The Twin City star., 1918-08-17
NEWS OF STATE
TERSELY TOLD
Recent Happenings In Minnesota
Given In Brief Items For
Busy Readers.

Winona.-Ernest Fedders, aged 10,
narrowly escaped serious injury when
street car struck baggage wagon
which the lad was driving.
Rochester.-The League of Mime
sofa Municipalities will hold its an
nual convention here Oct. 16 and II,
the Armory having been secured for
the gathering.
Mankato.-Struck by a car as she
ran out to collect money for the Red
Cross social, Beatrice Paine was
knocked down In the road, and was
bruised and injured.
Mankato-F. w. Bates, city clerk of
Mankato for the past seven years.
having served under four mayors, has
resigned to take up a position with
the government as internal revenue
inspector.
Virginia.-Although the registration
blanks fnr the United States Student
Nurse Reserve corps have been here
only a few days, ten girls have al
ready enrolled. Six Of these are from
Mountain Iron.
st. Cloud.-Chairman Fred Schilplin
VI the war chest committee has an.
nounced that subscriptions are now
being received at the rate Of $4,000
per month, totaing nearly $50,000 a
year, the goal originally set. -
st. Paul.-St. Paul industries have
been awarded contract for the pro-
duction Of 100000 tool handles, through
the st. Paul war industries board.
Wood working plants have pooled
their resources to execute the con-
tract.
st. Paul-Protection from flood for
$4,000 acres of hay land located along
the upper Mississippi in northern Cass
county is asked by A. D. Wilson, Fed
eral food administrator at Washing
ton, and through that body to the war
department.
Hastings. B. Wiederholz, a
young farmer living near Miersville,
was electrocuted by bolt of light
ming. AS he put his hand on barb
wire, lightning struck an iron pole
nearby and the current passed through
Viederholz's body.
Virginia.-The oliver Iron Mining
company announced a voluntary in
crease of 10 per cent in the wages of
all employees of the company, effective
at once. The action, it was stated at
the Virginia Office of the company,
will affect more than $4,000 persons
on the Mesaba Iron range.
Hibbing.-The wages of steam shov-
ell operators working for the village
in street work and excavating has
been fixed at $3.50 a day by the vii
lage council. The scale was granted
after comparing the wages paid by
the various mine properties at Hib-
bing and the nearby districts.
Grand Rapids.-The contracts have
been let for the construction OF three
rural schools. These are the Horton
school in Bustitown, the Arbo school
north Of Grand Rapids and the Moose
Park school in northwestern Itasca
county. They will be schools Of one
room type and will cost between $500
and $1,000 each.
st. Paul.-Thomas H. Garfield, Sec
retary of the Minnesota state fair,
has arranged with the committee on
public information to haxe the Allied
War exposition shown at the fair.
This exhibit of war trophies which at
tracted great attention on the Pacific
coast will be one of the leading dis
play features Of the annual farm ex-
position.
st. Paul.-The most extensive wheat
hoarder that Minnesota has yet pro-
duced Is John Wilson, Kragnes, Route
1, near Moorehead, who was found to
have 1885 bushels Of wheat in his
possession. Rather than stand prose-
cution, Wilson made a donation of
$1,000 to the Red Cross and signed an
application for Thrift Stamps amount.
ing to $1,000.
Hibbing.-Citizens Of Hibbing and
the range must exercise the closest
scrutiny in the disposition Of both
hard and soft coal this year, according
to a decision by the state fuel admins
tration for the Hibbing district. Ev-
cry person who can use wood will
have to do SO. Up to the real cold
spell, which may be up to mid-winter
at least, wood will have to be used in
air-tight heaters or fireplaces and in
wood stoves. Only when the coldest
est weather begins will coal be al
lowed.
Crookston.-At a meeting of the
Red River Valley Development asso-
citation here the association recon-
mended that the state of Minnesota
take legislative action to provide an
eighty-acre tract Of land for each re-
turning soldier who may desire to
purchase the same on terms similar
to those now governing the sale of
state school lands. The meeting was
called at the instance of President
A. M. Sivertson of this city for the
purpose of giving consideration to this
subject previous to a state meeting
to be held at Minneapolis.
Winona.-Winona high school short
ly will be listed as a iunior off1cers'