The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1912-05-25
CITY IN BRIEF

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The closing exercises of Ascension
school, north side, will take place
Monday and Tuesday, June II and Is.
Division No. 8, L. A., A. o. H., Ram
sey county, will initiate a large class
Wednesday evening. May 20. at Hi
herman hall. The degrees will be
conferred on the members to be mi
tiated by the degree team of Division
No. s, L. A., A. o. H. Members Of
the county board are invited to at
tend.
Strengthening of Bassett's creek,
which has been spoken of for more
than two years, will not be effected
this year. The board of county COM
missioners Monday decided that there
was no present need to straighten the
creek and that any money expended
on it now would be waste of public
funds. 1t was proposed to construct
a ditch, to be known as ditch No. %,
through which it was said some Of
the worst curves in the creek could
be eliminated.
The marriage of Rosaline Mandel-
bert Lunney of Chippewa Falls, Wis,
to Mr.. James F. Sheehy OF Minneapo-
lis took place May at z o'clock in
the morning at Notre Dame de Lour-
des church, Chippewa Falls. Rev.
Father Farrell off1ciated. The attend
ants were Mr.. and Mrs. Frank lille.
No invitations had been issued. A
wedding breakfast was served at the
home of the bride on Grand avenue
west. Mr.. and Mrs. Sheehy came to
Minneapolis and will visit the Pacific
coast also before returning to Chip
pewa Falls, to make their home.
John Gearty, SO years old, who came
to Minnesota in 1852, had his ninety
eighth birthday party recently at the
residence of his son-in-law and daugh-
ter, Alderman and Mrs. e. ]. Sweeney,
1925 Hillside avenue north. There
were sixty-two relatives, including
f1fty.five direct descendants, present
at Mr.. Gearty's party, and one of the
centers Of attraction was huge
birthday cake containing ninety-eight
candles. Mr.. Gsarty was born in
County Cavan, Ireland, in 1914, came
to the United States in 1910, and to
Minnesota in 1852, and settled on land
later built over by the village Of st.
Anthony. Later he moved to farm
at Golden Valley, where he lived until
a short tile ago.
IN order that more accurate reports
Of crop conditions in western North
and South Dakota and eastern Mon
tana might be obtained by Minneapo-
lis grain men the Chamber of Com
merce has started a movement with
the United States government for the
establishing of additional weather bu-
reaus in the territory to the west. Ac-
cording to John G. McHugh, secretary
Of the chamber, the reports from the
48 stations in the territory are insult
fcient. 1t is the wish of the board
OF directors of the chamber to see es-
tablished eight additional bureaus.
The increased producing acreage in
the Dakotas and Montana and the en-
larged investments of Minneapolis
men in this acreage created demand
for a more extensive system Of re-
ports, said Mr.. McHugh. Each day a
weather map is drawn on bulletin
in the grain room of the Chamber of
Commerce building and from this
sketch the commissioners get infor-
nation which guides them in their
trading.
Bituminous macadam pavement will
be put down on 3.S miles Of the nine
mile stretch of Superior boulevard
this year, in accordance with action
taken Monday by the Hennepin coun.
ty commissioners. The bid Of the Cen
eral Contracting company to lay 3.S
miles for $4,000, which is $13,156 a
mile, was accepted after the commits
sioners had heard advocates Of btu.
minous macadam and also men who
favored concrete. On bituminous ma
c4dam only the one bid was offered;
on concrete the Nelson Brothers Paw
ing and Construction company and
the Chalker and Carlson company had
submitted bids. The Nelson Brothers
company was the lowest bidder on
concrete, offering to build GA miles
Of concrete, for $65,000, which is $10,-
09S a mile; or 4.95 miles for $4,000.
The Chalker and Carlson company's
bid was at the rate of about 81, 400
mile. Choice of bituminous macad-
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