The Tomahawk. [volume] (White Earth, Becker County, Minn.) 1903-192?, 1916-10-26

| migrant mOVableS handled during the
last three Yeas through the Minnesota
| Transfer:
Total MINI. MINI. Per-
Year Cars Boun nd centaggss
1913 ...........6 ,529 1870 81
1914 .5,277 1850 40
| 1915 .4,442 2,3O6 81
That continued good showing will
be made this year is predicted by the
! NorthwestwtH taoln taolnn
commissioner. The decrease in the
Northwest is attributed by Mr.. She1'
man to crop and European war condi'
lions, and he expects there will be a
great influx of settlers at the end az
the war.
Shows Great Prosperity.
The assessed value of taxable real
and personal property in Minnesota
increased more than $60,OOO,OOO the
past year.
| This announcement has been made
in a statement issued by the state tax
! commission, sitting as a state board
of equalization.
Widespread prosperity throughout
the state was shown by an increase OF
approximately 33 per cent in the NUM-
Der of automobiles. The number given
In the statement was 1898, showing
an increase of nearly 22,500 the past
year.
The assessed value of automobiles
increased from $11,0S5,667 to $12;
235,626, despite decrease in the aver
age assessed value from $18046 to
$145.
The assessed value Of taxable real
and personal property in the state, e&'
elusive of iron ore, moneys and credits
is S1,294,526,749. Equally divided, this
would give every man, woman and
child in the state approximately $3.50
Personal property assessments total
$3.50, 552,O24 and real estate $1,O6l.
O1O,725, of which $632,157,2S1 repro
cents farm and unplatted property.
Of the total assessed value of real
estate, $345,SS9,552, or 1926 per cent
is in Ramsey, Hennepin and st. Loula
counties.
Shows Decrease of Crime.
Teeming with human interest and
| things out-of-the-ordinary, according tc
! authorities on penology, and therefore
a remarkable work, the nineteenth
biennial report of the Minnesota state
| prison is off the press in the prison
! print shop.
This report shows, among othel
things, that:
| State prison committalS are dc
! creasing in number in Minnesota.
Prison terms are heightened by Min
nesota's comparatively new indeter
! inmate sentence laws.
j Prison service, purely custodial ir
past years, is now designed to change
the prisoner from an enemy to use
full member of society.
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Blister Rust Infection Spreads.
! A new area infected with white pine
blister rust has been discovered by M,
H. Coe of the state nursery inspection
department. and l.. H. Salmon of the
bureau of plant industry. United States
! Department Of Agriculture, at Pine
! l1OllO" C1Sch, Oll tuC MlAACoOtd OAAC Va
! the St. Croix river.
The infected area covers about fifty
acres, and is the largest infection that
has been discovered in the state.
! Three other infected areas have been
discovered in Minnesota. The disease
was found at Lakeland and Taylor 9
Falls last spring; later an infected
area was found eight miles north Of
! Taylor's Falls. The disease was un.
doubtedly spread from an infected nur.
Eery.
New Record for Traffic.
| high record total of 556,934 loaded
freight cars passed through the Min.
! neapolis gateway in the first nine
months Of 1916, the report of the Min.
neapolis Traffic association, which is
! just out, shows. In the corresponding
/ period of 1915 the total was 4S2,92O,
the increase being S0,c14 cas- ~r '3.3z
per cent.
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Law Students Examined.
Twenty-one applicants for al issior
! to the bar o. Minnesota have com
| pleted their examination before the
state board of law examiners. The
results will not be known for thres
weeks, according to C. J. Traxler. sec
rotary of the state heard. The NUM-
Der of applicants was far below that
! at the June examination, when 43 tool
the tests, but compared favorabIy With
the number at previous October exam
| nations The examination was Tie
first given since Mr.. Tr2xIer was elect
J e6 secretary