The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1923-08-10


coIeraine-The ST. Paul mine her,
has resumed. operations for the frs
time since 1914.
SIayton-L. c. Johanson, aged SO. F.,
farmer living near this village. wa:
drowned by falling into the water tanl
on his farm.
Enthusiastically Attorney Thoma!
Fraser has given the city council al
opinion that city bank, organized
primarily to take care Of the city.
cash and directly supervised by the
city authorities, is neither feasible
nCr PRACTICAL.
Minneapolis-The University o.
Minnesota ranks fifth among the uni
versities of the country in the number
of summer session students register
cd, according to report received by
A. V. Storm, director of the summer
session. The registration this season
was 3,243.
Rochester-The city council has
served notice on the postoffice depart
ment that if sprinkling assessment
levied against the lots on which the
postoffice stands is not paid by Jan
1, 1924, the city sprinkling wagons
will shut off the water as they pass
that way.
Warroad-The school election here
may be declared illegal because sew
eral of the candidates for the board
served as judges and clerks of cleo.
ton. Now the men and women
chosen to the board have appealed to
the attorney general for an opinion
as to the legality of their election.
Two Harbors-A reduction in ore
traffic on the Duluth and Iron Range
railroad has resulted in a cut from
20 to IL ore crews operating trains.
1t is believed the traffic will resume
its former strength with the arrival
of more boats, at the head of the
lakes in few days.
st. CIoud-Hundreds of children
were happy in st. Cloud when four
Fairgrounds sponsored by the Kiwanis
club were opened. The club. provided
the funds for employment of super
visors, who are contributing their
services for nominal remuneration.
The city purchased the equipment.
Mankato-With the object of TAX
ing the memorial business out of the
old tombstone clubs and placing it in
the art class, and also perfecting the
organization of the Memorial Crafts
men of Minnesota, North and South
Dakota, the members of the State
Memorial Craftsmen of Minnesota
will hold two-day convention here.
Swift FalIs-Funeral services were
conducted here for ]. NJ. Danelz, found
er Of Swift Falls. Mr.. Danelz died
at the age of a. He established the
Swift Falls -four mill, mercantile
store, creamery and bank. He also
established the Swift Falls postoffice
in 1876 and served as postmaster %
years.
Thief River FaIls-Potato tourists
from the South and from Minnesota
points, being shown Minnesota's new
potato crop by the university depart
ment of agriculture and the state de-
partment of agriculture representa-
tives, found Pennington county farm
ers shifting their interest in some
measure from potatoes to sugar
beets.
Hampton-Great Western passen-
ger train No. z, bound from Kansas
City to Minneapolis, was wrecked
here when bolts laid on the rails at
a curve caused the engine and bag
gage car to roll over. Only the fact
that the train was going slowly, at a
rate estimated at between 10 and Is
miles per hour at the time, saved a
serious wreck. At is was, no one was
injured. Traffic was delayed eight
hours.
Austin-Leon Coggins, star high
school athlete, will be available for
teams at ST. Mary's college, Winona,
which he will attend next fall. Cog
gins will bring to st. Mary's an en-
viable record. He participated in 23
games last season and of the 500
points accounted for half of them
He has won five letters, four of
them for basketball and one for base
ball.
Bemidi-A decision rendered in
district court here by Judge c. W.
Stanton holds that the World war
officially ended, so far as the United
States was concerned, when the
President signed a proclamation to
that effect on November IA, 1921.
Sheriff Andrew Johnson and the
board could not agree on the
date and as it meant rs cents a day
more for each prisoner he had fed
from July to November IA, 1921,
Johnson brought suit for the differ
enec. The court sustained his con-
tention, and the county was ordered
to pay s272.25 claimed by the sheriff
HIbbing - Harold Gelein, former
athletic director at Chisholm high |
school, has accepted an appointment |
in the athletic department of the
Hibbing high school. He probably |
will have charge oil the junior ath-
etic classes and alAo will assist in |
basketball and football coaching.
st, PauI-The annual dinner of the |
American Bar association, to be held |
IN conjunction with the annual con-
yenticn in Minneapolis, August 29
o 81, will be held in st. Paul in per-
oetuation of time-honored comlpi-
nen.ary custom, it was announced |