The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1907-03-21
State News.

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The eighteenth annual commence
ment exercises of the school of agri
culture of the state university closed
on Wednesday evening.
Lake Crystal is suffering from an
epidemic of measles. A hundred
cases are reported and one six-year-
old girl, a daughter of William Lar
son, died of the disease.
The next Park Rapids district en-
campment G.. A. r. is to be held at
Long Prairie and the patriotic citi-
zens of that city are already hustling
to make it record breaker; 81, 200
is safely in sight for that purpose.
In head-on collision between two
freight trains on the Minnesota & In
ternational railroad just beyond Deer
River two men, Frank McVeigh, en-
gineer. and George Martin, conductor,
were instantly killed on Friday morn
ing.
Duluth to the twin cities in six
hours via the automobile route. That
is what will be possible after the first
of June, when the Flour City High
way association will have completed
it's continuous roadway from St. Paul
and Minneapolis to Duluth and Su-
perior.
Handicapped by scarcity of men
throughout the winter, and by early
SHOWS which came before the swamps
had frozen, making it almost impos-
sible to build good ice-roads for haul
ing, logging conditions in Minnesota
and Wisconsin have been the worst
experienced in years and as a result
the cut of logs will be about a third
short of last year.
It was announced on Monday that
the Great Northern railroad will put
in a new freight depot and terminals
at Michigan street and Sixth avenue
west, Duluth, that will cost more than
100000. The work will start early
this spring and be completed next fall
under rush contracts. This has been
found necessary in order to relieve
freight congestion.
That three-eighths of Minnesota
the best three-eighths at that-was
bought fifty-six years ago for $685., 900
and an annuity of $126, GOO during fifty
years is the profitable real estate
ideal" brought to mind by map
now in course of preparation at the
rooms of the state historical society
at St. Paul. The map shows the parts
of the state secured by successive
treaties with the Indians.
According to report issued by the
state board of health there were 300
cases of smallpox reported in the
state from the week ending Feb. to
the week ending March II, 1907. The
greatest prevalency of the disease is
in Hennepin county, most of the cases
being in Minneapolis there are 1O7
cases reported from Hennepin county.
Carver county is next wlth~70 cases,
81 of these being in Waconia. Ram
sey county reports but five cases,
while St. Louis has twenty cases.
Frank McVeigh, engineer, and
George Martin, conductor, were in
stantly killed in head-on collision
between freight trains on the Mime
sofa & International near Deer River.
The trains came together on reverse
curve where the engineers could not
see the headlight of the other train.
Both engines were shattered and En-
gineer McCabe was crushed to death
in his cab. Conductor Martin was
riding on the top of the caboose of
his train and was hurled to the
ground, breaking his skull Twenty
cars were wrecked.
A large area of Minnesota land con-
tanned within the federal forest re-
serve of Cass county is to be released
and opened for entry. An agreement
has been reached whereby all the
lands between ranges 20 and 80 and
townships IA and AS will be released
from the confines of the forest reserve,
and will be Immediately thrown open
to homestead entry. It is also further
agreed under the provisions of the
law of 1906, that any settlers going
onto bona fde agricultural land within
new boundaries of the forest reserve
will be permitted to remain and COM
plete their final proofs.
In Loving Remembrance.
[CoNTRIBUTED]
Thomas William, infant son of Mr..
ond Mrs Cha aclas u Ea..:ao.1ex