The Twin City star., 1918-03-23
NEWS OF STATE
TERSELY TOLD
Recent Happenings In Minnesota
Given In Brief Items For
Busy Readers.


Sherburne--At Red Cross Auction
sale here Shetland pony was sold
and resold until it brought the total
Of s4,693.
St. Paul.-Nearly $4,000 cords Of
fuel wood will be cut ON state-own-
ed lands before fall in the coal con-
servation movement, Oscar Arneson,
superintendent of state timber, estim-
ated in report to State Auditor
Preus.
Albert Lea.-At the opening Vt the
Freeborn county Red Cross auction
sale in this city United States flag
A feet by feet, without a standard,
was the first offer. The flag was start.
ed at 500 and sold for $400 cash to
William Nelson of this city.
Minneapolis.-In a special appeal to
farmers of Minnesota, Herbert C..
Hoover, federal food administrator,
asks that they market their surplus
wheat before May Is as war pro-
noting measure. The appeal was an
nounced by A. D. Wilson, Mr.. Hoov-
sofa.
Minneapolis. for box cars
to move baled hay awaiting shipment
along the Great Northern lines in
Minnesota have resulted in movement
of 300 cars within ten days. Judge
j. F. Mc Gee of the Minnesota State
Public Safety commission was mott
fed by w. G. McAdoo, director gen.
st. Paul. - Minnesota permanent
trust funds, which total $4,000, 900,
with nearly $3,6OO,00O increase during
the last IL months, will reach the $780,
100000 mark within ten years, and
exceed the combined total of similar
funds in all states east of the Missis-
sippi river, according to a statement
issued by State Treasurer Henry
Rines.
Minneapolis.-A contract will be en-.
tered into at once between the Un..
versity of Minnesota and the. War de-
partment whereby the former will un-
dertake to house, feed and instruct
500 National army men for two
months, beginning April 8. Iustruc.
tion will be Ia general airplane me-
chanics and will be given by the de-.
partment Of agriculture on it's camp
us.
Madelia.-Pork sold for $55 a pound,
butter So pound, chickens 500 each,
eggs S29 crate, cakes $40, apples
at so cents apiece, corn $25 bush
ell. These are some of the prices paid
for food at a Red Cross drive here
for the benefit Of the local chapter.
A 20-pound hog was sold under the
hammar for $1,10O. Even the squeal
was saved and canned on a phono-
graph record to be forwarded to Ma
della soldiers at the front. The auc.
tion netted $4,000.
Moorhead.-4G. S. Barnes, Jr., mana
ger of the large Barnes farm near
Glyndon, Mimi, was arrested by Sher-
iff Mcdonald of Moorhead at a Fargo
hotel charged with manslaughter in
the first degree. Barnes is accused of
hitting M. Magnus, a farm hand, while
operating his automobile at a high
rate of speed, killing him. Barnes
pleaded not guilty and was released
under $4,000 bail when arraigned be.
fore James Witherow, court commits
sioner
Minneapolis.--W Savings Club
week came to close with a quarter
of the total population of Minnesota
enrolled in War clubs and pledged to
give the United States government a
steady weekly income of approxim.
ately 100000 which, for the remain
ing weeks Of 1918 would mean $780,
100000 for Minnesota. There organ
ized 1000 War clubs, with an average
membership Of IS persons to a club,
which would give total membership
of $4,000 out Of population in Min
nesota of a little more than 2,OOO,.
900.
Washington.-Civil service examina-
tions are announced for April 16 by
the Postoffice department to fill va.
cancies at the postoffices at Crooks
ton, st. Cloud and Virginia and Far
60, N. d. This will be the first time a
postmaster receiving salary of more
than $2,4O0 a year has been designated
by civil service Salaries of the dif-
ferent officers are: Crookston. So
800; st. Cloud. $3,1O0; Virginia, So.
500; Fargo, $3,7O0. Only persons who
live in the postal limits Of the cities
named are eligible to take the exami-
nations.
st. Paul.-Resignation Of John Lind
from the Minnesota Public Safety
Commission and appointment of Tho.
e. eastman of Owatonna to fill the
place of the former governor is an.
nounced by Governor j. A. A. Burn
quist. Mr.. Linds resignation, ex
pected for some time, was necessary
because of his appointment as chair.
man of the advisory commission ere.
ated by the federal government of
labor, which required that he spend
practically all his time in Washing
ton. MIR. eastman is a former state
senator.
Winona.--Six thousand organized
IL