Warren sheaf., 1918-03-27
NEWS OF STATE
TERSELY TOLD

spring Valley.-The recent Ret
Cross wood drive here has proved
success financially and netted for
the good cause $500.
st. Paul.-Arguments on questions
OF law relating to indictments against
A. Z. ToWnley, head of the Non
partisan league, and Joseph Gilbert.
manager, will be heard in the state
supreme court May 81.
Luverne. Red Cross
duck brought s+S5O for the, Red
Cross at Beaver Creek and Hard
wick today. At Beaver Creek, S4,75O
and at Hardwick s10O was realized.
The plan is to continue the sale.
So far the total sale of the duck
has brought $4,000.
superintendent R. C.
Weech returned from Murdock,
Minn.,. where he was hired as super
1ntendent OF schools. The school
building is a new $4,000 building
and employs ten teachers. 1t is COM
posed OF five districts, consolidated
and has a gymnasium
st. Paul.-M1nnesota soldiers num-
bering 10000 to $4,000 will be dis
franchised in the statewide primary
election June II unless some steps
are taken within the next few weeks
to provide for collecting and count
ing their votes. The subject is Civ
ing eep concern to state officials.
st. Paul.-Dr. Arthur F. N11oourne,
superintendent of the Rochester state
hospital for insane was stricken
with apoplexy, according to a report
received By the State Board of Con-
troll. DR.. Kilbourne was reported to
show some Improvement and his
chances of recovery are said to be
good.
Wells.-A new chemical automo-
bile fire truck has been added to
the equipment OF the department.
The truck is large enough to carry
twenty f1remen and will be used on
emergency calls from aeighboring
villages and will also respond to fire
calls from the surrounding farming
districts.
Bemidji.-The recruiting office
here has averaged better than a man
day during the month Of March
From present indications it appears
that this record is to continue and
that the Bemidji office will retain
the banner as securing the largest
number Of enlistments per capita in
Minnesota.
Wells.-Thts village, with a popu.
lation of 1000 persons, established
a record in Red Cross sale which
IS believed to be the best of any
town Of its size in the country More
than $4,000 was raised A single
| pig, registered under the name OF
"Red Cross Maid" sold for more
than $1,000.
st. Paul.-GeneraE property taxes
In Minnesota during the past year
have increased approximately 19 per
cent. The total amount levied by
the state and all its counties, cities,
villages, school districts and town
ships in 1917 and payable this year
| Is S62, 46,401.79. The total levy in
| 1916, payable in 1917, was s52,44a,-
74O,06. The increase is s9.94S,661
| 1895 per cent, to be exact.
St. Paul.-NIinnesota fire losses
| during February were only SALT, ,O92
compared with total of s2,035, 1888
| tIo
ago, according to a bulletin issued
late yesterday by George H. Nettle,
ton, assistant state fire marshal
! Greatest reductions in fire losses
were in Minnea polls and in locali
ties outside Of St. Paul and Duluth
4 corresponding decrease in the
number of fires also is shown.
Red Wing.-Joseph Gilbert, L
Martin and n. S. Randall, Nonpar
tisan league speakers, through their
attorney, Thomas Sullivan, entered
demurrers in district court here tc
indictments charging disloyalty in
Kenyon and Goodhue counties las,
summer. The demurrers were based
on the alleged grounds that "the
facts in the indictments to not con
stitute public offense.' J. c. See
bach and his son Carl, also under
indictment on disloyalty charges
entered demurrers similar to the
Nonpartisan men,
Minneapol1s.-Dstails of the pro
posed university Road" between
Minneapolis and Rochester, will be
discussed on the evening Of TueB
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 o.
the state, at banquet at the South
Side high school. In addition tt
Hennepin county, there will be coun
ty officials from DakotaJ Goodhue
O1mstead and Fillmore counties, and
400 men are expected 40 be present
Brafnerd.-Fred T. Lincoln secre
tary of the Northern Minnesota De