The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1922-08-25


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Moorhead-Miss Sarah Wolfe WOE
the $500 scholarship in the Minneapo
lis Art institute as prize for the best
drawing submitted in a high school
contest.
Winona-The Shrine club OF Gale
donia entertained 400 Masons of Gale
donia and neighboring towns at a pic
mic on the grounds of the Caledonia
hospital.
BeuIah-Mr. Thompson, crossing
tender, fell heir to a fruit farm neal
Beulah, Mich, and resigned to take
charge of the 40 acre tract, valued al
more than $4,000.
Hibbing-George Wood, local game
warden, is in local hospital recover
ing from injuries received when he
went to the shack of a settler to ar
rest him for game violations.
Winona-Pieces of ivory, which are
parts of an elephants tusk, have been
found in gravel pit near here indi.
eating that the body of an elephant
was buried there thousands of years
ago.
aged SO, car repairman employed by
the Milwaukee railroad, fell from the
roof of boxcar near Twenty-eighth
street and Minnehaha avenue and
broke both legs.
chatfieId-Guy Empy, aged Sc, a
great-great-grandfat has just pur.
chased an automobile. He declares he
is going to learn to drive the "contrap-
ton" Mr. Empy has % great-grand-
children and 4 great-great-grandchi
dren.
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. for the ST. Louis
county rural schools will be assigned
to their positions after the summer
school in session here. The salaries
range from $50 to $3.50 month.
Madison-A fire in the oatfelds of
Martin Hanson, mile east of here,
burned a large quantity of grain. In
vestigation has shown only one cause,
a small piece of glass, which may have
focused the SUMS rays on one spot
long enough to start the fire.
Winona-C. Morgan, an itinerant so.
licitor, was being held by Winona pc.
lice pending investigation of his ac-
tivities in obtaining money from hun
dreds of persons for book, the "Bub.
ble," which he asserts he intends to
publish.
DuIuth-John c. Davis, former chiet
of police and first city controller of
Duluth, died at his home here. Davis,
who was GA years old, had been resi-
dent of Duluth since 1881.
Austin-The University Of Southern
Minnesota at Austin has arranged a
"get acquainted picnic" for students to
take place shortly after the opening of
the fall term.
st. Paul-Coal On it's way to Mime.
sofa is being held at prices double the
Hoover price of $3.50, the federal fuel
administrator was informed in a mes
sage from Ivan Bowen.
Lake city-Funeral services tor 10
seph Merritt Underwood, president of
the Jewell Nursery Company, of this
city, who died at his home here, were
held at st. Marytin's Episcopal church.
Shakopee-J. w. Black of Minneap.
oils is the president Of two new state
ranks Charters were granted to the
Shakopee State bank at Shakopee and
the Marshall County State bank at
Holt, Minnesota.
EveIeth-Three girls of Eveleth,
who left their homes on Sunday, Au-
gust 6, are still being sought. They
are Jennie Lindstrom, Is; Title May
erie, 16, and Ina Makinen, II. On the
morning they disappeared they were
going to picnic.
Bemidji-Dorothy Bergen, aged 8,
was badly injured when she was
struck on the head by a maui swung
by a patron ut strengthening ma.
chine at the Northern Minnesota fair.
Minneapolis-Steps towards the or
ganization of an art club whose pur.
pose will be the encouragement of
young artists of the twin cities has
been taken.
neapoIis-Rapid growth Of ex-
tension work of the University of Min
neosta in the last several years has
resulted in opening of offices at 312
Security building. F. G. Austin is resi-
dent manager.
Itasca-Porcupines are girdling
many trees within Itasca state park,
killing them so that they have to be
cut to save the timber, State Forester
w. T. Cox says that 100000 feet Of
timber was cut from the state land
last winter, about one third of which
had been girdled.
MinneapoIis-0 P. B. Jacobson, state
railroad and warehouse commissioner,
notified the Interstate Commerce Com
mission that the states of Minnesota,
North Dakota and South Dakota will
require 100000 cars for the shipment
of potatoes and grain this fall.
Thief River Falis-Corn promises
the heaviest yield of any crop, and
the-o is amuch larger acreage than
ever One farmer reports that a Is.
acre tract of white dent will yield 60
bushels TO the acre.
Lake city--Mrs. Mary McCahill of
Lake City, Mimi, who since the death
of Mrs. James ]. iIill has been rated
as Minnesota's wealthiest woman,
died at the Weilheim hospital, Ger.
many, Of injuries suffered in an auto
mobile accident. She had come to
Europe on Der annual pilgrimage to
the grave Of her son. Louis, who lost
his life in TIE World war.