The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-12-23
CHRISTMAS GIFTS
ALREADY FLYING.
BUSINESS AND OFFICIAL WORLD
STARTS CELEBRATION.
Many Business Houses Make Their
Usual Presents Of Christmas Turkeys
and Many Employees Join in Gifts
to Their superiors in Business
entations Order Of the Day.

and Many Employees Join in Gifts
to Their Superiors in Business-Pres
entations Order Of the Day.
In the business and official world
Christmas began today. Several groups
in making handsome gifts to those who
| direct their work, but in more instances
| the employees themselves were the
,, benefciaries. Many of the large firms,
| business and manufacturing houses
make the. presentation OF turkeys to
annual event, and nearly all remember
| their employees in some substantial
way. Boxes of cigars were also given
by many. <I.r,.a-
Nine Tons of Turkeys. IA k
| Probably the largest number of tur-
keys given out by any one firm was
that issued by the Pil1sbury- Washburn
Flour Mills company, which gave out
1868 turkeys-over $4,000 pounds, or
1 nine tons in all Every employee OF
the company was remembered, and fully
100 poor families were the recipients Of
huge birds. The total amount expend-
ed by the firm on Christmas turkeys
amounted to fully $4,000. :.
Every employee Of the Washburn-
Crosby company received an extra day s
salary, the total amount expended in
this way being over $2,5O0. Each one
Of the 300 employees of the Interna-
tional Stock Food company was remem-
bered. today with handsome present
Of some sort, adapted to his or her
individual needs or tastes.
AS, in past years, the Van Dusen-
sion merchants, gave every employee
his choice of a turkey, Christmas
dinner at the West hotel or a parquet
seat at the Metropolitan operahouse.
! For Courthouse "Central.'
i Just tell everybody that this is the
happiest Christmas of my life. [ haven It
ISL were the words, spoken in one Of
the sweetest voices ever heard, that
waited into T h e j GU rnal editorial
rooms last evening thru the telephone.
"This is Marion Stewart, the court
house and city hall central,' the voice
said. Give just received a purse of
$73, raised entirely without my knowl-
edge by the men down here and present
ed to me a few moments ago. Oh, it's
:, thought that my voice would be worth
, that much to mes I'm so happy that
> I cannot think of words to express my
self, so / hit upon the scheme Of thank.
ing all these nice fellows thru the col,
umns of r h e Journ a |. I'll put it
to good use, tho, and gratitude will &c
with j. each sc1 . cent spent: Maybe they hey
now!
Spark for o'Donneu.
John O'Donnell, superintendent OF
the workhouse, was the recipient last
evening of handsome diamond shirt
= stud, the gift of the officers at the
, wOrkhOuse. The presentation speech
was made by Secretary G. W. Bougey
and Superintendent O'Donnell respond
, ed feelinggly,, eomplimenting the Officers
l on their faithfulness and efficiency. Thu
reason for making the presentation be
fore Christmas was that some Of the
: officers are going away to spend thu
s holiday and it was desired that al
: should be. present at the presentation.
5 ~, ~ At the City Hall.
Christmas gifts and Christmas greet
ings engaged the attention of city hal
habitues today. In most cases the head
Of departments passed cigars amonI
e their male assistants, while the ladie
were remembered with boxes of can
dies. The ladies in the city assessor
6 office and the waterworks departmen
g were fortunate in the matter of bon
9 bons and other gifts.
Q Every member Of the city engineer
e force received a sprig Of holly from
J. one of the lady clerks, and holly wa
h the badge Of the office for the entir
q The health office force presented D1
. P. M. Hall handsome mahogany hal
J.. clock. w: D. Mccall made the presenta
!, tion in behalf of the force. The lad
a edged bandkerchiefs. DR.. Hall respond
- ed as best he could apd reciprocate
- with cigars and box Of apples.
v City Clerk L. A. Lydiard was tn
! recipient of pretty pair Of diamond
~ studded cuffbuttons. There was no pre-
y sentation speech, but the gift was full
y as WELCOME as if accompanied with one
= ceived a box Of cigars from the CHIEF
a. Few Presentations at Capitol.
The custom of Christmas givin
among state capitol officials and en-
ployees seems to be on the wane, jude
Is ing by the lack of presentations today
The holiday giving is on a smaller seal
f tions. ~, 49,. a., . ~.-.~
t.. states office presented Secretary 3
Is State Hanson today with handsom
bronze statute with marble pedesta
ID State Auditor s. G. Iverson is the r,
y. cipient of an elegant suitcase, given b
r, the staff of the auditor IS office. A. v
III Thompson, the deputy auditor, was gi,
e. en- silver water set. -,
a. Two hundred tickets for the Elks
I'd children s matinee at the Biiou theatt
ID next Tuesday afternoon were turne
to over to the Humane society today an
w, will be distributed among the society
lie wards. With the two hundred ADM
In sion tickets were 400 car checks, whi(
Of will be distributed with the ticket
TX With these there will be no need Of an
body staying away for want, of carfar
st. At the Commercial Club.
y, ~ Christmas Day will be observed gal
Al and substantially at the Commerci
club. Members and their families W
eat table d'hote dinner from 1 to
pm. and employees will receive t
usual Christmas distribution, based
ey their annual income. The sum total
about $3.50, to be passed out to sol
ffty-fve employees Of the club exc
N. sive of Secretaries E. j. Westlake a,
ge Wallace G. Nye.
o. At clock the employees will gat
in, er in the dining room, when Preside
IL. F. R. Salisbury will make a speech
IN. presentation and j. H. Riheldaff
IN. chairman Of the house committee. "
re make speech Of appreciation.
Secretary Westlake's annual Chri
X mas menu is the work of a past mast
a. of the art of astronomical provisi,
The annual holiday dinner speaks
ba itself, and the dining rooms are expe
yo ed to present the usual family ga
| nri Iovr a.