The Twin City star. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1910-19??, 1918-01-12
WEEKLY POTATO
DAYS ARE URGED
Administrator Wilson Says Min
nesota Crop Must Be Utilized
BY Consumer.
TO VISIT STATE TROOPS
Delegation From Safety Commission to
Go To Camps Cody and Dodge
Soon to See Minnesota
Soldiers.

0OIOICTSs
st. Paul.
Inauguration Of a potato day each
week by grocers of the state on which
special prices for potatoes would be
made, and the cooperation of house
wives to purchase enough potatoes to
last them through the week on such
days, would utilize last years crop to
the advantage of the consumer, distrib-
utor and grower, says A. d. Wilson.
state food administrator.
1T Is necessary now as war meas
ure, for everyone to eat potatoes and
to purchase them in fairly regular
quantities each week." Mr.. Wilson
says. I'm this way, distribution would
be regular everywhere during the next
five or six months"
AS a result of the food production
campaign of last spring, Minnesota
planted one of it's largest acreages and
raised one of it's largest potato crops
It now rests with the housewife to use
the potato freely in her home or
great part Of the value of the crop
will be wasted, it was said.
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To Visit Minneapolis Troops.
Governor Burnquist, Attorney Cen
eral Smith and Commissioner March
have been designated to visit the mill
tary training camps in which more
than $4,000 Minnesota men are in
training.
"The idea is to obtain first hand
knowledge of actual conditions in the
camps, although no complaints have
been received" Secretary H. w. Libby
explained. 1.-THE commission wished to
keep in touch with the Minnesota bows
and show them that the state il be-
hind them"
Governor Burnquist said that be-
cause of the commissions action. Ad-
jutant General Rhinow probably will
abandon his proposed trip to Camp
Cody to investigate criticisms made by
st. Paul clothier, who recently visit
ed there.
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May Send Member to France
A member of the public safety com.
mission may be sent to France to re-
ceive the vote of Minnesota men there,
and arrangements will be made to en-
able the Minnesota men in the Ameri.
can camps to exercise their right OF
franchise, according to proposals dis
cussed at recent meeting. Only the
preliminaries were considered, howev.
err. as many legal questions remain to
be answered, the secretary said, before
any definite action can be taken. 1t ia
expected, however, that the plan can
be put into operation without enact
ment Of amendments to election laws
which would necessitate an extra ses-
sion OF the legislature.
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Pool Room Plea Denied.
The offer Of pool room proprietors to
donate new ambulance monthly to
the Red Cross, on condition that they
are permitted to keep open until mid
night and from noon until II p. NJ.
on Sundays failed to influence the
state safety commission to change its
recent early closing order.
The commission also depie1 tho
petition of delegation of Blooming
Prairie citizens, including four sa-
loonkeepers, for repeal of the com.
mission order limiting liquor sales
there to quantities consumed in the
saloons.
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Guard Against CareIessness.
G. c. Pierson, director of the divi.
sion Of records, has reported to the
state board of health that large losses
of state-supplied anti-toxin are suffer-
ed through carelessness on the part of
local health officers, acting as distri.
button agents. With q view to cor
recting the condition, the board au.
thorized Dr. H. M. Brackep, executive
officer to withdraw supplies from
careless health officers, and appoint
druggists or town officers as distrib.
uting agents.
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Many Aliens Bear Firesvm.
On Aug. 1, a law went into affect in
Minnesota, making 1t illegal for aliens
to hunt in this state, or to have In
their possession firearms Of any kind,
but this does not apply to persons OF
foreign birth who have taken out their
first papers. Under this act, the game
wardens have prosecuted and convict.
ed ffty-one persons for illegal posses.
sion of firearms and have confiscated
1876 firearms of various kinds from
aliens.
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Organizes Social Disease Division.
The State Board of Health created
a division on venereal disease and
then discussed proposed regulation un.
der which those diseases would be re.
ported to the board and quarantined.
| DR.. H. G.. Irvine, Minneapolis, was