The Tomahawk., 1916-05-11
$tatetleW$lrl Brief
poings Of Last Few Days Throughout
Minnesota Condensed for
Hasty Perusal.

Austin.-One thousand men marched
in parade of Sunday school workers
which closed the fifty-eighth annual
association.
Brainerd-Frank Kellogg, Republi-
can candidate for United States sena.
tor, was the chief speaker at the grad
uation exercises of the Northwestern
hospital training school for nurses
here. His topic was preparedness of
Nurses He paid a tribute to the
nurses.
Crookston. - The board of directors
of the Red River Valley Dairymen's
association, in session here, selected
Thief River Falls for the next annual
meeting, December, 6 and 7. The as
ISOLATION plans to make the meeting
the largest in the history of the or
ganization.
St. Paul.-V. R. Irwin, wholesale
grocer, who leaped into prominence in
St. Paul through his connection with
the Christmas Good Fellows move
ment, has been elected mayor of St..
Paul. His total vote was almost twice
that of w. C. Handy, retiring comp
troller of finances.
Austin. - Mayor Anderson has SUR
prised the city by deposing the entire
police force, including James M. Gait,
who has been chief for twenty-five
years. The new chief is Albert Wen
CERT, former saloonkeeper. One of the
new patrolmen also is former saloon
man. Anderson was elected by a
strong dry element.
East Grand Forks-The East Grand
Forks Farm. Boys and Girls club, the
biggest rgaHization of it's kind in Min
nesota, was to hold it's annual spring
gathering here. Plans for the year
were to be outlined and the several
contests of the organization placed
under way. These include corn and
potato growing features
kuverne.-In a presidential prefer
ence contest for Rock county, conduct
ed by the Rock County Herald. Justice
c. E. Hughes led Colonel Roosevelt Ey
four votes. Hughes received "a votes,
Roosevelt 20, Root II, Cnmnins 6,
Fairbanks 4, La Toilette 4. a majority
of those voting for Roosevelt were
Scandinavians, while only two Ger
mans voted for him.
International Falls.-More than 200
club women from twenty towns in the
northern part of the state convened
here for the annual two days meeting
of the Eighth district, Minnesota Fed
eraticn of Women's Clubs. Rural con
ditions. a vital question with the
women in this section of the state
were discussed in various phases at
the sessions during the day and at
night.
st. Paul.-its costs AZ cents per stu.
dent every time class in mathematics
meets in Minnesota high school.
This is the average cost of teaching,
according to the survey made last fall
by the bureau Of research of the col
lege Of education of the University of
Minnesota. The highest cost of teach
ing mathematics is placed at 1876
at 2. g.
|. Perha m.-NIrs. John Weis. 64 years
old, and Miss Theresa Alstadt, IS, were
killed when q Northern Pacific work
train west bound collided with an all.
tomobile driven by John Weis. who
was taken to st. James hospital bad
ly injured Mr.. and Mrs. Weis lived
in Perham for the past forty years
Miss Alstadt was the daughter of
George Alstadt. an old resident of OF
tertail county.
Minneapolis directors OF
the industrial survey, being planned
FOR this state by the naval consulting
board held meeting in the office OF
H. v Winchell, chairman and secre
tary of the group. The directors are
clearing the way for the appointment
Of field aides among the APO engineers
in the state. The replies thus far re
ceived indicate hearty response on
the part of the engineers.
Fairmont. - Postofficc Inspector f.
F. Egge and Postmaster BotZ have
cleared up the mystery of the pilfer
ing of rural mail boxes near this city
which has been going on for several
months. The culprit was found to be
l0-yearold boy. who was sent to get
the mail for his parents, farmers. A
decoy package containing a jackknifc
led to his detection, for he traded the
knife at school. He made a confes
sion.
Minneapolis. Twenty-Five Mime
sofa cities have introduced junior high
schools into their school systems in
the last seven years, and are now op
Grating them, according to a report
compiled by = c. Bingaman, superin
tendent of >chools, Gold:eld, Iowa
The report aims to present a study OF
the junior high school, or ''intermedi
ate," schools in operation throughout
the country, especially those in the
smaller cities.
Duluth. Senator Moses E. Clapp
will open his campaign for renomina
ton with a Memorial day address at
Duluth. He also expects that Congress
will toko for two or