eric Erickson, ear
! ly pioneer resident of Mobiles county,
died at his home in this city of par
alysis. He was 50 years old.
Sherburn-Sherburn which was re.
| ported as being entirely out of coal
and needing several carloads imme-
diately for threAhing and domestic
| purposes, escaped the fuel shortage
when three car loads arrived.
Little Falls, Minn.-Mrs. c. O. Burt,
&c years old, and her granddaughter,
burned to death at their home on the
north shore of Fish Trap lake at Lin
| coin, Morrison county. The dead
girls father was killed in a railroad
wreck i'll Montana about five years
ago.
Duluth, Minn.-More than 100 per-
sons who suffered property loss dur
ing the 1918 forest fires called on
Senator Frank Kellogg to thank him
| tanning a settlement with the sov-
eminent.
| Winona, Minn.-Mrs. G. Ed. Leach
of Winona, has recently had the honor
of being appointed superintendent of
| the women's building at the State
Fair. Mrs. Leach is the only woman
on the board. She takes the place
of Mrs. Bertha Laws, who resigned
recently. Mrs. Laws was resident
of Appleton.
| Moorhead-When year old Lor.
aine Briggs stuck his finger into a
aine Briggs stuck her finger into a
swarm of yellow jackets which stung
her frightfully before her mother
rescued her. She will live.
| Lake Benton-Engineers in the en-
ploy of the government have been in
the vicinity of Lake Benton for some
time for the purpose of looking over
the lakes j. this section that they
may makes a report on the location
for the establishment of a government
game reserve.
Mankato-Pioneer men and womeE
who have weathered the storms of
the many years since the founding OF
this state, together with their de-
scendants, gathered at the picnic
grounds in Sibley park Aug. 10th to
enjoy a reunion and picnic.
DuIuth-Operation of the six-cent
/ street car fare now being collected by
the Duluth Street Railway company,
is invalid, according to report of
the status of the street case made by
c. B. Richards, city attorney, and read
at the city council meeting. An APP
] peal from the order of the court will
be taken
lie Sueur Center-Well diggers put
ting down a well near Lexington, en-
countered a vein of quicksand at a
depth of between 16 and 20 feet, and
in this sand appears traces of gold
and silver.
New UIm, Minn.-For the third
time in the history of the city Of
New Ulm, the valor and deeds of the
pioneers who settled this region will
be commemorated at a celebration of
the sixtieth anniversary of the In
dian outbreak which swept down the
Minnesota valley August IS to % in
1862. The celebration will continue
Aug. 16 to 20 inclusive.
Minneapolis-F L. Reidy and
Charles Hume, postoffice inspectors,
returned to Minneapolis from New
| York, where they participated in the
roundup of three men in connection
with the million-dollar mail robbery in
that city.
Hibbing-"Lefty" Lynch. Brady's
/ spectacular left handed pitcher has
secured his release and will leave to
join the Cleveland Americans. 1t is
understood that he will pitch for them
as soon as he arrives there.
Excelsior-Hail, wind and rain
| swept the Minnetonuka lake district.