The Tomahawk., 1917-06-14


of 100000 bushels in any year is a
good crop.
Professor Bull estimated the corn
acreage increase as Is per cent. The
potato acreage is somewhat greater,
he said, but the wheat acreage is
about the same.
Crop increase agitation started in
April, too late, he explained, to have
much effect on wheat.
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State Board Revived.
Revival of the state board of arbi-
tration, an agency designed by law
to settle labor controversies and like
disputes, was effected by Governor
Burnquist with the appointments Of
Robert F. Pack, manager Of the Min
neapolis General Electric company,
and Raymond F. Schroeder, assistant
county attorney of Ramsey county.
These appointees are required to
agree upon one more, who must be a
member of a trade union, to make
up the board Of three.
They succeed H. w. Goetzinger of
st. Paul and H. N. Leighton of Min
neapolis. The third member of the
old inactive board, S. B. Green of ST..
Paul, is dead. The last service of the
board was performed during the
switchmen's strike in 1909.
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Ask State History in Schools.
AS it's hast official act before pass
ing out Of existence as an Organiza-
ton, the Minnesota Old Settlers as
ISOLATION adopted resolution request
ing the state department of education
to include the history Of Minnesota
among the required courses of study in
public schools.
The resolution was concurred in by
about sixty members of the Terri
torial Pioneers association who at
tended the final banquet Of the Old
Settlers association at the Merchants
hotel.
Only two members Of the assOcia-
ton which originally embraced hum
dreds Of men and women who came
to Minnesota before 1S49 we're pres
ent when the associations existence
ended and it's books and records were
turned over to a committee of the
Territorial Pioneers association.
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Ginkgo Tree at Capitol.
A ginkgo, forty feet tall, was dis
covered near the new, State Historical
Society building opposite the Capitol.
The ginkgo is a native tree of Japan
and China and is almost as rare in
Minnesota as the dodo is among mod
ern bird life. Principal D. Lange of
the Mechanic Arts high school dis
covered the ginkgo and notified State
Forester w. T. Cox. Although a rar-
ity in this latitude, the big tree seems
healthy.
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All But Nine in Service.
Only nine men of twenty-one juniors
in the College of Engineering of the
University of Minnesota are left to
take the training i'm practical survey
ing as part of their course in civil en-
gineering this summer. All the others
have enlisted or joined some branch
Of war service.
The nine men have gone to Paynes-
Vile, Mimi, where they will do prac-
teal work in surveying at Lake Co.
ronis.
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Supply and Demand Even.
Supply and demand of farm labor in
Minnesota have kept pace with each
other thus far, according to reports
from the office of w. C. Houk, state
labor commissioner. Farmers in vari-
GUS parts of the state are hiring many
hands at wages varying according to
the capabilities of the men.
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Three Are Commissioned.
Three commissions issued to new
officers In the Second infantry, Mime
sofa National guard, have been an
nounced by Capt. W. F. Rhinow, mill
tary secretary to Governor Burnquist.
Guy M. Thompson, Minneapolis, com
missioned first lieutenant, vice John
II. Gammell, resigned, will be succeed
ed by Arthur NJ. Simpson, Farihault,
commissioned second lieutenant. John
D. Burke, Winona, will succeed Cyrus
F. Jennings, resigned, as second lieu
tenant of Company c, under the third
commission issued