The Tomahawk., 1916-10-05
$tateneW$l1b Brief
poings of Last Few Days Throughout
Minnesota Condo nsed for
Hasty Perusal.

St.. Paul. - Plans for rural school
| week in Minnesota beginning October
16 have been announced by G. G.
Schulz, state superintendent of educa-
ton, in letters to county superinten-
dents.
Marshall. - J. o. Thompson, pro-
prietor of a local restaurant, shot him.
self through the head, following an
attempt to kill his wife. Mrs. Thomp-
son was not seriously injured. Thomp-
toms death was instantaneous.
Cedar Mills: Albert Kruger, a
harvest hand, is dead from infantile
paralysis after a few days illness. He
had contracted the disease while
working in a threshing crew. There
Is one other case in this vicinity.
St. Paul. - The yield of potatoes in
Minnesota this year will be about half
Il normal crop, according to a state
inent given out by the state immlgra-
Jon department and based on reports
from the principal tuber-growing dis
lricts.
Fairmont. -. Speaking at the exer-
cises dedicating the new high school
building here, c. G. Schulz of ST. Paul,
state superintendent of schools, en-
phasized the value of improved edu-
cational facilities in linking town and
country.
St. Paul - Minnesota farmers will
have to pay at least 10 cents pound
for sisal Irvine for binding next year s
crop, according to members OF the
state board of control, who said that
at SA cents the state has sold its
Irvine this year too cheaply.
St. Paul. - State Auditor Preus has
just announced a reduction of As mill
in the new state tax levy, equivalent
to about $750,O00 on the assessed val
uation Of all the taxable property in
the state-a sharing of huge melon
among the people of Minnesota.
Mankato. - Congressman F. r.
Ellsworth has nominated Walfred N.Y.
quist of Blue Earth county, now at
tending a college in Minneapolis, for
appointment as cadet in the United
States naval academy at Annapolis,
and Frank Prevratil of Worthington
as alternate.
Faribault. - Alleged shortages in
the accounts of former officials of
Faribault and irregularities in it's
finances were features of a report
made public by Andrew E. Fritz, state
public examiner The report said the
city has outstanding $4,000 in war
H. 4,,{1
ity to issue bonds to pay them.
St. Cloud. - Glenn S. Rogers of St.
Cloud spent twelve days in the United
States army. An effort is being made
to procure a pension for him. Rogers
enlisted in the regulars at Chicago and
was sent to Jefferson barracks in Mis-
souri, He remained there only twelve
days when he was released because
he had contracted bronchial pneumo-
MIA.
saltwater. - John H. Maeher of
tbs State Highway commission ad-
dressed the Minnesota county commits
sioners at their annual convention,
which opened it's session here, on good
roads building. Mr.. Maeher advocated
the cross-section plan of sloping on
each side of the road as the most sue
cessful method for developing good
roads and suggested more county &C.
tivity In state road Improvement.
Blackduck Travel-stained, and
showing signs of long exposure, a man
who refused to give his name arrived
in this place with rural mail driver
and, according to Deputy Sheriff Frank
Carson, who placed him under arrest,
he answers the description of the as.
sailant of Miss Olga Dahl, the Round
Lake school teacher, in every particu-
lar. The man has refused to give his
name and will give no information re-
garding himself except to say that he
walked nearly all the way from Cass
Lake.
Saltwater - Our American people
are all too loose in their sympathy
with criminals declared DR.. Robert
M. Phelps, superintendent of the state
hospital for insane at st. Peter, in an
address here opening the 25th annual
state conference of charities and cor
rections. DR.. Phelps presented two
main objects in assigning penalties
for crime, "one to remove the person
from chance of doing more harm; the
other to make it plain to others that
society will do the same to them if
they braak the law"
Minneapolis. - Writing from some
where in France" to his brother, the
Rev. T. w. Graham, pastor of Andrew
Presbyterian church, Lieutenant John
! r. Graham of the Ninety-sixth brig
ade, British field artillery, sent news
that his command, which had been in
! action on the Somme front during
July and had later been put to rest.
had been ordered into action at Arras,
(which is ever so much quieter than
where we were. 1t will not seem like
war at ALL" That was in August. Mr..
Graham has just received news that
his brother had died Friday from
| wounds suffered September Is at Ar