The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1924-10-31
NEWS OF THE NATION BRIEFLY TOLD

for tourist park camp ground.
Worthington-Rob obtained a
quantity of jewelry when they raided
the Storm Drug Store at Jefferes.
Montevideo-Th Kiwanis Club and
the Commercial Club have pledged
their support to the annual Chippewa
County Crop Improvement Show, here
in December.
Springfield Springfield will have
one of the finest municipal skating
Kinks in southern Minnesota if pres
ent plans of the board of education are
fulfilled.
ST. CIoud-The st. Cloud Guaranty
Trust Company, which will begin bust.
ness in this city on December l, will
start with paid up capital of $780,.
600.
Aitkin-Farms for raising furbear.
ing animals are to be established in
Aitkin county by two companies which
have been formed here. One farm
will be near Round lake.
cIndoe Stewart Alex.
ander, leading southern Minnesota
lumberman and operator of an out.
standing dairy farm, died here follow.
ing an illness of three months.
Owatonna-George M. Finn, "A
years old, former member of the state
legislature, died at his home here. He
came to Minnesota in 1879 from Nova
Scotia.
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st. Paul, was shot and seriously
wounded in hunting accident at Cut
Foot, Sioux lake, where he was hunt
ing ducks.
Austin-Sheriff Nicholson of Mower
county has notified the United States
marshal that the county Jail here
cannot handle any more federal pris
oners. The county Jail is filled.
Windom-At the annual meeting OF
the Cottonwood County Old Settlers
Association here, William Teed was
named president for the co4a!ng year,
Mrs. E. ]. Grove secretary and Phil
Redding treasurer.
Minneapolis-T involv.
ing writing of checks in Minneapolis
in the week ending October %, totaled
$125, 900, or $46.000,000 more than
for the corresponding week year
ago.
Brainerd-William Schilb, ma
chinist employed in the Northern Pa
cific railway shops here, was killed in
.stantly near here and his companion
Ed Drefahl, was seriously injured
when their car went off the road.
Falrmont-Fred Anderson, appoint
ed by the state tax commission to re
assess money and credit items in four
Martin county townships, has finished
the work and made his report. He
increased the assessment from $780,
$50 to s253,925.
Hibbine-The village council OF
Hibbing voted favorably on resolu.
ton presented by the Kiwanis Club
that the village election date be
changed from April to December, and
that officers so elected to take office
on January 1.
Waseca-Dedicatio of the new
$350,000 high school building will
take place. November 81, it was de
cided by the board of education. The
dedication will be one OF the principal
events of American Education week
here.
Pipestone-Fire caused heavy dam
age to the livestock department of the
government training school here. The
large modern dairy barn, recently con
structed at a cost of several thousand
dollars, was destroyed with large
quantity of hay stored in it.
characteristics taking the lead in
plans for getting out full vote here
for the general election November A.
the American Legion Post is collect
ing toys to be sent to the state hospf
tai for crippled children at Phalen
Park, st. Paul.
Barnesville-H. T. Opsahl, science
instructor in the GAINESVILLE high
school, who was charged with punist
ing his pupils by use of an electric
chair" was released from charge OF
assault and battery in the second de-
gree In justice court here.
st. .PauI-Minnesota raised S457..
789.194 for educational purposes dur.
ing the past year, according to a com
pilation of reports in the office # state
auditor. This is an increase of 81
per cent over the amount raised for
this purpose 10 years ago.
head-Members of the Mime
sofa Potato Gorwers' Exchange are
unloading an average of rs carloads OF
potatoes daily at the local warehouse.
Moorhead warehouses also are weigh
ing in over two carloads of sugar
beets daily for shipment to Chippewa
Falls. Wis.
AUSTIN. N Nicholson, SO, promf
nent member of the Mower county bar
and active in national guard circles
of southern Minnesota died at hos
pital here. He was i'll three months.
Mr.. Nicholson was captain of Com.
pany G and during the world war com.
manded the home guards here.
ST. Peter-With a broken leg and a
badly bruised body, Winfield Turner
propped himself up in the field quar-
ter of mile from highway and tried
in vain to attract the attention of sew
eral passing motorists. After an hour
patient of the hospital for the in
sane, taking his daily wall, saw Tur-
ner's signals and took message to
Mrs Turner.
FaribauIt-Contracts for the con-
struction of garbage incineration
plant in the city of Faribault has been
awarded.
Rochester-Miss Katherine A. King
was elected president of the Women's