The Cook County news-herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Cook County, Minn.) 1909-current, 1916-06-14
RUST THREATENS ! !! !; !
MINNESOTA TREES
WHITE PINE BLISTER APPEARe-
OFFICIALS ASK AID IN STAMP
ING OUT DISEASE.
STATE CAPITOL HAPPENINGS
Events Of General Interest in Mime
sofa condemned and Revised for
The Greater Convenience
Of Busy Readers.

st. Paul.
The white pine blister rust, deadly
Zoe of the pine tree, has appeared in
Minnesota. Two cases have been
found by the pathology division of the
state agricultural xllege and the state
nursery inspection service.
Prof. F. l.. Washburn, state ento-
mologist, is sending warning to every
nursery in the state asking co-opera-
ton in stamping out the disease.
Minnesota was supposed to be en-
tirely free of the disease, which, gets
in young trees and causes swellngs
splits the bark, deforms the tree and
causes it to be forever unfit for lumber
purposes. One stage is found on cur
rants and gooseberries and is trans
mitted from them to the five-leaf
pines. The white pine blister disease
has destroyed the white pine industry
Of Europe.
Dean A. F. Woods, of the Minnesota
college of agriculture, who is chair
man of the executive committee of the
State Forestry board, has begun a.
search for the disease in the state,
with the governments cooperation.
Trees suspected of infection by
white pine blister rust should be COM
pletely destroyed" he says, land
search should be made for wild or cul-
t1vated currants or gooseberries with
in a mile or so Of such infected
trees
Dean Wood has issued a warning
advising people not to purchase goose
berries, currants or white pine or
other tive-leafed pine trees outside of
the state.
Urges Sane Celebration.
Renewed efforts to minimize the
number of July accidents are being
made under the direction of State Fire
Marshal r. w. Hargadine throughout
the state.
Mr.. Hargadine said notices will be
sent out to every fire department chief
in the state asking that he make a
special effort to ascertain and report
all accidents in his district resulting
- VAL IAO NOACUldL1Ou VI July +, STAT
ing the exact cause and the result.
These reports will be filed with the
fire marshal as soon after the celebra-
ton as possible and will enable the
department to give particular and spe-
citic reasons for urging a safe and
sane Fourth.
I'm addition to this. the department
will issue the usual warnings to every
community urging that care be taken
to prevent Fourth-of-July fires," Mr..
Hargadine said
There is proper way to celebrate
the anniversary of the Declaration of
Independence without sacrificing life
and limb, as we'll as property, and it
is our purpose to learn the causes and
then take steps accordingly to reduce
the annual sacrifice in Minnesota
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State Buys Coal Supply.
The state board of control has
placed orders for it's winter supply of
coal representing an investment of
nearly $380,00O. The cost to the state
is nearly $4,000 more than year ago.
For the 60 state institutions in charge
of the board total of III, S05 tons of
coal are required and the orders placed
are for this amount. Fully a dozen
fuel concerns in the state realize from
the disbursement.
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Farm Course at "U'' In July.
Men teachers of agriculture in Min
nesota schools are going to learn how
to can tomatoes, apples and other Min.
nesota products. A course in canning
will be conducted for them during the
rural life conference to be held at Uni
versity farm July 24-28 T. A. Erick-
son, state leader of boys and girls
club work, will be in charge of the
course
108, 1856 Autos In State.
Secretary of State Julius A. Schmahl
has turned into the state treasury
$11 1902 fees for automobile licenses for
May. This is record for receipts, Mr..
Schmahl said. Early in the month.
licenses sold at the rate of about 500
a day. The Office issued $500 licenses
in May. The number now out is lO8,-
286.
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inspectors at Mo,,tevideo.
Inspectors from the office of the
State Railroad and Warehouse Com
mission and a chemist from the de-
partment were in Montevideo to inves-
tigate the complaint of certain grain
shippers and farmers that wheat ship.
ped to Twin Cities markets is locked
for dirt and also for wild peas.
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