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VOL. 27 NO. 39 LITTLE FALLS, MORRISON COUNTY, MINNESOTA FRIDAY, DECEMBEB 3, 1915

INSTITUTE WILL OPEN MONDAY WILL TEACH MUSIC IN SCHOOLS BOARD OF EDUCATION MEETS SPECIAL SESSION OF COURT JRURAL TEACHERS TO RECEIVE

SPECIAL INSTRUCTION—AT­TENDANCE WILL BE LARGE

Next Monday morning the teachers' institute begins at the local high school, under the supervision of Coun­ty Superintendent M. E. Barnes. It is expected that the institute will bring over a hundred rural school •teachers to the city for next week. The institute closes Friday.

C. G. W. Hyde of Robbinsdale will conduct the institute and Miss Avis Westcott of Minneapolis will be pri­mary instructor. Both are leaders in this work.

The law provides that all teachers shall attend these institutes and also provides that they will not lose any time spent in attending, providing they earn a certificate of perfect at­tendance. The attendance at these meetings and at summer school is also "required for the renewal of certificates.

'COUNCIL MEETS MONDAY NIGHT A regular monthlv meeting of the

city council is scheduled for next Mon­day evening at the city hall. Among "the matters to be taken up at that "time will be the purchase of a ung-inotor, a device for artificial respira­tion, the rurpose of which is to sa^e "lives of drowning person, persons as­phyxiated by gas, electric shock, smoke, etc. The machine is now on "trial at the city hall.

M. W. XTTO TAKE IN CLASS A meeting of the M. W. A. lodge

•will be held this evening, when a class of 21 new members will be initiated into the order. M. S. Winthrop, na­tional lecturer for the lodge, will be -at the meeting and will give a talk on fraternalism. He has secured the new members and will have charge ot the degree work. An oyster supper will '.be served.

SPECIAL INSTRUCTOR TO BE EM-GAGED FOR THAT PURPOSE

, NEXT YEAR—OTHER NOTES

WILL DEBATE ON SUFFRAGE Tomorrow night, at the Freedhem

school house, the Freedhem Farmers' club and the Darling Farmers' club "will hold a debate on the subject -''Equal Suffrage." The Freedhem •club will have the affirmative side and the Darling club the negative. Messrs. Bakken, Larson and Liljedahl, in­structors in the local high school, will be the judges.

COUNTY SHWlt MY BOUNTY AND ASSUME THAT STATE WILL

REIMBURSE IT, SAYS ATTOR­NEY GENERAL

Since the announcement of State Auditor Preus that the wolf bounty fund was exhausted Attorney General ^Lyndon A. ^Smith. has * give.u out a ruling in which he says that it it the duty of the counties to pay the boun­ties from their funds. He adds that the counties must assume that they will be reimbursed for the money ex^ pended, by the state.

County Auditor McNairy, however, is not issuing warrants for bounties at present as he does not know what funds to draw on. The presumption is that the money should come from th<? revenue fund. Morrison county lias already paid out over $200 for bounties for which it has not yet been reim­bursed by the state.

County Attorney C. Eosenmeier ex­pects to make a business trip to St. Paul within a few aays and while there will confer with the attorney general in regard to the matter, ami secure an opinion from him. Up to that time no wolf bounties will be paid, but they will be registered by the auditor, and payment will probably bn made later.

A special instructor will be engaged to teach music in the local schools next year. This will be welcomed by the local people, who believe that mu­sic is of great importance to tlie stu­dents while they attend school and af­ter they have completed their school work. The teacher tQ-be engaged for this work will also be required to have special training in gymnasium work and physical culture will be made a part of the high school work, as well as of the junior high school, or seventh and eighth grades.

The matter was brought up at a spe­cial meeting of the board or educ-ati • held recently and the members express-themselves as being in favor of it and authorized Superintendent Dobbyn to secure a teacher for this purpose.

Basketball practice at the high be­gins next Monday and a large number of boys will be out. There is plenty of good material this year and a win­ning team should be tne result. Coach Liljedahl will manage the team.

The gymnasium floor has been shav­ed, oiled and marked and is now in fine shape for the winter's work.

Classes in gymnasium work will also begin the first of next week and will continue throughout the winter. Miss Jones, instructor in mathematics, who has had considerable experience in gymnasium work, will have charge of the girls' classes.

Superintendent Dobbyn is chairman of the athletic committee for the sixth district. The other members of the committee are Superintendent Cobb of Brainerd and Superintendent Dyer of Bemidji. They will meet at Brainerd in the near future to discuss athlet'-s and at tTiat time Superintendent Doo-byn will likely schedule the basketball games.

At 6 o'clock this evening the boys of the high school will have an athle­tic stag supper at the gymnasium and will talk over matters pertaining to athletics. They will provide their own lunch.

PROCEEDINGS OF BOARD OP IN­DEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT

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The Senior class held a meeting on Wednesday afternoon and elected the following officers: President, Ovid Belanger; vice president, Thelma Brown; secretary, Otto Lauermann; treasurer, Norma Reid. The senior class this year is the largest in the history of the high school, there now being 51 members. The largest class in past years was the class of 1914, when 37 students graduated from the high.

Miss Buth Almquist of the Lincoln teaching corps, is ill at her home in Crosby. The vacancy is beinf filled by - •: -fittrmtJ .""depart­ment.

Superintendent Dobbyn will go to St. Paul tomorrow morning to be in attendance at a meeting of the execu­tive committee of the state education­al association, of which he is vice pres­ident.

I. O. O. F. LODGE ELECTS The following officers were elected

at the last meeting of the I. O. O. F. lodge:

Noble Grand—Albert L. Eue. Vice Grand—F. B. Ziske. Secretary—Andrew Johnson. Treasurer—N. N. Bergheim. All other officers are to be appoint­

ed.

OR GREEN PRAIRIE FARMERS GANIZE

A farmers' club has been organized •at Green Prairie. Bev. O. F. Felth of this city headed the movement. A meeting was held last night, at which time a constitution and by-laws were drawn up.

The county commissioners meet in regular session Tuesday at the court house.

Loiel Byan, who has been ill with typhoid fever the past five weeks, is improving.

Ernest Sandstrom has taken a po­sition as clerk at the Hicks & Louttit clothing store.

Mrs. E. H. Hennen entertained the Kensington Embroidery club at her home yesterday afternoon.

Carl Johnson of Randall was oper-.;ated upon for appendicitis yesterday

I morning at St. Gabriel's hospital.

A program is to be given at the : Skoog school house in South Little Palls town tonight by the members of the Bice Lake Farmers' club. Befresh-ments are to be served after the pro-

. gram.

A farewell reception was given last evening by the Elks lodge for ode ot its members, C. H. Easton, who leaves

•soon for Mason City, Iowa, where he will make his home. A dandy lunch was served.

Yesterday afternoon a program was carried out at the high school by stu­dents. under the direction of Miss Har­riet Gebhardt. The following program was carried out:. Piano duet..Leona Gordon, Irene Hall Recitation Irene Halseth Beading Florence Hall Current Events Charles Fortier Song Leona Gordon Critic Clarence Griffith

The high school short course opened Monday and four students are now en­rolled. They are Oscar Colombe, Edna Baymond and Mary and Clara Schmel zer.

DOINGS OF COMMERCIAL CLUB ACTION DEFERRED ON NATIONAL

DEFENSE RESOLUTIONS—MAY HAVE BANQUET

A number of friends of Mr. and Mrs. Wm. Miller surprised them at their home Tuesday evening, the occasion

4T)eing Mrs. Miller's birthday anniver-< - sary. Cards were played at several -^tables. Befreshments were served at -V'the close of a pleasant evening.

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The Commercial ciub held a meeting at the city hall Monday evening for the first time in several months. The attendance was very small and not much was done.

A letter from the National Defense league, asking the club to draw up a set of resolution on the matter of ade­quate national defense and forward it to the league headquarters at Washing­ton, D. C., was read, but was laid Over until the next meeting as the mem­bers felt that the number present was not sufficient to take any action which could be taken as indicating the will of the people of this locality in the matter. The National Defense league is one of a number of organizations, all of which have different plans for better national defense. Next Monday has been named as Defense Day by this organization and they wanted th« resolutions for that day, when con­gress convenes. If action is taken *n the matter at the next meeting of the club, to be held on December 20, our representatives can be notified of the position of their constituents in regard to it, was the opinion of those present.

President Kiewel was instructed to authorize any member of the local Commercial club who might be in St. Paul on Wednesday to represent tlie club at the All-Minnesota conference, called by Governor Hammond.

The request of the Northern Minne­sota Development association that the club send delegates to the annual meet­ing, to be held at Bemidji next Friday and Saturday, was laid on the table.

The matter of holding banouets this winter was discussed but no definite action was taken. Arrangements may be made later to get speakers through the university extension division and a banquet will likely be held in January.

A. M. Louttit and family have mov­ed into the flat in the Sprandel build­ing just vacated by Mr. and Mrs. W. B. Watson.

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The Board of Education held its rAr ular meeting ait the high school buUdr ing at 4 o'clock p. m. MembersJfev ing all present with exception of ' v§H Bolander.

Minutes were read and approve" On motion duly seconded and can

the following bills were allowed: Herald Printing Co., publishing.$ 11J B. M. Leblanc, washing towels. 7 Felix Como, putting on door

check Albert Thoma, book binding... German Am. Nat'l. bank, in­

surance German Am. Nat'l. bank, in­

terest on orders Merchants State bank, interest

on orders First Nat'l bank, interest on

orders G. F. Ferrell, plumbing Mrs. D. Malburn, work by her

husband as truant officer... Julius Jetka, coal Julius Jetka, hardware W. H. Byan, coali Bausch & Lamb Optical Co., mi­

croscope • St. Paul Book & Stationery Co:,

supplies 20.54 Barney Burton, supplies 3.40 Eugene Dietzgen Co., supplies. The Prang Co., supplies Electric Shop, electric supplies Bed Wing Sewer Pipe Co., sup­

plies Minnesota Public Library Com­

mission, supplies 1.56 Motor Inn, supplies 2.00 The Golden Bule, supples 3.77 Henry J. LaFond, supplies.... Johnson Service Co., supplies.. Central Scientific Co., supplies. Charles Scribner's Sons, books Houghton Mifflin Co., books..

9.00 194,($

2.41 202.75

29.70

3.68 3.75 6.3$

1.00

1.40 1.25

13.18 5.36

10.00

JUDGMENT FOB 9126.60 AWARDED . 9EFUNCT ROYALTON BANS

BONDSMEN

Tuesday and Wednesday a short spe­cial session of the district court was held here, Judge Roeser of St. Cloud presiding. P. M. Woodward of St. Cloud was court stenographer.

J. H. Russell, R. Wilde, W. J. Brok­er and Joseph Garber were awarded a

,lumf> judgment of $126.60 and interest against John Schwartz, to reimburse them for money expended by them as 'bondsmen of the defunct Boyalton State bank, to the county, for depos­its.

The case of James Duncan vs. Ar­thur Magnan was heard and briefs or­dered submitted. The same action was taken by the judge in the case of Clara I. Caldwell vs. John C. Caldwell. In the first named case the plaintiff asks the court to order the defendant from a piece of land lying near Sulli­van lake, and which the plaintiff claims is his by adverse possession. In the last named case the plaintiff sues for alimony she alleges is due her. She was divorced from Caldwell three years ago.

Several motions asking permission to amend complaints which had already been filed for trial, were also brought up and disposed of. The judge and stenographer returned to St. Cloud on Wednesday afternoon.

12.50 .59

12.60 5.21 2 40 3.52 3.96

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Allyin & Bacon, books. 1.58 The MacMillan Co., books.... Bow, Peterson & Co., books... American Books Co., books... A. G. Seiler, books Houghton Mifflin Co., books... Ginn & Co., books School District No. 1, books... Little Falls Water Power Co.,

light, water and power Little Falls Water Power Co.,

setting flag pole and mer­chandise 29.20

J. B. Eystad, threshing grain on farm 27.0$

Morrison Co. Lumber Co., lum­ber, moulding, etc

On motion duly seconded and car­ried the reports of Geo. A. Jester en­closing check for $27.32 was accepted and ordered filed.

It was moved, seconder! s^d "nri-i'v? that $200.00' be appi»pxi«4ed. -brary books; $100.00 for tbe graQigs* and $100.00 for the high school;

It .was moved, seconded and carried that the janitor's salary at the Central be raised $10.00 per month during ^he

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MARRIED At the home of Mr. and Mrs. S. E.

Severson at Janesville on Thanksgiv­ing Day at high noon occurred the mar­riage of their daughter, Miss Lela?i LaPearle, to Boss Jackson Dunphy of this city. The home was beautifully decorated for the occasion, white and yellow streamers and ilowers predom­inating.

Before the ceremony Miss Mary Sel-len of Blue Earth sang "O Promise Me'' and *1 Beloved, It is Morn.'' The bridal couple marched into the parlor to the sweet strains of Lohengrin 'a wedding march, played by Mrs. J. W. Jennison of Janesville. * Rev. C. W. Morse of Janesville was officiating clergyman. During the ceremony Mrs. Jennison played a pretty selection on the piano.

The bride was exquisitely gowned in Georgette crepe over white satin, trimmed with duchess lace and seed pearls. She wore a veil made in cap

j effect and trimmed with pearls, and ' carried a shower boquet of white roses and lilies of the valley. Miss Blanche Severson, a sister of the bride, was maid of honor. She wore a charming gown of yellow taffeta. Erwin Dun­phy, a brother of the groom, was best man. Little Dolores Berkey was rin<? bearer.

Out-of-town guests at the wedding were Mrs. H. M. Winship of Owatoa-

An*ir$w Engebritsafli olL.GlejiwoQ'l,. Mrs. Marie Engebritson of Minneso a I^ake, Miss Jule Severson of Moline, 111,; Mr. and Mrs. R. E. Stewart, Mr. fmd\Mrs. J. E. Diamond and Miss Mar­sha Severson of Minneapolis; Mr. and * WIOVU. V-iv.vi' PV» IUVUWI I.

1 lYLr. ai occupancy of the third floor by thei JIrs. W. L. Dunphy and daughter Hels_

1 . , ^ad Dif. C. H. Longley and J. Sherman 'Levis of this city.

normal department Board adjourned.

—T —L. E. Bichard,

Secretary.

C. Gordon, President.

MUNICIPAL COURT Joseph Schrieber, son of Lucas

Schrieber, who operates a saloon on Broadway west, was arrested Wednes­day and brought before Judge Lyon, charged with selling liquor to a minpr. The offense was committed on Novem­ber 6. The defendant pleaded guilty to the charge and was fined $5 arid costs, amounting to $10.65. 2

Some time ago the city council pals­ied an ordinance which makes it un­lawful for a minor to enter a saloon or to purchase liquor in a saloon. T|is ordinance was first pressed into ser­vice yesterday when Arthur Sylvester

; of this city was arrested on a change of going into the saloon of Lucas Schrieber, and purchasing beer from his son Joseph, mentioned above. He pleaded guilty to the charge and was

,-sentenced to a fine of $5 and costs or a jail term of ten days. He was una­ble to pay the fine and was sent to

Sjail.

M. H. Latta was bound over to the grand jury Saturday by Judge Lyon, charged with a gross misdemeanor an.l his bail was fixed at $200. He was charged with selling apples at Royal-ton without a license.

In Municipal court Tuesday Ndrbert Brummer of Pierz pleaded guilty to a charge of assault and battery upon the person of Herman Koering, also of Pierz, and was fined $1 and ! costs, amounting to $4.75.

GRAVITY OF GASOLINE MUST BE POSTED

J. J. Gross of this city, oil inspector for this county, is in receipt of a let­ter from Chief Inspector A. J. Rush instructing him to see that all filling stations, garages and other retailers oi" gasoline in this district, post the grav­ity of the gasoline they sell, by a pla­card or by having same printed or stenciled on the containers from which the delivery of the gasoline is made, or, in lieu thereof the retailers must furnish to each and every purchaser of gasoline a certificate stating the grav­ity of the same. Similar letters nave been sent to all other deputy insp Mo­tors in the state. As gasoline retails at 15% cents to 25 cents pe* gallon, the price being based upon its Beaume gravity, the gasoline being knatwn as 58-60 and 68-70 quality, there is room for fraud to be practiced upon ttie public, Mr. Rnsh says. The purchaser is entitled to know the Quality of •M-product he buys, the inspector.'adds. The law ihakes it a misdemeanor for any dealer to misrepresent th«i quality of gasoline sold or offered for sUte. The order is due to complaints 'from throughout the state that gasoline is being sold of , a lower gravity th^p it is represented.

city, The bride is known to many loeal

people, naving visited friends here on several occasions. She is a graduate of the Highland Park college of Des-Moines, Iowa, and of the Minneapolis School of Music. Tne groom is one of the most popular young men of this city. He was educated in the local schools and is also a graduate of the Highland Park college. For the past few years he has been assistant filer at the local saw mill, but is now en­gaged in the insurance business here, being the local agent for the Equita­ble Life Insurance company.

Mr. and Mrs. Dunphy left Janesville On a honeymoon trip to the twin cities and to Eau Claire, Wis., Mr. Dunphy's old home. They will be at home at 406, Broadway east, after December

EUB Ml NEMMttL SUM PUBLIC SERVICES FOB DEPARTED

BROTHERS AT HALL—REV. GREGORY TO SPEAK

Mrs. Christine Draxten Mooers of this city and Albert H. Fritz of Cass Lake were united in the holy bonds of matrimony Thanksgiving Day at 4 o'clock p. m., at the Sacred Heart par­sonage, Rev. Fr. A. Beyne of Belle Prairie officiating^

The bride wore a dress of blue chif­fon velvet. Miss Mae Draxten, a sis­ter of the bride, was maid of honor, and she was gowned in a dress of olive green taffeta. Beatrum Draxten, a brother of the bride, was best man.

'Following the ceremony a wedding dinner was served at the home of the bride's sister, Mrs. A. K. Hall, at 107 Third street northeast. The home was beautifully decorated with pink and yrhite streamers, and flowers.' Only immediate relatives and friends were present.

The bride is the daughter of B. Draxten of this city and is well known locally. The groom is yardmaister for the Great Northern railway company at Cass Lake. After a honeymoon trip to the Pacific coast Mr. and Mrs. Fritz will make their home at Cass Lake.

Sunday afternoon, at the Elks hall, a memorial service, or lodge of sorrow, will be held by that lodge, for its de­parted brothers. The service begins at 3 o'clock p. m., and to it the public is invited. Ample seating room will be provided for all who attend.

This memorial service will be held simultaneously in all Elks lodges throughout the United States, being an annual affair of the order and one which is becoming more and more im­portant each succeeding year.

Bev. Philip E. Gregory will deliver tthe memorial address and C. Rosen-meier will deliver the eulogy on the departed brothers. Special music has been prepared for the occasion. The complete program is as follows: "Step Lively" march Allen

Elks' Orchestra Opening ceremonies Lod»e Prayer ...Bev. George A. Bay Solo W. B. Watsou (Accompanist, Miss Emma Korzelius) Eulogy of departed Brothers

C. Rosenmeier Salut d' Amour Edgar

Elks' Orchestra Memorial Address

Rev. Philip E. Gregory Duet, "One Sweetly Solemn Thought"

Mr. and Mrs. E. S. Brown (Accompanist, Miss Emma Korzelius) •Closing ceremonies Lodge Benediction Bev. George A. Bay Swedish Fest March... . Albert Perfect

F.Iks' Orchestra

WANTS FRANCHISE IN LONG PRAIRIE

T. C. Gordon, superintendent of the Water Power company of this city, was in Long Prairie the middle of last week for the purpose of conferring with the officials of that village in re­gard to running current out there from the local plant. His proposition in­cluded the installation of a white way in the business district and lighting with mazda lamps in the residence dis­trict, the same as in Little Falls: He asked the village for a franchise to install the system and a contract for lighting the streets, saying that all expenses would be borne by the com­pany, including the cost of stringing the wires to Long Prairie, a distance of 30 miles.

Two sisters oi the late Fr. Barras of Belle Prairie are in the city irom Canada for a lew days, to look after the affairs of the deceased.

John Knuth, aged 21 years, son of Frank Knuth of South Kidder street, passed away at his home Wednesday at 6 p. m., from tuberculosis, after an illness of about nine months' dura­tion.

Deceased was born and raised in this city and attended the local schools. He is survived by his father and four brothers and two sisters. The brothers are Otto and Frank oi this city, Theo­dore of Minneapolis and Paul of De­troit, Mich., and the sisters are Mrs. Leo Wirwicki and Miss Martha Knuth of this city.

The death of John Knuth was the third in the family within three months. Joseph Knuth, a brother re­siding at Grinnell, Iowa, was killed in an automobile accident there on Sep­tember 2. On September 27 Mrs. Frances Knuth, mother of these ooys, passed away from tuberculosis and lastly on December 2 John Knuth passed away from tuberculosis.

The funeral will be held from the St. Adalbert Polish Catholic church to­morrow morning at 9 o'clock, Bev. Benkosiak officiating. Interment will be in the Polish Catholic cemetery.

, The 5-months-old son of Mr. and Mrs: John Dlmcei?e^o away Monday. The remains were laid to rest in the Ft. Bipley cemetery.

AUTO AND BUGGY COLLIDE Harry LaFond, son of H. J. LaFond,

the grocer, while delivering groceries Wednesday noon figured in a collision with a buggy in which Mrs. J. E. Quine and son of the Brickyards were rid­ing. The accident occurred on Second street southeast, near the Lauermann cigar factory. Young LaFond was go­ing south in his delivery truck and Mrs. Quine was driving west on First avenue. On account of another auto truck passing, going north on Second street, neither saw the other approach until it was too late to avert a colli­sion. LaFond applied the brakes and his car was barely moving when it hit the rig. The occupants of the bugsry jumped just before the auto struck the buggy and were uninjured. The bug­gy was damaged somewhat as the re­sult of tipping over.

uke srauis he igwcaT WILL GIVE LECTURE AT HIGH

SCHOOL AUDITORIUM—PUB­LIC IS INVITED

Lutie Stearns of Milwaukee, who is now on a lecture tour in Minnesota, will appear at the high school auditor­ium this evening at 8 o 'clock. She will deliver a lecture on the subject /'Com­munity Unity and Relationship." Tho meeting will be of a public nature and absolutely free and everyone is invit­ed to attend. You'll not be sorry that you went. : Miss Stearns made her first appear­ance in this state at Duluth, where she gave a lecture at a meeting during the annual convention of the State Fed­eration of Women's clubs in Septem­ber. She pleased so well there that she was secured for a return engage­ment there within three months and will lecture there again some time this month. She comes here from St. Cloud, where she appeared last night.

Mrs. L. D. Brown, president of the Sixth District Federation of Women's clubs, was in attendance at the state meeting at Duluth and had the good fortune to hear Miss Stearns there, and she .4p warm in praise of her.

^IFANTS PARDON , Frank Condon, who is confined in

the county jail here, has made appli­cation for a pardon, on the grounds that he is suffering with tuberculosis. It is possible that the state board of pardons may meet in the near future to act on the application. The application has been re« commended by Judge John A. Roeser of St. Cloud, and County attorney at­torney C. Rosenmeir, on the grounds that Condon is ill. His illness was diag­nosed as tuberculosis by Drs. E. L. Fortier and L. M. Boberts, after an examination. He was sentenced to the county jail for six months and still has four months to serve.

F. A. Nelson went to Minneapolis Wednesday morning to attend the fun­eral of his mother, Mrs. Ellen Person of Center City, who passed away there Sundav from old age. Death was has­

tened by a paralytic stroke. She wis 88 years of age. Interment was )B Lakewood cemetei"y, Minneapolis, in. the family lot.

STATE AID FOR SCHOOLS HERE TREASURER GETS CHECK

$19,708—CITY SCHOOLS GEAT $4,760

FOR

ORDERS NEW INSURANCE RATES (NORTHERN MINNESOTA TO GET

DECREASE OF FROM 20 TO 40 PER CENT

After a hearing before Insurance Commissioner Works on the matter of discrimination in fire insurance rates as between Southern and Northern Minnesota, the General Inspection company has been ordered to use the Southern Minnesota basis for the whole state. The commissioner says the new basis will make a difference favorable to Northern Minnesota of from 20 to 40 per cent. The date of the order is November 24, rates to go into effect from that date, unless the Inspection company sees fit to take the matter to court.

The commissioner says: "The fact that your bureau makes

the same rate on elevators, lumber yards, coal docks, electric plants, wa­ter plants, paper" and pulp mills and many other specific risks in all the sec­tions of the state, would indicate t'-there is no occasion to maintain the' differential on dwelling house, mer­cantile and other risks which consti­tute the majority of hazards of North­ern Minnesota,' says the order.

"Thfe figures available in this de­partment tend to show that while in the past there may have been a rea­son for this discrimination, owing to the danger of forest conflagrations, at the present time, because of the prac­tical removal of this element of dan-, ger, the higher rate is not justifiable.

"It is the opinion of this depart­ment that if there are individual towns' in which by reason of proximity to forests or faulty construction, the haz­ard is greater than the average town, your schedule should recognize this N-creased hazard and protect the insur­ance companies by means of schedules which should take cognizance of this local condition."

Mrs. W. S. Cochrane of San Diego, Cal., will return to her home today. She has been the guest of her brother. P. W. Dobbyn, the past week.

Morrison county has rec-eived as its share of the annual state aid -for schools the sum of $19,708, County Treasurer Benick receiving the check for the same last Saturday. Of this

J^e^lBdepend^t School Pb-icr ot ® city" gels

as follows: $1,760 as regular aid, $2,000 special aid for industrial work and 1,000 for the teachers' training department. The money is ready now and can be obtained at the court house at any time.

Boyalton, the only other town in tho county which has a, high school, gets $2,988, of which $1,548 is regular aid and $1,440 special industrial ail. Swanville and Motley get $600 each, having the . regular graded schools, while in the rural list ten semi-gardel schools get $240 each, 37 class "A,y

schools get $120 each, 42 class "B" schools get $80 each and four class "C" schools get $60 each.

The aid this time is considerable less than in past years, owing to the last appropriation being too small. The payment is therefore made on a pro­rata basis of 80 per cent, except for teachers' training aid and aid for con­solidated schools, which is paid in full.

David F. Brousseau returned' last-Wednesday morning from Dresden, N. D., where he had been to look over a barber shop proposition. No deal-was made.

A farm in Elmdale recently sold for $102.50 per acre, according to a trans­fer filed for record with the register of deeds at the court rouse. That's not such a bad price for Morrison county land, eh?

In order to facilitate the distribu­tion of food and clothing to the. needy of the city by the Civic league and other charitable organizations, Mayor Fortier asks that all needy families make application at his office for as­sistance. In this way- no. one needs help will be missed;

BORN BEBG—To Mr. and Mrs. Edw. A.

Berg, Thursday, November 25, a daugh­ter.

DOUCETTE—To Mr. arid Mrs. John Doucette of Bipley, Friday/-November 26, a daughter. \

_ LEMANCZIK—To Mr. and Mrs. Ju­lius Lemanczik, Sunday, November £8, a daughter. v';-

CASH—To Mr. and Mrs. Geo. Cash of Pike Creek, Tuesday, November SO, a daughter.

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•- HUNTEB—To Mr. and Mrs. W. W. Hunter of Coleraine, Monday, Novem­ber, 29, a son. - c '

MASSY—To Mr. and Mrs. Gerald Massy, Jr., of Minneapolis, Monday, November 29, a son. "•

BELLEFEUILLE—-To Mr. and Mrs. "Hector Beliefeuille ot Ripley, Thnwu day, December 2, a son.

LINTNEB—To Mr.. and Mrs. Emil Linther of South Little.. Falls town, Thursday, December 2, a son.

im^SGB'^ENSES^ ^arT^g^ licenses bave been issued

the past week to John-S. Johnson and" Grace. Ross,Otto Diets and Lena Raatz, Halmer Isaacsjni.and MartMna-Jl

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