The Tomahawk. [volume] (White Earth, Becker County, Minn.) 1903-192?, 1916-11-30
/ What's Doing
in Minnesota

Ely. - Turning back to answer the
cries of another skater cost the lives
Of two boys and almost resulted in the
drowning of William Laitenen, father
of one of the boys, in Long lake.
Virginia. Helmer Johnson, aged
g. was seriously injured here and five
boy companions received less serious
injuries when blasting powder cap,
thrown into a bonfire around which
the lads were playing, exploded.
Saltwater. - The cornerstone of the
new Lutheran church at St. Peter has
been laid with appropriate ceremonies.
Members of the st. Paul Lutheran
church, St. Paul, and St. Mary's Luth-
eran church, Minneapolis, were invited
guests.
St. Peter. - Deep inroads are being
made into the poultry population OF
Nicollet county by chicken thieves,
who have been operating the past two
months. 1t is believed an organized
gang is at work. The farmers OF one
township have offered a reward OF
5000.
St. Paul. - The Minnesota Supreme
Court has upheld the constitutionality
Of the statute exempting public GENE
teries from taxes in an opinion in the
action by st. Paul against Oakland
Cemetery association. Justice Holt
wrote the opinion affirming the order
of the Ramsey county district court,
from which the city appealed.
q
been busy preparing a report on the
maintenance of all the state roads in
Itasca county from July 1 to Sept. l
In order to make a claim to the state
highway commission for state aid.
The amount due the county on this
worl. is about $500, but there will
probably be other items added later.
St. Paul. - DR.. I. J. Murphy, eXecu-
tive secretary of the Minnesota Public
Health association, which is acting as
state agent for the sale of Red Cross
Christmas seals, reported that the
sale Of seals in Minnesota this year
will be considerably larger than they
were in 1915, judging from the first
orders received from the larger COM
munlties.
Morris. With the recent election
OF Archie A. Stone, Jr., of Morris. as
representative to the Legislature from
Stevens county, members OF three gen.
erations of the Stone family have
been selected to serve in this capac-
ity. An uncle, H. w. Stone, was rep
resentative from Stevens county from
1909 to 1906 and grandfather held the
position in 1876.
Winona. The city of Winona will
go before the forthcoming legislature
to ask for permission to enact city
nuisance. At mass meeting, City
Attorney r. A. Randell said that in
order to make an ordinance that would
stand the test it would be necessary
to get legislative authority. A bill
will be drafted here.
Two Harbors. Raymond Simon
son of Minneapolis was shot and killed
three miles inland from Thompson's
landing, on the north shore of Lake
Superior, sixteen miles from this city.
Three other members of the party
with whom SimOnsOn was hunting deer
started OH the trail Of three hunters
seen running from the scene OF the
killing a few seconds after the fatal
shot was fired.
Minneapolis. - The University of
Minnesota has defeated to some ex-
tent the high cost Of living. With
prices on all commodities increased
approximately 80 per cent over those
of 1915, Controller G. Fl. Hayes said
that the maintenance cost of the uni
versity for the fiscal year ending July
81, 1916, was approximately only IL
per cent higher than for the same
period last year.
St. Paul. The state free employ
ment agencies in Minneapolis, st. Paul
and Duluth filled 5,2O2 jobs at an aver
age cost of 1915 cents during the last
fiscal year, according to figures made
public by w. F. Houk, state labor COM
missioner. Maintenance, costs OF the
agencies were $441.92 armonth in Min
neapolis, s1sO.21 in st. Paul and
S227.32 in Duluth. Men were given
1929 places and women 1887, the
statement shows.
Minneapolis. - Ore-quarter of the
United States trust fund of approx
mately $6.OOO,000 has been distributed
to the Chippewa Indians of Minnesota
as the result of an act of Congress,
May IS, 1916, which authorized this
payment % years in advance of the
date when it is due. Payments amount
ing to $19,500, made to $50 mixed
bloods of Minneapolis in the Federal
building, prac+' cs...y completes the dis
tribution of the ;roueys.
St. Paul. - The state department Of
labor in it's biennial report shows that
the application of the workmen's COM
pensation law providing for so per
cent of the wage loss to injured work
men who are disabled for two weeks
or more, resulted in the payment of
about 37.5 per cent of the wage loss
There were about 10000 accidents
which caused disabilities lasting less
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