Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1902-01-17
NEWS II, II MINNESOTA

Thomas M. aShevlin, first vice presi.
dent of the Minnesota State Agricul:
tural society, has resigned.
The new blacksmith shop at the st.
Cloud reformatory has been destroyed
by fire. The loss is about $1,000.
A decree of divorce has been grant.
ed to Karin Erickson of Vasa, Ga years
old, whose husband, of the same age,
left her in 1885,
John Rice, residing near Bird Island.
was thrown from his buggy in runa:
way and died soon after. He was
about Is years of age.
Reports have reached Duluth of ex
element over valuable gold discov.
cries in the Sturgeon Lake district, so
miles north of the Canadian Pacific
road.
News has reached Austin of the
death at his ranch near. San Diego.
CAL, of John S. Irgens, who served as
secretary of state of Minnesota in 1875.
1876, 1877.
Rev. J. F. Hamilton, rector of the
Episcopal church at Sank Center for
20 years. is dead at Chicago. He was
a brigadier general in the Confederate
army during the Civil war.
Peter Klien, laboring man employ.
ed by the Red Wing Cigar Manufactur.
ing company, has discovered he is one
of the heirs to the Cronkhite estate, in
Holland, amounting to $80,000,000.
Duluth is going to make a strong
effort to be selected as the location of
the fourth naval training station. IN
spite of the fact that the secretary OF
the navy has suggested Milwaukee.
The Eastern Minnesota road has
| bought the Enterprise iron ore prop.
erty, 40 acres, one mile north of Vir-
ginia on Mesaba range. for $3.50, 900.
w. H. Yawkey of Detroit was the
owner.
A petition urging the establishment
of national park in Minnesota has
been presented in the house and sen.
ate by the state delegation. It was
signed by many associations in Min.
nesota.
| q. P. Barnum. clerk of courts of
stearns county, is dead, aged 70 years.
Mr.. Barnum was twice candidate for
lieutenant governor on the Democratic
state ticket and for years published
the Sank Center Avalanche.
! Smallpox shows an increase through.
out the state. Last week the state
medical board reported 261 new cases
in addition to those of convalescents.
This week 379 new cases are reported
in 80 localities in Al counties. This
is an increase of 118 new cases.
Flax receipts at Duluth for the four
months ending Dec. 81 were 14,526,S33
bushels, against G,51G,S17 bushels for
the same period last year. Duluth is
now claimed to be the greatest flax
market in the world, having developed
from nothing in the past 10 years.
Officers of the Northwest Thresher
company of Saltwater are authority
for the statement that the output of
the plant will be increased more than
| 200 per cent for the coming season and
that the company's plant will be en-
larged materially as occasion demands
it.
Cole and Jim Younger have applied
to the board of pardons for commuta'
ton of sentence to IS years. Counting
their good time' allowance they have
already served sc years. They repre-
sent that friends are ready to set them
up in business In Missouri. their old
home.
The Twin City dealers predict that
there will be horse famine in the
Northwest within a short time. in fact.
they say that there is already a scar.
city of good horses. The prices of de-
sirable animals have been rising stead.
lily and there is no indication that the
limit has been reached.
Governor Van SAINT has issued q
formal call for special session of the
legislature on Feb. to consider the
report of the tax commission and to re-
wise the law governing taxation. The
call is in accordance with an agree
ment whereby the legislature cut short
it's session of last winter.
E. E. Peck, who recently sold TEL
ephone exchange in Zumbrota, is fig
uring on establishing an Independent
system at Red Wing and says that If
subscription of $4,000 is made to a
capital of 5000 he will install mod.
ern system with conduits in the bust.
ness section and the central energy
call method.
Frank Moreth, farmer from Bris'
tol, Wis, lost $1,000 while on the way
10 81. raul 10 pay OIL Luo mortgage on
his farm. His mother gave him the
cash before he started from home. He
arrived in st. Paul at 1915 in the after
noon and went to the land agents to
pay off the mortgage and discovered
that his money was gone.
A corporation. to be known as the
Albert Lea Light and Power company,
with a capital stock of 100000 au.
thorized, $125,000 of which is to be
paid in cash, has been perfected. The
new company will take over the plant
and business. of the Albert Lea Elec-
trio company and will furnish elec-
trfcity and hot water heat. w
The state board of health is begin.
ming a. vigorous campaign against
lumber camps infected with smallpox
and the first cases appearing are look.
ed after carefully and promptly. Han.
ding the disease in the camps, state
health officers say. is the hardest prob.
lem with which, the state board has to
deal in connection with smallpox.