The Princeton union., 1906-11-15
State News.

at COleraine, ltasca county, Mlnn.,
with Ellis j. Anderson as postmaster.
The fifteenth Minnesota state con-
ference of charities and correction will
be held at Red Wing on November H.,
18, 19 and 20.
Thomas Adamic, jr., of Bird Island
was killed by lightning while plowing
Wednesday afternoon. Two of his
four horses were also killed.
AS a result of having eaten ham
which is believed to have been tainted,
five persons at Duluth are seriously
i'll and only prompt medical attendance
saved their lives.
Theodore Machel, II years old, and
pioneer resident of Wright county,
committed suicide by drowning at
Monticello. He was a member of the
Eighth Minnesota regiment and was
a victim of dementia.
H. Burton Strait of Shakopee, who
was convicted of receiving deposit
in his bank after he knew the same to
be insolvent and was sentenced to
Saltwater by Judge Morrison, has
been granted new trial by the state
supreme court.
The proposition to divide Itasca
county has probably carried. A prop
osition to divide county requires
only majority of the votes cast on
the proposition, not of the total vote.
International Falls will be the county
seat of the new county and the county
will be named Koochiching.
At last weeks election the question
of dividing Norman county was voted
upon and carried by a majority OF
600. The White Earth Indian reser-
walton portion of Norman county,
consisting of sixteen townships, will
constitute the new county to be known
as Mahnomen county, with the village
of Mahnomen as the county seat.
The election of sheriff of Clay county
is without a parallel. Archie Whaley
of Hawley, whose name was not on the
ticket, he having lost the republican
nomination for sheriff after a stub
bornly fought contest suit in which the
court gave the nomination to John M.
Bayer of Moorhead by 1876 votes, was
elected over the regular. republican
nominee by about so majority.
Whaley's name had to be written in
on the blank line on the ballot, and
few, if any, dreamed that it would be
possible to elect anybody this way.
Edward Hagen of Crookston shot a
falcon while driving in the country.
The bird is two feet long and four feet
from the tip of one wing to the other.
The largest claw measured one and
one-quarter inches. The back of the
bird is blue in color, while the breast
is white, shading to gray. A falcon
had never been seen in that part of the
country before, and it is great curl
osity. It is the only bird that can
whip the eagle, and the dog that Mr..
Hagen had with him was afraid to go
near the bird even after it was dead.
While Mail Carrier Forest Hunter
was returning home from his days
work he was suddenly attacked by a
large eagle near Coon creek. He was
riding through some brush when he
heard a noise that sounded something
like sky rocket going through the
air, and on looking out he saw the
bird coming toward him. He thought
at first it was sea gull until it flew
into the open door of his rig. It first
began to bite and pick his feet and
then it flew towards his face. He
managed to knock it out of the rig,
and he luckily had his rifle with him
so that he shot it before it flew away.
The bird measured nearly five feet from
tip to tip of it's wings, and it's claws
were about two inches long. It is the
first time an eagle has been seen in
that part of the country, and it would
probably have done a great deal of
damage had it not been shot.
tuberculosis In Food-Producinc Animals.
The department of agriculture has
been making a most thorough study
of tuberculosis in food producing ami
mails, and much new and valuable in
formation has been obtained. The
department expects to soon publish a
comprehensive bulletin on the subject
prepared by Doctor Salmon, who has
given many years of observation and
study to the peculiarities of this
disease. tuberculosis is menace to
our great live stock Industries, al
though it is not so common in this
country as it is in Europe. Boards of
health of states and cities have made
war on the disease, and many obnox-
ious laws have been enacted that have
hampered the live stock industry