The Tomahawk., 1925-10-08
MINNESOTA NEWS

| eAnlDlted mere combination ear Oh
corn, containing 10 individual ears,
fairly we'll developed.
HawIey-Congressma Knut Wefald
OF the ninth Minnesota district was
injured when the automobile in which
he was riding from his home at Haw.
ley to Oklee, Mimi, went into the
ditch.
Minneapolis-An army of between
5000 and 10000 students will attend
the first classes of the fifty-eighth an.
nual fall term OF the University Of
Minnesota.
st. PauI-The lowest bids in Mime
sofa history for state road construc.
ton were listed when J. T. Ellison,
chief highway engineer, announced ap-
parently low bidders on a list Of state
projects, including nearly 20 miles Of
new paving from Pine City to Hinck.
ley and through Moose Lake.
st. PauI-Keeping well under the
maximum authorized by the last legis.
lature, Minnesota's tax rate for state
purposes in 1926 was fixed at TT
mills. The state rate, based on com.
pilations by Ray p. Chase, state audi
tor Is half mill under the maximum
Of SO mills authorized by the legis-
lature.
St. Paul-The trail of a million
dollar Twin City bootleg ring" sto-
ries of which were told in affidavits
made by Ben and AL Gleeman, to sup
port their motion for new trial on
charges Of murder, led to Philadelphia,
where federal prohibition agents re-
ported they had uncovered the source
OF supply for liquor shipped by the
ring.
Minneapolis - Minnesota potato
growers will make a profit estimated
at So cents a bushel or an aggregate
for the state crop Of approximately
$13,000,000, figures based on statistics
Of the University Of Minnesota college
Of agriculture, the Minnesota crop sta
tistical department and the agricul.
tural economics division Of the state
experiment station, indicated.
crookston-"Get your potatoes dug
and hauled and your blowing DONE"
Is the warning given farmers by
Charles Sconber, long known in this
city for the accuracy of his weather
forecasts. Sconber predicts that
there is a long continued period OF
heavy rainfall coming soon that is
likely to hold up farming work.
st. Paul-Among the "a men who
went down with the submarine S-51,
which was rammed near Block Island
was Lieutenant H. Milton Pine, for.
merly of 1922 Hague avenue, st. Paul.
He attended the University of Mime.
sofa the year Of 1867, and was grad.
uated from Annapolis naval academy
as an honor student.
FaribauIt-Sod, torn and scratched,
bore evidence Of Ole E. Kjorlie's
struggle for life ceter he had been
caught beneath a heavy wood rack,
where his body was found three days
after the accident. Kjorlie was a re-
ciuse. A search Of his home revealed
$574 in cash and $1,000 in notes and
certificates Of deposit in an old cigar
box.
st. PauI-Minnesota placed an en-
barge on all cattle from the state Of
Texas. The decision to establish the
embargo was reached by the state live
stock sanitary board when the courts
Of Texas granted an Injunction re-
straining the authorities from strictly
enforcing a quarantine ordered bo-
cause. Of an outbreak of hoof and
mouth disease in the southern part Of
the state.
Stiilwater-Frank A. Whittier, parole
agent for the state penitentiary and
recognized nationally for his know
edge Of criminal psychology, died of
heart disease in Saltwater. He was
IS years old. For more than 30 years
he was active in rehabilitating men
Of criminal tendencies, and the meth.
DDS which resulted from his studies
were widely followed in other states.
st. PauI-The state department Of
administration and finance authorized
building program appropriating
$1,00O000, under an appropriation
authorized by the 1925 legislature.
The schedule includes construction Of
buildings at the University Of Mime
sofa, at Teachers college sites at
Moorhead and Bemidji. and an addi-
ton to the epileptic colony at Cam
bridge.
St. PauI-The Minnesota railroad
and warehouse commission took its
first step in campaign to reduce the
states annual grade crossing accident
toll by ordering the Northern Pacific
railroad to place stop" signs at 1873
crossings on it's lines within 80 days.
Automobile drivers who fail to heed
the order to come to full stop be-
fore crossing the track will lay them
selves open to fine or imprisonmer
or both.
st. PauI--The par capita cost Of
maintenance and operation Of the
Minnesota state government, and the
net indebtedness showed a downward
trend in 1924, according to report by
the United States department Of COM