The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1902-05-09
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+ MINNESOTA NEWS.
Narrow Escape.

PRESENCE OF mind in moment OF
great dan ger saved the life of Nels
Nelson, Of St. Paul" chief mason on
the new capitol. lie was at work
at the top of the dome, on the
inside. His foot slipped from beveled
projection upon which he was stand
ing while supervising the pointing"
of huge stone that was being raised
to it's place. The marble floor was 200
feet below him. 10 strike it meant
instant death. Nelson says he felt
himself going down, down with in
creasing velocity, and that he realized
that death was imminent. lie knew
every piece of work in the dome and
remembered slight projection which
was almost in his path. He resolved
to clutch it. Extending his arms he
grabbed the projection and held with
all his might. Luckily he was able to
cling to the piece until rescued from
his perilous position by his worlmer.
After he was released he lost all con.
troll of his strength which had served
him so well and tainted. Otherwise
he was unhurt.
Climate and Crop Bulletin.
On the ED there were rains and snow
from Marshall county southwark to
the Minnesota valley, the snow in Mar
shall, Polk and Norman counties being
reported from 8 to Is inches in depth,
and remaining on the ground in places
till the 18th. On the same date in the
south and southwest there were light
and scattered showers, with gales Of
wind which caused severe dust storms,
with injury to some seeded fields In
the southern two-thirds of the state
there was a general and abundant rain
on the 25th lasting over into the Goth
in the southeastern counties. This
rain was accompanied by high winds,
which had destructive force in some
southwestern counties; on the evening
of the 25th snow fell with the rain for
time. Work in the Red River valley
has been seriously hindered by the
stormy weather, except in kittson
county, where the wheat is about
three-fourths seeded. In the southern
two-thirds of the state preparations
are being made for flax seeding and
corn planting, and some flax is already
in the ground. Potato planting is
going on in a small way.
Animals in the State.
Minnesota has 1862 dairy COWS,
valued at $21,513,337.
Minnesota ranks ninth in the num-
Der and value of horses. In 1900 the
state had 696,459 horses valued at
$42,255,044. Iowa, Illinois and Texas
lead in horses all three having twice
the number that Minnesota had. In
diana, Ohio, Kansas, Nebraska, New
York and Missouri are also ahead of
Minnesota.
There are only $3.50 mules in the
state, valued at $4S6,5S0.
Minnesota reports 5S9,S7S sheep,
valued at $1,74o,0oo, which gives the
state twenty-sixth place. Montana
has eleven and Wyoming nine times
more sheep than Minnesota.
Only twelve states lead Minnesota
in number and value of swine. Min
nesota has 1,440,sO6, worth $5,SG5.900.
Iowa leads with nearly 10,O0o,0oo
swine, and Illinois, Arkansas, lndi-
ana, Kansas, Kentucky, Missouri. Ne
braska, Ohio, Wisconsin and Tennes-
sec are ahead of Minnesota.
Lack Of Funds.
The state board of health is COM
pelled to discontinue the water survey
this year on account of lack Of funds.
No examinations will be made this
summer except in cases of samples OF
water sent in for analysis The sur
vey has been carried on for three years,
with view to determining the
amount of natural chlorine in the
waters of the state. When this is
found, it will be easy to determine by
the chlorine test whether the water OF
any locality is impure, as an excess OF
chlorine over the natural amount indi~
Gates the presence of organic matter.
Ancient History.
J. V. Brewer, Prof. Warren Upham,
Prof. Edward w. Smith and others in
terestcd have commenced thorough
investigation concerning Prairie Island
and the discovery of Minnesota. 1t is
now known that the supposed site OF
lie Sueur's fort near the inlet to Stur-
geon lake, on Prairie island, was an
ancient potkiln used by Indians for the
manufacture of clay vessels The base
of the kiln has been eXcavatcd. Col
lections have been made and thirteen
packages of stone implements and
other relics forwarded to the Histori-
cal society.
FREQ Delivery.
Rural free delivery service ordered
established to begin June 2:
Bingham Lake, Cottonwood cour-
ty; two carriers; length of route, so
miles; population served, 842; NUM-
Der of houses on route, 1877; carriers
not named.
Postoffices were established in Min
nesota: Garland, Roseau county,
Hans Christensen, postmaster; Skog,
Marshall county, Peter J. Grankos,
postmaster.
News Notes.
valuable horse was stolen from