Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1901-12-11

AAASS-" A1AluS NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.
Babe, second prize.
Prize-winning Tamsworth hogs
Minnesota, first,
Class So, prize boar-Minnesota, first
and second prizes.
Class 50, prize boar-Minnesota, first.
Class GO, prize Minnesota, sec
ond.
Class Gil, 2-ycar-old sovs-Minnesota,
second.
Glass g., 1-year-old sows-Minnesota,
second.
Class 63, sows under / year-Minne-
sofa, first and second.
Class IS, boar, any age-Minnesota,
sweepstakes.
these honors were won in COMPETE
ton with the very cream of the United
States live stock, and three herds for
merly belonged to Queen Victoria.
"A Souvenir.
Senator Nelson has recently received
a beautiful souvenir from his native
land which he prizes very highly. 1t is
an elegant polished elk's horn mounted
in solid silver and set upon very SUBJ
stantial pedestal.
In Norway it is an old custom to have
horns of oxen polished and prepared
for drinking use. In fact, Senator Mel
son says the old saying, Take horn, -
originated in the land of the midnight
sun. 1t is still the prevailing social
function in Norway to pass one of the
finely prepared polished horns around
among guests, after it has been filled
with wine or other liquid refreshmcnt.
Each guest takes sip and passes it on
to the next. This is something of an
innovation over the older custom,
where each person to whom a horn
was presented was supposed to drink
its entire contents.
Swamp Lands.
Now that railroad land grants have
been practically satisfied, State Auditor
Dunn finds 1907 900 acres of the sur
veyed swamp land still belonging to
the state, outside the counties Of St..
Louis, Lake and Cook. When the Du-
luth & Iron Range grant is settled
there will be at least SOC acres more
in these three counties. Great tracts
are still unsurveyed and all the land
goes to the state. There is also pos
sibility of securing the swamp land or
Indian reservations for the state. which
will bring 200, 900 or more under state
control.
State Auditor Dunn says that not an
acre of this will be sold for less than
S. This will bring in several hun
Gred thousand dollars.
Want the Capitol.
The heirs of Charles Bazille a pioneer
resident of St. Paul, are preparing to
present to the state a claim which in
wolves the ownership of the block on
which the present capitol stands. This
land was originally decided to the state
by Charles Bazille, whose heirs claim
that proviso was agreed to whereby
the property was to revert to them if
it should ever be abandoned a capitol
site. AS such abandonment will occur
shortly they think they can prove title
to the land.
A few years ago, after the new capitol
had been decided upon, the heirs, it is
said, refused an offer of $4,000 for their
claim. The property consists of an en-
tire block in the center of st. Paul and
is, of course, worth much more than the
amount offered.
On a Strike.
Granite cutters employed at the state
capitol went out on strike. They claim
that blacksmith employed with their
crew was doing work which did not
properly come within his province.
Considerable difficulty is being met with
in fillin5 the strikers places, and it is
possible that unless a settlement is eff
fected soon the work will be delayed.
Burned to Death.
Daniel Burns, aged "a years, a resident
of Lakeville burned to death in a straw
stack near Credit river. He was suf-
fering from dementia and had wandered
away from his friends.
It is supposed that Burns set fire to
the stack accidentally. His coat and vest
were found some distance from the stack.
His body was half consumed.
Shot a Wolf.
killed a timber wolf while hunting rab-
bits at Cedar Lake.
He was skirting the edge of the lake,
part of the time walking on the ice. when
he suddenly came upon the animal. The
boy raised his shotgun and fired, killing
the wolf instantly.
Much Money.
The report again comes from New York
that the Twin City Rapid Transit Com
pany will expend s1,500,000 during the
coming summer in lettering its equip
ment. Most of this money, it is said,
will go into big cars Of the new type,
which are to be utilized on every line in
the two cities, and to extending the con-
tinuous rail system over all routes.
.xs...~ 81 Smallpox. .
Reports to the surgeon general of the
United States marine hospital, service
show that since June % there have been
2,O30 cases of smallpox in Minnesota, but
only IA deaths. s.-;.,
During the same period last year there
were 1872 cases and 3 deaths.
... Shot from Ambush. +
Michael Hill, q prosperous Finnish
farmer at Carlton county, was shot dead
from ambush near his home, and Jacob
France, a neighboring homesteader, was
arrested by Detective Troyer of Duluth
in one of the logging camps of Alger,
Smith & Co., where he was working as
q WOodsman. ss; =Ea.8 z54as$s .n
sss:z . & More Ore. ~.
Another important discovery of iron. ore
is reported from the Mesaba range. a
large deposit Of good quality south Of the
Cincinnati mine and east Of the town.
site Of Biwabik. The interested are M.
i. Fay and John Costin Of Virginia ana
Jcha NcGreeyy Of Duluth.