The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1922-01-13

of 81 in soft coal were put into effect
here.
Slayton- Edward Krusemark lost
tire fingers when he put shotgun
she'll on a stove and an explosion fol-
lowed.
Adrian-Eldon Fitzpatrick, aged 40,
is dead here from injuries received
when he fell from ladder while re-
pairing roof
Marshall-Hogace G. Hoffman, aged
20, a resident of Marshall for the last
80 years, died at his home here after
brief illness.
Waseca-Members of the Waseca
county fair board have named Aug.
%, 20 and 80 as the dates for the an
nual county fair.
Ely-Mines here are running full
shifts. The Pioneer mine employees
$50 men, the Sibley 200 and the Zen
18th It's men. A great deal Of wood
cutting also is being done.
st. Paul-The state securities COM
mission, denied the application for
charter of the proposed Guaranty
State bank of Minneapolis, to be Iocat-
ed at Tenth st and Nicollet av.
Willmar-Bus service has been es-
tablished between Willmar and Nor
ris, via Benson, during the past week.
At Morris connections are made with
other points, including Alexandria.
Grove City-Nels Lindskog. aged
80, was killed while chopping down
trees On the Adolph Nelson place north
of here. He was found dead near
tree which had struck him when fall
ing.
st. Paul-The Farmers State bank
Of Big Lake, which was closed several
weeks ago, was reepened for business
with new officers in charge. 1t has a
capital of $4,000 and surplus of 3d.
600.
Minneapolis-A fight to obtain lower
hotel rates throughout Minnesota will
be started Immediately by the Mime
sofa Commercial Mems association, an
organization of 1900 members, fol-
lowing a meeting here.
Moorhead-The Commercial club
has named committee to endeavor to
have work started at the Moorhead
end of the proposed hard surface road
to be built from here to Duluth under
the Babcock amendment.
st. Paul-Five persons convicted OF
murder and five convicted of man.
slaughter are among the IA prisoners
whose appeals for pardon and clemen-
cy came before the state pardon board
at it's quarterly meeting.
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farmers of Itasca county have sent in
a petition asking that 585 acres of
land be cleared under the Bessette
law. 1t is figured clearing of the land
will cost about $40 an acre.
Fairmont-In an effort to replace
what citizens have denounced as a
charter relic of the muskrat age" Is
voters and freeholders of Fairmoat
have been named by Judge E. c. Dean
of the district court to frame new
charter.
Ellendale-Hog cholera has again
broken out in this vicinity after one
epidemic was supposedly stamped out
a few weeks ago. The first appear
ance of the new outbreak was in the
herd of Thomas Larson, east of this
village.
st. Cloud-Plans completed for the
finishing of st. Mary's Catholic
church in this city, indicate st. Cloud
will have one of the most beautiful
structures in central Minnesota, when
the new church is finished. The esti-
mated cost of the church is 100000.
Minneapolis-Re of his all
legged confession and a complete de-
NAL of the charge that he fired the
shots which killed Lawrence Cohagen,
Milwaukee railroad fagman, was the
defense of George Gibbs, on trial be-
fore District Judge HI. ID. Dickinson
on a charge of murder.
Marshall = B. A. Casserly, grocery.
man, went to his store early to do
some work on his books and found
fire burning at the rear of the build
ing. He was able to extinguish the
flames and investigation disclosed
partly filled can of kerosene which the
party starting the fire had left.
Minneapolis Wholesale price of
butter dropped cents and of eggs 5
cents at the exchange on commission
row. Butter sold at 80 cents a pound,
less than one-third of its wholesale
price a year ago. 1t was 62 cents on
Jan. 10, 1921. Eggs sold at % cents
dozen today, and for so cents a year
ago.
.Minneapolis-Five cars of -four,
carload each from Mankato, New
Prague and st. James, and four cars
of corn from Mountain Lake, went for
ward to New York for shipment to
the Volga famine area as part of Min
nesotas response to the appeal of the
Minnesota Russian Relief committee
for "a million pounds of flour to save
million lives in Russia "
st. Paul-That the rural school is
the weak link in Minnesota's educa-
tional system, requiring several meas
ures to bring up its standards, and
that health supervision Of school chill
dren should be extended to the entire
state, are conclusions forced on mem
bers of the interim legislative COM
mission on education as result Of
three days of hearings at the state
capitol, members of the commission
said. The commission recessed until
Jan. "a, when it will resume hearing
representatives of various organiZa-
tions.
st. Paul-Fourteen hundred farmers
and 400 farm women returned to their
homes following weeks intensive
coaching in up-to-the-minute develop
ments in farm management at what
short course officials termed the most
successful farmers and homemakers