The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1923-11-30

Harbors and the range cities are here
for the annual district conference.
Albert Lea-The 35th anniversary
of the Luther academy in this city was
celebrated by the faculty and students.
Observation-Disclosures of the First
Methodist church here are making
elaborate preparations for the dedica-
ton of new $4,000 pipe organ.
Austin-Jay C. HORNED, candidate
at the state legion convention for de-
partment commander, was named to
head the local post at it's annual meet
ing here.
Observation-Disclosures again has a
choral association as the result of the
organization of the Owatonna Music
club with an initial membership of So
leading vocalists.
New UIm = Acting on the petition
Of many club women of this city, the
board of education voted to permit
dances in the gymnasium Of the high
school building.
JSnesviIle = The Evang eiical Trim
ity Lutheran church was dedicated
here in the presence of hundreds of
Mankato Stockholders of Beth
any collsge have turned down the Of
fer to exchange the local college prop
erty for 1900 acres of North Dakota
land.
DuIuth-Dr Smuel Carson McCor-
mick, Sc, said to have been the Oldest
practicing physician in the state and
one of the oldest members of the
Royal Arch Masons in the northwest,
died after an illness of seven months.
Big Falls = Bandits, who entered
this village by automobile cut all the
telephone wires leading out of the
town, dynamited the safe of the Al
Schalsby soft drink parlor and es-
capped with $500 in cash and checks.
Winona Purchase of the Young
Women's Christian association admin
istration building in this city by the
council of the Knights of Columbus
was announced here. The building is
to be used as lodge quarters and
clubhouse for the new owners.
Marshall Merwin Kiel, farmer
near here, has no cause to complain
of his corn crop this year. On tract
of 145 acres Kiel will have more than
9.40O bushels of corn, the average be-
ing about 65 bushels to the acre. Last
year the same field yielded 100 bush
els of corn.
Breckenridge = Authorities sent the
2k-year-old boy, found brutally beat,
en- in an clubhouse at Nashua, back to
his father and little brother in Den
yer. The father, John ]. Randall, was
located through the efforts of Judge
Ben B. Lindsey, Of the juvenile court
at Denver, who reported to the Off
Gals here that the parent was an hon
est, Woodworking father who had
placed the child in care of couple
which recently disappeared from town.
Duluth = Handcuffed and locked in
a stateroom on board the steamer
Huronic, John Donald Lockwood, age
rs, former Toronto, Can, policeman
who was detained here for the Fort
William, Ont, police where it is said
he escaped from Jail Nov. 4, and who
was being returned to Fort William
disappeared in mid-lake before the
ship reached Port Arthur and was
missing when Fort William authorities
met the boat to take him off.
Hibbing = Seventeen minutes after
the jury took the case, the jury re.
NJ Of N
case of C. C. Alexander, charged with
grand larceny in connection with pad.
ding the payroll. while superintendent
of schools. The verdict brings to an
end a trial which has been followed
with interest by the people of the en-
tire range. This was the second trial
for Mr.. Alexander and his second &C.
quittal.
Faribault = State Highway Commits
sioner C. M Babcock has notified
County Auditor Frank M. Kaisersat'
that Stems, Helmers and Schaffner
contractors who built the Faribault
Mortified concrete pavement on
Trunk Highway No. 1, cannot collect
$4,000 in damages which they have
asked from Rice county because of an
alleged delay resulting from the coun
tvs failure to furnish the proper sub
grades.
KeIIiher-A quarrel over girl on a
farm near here resulted in the muir
der of four persons. His victims are
John Sanders, farmer. 60 years old
father of the girl oyer whom the quar-
rel arose. Mrs. John Sanders, 60 years
old, the girls mother. Oscar Jimmy
SO years old, farmer. j. A. Wilson. Al
wears old, marshal at Kelliher, who
was shot down Ths series of muir
ders arose from dispute between
Portana and Timrny, at Timmy's farm
two miles from the home of Sanders.
Hibbina - Not only will the village
OF Hibbing levy on the basis of the
1928 population, as revealed by the re
cent census, but it will levy for $3.50,
343.S7 more than it did several months
ago, according to a resolution passed
at a meeting of the village council
Shafer-Captured by posse o
citizens four hours after he held VI
and robbed the Shafer State bank Of
between $4,000 and $4,000 in currency
Richard Chafee is held in the county
fail at Center City. Chafee was over
taken by the posse near Nevcrs Dam
10 miles north of Center City. He sur
rendered without fight.