The Twin City star., 1918-08-03
NEWS OF STATE
TERSELY TOLD
Recent Happenings In Minnesota
Given In Brief Items For
Busy Readers.

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ton for two months stay.
Little Falls.-A Little Falls mother
has drawn her first payment on $10,-
600 insurance policy carried by her
son, who was in the service.
| Moorhead.-Clay county has enlist
ed S79 men for farm work, with coun-
ty labor committee, headed by G.. M.
| WitheroW Of Moorhead, making such
report today.
Crookston.-Out of the 157 men re-
| Gently sent from this city to Camp
| Grant, only nine were rejected. Four
of these were sent back on account
| of defective teeth.
Fergus Falls.-The low stage Of the
water in the Otter Tail river may
prove serious for the Otter Tail Power
company, which operates a big elec-
trio power plant here.
| Moorhead.-A military funeral was
held here for Lieutenant Olaf j. Tan
ner of Moorhead, an aviator, who
crashed to death on a Texas aviation
field several weeks ago.
| Fergus Falls.-The city police sta
ton in this city was struck by light
ming during a storm and was set afire.
The flames were extinguished before
much damage was done.
Hibbing. State mine shipments
leaped into a new record for this sea-
son with the announcement that the
state owned properties last week
shipped 2O4.411 tons Of ore.
Frazee-Exercises were held for the
drafted men who left for Camp Grant,
Ill. Addresses were made by ]. j.
Daily and DR.. H. G. Leonard OF the
Methodist Episcopal church.
| Wabasha. - Forty-eight men have
left here for Camp Wadsworth, s. c..
This quota did not exhaust Class !,
but a number of 1918 registrants have
volunteered to leave Immediately and
they will depart for Indianapolis Au-
gust Is.
Virginia.-The Virginia school board
has gone to Chicago to inspect differ
ent types of flooring in use in the
schools Of that city, so they may act
intelligently when flooring is selected
for the new high school building being
erected here.
Red Lake Falls.-Business men in
the towns in this county have agreed
to assist the farmers in harvesting
their crops. A number of men have
signed cards pledging themselves to
work four days a week, for two weeks,
Saturdays excepted.
Little Falls.--Lester Longley is the
first Little Falls boy, who has enlisted
since the war broke out, to work his
way up from a private to lieutenant.
He received his commission at the
officers engineer training school at
Camp Lee, Petersberg, Fla.
Rochester.-Robert Saul, 10 years
old, was shot and instantly killed here
by Ellsworth Burgess, son OF Rev. G.
e. Burgess of Rochester. Burgess
didn't know the gun was loaded? The
Saul boy, who lived at Winona, was
visiting in Rochester.
Brainerd,-The diamond drill, tripod
and considerable machinery Of Tom
Sole, located near the Croft mine, was
burned with loss Of several thou
sand dollars. A peat fire raging all
day was supposed to have been ex,
tinguished, but blazed up again and
destroyed the drill
Breckenridge. Ethel Brewer and
Marie Gown, 16 and II years old, were
taken in custody by the sheriff here
after having run away from their
homes with $3.50, which they had
stolen. The girls were taken to Fer.
gus Falls, where their parents met
them and took them to their homes in
Alexandria.
Breckenridge-Ow|en en- Lilly of James
vile, Waseca county, has contributed
$3.50, to be apportioned between the
Red Cross, Y. M. c. A. and X. OF c.
war funds, as a penalty imposed by
1.-THE county food administrator fol
boarding wheat Lilly held 100 bush
els after May Is, and after he had
been twice ordered to market it.
Crosby.-Village Assessor Richard
Johnson has reported that the as
sessed valuation of Crosby this yeal
is $5,257,284. This is an increase OF
more than $2,500,000 over last year
The valuation is apportioned as fol
sonal, $394,022; cash and credits
$4,000. The value of mined iron ore
was placed at $139,698. The village
automobiles were assessed at $6O,633
Little Falls.-A call has come tt
Mrs. l.. d. Brown, chairman Of th'
Morris county National Council OF De
fense, to obtain registration OF candi
dates for the United States Studen
Nurse Reserve. The following vii
lagos will also arrange for registra
tion places: Royalton, Mrs. c. c
Lisle, chairman; Swanville, Mrs, E. A
Flood; Pierz, Mrs. A. P. Stoll; Darl
ing, Mrs. E. F. Buck; Lincoln, Mrs
M. E. McGill; Motley, Mrs. B. F. Cot
tingham.
Fairmont.-Mrs. r. 8. Cross, 5
years old. mother of Mrs. ]. A. A
Burnquist, was seriously hurt in a.
automobile accident about eight mile
south of here Mrs. Cross was ridin