Warren sheaf. [volume] (Warren, Marshall County, Minn.) 1880-current, 1916-11-29
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Minnesota State News

st. Paul. = DR.. /. 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 III f915,, judging from the first
orders received from the larger com
5munities.. :. = :: 49, >H}sss9s5 - ''''-
i Minneapolis. - The University Of
Minnesota has defeated to some ex-
tent the: high cost of living. With
prices on all commodities increased
approximately so per cent over those
-of 1915, Controller g. H. Hayes said
that the maintenance cost of the uni
yersity for the fiscal year ending July
81, 1915, was approximately only IL
per cent higher than for the same
period last year.
IF ST. Paul. The state free EN- ploy.
.mentsag agencies in Minneapolis, st. Paul
and Duluth filled s. 202 jobs at aryayer.
agecsatSof 1d 11s cents during the last
.dscais eaF,a according to figures mad e
Public by1sW. r.. Houk, state labor com.
missioner. Maintenance costs Of the
'agencies wereg$441.92e a month in Min.
neapolis, $l8o.21 in St. Paul and
s227.32 in Duluth. Men were given
1929 places: and women 1889, the
statement shows: = IL :
Fairmont. - The Minnesota Crop
association will hold it's
annual meeting IN Fa1rmont February
l3=15. G. !; L. Blanchar Of Fairrlont,
president of the association, says sthe
should be unusually well at:
tended because OF the success of Mar
;tim county ins growing good crops. The
county is said to produce more corn
and oats thans any other county in the
ssta4ea ands also to- have. the greatest
;nnmher OF scham pipn corn breeders:
st. Paul. Thesstate department OF
labor. in its biennial report shows, that
the applicat tion of the workmen.s com:
pensation law providing for. so per
cent of the wage loss to injured work.
men who are disable for two weeks
sor 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
than two weeks: The total compensa.
-tion paid in the 12,768s cases closed
by June 80 was 983.416.06. $;..z.:3. 5
| Bemidji The seventh annual meet.
ing Of the Northern Minnesota Deve1.
Eopment league will be held III Bemi,'idji,
Mimi; December and 81 The ses.
stons will be given" over to Good
Roads meeting and number Of promi.
mont speakers have been engaged.
Among them are Senators r. c. Dunn
Of Princeton and John H. Baldwin OF
Frazee. Senator Baldwin will speak
on Prison Labor on Public High.
ways" He is sent to Bemidji by the
office OF public roads at Washington.
Duluth. Twenty prominent citi.
Eens Of Hibbing are said by county off,
cials to be among those indicted by
the grand jury. That body returned
30 secret true bills in district court
The names Of the indicted persons
we're temporarily kept secret. Accord.
Ing to officials, the jury has been de.
voting much time to investigation Of
Hibbing matters and has taken an
enormous amount Of testimony, hear
Ing many witnesses in connection with
the charges Of alleged extravaganza
and graft 2
Mankato. Drs. Arnold Schwyzer
and Archibald MacLaren of st. Paul
will be speakers on the opening pro.
gram Of the two days annual meeting
Of the Southern Minnesota Medical
association, to be held in this city
December 4 and s, according to pro.
gram announced here.
st. Paul. Adoption by Minnesota
Of the New York plan Of state public
health administration has been recon.
mended by j. T. Gerould. librarian at
the University Of Minnesota, to the
commission named by Governor j., "A,
"a. BnmQuist to make a proposed re,
vision OF laws relating to public health.