The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1922-10-20
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Duluth. Robert D. McKercher, for

States district court.
Duluth-Snow fell for short time
here Wednesday and Duluthians are
preparing for a freezing temperature.
which has been forecast.
st. Paul-Heirs or Mrs. Mary t. Hill,
widow of James j. Hill, will pay an in
heritance tax of So 100000 on the SILL
100000 estate of their mother, accord
ing to estimates made public here.
DuIuth-Duluth will pay an in
crease of approximately IL per cent in
taxes next year if the present tenta.
tive budgets of the city, county and
schools are adopted by the different
legislative bodies.
DuIuth-All danger from forest fires
is past, due to soaking rains and damp
weather, and all national guard troops
have been sent home.
LuVerne-Memorial services for the
late C.. H. Christopherson, assistant
attorney general of Minnesota, were
conducted here at the court house.
Hibbing-Conrad B. Wolf, superin.
tendent of parks here, has resigned
after eight years" service, to enter
private business.
Waseca, Minn.-The local board Of
education has set budget of $4,000
for school purposes for the coming
year. The city councils budget for
municipal expenditures is $4,000.
William P. Roberts, of
Minneapolis, was reelected president
of the Universalist Churches of Min
nesota, at the annual convention here.
Waseca-The board of education
has set budget of $4,000 for school
purposes. for the coming year. The
city councils budget for municipal
expenditures is $37,50O
Minneapo.is-John Irrthum, dry
agent, alleged to have led gang of
high jacks" who looted the home of
Martin Bredesen of liquor worth $1,000.
was arraigned before Judge C. L
Smith of municipal court
Owatonna-Mrs. d. d. MacLaurin,
1907 Colfax avenue south, Minneap.
oils, was reelected president of the
Women's Baptist Mission Society OF
Minnesota
Stillwater-Sole survivor of full
membership" of the Old Settlers
Assn. of Minnesota and of ST. Croix
Valley Old Settlers, John Daubney of
Taylors Falls, age 103, is to be pre-
sent at meeting of the Assn. at Still
water
ST. PauI-Minnesota has been visit
ed by killing frost, the temperature
dropped to 81. According to U. G.
Pursell, government meteorologist,
several more weeks of warm clear
weather are in store for Minnesota.
Hibbing-J. o. Helm, of Duluth, SUI
pervisor of tax assessments, and H. G.
kaufman Of Cloquet, tax commission
er, have been sent by the Minnesota
tax commission to investigate tax con-
ditions at Hibbing.
MantorviIe-The county commits
sioners have added $500 to the appro-
priation of the county farm bureau
for cooperative extension work in ag-
riculture and home economics. The
fund is to be used principally for work
among farm women.
Garden crops valued at
more than $4,000 were raised by the
Oliver Iron Mining company employees
in the Chisholm district this summer,
according to data compiled by the min.
ing company officials.
Alexandria-Congre Andrew
]. Volstead of the seventh congress
cia oil dict Of ndr.ia
Osakis and Kensington in his cam
paign for reelection.
AIexandria-Senator Knute Nelson
of Minnesota was the guest of honor
at the weekly luncheon of the Kiwanis
club here Senator Nelson is making
a brief visit at his home
Glyndon, Minn.-The potato ware
house here belonging to Leslie Wal
ter, the Moorhead potato king" was
destroyed by fire which also CON
sumed nearly 10 carloads of potatoes
and a box car.
Canby-Honors of the three team
horse shoe pitching tournament here
were carried off by Pipestone. The
teams from that place defeated Candy
by margin of more than 600 points
and Fergus Falls was defeated by over
800 points Fergus Fails won second
place in the tourney by defeating
Candy.
Eveleth, Minn.-Special election oh
the admittance of outlying localities
covering an area Of 1,540 acres, in
Guiding the Carlson and Volcansek 10.
cations, the Drake, Stratton and Troy
locations and territory adjoining the
Fayal road into the limits of the city
of Eveleth, will be held Oct. IA. Resi-
dents of the community request an
nexation
Duluth = Judgment of $41,S32 in
favor of the city of Duluth against the
Duluth Street Railway company has
been entered in district court. Judg-
ment was ordered in 1919 by Judge
H. A. Dancer.
Duluth-Seven Lake Carriers asso-
citation steamers now are complying
with the request of the Sailors Union
of the Great Lakes and are giving
the sailors an eight-hour three watch
day.
DuIuth-Fire fighters in the ter
ritory eight miles north ct Fairbanks
found the skeleton of man near mile
post &c on the Duluth & Iron Range
railroad. The skeleton had heen there
between 10 and Is Year,.
Minneapolis = Eleven-cent postage
stamps bearing the likeness of Ruther-
ford B. Hayes, former president of the
United States, will be on sale in the
city soon, Arch Coleman, city post
master, has announced The stamps
were first placed on sale at Fremont,