The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1923-04-20


Cass L-ake-The Cass Lake debating
team won over Duluth Cass Lakes
next contest will be with New Ulm fol
the state championship.
NorthfieId-Mrs. S. D. Roce, Wlfe
Of the president of the First Nationa
bank of this place, and trustee OF
Carleton college, died here.
ST. Peter-Winfred Hesnault o.
Walnut Grove, took first place in the
first annual state high school orato
rical contest here under the auspices
of Gustavus Adolphus college.
Waseca-Waseca's city council has
completed it's organization by naming
w. C. Johnston as it's president. VIII
liam A. Abraham was named chief o!
the fire department.
Willmar-Farmers residing neal
Lake Lillian have formed co-opera
tive elevator company and will estab
lish an elevator at Lake Lillian sta
ton on the Luce Line.
Owatonna-The Steele county Rec
Cross chapter and the board of county
commissioners will support county
public nurse despite the fact that pre-
vious efforts of the two bodies to thai
end have been held illegal.
Moorhe Neutrality-suspicious. ministers
from Minnesota cities in the valley
closed the semiannual conference o
the Red River valley presbytery a
the First Presbyterian church.
Albert lea-Bids are being asked
by the board of commissioners o
Freedom county for an addition to thu
city and county hospital to cost ap
proximately $4,000.
Benson-J. C. Collins, 81 years ;
resident of this county, died here a
the age 20. He served ten years a
register of deeds OF Swift county
served as mayor, member of tn
school board and municipal Judge.
| Moorhead-H. LaPoint of Interna
tional Falls, Mimi, has instituted sui
against the city of Moorhead for $40
reward offered for the capture of tn
person who shot Peter Ness, Moor
head patrolman, in a holdup here il
1921.
Duuth-The United States Shir
| ping board has made a loan of $500
| 900 to the Minnesota Atlantic Transi
company of Duluth, according to
special dispatch from Washington
The local concern, which is building
$1,250,000 terminal on the bay from
plans a line of vessels driven by Die
sci engines to ply between Duluth an
New York.
Mankato-Dan Weigle of st. Pau
addressed 200 persons at meeting c
the Manakto Civic and Commerce a!
ISOLATION on the subject Better Con
munity Conditions" at the opening c
the membership drive of the associs
ton.
DuIuth-Charles La Ronge, aged 81
arrested by federal authorities at
Gary rooming house after & chas
over three states that lasted eigh
months, is in the county Jail here fat
ing a charge of violating the prohib
ton laws.
Albert lea-A settlement of Ho
landers situated at Hollandale, ne
is receiving new members from tn
old country steadily. All the land
the tract is being sold to native {
Holland.
1 Fairmont-A baby that weighed
trifle more than pound at birth
| har IN
homemade incubator by Miss Ann
Sokoll, county Red Cross nurse I'll
baby has been fed since birth @
mothers milk, at first through a m
dicine dropper, and has gained ha
a pound a week, until it weighs nea
ly four pounds.
Hibbine-That the greatest oper
tive ore body in the world lies in Hi
bling district was brought out in til
testimony of Guy Diehle, assistal
general mining engineer of the Olive
Iron Mining company on the witne:
. said that while there is a larger Oh
body known to exist in Brazil this
not being worked.
Owatonna-Delegate from cite
which are to enter clubs in the REQ
; ganized Southern Minnesota baseba
league will meet here. Besides Il
towns represented at the first .meetir
at Faribault, including Owatonn
Faribault, Austin, Albert Lea, Adam
: and Blooming Prairie. two other cite
: Mankato and Rochester, are expecte
to send representatives, giving Il
, league an eight-club organization.
Winona-Contestant of the will
Mark R. Campbell of ST. Charles W
take an appeal to the district court,
was announced, following admissit
to probate of the will. disposing of
$4,000 estate.
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. instru
tors in Minnesota schools and coun
agents throughout the state are bell
asked by L. w. Melander, leader
:, the federal barberry eradication fol
es. to make lesson on the barberry
. connection with black stem rust pa
? of Arbor Day programs on April
The Conference for the Prevention
Grain Rust, an organization repl
senting the agricultural interests
. thirteen north central states, has pl
yided the Minnesota schools with n
), terial for use in the study of bla
. stem Hlst and to enable students
identify the common barberry busf