The Tomahawk., 1917-08-02
STATE BRfV!TIES-

Governor BurnQuist has announced
that until draft business is finished
he will take no action on demands by
the state military board for the resig-
nation or removal of Adj. Gen. Fred
B. Wood.
Employers will face strict enforce
ment of the Federal child labor law
September 1. The law will be effective
August 2, for it prohibits the shipment
of goods made by child labor in thirty
days of the date the law goes into
effect.
The first tests of Minnesota's sa-
botage law, directed against I. w. WIS
and others who teach similar criminal
practices, will be made at Bemidji.
Governor Burnquist has directed off,
Gals in Beltrami county to make a
thorough cleanup of l. w. w. leaders.
Thomas H. Garfield, secretary of
the Minnesota State Fair, has returned
from visit to the North Dakota state
fair at Grand Forks. AS result OF
his visit Mr.. Canfeld's hopes for the
most successful fair ever held by the
State Agricultural society have been
materially raised.
The Minnesota Public Safety Com
mission has adopted a resolution in
structing county directors to appoint
a marketing committee for each coun-
ty to aid in marketing potatoes, beans,
cabbages and like products and also
to aid in procuring reasonable prices
and storage facilities where needed.
Machining tn
come out of the ground that experts
said today may go over 100000 BUSH
els and equal or break former produc-
ton records, farmers of Minnesota are
preparing to smite the high cost OF
living and at the same time bring
themselves a record harvest of potato
dollars.
Formation of a state automobile re-
serve corps with a membership OF
nearly 100000 members was started
by the action of the State Public Safe
ty commission in accepting the offer
of the Minneapolis Automobile Trade
association to form such an Organiza-
ton for the purpose Of assisting in
maintaining law and order throughout
the state.
Proposed Payment of the 1856 de-
fcit in state aid to highsDand graded
schools from available funds as or
dered recently by the State High
School Board after prolonged fight
following Governor Burnquist's veto
of the special appropriation by the
last Legislature to cover the deficit,
will be certified by State Auditor
Preus, it is announced by C. E. Schulz,
state superintendent of education.
Eben E. Corliss, custodian of the
state capitol and a Minnesota pioneer,
is dead at his St. Paul home.
Americas best known food experts
and lecturers will give a series OF
| educational talks at the Minnesota
State, Fair, Sept. 3 to 8, according to
Ray p. Speer, publicity agent.
The State Railroad and Warehouse
Commission has issued on order d.
recting the Northern Pacific railroad
to restore passenger train service over
the old St. Paul & Duluth line through
Minnesota territory.
Nine Wellesley college girls, visi-
tors at the Bennett mine at Keewatin,
who are studying MINES ota industries,
donned overalls and oilskins before be.
ing taken through the underground
workings and the open pit.
The recent hot spell is great for
corn and it will not hurt the small
grain in Minnesota, which is too far
advanced to be damaged by heat, &C.
cording to farm experts. Wheat is be-
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aged by rust and the dry heat of the
past few days is not Of the kind that
causes rust, they say.
Fire of unknown origin destroyed
the big sawmill known as Plant No.
1 of the Crookston Lumber company,
a Shevlin mill at Bemidji The flames
wrecked the building iH twenty min
utes. One minute after the blaze was
discovered the sixty workmen of the
night shift were rushing out, barely
in time to save their lives.
President Wilson has announced the
members of the district for appeal ex-
emption draft tribunals for 80 states,
including Minnesota. Each board con-
sists of five members-each is a rep
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employer of labor, man familiar
with industrial conditions in the dis
trict, a physician and lawyer.
The following nominations of Min
nesota postmasters have been sent to
the Senate: E. E. Putnam, Big Lake;
Ludwig L. Johnson, Brookpark; Rob-
ert w. Stewart, Ceylon; Albert Ander-
son, Clearbrook; Bernard w. Comis-
ky, Currie; Halbert L. Webb, Glyndon;
Ruth G. Soderberg, Grand March; Gus
tave J. Jarchow, Harris; Frank e.
Smith, Kimball; Olof Ristag, Lancas-
ter; Edw. c. Sommermeyer, Mariet-
ta; Ralph V. Townsend, Minnesota
Lake; Walter w., Pearson, Nevis;
Henry Goulet, Onamia; Amelia M.
Rajkowski, Rice; Albert X. Anderson,
Spicer; John c. Klein, ST. Joseph; Ger
trude A. Muske, Swanville; Alton E.
Martin, Woodlake.
Six country banks in Minnesota, hay
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