The Ely miner., 1922-07-14

AID0Tt Lea, ul0Q IOliOWlnB DurnS re-
ceived when a firecracker ignited her
dress.
Minneapolis = Firecrackers thrown
by small boys were blamed for 80
fires In Minneapolis and st. Paul on
the Fourth, as fire marshals checked
the list.
Wiilmar-Maloy Holland, aged IA.
an orphan at the Bethesda Young Peo-
pies home here, was drowned in Eagle
lake while bathing. His body was re-
covered.
Minneapolis-Five drowned and five
injured by explosions was the toll Of
the 1922 "safe and sane" Fourth Of
July in the twin cities, reported by
authorities at hospitals aud police
headquarters.
lie Roy-In the city park here II
memorial trees were dedicated in
honor of LIE Roy young men who gave
their lives for their country in the
World war.
Hibbing-Two policemen were shot
and seriously wounded at Holman, 25
miles west of here, when they attempt
ed to arrest John Lence, an alleged
moonshiner.
Hastings-The body of an unidenti
fed woman, about 40 years old, was
found in the Mississippi river, neal
Grey Cloud island, about six miles
from here.
Fergus FalIs-Merle Robertson, aged
IS, and Lenora Ruth, aged 10, killed
themselves here with the same pistol,
but there is no evidence. that the
double suicide was prearranged.
WiImar-The Fahlun town board
has passed a resolution which prohi
bits Sunday dancing and prescribes
that all weekday dances must close
promptly at 10 p. m. An annual license
fee of $500 also is asked.
Duluth-Bankruptci filed in Uni
ted States district court in Duluth for
the fiscal year ending June 80 sur
passed in number the total of any pre-
vious year since the enactment of the
law, according to ]. c. H. Engel, dep
uty clerk.
st. PauI-Co-operative marketing
has added $4,000 to the value of wool
on Minnesota farms this year, county
farm bureau officers were informed by
the Minnesota Farm Bureau federation,
in an official statement.
Montevideo-The home of Mr.. and
Mrs. B. r. Turner was destroyed by
fire, and their two children, aged 2
and 4, asleep in the second story, mar.
rowly escaped death.
Ormsby-An entire city block con.
tanning hardware store, general mer-
chandise store and residence was
destroyed by fire. The blaze, which
caused loss of $25, 900, is said to have
started from a firecracker.
Hibbing-Members of the board of
directors of the st. Louis County Fair
association have decided to abandon
the present site of the annual fair at
Hibbing and to establish an exposi.
tion on the new site in south of Hib.
bing.
Hendricks-When quantity Of
liquor was hauled over to South Da.
kota by Minnesota parties to be de.
livered to a supposed bootlegger's
agent, the latter proved to be federal
agent and arrested five men who
brought him the liquor.
.Windom-The Farmers State bank
of Window, recently closed by the
state banking department because OF
a depleted reserve, has reopened for
business with assets of $558,522. H.
E. Hanson continues as president Of
the institution
MinneapoIis-Ralph w. Taylor, 80
years old, collector for the Pure Oil
company, was held up by three auto
bandits and robbed of $4,000 in cash,
checks worth $1,000 and 25 negotiable
coupon books.
Marshall-The First State bank and
the Farmers State bank of Ghent have
been consolidated and the new bank,
with capital of $4,000 and surplus
of $4,000, will be known as the First
and Farmers State bank.
ST. PauI-Charles E. Gunnels, treas.
urer of the American Farm Bureau
federation, has been elected treasurer
of the United States Grain Growers,
Inc. He will serve the grain growers
without salary, and accepted the re.
sponsibility as a means of extending
the service of the farm bureau.
Montevideo-Presen of pub.
lie swimming pool was made by the
Lee Osborne post, American Legion,
to the community at a Fourth of July
celebration. The Legion launched and
carried out the plan of installing a
large artificial pool in the city's largest
park after the community had been
aroused to the danger of children
drowning in Chippewa river
Rreckenridge-Pocket gophers have
been exterminated in the. local ceme
terry. The pastor of one of the
churches invented method Of "gass-
ing" the gopher out of their holes. He
took a few feet of ordinary garden
hose, attached one end to the exhaust
of an auto, inserted the other end into
the runways and packed the earth
around the hose so that no gas would
be lost. After the engine had run five
minutes the gopher was dead.
Mlnneapoiis-Terms in the state
prison at Saltwater will be faced by
motorists who failed to stop afrer ac-
cidents under the terms Of a new law
which Is being framed by County At
torney Floyd B. Olson for consider@
tion by the next Legislature.
Bemidji-Plans for the new city de-
tention hospital. to be erected near
the poor farm, have been presented to
the city council and referred to the
state health department. Should they
meet with the state regulations, bids
for erection of the, structure will be
opened shortly. 1t is expected that