New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1916-08-16

man, has been appointed a member Of
the Democratic campaign committee
Mrs. Glare Pfeffer. aged eighty eight,
pioneer St. Paul resident, is dead.
Minnesota grain grades win not be
announced until after Aug. 81, because
of the extraordinary crop situation
this year. The state board OF grain
appeal, which met In Minneapolis hast
week for the annual Encouragement Of
grades, adjourned without final action
Five Minnesota attorneys will be
stripped of their right to practice law
in this state if recommendations
adopted by the Minnesota State Bar
association in annual session at Du-
luth are carried out by the state board
of law examiners. The names of the
five are withheld.
Resolutions authorizing the prest
dent of the Republican League of Min
nesota to appoint committee Of five
with full power to urge the adoption
by the next legislature Of amendments
to the present primary law were
adopted at the convention Of the
league at st. Paul.
Otto w. Davies of Minneapolis. q
housing and child welfare expert nen.
titled with surveys made for the Min.
neapolis Civic and Commerce associa-
ton, is an additional member of the
commission of thirteen appointed by
Governor BurnQuist to revise and
codify laws relating to children.
Derwin e. Priest Of Minneapolis, a
locomotive engineer who pulled the
train carrying Abraham Linso]n to his
Inauguration and later the martyred
presidents funeral train, is dead at
Minneapolis, aged eighty-stx The re-
mains of Mr.. Priest were inferred at
Waseca, where he formerly lived and
served as mayor.
Austin's streets may be graded with
gold-at least to limited extent A.
G. Runyan washed out $1.98 worth OF
gold from thirty pans of sand from the
same source as that used on the local
streets. All along the Cedar river.
where some indications of gold have
been found, eager farmers have turned
prospectors and are banning" the
sand.
A closed season for prairie chickens
and partridge for three years, estab-
lishment of state game breeding
farms, extension Of the system of
game refugees and measures to encour.
age killing of predatory animals were
the principal recommendations framed
by the Minnesota Game Protective
league at it's annual convention at
Duluth.
Simple clothes will be worn by the
girls of the seventh and eighth grades
and high school at Albert Lea as re-
suit of resolution passed by the city
school board requiring that all girls
in these departments wear regula.
ton costume consisting of sailor
suit or MILDLY blouse, blue in color.
All silks, velvets and other costly
dresses are to be barred from all
school functions.
The Minneapolis board of equaliza-
ton recommends that some of the
property now exempt from taxation
be placed on the taxable list by chang
ing the state law. The board says the
assessed valuation of all Minneapolis
property is now about $215, 900, 900,
while property, including city owned
70 ~, nd
lie hospitals, with taxable value of
approximately $1o0,o00,000, is exempt.
Alpheus B. Stickney, founder of the
Chicago Great Western railroad and
pioneer of the Northwest in railroad
organization and construction, is dead
at his home in st. Paul. Death fol-
lowed weeks illness. For several
years the pioneer has been in declin-
ing health. Physicians gave the cause
of death as intestinal trouble, with
complications. Mr.. Stickney was sew
enty-six yearsof age and was native
of Maine.
Disbursements to date from the so
called Mexican war appropriation of
100000 voted by the state under the
statute relating to calam1ties, total
$85,872.15, according to statement
issued by State Auditor Preus. The
sum represents the money spent by
the state thus far in establishing and
mobilizing the brigade at Camp Bob
Letter. The items include $73,908.S1
for payrolls and $11.96334 TOR labor
and materials. IS.