The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1911-02-04
Secular News Of the Week.


Automobiles are now helping to sup
port the State. The revenue derived
from the sale of license tags for the
past two years in Minnesota amounted
to nearly one thousand dollars month
with every indication that the amount
will steadily increase.
Considerable prospecting for iron is
being done in Morrison county. Many
options have been bought by large
mining company and drilling opera
lions are to commence within thirty
days. In view of present developments
it is rumored that the 500 road in
tends to build through Little Falls to
meet it's line near Bowlus.
Minnesota has pension system and
since 1905, $4,000 a year has been
paid to veterans of Indian wars. Bills
have been introduced in this session
of the Legislature effecting state PEN
sion laws ranging all the way from
law as it stands provides for payment
of twelve dollars month to any per-
son who took part in suppressing the
Indian outbreak and suffered any dis
ability therefrom, even if he served
only twenty-four hours.
The third annual session of the
North Dakota Tax Association was
held last week in Bismarck for the
purpose of creating sentiment favor
able to the passage of progressive tax
legislation.
Reciprocity with Canada is being
endorsed and strongly urged by the
business interests of the Northwest.
It is termed a long step in the right
direction which will rebound to the
benefit of both countries. 1t is con-
tended that the objection of the state
agricultural interests, against direct
competition with Canada is based en-
tirely upon theory, as the difference
in freight rates would operate against
close competition on nearly all farm
products.
A new aero ice craft in trial spin
on the Hudson river last week attained
a speed of over sixty miles an hour.
The boat, which looks like big
monoplane, has ice boat runners and
is propelled by aeroplane steel pro-
pellers driven by a fourteen horse
power two-cylinder Thomas automobile
water-cooled engine. The inventors
declare that with higher power en-
CINE greater speed than has ever been
attained by man can be made.
The Hamideh irregular cavalry,
those troops Of ferocious Kurdish ban
dts, whose attempts to wipe out the
Armenian people in Asia Minor,
aroused the indignation of Europe and
America, is to be recognized by the
new Turkish government as branch
of the service needed in the defence
of the empire.
The donation of an additional endow.
ment of $1O,OOO,OOO to the Carnegie
Institution of Washington by Andrew
Carnegie, the founder, was announced
on January 20. Among the marvellous
achievements of the institution are the
following: The formula for making
Portland cement, which made possible
the general production of this ma
terial throughout the world, and the
discovery of $4,000 new worlds. some
of them ten times larger than our sun
The second annual seed corn ex
hibition and contest was in progress al
Saltwater last week. There were
nearly 100 exhibitors and contestants
The main trophy is a silver loving cur
valued at $40.
i It is officially announced that the
Duke of Connaught will succeed Ear
Grey in September as Governor Gen
eral of Canada. He is the uncle OF
George the Fifth. The appointment is
for two years, but the term of Office
may be extended.
J There are indications that. the tria
of Emmett O'Grady, taken back tc
Lead, s. D., from Chicago on a charge
; of attempting to blow up part of the
: Homestate mine, may take on nationa
Importance. O'Grady, being member
of the Miners Union, will probably be