The Cook County news-herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Cook County, Minn.) 1909-current, 1916-03-09
STATE DEAL|NG|N
RANGE T0WNS|TES
SELLS LOTS OFF TRACT OF LAND
Plated NEAR STEW
EMS MINE,
STATE CAPITOL HAPPENINGS
Events OF General Interest In Mime.
sofa Condensed and Revised for
The Greater Convenience
of Busy Readers.

st. Paul
The state of Minnesota has gone
into the townsite business on the iron
range, and is selling lots off a tract
OF state land plated near the Stevens
mine. The town, it was announced
by State Auditor J. A. o. Preus, is to
be called Wiprud, for Clarence WHIP
rud, secretary to Mr.. Preus. It al
ready has a population of 100, and
r. A. Wildes, state mines inspector,
is selling many lots to employees of
the mine. The mining company has
it's own townsite, but the state land
is attracting residents more than the
privately-owned site.
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Stevenson Resigns Post.
William J. Stevenson, assistant at.
torney general of Minnesota for the
last five years, has resigned, to take
effect March z, to become secretary
and trust officer of the Wells-Dickey
Trust company of Minneapolis. He
has been elected to that position, and
also as director of the new com.
pany, 1t was announced, and will take
charge of the trust department of the
institution. Mr.. Stevenson is a ma.
tive of Olmsted county, Minnesota,
and practiced law at Duluth from
1893 to 1911. From 1907 to 1911 he
acted as special counsel for st. Louis
county in civil matters
Milk Probe "Baby Week."
DR.. I. J. Murphy of the Minnesota
Public Health association suggests
that the observance of "Baby Week"
in each community in the state should
include an investigation and report
upon the conditions of the local milk
supply, birth registration and infant
mortality in the community. DR..
Murphy advises that the school build.
ings be used for meetings, especially
In the rural communities, and he re.
ports that many schools in the state
are planning to take part in the OBJ.
servance of the week by putting on
health playlets.
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Ballots for Primary.
Sample ballots for the presidential
primary are beginning to arrive at the
office Of the secretary of state, and
those from some counties will have
to be printed over, because the names
on the ballot have been mixed, the
Estabrook candidates for delegate
having been placed in the Cummins
column and vice versa. The presi-
Dental primary is no cheap affair.
either. 1t is estimated that the total
cost to the state will be not less than
$3.50, 900.
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Wants Baby Poster Hygienic.
DR.. H. M. Bracken, secretary of the
state board of health, declared that
the PLAGUE called "A Little Bit Of
Heaven" designed by the women in
charge of baby week arrangements,
would not be used on posters put out
by the state board in connection with
the occasion. The objection is be-
cause the baby in it has it's fist to it's
mouth.
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Turrittin Not Guilty.
At the close of three hours con.
ference in Governor BurnQuist's Office
the governor issued a statement that
Mr.. Turrittin has not been guilty of
ma1feasance in his office. The confer
ence was called by the governor fol.
lowing a meeting in his office, at
which Mr.. McColl made informal
charges that Mr.. Turrittin had been
interested in transactions involving
the purchase and sale of stock of the
Commercial State bank in st. Paul.
X X X
To Prevent "Ambulance Chasing"
At the next session of the legisla-
ture a bill will be introduced for the
purpose of preventing "ambulance
chasing by attorneys who have no
great regard for the ethics of their
profession. The names of attorneys
who will serve on this committee.
with the personnel of eleven other
committees named by the Minnesota
State Bar association, were announced
by President Stiles w. Burr.
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Justice Not to Resign.
Justice Oscar Hallam of the su-
preme court fatty denies that he in
tends to resign from the bench to
join the law firm of Davis, Kellogg e
Severance, as has been reported in
business and political circles. The
rumor became more persistent after
Frank B. Kellogg announced his can
didacy for the United States senate.
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Railroads Report Earnings.
All railroads of Minnesota have re-
ported their gross earnings for the
second half of 1915 to the Minnesota
tax commission and the total earn
ings reported total $66,942,145 as
compared to $56,73S,787 for the last
six months of 1914. The Northwest