The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1922-04-07
NEWS OF STATE
TERSELY TOLD
Recent Happenings in Minnesota
Given in Brief Items for
Busy Readers.
ENTIRE FIELD COVERED
News of Events In Gopher State
Gathered From Many Different
Sources and Arranged In
Crisp Readable Form.

Crisp Readable Form.
Dodge Center-Edgar Stivers, editor
and publisher of the Dodge County
Star, has been appointed postmaster at
Dodge Center.
Marshall. Grow, Civil war veter-
an, who came to Lyon county and took
up claim in 1871, is dead at his home
here. He was IS years old.
Winger-At special school election
here to vote on the issuance Of $25, 900
bonds for a new school building, the
vote stood 73 for and 76 against.
Worthington-A new notorious line
has been established between Worth
ington and Sioux Falls, round trip
between the two points being made
twice daily.
Observation-Disclosures Chase of Moor
head was reelected president of the
West Central Minnesota Christian En-
deavor at the annual convention con-
cluded here.
Austin-Austin post of the Amer
lean Legion has decided to push efforts
to obtain the appropriation of $4,000
from the state to be used in extend
ing the Armory.
ST. Considerations of the Breen
Hotel company, now in the hands of
receivers, have become aroused by a
letter sent out by st. Paul furniture
company, which has a claim of $8,637
against the hotel.
Madison-Bernard Peterson lost
four fingers from one of his hands
when dynamite cap which he found
exploded. Young Peterson attempted
to pick the cap open with pin, caus
ing it to become ignited.
st. Paul-The week of April 16 to
% is designated, in proclamation is
sued by Governor J. A. o. Preus, as a
time for the study of forest fire pre-
vention as means of conserving life
and property in the state.
Owatonna- destroyed the Sa-
cred Heart Catholic church, one of the
largest structures of it's kind in this
CITY, The fire is believed to have
started from defective furnace. The
loss is estimated at $4,000.
Lake Benton-Returns on the spe-
cial vote taken in Lincoln county on
the matter of appropriating funds for
a county agent indicate the vote was
2 to 1 against using county funds for
the county agents support.
Minneapolis estate, estimated
at $2,000,000 in personal property, was
left by the late Eugene ]. Carpenter,
who died March 10, in Pasadena,
Calf, according to Mr.. Carpenters
will which was filed for probate.
st. Police, acting with rail-
way detective, arrested 25 persons
ranging in age from 7 to % years, in
Guiding three girls, who are charged
with robbing refrigerator car of
crates of apples to the value of $40
Minneapolis new Minneapolis
Rochester bus line, operating via st.
Paul, will be inaugurated April Is, ac-
cording to announcement by ]. H.
Maylone, following approval by the
license committee of the city council.
Clinton-The state highway commits
sion has started two caterpillar trac-
tors with large graders working on
State Road No. 6 (the King of Trails)
going north through this place. They
are rapidly clearing the road for trav-
ell.
Thief River Falls-The Nordland-
slaget, composed of men and women
from the northern section of Norway,
will have their summer convention
here June % and "a A previous an
nouncement rave the dates as June "a
and rs.
Minneapolis-M Minneapolis rendered
tribute to the $500 returned overseas
heroes for whom memorial services
were held in Brooklyn at p. m. East
ern standard time. Included in the
rites were ceremonies in commemora-
ton OF the others of the 45,500 hero
dead CT the World war from the Uni
ted States troops.
st. Peter-Gustavus Adolphus col
lege will celebrate it's sixtieth anniver-
sary in connection with the COM
mencement exercises this year, May
16 to %. The annual meeting of the
Minnesota Conference of the Evan
gelical Augustana Synod will be held
at the same time, in conjunction with
the college festivities.
Minneapolis hospital of
Minneapolis and Aberdeen hospital of
st. Paul are to be transferred from the
jurisdiction of the United States Pub
lie Health service to the Veterans
Bureau within a few days. Director
Forbes of the bureau announced in
Washington. An executive order pro-
viding for the transfer of 81 hospitals
is now before President Harding.
st. Cloud-Rev. e. v. Campbell, for
So years pastor of the First Presbyteri-
an church here, has just celebrated
his seth birthday. On April Is, accom-
panied nv committee of laymen from
his congregation, the veteran pastor
will go to the ST. Cloud Presbytery
meeting at Maynard and ask that he
be retired
Rushford-Tbe proposed rebuilding
o. The Rushford library at cost of
$4,000 has developed the fact that the
Womens Welfare league of this place
has the promise of $4,000 to be avail
arle when work is commenced upon a
new or remodeled library building.