The Tomahawk., 1922-05-04
Neu1f Briet(Man
All & State
Condensed Stories Of Happenings
Of the Week In Minnesota

st. PauI-Neither Louis w. Hill nor
the Northwest Trust company will be
named as administrator Of the $12,-
100000 estate Of Mrs. Mary T. Hill.
Observation-Disclosures public schools
are now without a rating system for
grading the efficiency of teachers such
as has prevailed for the last two years.
St. PauI-Christian Hog wants a
wife. Mr.. Hog, who lives at LANCER,
, N. D., says in letter to Governor
Preus that he prefers wealthy young
! woman of Scandinavian birth.
Fairmont-The Martin county board
of commissioners has sold to Wells
Dickey company of Minneapolis an is
sue of 100000 Of drainage bonds,
,, bearing AZ per cent interest on a
premium bid of $3.50. f..
Winona-The navigation season on
the Upper Mississippi river was formal
ly opened when the government light
house steamboat, Dandelion, passed
Winona on it's way upstream.
ANO1 AoNO OSSA
mailed out to all the members of the
Minnesota State High School Athletic
associations for the 21st annual inter-
scholastic track meet to be held at
Carleton college May q.
ACKNOWLEDGMENT one hour a
district court jury returned a verdict
for A. L. Ward in the $4,000 damage:
suit brought by Mrs. Viola Limburg
of this city against the 80 year old
state senator and banker.
Albert Lea-Many Freeborn county
farmers have finished their seeding.
Backwardness of spring has caused
farmers to curtail their wheat average
and increase the amount which is to
be planted to corn.
! St. PauI-Improved roadways OF
Minnesota have been more than
doubled in mileage in the first years
operation of the Babcock trunk high
way system, it was announced by the
state highway department.
WiIimar-Michael D. Manning, 70,
president of the Minnesota Territorial
Pioneer association, died at his home
Ill "4AlAdAs AAG AA0AJ ySNAS Va
active work in the G. A. r. and pioneer
associations. -
MarshaII-W. B. Thorburn reported
the record litter of spring pigs, when
a sow on his place northeast OF town
narrowed eighteen pigs. The mother
was doing nicely but meals were serv-
ed necessarily by installments.
MinneapoIis-Rev. Russell H. Stat
ford, pastor of the First Congrega-
! tional church, Minneapolis, will appear
| before military investigating board
to answer questions in regard to his
views on military training.
Little FaIIs-Archibald H. Vernon of
Little Falls, former state commander
of the American Legion, has an
nounced that he will file for the no.
mination for associate justice of the
state supreme court. He will oppose
Justice James H. Quinn.
Minneapolis-Morep people are plan
ming European tours this summer than
ever before, Mrs. Margaret McCrae,
passport clerk in the federal building,
declared. Passport applications aver
age Is day. "@
crookston-A turtle weighing 20
pounds and four feet long from the tip
of it's head to it's tail, said to be the
largest ever caught In this section, is
being displayed here. An ak and
rifle were used to kill the tortoise, in
Maple lake.
Minneapolis-Prohi officials
and agents maintained chilly attitude
when visitor to the federal building
presented a petition asking for an
| amendment of the Volstead act to al
low light wines and beers. Not a
| signature was obtained.
St. PauI-Representat Frank
| Clague, of the second Minnesota dis.
| trict, has introduced bill in congress
! to amend the packers control law so
as to give the state of Minnesota SUI
pervision over the South St. Paul live
stock market. ...
| Duluth = To stimulate interest
among tourists unacquainted with the
advantages of an outing in northern
| Minnesota, a special car, equipped with
specimens Of fur-bearing animals,
game and fish will tour southern Min
nesota, Iowa and parts Of Kansas and
Nebraska. s. T. ~ ze-s.
MISUNDERSTANDING to the. serious
condition of Miss Elsie Salisbury,
charged with murder in the first de-
gree following the Staying OF Oscar
Erickson, financial clerk in the Mil
waukee railroad division offices here,
her preliminary hearing has been In
definitely postponed. 81
St. -Paul-Whether the Minnesota
7 tonnage tax law provides an occupa.