The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1923-08-24
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automobile which she was driving
turned over on a country road near
Hazel Run.
Red Wing-Articles of incorpora.
alton of the Peerless Oil company,
with headquarters at Cannon Falls
have been filed in the register OF
deeds office here.
Willmar-Plans are being made for
the observance OF Labor day in this
city. A parade will be staged through
the business streets, terminating at
the county fair grounds, where the
days exercises will be conducted
Madison-The first city election to
be conducted under the new city
charter adopted few days ago will
be conducted Tuesday, Sept. II.
when complete new set of municipal
officers will be named.
Grand Rapds-Cushman Dunn, Is
years old, Of Cohasset escaped prob
able fatal injury when an automobile
struck the boys pony which he was
riding. The pony was killed and the
automobile smashed. The Dunn boy
was tossed over the automobile.
characterization for the lower
ing of Swan lake, in Nicollet county,
have notified their attorneys at New
Ulm to take steps to appeal from the
recent decision of Judge A. B. GisIa-
son in the Nicollet county district
court, denying the petition of those
wishing to drain the lake.
Rochester-Olmsted county at the
present time seems to be afflicted with
a plague of crickets. Merchants have
complained that they are entering
stores in large numbers. Housewives
say they have innumerable crickets.
This is particularly true in the coun-
try districts. At night they are espe-
cially annoying.
FaribauIt-Rice county will be
forced to import rural school teachers
for the first time in several years, ac-
cording to John H. Lewis, county su.
perintendent of schools. There is .
lack of local teachers, caused by mar
riages and changes to higher positions
by teachers who were in rural schools
last year.
Chicago-Dr. Matthias Wahlstrom,
", superintendent of the Augustana
hospital in Chicago, who was knight
ed by the king of Sweden in 1901 for
his educational and medical work,
died from a stroke of apoplexy sui.
fered on April 81. He was president
of GustaVus Adolphus college at st
Peter, Mimi, from 1881 until 1904.
Fergus FaIIs-James Chapman and
three sons were brought to the hospi-
tai here having been injured by the ex.
ploslon OF a gun. One of the boys
laid the gun down on the kitchen
stove with shell in the barrel and
it exploded, scattering bits of gun
metal all over the room. The mother
and three sons were all seriously in
jured, particularly the younger SON.
Litchfie ld-Resolution petitioning
congress for an increase Of pay to $75
mile a year for each mile covered,
making "a mile route pay $500 a
year, and longer routes in proportion,
were passed by the Minnesota Fedora
ton of Rural Route Carriers at their
annual meeting here. The carriers
also passed resolution asking con,
gress for law allowing carriers to
retire after 80 years of service, With
an allowance of $50 a month.
Waseca-After salesman for a
"stock tonic" had secured orders from
Is farmers in this vicinity for 100.
pound lots, it was found the supposed
contracts they had signed were nego-
table notes, and that they were in
possession of local bank. The farm.
ers protested they had not signed any
come, SO the bank returned the checks
uncollected, and the signers are
awaiting the next move.
Thief River FaIIs-The sugar beet
committee of the Thief River Falls
Commercial club, headed by H. w.
Pritzeler, is at work on plan to ad.
vertise the possibilities of this section
to people residing in other parts OF
the country When the best harvest
is at it's height next fall, it is the in
tention of the committee to arrange
for special train to carry about so
carloads of beets in one shipment to
the factory in Mason City.
Redwood FaIIs-A new district of
the Order of the Eastern Star, to be
known as district No. At, has been
formed by dividing the sixth district.
Mrs. William H. Ball of Redwood
Falls has been named as district
deputy grand matron for the new dis
trict Included in the new district will
be the chapters at Winthrop, Red
wood Falls, Morton and Fairfax, those
at Marietta, Wood Lake, Dawson and
Madison remaining in the sixth dis.
trict.
MinneapoIis-Th Minnesota State
Bar association will hold its annual
convention at the Radisson hotel,
August 81, % and 20, in conjunction
with the annual sessions of the Amer
lean Bar association. The state con-
vention will close August 80, and the
national organization will convene
the same day and continue through
September l. Thousands of lawyers
from all sections of the country will
assemble the last week in August to
attend both sessions. Hundreds Of
these will be Minnesota attorneys
and judges.
DuIuth-More than 200 Duluthians
attended the international picnic at
Grand Marais. Among those attend
ing was Mayor Snively. Three thous-
and persons attended the festivities.
Grand Rapids corn and
alfalfa were shown to Minnesota's po.
tate tourists from the State Depart.
ment Of Agriculture, the University
Department. of Agriculture, and else