The Irish standard., 1910-12-03
CITY IN BRIEF

A prayer book or pearl rosary
makes an appropriate holiday gift.
These articles can be purchased at
The Irish Standard office, COS End av,
s..'Daily News building.
Jonn M. Rees. filling the unexpired
term OF the late AL J. Smith as conn.
~ attorney, may succeed Frank Healy
as city attorney in the next admins.
;ration. Mr.. Rees will neither con.
urn nor deny that he is a candidate
for the office.
several contests on the election Of
senator's and representatives will be
considered by the next state legisla.
ture. Efforts will be made to unseat
senator John ]. Ahmann of stearns
county, on the ground that he is not
a citizen of the United States.
In spite Of the protests of E, +.
Young, former attorney general, and
chief counsel for the state, Judge G..
+. Otis of st. Paul was granted s25..
900 on Tuesday for his services in
the commodity rate and 2-cent fare
cases. According to Mr.. Young Judge
Otis bill was exorbitant.
Two moderate sized high schools.
instead Of one huge building, as orig.
1nally planned, will be built in the
present Central High school district,
according to decision reached Tues.
day afternoon by the board of educa.
ton. One of the buildings is to be
erected on the present Central High
school site, Grant st. and 18th av. S.:
the other will be on a site near Lake
street. Work on both buildings will
be started next spring as soon as the
frost is out of the ground.
a lease upon the ground at the
southeast corner of Washington and
LIST avenues south, to net the lessees
100000 has been executed between
the BrOwnlee Drug Co. and Rosina
Hooley, Chicago, the latter being the
owner of the "a feet on Washington
avenue and the $50 feet on list ave.
nue.. The yearly rental is $4,000.
The Brownlee Drug Co. recently Dur.
chased for $4,000 the two.story build.
ing covering the ground.
With Christmas less than a month
away. the Minneapolis public is be,
ginning to prepare for the festivities
and is already arranging for appro.
pirate Yuletide decorations. Christ
mas trees, holly, evergreen wreathing,
wreathes of magnolia and galax,
Southern needle pines, mistletoc,
smilax and dozens of other greens
and ornaments will be placed on the
market next week. A small quantity
or Christmas trees have already ar
rived and are on sale on several
street corners.
DR.. w. w. Folwell, former presi-
dent, University Of Minnesota, has
begun a movement to have the next
county created in Minnesota named
after H. r. Schoolcraft, one of the
early explorers of Minnesota, who did
much to make the resources and Won
ders Of the state known to the out.
side world during its early history.
Medical inspection in the public
schools, as proposed by DR.. C. H.
Keene. supervisor of hygiene, was
roasted and toasted, praised and
boosted Tuesday afternoon, at a
meeting of the school board which
was characterized by drastic criticism
by citizens opposed to the plan.
What practically amounts to a. con.
tinuation Of the regular work of the
University of Minnesota during the
summer school session of the univer-
sity is the substance of the recon-
mendation to the state department of
public instruction by Dean George F.
James, head Of the college of educa-
IAO4 oI GAV oLoLS university anu Ill
rector of the university summer
school. The Recommendation is made
in the report to the department Of
the summer school session and is
supplemented by the recommendation
Of the university council to the presi-
dent of the board of regents that it,
in preparing it's budget for presenta-
ton to the next legislature, include
an appropriation for advanced col.
legiate courses for the summer school
session Of the university.
Bijou Opera House.
If one really wants good laugh
there is hardly a better place in the
world to get it than in New York
boarding house that caters to the the
atrical people, especially towards the