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The Tomahawk., 1917-04-05
To End Hunting BY Aliens.

St. Paul, March 27.-War shadows
clouded a debate in the Minnesota
House of Representative over a bill
prohibiting the killing of game by for
eigners who have not declared their
intention of becoming citizens.
REPRESENTATIVE Theodore Christian
son objected to the measure because it
would prevent foreigners from keep
ing weapons for the defense of their
homes, and offered an amendment
that would only prohibit these persons
from carrying firearms.
The Tomahawk., 1917-04-05
To Name High Court Candidates

St. Paul. March 24.--The bill pro-
viding for nomination of candidates
for supreme court justice by Eon-par-
tisan convention has passed by the
state Senate by a vote of AZ to 10.
Delegates to the convention are to
be chosen at the primary, the bill pro-
vidcs. Each county will be entitled to
three Observation-Disclosures and one
additional for each $4,000 population.
The 1910 census would give a conven-
ton of 399 members, with % delegates
from Hennepin county, IS from Ram
sey and IA from st. Louis, Senator r.
Putnam declared today.
The Tomahawk., 1917-04-05
cloe,d Season on Particles.

st. Paul March 24.-The Senate has
passed q bill closing the season on
PARTRIDGE until October 10. 1920. The
season on prairie chickens is shor-
tened so as to run from September
is to October I. The law row allows
them to be shot from September Z to
October s. The bill also nr1vides that
10 quail shall be the lirnit of a days
bag and that not more than 80 shall
he killed in a season. The bill was
introduced by Senator Fred D. Vibert
of CloQuet and has come before the
House.
The Tomahawk., 1917-04-05
GREAT DEMAND
FOR CANADIAN LAND
Americans Are Buyers and Be.
coming SettIers-Anxious to
Get Cheap and Produc-
tive Land.

REPORTS are to hand that there will
pe large influx Of settlers from the
United States into the Canadian West
during the coming Spring. For time
there has been falling off, on account
of. the fear Of CONSUMPTION, which of
course was not possible, and which the
Canadian Government gave every as
surance would not be put into opera
ton. In any case it would not affect
the American settler, and more than
that the man who was working on the
farm, helping to produce the grain
that goes to feed those who are at war,
would not be affected.
The excellent yields Of the Western
Canada crops, and the high prices Sc
cured Is having it's influence on those
looking for homes. The authenticated
reports that have been sent out from
time to time that this farmer and that
farmer had paid for their entire farm
holdings out Of one crop has reached
the ears of the man looking for farm.
When he hears that G. H. Beatty Of
Nanton, Alberta, had 679 bushels OF
wheat from IL acres or an average Of
b61a bushels to the acre, he becomes
Interested. When he learns that Sid
ney E. Phillips Of Beddeford, Alberta,
threshed ten hundred and fifty-three
bushels Of wheat, the average being
b2h bushels per acre, his interest is
further aroused. Thos. Long of Leth-
bridge had 12O bushels Of oats to the
acre from a field Of 25 acres, w.
Quinn Of Milk River had 6,094 bushels
Of wheat from 100 acres, an average
Of 80 bushels per acre, and Robert
Tackaberry of Nobleford makes affida-
VT that he had an average Of seventy
six bushels of wheat per acre from a
t1eld Of 1868 acres. Thos. Boulton Of the
same place makes affidavit that from
ffty acres he had yield Of fifty-three
bushels of wheat per acre. Newell j.
Mobiles affidavit Of getting "a bushels
per acre from 1000 acres stands out
most strongly as evidence Of what the
wheat grower can do. This affidavit is
strengthened by paragraph stating
that he had 100 bushels and 30 lbs. per
acre from 394.69 acres. Mrs. Nancy
COe makes affidavit that on her farm
at Nobleford she threshed six thou
sand one hundred and ten bushels OF
wheat from one hundred and fifteen
acres, or fifty-three bushels and eight
lbs. per acre, and from flax field
(stubble field) she got 20 bushels and
80 pounds per acre.
It cannot be said that these were
freak yields because so many had such
great success. When these reports are
read, the man looking for farm be-
comes convinced.
These are only few Of the reasons
that will cause large influx Of Amer
lean farmers into the Canadian West
during the coming Spring.
The farmers now resident in Mani
toba, Saskatchewan and Alberta are
purchasing additional lands. Prices
are low and Free homestead land can
be had in many districts and the home
-steader is Observation-Disclosures
The Tomahawk., 1917-04-05
Root River Floods Houston.

Houston.-Root river valley in this
vicinity is flooded, due to the rapid
rise in the river caused by recent
thaws, and Houston's streets in many
places are under two feet of water.
The st. Paul road tracks have been
washed out on both sides Of town.
Houston is in the north central part
of Houston county. The town has a
population Of about 1000. The Root
river runs through Fillmore and
Houston counties, joining the Missis-
sippi river just below La Crosse, Wis.
The Tomahawk., 1917-04-05
Would Codify Road Laws.

st. Paul-Governor Burnquist will
be asked by the St. Paul Association
to appoint a road laws commission to
.codify measures relating to highways
and bring order out of chaos in this
portion of Minnesota statutes before
the next Legislature meets.
The legislative committee of the
association has decided to draft res
olution for adoption by the board Of
directors and submission to the Gov
ecnor.
The committee in it's study of pend
ing legislation found road laws as
much in need of codifcation as are
laws relating to child welfare.
The Tomahawk., 1917-04-05
Memorial Fund Grows,

I St.4Paul-The Ramsey county COM
mittee for the Hammond memorial OBJ
tanned subscriptions totaling $1,007.50
from st. Paul business men in an hour
and half. The amount was raised in
one downtown office building. Similar
committees appointed by Governor
Burnquist were working in Hennepin
county and throughout the state for a
$25, 900 memorial to the late Governor
Hammond
The Tomahawk., 1917-04-05
Training Camps. Dates Named.

Fort Smelling. - Dates for the two
summer training camps at Fort Shell
ing have been announced by General
Barry of Chicago in a letter received
by Sumner T. Mcknight, chairman of
the Minneapolis committee in charge
of arrangements for the camps. The
first will be from July to August 5;
the second, August II to September 8.
Camps for boys over Is and less than
IS years old will be held at Des
Moines July to July 20, and August
4 to September 2.
The Tomahawk., 1917-04-05
To Save Farmers Millions.

Washington. - Operation OF the
Farm Land bank in St. Paul will
mean an annual saving of $9.100,000
to the farmers of Minnesota and
North and South Dakota, according to
estimates by the Federal Farm Loan
board.
This figure is obtained by reduction
in the interest rate for farm loans.
The rate throughout the United
States has been fixed at S per cent
by the Federal Farm Loan bureau.
The Tomahawk., 1917-04-05
Free Dentistry For Recruits.

st. Paul.-Any applicant for enlist
ment in United States war service in
St. Paul, whether for army, navy, ma
rine corps or national guard, who is
rejected because of bad teeth, will
have his teeth put in shape for &C.
ceptance. The work will be done free
by members of the St. Paul Dental
society.
The Tomahawk., 1917-04-05
Chisholm Fears |. w. w. Strike.

Chisholm. Fears that another
strike, similar to that of last year,
will break out in the iron mines in
this vicinity are entertained by local
workers. The fears have been aug
mented and the uneasiness among the
men more discomforting since the an
nouncement that large numbers OF
members have filed into l. w. W.
Headquarters here and paid their back
dues, increasing the actual member
ship.
The Tomahawk., 1917-04-05
NAVIGATION to Open Late.

Duluth.-Unless all signs are wrong,
the opening of navigation out of the
American head of the lakes will be
late this spring-perhaps later than
in years. A bitterly cold winter, and
the absence of the usual January
thaw formed 80 to 40 inches of glaze
ice on both sides of Minnesota point
The Tomahawk., 1917-04-05
Factories Ready for War.
thousand

Minneapolis. - Several thousand
Minnesota factories-the exact num-
Der of which is a War department Sc
cret-are prepared to turn their atten-
ton to the manufacture of such sup
plies as the government may wish in
the event of war.
The Tomahawk., 1917-04-05
Family of 5 Slain by Farmer.

Redwood Falls.-William Kleeman
a we'll known young farmer living
near Clements, Redwood county
killed his wife and four little children
with an AK, and then hanged himself
Discovery of the gruesome tragedy
was made by Miss Ruth Snyder, q
young school mistress, boarder al
the Kleeman home, upon her return
from a weekend visit at her home ir
Mankato. Local authorities were no
tilted
The Tomahawk., 1917-04-05
Farm Work to Beqin Early.

Winona. - Spring work on farms
in this section will be begun early
this year. The heavy snowfall in
Southern Minnesota has presented an
unusual phase of farm life. Frost,
ordinarily at this season deep in the
ground, is near the surface and will
be gone in few days if warm wealth
er continues.
The Tomahawk., 1917-04-05
saltwater Gets County Fair.

Stillwater.-Sixty directors of the
Washington County Fair association
met at. Forest Lake and decided to
change the meeting place of the fair
from that city to saltwater. Glen E..
Rogers, saltwater, was elected presi-
dent of the association.
The Tomahawk., 1917-04-05
Saws Mavo Foundation Is Gift.

St. Paul.-"The Mayo Foundation is
a gift: it does not perpetuate private
business, and the income may be spent
either within or without the state at
the discretion of the board of regents
This was the answer of F.. B. Snyder,
president of the Board of Regents of
the University of Minnesota, to the
statement of Dr.. G.. l. Greene.
The Tomahawk., 1917-04-05
DRAINAGE Bill Made Special Order.

St. Paul. March 24.-The general
drainage bill has been introduced in
the Minnesota House. and on request
Of Representative c. NJ. Bendixen,
chairman of the committee which re-
newed the numerous bills relating tC
control of waters, was made 4 special
order
The Tomahawk., 1917-04-05
Just for Honor.

Italy, Spain and Turkey are the only
countries in Europe which do not pay
their members Of parliament.
The Tomahawk., 1917-04-05

sWhcn those about us are cranky
it may be because we have crahkeo
them"
The Tomahawk., 1917-04-05

If n man tells us what he thinks Of
his neighbOrS. we can generaliy tell
what his neighbors think of him.
The Tomahawk., 1917-04-05

Garfield Tea, taken regularly, Will
correct both liver and kidney disorders.
Adv.
The Tomahawk., 1917-04-05

Guatemala has only one furniture
factory. It employs 80 men.
The Tomahawk., 1917-04-05
CUTICURA HEALS ECZEMA
And Rashes That Itch and Burn-TriaI
Free to Anyone Anywhere.

In the treatment Of skin and scalp
troubles battle freely with Cuticura
Soap and hot water, dry and apply
Cuticura Ointment. If there is a nat
ural tendency to rashes, pimples, etc.,
prevent their recurrence by making
Cuticura your daily toilet preparation.
Free sample each by mail with Book.
Address postcard, Cuticura, Dept. L,
Boston. Sold everywhere.-Adv.
The Tomahawk., 1917-04-05
BILL DOING AWAY WITH PRESi-
DENTAL PREFERENCE PRI-
MARY HAD ALREADY PASSED
THE LOWER HOUSE.
SENATE MAKES SHORT
SHIFT OF MEASURE
Child Welfare Bills Encounter Snag
-!"p!sza" Smith Testifics in
Equity Investigation in Which
He Charges Grossest Mis-
management and Loss.

St. Paul, March 3O.-Both house, Of
the legislature have now passed !ne
Gleason bill to repeal the presidential
preference primary act. The bill nof
awaits the governors signature
The Senate took the bill urder sus-
pension of rules and passed 1t by a
vote of So to II. There were a large
number Of senators absent.
Senator George II. Sullivan of Still
water, who had given notice that he
would move for special order on the
bill, asked for the suspension OF rules,
which was granted Immediately. AL
though a few men wanted the law kept
On the statute books, it took less than
ave minutes to hear their objections
to repeating it, Within 10 minutes
the whole thing had been disposed OF.
The so-called child welfare bills pre-
cared by the commission appointed by
Governor BurnCuist have encountered
Much opposition in both houses Of the
Legislature.
The Senate considered the bills and
after deyoting most Of day to them,
the special order Of business was post
voncd until next week without sin
sic bill having been passed.
The House was to have taken the
Bills UP at night session but owing
to the small attendance the special
order in the lower branch also was
postponed.
Truth will kill the Equity quicker
than anything else"
With this statement, George j..
Smith, Plaza, n. D., editor, former sup
porter Of the Equity Cooperative eX-
change Of St. Paul. ended a day of tes-
'.imony before the Legislative grain in
Jestigatirg committee.
Mr.. Smith charged the Equity ex-
change with the grossest kind of mis-
MANAGEMENT, insisted that cash was
being used out of the capital for run
Ming expenses and alleged that the eE-
change was running at loss.
Despite strenuous objections on the
part OF the Equity attorneys, James
Mammalian and Benjamin Drake, Mr..
Smith went on with his story, making
he most sensational charges against
4 so-ca!led grain exchange that have
ever been presented to a committee OF
the Minnesota Legislature.
$50 long as this Equity exchange
can continue to sellsstock to farmers,
this condition VIII prevail" asserted
Mr.. Smith
The Tomahawk., 1917-04-05

To keep clean and healthy take DR..
,Pierce's Pleasant Pellets. They regulate
liver. bowels and stomach.-Adv.
The Tomahawk., 1917-04-05

Covers have been patented to pro
tect mems collars from being solled
by their OvercOatS.
The Tomahawk., 1917-04-05

inconsistent Appreciation.
"John, l got your steak broiled rare
today"
"Well done, my dear
The Tomahawk., 1917-04-05
"War" Developments in Minnesota

"War" Developments in Minnesota
St. Paul, March, 29.-Legislative
steps requiring registration of all
aliens in the state on the Governors
proclamation, assignment OF First
Minnesota troops to whatever duty
their scaled orders direct, and increase
Of recruiting activities by five branches
Ct the service and by volunteers,
marked the war" developments in
MINI c-ota.
Another step towards preparing
Minnesota fer possible war has been
taken by the state Senate. A bill re-
curing the registration of aliens on
proclamation OF the governor was in
troduccd by Senator A. S. Campbell,
of Austin, and referred to the commit.
tee on military affairs.
The bill provides that whenever a
state of war shall exist or be immi-
nent." and the Governor believes the
public safety requires it, he may re.
Quire every citizen or subject OF the
nation with which war is likely to oc.
cur to appear before authorities to be
DESIGNATED and register his name, ad.
dress, business ard other information
Tie Sullivan bill calling for an ap.
preparation of 100000 to be used in
aid of the federal government in case
of war is still in the finance commit
tee
The Washington times., 1917-06-01
A Word on Government Waste

It is not a matter of very great i'm
portance, but, in view of the fact that
the Government is seeking the con-
servation of all resources, The Times
would call attention to the waste Of
white paper which results from the
use Of a voluminous and heavy
weight wrapper in mailing copies of
the Official Bulletin, which is pub
hshed by the Committee on Public
Information
While every newspaper in the
country is cutting the use of paper
stock to the last degree this publ
cation uses a heavy wrapping paper
nine by sixteen inches on every copy
it sends out. Besides this it pays a
printing bill for marking it "Oficial
Business" when that information
might just as well be a part of the
stencil printing which furnishes the
address.
These two expenses, one too great
and the other wholly needless, are
evidences that the Government itself
is not practicing what it breaches in
the matter of conservation of mate
rial and the elimination of useless
expense.
The Washington times., 1917-06-01
One of the Tragic Echoes

Word has just come, through a
short dispatch to the Berlin Lokal
Anzeiger, that Edouard de Reszke ais
dead at his estate in Erietrikov,
Poland"
A fine gentleman and a fine artist.
In the years since the two gifted
brothers have been gone from the
American opera stage we have had
many worse, none better, none whose
memory-when each shall become
but a memory-will smell sweeter
or blossom more beautifully. The
two brothers held a room in the
hearts both of musicians and of mere
operagoers which will long stand
empty for lack of a suitable tenant.
The war swept away their Polish es-
tates, and Edouard, particularly,
found himself impoverished. Jean de
Reszke, in Paris, was the center of a
circle of friends whose influence
could not extend to the racked terri
tory where the family estates lay.
Among the demolished fortunes of
all the great Poles whom Americans
love, Edouard de Reszke's misfor-
tune was SO great as TO overwhelm.
Now he is at rest, and we can but
salute his passing.
The Washington times., 1917-06-01
the miracle which this great, inert,
unled population, has needed to open
their eyes to see the great light.
Enlist as a Speaker

N - = 0f~-
In a letter addressed to The Times
Mr.. Thompson, secretary Of the Lib
erty loan committee, appeals for
speakers to address the very many
Washington gatherings where infor-
nation regarding the Liberty bonds
may be advantageously dissent
mated.
The demands upon the speakers are
not heavy. They are called upon for
addresses only about five minutes
long and the facts to be presented
are not difficult Of expression. 1t is
not an arduous duty and patriotism
ought to prompt so many volunteers
that there will not be an hour in the
day when speakers are not available.
Those who are willing to help by
speaking will gain an immediate ap-
probation by telephoning or writing
to or calling upon Mr.. Thompson at
the Office of Crane, Paris & Co., or
Mr.. Poole, at the Federal National
Bank.
If you can't enlist for the army or
the navy enlist as a speaker for the
Liberty loan committee.
The Washington times., 1917-06-01
A Breathing Spell


Few sinkings, comparatively, were
effected by the German submarines
in the past week, according to the
British official report. The weeks
total loss in British merchant YES
sells is put at nineteen, the lowest
number since early in March. OBJ
viously the drop in the marine losses
is encouraging. 1t should not lead
to any hasty and false conclusion
that the worst Of the sea peril is
past
Since the German submarine war
on commerce commenced, on Febru-
airy Is, 1915. periods Of intense sub
marine activity have alternated with
periods of quiet. During the greater
part of 1915 the merchant ships were
treated to a lull in the German OPP
erations for a few days every three
or four weeks There followed a
time when for several months the
submarine campaign seemed on the
wane. At the time of the so-called
Lusitania settlement the activities of
the U-boats were again partly sus-
pended. But hitherto, after each in
terruption, the submarine has in
variably resumed work with greater
deadliness. Judging by this record
it is rash to leap to any conclusion
that the present is more than a
breathing spell.
1t is the method Of operation of
the German naval leaders to send the
U-boats out in successive drives.
Sometimes the drives are far apart;
after long pauses they are the more
likely to be violent. It is a waste
Of spirits to 20 through an orgy of
optimism every time the sinkings run
few for a week. Nothing can be said
surely Of the end of the submarine
war until the sinkings have ceased
for a period of three or four months.
For the present, this much may be
asserted, that the German effort to
deplete Britain Of food before the
British harvest time has failed. Not
otherwise would the U-boat crews
now be allowed to rest even for a
day. But by this the peril of starva-
ton for the allies is simply put of
six months, not ended; committed,
not mitigated. The worst of the
submarine danger may lie ahead, in
connection with our future grain
shipments after the harvest here, or
in connection with the transportation
of American troops. Now is the time
to redouble anti-submarine prepare
ton.
The Washington times., 1917-06-01
Waiting for the Call

The short time remaining before
registration day is filled with inter-
esting developments of character.
There are plenty of slackers, heaven
knows, but there is even a greater
and finer plentitude, we believe, of
gallant young American spirits who
have never expressed themselves be-
cause no opportunity has served, no
call has come. Indeed, never in the
world before has such a call to true
manhood rung out, the manhood
which instinctfvely fears God and
honors mankind.
From every quarter come individ-
ual manifestations of the quickening
of the American spirit-we are
proud, and hope we are not arrogant,
in calling it the American spirit.
Take the instance of the letter from
q laboring man written to a woman
who is managing a bureau to enable
soldiers to marry before they go to
war. In the present frame of mind
in which Americans find themselves,
who can doubt the entirely genuine
quality Of this letter, or fail to be
moved by its simplicity:
am fortysix and still a bachelor.
We men find IL hard to get scquaint-
ed Ny salary is only ST5 a month.
I would like a tall, lean woman, no
matter what religion, about middle
age. Thousands of men are seeking
wives. Servant girls or nurses make
good wives
! would not even ask or receive
wedding presents from my friends.
and you can say that 1 would give
my wife 5000 in Liberty bonds for 3
wedding gift.
Lots of women will not marry =
man who earns only $3.50 a day on &C
count OF the high cost of living. But
81 any woman wants a man who is
always sober. I am. am not a
handsome man, yet why should won.
en- be old maids when there are
thousands OF bachelors?
If anybody is moved more to laugh
ter than to a glow of admiration by
this letter, he is WELDON, to his sense
of humor. No tree which ever grew
out of the ground has a stronger
fiber, q more natural SAVIOR.
Friends and countrymen, in times
like these it is good to see the reaction
Of the plain, natural, earnest man to
the emergency call which is sounding
clearer and clearer as the fogs Of
foolery and shifty selfshness are
blown away. Such men as this, and
better, and worse, all are going to
answer the call next week, and out
of such a renascence of human honor
and simple faith shall be wrought
The Washington times., 1917-06-01
Watch and Save

A valued correspondent of The
Times, and all our correspondents are
valued, contributes to another column
on this page letter in which she
periodically says Hang a flag in
the kitchen as a reminder to the cook
that she can serve her country, and
hang one in the dining room to re-
mind those who are gathered there
that they can serve their country by
cheerfully consuming the results of
the housekeeper's thought and eff
fort"
Our contributor has struck the
keynote of home economics. She has
put the say in saving. She has told
the secret of each homes contribu-
ton to the great result of eliminat-
ing waste. If her advice is taken
there will be no need of parsimony
in buying. Nearly every family
wastes a good proportion of what
comes into the house in the raw
state.
Food thrown away in the hotels Of
Washington would feed two thousand
people every day. Food wasted in the
homes of Washington would feed
thousands more.
The Bible contains one command
ment very brief but very useful
watch and pray" The Washington
homekeeper may well paraphrase
this instruction, and beside the flag
in the kitchen and the banner in the
dining room post the instruction
watch and savew