The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1922-05-19
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hundreds of others in adjoining coun-
ties, had summer residents as early
as April 10.
Grand Rapids-Kalman, Wood &
Co. of Minneapolis purchased the $780,
600 bonds of school board district No.
/, bearing per cent interest.
Glenwood- prospects for big
summer trade in Glenwood are the
best this city ever had Reservations
for fishing parties at tie opening of
the pike season have been made.
MISUNDERSTANDING are be-
ing made for the reopening of the
State Bank of Lamberton, closed sew
eral months ago because of low re.
serve fund.
international Falls-Three persons
were drowned when canoe capsized
during a squall on Rainy river here.
One girl was rescued.
Winona-Philip Baier, aged 25, Is
being held In the city Jail without
charge, pending an investigation by
police of an alleged attempt to poison
his 3h months old baby at his home
in this city.
Breckenridge Breckenridge now
has it's main thoroughfare paved and
before July will have the remainder
Of it's business district paved, while
petitions asking moro paving.
Minneapolis-Two bandits who took
$50 from confectionery store propri-
etCr and refused to take $500 from
four customers, because 1--WE don't
take money from worBinymen," were
hunted by police
Brainerd-Ernest M. Brandt, %
years old, who shot and killed his
wife's father and grandmother and
seriously wounded her grandfather, in
jail, still insisted he had no recollec-
ton whatever of the shooting.
Hibbng-The first step in the for
nation of an Association of CONNER
cial Clubs of northern Minnesota was
taken at a meeting of the secretaries
of commercial clubs of the northern
portion of the state.
Moorhead-A class of 141, the larg-
est number of advanced graduates in
the history Of the college, will be grad.
uated from the Moorhead State Teach
ers college this year, o. M. Dickerson,
president announced.
ST. Paul-C. H. Chris s,pherson of
Luverne, an assistant attorney gen.
eral on the staff of Attorney General
Hilton, filed as a candidate for asso-
ciate justice of the Minnesota Supreme
court, a surprise in capital circles.
owatonna-M. r. eastman of the
Clinton Falls Nursery company aud
president of the American Nursery
mems association, has accepted an in.
yitation of Henry G. Wallace, secre-
tary of agriculture, to attend the plant
quarantine conference in Washington.
ST. Paula restraining order pro-
hibiting the state from enforcing spe-
cial session laws of 1919 regulating
control of South ST. Paul stock yards
was issued by Judge Wilbur F. Booth
in United States district court, with
one exception.
ST. PauI-The Minnesota motor We
hicle tax has yielded $5,41S,398.25
since Jan. /, Mike Holm, secretary of
state, said. He has turned that sum
over to State Treasurer Henry Hines.
Largest collections came in March,
when $2,466,327 was paid.
StilIwater-Edwin D. Burlington,
city attorney has received graft for
$4,000 from the estate of Mrs Meta
Tozer Mitchell, donated to the city for
the purpose of erecting a memorial
gymnasium building in memory of her
husband, Fred NJ Tozer.
owatonna-The Steele county farm
bureau is planning countrywide pic.
mic to be held during the third week
of June. A program of bureau fed,
Grafton leaders is being prepared. The
affair will probably be held at Mineral
Springs.
Lismore-Fire completely destroyed
the barn on the Roland Krips farm
northwest of here. The livestock was
rescued, but 1000 bushels of oats and
20 tons of hay were destroyed. A barn
which stood on the same foundation
was burned IL years ago.
New UIm-New Ulm was host to i'm
plement dealers and farmers of six
counties in this section of the state
when a district convention and COM
munity welfare rally was conducted
under the auspices of the Minnesota
Implement Dealers association.
Brainerd--The Brainerd district of
the Ten Thousand Lakes is confident
this season will be one of it's greatest.
Forty-five resorts are affiliated with
the Brainerd Chamber of Commerce,
which acts as clearing house on in
formation. Inquiries already are flow
ing in from as far south as Kentucky.
Bemidji-St Anthony's hospital will
close June /. This hospital was open
ed in 1898 by Mother Scholastica
Kerst, who came to Bemidji when
there were only two or three build
ings, with three Sisters of st. Bene-
dict. The hospital has cared for mere
than $4,000 patients, and the reason
for closing has not been made known.
Thief River FaIIs-At a meeting of
the executive committee of the Pen
nington County Agricultural associa-
ton it was decided to hold the annual
fair the first week in August, making
it the first in the northern counties.
The Polk county fair at Crookston
will be the second week, the Beltrami
fair the third week at Bemidji and
the Itasca fair at Grand Rapids the
fourth week of the month
Observation-Disclosures of law en-
forcement league has been completed
in. this city, with an initial member
ship of 500. Support of public officials
in rigid enforcement of the law, par
ticularly that regarding prohibition, is
one of the princinal objects of the