Grand Rapids Herald-Review Newspaper, August 2, 1902, Page 8

x “TWO KILLED IN CRASH ON RAILS. Collision Near Hasting on the Mil- waukee Road. Hastings, Minn., July 26, — North- bound passenger train No. 5 on the Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul was Wrecked at 9:20 o’clock last night at Etter, in collision with ten box cars left in come unaccountable manner on the main track by a freight train which had been switching cars at the station. ‘The killed are Peter Burns of Lake City and an unidentified tramp. The passenger train, coming through from Chicago, consisted of eight cars. It was making about forty miles an hour at the time of the accident. The en- gine and tender went down the em- bankment, carrying the mail car off the rails. The coaches kept the track and none of the passengers were hurt. Several were badly shaken up, but es- caped with a few scratches. The mail clerk and an express messenger were badly bruised. William Chad- wick, the engineer, was terribiy burned by the escaping steam, and was also severely bruised about the head and body. HAIL RU Redwood County Suffers Greatly and Wisconsin Is Also Hit. Marshall, Minn., July 26.—One of the most disastrous hailstorms known in this vicinity occurred at noon yester- day. A strip of country thirty miles Jong and six miles wide was struck and the crops totally destroyed, includ- ing grain which was cut and in the shock. Redwood county suffered the greatest loss. Only a strip of eastern Lyon county was affected. No damage west of here. Menomonie, Wis.—A terrific storm of wind, rain and hail passed over Dunn county yesterday afternoon, lodging hund-eds of acres of heavy grain, rid- dling tobacco and corn in many dis- tricts and doing incalculable damage to farm crops over a wide area. Madelia, Minn.—One of the worst hailstorms ever known in this section of the country occurred east of here late yesterday afternoon. It is im- possible to give a reasonable estimate of the damage, several hundred acres of the grain being totally destroyed. LONE WOMAN IS RELEASED. South Dakota Prison’s Only Female Inmate Given Freedom. Sioux Falls, S. D., July 26.—In ac- cordance with the pardon granted by Gov. Herreid upon recommendation of the state board of pardons, Mrs. Vanie Dickman, the only woman inmate of the Sioux Falls penitentiary, was yes- terday released from custody and per- mitted to return to her home in Brule county to serve one year for adultery. She had been in the prison only a few weeks. The pardon was also recom- mended by the state board of chari- ties and corrections and Dr, W. A. Germain of this city, the prison phy- sician,’ because of the rapidly declin- ing health of Mrs. Dickman. Dividends Come Regularly. Lead, S. D., July 26—The Homestake Mining company has declared its 285th consecutive dividend. The July divi- €end is 50 cents per share, amounting to $105,000, and is payable at the prin- cipal office of the company in New York. With this dividend the Home- stake will have distributed $11,388,750 among its stockholders, without miss- ing a monthly payment during a peri- od of twenty-three years and nine >months. Two Children Drowned. St. Paul, July 26.—Mary Seiler, fifteen years old, and Josephine Kastner were drowned soon after noon yesterday in Long lake, twelve miles from the city. Josephine ‘Kastner lost her life by jumping into the lake to save her cous- in, Mary Seiler, and little Willie Kast- ‘ner, eight and a half years old, was nearly drowned in a brave attempt to save the lives of his ‘sister and his cousin. Body Found in Red River. Grand Forks, N. D., July 26. — The body of a man was found yesterday in the Red river. In the pockets of the deceased were found a rosary and oth- -er articles and the address of James E. Ryan, with the addresses Escanaba, Mich., and 1330 Superior street, Duluth. “The man had evidently been dead sev- -eral days. The coroner's jury re- turned a verdict of drowning. RARER SESE" Drove His Daughter From Home. Crookston, Minn., July 26. — Action ‘has beef commenced against Cass Gil- 4ette, formerly a sawyer in the lumber ‘mills here,,now a resident of Red Lake ‘Falls, to compel him to support his fourteen-year-old daughter, whom he “has driven from his home. Three years ago the girl’s mother died, Gillette marrying again, and the girl has not agreed with the second wife. FLEES A NEN Paralysis Takes a Pioneer. Osceola, Wis., July 26—Joseph Corey, .a pioneer resident of this county, died cat the home of his daughter, Mrs. Isaac ‘ale, from, the result of a stroke of ‘paralysis he received over six months ago. Mr. Corey was about eighty years of age and a veteran of the civil war, “having served with distinction in Company F, Fourth Wisconsin cav- alry. Sas ee Dead Man Identified. Eau Claire, Wis., July 26.—The man tilled at Altoona by a train ‘Wednes- day has been identified as Carl Koehl- er, a prominent architect of Seattle, father of Mrs. Glen Meyer of Chicago. ———— ‘Two Men Scalded to Death. Sioux City, Iowa, July 26. — While Orrin and Charles Johnson, brothers, were crossing a bridge with a traction engine the bridge broke and they were scalded to death. ———_—_——_. Cattle and Horses Killed. ‘Alma, Wis., July 26.— The town of Lincoln was visited by a heavy storm. ‘The large barn of August Schoepp at Cream, Wis., was blown over and is @ total loss. Three valuable horses were killed, also cattle. Dews of the Dorthwest= MAKES THRILLING LEAP, Young Man Jumps From a High Bridge in Presence of a Large Crowd, Clinton, Iowa, July 29.—Peter Lind of Chicago, aged twenty years, yester- @ay made a thrilling leap from the high bridge which spans the Mississippi Fully 10,000 people watched the youth make the perilous leap to the He turned a somersault and river here. water, 108 feet below. complete backward landed square on his feet in the water. Dozens of unnecessary, as the young man/quick- ly came to the top, climbed into\a skiff and was rowed toward shore. WILL HAVE CLAME AND DOGFIGHT South Dakota Red Men to Enjoy a Day at Yankton. Yankton, S. D., July 29. — Prepara- tions for the Red Men clam bake and barbecue to be held Aug. 14, are going forward rapidly and smoothly, The day will be the biggest single day in South Dakota lodgedom. Excursio! rates have been secured on all lines running into Yankton so low that they are bound to bring big crowds. The celebration, besides parades of lodges in costume for prizes, prize drills, ete., will include a regular down East clam bake and the barbecue of two big oxen and the sports will include a sparring match and bulldog fight. FOUND IN THE DEBRIS. Body of an Unknown Man Taken From the Wreck of the Train at Etter. Hastings, Minn., July 29.—An uni- dentified tody of a man was found in the debris of the railway wreck at Etter yesterday afternoon. Coroner F. ‘W. Kramer had the remains, minus one leg, brought to this city to be pre- pared for buriel. The man was about thirty years of age, of dark complexion and dressed in a blue serge suit, with gaiter shoes. CHEMISTS FIND ACONITE. Some Light May Be Thrown on the Deaths of Mr. and Mrs. McCormick. Grand Forks, N. D., July 29.—Aconite was found in the stomach of Mrs. J. C. McCormick by the chemists at the Uni- versity of Minnesota. This was, there- tore, the cause of the deaths of both Mr. and Mrs. McCormick. The inquest will be resumed to-day and the domestic relations of Mr. and Mrs. McCormick will be investigated, and it is expected that some light will be thrown on the bath tub tragedy of three weeks ago. WILL HARNESS A RIVER. Wisconsin Industrial Concern Plans Immense Power Service. Menomonie, Wis., July 29.—A corps of civil engineers from Chicago have just completed a survey of the Red Cedar river from Rice Lake, Barron county, to Downsville, this county, a distance of seventy miles, for the Knapp-Stout company, and are now formulating a plan for the electrical development of this extensive water power. The powers from the various falls between the points. mentioned will be brought to this city by wire and will be used in various manufacturing industries. ———— BOOKEEPER MISSING. An Apparent Shortage of Over Six- teen Hundred Dollars. Grand Forks, N. D., July 29.—R. C. Smith, bookkeeper for Collins & Stin- son, machinery dealers, is missing. A hasty examination of his books shows an apparent shortage of over $1,600, which it is believed will be reduced when the books are more perfectly audited. Smith came here last January and his father is understood to live in New York. He is about twenty-three years old. FOND DU LAC IS FLOODED. Strcets of Wisconsin Town Are Turned Into Raging Torrents, Fond du Lac, Wis., July 29.—Fond du Lac was flooded by a rain storm which turned some of the principal streets into raging torrents and tore up many plocks of cedar pavement. The rain- fall aggregated 3.23 inches, and the damage in the city alone is estimated at $50,000. The crops are seriously damaged and many oat flelds cannot be saved. gis eS ee SERIOUS FOR FARMERS. There Is a Searcity of Harvest Hands in South Dakot Miller, S$. D., July 29.—The* farmers here are confronted with quite a prob- iem of harvesting their immense crops of wheat and other small grain, and particularly hay, as they are the lines usually followed by harvest hands. The difficulty is liable to be a serious loss to many who have insufficient help. 6 Rain Checks a Fire. Waterloo, Iowa, July 29.—East ‘Wat- erloo was visited by a fire early yester- day which did damage to the extent of $80,000. It originated in the basement of the Waterloo Fruit & Commission company. The firemen were _ almost helpless, but a heavy rain checked the flames. Three business blocks were burned. ‘ ———<———- Killilea Is Dead. ‘Winneconne, Wis., July 29.—Hatthew Killilea, tae well known baseball mas- nate, died here yesterday after an ill- ness of several months. ‘Though he had not been confined to his bed until three weeks ago, it was known that his itiness was fatal. — Boy Accidentally Shot. Lamberton, Minn., July 29.—¥Yester- dy morning Willie Roth, the sixteen- of John Roth, was acci- year-old son dentally shot while placing a gun in a buggy on his uncle's farm near here, ts critical, a skiffs and a number of steam launches were near by ready to render all assistance necessary, if help was needed, but the precaution waS CHIET AMES RETURNS HOME. Says He Has Been Camping Within 150 Miles of Minneapolis. Minneapolis, July 30.—Superintendent of Police Fred W. Ames returned yes- terday morning. He stated that he had been camping within 150 miles of town He denies absolutly that he ever intended to run away or ‘tO escape any indictments that might be He was tired and worn oue, he says, and only wanted to escape being bothered with letters and He refuses to state whether or not he intends to resign his position. He was arrested yesterday morning charging him with accepting a bribe from a woman He moved to quash the indictment, and gave notice of a de- County Attorney Boardman moved for an immediate trial and the since he left. found against him. telegrams. under an indictment of the town. murrer. case was set for next Monday. NO CORN CROP EQUALS THIS. Per Acre Increase of Yield 15 Per Cent. St. Paul, July 30. — Officials of the Chicago Great Western predict an in- crease in the yield of corn of fully 15 per cent over the yield of last year, which was considered very good. The estimates do not take into consideration a very heavy increase in corn acreage, nor the consequent increase of pro- ductton because of this. Reports brought down to yesterday afternoon indicate that the crop in Southern Min- nesota, Iowa and Northern Missouri, in territory tributary to Chicago Great ‘Western lines, is in better condition than ever known at this season. The weather conditions is declared perfect, moisture ample and the state of the soul precisely what will give a large yield. BIDS FOR PINE LAND. Government Will Sell Some From Red Lake and White Earth Reser- vations. Washington, July 30. — The interior department yesterday sent out notices asking for bids for the pine land on sections 16 and 36 of each of the town- ships of the Red Lake reservation and of a part of the White Earth reserva- tion in Minnesota. The action is the beginning of the disposal of the timber and the agricultural londs of these two extensivze reservations under an act of the last session of congress. The timber to be disposed of amounts to 20,000,000 feet and covers 12,000 acres. The law requires that the sale shall be advertised for six months in most parts of the country. ‘ BABE KICKED TO DEATH. Iowa Parents Driving to New South Dakota Home Lose Infant. Yankton, S. D., July 30.—The eigh- teen-months-old son of Mr. and Mrs. Nelson Tippery was kicked yesterday by a horse and killed. Tippery is from Onawa, Iowa, and the family were driving to the Gregory county Indian lards. A horse at their camp got tangled in a picket rope. Mrs. Tippery put down her son to loosen the horse, which broke away. Passing the child the animal kicked it in the face. The child died in a few hours. MRS. MERRITT DEAD. Wife of Discoverer of Iron Range Dies of Heart Failure. Duluth, Minn., July 30.—Mrs, Leont- das Merritt, wife of Leonidas Merritt, one of the discoverers of the Mesaba iron range, and one of its largest own- ers, and who was also a member of the Minnesota legislature, died yesterday; morning of heart failure. She had been in poor health for some time. The Merritts are among the first settlers of Duluth. She leayes a husband and three children, one daughter and two sons. : DROWNS IN MISSISSIPPI. Charles Libby, a Winona Boy, Is Lost While Bathing. Winona, Minn., July 30. — Dragging and dynamite up.to 7 last evening had failed to bring to the surface the body of Charles Libby, the twelve-year-old son of Everett Libby, who was drowned while bathing in thegMississippi yester- day noon. The companions with him were smaller boys, and although one of them seized his hand after he was attacked with cramps, they were un- able to save him. MURDER AND SUICIDE. The Public Believes Mrs. McCormick Poisoned Her Hu<band and Self. Grand Forks, N. D., July 30. — The jury in the McCormick inquest has de- termined to ignore all questions of the domestic relations of Mr. and Mrs. Charles J. McCormick, who were found dead in their bath tub, and the verdict will be simply death from aconite pois- oning, with no expression of opinion as to by whom or how the poison was administered. The public believes that the poison was given by Mrs. McCor- mick. SHOT HIS OWN SON. Wisconsin Man Runs Amuck With a Gun. Jefferson, Wis., July 30. — William Mantz, a laborer, shot and nearly killed his son Edwin last night. He also shot at his wife but without effect. Leay- ing the house Mantz discovered several boys swimming and fired several shots at them, but the boys escaped injury by ducking their heads under water. Mantz was captured after a hot chase. He was not in his right mind. Minnesota Good Templars. Hutchinson, Minn., July 30. — The convention of the Minnesota I. 0. G. T. was continued yesterday. After a ses- sion at Good Templars’ hall the dele- gates, wearing badges and carrying flags, drove through the main street, pinging Templar songs. The drive was continued to Lake Marion, where lunch was served. After speeches at the lake the delegates returned to town and | took supper at Mrs. Farrais’. The con- ptt WEATHER AND CROPS, Weather Bur. Report for the Past Week. The summary of the weather bu- reau’s climate and crop bulletin for Minnesota for the past week follows: ‘There was not much rain in the state till the rains of the 18th and 19th in southern portions, except the rains ac- companying the series of unusually Severe thunderstorms which traversed & narrow strip, beginning in North- eastern North Dakota on the evening of the 15th, and leaving Southeastern Minneséta on the morning of the 16th. There was great damage in compara- tively small areas in the Red river val- ley, and also along the Mississippi South of Wright county, and extending west from 25 to 100 miles. In Rice county the path of greatest violence was 49 miles- by 10; in Mower county the path extended diagonally across the county with a width of 10 miles, and there were other large areas also; in these areas of greatest damage buildings, windmills and trees were blown down and crops were laid flat and badly tangled. Wind. seems to haye caused most of the damage, and the rainfall was not excessive @xcept in smali areas; there were hailstorms also, with very large stones which fell in a few places continually for fifteen minutes, but the hail damage was not widespread. Low lands, creeks and small rivers in southeastern counties are flooded. Outside the storm-affect- €d sections spring wheat, oats, flax, corn and potatoes continue in splendid condition generally, and early wheat is filling well, though it is somewhat rusty in southern portions. Early oats will be ripe in a few days, and early wheat in from ten to fifteen days. Rye harvest is well - advanced, and its stacking is begun, and barley cutting is progressing well. The small area of winter wheat is being harvested; the quality is excellent. Haying is going on favorably in northern portions, with good drying weather. Consider- able timothy will be left for seed in southeastern counties. Corn is growing rapidly. CAN’T FIND MEN TO DO THE WORK. — - Outlook for Harvest Labor Is Very Discouraging. The first éfforts of the lines to the ‘West to secure harvest hands for the farmers in the wheat belt, have had little success. The apprehension that there would be a severe shortage of labor seems in a good way to be justi- fied. Railway officials are greatly dis- appointed over the reports of Eastern representatives, who say that there are very few idle men and only a limited supply of labor can be sent West. Since the campaign for the 20,000 har- vest hands that are needed begun, the coast systems have made a thorough canvass of the local situation. “We have found that it will be very difficult to obtain the usual quota of men here in the cities,” said Assistant General Passenger Agent Stone of the Great Northern. “Labor agencies are constantly placing men for local work for from $2.50 to $3 a day. The ‘visible supply’ of harvest labor is light, con- siderably less than in previous years.” Inquiries sent to Detroit have brought the response that but little la- bor is offering there. Reports from Chicago are along the same line. In the cities farther east there is a small supply of idle men, but not enough to make up the quota the Northwest re- quires. Appeals from farmers through- out Western Minnesota and the Da- kotas continue to pour into the offices of the Western lines. A letter received from the Clark Dalrymple farm in North Dakota states that 200 men dte tadly needed at once, and that more will be needed when wheat is ripe. Other bonanza farms send in similar statements, with the request that the railroads come to their aid. The Great Northern has sent out sev-. eral thousand circular letters again calling attention te the situation, quot- ing the $13 rate from Chicago and the $5 rate from St. Paul to the harvest fields, and requesting a special effort to provide the needed help. FARMERS BUY PRISON TWINE. Entire Output of Stillwater Plant Is Taken. “We have had orders during the last ten days that will take all the binding twine we can manufacture this sea- son,” said Warden Wolfer of the state prison. “We will put out about 5,500,~ 000 pounds of twine this year, and fully 4,000,000 pounds have been sold directly to farmers. [ “The twine made at the prison was sold this year for 93-4 cents a pouna. The same kind of twine is now sold by jobbers for 131-2 or 133-4 cents a pound, so that there has been a saving to farmers of 4 cents a pound. Just now the price of raw material is very high, higher than it should be, but it probably will be cheaper after the season is over. ’ “The price of dissal is very erratic, and it {s impossible to tell from the past how it will be in the future. ‘There are many causes for this. Three or féur years ago the hemp market was normal, but since then it has partici- pated in the general upward tendency. “The disturbance in the Philippines jas had a great effect on the hemp market. There used to be considerable ‘Manila hemp on the market, and much of it was. used in making binding twine, but labor troubles in the hemp districts of the Philippines have cut down the supply from that quarter. “We have bought by far the larger part of the hemp used this year direct trom the planters in Yucatan and have gained by it. The prices of hemp are really fixed in New York, however. ‘We are in constant touch with the markets and usually get several quota~ tions of prices by telegraph each day. — Mrs. Crimsonbeak—You say he beat his wife with a club? a . Mr, Crimsonbeak—Several clubs. Mrs. \beak—The monster. Mr. \beak—Oh, I don’t know. You see, he beat her at golf!—Yonkers FORESTRY IN MINNESOTA. Seventh Annual Report of the Chief Fire Warden. The forestry law of Minnesota makes the state auditor forest commissioner, and authorizes him to appoint a depu- ty, to be known as chief fire warden. From the seventh annual report of this officer, (Gen. C. C. Andrews) which has just been issued, it appears that in 1901 the local fire wardens (town su- pervisors) reported 55 forest fires, which burned over 58,395 acres of mostly light timber, brush and meadows, and did damage to the amount of $42,140. The number of prairie fires reported was 15, which burned over 6,120 acres; dam- age, $2,402, There were nineteen prosecutions for carelessly causing forest or prairie fires, including two indictments against 2 railroad company, and seven convic- tions. The careless causing of a forest or prairie fire, which injures or endangers the property of another, is an offense punishable by a fine not exceeding $100 or by imprisonment in the county jail not exceeding three months. To set a| fire in dry or dangerous weather, for whatever purpose, without the means of controlling it, is carelessness, with- in the meaning of the law. It is estimated that there are, in scattered localities, and principally in Northern Minnesota, 3,000,000 acres of waste sandy, hilly or rocky land that is only fit for bearing pine forest. Hence, if the state were now to begin to plant that land with pine, at the rate of 37,500 acres per year, the whole would, in eighty years, become a well- stocked normal forest, yielding per- petually thereafter 675,000,000 feet of lumber, board measure, annually. The net annual revenue to the state would be just what this amount of 675,000,000 feet would, at such future time, be worth, standing. It might be $3,000,000 or more. What a great endowment this would be for the state! Besides yielding a splendid revenue from waste lands, which otherwise would every year become more barren ahd useless, it would afford steady labor for thou- sands of people, and, among indirect benefits, it would tend to beautify our landscape, modify the temperature, fer- tilize the soil and replenish the water supply. Very few states, indeed, have the natural resources for such a great work. Individuals will not, and can- not, wait eighty years for a crop of timber to grow, and if our waste lands are to be utilized the state must un- dertake the enterprise. The report contains the Morris bill, passed by congress in June, 1902, for opening the Chippewa reservations near Cass and Leech lakes. Under this act, the pine timber is to be cut and sold for the benefit of the Indians, af- ter careful measurement, ample notice and under sealed bids, at not less than $4 per 1,000 feet for Norway pine, and $5 per 1,000 feet for white pine, and ac- cording to rules to be made by the sec- retary of the interior and the forester of the department of agriculture. Only the merchantable pine is to be cut on the pine lands. The purchaser of the timber has to burn or remove a suffl- cient amount of the tops and refuse to prevent danger from fire to the timber left standing. After the pine is cut the lands are to be open to settle- ment. However, 200,000 acres of the pine lands are to become and remaina forest reserve as soon as the pine is cut thereon, and on these lands 5 per cent of the standing pine is to be left for reforestation. In addition ten sec- tions (6,400 acres) of land, with the tim- ber thereon, are to form a part of the reserve. The islands in Cass and Leech lakes, ahd Pine and Sugar points, are to remain as Indian lands. The cut- ting of the pine is to be under the su- pervision of said forester. The bill re- peals the “dead and down” timber act, and marks altogether an important advance in forestry. For over twenty-five years Minrieso- ta has paid $20,000 a year in bounties for planting trees on prairie land. The report contains the provisions of law regulating the payment of such boun- ties, which are $2.50 per acre for a pe- riod of six years for not exceeding ten acres for each individual. Rivalry between Eli Davis and his father, farmers, living about five miles west of Frazee, as to which owned the fastest team, led to serious results the other evening. Afrter running about half a mile, the team driven by young Davis shied and the wagon struck a stump, throwing out the occupants. Miss Morton, a neighbor’s daughter, fourteen years old, was killed; Mrs. Ole Nelson was seriously injured and her husband was slightly injured; Mr. Davis and two little girls escaped un- harmed. John Thomas, over ninety years of age, attempted to commit suicide at Pine Island. He cast himself into the mill pond, and but for the presence of two or three persons, who were view- ing the damage done by the recent high water, would have succeeded in his attempt. After regaining con- sciousness he said he was ili, and ex- pressed regret that he had not been permitted to accomplish his purpose. His aged wife died recently, and since that time he has continually longed for death. The summer school at Wabasha opened the second week with an en- roliment of sixty-five. Prof. J. Wot- ga, of the agricultural school, is giv- ing a course of instruction in the sci- ence of agriculture and practical meth- ods for its introduction in the common schools. Anton Schneider of Le Sueur discov- ered his wife and his brother, Alva Schneider, in an unused barn. Anton fired four ineffective shots at the broth- er and then beat him over the face and head with the weapon. Alva is under arrest on a ied anes charge. ‘The annual retreat of the Catholic priests of the Winona diocese will be held in Winona, opening Monday, Aug. Friday. SWAMP FEVER FROM MANITOBA. New Disease Among Horses Northern Minnesota, A new disease among horses in the northern part of the state is baffling the veterinary department of the state board of health. The disease is popu- larly known as “swamp fever.” It has been known in Manitoba for several years, and veterinarians of that prov- ince have been studying it in vain for several years to ascertain what really causes it. ‘Thus far the greatest number of cases have been reported from Polk, Red Lake and Norman counties, al- though cases have also been reported trom Marshall, Kittson and Roseau counties, and the disease is suppkosed to have caused the loss of many ani- mals in other counties in the northern part of the state whose death was a mystery. Many of the residents of the coun- ties where the disease is most com- mon believe it was brought in from Manitoba by horses imported by con- tractors building railroads. It somewhat resembles a disease known among horses in the Philippines, but there is nothing to make veterinar- ians believe that it inas been trans- planted from those islands, although the origin of the two, diseases may be similar. “Swamp fever” is an extremely diffl- cult disease to Study, as it is slow, an- imals frequently living for months after they contract it. They gradually waste away until they become too weak to walk and the legs become partially paralyzed, but the victims retain to the last a hearty appetite. There is a fever, but it is low, and does its work slowly. in BUTTER IN NATURAL STATE. Dairymen Oppose the Use of Color- ing Matter. There is a strong movement among some of the most progressive dairymen of the country to discontinue the arti- ficial coloring of butter. Many of the most experienced buttermakers of Minnesota, including Dairy and Food Commissioner McConnell, do not allow an ounce. of colored butter to leave their farms. These men say that although winter butter is not so rich in éolor as June butter, it need not be so white as peo- ple think it is. The opposition to the coloring of butter has grown rapidly since it nas been found that some of the compounds offered for sale as but- ter color are not so harmless as con- scientious dairymen and pure food ad- vocates should wish. Much of the butter coloring sold, it is said, is a coal tar product, which is detrimental to health. Several state dairy and food commissioners have at least gone to the trouble of experiment- ing with it, and there is talk of a cru- sade against the coal tar coloring. None of the commissioners have, however, taken a stand against butter coloring. They only contend that dairy- men cannot afford to use and butter color that is not absolutely harmless. TOO MUCH PROFIT. Retail Dealers in Twine Manufact- ured at State Prison. Warden Wolfer of the state prison has discovered that some dealers have been selling prison twine at a larger profit than the law allows. The warden reported this to the board of control and was instructed to make a complete investigation. Evidence has been se- cured against six or seven dealers, who will be prosecuted. The board also has men in the field looking up other reported violations ot the law, which provides that no dealer shall make a profit of more than 1 cent per pound on the sale of prison twine. The penalty for violation of the law is a fine of not less than $25 nor more than $300 for each offense. The state has been selling three grades of twine, the highest grade selling for 121-2 cents per pound, the next for 113-4 cents, and the lowest for 93-4 cents. The dealer is allowed to add the freight to the point of shipment and 1 cent per pound for profit on this price. Reports from several parts of the state indicate that dealers have. been making a profit in excess of this, amounting to from 1-4 to 11-2 cents per pound. ST. LOUIS COUNTY MINE VALUES. Equalizaticn Commission Raises Estimate 330 Per Cent. ‘The board of equalization at Duluth fixed the assessed valuation of the mines of St. Louis county at $30,154,905. The mining men had returned $9,150,- 850 in the schedule of relative valua tions which they submitted. It was generally understood, however, that this schedule would merely furnish 4 basis from which to make a ‘horizontal raise. The advance is 330 per cent. Last year the mines were assessed at about $12,000,000, so that the new valu- ations will be about two and one-halt times as much. il2 \he raise looks like a pretty stiff one, it is understood the compa~ nies will not fight it, at least it is not — expected the United States Steel cor- poration, which owns 63 per cent of the mines, will contest. SQUAW KILLS A BRAVE, Whisky and Jealousy Cause Trag- edy in Camp Near Tenghy. eral good’ time, and freely, A quarrel arose, and in the melee John W. Fairbanks, a member att etm een ere wn Weta eae can centpesinatinnte sath lgpaperionitiaiinitesamm init gatstm +