The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1922-12-15
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when they jumped from burning au-
| tomobile in st. Paul.
Jasper-Farmers in this vicinity are
having all their hogs marketed at
Sioux Falls, transporting them by au-
tomobile trucks.
Hopkins-Josept Peterson, 10 years
old, was accidentally shot and killed
Hopkins.
Duluth-Two factions in Fine Lakes
township have begun a district court
battle with the control of the schools
in District No. IA as the objective.
ST. PauI-The state Legislature will
be asked by state officials to enact
| legislation to provide proper insur
| ance protection for state institutions.
Rochester-The annual conventio.
I, of the Minnesota and North Dakota
Catholic Hospital association opened
here with so representatives from both
states present.
Minneapolis = The Transportation
Brotherhoods National bank, the sixth
| of it's kind in America, will open for
| business in quarters of the Metropol-
itan Life building.
Jasper-Farmers and others living
in this vicinity are still repairing dam
ages caused by the Thanksgiving day
| wind, which veccked many small build
| ings in this sSsaion.
Tracy-Joe Hooker post, Grand
| Army of the Republic, at Tracy, lost
two of it's members within 4S hours,
John l.. Craig, aged SO years, and
Charles A. lillian, aged IS.
Dodge center-Dodge county farm.
ers propose to ask the county commits.
sioners to furnish funds to carry
through the work of testing cattle Of
the entire county for tuberculosis.
ST. charles-Henry Persons, 80, a
| Winona county farmer, escaped with
a few scratches about the face and
head when the automobile he was
driving was struck by train at
| crossing here.
Fergus FaIIs-The rail term of the
| district court opened here with the
| longest calendar in the history of OF.
tertail county. There are 120 civil
cases and large number of criminal
| cases to be tried.
Minnea polis-Racing abreast at so
miles an hour two automobile loads Of
men engaged in a pistol duel, were
pursued by patrolman who comman-
deered motorcab, but escaped when
their machines outdistanced the cab.
Crookston-While Mrs. D. j. Rice,
| her mother and two children were sit.
| ting in the kitchen of the Rice home a
stove exploded and dozens of flying
| pieces damaged the walls and furni
ture, yet not one of the four received
| scratch.
Thief River FaIls-If an attempt is
made to push through the proposed
Red Lake drainage project it will not
be accomplished without strenuous
| protest from farmers residing in Pen:
nington county, affected by the view
ers' report.
Red Wing-In spite of an eleventh
hour offer to compromise by the Wis
consin- Minnesota Light & Power com.
| pany, the city council took formal &C.
ton by adopting a resolution calling
! for the construction of municipal
electric light and power plant.
ST. cIoud-After a chase of several
miles Marshal Raymond Smith Of
Avon, captured Henry Bormas, Free
| port, Mimi, wanted for crashing into
an automobile at Albany and injuring
| five persos. Smith fired six shots at
Bormas, all of which took effect in
| his car.
Sleepy Eye-That chicken and hog
! thieves operating in this vicinity are
| directing gas attacks against their
| prey in order to silence them, is the
report that comes to officials. Even
the trusted dogs on the farm are made
helpless by a squirt of the gas car
| ried by the thieves.
DuIuth-A hearing has been set for
| Dec. IL at Baudette, Mimi, by the
| United States war department, which
| has under consideration the applica-
ton of the Minnesota highway depart
| ment for the approval of plans sub
mitted for the proposed bridge over
the Rainy river connecting Baudette
and Spooner.
Huntley-After a days work with
sledge hammers and crowbars, the
vault door at the State Bank of Hunt
| ley, which was damned into an i'm
| movable position by blast placed in
| front Of it by robbers, was removed.
! Bank officials reported that no money
| was missing, although the explosion
had caused damage to valuable papers.
| Olivia-The most important case to
be tried at the present term of district
court resulted in a verdict for the Mil
waukee railroad company. John T.
Smith of Milwaukee had brought ac-
| ton for injuries received while repair
| ing a caboc Sc, and asked for $4,000.
The jury, composed of six men and six
women, -eturned verdict favoring
the railroad company.
Rochester-"Boys, I'm done for
Hurry up and send word to mamma.
| Mother, mother" were the last
words Of Lawrence Wagner, IA years
old, after his gun had been accid emit
ally discharged, the load of shot hit.
| ting him full in the breast Young
| Wagner was son of Mr.. and Mrs. j.
Wagner of Plainview, and was out
hunting with four boy companions
when the accident happened.
CIearwater-More than 200 passen-
gers en- route from Winnipeg to Min
neapolis on Great Northern train No.
had narrow escape at Clearwater,
IL miles south of st. Cloud, when the
train jumped the track. No one was
hurt.