The Tomahawk. [volume] (White Earth, Becker County, Minn.) 1903-192?, 1917-10-25
ASK FUND 10F|GHT
VICE At SMELLING
STATE SAFETY COMMISSION CON.
siDERS APPROPRIATION OF
$4,000 FOR PURPOSE.
STATE TO BUY LIBERTY BONDS
Royalties From State Mines to b
Used in Purchase OF Bonds to
Amount Of 100000.

St. Paul
The state safety commission is con-
sidering request for an appropria'
ton of $4,000 to create and police
social hygiene zone at Fort Smell
ling. Action on the matter was de.
ferred until detailed budget of the
proposed expenditures could be sub
mitted. The request, presented by DR..
w. A. Jones and DR.. G.. E. Smith, Jr.,
came in the form of resolution
adopted last week by the Minnesota
State Medical association.
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State to Buy Liberty Bonds.
The state board Of Investment has
voted unanimously to buy 100000 Of
the bonds with state school trust
funds. A system was inaugurated to
enable any state employee to draw his
salary in advance to invest in Liberty
bonds. State Auditor J. A. o. Preus
initiated both proposals.
The legality Of the investment of
the school funds in Liberty Bonds was
established when E. E. Smith, a Min
neapolis attorney, informed Attorney
General Lyndon A. Smith that the in
tent Of the am endment to the state
constitution in 1896 to govern invest
ments of state trust funds was not to
repeal the previous provision permit
ting purchases of Federal bonds.
Auditor Preus then moved in the
investment board that 100000 of the
funds be- invested, adding that the
money would be available October %
from royalties on iron ore from state
mines.
The motion was carried unanimous
ly. Treasurer Henry Rines and Attor-
ney General Smith voting in the az
firmative and Governor Burnquist hav-
ing assented to the proposal before
leaving for Vicksburg.
Treasurer Rines agreed also to the
plan by Auditor Preus to allow state
employees to assign a percentage OF
their salaries during the remaining
nine and a half months of the state
fiscal year to apply on purchase CT
Liberty Bonds.
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State Institutions to Get Fish.
S. C. Bailey, game warden, has gone
from Bemidji to Redby, where he will
supervise the opening of the state fish
cries at Red Lake. At present the
fish will be purchased from the In
dams only apd will be ready for ship
ment when purchased, but Carlos
Avery, state game and fish commits
sioner, expects to have several men
at work soon erecting warehouses and
packing sheds which will take care
of the fish during the coming winter.
Mr.. Bailey will supervise the buy
ing and shipping of the fish until an
other man is sent up by tho state
game and fish commission to take
charge of the work. While the first
few shipments Of fish will be sent to
that the fisheries shall be opened on
such an extensive scale that Red Lake
will eventually become factor in sup
plying cheap food to the citizens OF
the state as it is intended that the
fish shall be sold at actual cost.
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More Coal for Northwest. \
Continued gains in deliveries Of both
hard and soft coal at the Head Of the
Lakes are shown in official reports
received by the State Railroad and
Warehouse commission from the Twin
City committee on car service of the
Railroads War board. The report is
for the week ending October 7, and
gives comparisons with 1916 deliveries.
Anthracite deliveries for the season
total 1,226,S71 tons against 1,049,500
tons for the corresponding period last
year, gain of more than $4,000 tons,
while for the last week reported the
total was 61,O62 tons against 1854
tons.
.Bituminous coal deliveries for the
season were 6,516,5O2 tons against g.
85o,049 tons for the same period last
year. Deliveries for the week end
ing October 7, were 367,527 tons
against 247,S34 tons for the CORE
spending week of 1916, a gain of TO-
900 tons.
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Big Bear Hunt.
Bears are attacking men and kill
ling pigs and dogs in and around
Itasca state park. An even dozen fat
porkers, worth q neat sum, have been
carried of and torn to pieces and at
least one dog killed by bears. A man
also was attacked. A big bear hunt
is planned. kilograms received at the
Capitol asked permission from Com
missioner Carlos Avery of the State
Game and Fish department to shoot
the bears. Permission was given.
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Pocock Named Hotel Food Conserver.
Walter A. Pocock, president of the
Hotel Mems association,
who was recommended by A. D. Will
son as his assistant in charge of food
conservation in hotels, has received