New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1916-08-23

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Ole Nelson. twenty-one years old.
Is dead ct Minneapolis Of infantile
paralysis. His case was the third IA
tai one in the Mill City All the vic
tins were adults.
George Jones of Faribault, sergeant
IN B company, Second Minnesota in
fantry, is dead in the Llano Grande
cTeX.) field hospital from malignant
tumor. The death of Jones is the
first that has occurred in the Mime
sofa camp.
State Auditor Preus announces that
the next sale of state timber will
take place at the state capitol at. St.
Paul at 10 a. m. Oct. 16. A considera-
BILE amount of stumpage on state
lands that is rated liable to waste
will be offered.
An alleged shortage of $11,188.41 is
charged to Ed F. Kelly as treasurer
of the Faribault Fire Relief associa-
ton In a report to Governor BurnQuist
by Deputy Public Examiner J. O. c.
darburg following an examination of
the books of the organization.
The vets won the option election
IN Beltrami county by seven votes,
but the drys will contest and will ask
the courts to pass on the right of In
dlans on reservations to vote on the
question. The vote at Red Lake
agency was 70 wet and Is dry.
w. P. Clough, chairman of the board
of directors of the Northern Pacific
railroad, died in a New York hospital,
where he had been i'll for several
weeks. The body was brought to St.
Paul and inferred beside the remains
of Mrs. Clough, who died in 1892.
Practical demonstrations of first
aid" measures will feature the ex-
hibit of the Minnesota Public Health
association at the state fair, Sept. 4
to 9. Three physicians and three
nurses will be in constant attendance
to demonstrate and answer questions.
Favorable action was taken by the
house public lands committee at Wash
ington on a bill which gives to the
counties of Minnesota the excess
above $1.25 an acre and drainage
charges of funds realized from sales
of land under the Volstead swamp
land act.
Republican managers of Minnesota
The executive committee of the Re-
publican state committee, at a meet
ing in the Office of Secretary of State
Schmahl, voted to open headquarters
in the St. Francis hotel at st. Paul on
Sept Is.
Major George E. Leach of Mime
apolis, Second battalion, First Mime
sofa Field artillery, has been elected
colonel of the First artillery, succeed
ing Colonel George c. Lambert Of ST..
Paul, recently disqualified because of
defective vision. Major Leach now is
with the Second battalion at the bor-
der.
Oral arguments on the appeal Of
the petitioners from the order of the
Ramsey county district court dismiss
ing custer proceedings against Thomas
Frankson as Republican nominee for
lieutenant governor, based on alleged
violation of the corrupt practices act,
will be held next Thursday by the su-
preme court.
A total of $63,60 believed to have
been loaned out of state funds from
Aug. 1, 1910, to Feb. 10, 1916, to school
districts in Minnesota cannot. be &C.
counted for. This report is made as
the result of an examination of the
state auditors books by S. D. Nolan
der and Charles Foster, deputy state
public examiners.
See, it won't hurt me If I put it to
my head and pull the trigger" said
years old, explaining the working Of
revolver to Margaret Nienow, four
teen years old. The boy suited action
to his words and died a few hours
later at the Winona hospital from a
bullet In his head.
Gains in state revenue this year
from the 5 per cent gross earnings tax
against railroads are indicated by re-
plies filed with the state tax commits
sioner by six companies. Although
two reports show decreases the aggre-
gate is considerably larger for the
first half of 1916 than in the CORE
spending period Of 1915.
At the request Of DR.. H. Nj. Bracken,
executive oflcer Of the state board Of
health, Governor Burnquist has or
dered hearing on the management
by the state board of health of the
infantile paralysis situation DR.. Brack'
ems action resulted from public crit
icism of the boards work, he stated
in letter to the governor.
Bank burglars at midnight tried to
rob the First National bank at Du-
1uth There were three men and a
woman in the gang. They were dis
covered by the night Waterman and a
friend who was visiting him. After a