The Cook County news-herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Cook County, Minn.) 1909-current, 1916-07-05
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DAILY FOR TROOPS
ROUGH ESTIMATE OF SALARIES
MADE eY ADJ. GENERAL WOOD
OF MINNESOTA GUARD.
STATE CAPITOL HAPPENINGS
Events o. General. Interest IN Mime.
sofa Condensed and Revised for
The Greater convenienee
OF Busy Readers.

Ine Greater Convenience
Of Busy Readers.
St. Paul.
According to a rough estimate made
by Adjutant General Wood, command:
ing the Minnesota National guard, i,
is costing about $4,000 a day for sal
aries of the men who are affected by
the mobilization orders
Following are the rates Of pay for
each days service received by the
guardsmen:
Brjgadfer General, $1667.
Colonel, Sill.
Lieutenant Colonel, 1912.
Majors, 1888.
Captains, $6.67
First Lieutenants, 1856.
Second Lieutenant, $4.72.
Privates, SO cents.
, Privates in hospital corps, So cents.
First-class private in engineers or
signal corps, 80 cents.
Sergeants of infantry, 81.
Sergeant of engineers, signal or hos.
pital corps, $3.50.
Battalion Sergeant Majors Of Field
Artillery, chief trumpeters and prin-
cipal musicians, $l.33
Quartermaster Sergeant, first-C!ass
Sergeants. Sergeant Majors Of sigma,
corps and tirst-class musicians, $3.50.
First-class Sergeants of hospital
| corps and Sergeants or field musicians,
| $1.67.
Farst-class Sergeants of engineers
corps, $2.17.
Master electricians, Quartermaste1
| of coast artillery, master signal cleo.
trician and chief musician, $3.50.
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Strike Cuts Revenues.
| State revenues of iron ore property
; operated under state lease will be MAJ
! terially cut, 1t is expected, as the re-
suit o. he miners strike on the iron
| range. This is the opinion of Stata
! Auditor Preus, who has received word
from F.. A. Wildes, state mine nspec.
tor, that not an underground mine on
| the range was in operation. OF 80
! mines operated under state lease, II
are underground property.
Mr.. Wildes informed the state audi
tor that not a pound Of ore has been
shipped from these mines in a week,
and that the strike was spreading. He
regarded the situation as serious Man:
underground mines which employed
from 80 to so men, he said. now are
using only two or three The remain
der have been driven away by intim
idation.
the banner year on the iron range
State royalties alone, it was believed
would reach $750,O00. Unless the strike
Is ended soon, the state revenues will!
fall far below that figure
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Governor Visits camp.
Governor BurnQuist paid his srsi
visit to Camp Bobleter, when he con
ferred with Brigadier General A. w
Wright, in command of the brigaot
! camp.
There were no formalities in connec
ton with the Governors visit, and /:
was stated he called to inquire as to
the condition of the troops and what
steps. if any, should be taken 10 pro-
vide all their needs.
The equipment problem, which caus.
ed many of the soldiers to sleep with.
out blankets the first nign:. was solv-
cd in part when some new equipment
was provided. Several carloads .,f
equipment from Federal quartermaster
| RI ot tI1
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Thinks Oil Kills Fish.
That the oiling Ct the roadway Sur
rounding Lake Harriet, in Minneapolis,
is causing the death Of many fish Ia
that body Of water is the opinion Ct
Carlos Avery, state game and fish
commissioner. He is having some OF
the dead fish examined. Mr.. Aver3
says two wagon loads of fish were picls
ed up on the shores OF Lake Harriet.
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State Flower Show Held.
The University Farm gymnasium
was converted into q green house al
the annual meeting of the Minnesota
State Horticultural society and it's
auxiliary organizations Nearly 1,OOC
vases Of state flowers were entereS
in the exhibition. The display Of PEG.
MES was feature
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May Raise Standard.
A statute requiring applicants for
the state examination for license to
practice pharmacy in Minnesota to
have been trained at recognized col
lege OF pharmacy will be advocated
at the next legislative session by thu
Minnesota State Pharmaceutical az.
ISOLATION.
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Attends Valuation Hearing.
q r. F:1mnuict ~ tho state roi1r0o a