Willmar tribune., 1898-09-07
Mll!|INNESOT \! NEWS.
At Fort Smelling.

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The Fifteenth regiment is at home
Ut Fort Smelling, and 1t breathed
regimental sigh of relief as It laid it.
self down to sleep the first night. The
new location is appreciated by th6$of.
flcer and private alike. and is infinite
" the superior of sun-parched Ramsey
of unhappy memory. Sick men, in tho
field hospital, which is situated in the
depths Of shady grove, are fast get
ting better and feel reiuvenated. Col.
Leonhauser has made arrangements
for bathing in the Minnesota river. A
non-com. will take charge of squad
of men, armed with soap and towels,
and daily baths will be taken under
his direction. The colonel is be-
lever in the adage that ''Cleanliness
is the next to Goodness" and he is try
ing to teach willing pupils the same.
While the entire regiment was bathing
one OF the privates, Leidroven, was
seized with cramps and quickly sank,
but was rescued up n his first appear
ance above water.
N.w Grades.
The Minnesota railroad aud ware
house commission held it's annual
meeting for the revision of grades and
added two new grades on account of
new demands created by more extern
sive mixing. A description of these
grades is contained IN the following re-
port of Chief Grain Inspector Clausen,
which was adopted.
In case of the admixture of winter
wheat or Northern white wheat with
Minnesota grades of Northern spring
wheat. or with each other, and such
admixture is in excess of per cent, it
shall be graded according to the quail.
| ity thereof and classed as Nos. l, 2, 8,
ETC., mixed wheat, with inspectors no.
tations, describing its character.
The grades Nos. l, 2 and Chevalier
barley shall conform in all respects to
the grades of Nos. /, and barley,
except that they shall be of the Cheva-
ller variety grown in Montana, Ore
gon and on the Pacific coast.
Racing Program of the State Fair.
The managers of the Minnesota State
Fair have always kept the practical
| and educational features of the exhibi.
tion in the foreground, but they have
not neglected a clean amusement pro-
gram. For the fair, to be held Sep
tember 5th to 10th inclusive, they have
been fortunate in securing the great
est race attractions ever listed at any
fair in the state. Up to this year the
largest sum ever hung up in purses for
racing events was $1,000. This year it
has jumped to total of $50, 600, made
possible by the liberality of the bust.
ness men of the Twin Cities, who con-
tribute the magnificent sum of $40, 600.
IS, 600 for each city.
Crop Report.
q. s. Department of Agriculture.
| Minnesota Section, Weather Bureau
The temperatures were very high on
the 22d, but after that date they have
been moderate. In the southern half
| of the state there has been practically
no ram. but early in the week there
was rain in the northern half. Thresh-
ing is general in the Red River valley,
all grains but small areas of fax and
oats being cut. In other portions of
the state stacking is finished, or near
ly so, and threshing from the shock is
we'll advanced Corn is approaching
maturity satisfactorily, and on light
lands some is already being cut A
| good deal of corn was blown down by
the storm of the 10th in the south
western counties. Apples are plenti-
full in southern counties. Flowing is
going on in many parts of the state.
County Exhibits at the State Fair.
No feature of the great Minnesota
fair is destined to be more popular or
more profitable to those who take ad-
vantage of the advertising advantages
offered than the county exhibits, for
which large prizes are offered. This
feature of the fair has attracted more
attention this year than ever before,
now that its purpose has come to be
understood, and this year there IS cer-
tain to be an interesting contest be-
tween the counties for the 81, 200 in
prizes.
Need Not He Stamped
Internal Revenue Commissioner Scott
has notified Collector Won Baumbach
that new rule has been made in re.
gard to placing instrument stamps up-
on acknowledgements for deeds and
mortgages. These acknowledgements,
the commissioner rules, need not be
stamped, whether the deeds or mort
cages have instruments upon them or
not This reverses the original rule
made.
Not Divided. .~~ F.,
The proposition for the division of
Polk county has been dOwned almost
before it had q beginning y The state
board, composed Of the governor, state
auditor and secretary of state, to whom
were submitted petitions from two,
counties, met recently in the Office of
Gov. Clough. When the case was sub
mitted to the board, the vote was