The Virginia enterprise., 1903-08-21
Great Dairy Display.

Great Dairy Display.
Interest in northwestern bnttermak-
ing will draw to the Minnesota State
Fair of 1903 most complete display of
dairy apparatus as we'll as large:
amount of butter in competition or the
liberal prizes offered by the state fair"
management. A. w. Trow, Of Glen
Vile, is superintendent of the depart
ment and is making every effort to-
have the exhibition the best ever seen
in the country. Competition is keen
and some high scoring is looked for.
Manufacturers of dairy apparatus are
struggling for the space in the dairy
building: It will be crowded with
the latest things.
This year the fair will open on Aug.
81 and continue until Saturday, Sept. S.
Hunters Licenses.
The state game and fish com mission
resident and nonresident hunters.
The licenses are made to conform to-.
the new law and the care which has
been put upon their manufacture will
be appreciated by the hunters. The
resident licenses are printed on heavy
cloth and have attached to each 12~
coupons. Each of these is shipping.
coupon and each bears upon it's face
the number of the license. The coup
ons provide for the shipping of four
deer, two moose and two caribou,
which is all the law allows.
State Gets Money.
The state treasury received a cheek
for $25, 622. "a from the United States
war department to reimburse Minneso-
ia for expenses incurred in equipping
volunteers for the Spanish-American
war. This is one of several claims
which the state has against the gov
ernment, aggregating $199,619.
Notwithstanding reports from Wash
fngton that $s4, ,119 of this amount had
been disallowed, State Auditor S. G.,
Iverson believes that Minnesota will be
reimbursed to the full amount of the
expenditures for this purpose. Mr.:
Iverson says that it may require an act
Of congress, but that eventually the
money will be forthcoming.
Substitute for Marble.
7Kasota or Mankato limestone has
been discovered to be capable of talk
ing a high polish, rendering it in ap-
pearance similar to the Italian mar
bles for interior finish. This limestone.
has been recognized as capable Of pro-
ducing splendid appearance when
cut for ornamental purposes, as exem--
plified in the new Ramsey county Jail.
1t has remained, however, for the
capitol commission to discover that the
stone can be polished for interior fin
ishing. =s - +
A large plaster of polished Mankato
limestone has been put up In the main
corridor of the new capitol. The stone
can be procured in variety Of colors, /.
from light yellow to deep
pink. S. @s ...@+
+ Charles +. Harmel, living near Cor
dova, committed suicide by hanging.
Ed Williams, held to the grand jury. s
on charge Of forgery, escaped from
the county jail at Little Falls.
George Frederick Morton, the 14-year
O1U 6OA VI H. IL 1uOGVOu3 VSS VX1OEU
street, st. Paul, accidentally shot him
self while hunting rabbits and died .,
few minutes later.
Fire at Owatonna destroyed the
largest livery barn in the city.
"A collision at Proctor Knott injured
Engineer Schultz and Conductor
hemp.
The time for removal Of pine pur-
chased at the first sale, which takes.
place atE ECass Lake Dec. S, is extended
to July 1906 On the second sale,
to July 1907.
Adjt. Gen. =. p. Libbey, ii his an
nual report submitted to Gov. Van.
SAINT, ], emphasizes the importance Of
target practice as means Of prepar-
ing the state mill g for service i tine
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