The Tomahawk. [volume] (White Earth, Becker County, Minn.) 1903-192?, 1916-03-30
MINNESOTA MECCA
OF H0MESE.EKE:RS
STATE RETAINS PSI CARS Of IN
MIGRANT MOVABLES HAND
LED DURING FEBRUARY. ..
EVENTS At STATE CAPITOL
Interesting and Important Happenings
Of the Past Few Days Selected
and Arranged for the Conven'
fence of Busy Readers.

st. Paul.
Minnesota is the mecca OF the I'M
out by Fred Sherman, immigration
commissioner. The state retained
more than half CT the 461 cars of i'm
migrant movables handled at the Min
nesota Transfer during February.
Other states in the Northwest re-
ceived 230 of the carloads of household
goods and other belongings of the
seekers for new homes. ~
North Dakota was Minnesota's near
est competitor, with 6S cars, Montana
received 81, Canada Is, and other
states in the Northwest the remainder.
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Course for Educators
F. H. Swift, dean Of the college OF
education, University of Minnesota,
has announced the third annual short
course for Minnesota school superin-
tendents and principals will be given
at the university during the Easter re-
cess, April 10 to p. Two prominent
American educators, Professor w. c..
Bagley, director Of the school of edu-
cation Of the University of Illinois, and
Professor E. P Cubberley of Leland
Stanford university will deliver lee
lures. The time selected for the short
course coinsides with that of the annual
conferences of the superintendent
section of the Minnesota Educational
association. The superintendent and
principals conferences will take place
Thursday and Friday afternoon, April
20 and 21 The superintendent and
principals annual dinner will be on FRI
day evening, April Fl, at the Elks' club.
There will be several other educa-
tional conferences at this time, includ-
ing the Minnesota psychological con-
ference, the school library conference,
and the conference of English and COM
mercial high school teachers.
The annual meeting of the college OF
education alumni will take place Thurs
day evening, April 20, at o'clock.
The committee in charge of arrange
ments for the short courses includes:
State Superintendent G. G. Schulz,
Dean L. D. Coffman of the college of
education; w. c. Cobb, president of
the superintendent section of the
Minnesota Educational association; E..
M. Phillips, state high school inspeo-
tor, and Professor F. H. Swift.
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Land Sales Bring $4,000. .. Ill.,.
Showing the heavy demand for state
land, State Auditor Preus has disposed
OF nearly 10000 acres in number of
northern Minnesota counties. The to-
tai amount realized for the state school
fund from the sales held was approx
mately $4,000 At International Falls
where the first of the sales was held,
1896 acres were sold for S25,733. The
second held at Duluth aided in the dis
posal of $3.50 acres at $62,970, and the
third held at Aitkin saw 40 acres tur.
ned over tc settlers for 5000.
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Pass Bar Examinations.
Names of twenty-three new lawyers
vino have passed their bar examina-
ticns have been recommended to the
supreme court by Eli Southworth, Of
Mankato, secretary of the State board
OF Law Examiners. One woman was
on the list. The successful candidates
now may take their oatas of Office,
which must rs ilcd il: the supreme
court.
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Statewide Cleanup Day.
A statewide cleanup and fire-pre'
centior day probably will be observed
in Minnesota April 1 this year. Gov
ernor Burnquist and R. w. Hargadine,
state fire marshal, conferred, relative
to fixing date when all citizens will
be urged to clean out their attics and
Easements and remove the rubbish
from their yards.
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Drains UnsoId State Land.
The state drainage board has let a
contract for completion of the Sand
Hill ditch project in Polk county, for
which $4,000 was appropriated by the
last legislature. The work includes a
ditch, the read alongside, and four
steel bridges over the ditch, which
drains a considerable amount Of IN
sold state land.
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To Enlarge Reformatory.
Members of the board of contro1 re.
ported after a visit to the ST. Cloud
reformatory, that crowded conditions
in the institution would be relieved
in six months when cell house D is
completed. There are $50 inmates in
the reformatory. The new cell house
will accommodate about 200 persons.
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Alleges Risk Law Violation.
For the first time the statute pro
hibiting Minnesotans from being in
sured in companies that are no: licen-