Recommends that most hailstorm relief supplies be in the form of feed for teams, and that it be distributed from the towns of Stephen, Argyle, and Warren, Minnesota.
Letter from chairman of Board of County Commissioners, Marshall County, asking for an apportionment of seed grain to distribute to farmers who lost crops in 1886 hailstorms.
Powell asks Gov. McGill's secretary to try to arrange for hailstorm relief supplies intended for nearby towns to be left at Warren for distribution; distribution should not be done by the county commissioners.
Barto, A. (signer); Merriman, O. C. (signer); Szalbury, Channing (signer); Buckman, C. B. (signer); Cooper, John (signer)
Date Created:
1866-07
Description:
Detailed report on the organization of relief activities, fund-raising, emergency assistance, policies for distribution of relief funds and supplies, and summaries of relief work undertaken and distributions made following a cyclone that devastated the vicinity of Saint Cloud and Sauk Rapids on April 14, 1886.
Summary, by county, of applications for seed grain loans by farmers whose 1886 crop was devastated by hail, noting number of applicants, total acreage prepared for seeding, and total bushels of wheat, oat, and barley seed needed.