The Tomahawk., 1916-06-15
TO PREVENT FIRES
ON FOURTH OF JULY
FIRE MARSHAL RENEW] EFFORTS
URGES SANE CELEBRATION
IN MINNESOTA.
EVENTS At STATE CAPITOL
interesting and important Happen'ngs
OF the Past Few Days Selected
and Arranged for the Conven'
ience Of Busy Readers.


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
from the celebration Of July 4, 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-
cific 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..
Hargad1ne 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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Rust Threatens Pine Trees.
The white pine blister rust, deadly
foe of the pine tree, has appeared in
Minnesota. Two cases have been
found by the pathology division Of the
state agricultural college 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-
tion in stamping out the disease.
Minnesota was supposed to be en-
tirely free Of the disease, which gets
in young trees and causes swellings.
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 Ia trans
mitted from them to the flve-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-
tivated 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 five-leafed pine trees outside Of
the state.
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State Buys Coal Supply.
The state board Of control has
placed orders for it's winter supply Of
coal representing all investment OF
nearly $3SO,OOO. The cost to the state
is nearly $4,000 more than year ago.
For the 60 state institutions in charge
Of the board a total of III ,805 tons OF
coal are required and the orders placed
are for this amount. Fully dozen
fuel concerns in the state realize from
the disbursement The prices OBJ
tanned were generally uniform.
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Farm Course at az" 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 24-2S. T. A. Erick-
son, state leader of boys and girls
club work, will be in charge of the
course.
1o8, 2e6 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 10S,-
2S6.
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inspectors at Montevideo.
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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Road Work to Cost $4,000 eco.
County boards in Minnesota navs
planned work which will cost nearly
s4,OOO,OOO on roads of the state this
year. Plans for SEQ miles Of this road
work are filed with the State Highway
Commission, which controls all the
state aid road work except that in
Ramsey, Hennepin and st. Louis coun.
ties. Minnesota has 1880 miles Of
trunk line highways designated as
state roads, the original design being
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