The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1922-09-08
Northwest


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Devils Lake, N. D.-John Sullivan,
harvest hand. was shot here and
robbed of $3.50 by bandit. Sullivan,
shot under the left arm, was taken to
hospital. The bullet just missed his
heart
Rhinelander, Wis.-Fire believed to
have been caused by tramp who en-
Tered the plant to sleep, destroyed the
planning mill of the Larson Lumber
company at Jeffries, causing a loss of
several thousand dollars.
! Marathon City, Wis.-Mrs. Augusta
Zettin, ~ years old, of Stettin, near
here, is dead from injuries suffered
from the kick of a horse.
Chippewa Falls, Wis.-Stewart, 8
! year old son of Mr.. and Mrs. Asa Will
son, was seriously injured when struck
| by a notorious. His skull was crushed.
portion of the bone being driven into
the brain, and his left was broken.
Ashland, Wis.-Settlers on northern
| Wisconsin lands have won an encour-
aging victory by R. M. Hoyt, deputy
attorney general. Mr.. Hoyt holds that
a settler in Wisconsin who acquires
uncleared land is entitled to three
years exemption from taxation on the
property improved and cleared up to
40 acres, if he devotes the land to
agricultural purposes.
Fargo, N. D.-Crushed beneath
corn binder on the Hummer farm, In
.Cass county, John Hummer of Fargo,
| 70 years old, is in hospital here.
Superior, Wis.-Present members Of
the city advisory council will retain
their offices for another year owing
to the fact that not single candidate
has filed for election.
Superior, Wis.-Superior will enter
tain the 1923 Wisconsin state conven-
ton of the 1923 American legion.
Belle Fourche, S. D.-What is be-
lieved to be the best wheat yield in
South Dakota was threshed on the
farm of William Westlund. From 81
acres of winter wheat Westlund thresh-
ed an average of 50A bushels an
acre.
Mcintosh, S. D.-Fire which started
from a locomotive, completely destroy
ed 220 acres of wheat on the farms
of c. P. and Jacob Neumiller, north
of here. Considerable hay land and
pasture was also burned over.
Chippewa Falls, Wis.-Frank Nit:
chell, farmer living about IL miles
from here, is in local hospital as the
result of an automobile crash.
T
was a guest of the family of Morris
Wendleboe last fall on a trip to Sioux
Falls. She has filed suit in circuit
court for $4,000 damages as a re-
suit of that trip.
Sporting
Minneapolis-The Western Inter.
collegiate Basket Ball association will
meet in Chicago Sept. 18th.
Wolfboro, N. H.-Ralph Hills,
Princeton star and member of the last
pound shotput record in an official
handicap meet here with a toss of 81
feet inches.
Chicago-George Grammar, star
third baseman of the Omaha team of
the Western league, has been pur-
chased by the Cubs. The largest cash
amount ever paid for Glass A player
figured. Grantham is reputed to be
the fastest player in baseball today.
Chicago-Raymond Woodbridge, 10
year old pitcher, secured by Scout
Jack Dayle from the Lubbock club of
the West Texas league, reported to
Manager Killefer. Woodbridge is a
right handed speed and curve ball
artist.
Foreign
London-British officials have an.
nounced that Picadilly Circus, long a
landmark known to every tourist, is to
be torn down, enlarged and renamed.
Berlin-Negotiatio for the annul-
ment of the bill prohibiting emigration
to central Brazil, are under way be.
tween the German and Brazilian gov.
ernments.
Berlin-The date for the pro-Monar.
chist coupe in Bavaria is reported to
nave been set The reactioparies pre-
pared for last desperate fight against
the forces of the republics, are con.
centrating in and around Munich.
Tokio-The first confidential code
dispatches frorl Siberia state that the
trans-Baikal CNssacks have risen, in
augurating a revolution. The Cossacks
rising is somewhat premature, but the
bulk of the Chita army is expected to
kill off the commissar's offices and
join the revolution.
| Brussels-The mayor and chief of
police of Ober-Cassel, in Belgian occu.
pied territory, have been arrested by
Belgian military in pursuance of the
| ultimatum giving the German authori-
ties six hours to surrender the persons
who killed two Belgian soldiers. The
Rhineland high commission has for,
hidden the citizens of Ober-Cassel ia
| be on the streets between p. m. and
a. m, and troops are patrolilng the
town.
Turin, Italy-Lieutenant Brakpapa
established what was said to be a
new speed record for an airplane when
he few 209.9 miles an hour, the form
er record being 205.223.
London-Thirty-six members Of the
American Legion are touring the bat
tlefields of Europe and have been ac-
corded a special escort
London-It is no secret at court
that the Princess Mary and Viscount
Lascelles are expecting the stork at
Christmastide
/ London-A Riga dispatch says that,
according to official bolshevik figures
the Cheka put to death 1,766,11S be-