New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1917-10-24
Newsof the State
Condensed for Busy Folks

Minneapolis Tag Day for the Visit.
ing Nurses association netted $780,.
O39.S3, or $2,9O0.04 more than last
year and $5,3S2.S3 more, than in 1915.
August Fretz is in & precarious con
dition at Winona hospital with a
bullet wound in his head as the re-
suit Of examining gun he did not
know was loaded.
The Nurses Alumni Association Of
the Northern Pacific Railway Hospital
Training School for Nurses at Brain
erd and the Brainerd Musical club
have invested in Liberty Bonds:
Liberty day on October "a was des-
ignated by Governor Burnquist in a
proclamation following that by Presi-
dent Wilson. and urged for observ-
ance as patriotic half-holiday in
Minnesota to promote the success Of
the second Liberty Loan.
Because resolution was passed at
q recent school meeting at Pipestone
binding the board of education to
spend not more than $4,000 for the
new high school building here, it has
been found Impossible to accept any
OF the bids which were made few
days ago on the structure.
Publicity regarding aliens in posses
sion of firearms, they being violators
OF the law unless the weapons are sur
rendered, has resulted in wholesale
deposit of hundreds of guns on the
iron ranges with deputy sheriffs. Game
Wardens have estimated that at least
1000 deer and moose have been killed,
in and out Of season, annually by
alien "shackers' and hunters.
One hundred Minnesota men of the
depot brigade at Camp Dodge who
were in charge of squads that sold
$62,O5O Liberty Loan bonds to the Sec
ond provisional regiment, composed OF
Minnesota men, were entertained at
dinner ut the Des Moines Chamber of
Commerce. The men from Minneso-
ta1 subscribed for an average of 357
each
The typhoid fever epidemic at CHS
holm cannot be traced to the water
supply, In the belief of DR.. l. ]. Burns,
state board Of health Inspector, who
investigated conditions. A bacteriolog-
lcal investigation revealed no typhoid
germs In the water. One Of the cases
was traced to Ely and two to Kee-
watin. THE spread OF the disease
may be through carriers" said DR.. Rip
pert, chairman Of the local health
board.
Destitute Belgians will be cared for
Fons a large tract of land seventy-five
r*100 miles from St. Paul, it was an
1ounced yesterday by James Slevin,
delegated by the Societe to Colonial
ton Americana of Paris to make the
arrangements in the United States.
"On the tract of land which will be
set aside in Minnesota for the estab-
Fi fff61fnnent of the colony, Mr.. slevin
said, I'VE will establish churches and
schools, build stores, homes and bust
ness houses. have plans laid for
the colonization in Minnesota and will
select the site soon.
Friday was the first pay day in the
worlds highest paid military organi-
cation, the Fourth Minnesota infantry,
which recently relieved the First in
fantry on property guard duty, after
being organized with the expectation
that 1t would be continued in that
service and not be called by the War
department About 500 officers and
en- drew more than $4,000 from the
state general revenue fund for Sep
TENDER services, exclusive of the sub
sistence allowance of SO cents day
for each man and the bonus paid
them from fund subscribed by bust
ness houses and citizens in r.inneap.
oils and Duluth.
Falling 20 feet from the steeple Of
the Catholic church at Staples, Lars
O. Kaasa, carpenter from Fergus Falls,
was instantly killed when he struck
the cement sidewalk.
J. A. Juelson of Fertile has a queer
pet at his farm home. A muskrat
took up its abode in. his barn some
time ago and has become so tame as
to eat out of his baud
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