Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1905-09-15
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tai injuries. - - :
Iron ore shipments oatsos Htbbins
and mines In the imn dtate ene1gh
borhood, that ID within Nv i've miles
east and four miles west, ss:1 are this
year about g., 900 tons daily:
The monthly statement 5on rural free
delivery shows that 1928 routes were
in operation in Minnesota on Sept, I,
as compared with 1928 on Aug. i.
Petitions to the number Of 220 await
action. .~. -
For the purpose OF determining the
effect of disease germs in milk on
public health the state board of health
is making a meteorological examina-
ton of the milk, supply of the prin-
cipal cities in Minnesota. =
A special correspondence course in
Nature Study has been added by the
Minnesota School Of Agriculture. This
special course will be under the direc-
ton and instruction of Miss Florenc e
e. Lille of Cornell university.
The state board of health has adopt
ed plans for the establishment OF a
branch laboratory at Duluth, from
which point eventually all investiz =.
tons by the board of conditions in
Northern Minnesota will be made.
Sneak thieves provided with a pass
key made a complete tour of the
building at 725 Hennepin avenue, Min.
neapolis, one night last week ana
stole money to the amount of 5000
from different dodgers in the house.
AS means of further developing
the resources of Northern Minnesota
the Minnesota State Drainage league
w4ll urge congress TO provide for the
draining of approximately 100000
acres of land in the Indian reserya.
tions.
Pedestrians on the St. German
street bridge, which spans the Missis-
sippi at St. Cloud, Friday morning
saw the body of young woman float
Ing down the river. The police were
notified, but the body was sucked in
an undertow before it could be recov-
cred.
State Auditor 1verson will issue no
more mineral leases on the beds Of
lakes until he is expressly authorized
to do so by the state legislature. He
has recently refused to accept $475 in
gold for thirty-fve leases on the beds
of lakes in Crow Wing county in the
ore district recently discovered. =. !;
Mankato gets the conventions of
both the Minnesota Butter and Cheese
makers association and the Mime
sofa State Dairymen's association this
year. The Buttermakers' association
will have it's meeting in the latter part
of November and the Dairymen's as
sociation will meet Dec. IL, 13 and IA.
A Great Northern extra freight train
collided with an extra stock train OF
forty-eight cars just outside of Mime
apolisj wrecking the caboose and two
stock cars on the stock train and
badly demolishing the engine of the
freight train. Many hogs were killed,
but the crews of both trains escaped
injury.
Mystery surrounds the death of IA.
gage, an aged Red Lake Indian who
was found last week lying outside his
cabin between Battle lake and Ma
guam bay with a bullet hole through
his heart. 1t was asserted at first tina !
the old man had committed suicioc,
but circumstances indicate that MUIR
der may have been committed.
A mammoth forestry, fish and game
reserve to be under the supervision
Of the state forestry board is proposed
to be established in the vicinity OF
Lakes LIE Croix and Crooked, in the
northern part of St. Louis and Lake
counties. The tract covers about
10000 acres; and contains some of the
finest scenery in the Northwest.
" Plans for the suppression of tuber-
culosis among teachers in the Mime
sofa public, schools are under consid-
GRAFTON by the state board of health.
Information has reached the board
that some Of the teachers in the ST. ate
have tuberculosis in mild form and
that the school authorities have taken
no action to prevent these teachers
from teaching. .s.n........, ..
Public Examiner Kerst. has. decided
to investigate several investment con-
panies and building and loan associa-
tons which are doing business il
Minnesota but are not incorporated
under the laws of the state. The in.
vestigation will be made at the re-
quest OF Governor John. A. Johnson,
with whom several complaints have
been filed recently. l..
A decision has been handed down in
the state supreme court under which
Jessie Einolf, domestic, can collect
1887 for five years services rendered
William Thompson, farmer of Clay
county. This amount was awarded
the servant in the Clay county dis
trict court and it is held: not to he
excessive by the supreme court. Miss
Einolf asked for $4,000. -.
= The execution of the order issued
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