Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1907-02-08
NEWS IN MINNESOTA
EVENTS OF A WEEK THROUGH.
OUT THE STATE.

CnaTleS "A. Anderson, a well known
painter of Clarified, is dead from the
effects of drinking wood alcohol by
mistake.
F. B. Van Hoesen, president of the
First National bank of Alexandria and
prominent for forty years in the life
of that section, is dead.
Carl Finstad died at his home in
Frontenac from blood poisoning re-
eulting from the cutting of corn. He
was seventy years of age.
Salaries of ell teachers in the graded
schools Of Minneapolis will be in
creased SIS per month, according to
action taken by the board of educa-
ton.
Na-Tah-We-Gah-Bow, chief Of the
Cass Lake Indians, is dead at the mis-
sion near Cass Lake. His death had
been expected for some time. He was
seventy years Of age.
Governor John A. Johnson has an
nounced the appointment of Robert
Hornah OF Fergus Falls as a member
OF the state game and fish commits
sion to succeed Henry G. Smith.
Fire at Dexter village, about eight
cen miles east of Austin, destroyed
the fine double brick block belonging
to Medberry Bros, general merchants.
The aggregate loss il estimated to be
$4,000.
Mrs. Hilda Axlund, Balaton Nyon
county, milliner and dressmaker, has
been convicted and sentenced to six
months imprisonment in the county
Jail for conducting a blind pig in con-
nection with her establishment
The total amount Of water used in
St. Paul during 1908 was 3,73o,441,45 5
gallons, or 1O,226,4 gallons daily,
daily increase of 322,77S gallons over
that of 1905. The daily increase over
four years ago was 2,15s,991 gallons.
The charter commission OF Roches-
ter has accepted petition signed by
per cent of the city's voters to rec.
ommend that the liquor license be
raised from $500 to $1,000. The mat.
ter will be decided at the spring elec-
ton.
The Minneapolis Bridge and Con-
struct1on company has begun work on
the steel shaft No. of the Genoa
mine near Sparta and expects to have
1t completed in the next month. This
will be the first steel shaft in mines
of the Sparta district.
The officials Of the Duluth, Rainy
Lake and Winnipeg road and the CON-
mtttees representing the conductors,
trainmen, tiremen and engineers have
reached an agreement in the forma-
ton of a wage scale. The men have
secured more pay and less hours.
At the last public meeting Of the
Olmsted County Medical society it
was decided to appoint a committee
of women to visit the farms of the
dairymen who furnish the citys milk.
DR.. Crewe, the president Of the So
ciety, has made the appointments.
DR.. Thomas J. Gray, formerly pres
1dent of the st. Cloud normal school
and practicing physician in Mime
apolis for several years, is dead at
Tonopah. New, Of typhoid pneumonia.
He was well known in both medical
and educational circles of the state.
United States District Attorney
Haupt has filed suit in the United
States circuit court at st. Paul against
the Northern Pacific railroad to re-
cover penalties in the sum of $1,000
for violating the federal statutes in
regard to caring for interstate ship
ments of live stock
Rochester business men have organ
lied crusade against cigarettes and
there promises to be some interesting
developments. Over 100 of the city's
prominent business firms have signed
| their names to resolution agreeing
! not to knowingly employ any person
that smokes cigarettes.
Mrs. Margaret Kelly is dead at the
home of her son at Thief River Falls,
! Her husband, Patrick Kelly, died two
J days previously at their home at
Stewartville, Olmsted county. They
we're pioneer settlers of Olmsted
county and they passed away each
! unconscious of the death of the other.
| Captain James G. McGrew of St.
! Paul, Minnesota pioneer and prom
inent character in some of the stirring
! affairs of Minnesota territorial days,
E: is dead at st. Anthony Park at the
age of seventy.three years. Captain
! McGrew was born near Dayton, O., in
1888 and came to Minnesota territory
| in 1854.
That there are valuable iron depos-
| It's on the Black river in Northern
Minnesota appears to be verified.
Claimholders in that section are ex-
tremely enthusiastic over the richness
! of the ore and say that district before
4. long will compete with the Mesaba
range for the distinction of being the
greatest iron producing country in the
world.
The laying Of rails on the alpha
bet" road has been completed to
Cream and switch laid. This COM
! pletes the laying of rails for this win.
ter, as the grade beyond Cream is not