The Ely miner., 1922-03-24
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.

Buffalo-Albert Boerner was re-
elected mayor over E. G. Boslough.
. Wadena-C. R. Fink was reelected
mayor over F. H. Elmer, 234 to 128.
Marble-Dr. e. H Martin, was elect
ed mayor of this community, defeat
ing P. ]. Zingg by S07 votes.
Keewatin-Dr. Kean was reelected
mayor of Keewatin, defeating George
former mayor, 259 to 185.
Madison-Contracts have been let
for the construction of judicial ditch
No. 4, in Lac qui Parle county, to cost
$132,901.60.
Gilbert-Aurora Legion basketball
team, the range championship claim
ants, were defeated by the Gilbert City
team, 80 to "a.
Gilbert-In the most hotly contest
ed election here in recent years, B. r.
Cosgrove was elected village president
over Wesley Barrett.
Chisholm-The administration tic
ket was defeated. George Trask was
elected mayor. by 200 majority and the
entire opposition ticket with him.
Virginia Harry L. Burns, on behalf
of himself and others has started in
junction proceedings against the city
of Eveleth to restrain it from issuing
100000 in refunding bonds.
Sleepy Eye-Prompt work on the
part of firemen saved the lives of five
persons when flames cut off their only
escape down straiway from the Sec
ond floor of store building.
Rochester-Rochest is to have an
addition to its postoffice, amounting
to one-third of it's present size, ac-
cording to word received here from
DR.. Hubert Work, postmaster general.
Fertile-Sunday movies in Fertile
will be ne more unless the voters re-
scind their action taken at the spring
Tuesday The vote was 223
to 64 against the Sunday movie issue.
Gaylord-A. H.. Kuehner was re-
elected mayor of Gaylord at the an
nual election. e. R. Gladitsch was Sc
lected as trustee, and 1. M. Nelson as
clerk. The voters favored the pur-
chase of a fire truck.
Worthington-F. H. Densmore, pub
Usher of the Wilmot Tribune, has re-
ceived temporary appointment as
postmaster at Wilmot, and Postmas-
ter Harmon has turned the affairs Of
the office over to him.
Dawson-The name of Theodore
Christensen of Dawson, is certain to
be presented to the Seventh district
convention as candidate
for Congress in opposition to Repre-
sentative Andrew Volstead.
Minneapolis-Ch s. Sedgwick,
architect, designer of the Westminster
Presbyterian church, the old Y. M. c..
A, the Dayton store building, and
many other churches, business blocks
aad residences of the city, died at ST.
Barnabas hospital. He was &c years
old.
ST. Paul-There has been an in
crease of 937 persons in the IL state
institutions for the insane, blind, Grip
pied. criminal and unfortunates since
the beginning of the present biennial
period on July 1, 1920, Ralph w.
member of the State Board
of Control, said.
Luverne-J. e. Sherman and Archie
Partz, who are awaiting action of the
grand jury on charge of automobile
stealing. escaped from the county jail
during the night and with them DR.. J..
w. Hawkinson's automobile also dis
appeared. They escaped by prying
out the steel bars of a second story
window.
Belle Plaine-The ice started to
move out of the Minnesota river at
this point. Within a few hours the
water rose two feet and overflowed
the banks in many places. Travel
across the river bottom roads has been
cut off. The river is now more than
15 feet above low water mark.
Montevideo-Three Elbow Lake boys
were committed to the state reform.
atory at Red Wing, after having con-
fessed to robbing half dozen Elbow
Lake business places. Two of the trio
went to Red Wing for the first time,
but the third was taken back for
breaking his parole from the institu-
tion.
st. .Paul-Planting of shelterbelts of
trees throughout Minnesota, to serve
as live snow fences" to prevent repe-
tition of the recent snow blockades of
railways and roads, was urged by w.
T. Cox, state forester. A plantation Of
trees six or eight rows wide, placed
at proper distance from the railroad
cuts, would go control the drifting
snow as to lc~~e tracks practically
clear, he declared.
Winona-Announcem of the en-
largement of the College of Saint Te-
resa, Catholic school for women in
this city, to the proportions of uni
versity and change in name to the
'Teresan University" was made pub
lie by Bishop Patrick R. Hebron of
the diocese of Wfrnna
Moorhead-Mr, Leo Jenny today in
stitutec suit for $500 against the
Union Light, Heat and Power COM
pany, for the death of her husband,
who was asphyxiated Dec. 5, 1921.
Mrs. Jenny alleges pipes in the room
ing house where the accident occurred
we're dafective.