The Irish standard., 1911-07-29
CITY IN BRIEF

Seven retail dairymeE were ar
raigned in municipal court Tuesday an
charges of having sold cream grading
less than the ordinance requirement. Of
20 per cent of butter fat. Six pleaded
guilty. The charges were brought by
John H. Lyle. milk inspector.
The joint Labor day committee of
the unions of Minneapolis and St.
Paul, at meeting held Monday night
in st. Paul, decided not to go to the
state fair for the annual celebration.
A meeting will be held in MINNEAPOLIS
next Monday and it is expected that a
Minneapolis or Midway location will
be selected for the celebration.
Deputy Labor Commissioner ALL
bright and Hugh Jennings, superin-
tendent Of the state free employment
bureau, took six small girls from the
Profit Sharing laundry Wednesday.
They were employed on the mangles
and at folding and feeding. Accord
ing to the girls they have been work.
ing there from five months to four
weeks.
There are $4,000 garbage cans in
the city," said John Brown, superin-
tendent of city garbage collection, re-
Gently, land every one is clean and
emptied by city collectors at least
once in ten days. Housewives are do
ing splendidly in complying with the
rule requiring that garbage be wrap
ped in paper and I will stake the Min
neapolis system against that of any
other city in the country
final report on all state univer-
sity funds was rendered Monday by
John Barry, the accountant retained
by County Attorney Robertson to
make thorough examination of the
accounts of J. D. Bren, former treas
urer. The report corroborates the
shortage of s21,616.91 for which Bren
was indicted but goes beyond this in
revealing irregularities.
A protest to city council was framed
Tuesday night by the members OF the
Summer School Social Center guild,
which met in the summer school audi
forum to take up the cudgel for a
cleanup of Bassetts creek. Since the
hot weather set in the waters of the
creek have gradually receded and the
condition Of the bed has aroused the
ire of the residence in the vicinity of
the creek and Sixth avenue north.
Walter v. Fifeld, widely known
attorney and business man, died Tues
day morning at his home, 5019 Lake
Harriet boulevard, after a prolonged
illness which prevented him from ac-
tive participation in the work of the
concerns with which he was connect
ed, Mr.. Fifield was born in Dubuque,
Iowa, Feb. Is, 1856. He attended Grin
nell college, and later was admitted to
the bar. His first practice was in &C.
neva, Neb., where he continued until
1890, when he came to Minneapolis.
Public Examiner Fritz is now at the
university assisting in the examination
of the books. Mr.. Fritz said that there
would be two reports made on the fin
ancial conditions at the university.
One of these reports will cover every
thing relating to the connection of for
mer Cashier Bren, and this report will
be made public when Bren is brought
to trial. The second report will cover
the financial condition of the univer-
sity up through the fiscal year ending
July 81.
County Attorney Robertson appear
ed before the council railroads COM
mittee Wednesday to ask the creation
of a city board to conduct mental and
physical examination and require COM
potency tests of all drivers of power
driven vehicles. He would require by
ordinance that all such persons be
forced to obtain licenses and that they
be compelled to pass the tests in order
to obtain the permits. Mr.. Robertson
was armed with a list of street car
casualties occurring since March 1. He
declared there had been nine fatalities
in the five months in nine different &C
cidents.
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