The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1911-04-29
CITY IN BRIEF

Ladies Auxiliary will initiate a class
of twenty new members Tuesday
evening, May 2, in their hall, corner
Plymouth and Third street north. All
members are urgently requested to at
tend.
Division No. 4, A. o. H., of this city,
will give a social dance Tuesday even
ing, May %, at new l. O. O. F. hall,
corner Plymouth and Third street
north. Days orchestra has been en-
gagged for the occasion. Under the
excellent management the event will
prove one Of pleasure to all who may
attend.
On Thursday evening, May 10. at
Maccabee hall, corner Bloomington
and Franklin avenues, euchre party
and dance will be given under the
auspices of the Holy Name society.
The admission has been placed at rs
cents, the proceeds to 60 as benefit
to the Holy Rosary church.
The war department at Washington
has announced an allotment of s1o,-
600 to Fort Smelling for the construc-
of a new target range The amount
given to Fort Smelling is the largest
of any post in the country. Through
constant improvements the fort is now
said to be equipped with the most up
to-date war pharaphernalia of any
army post in the country. The depart
ment has discontinued for the present
all work on the post at Fort Meade,
S. d.
The second week in June is named
by the American Automobile associa-
ton as Orphans Day week for affili-
ated clubs The Automobile club of
Minneapolis annually observes the
event, and in previous years Louis
Koch has been in charge of the ar
rangements for the tour. w. J. Morgan
OF the New York Motor club originated
the idea, and General Manager S. A.
Miles of the, National Association of
Automobile Manufacturers is given
credit for the first successful Orphans
Day.
Daniel Fish, city attorney, told e. o.
Sather, city sealer Of weights and
measures Tuesday that he had full
power to compel milk companies to
sell their product according to the
beer and milk gallon, containing
2S2 cubic inches. Milk at present is
being sold according to wine gallon
measure, 231 cubic inches, one-fifth
less than what the law calls for. Saith.
er has not yet decided how he will
compel milk companies to increase
the size of their quarts, but he gave
assurance that he would enforce the
Lawn
The body of John Smith, for many
years a member of the Minneapolis fire
department., who had been working al
odd jobs about the city, was found last
Sunday afternoon in the river while
policemen were dragging the river for
the body Of A1bin Rusk, an old man
drowned April 30. Smith had been
missing fer nearly month. His
brother, Charles, reported his disap.
pearance to the police. John had been
in poor health for many months and
suffered from asthma. 1t was his i'll
health that caused him to resign from
the fire department. The veteran
fireman's badge and the initials ~. s.
tatooed on his hand led to his identi
fication. Smith was single man
about SIS years old.
Not slot machine was in sigh
in downtown cigar stores or saloons
Tuesday. Mayor Haynes order that
all machines be taken out by midnight
Monday had been anticipated in most
of the places and the machines had
been taken out Monday Patrolmen
made the rounds early Tuesday and
so far as reported, there were no vio-
lations of the mayors order. The
disappearance of tho slot machines
caused but little comment in any OF
the places whore they had been used
Practically every saloon and cigar
store in the city had been equipped
with machine which was a source
Of considerable revenue to many of the
places. Many of the cigar stand and
saloon proprietors say they had no Of
fetal order to take out their machines
but accepted the newspaper reports
Of the mayors order as official anc
promptly complied with it.
Superintendent Wirth of the city
park system sees no way for providing
water for Minnehaha creek this sum
mer. unless heavy rains come within
the next few weeks. He declares the
Park board has considered the ques-
ton from every angle and has decided