New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1917-08-01

Inc village OF k1mball,. Stearns
county, is entitled to the Red Cross
. banner not only for that county and
the state, but for the United States.
It's population according to the census
of 1910 was 312. 1t has sent in 376
Red Cross memberships.
w. A. ,McKerrow, now connected
with University Farm. st. Paul, has
declined the appointment of state
dairy and food commissioner rendered
him by Governor BurnQuist. He ex.
planned that the salary is not com.
mensurate with the responsibilities OF
the Office.
George W.. Hartwell. formerly reg
istrar and professor of mathematics
at Hamline university, st. Paul, is
dead at Columbus, Mont. Overwork
at Hamline last year caused Mr.. Hart.
well to go to Montana for his health
and he was visiting a relative near
Columbus when taken Ill.
!. More than $50 citizens of Bemidji
armed with clubs, visited the !. w. Y
headquarters in that city and war;
to leave town ON the next train. i
command was not obeyed promp
so the men we're escorted to the de
and placed on a westbound train.
w. s. Moscrip, Lake Elmo dairy
and stock breeder, has declined
pointment as state dairy and food &C
missioner to succeed J. J. Farrell
Carver At a conference with G.
ernor Burnquist Mr.. Moscrip said tn
he could not take the time from his
own business to discharge the duties
of the Office. .,zI
Organization of another infantry
regiment of national guardsmen, to be
known as the Fourth Minnesota infan.
try, was ordered by Governor Burn:
qufst. The regiment will be com:
posed of five companies at present,
one from St. Paul, two from Minneap
oils and two from ST. Louis county, in.
GLIDING the iron range ~
Coal is being stacked up along the
railroad tracks between Crookston
and Fargo. AT certain places along
the Great Northern railroad spurs
have been built and coal cars are be-
ing unload. : Thousands of tons OF
coal have been piled on the ground
as precaution against car shortage
during the coming winter.
The twelve largest hotels in Mime
apOlis will go on basis of two meat
less days a week. This action was
decided upon at meeting of the Min.
neapolis Hotel and Cafe Proprietors
association, at which the campaign for
national food economy, the present
cost of food and the necessity for
waste elimination were discussed.
Kenneth Nelson, twelve years old.
climbed to the top of bridge across
the Zumbro river at Rochester to cap.
ture two young pigeons and touched
high tension wire. Policemen and
fremen strove vainly to rescue the
boy. Finally the current was shut off
after he had suffered two badly burned
legs. Both pigeons, which he held in
his hands all the time. were electro
cuted
George w. Armstrong, special as
sistant county attorney of Hennepin
county, who prosecuted the Frederick
Price murder trial and the vice cases
which resulted in the conviction OF
Joseph w. Bragdon, Minneapolis mil
ionaire. is dead in the Mill City after
an illness of more than ten months
Mr.. Armstrong was born in Dodge
county, this state. He served in the
Spanish-American war and three terms
in the legislature.
Professor John A. We1de, seventy
three years old, resident of st. Paul
for sixty-four years and, fosterer OF
the fine arts there. when Indians still
we're contesting for supremacy with
the whites Of the Northwest. is dead
ut st. Paul. Mr.. Weide was born in
Indiana and reached st. Paul In 1853.
He was q pupil Of the st. Paul pub
lie schools, finishing his education at
Leipsic, Germany. Besides being =
painter he was z teacher OF the niano..