The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1922-02-24
NEWS OF STATE
TERSELY TOLD
Recent Happenings in Minnesota
Given in Brief Items for
Busy Readers.
ENTIRE FIELD COVERED
News of Events In Gopher State
Gathered From Many Different
Sources and Arranged In
Crisp Readable Form.

Albert Lea-The Flave -four mill at
Hartland, Freedom county, was de-
stroyed by fire.
Willmar-Mr. and Mrs. Robert TAFT
celebrated their golden wedding ami
versary at their farm home near here.
Albert Lea-The Albert Lea Ship
ping association has filed articles of
incorporation and is ready to do bust
ness.
Mankato-Crushed beneath a tree
he was cutting, Henry c. Yaeger, aged
SO years, a farmer living near here,
was killed.
Hibbing voters went on
record as favoring a 100000 re-
funding bond to put the village on a
cash basis.
Cottonwood-The ST. Lucus Norwe-
gian church, nine miles northwest of
here, was destroyed by fire, the loss
being estimated at $4,000.
Faribault-Harry C. Grant, for the
last IL years head of the farm of the
state school for the blind, died at a
local hospital, as the result of the kick
from horse. Peritonitis developed
yesterday.
st. Paul-Regulative powers of the
state compensation insurance board
created in 1921 do not extend to in
surance contracts placed before the
law went into effect June 1, 1921, the
state supreme court held.
Ferdinand L. Klemer, q
former member of the Minnesota leg
islature and prominent business man
here, is dead from heart disease. Mr.
Klemer served in the lower house OF
the 1911 and 1913 legislatures.
Hendricks - Authorities report
drinking of liquor at dance halls in
the country towns near here has in.
creased at rapid rate in the last few
months. Their efforts to curb the
nuisance have proven fruitless.
st. Peter-St. Peter high school de,
batting team won the district cham
pionship by defeating Hutchinson high
by a unanimous decision of the judges
st. Peter will represent the third dis
trict at the state debating contest.
Red Wing - The Red Wing school
board has decided to install dental
chair in the high school for free ex.
animation of pupils The intention is
to give free examination of pupils
teeth at least once every six months.
le-Disappointed in his love
affair Arthur Gaethke, aged %, living
west of this city, committed suicide by
shooting himself through the temple.
His body was found on the road with
a letter indicating his sweetheart did
not return his love.
Rochester-The State American Le-
gion executive committee went on rec
ord in favor of erection of hospital
for disabled war veterans here to cost
100000. w. J. Pierce, first district
commander, was named to direct the
raising of the funds.
Minneapolis-Con of a psy.
chopathic hospital at the University of
Minnesota, establishment of a state
constabulary and development of a
state system of parks weer urged by
Governor Preus in an address before
the Minnesota Editorial association at
the Radisson.
Slayton-Between 400 and 500 tax
payers, mostly farmers, attended the
annual meeting of the Murray County
Taxpayers league in the courthouse.
The aim of the meeting was to reduce
taxation burdens and to insist upon a
greater economy in the expenditure
of money by public officials
ADMINISTRATIONS of the Welcome
Creamery received $91,292.22 by check
and in butter during 1921 and $104,
455.S6 was received for butter sold, &C
cording to the annual report of H. II
Lundahl, buttermaker. The cost OF
making 251,5 pounds of butter was
.0352 cent per pound.
Granite Falls-Gantenbein brothers
fishermen working on the Minnesota
river between here and Cottonwood
made record haul when they pulled
in their seine, containing more than
forty thousand pounds of fish. Nearly
half of the fish in the net were game
fish and had to be put back into the
water.
ST. Paul-Minnesota is the eighth
state in the union in the value of it's
mineral products, according to a state
ment by the federal census bureau at
Washington today. 1t ranks 18th in
the number engaged in mining indus
tries and 18th in the number of wage
earners employed. The compilation is
made from the 14th census of United
States mines and quarries taken in
1919.
Adrian-The Adrian village council
has decided to gravel several of the
principal streets of the village to con-
meet up with the state and county
graveled highways.
Crookston-Kittson county farmers
clubs won the four highest places in
the annual farmers club livestock judg-
ing contest in connection with the 18th
annual Red river valley winter shows.
Sank Center-At special election
the voters of Sank Center voted, 1913 to
%, to issue 100000 of bonds to install
modern, up to date water works sys-
tenn, to be municipality owned and OPP
Grated
Northfeld-W. F. Schilling's new
barn is the largest in this county, and
so far as known it is the largest in
the state. The new structure is So by
$50 feet, and is furnished with all
modern equipment and conveniences.
1t was completed in record time fol-
lowing fire which destroyed the old
barn which had been the home of so
many nationally famous Holsteins.
Minneapolis-Dr H L. Williams,
former head football coach at the Uni