The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1922-05-19
sEyENTis:of the week
u troughoRtle State
iof Ten Thousand Lakes
told in brief form

told IN brief form
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Luverne-Crops in Rock county are
In excellent condition, regardless OF
the handicap of late spring.
Mora-Virtually all the small grains
with the exception of barley already
are in the ground in Kanabec county.
BaIaton-Edward A. Rolloff has been
appointed postmaster here, succeed
ing w. C. Galbraith, who died some
time ago.
Minneapolis -Masons, 100 strong,
will invade Duluth where they will
battle for state honors in a cribbage
contest
Ortonville-The civic department of
the Ortonville Women's club is plan
ming to carry on campaign for gen.
eral identifying of the city.
Marshail-Governor ]. A. o. Preus
will be the principal speaker at the
annual picnic of the Lyon county farm
bureau here on June Is.
Mankato-This year 100 will gradu-
ate from the Mankato State Teachers
| college.
BarnesviIIe-Many buildings in this
vicinity were damaged during a severe
| storm. The Great Northern depot
was partly unroofed and farm build
| ings were wrenched.
| Enthusiastically 100000 bushels
of grain was shipped on steamers from
the head of the lakes and the total
| stocks of grain have been reduced by
100000 bushels, it was estimated.
Slayton-Out of a graduating class
of 3S in the Slayton high school, the
| first six high marks went to boys.
Orville Quackenbusch leads the class
with a mark of SO and is valedictorian.
Park Rapids-Crop conditions and
prospects in Hubbard county are bet
ter than the average. Rye has win
| tered in excellent condition; and the
| fields of clover, sown for hay and seed
crops, are good.
Albert Lea-Corn will be the big
| crop in Freeborn county this year.
The lateness of the spring caused far
mers to forego seeding of wheat.
Oats, barley and rye will be about the
same crop as last year.
| Owatonna-During a heavy cleo
| trical wind and rain storm here, M. j.
Dunnigan, farmer, living near here,
was injured and two of his horses
killed by bolt of lightning.
Austin-Nearly 200 delegates from
the First District Minnesota Fedora
ton of Women's Clubs attended the
| 18th annual meeting, which opened
here. The representation was nearly
| twice that of last years convention.
| OWatonna-M. j. DUNCAN, brother
of Chief of Police Dunnigan of this
city. was injured severely and team
of horses he was driving were killed,
as the result of being hit by bolt of
| lightning in the recent storm.
Red Wing-Daniel Kinney, jeweler
Of Mazeppa, is in local hospital with
a serious bullet wound in the abdomen,
as the result of an accident in his
store while he was cleaning revolver.
Faimont-The city water and light
commission has a haunted house for
sale here, with no buyers. 1t stands
on land which the city acquired by
condemnation proceedings few years
| ago.
Countrywide Women's Relief corps
will erect a platform in the public
| park here as memorial to the sol
diers of the community. A fitting
tablet will contain the names of the
soldier dead.
st. James-C. N. Sonnesyn filed for
| the state legislature from this county
on the republican ticket. This makes
| three candidates in the field, the other
| two being K S. Thompson, who served
last term, and T. p Glassen, a farmer
of Odin.
ST. Peter-Mother of three COVER
nors of Minnesota and the first love"
of hundreds who have trod the halls
and campus, Gustavus Adolphus col
| lege of ST. Peter will celebrate its 60th
birthday.
ST. James-A jury in the case of P.
w. Rempel of Butterfield VS.. H. H..
Klein ct al, brought in verdict for
the defense. Remple sued for alleged
damages resulting from his arrest on
charge of disloyalty during the war
and asked damages in the sum Of
| $50,9S9.65.
| ST. Paula Minnesota crime COM
mission, consisting of 35 women and
men from all parts Of the state, was
appointed by Governor ]. A. o. Preus
to study causes of crime and to recon-
mend methods for crime prevention
which will be submitted to the 1928
legislature.
Luverne-War has been declared on
crows in the rural districts of Rock
! county because of the liking the crow
exhibits for baby chicks. Some farm.
ers report the loss of as many as SO
chickens day.
Crookston-A three cornered race
for the Polk county clerk of court Of
fee was assured with the filing of
Minnie l. Doe, deputy of the office for
the past Is years The race is ex-
pected to be one of the closest in the
Polk county June primaries
| Waseca-The Waseca county farm
bureau is sponsoring boys and girls
short course Deing conducted in New
Richland in this city. Among the
lspeakers for the course are George
Howard, assistant state leader In boys
and girls club work, and Mrs. Baker
and T. A. Erickson, Of the university
farm.