The Tomahawk., 1923-11-15
BrietrMm
All & State
Condensed Stories Of Happenings
Of tho Week In Minnesota

scented with it's charter
Winona Winona Is to have
three-story, department building, the
first big structure Of its kind in tho
city.
Eveleth - Mayor Victor e. Essling
was reelected mayor of this city. His
plurality over Gilbert Finnegan was
40S.
Duluth-An affiliation of the cham
bers of commerce in this section Of
the country, including Duluth, the
Range towns of Superior, Port Arthur
and Fort William, will be perfected at
a conference here.
Crookston-N. A. Bray, an indie
pendent with labor Endorsement, was
elected mayor of Crookston, defeating
Acting Mayor w. L. Ireland, WHO also
sought the job Bray got 1922 votes
and Ireland 9S2.
Thief River FaIIs-The Pennington
County Bankers association have
made arrangements for the purchase
of $4,000 pounds Of alfalfa seed to be
distributed among farmers through
out the county.
Marietta - The grades in the Mari
eta school have been closed as a pre-
ventive measure during an epidemic
of scarlet fever here. A large number
of cases of this disease were reported
in this village and vicinity, according
to officials.
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professional men with legionnaires, at
tended dinner given by Henry Berg
quist, post No. 201, American Legion,
at the Mora Farmers Cooperative
Creamery auditorium here.
Austin-The Austin city council Is
debating the matter of providing park.
ing places for teams and wagons, and
the matter seems to have resolved it.
self to the point where vacant spaces
must be rented and maintained by the
city.
New RichIand - Bankers, business
men, breeders and farmers of this COM
munity joined hands to improve the
livestock of the county and increase
dairy and beef production by getting
behind the Waseca county purebred
sire campaign.
Fairmont - County commissioners
Of Martin county have drawn up Pc
tition asking Attorney General c. L.
Hilton of Minnesota to take legal &C.
ton to restrain the state of Iowa from
completing construction Of dam
across Turtle lake. on the Iowa line.
Mabel - Bandits looted the First
National bank of $1,000 in silver after
entering through an open window. The
safe and bank fixtures were wrecked,
but the robbery was not discovered I'M
til 6 a. m, when villagers found the
front door of the bank open.
Owatonna - The entire old admin
istration of the Steele county Red
Cross chapter was returned at the an.
nual meeting of the organization here.
Heading the organization is Major E.
c. Clemans, national American Le-
gion chaplain; Mrs. G. w. Doolittle,
secretary, and George R. Kinyon,
treasurer.
Owatonna Owatonna voters ap-
proved of the sale of a $350,O00 bond
issue with which to finance the con-
struction of an electric light, heat and
power company, municipality owned,
by a majority Of 1,199. The vote was
1,750 for the bond sale and ISL op.
posed. At present this city Is served
with light, heat and power by the
Southern Minnesota Gas and Electric
company.
Gaylord - The 100000 grain ele-
vator of the Equity Cooperative ex-
change here was burned to the ground.
The cause Of the fire is unknown, as
it apparently began inside the build
ing, which has been unused for a year
and half. 1t was one of the largest
elevators on the Minneapolis & St.
Louis line, having a capacity Of ap-
proximately $4,000 bushels.
Little Falls - The most important
cases to be tried at the November
term of district court are those of
Alice s. Roberts, and Alfred Roberts
vs.. A. B.. Dennis. The plaintiffs are
suing for damages totaling $4,000, al
legged to have been received last No
vember when an automobile driven by
Dennis ran into one occupied by
them on the paved highway south Of
this city.
Minneapolis - Returning to Amer
lea with the greatest collection Of fos-
sils ever unearthed after three years
of field study in the Cobb desert Of
Mongolia, is Roy Chapman Andrews,
of the American Museum of Natural
History. A projected expedition Of
five years in what Mr.. Chapman de-
scribed as the "Paleontologica Garden
Of Eden" was withdrawn after three
years of work as a result of the amaz-
ing success of the group Of scientists
in unearthing evidence of animal life
Of the early periods Of the worlds his
tory.
Pipestone Plans are going for
ward here for the seventh annual Red
Cross roll call. The work will start
on Armistice day and be continued