The Twin City star., 1918-07-27
Newsof the State
Condensed for Busy Folks

CnllQren were WelgneQ anu measured
during the recent Child Welfare cam
paign here.
Fergus Falls.-Scott Dinsmore, II
years old, high school student of Fer
gus Falls, was drowned in Round Lake
while bathing.
st. Cloud.-The Guarantee Con-
struction company of Minneapolis has
started paving the St. Germain street
bridge in this city.
st. Cloud.-Edward Stabolka, q
youth living at Royalton, surprised
the residents of that place when he
tried out an airplane which he con-
structed. Stabolka's first trial fight
was completed without incident or ac-
cident. -
Bemidji.-In the resolutions passed
by the Minnesota Chippewas at their
annual council, held here, the Indians
asked for refund of $25,000,000 and
the abolishment of the Indian bureau
at Washington and equal privileges
for Indians of intelligence.
Forth Worth.-Two officers belong
ing to Carruthers' field were killed in
stantly in a 1,0O0-foot fall in a tail
spin near Benbrook flying field. The
men are Lieutenant Robert Yarnall
Snyder, Elmira, N. Y, and Lieutenant
Olaf John Tanner of Moorhead, Mimi,
son of Jacob Tanner.
Minneapolis. - The Minneapolis,
Northfield & Southern Railroad COM
pany, which recently acquired the
rights of bondholders of the defunct
Dan Patch Electric line, will purchase
the road when it is put up for sale
by Howard Abbott, master in chan
cery, unless the new corporation is
outbid.
Mankato.-At an enthusiastic meet
ing at the Elks' club here the cause
of good roads in Minnesota received
substantial boost. The occasion was
the presence of the members of the
Civil Engineers Society of st. Paul,
who stopped here overnight while on
tour of inspection of Minnesota road
projects.
/. Virginia.-Tbe Virginia, Eveleth,
Chisholm, Mountain Iron and Hibbing
fire departments will be unionized
within a month, if the plans of organ
izers of the Minnesota Federation of
Labor and some members of the de-
partments are realized. While here
firemen union organizers explained
the workings of their unions to the
range firemen.
Fairmont.-Thaddeus Allen, second
son of County Attorney Albert r. AL
len, has been severely gassed in
France. With his body covered with
blisters, "Thad" is now in base hos
pital and may be confined there for
some months. He was blind for
week or more. He is not yet 20 years
old and is believed to have been the
first Martin county boy to enlist and
get into battle.
Frazee.-A blaze which wiped out
one complete business block and de-
stroyed property to the value of $780,
600 broke out in the early morning.
The fire was discovered by Town
Marshal G.. Junglin. The alarm was
given Immediately but the fire was
beyond control. The Detroit and Per-
ham fire departments were called to
help fight the blaze. The loss was
about half covered by insurance.
Stillwater-The body of Fisherman
John" Jeremy, who during the last AZ
years probably helped to solve more
tragic death problems than any other
man in Minnesota, was taken to
morgue here after tragic end. The
aged half-breed Indian, who was
famed throughout the Northwest as
the recoverer of the bodies of drowned
persons, shot and killed John Beiner
of Saltwater He then killed himself.
Minneapolis. - William F. Houk.
state commissioner of labor for the
past six and half years, one of the
best known men in organized labor
circles in the Northwest, died sudden
ly at Menomonie, Wis.,, where he was
spending a vacation. Mr.. Houk was
first appointed to head the state labor
department in 1911 by Governor Eber-
hart. At the time Of his appointment
lie was day foreman of the Minneapo-
lis Tribune's composing room. He
had served in that capacity for IL
years and had been an employe of the
Tribune for % years.
inneapolis.-Chester L. Caldwell,
secretary of the Minnesota State Bar
association, has completed the pro-
gram for the annual meeting of the
association at Faribault, August 13,
IA and Is. Earl Reading, lord high
commissioner and ambassador to the
United States on a special mission,
heads the list of speakers, which in
cludes Senators Nelson and Kellogg,
Justice Oscar Hallam of the state su.
preme court, T. d. O'Brien of st. Paul,
Charles E. Elliott, Minneapolis, for
mer associate justice Of the Minnesota
supreme court and later chief justice
in the Philippine Islands; Judge VIII
lard L. Converse of the First judicial
district, and Theodore Void, governor
of the Federal Reserve bank in Mime
apolis.
Minneapolis H. Hamblin,
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