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

NJ. L "IAA LII. 1. puy, CAcCu-
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 1915, judging from the first
orders received from the larger com
munities. -:
! Minneapolis. = The University of
Minnesota has defeated to some ex-
tent the high cost of living With
prices on all commodities increased
approximately 80 per cent over those
If 1915, Controller G. H. Hayes said
that the maintenance cost of the uni
yersity for the fiscal year ending July
81, 1916, was approximately only II
per cent higher than for the same
period last year.
ST.. Paul. - The state free employ.
mentsagencies in Minneapolis, st. Paul
and Duluth filled 5.202 jobs at ar aver.
age e.1s,t%of 1878 cents during the last
fscaiayear;7 according to figures made
public by w. r. Houk, state labor com.
missioner. Maintenance costs OF the
Eaeencies res$44192 a month in M in
neapolis, $180.21 in St. Paul and
s227.92 in Duluth. Men were given
1929 places: and women 1881, the
statement shows
FairmOnt. The Minnesota Crop
Improvement, association will hold it's
annual meeting In F'airmont February
1915. c. L.. Blanchar of Fairriont,
president: of the: association, says the
Injecting should be unusually we'll at
|ies1dedi because Of the success of Mar
ftin county ins growing good crops. The
county is said to produce more corn
and oats than: any other county in the
state. and also; to: have the greatest
1:number of champion corn breeders.
f. St. Paul. The state department OF
labor: in its biennial report shows that
the applica ton? of the Workmen's com.
pensation law providing for. 50 per
/ cent of the wage loss to injured work.
men who are disabled for two weeks
Tor 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.
ton paid in the 12,768 cases closed
by June 30 was $9S3,418.06.
Bemidji.- The seventh annual meet.
ing of the Northern Minnesota Devel.
opment league will be held in Bemidji,
Mimi, December Z and 8. The ses.
stons will be given over. to a 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
lens of Hibbing are said by county Off.
Gals 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-
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Hibbing matters and has taken an
enormous amount of testimony, hear
Ing many witnesses in connection with
the charges Of alleged Extravaganza
and graft"
Mankato. - Drs. Arnold Schwyze1
and Archibald MacLaren of st. Pau
will be speakers on the opening pro
! gram of the two days annual meeting
of the Southern Minnesota Medica1
association, to be held in this city
4 December and 5, 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 a.
the University of Minnesota, to. the
commission named by Governor j.. A
A. BurnQuist to make a proposed re
vision Of laws relating to public health
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