The Irish standard., 1911-08-19
CITY IN BRIEF

The next of the series Of lawn So
Gals in st. Anthony parish will be
given by the young ladies on Thurs
day evening, August 31st, on the
grounds adjoining the church.
The knights of the Cross Of the
ProCathedral parish are arranging to
entertain a large assemblage at their
coming lawn social which is to be
given on the spacious Murray Insti-
tute grounds, It'll avenue south and
10th street next Wednesday evening.
The public affairs committee of the
Commercial club in it's first formal
meeting of the season agreed to open
bureau of information for state fair
of persons we'll acquainted with the
city.
The young girls of st. Lawrence
parish gave a lawn social on the
church grounds, 18th avenue and 7th
street southeast, Wednesday evening.
Mayor Haynes will stand by his or
der that women be barred from the
smaller cafes He announced his de-
cision following a meeting recently
with the proprietor of a cafe.
The city engineer has ordered 2,18O
tor q in, ino fr1,,
the United States Cast Iron Pipe and
Foundry company for the proposed
distributing main from the reservoir
TO Central avenue. The price was $25
ton. The pipe is expected to arrive
in September and work will begin i'm
mediately.
Emil Oberhoffer conductor Of the
Minneapolis Symphony orchestra, has
returned from six weeks tour of the
West. Mr.. Oberhoffer is enthusiastic
over the coming season of the orches-
ira. He believes it will be the most
successful in the history of the Min
neapolis Symphony Orchestral asso-
citation and expresses his delight over
the proposed tour of the East next
spring.
The cornerstone of the new Willard
hall at the University of Minnesota
was laid Tuesday. This is one of the
two new medical buildings provided
for by the last two legislatures and
now in progress of construction on the
new campus. These buildings are to
occupy, in part, the new medical quad
rangle provided for in the general
campus plans. They were designed by
Clarence H. Johnston. architect of the
state board of control and are four
stories, with endorsements and roof
houses.
Attorney General George L. Simpson
is expected to carry out his announced
Intention Of resigning within few days.
He was not in his office Wednesday
and according to report at the cap
itol was comforting on private bust
ness proposition, for which he wants
to leave the states service. One re-
Poi Is SildL uS Will wall personally OIL
Governor A. o. Eberhart tomorrow
and present his resignation, to take
effect Jan. I, in which event his sue
cessor will be appointed by the gov
ernor and will be attorney general for
a year.
A downtown zone for the near side
stop Of street cars as substitute for
the rule of stopping cars on the near
side on paved streets and the far side
on unpaved streets was recommended
by the council subcommittee on street
railway yesterday. No attempt was
made to designate the near stop zone.
Aldermen opposed the present sys-
tenn, believing that in winter it would
be impossible to tell whether the
streets were paved or not and con-
fusion would result. The subcommit-
tee was unanimously in favor of the
near side stop as help to traffic in
congested districts. Reports from IL
large cities compiled by City Clerk
Knott showed that the near stop is
used generally.