Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1903-01-09
VS. I'm MINNESOTA.

permanent endowment of @25O,000.
Minneapolis bank :clearings for the
past year reached q grand total of
@720,752,233.57. ,.
DR.. J. Stevens, father of Congress-
man F. G. Stevens of st. Paul, is dead
at Bangor, Me.
Fairmont is to have packinghouse
| with capacity for killing and curing
100 hogs a day.
John Wesley Crary, aged ninety.f1ve.
| a pioneer resident of Minnesota, is
! dead at st. Paul.
The third annual poultry show of
the Central Minnesota Poultry associa-
ton was held at Mankato last week..
The business of the Winona postof-
! flee for 1902 shows an increase Of
1917 per cent over the previous year
w. e. Atkins, editor Of the South
| Minneapolis Press, is dead. He was
| widely known among newspaper men.
Bank clearings in St. Paul last year
show an increase of about IA per cent
! over 1901. The figures for 1902 are
| $294,197,11
James M. Olds, an engineer on the
Great Northern, was killed in col
lision of two switch trains in the yards
at Minneapolis.
Peter Grytdahl. aged seventy-five
years, died at Duluth Friday as the
result of freezing his legs very badly
on Christmas night.
The gross receipts of the St. Paul
pOstOffice for 1902 amounted to $647,-
$3.50, against $577.69SS5 for the pre-.
ceding year, an increase of $97 ,254.25.
During seven months of 1902 1882
cases of smallpox have been reported
to the state health board; during 1899,
2I5 cases; in 1900, 1871 cases, and in
1901, S,4S5 cases.
During 1902 st. Paul paid more for
fire insurance than ever before. This
is due to increased rates and improved
property. The amount paid for insur-
ance during the year was 100000.
A plant for the manufacture of NAL
leable castings is to be added to the
st. Paul Foundry company's estab-
! lishment within the next six weeks
The enterprise will employ from 800
to $50 men.
Reports from Washington are to the
effect that Congressman Fletcher is
urging the appointment Of w. r. Nor
ris, the colored attorney of Minneapo-
lis, as minister to Liberia, position
that pays $4,000 a year.
During 1902 1870 homesteads have
been proved up in Hubbard county.
which adds about 100000 acres OF
good soil to the taxable property of the
county. There is practically no more
! government land in the county.
10, %@+@
the general offices OF the Duluth, South
Shore and Atlantic railway will he
moved from Marquette. Mich, to Du-
luth. and that Duluth will become the
executive headquarters of the road.
A. J. hammers, George A. hammers
and John Mccarthy. all of Saltwater,
William O'Brien. St. Paul. and some
Duluth lumbermen have formed a syn
dictate to purchase a large tract CT
standing timber in South Carolina.
Edward Larson was run over and
cut in two by freight train in the
Rock Island yards at Albert Lea New
Years afternoon. He was about
twenty-five years of age and was to
have been married later in the day.
Game Agent Fullerton reports the
| COLol lCNClpIc VI H1S ucp0l CAlCHC 1Ol
two years as $1S,272 as against $12,848
for the previous two years. The dis
bursements for the same time were
1922 as against $2,195 for the pre-
vious two years.
Andrew Gustafson, a visitor to Min
neapolis. celebrated the arrival of the
glad New Year by losing the savings
OF several years, amounting to $1,12O
which he claims were stolen from his
pockets by colored woman whom he
met on the streets.
Leo H. Pleins, the architect for the
department of Dakota. is at work on
the plans for remodeling the buildings
at Fort Smelling. 1t is his purpose TO
make a complete change in the ap.
pearance of the fort and to dress VI
the old stone barracks and guard
house in modern architectural style.
Former Congressman James \. rae
tie was found dead in the yard OF, his
home at Saltwater Friday. Hear
failure was i" cnll;:". MI. Castle No
III h" ct ~ g. .l',.r ill., &: ..::>>.,s. (;
v!I;>.! r. i>2I't q :srNa' many, Nh>l
death came. Mr.. Castle was sixty: i
years Of ase and had been a Iesi1c'.
o. saltwater since 1860.
Governor Van SAINT has announced
that he will retain all of his heads 0!
departments with the exception q!
Fred Schiffmann. oil inspector. Fen
ton G. Warner of St. Paul has been
named to succeed Schiffman7.' In the
Minneapolis district George l.. Match
Ian will succeed A. B. Robbins as sur
veyor of logs and lumber.
The Bar association of the Fifteenth
district. embracing Aitkin, Grow Wing
Hubbard. Cass. Itasca and Beltram
counties. met at Bemidji Friday an@
named committee to present TO thc
legislature a bill for an additional
Judge for the district The association
placed itself on record against division
or the detachment Of any county from
the district.
The suit BY which r. Y. Jones
sought to enjol!l transfer OF the con
trolling STOCK CT the MinneaDoi::
Times from W. T. Haskell and {. n
Palmer. former owners. to Robert Z