The Tomahawk., 1918-04-04
Brief Items of
State News


dent Of the University of Minnesota.
was the principal speaker when the
new high school here was dedicated.
Red Lake Falls.--Mrs. Festy Ridge,
native of Ireland, 49, wife of a
prominent farmer of Browns Creek
town, died at her home Of autoin-
toxication.
Aitkin.-Rev. Father Iciek of Du'
1uth delivered an address here in
the opera house under the auspices
OF the third Liberty Loan executive
committee of Aitkin county.
St. Cloud.-Dr. A. L. Bruener of
St. Cloud, who was made a first
lieutenant in the dental corps of the
army when he enlisted last year, has
been promoted to a captaincy.
Anoka-Chester E. Evans of Cham
plin, aged 81, is dead. He came to
Minnesota in 1856 and settled in
Maple Grove, Henepin county, where
he lived until twenty years ago, when
he moved to Champlin.
Mankato.-The board Of education
has decided to abandon the teaching
Of the German language in the Man
kato public schools after the pres
ent classes complete their work,
which will be In December.
st. Cloud-One hundred and sixty
cans Of trout fry were received hero
from the state fish commission and
planted in nearby streams. The
local anglers each contributed 81 to
| Jo1r J~er nf Y,1onf}ro n
the fry.
Cenwood-David Bogie, chief Of
police, was stricken with apoplexy
while alone at his office late at night
and was found dead when a search
was made for him. He was born in
Colbourne, Ont, in 1850, and came to
Glenwood forty-two years ago.
Minneapolis.--Col. e. T. Lee will
lead a delegation of the Sons of the
Veterans from Minneapolis to Shiloh
battlefield April 1 to attend the an
nual reunion there Of veterans of
that battle. They will board a Ten
nessee river packet at st. Louis for
river journey to the battlefield.
st. Paul.-General property taxes
in Minnesota during the past year
have increased approximately 19 per
cent The total amount levied by
the state and all it's counties, cities,
villages, school districts and town.
ships In 1917 and payable this year
is s62,446,401.79. The total levy in
1916, payable in 1917, was s52,449,-
74OO6 The increase is S9,94s, ,661. 73,
1896 per cent, to be exact.
St. C1oud.--Day schools will re-
place night schools at the St. Cloud
state reformatory, Superintendent H..
X. w. Scott has reported to the
state board of control. Reformatory
inmates, of whom 373, or about four
rolled in the school, will be given
seven and one-half hours Of classes
weekly under the new plan. as COM
pared with only four and one,half
hours in the old night schools.
st. Paul.-Minnesota fire losses
during February were only $417092
compared with total of $2,O35, ,333
Cor the corresponding month a year
ago, according to bulletin issued
late yesterday by George H. Nettle-
ton, assistant state fire marshal.
Greatest reductions in fire losses
were in Minneapolis and in locali-
ties outside Of st. Paul and Duluth.
A corresponding decrease in the
number Of fires also is shown.
Crookston.--The 18th annual COM
mencement exercises of the Uni
versity of Agriculture began here
with a special sermon to the gradu-
ating class by Rev. w. E. Dudley, on
THE Call for Service" at the First
Congregational church. The COM
mencement program continued for
four days, closing with commence
ment day exercises, at which Marion
l.. Burton, president of the univer-
sity, spoke and presented the diplo-
mas.
st. Paul-Employ teachers early
and make contracts for the full time
Of the next school year; seek out
qualified teachers who have retired
from teaching with record Of eff
oient service; and fix salaries in
some proportion to the increase Of
living cost. This is the trinity that
is being emphasized by educators as
emergency measures to offset the e7-
feet of the war. G. G. Schulz, state
superintendent of education, is tax.
ing prominent part.
Minneapolis.-Details OF the pro-
Minneapolis and Rochester, will be
posed university Road" between
discussed on the evening of Tues
day, April 2, when county commits
sioners and surveyors of five coun-
ties meet as guests of the new South
Town Civic club, sponsors of the
new trail into the southern part CT
the state. at banquet at the South
Side high school. In addition to
Hennepin county, there will be coun-
ty officials from Dakota, Goodhue,
Olmstead and Fillmore counties, and