The Worthington advance., 1901-01-04
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f0OilC Examiner rope ha0 compl06
ID that division Of his biennial report
relating to state banks. ....;s
In the past two years forty-eight
new banks have been esta bllshed.
This would have increased the number
Of state banks to 1877 but for the fact
that three liquidated, paying their de.
positors in full; three went Into the
hands of receivers at the request of the
public examiner and four were con-
verted into national banks. This
made q loss Of ten, and leaving 1877
state banks in operation.
General Pope asks the legislature to
give its attention to an amendment &c
the banking law to secure an improved
method of arriving at the correct val.
ne of the assets of banks. The exam.
liner Is comparatively helpless when
confronted with the note wallets of q
bank. He suggests that examining
committees outside of the manage
ment of banks might remedy the diff
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Buttermakers' Meeting.
From present indications there will
be 1000 visitors in st. Paul to attend
the annual meeting of the National
Creamery Buttermakers' association.
E. Studendorf of Elgin. ILL.,, secretary
of the association was in St. Paul
making arrangements for the meeting,
and announced that among the dis
tinguished visitors would be Former
Governor Hoard of Wisconsin. The
number of entries for the butter con-
contest indicates that it will be the
largest in the history of the associa-
ton, Several gold medals will be Of
fered.
VIII Vote.
Governor Lind has issued a procla.
nation providing that people of Polk
county may vote at the general cleo
tion in November, 1902, on the ques-
tion of establishing Columbia county,
with Mcintosh as the county, seat.
There was a rival petition, calling for
the setting off of the same township in
the eastern part of Polk county, but
making Fosston the county seat The
Columbia county petition had l,S44
names and that of Nelson county 1856,
so Columbia and Mcintosh won.
Free Bounties.
State Auditor Dunn issued 1854
warrants to Minnesota farmers for the
payment of bountics on tree planting
for the present year.
The aggregate amount was SIS, 572.-
80. The total tree planting of the
year covered Z, 728 11-24 acres.
Thirty-eight counties share in the
apportionment, but neither Ramsey,
Hennepin or St. Louis where the
large cities are located, is included.
A Centipedo.
A centipede, capturedin the corridor
of the st. Paul city hall, could not
Withstand the modification of captivi-
ty and about noon the next day turned
his 80 legs to the sun and died.
In the afternoon he was subjected
to searching examination by DR.. g.
A. REM, in charge of the st. Paul bac'
THEOLOGICAL department, and he was
pronounced a genuine specimen, al
though he did not come from Mexico.
Brief Notes.
Balaton now has one of the best
systems of waterworks in Southern
Minnesota.
Minneapolis capitalists are figuring
on building an electric street railway
in Mankato. A local company has a
franchise to sell and the deal is likely
to be consummated next week.
Superintendent Carmichael of the
hospital for insane at Hastings, has
applied a method that is proving very,
effective. He is setting morose pa
tients to work at the sawhorse, and it
is reported that even in aggravating
cases the demeanor undergoes great
change, as result of the exercise.
The express car on the Minneapolis
& st. Louis road caught fire a mile
south of Searles, small station seven
miles south of New Ulm, and most of
the contents were destroyed. The car
was heavily loaded with Christmas
goods. Traffic was delayed several
hours.
An anusual sight was witnessed on
the farm of w. K. Adams, few miles
east of Faribault, where the farmer
was engagedin moving hay. It waa
a second crop of clover, which he had
not time to save during the fall, and
and he concluded to get out his team
and NOW it down. 1t has been nipped
by the frost, but will still make excel
lent food for stock.
Burglars robbed the saloon of N. II.
Romould, of Fertile, and got away
with &25 in cash and about $12 worth
of goods.
Insurance agents are in receipt of a
circular letter from the state associa-
tion urging them to use their i'm:
fuence with the members of the legis-
lature to secure the enactment of a fire
marshal law similar to the law recent
ly placed upon the statute books of
Massachusetts,. :,"'..
Richard Walsh, brakeman on the
Northern Pacific, fell from the ton of
a freight train in st. Paul and received
bruises about the head, and smashing
one of his toes.
The loggers operating in the north.
ern pineries are elated over the snow
and hard freeze of the past few days.
Conditions have been much improved
in the Leeoh and Cass Lake district.
the swamps being nearly all frozen
hard while enough. snow is on the
ground to permit hauling.
A valuable horse belonging to Aug