Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1899-11-01
.MINNESOT NEWS.
TO GET A LIBRARY.

The Minnesota Library Commission,
which was established by act of the last
legislature, consists of Miss Margaret J.
Evans, Mortified, president; Miss Gratia
A. Countryman, Minneapolis, secretary;
Dr. Cyrus Northrop, Minneapolis; war
rem Upham and John H. Lewis, st. Paul,
the first two named being the appointed
members.
The act which created the commission
also authorized it to purchase collections
of books which shall be loaned by groups
of libraries to any town, village or COM
munity within the state. Each OF these
libraries will contain fifty books, and WILL
be loaned for six months at a time to any
place making the proper application. At
the end of that time it must be returned
TO the commission, to be exchanged, II
DESIRED for another. A charge of 81 Will
be made for each library to cover the
cost of freight and transportation.
10 secure these libraries, the people of
community must organize library as
ISOLATION of at least ten tax payers, who
shall sign an application promising to be
responsible for the safe return Of the
books and the observance of the rules.
Libraries will also be loaned to any pub
lie library, if the application is signed
by the library trustees; or to any associa-
ton library, providing that no charge is
MADE FOR the use of the travelling library.
These libraries will be ready for circu-
lat1on about Jan. /, 1900. Rules and appli-
cation blanks may be obtained from the
secretary, Miss Countryman, at the Min
neapolis public library, to whom all COM
munications should be addressed.
CIhroIyT
MAN.
A most remarkable case Of accidental
death occurred in a Duluth hotel. John
Gustafson. settler at Chicago bay, on
the north shore of Lake Superior, was
proving up on a claim, and during the
day imbibed too freely. He retired about
midnight. His partner, M. c. Harvig,
| was already in the room and asleep.
In the morning Harvig awoke and
found Gustafson hanging to the hinge of
| the door, cold and lifeless. He had fallen
| forward head first from sitting position
on the edge of the bed. The back of his
| collar caught on the small knob on the
top of the lower hinge, and he was evil
IDENTIFY so drunk that he could not get up,
and he strangled there. When found his
| head was not more than a few inches
l
| How he ever hung there in that position
without slipping off is mystery. His
face was SO black from the strangulation
that it would be<difficult to tell from it
alone whether he was white or black. He
! was an unmarried man, and had no
relatives in this country
| LANDS IN GOOD DEMAND.
State Auditor Dunn has found land
values in the southern part of the state
| booming. He reports that at the sale in
| Watonwan county all the land offered
was sold save two pieces. One tract sold
| at $6l. rs per acre, and several sold above
$50 per acre. In all about 800 acres were
| sold.
| A report from the sale in Wright coun-
| ty also shows that 800 acres were sold at
| prices ranging from IS to $40 per acre, the
average being ST. All of the tracts Of
| fered save one were redeemed by the par
ties holding them.
| A GENEROUS GIFT.
| Through the efforts of the Evening
Herald, Andrew Carnegie has offered to
! donate $4,000 to the city of Duluth to
| erect building for free public library,
conditioned upon a satisfactory site being
provided by the city. The offer is the re-
| suit of a communication sent to Mr.. Car
negie several months ago, drawing Mr..
| Carnegie's attention to what Duluth has
| done and is doing for it's free public IL
| brary, and the need of a library building
| in this city.
| REAFFIRMED
The Anderson law, taxing unused rail-
way lands, has been sustained by the su-
preme court once more. In the case of
st. Louis county against the Duluth &
Iron Range Railroad Company, the court
expresses the opinion that the legislature
cannot make an irrevocable contract ex-
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