The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1923-02-16
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company of Wadena. operating chain
of 81 lumber yards, has purchased the
Park Rapids Fuel and Supply COM
pany's yard, planning mill and coal bust
| ness, it was announced.
WiIImar-Rev. l. w. Faulstich of
Duchess, Alberta, Can, has been in
| stalled as pastor Of the German Luth-
eran church here. succeeding Rev. H.
r. Kemp, who Iast October accepted
call to the church at Osseo, Mimi.
Hastings Freeburg was found
| guilty of murder in the second degree
in Dakota county district court OF
the II jurors, eight were women. Free
| burg was charged with killing Jonas
Lindbeck, in rooming house at South
Park, where both lived.
ST. CIoud-The 14th annual conven.
| ton of the Central Minnesota Dairy.
men and Creamery Operators associa-
tion opened with a butter show. The
formal opening of the convention came
in the evening, when a banquet was
served at hotel, 125 being present.
Montevideo-Harry Harler, inspec.
| tor of perishable freight, was over
come by gas from a charcoal heater
| In railroad car. Harley had gone
| into the car to inspect the contents
and was unconscious when found. He
will recover.
| Albert Lea-The modern consolidat.
ed school building of Freedom village
| has been opened. Five new buses
| carry the children TO and from school.
One feature of the new school Is a COM
| plete high school course. The building
! was constructed at a cost of $4,000.
sprinefieId-Bi will be opened for
new church for st. Paul's Evangel.
fcal Lutheran congregation of this
city. The structure will be 62x119
feet, with steeple rising to a height
of 119 feet. The building will cost
between 100000 and $4,000, and will
seat 1000 people.
Pipestone-Since the controversy
has come up concerning the number
of past masters Masonic lodges have
in the cities of Minnesota the Masons
of Pipestone have been doing some
investigation. 1t is found that the
Pipestone Masonic lodge has % past
masters living, Is Of whom are new
residents of Pipestone.
Chisholm = The Chisholm school
board will need about 100000 to
construct and equip the new junior
high school building, according to an.
nouncements of board members. The
original sum agreed upon by the school
board and the mining representatives
was 100000 but it has been found
that an additional sum of $4,000 will
be needed for equipment
Albert Lea-Larson Brothers Con.
struction company of this city was
awarded the bid for a large paving
contrad at Platte, S. D., on a bid of
100000
Hastngs-John SECULAR of Farming
ton, Mimi, was awarded 5000. and his
wife $4,000 damages in Dakota coun.
ty district court as the result of an
auto accident in which the two were
injured Oct. II, 1922. j. E. Lynch of
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, was the defen.
dant
BarnesvilIe-The city council has
passed an amendment to the old ordi.
nance relating to men arrested for
being drunk. Under the new amend.
ment intoxicated men will hereafter
be fined from SO to $40 and costs, and
on failure to pay the fine, will be con.
fined in the city Jail not to exceed 40
days.
Austin-W. w. Walker and H. w.
Hurlburt, representing an eastern life
insurance company. announce that
they have been authorized to provide
$1,000,000 for the building of new
homes. Money will be loaned to those
desiring to build homes on a plan fol-
lowed by the company throughout the
country.
Hastings-The taking of testimony
began here in the trial Of John Free
berg, who is charged with the murder |
of Jonas H. Lindbeck at South Park. |
last March Seven persons gave testi. |
mony. Lindbeck was found shot at |
George Peason's boarding house at |
South Park, March 80, 1922, and died |
Nov. 27 of that year. Freeberg, |
boarder at the same place. was arrest. |
ed and held for the murder.
Hibbing-Although married and the
father of one child, Gunnard M. Sund. |
strom is again attending high school
In his spare hours. Sundstrom, one |
of the best athletes ever turned out /
at the Hibbing high school, is in the
employ of Uncle Sam as a clerk in
the postoffice. His marriage compelled
him to leave school at the end of the
first semester in his senior year. Now
he is endeavoring to finish so as to
graduate in June.
Hibbing- Betterment of local condt
tions, with a discussion of credits and
costs were the main topics talked over
at meeting Of the branch Of the
Northwest Lumber association, which
met at the Androy hotel. More than
80 lumber dealers from various parts
of the northwest attended the meet
ing. The next meeting of the associa.
tion will be at Duluth the early part
Of April, the definite date not having
yet been decided Upon
White River-Sioux indians continue
to be patrons of the white mans 6l-
vorce courts. The latest members OF
the Sioux tribe to have their matri-
monial bonds severed are Ernest Bor-
deaux, who was granted a divorce
by Judge John G. Bardine of the cir
cult court from Nancy Bordeaux, while
Louise Black Bear was granted d.
vorce from Jones Black Bear.
Triumph-A $4,000 bond issue ia
permit the construction of an addition