The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1924-09-12

Windom-Suit has been filed in dis
trict court here against w. l.. John
son, De Witt Lawhead and others, for
$4,000 damages as a result of an au-
tomobile accident here last spring.
Robbers entered the Of
fee of the Mankato Cooperative
Creamery company blew the safe and
secured about SIS in cash which it
contained.
Hibbins- persons were Sc
verely injured when a racing auromo-
bile overturned and crashed into the
crowd overlooking the Hibbing Fair
racecourse.
Lake City-The new Mary McCahill
institute opened for work in all de-
partments, eight grades, four years of
high school and department of must
cal instruction.
Ortonville-Twenty-on churches of
the Minnesota conference, represent
ed by their pastors, gathered at Or
tonville to assist in the dedication Of
the new constructed Zion Lutheran
church edifice of this city.
Red Wins-The commissioners of
Goodhue county, slashed $4,000 off
! the budget for the coming year from
the figures of the tax levy for last
year. The levy is set at 1882, 900 as
compared with $4,000 in 1923.
Moorhead-More than 100 stitches
were required to close gaping
wound in Joe Storms face when he
was slashed by broken glass of a
windshield in a smashup near Moor
head.
ST. cIoud-Otto Johnson, 80 years
old, thresher, was crushed to death
six miles east of Rice when he was
knocked down in trying to couple a
tractor operated by his partner to the
separator. The wheel Of the tractor
passed over his head
MinneapoIis-John R. Mitchell, ST.
Paul banker, will assume his new
duties as Federal Reserve agent for
the Ninth Federal Reserve Bank in
Minneapolis. Mr. Mitchell was ap-
pointed by the federal reserve board
at Washington to succeed the late
John H. Rich.
MinneapoIis-The Ford Motor COM
pany entered the coal business in the
Northwest, announcing that a large
stock of soft coal is ready for deliv-
cry at it's dock in Duluth and will be
sold at wholesale prices in car lots
to authorized Ford dealers and agents
in this territory.
Luverne-First title to grain on a
farm rests in the landlord, according
to a decision by Judge l.. S. Nelson
in the district court, reversing the
verdict of a jury in Rock county dis
trict court. The claim to grain, rails
ed for rentals, is given preference
over a banks mortgage.
Wheaton-What is believed to be a
record yield of fax was threshed on
the farm of Earl Drinkwitz, eight
miles south of Wheaton. The crop
averaged 80 bushels to the acre. The
yield was measured by Fred Seiden-
stitker, president of the Aravers coun-
ty farm bureau.
Sleepy Eye-Under an, ordinance re-
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dogs are to run at large in the city
of Sleepy Eye. By the passage Of the
new ordinance the old measure pro-
viding for the licensing of canine is
revoked and persons who have al
ready paid their dog tax will have
their money refunded.
Brownton-Five bandits who forced
their way into the First State Bank
were engaged in gun fight by resi-
dent Of the town and they fed with
out obtaining any loot. H. E. Seeland,
restaurant keeper living across the
street from the bank, discovered the
bandits at work, and using an auto
matte shotgun, he drove them from
the town. No one was hurt.
ST. CIoud-At a meeting of COM
mittee headed by Mayor j. Arthur
Bensen, a decision was reached to
have the opening of the United States
Veterans hospital here set either
September II, IS or 10 and make it a
feature of the National Legion con-
vention. A special train will be
chartered from st. Paul for-~those
who can possibly make the trip.
Hastings-An automobile jaunt of
100 miles or so over to Mortified and
round of calls on friends here were
the preliminaries INDUCED IN by Mrs.
Lany Truax, who celebrated her 103rd
birthday anniversary. Mrs. Truax,
probably the oldest living woman in
Minnesota, will start upon the fourth
year of her second century of life,
happy in the thought that her health
is still good, that she is capable OF
doing her own homework and that
she can number her friends. like her
age, by the hundreds.
Austin-A nall has been sent out for
the redemption at once of $1,000
worth of the George A. HORNED & Co.
first mortgage 61a per cent bonds.
These bonds were issued following the
theft of "Cy" Thomson, ant .he call
ing in of its bonds is taken as an in
dication of the strong financial con-
dition of the Austin packing plant
Butternut-Burglars who apparently
thought it was payday, broke into the
Butternut Mercantile company store,
blew open the safe and damaged the
building, but got only SIS. A little
earlier they would have gotten as
much as $4,000