The Tomahawk., 1919-06-05
STATE BRfV|T|ES

services to be held at the Grand thea
Ter during the afternoon.
Sank Kapids.-Nearly $4,000 was
realized at the recent bazaar of the
Catholic church. Preparations for the
erection of a new parochial residence
are under way.
Moorhead.-Plans for cooperative
advertising campaign by the mer-
chants were discussed at the annual
meeting of the Merchants association
following a banquet in Masonic hall.
East Grand Forks.-Reconstruction
work on the stone paving of De Mers
avenue, next to the bridge, has been
completed. This paving has been in
very bad shape for number of years.
East Grand Forks.-The Sullivan
Brothers Land company of East Grand
Forks announce they have number
of garden plots that will be given to
any one who will apply at their office.
Bemidji. w. G. Schroeder, pro-
prietor of the Alfalfa dairy farm, an.
nounces that his thirty Holstein COWS
are producing 500 quarts of milk daily,
a record production for this season Of
the year at his dairy.
Mankato.-The body of John Otto
was found hanging in barn at the
rear of his home. He had committed
suicide by hanging with >clothesline
to one of the rafters in the barn. Ill
health and dependency are thought
to have prompted the act.
st. Paul-Orders for $4,000 tons Of
t~o ~ TN q
for state institutions we're placed by
the state board of control. The first
purchase is for institutions in the
northern half of the state and IL all
dock coal bought t. o. b. Duluth.
St. Paul.-Two masked men entered
and robbed the St. Anthony Park
State bank here of $4,000 shortly after
1 m. Two women, a bookkeeper
and an assistant cashier were the only
persons in the bank at the time. The
robbers escaped in an automobile.
St. Paul.--First to organize under
the new Minnesota law relating to CO.
operative corporations, the Buffalo
Lake Cooperative store of Buffalo
Lake filed articles in the office of the
seer etary of state. It is capitalized
at $4,000, to engage in any lawful
mercantile, manufacturing or agricul-
tural business.
St. Paul.-Robert L. Scott of Clay
county was elected president of the
Minnesota Seed Potato Inspection and
Ccrtifcation board at the organization
meeting held at the state farm. Dean
Thatcher of the state agricultural COL
lege was elected secretary, and A. J.
Tolass. chief inspector
Bemidji.-Dr. R. c. Norcross of
Bemidji suffered severe cut in his
left leg when the steering wheel of his
Ford broke and his car was ditched.
The doctor, accompanied by DR.. H. F.
Billings, was near Scribner, en- route
to Red Lake on business trip, when
the accident occurred.
Chisholm. - Chisholm's celebration
of the Fourth this year will be made
notable by the presence of the famous
One Hundred and Fifty-frst artillery,
or Gopher gunners' band, fresh from
overseas, a chamber of commerce COM
mittee having signed up the noted
organization for the day. Returned
soldiers will figure prominently in the
days events.
St. Cloud.-The sixty-second ami
versary of the First NJ E. church was
marked by banquet of over 200
guests. The pastor, Rev. George E.
Tindall, spoke briefly of the church's
history and introduced Rev. w. c.
Lee, the district superintendent, who
presented DR.. F. E. Ross of Columbus,
Ohio, a former pastor of the church,
the chief speaker.
Slayton.-A commission company
for the sale of grain handled by the
farmers elevators in this state was
organized here by representatives of
farmers elevators in the counties of
Murray, Cottonwood; Mobiles and
Pipestone The association will be
\ statewide, with headquarters in St.
Paul. A district meeting to further
the organization will be held at Man
kato in the near future.
St. Paul.-The state forestry board
has discussed proposed purchases of
lands to enlarge Itasca State park and
also the improvements to be made this
year at Douglas lodge, summer re-
sort maintained in the park. Itasca
park now contains tract seven miles
long and five miles wide and the 1919
legislature authorized the purchase of
additional land to make the park area
seven miles square. Options already
obtained on many pieces In the tract
probably will be closed soon.
st. Paul. - Thrifty housewives can
have fancy fish fresh from the lakes
delivered anywhere in Minnesota at
wholesale prices, under an offer made
late yesterday by Carlos Avery, state
game and fish commissioner. The plan
will bring state fishing operations a
step nearer consumers toward reduc-
ing the cost of living, the commits
sioner said. While the smallest ship
ment made is twenty-five pounds,
housewives may club together, Mr..
Avery explained, and purchase state
caught fish, well packed and iced and
all charges paid at reasonable prices.
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