The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1923-07-27
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pOl1tlcal leader, VINO dled suddenly or
hemorrhage of the stomach, were con-
Quoted her at the Central Methodist
church.
Fairmonc-The Minnesota confer.
ence, Epworth league institute, has
been permanently awarded to Fair
mont, it was announced by Dean E.
C. Horn after a conference with G. E.
Guthrie, national secretary.
Kenyon-The University of Mime.
sofa will conduct soils and alfalfa
day at their experimental fields on the
Voxland and Foss farms near Kenyon,
st. Peter-St. Peter is ready for it's
biggest convention of the year, the
annual session of the third district
legion and auxiliary, which will meet
for two days. More than 10000 peo-
pie are expected to attend
Ortonville-One of the first land
deals of the season was closed when
Titus Schau, living a mile north OF
Correll, sold his 260-acre improved
farm to H. Barnhardt of Triumph
Mimi, for consideration of $4,000
Albert Lea-Adolph Christensen, a
farmer of Bath township, Freeborn
county, has on his place a harvester
that is still being used after 33 years
service. 1t was bought in 1890 and
for sevral years did service on two
farms every season.
Red Wins-Red Wings proposed
$4,000 improvement bond issue, sub
mltted to supply funds for paving and
other street improvements, was ap.
proved. OF 1857 votes cast, the pro-
posed issue received 1916, or 337
more than necessary.
Jaskson-The county commission
ers of Jackson county have voted
$150,000 road bonds with which to
complete the grading and crawling
of trunk highway No. 4 between this
city and Window, distance of ap.
proximately 20 miles. Work will start
as soon as the bonds have been sold.
Jackson-Eli Land OF Window was
elected district commander of the sec.
ond district American Legion in con-
V. Barron of Cloquet was the princi.
pal speaker at banquet attended by
visiting service men and the women's
auxiliary of Jackson
Duuth-Sister Serena of st. Raph-
aePs hospital, st. Cloud, was elected
president of the Minnesota and North
Dakota district of the Catholic Hos.
pital association of the United States,
and Canada, at the end of a two day
meeting at st. Mary's hospital, of the
district association.
Belle PIaine-Joe Haig, a 15-year-old
lad, who joined small travelling cir.
Gus two ago, was drowned in the Min.
nesota river here when he stepped
into deep hole while bathing with
group of boys. Officials of the circus
which showed here declare they do
not know where the boys home is or
anything about him.
Hibbins A grasshopper plague
which is destroying crops in several
sections of northern Minnesota is
proving a boon to poultry raisers.
Owners Of chicken farms at Dewey
Lake, midway between Hibbing and
Chisholm, report grasshoppers are so
thick that it is not necessary to feed
the chickens.
Ely-A telephone message received
at the office of the forest supervisor
here tells of Wilho Somero and George
| Moravitz, two United States forest
guards being driven off their beats by
a bear and her two cubs. They were
patroling the telephone line in the
Superior National forest when they
came upon the bears.
Austin-Austins proposed lighting
| system in the downtown district vir.
tually is assured by the passage of an
amendment to the city charter at the
special election. Out of a total of
| 1859 votes cast on the charter amend.
ments, 1,099 voters expressed their ap-
prevail of the installation of a modern
! lighting system.
ST. PauI-F. w. Mattson, commits
sioner of public safety of st. Paul, is
| to be named member of the Mime
sofa railroad and warehouse commits
| 8,
recent appointee, who resigned after
filing the office for two weeks. Mr..
Sterling was named to succeed F. w.
Putnam, who resigned to go into law
practice in Minneapolis.
DuIuth-Completion Of arrange
ments for the purchase from the
Weyerhauser interests of CIoquet ad-
ditional power properties on the St.
Louis river, by the American Power
and Light company, which recently
acquired the Great Northern Power
and the Minnesota Utilities company,
was announced by w. S. Robertson of
the Phoenix Utilities company, which
is in charge of developments in this
district.
Rochester-The last of the famous
Mayowood herd of Herefords, which
at one time numbered 500, will be dis
posed of at public auction. The work
of breaking up and disposing of this
herd, which was known throughout
the Northwest, has been going on for
several months. At present. approx.
mately rs head remain at the Mayo
wood farms and the decision to dis
perse the herd came after the owner,
DR.. C. H. Mayo, decided to go exclusive.
ly and extensively into the develop
ment of a dairy herd.
Moose Lake-Two young men were
drowned and third narrowly escaped
similar fate when rowboat upset
in Sand lake.
MarbIe-Because he believed he had
"souealed" on him and caused his ar
rest for operating moonshine still,
Steve Judlch shot and killed Steve
Derrick of White City, near Marble.
Judicb was Immediately arrested and
taken to the county jail at Marble.