The Tomahawk. [volume] (White Earth, Becker County, Minn.) 1903-192?, 1916-06-22
SCHOOLS AGAIN
ON HONOR ROLL
UNIVERSITY AND ST. THOMAS
COLLEGE RANKED AMONG TEN
BEST IN UNITED STATES.
EVENTS IT STATE CAPITOL

Interesting and Important r1aPPSOlH9S
OF the Past Few Days SELECTED
and Arranged for the Conven.
lence Of Busy Readers.
st. Paul.
The University of Minnesota and the
College of ST. Thomas have both been
| honored by being named as among the
10 best military schools, in their re-
spective classes, in the United States,
according to advices received here by
the heads of the two institutions.
The University cadets have been
placed on the "distinguished' roll for
the third successive year. and through
this are entitled to three second lieu:
tenantcies in the regular army.
The men to receive the commissions
will be chosen from the list Of honor
cadet officers graduating in the classes
of 1914, 1915 and 1916. Ten land grant
colleges are placed on this list each
year.
The st. Thomas lads have been
placed for the second successive time
on the honor roll of preparatory mill
tary schools of the nation, this entitl-
ing the school to the privilege of COM
peting for one of five West Point APP
each year
Bumper Crops In Sight.
Minnesota crop prospects are good.
Small grains are in excellent condition
and coming fast. Excessive wet caused
some backwardness and cut acreages
to some extent, but general conditions
are now very satisfactory. Prospects
for fruit and berry crops are excellent.
Pastures are fine and hay is abundant.
Prospects OF good corn crop in Min
nesota are not bright this year, &C
cording to reports received by Fred D.
Sherman from thirtyfour counties Of
the state, and the acreage has been cut
down in many of the counties this year
from 10 to 35 per cent. Red Lake
county is the one exception to this
county being that the corn acreage is
increased 5 per cent this year as COM
pared with last year.
The bright side of the report is that
while corn is backward owing to the
cold, wet spring, small grains show in
creased acreage everywhere and there
is an abundance of pastures.
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Flower and Fruit Bodies Meet.
A joint session of the Minnesota
State Horticultural society and it's
| auxiliaries, the Minnesota State Gar
den Flower society, the Minnesota
State Beekeepers' society and the Min
nesota State florists society will be
held at the University farm, June %.
The main room Of the gymnasium
will be used for the fruit and flower
display. Following the exhibit the
flowers will be distributed to Twin
Cities hospitals.
A number of demonstrations, includ-
ing one by Prof. Francis lager, apicul-
turist, and spraying experiments are
on the program. A picnic dinner and
inspection of the grounds will be fea-
| lures.
Re-decorate Capitol.
After more than twenty months Of
constant painting and plastering, the
ground floor Of the State Capitol and
the basement have been put into good
condition. The cost of the work has
been between $4,000 and $4,000. Two
painters have been employed constant
| ly, and part of the time men we're busy
painting over the frescoed designs.
FraternaI Societies Gain.
Fraternal beneficiary associations in
| Minnesota issued 2,739 more certif-
Gates in 1915 than in 1914, according
| to the annual report just issued by s.
| d. Works, commissioner of insurance.
| The total number of new certificates
issued in 1915 was 27,147 and in 1914.
24,4O8.
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Burnquist Gets Relic.
Henry Buck, one Of the pioneers Of
Minnesota, and now a resident Of LIE
Sueur, has presented to Governor
Burnquist a bullet from one Of the
old Russian muskets used by the early
settlers Of lie Sueur in defending them
selves against the Indians.
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Interprets Workmen's Act.
| The workmen's compensation act
was further interpreted by the supreme
court when that tribunal ruled that the
act has no application to child adop-
ted by a widow after her husbands
death.
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Summer Sessions Begin.
| Summer sessions of three University
departments, the arts college, the agri-
: cultural college and the medical school
are open.
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Urges Vaccination.
Vaccination for TYPHOID fever imun.