Oak trees in St. Paul and Minneapolis are being killed by 

 a pest known as the "oak tree borer." It is a small insect 

 propagated in dead trees which are not cut down and experts 

 at the state experiment station have issued a warning that 

 unless action is taken this fall, both St. Paul and Minneapolis 

 likely will lose some of their fine shade trees next season. 



Indians in the vicinity of Kelliher, Minn., have cleaned up 

 $16,000 in the last month by picking blueberries. They 

 brought in 8,000 bushels and sold them to shippers at an 

 average price of $2 a bushel. About 250 Indians picked the 

 bulk of the fruit. 



The state board of investment has accepted the applica- 

 tion of Crow Wing county for a loan of $100,000 at 4 per cent, 

 the money to be used to take up the $100,000 bonds of the 

 Brainerd & Northern Minnesota Railway company bonds, 

 drawing interest at 6 per cent and maturing September 1. 



The annual interest on the new loan will be $4,000, thus 

 making a saving of $2,000 annually in Crow Wing county's 

 favor. Provision is made for the payment of the principal 

 in installments of $5,000 each, the first payment falling due 

 in 1923. 



A. F. Oppel, J. R. Brownlie and R. F. Eddy, of the state 

 forest service have been in the Sturgeon Lake country, look- 

 ing into the feasibility of establishing a state forest reserve 

 at Sturgeon lake. 



On the shores of Sturgeon lake is one of the last big bodies 

 of White and Norway pine standing in Northern Minnesota. 

 Lumbermen are now working there and within a short time 

 it will all be removed. 



Many persons felt that some of the timber should be left 



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