The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1923-01-04
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Condensed Stories Of Happenings
Of the Week in Minnesota

as member of the state board of dem
tai examiners.
Minneapolis - Minneapolis taxpay.
ers will contribute nearly $4,000, 0OG
for the operation of government-city,
! county and statement year.
st. PauI-The internal revenue de-
partment JAM / will mail 10000
blanks to corporations and individuals
who paid income taxes in 1922.
Albert Lea-The Epworth League
societies of % southern Minnesota
counties will assemble in Fairmont
for weeks institute, July to 8, in
elusive
st. PauI-An Inheritance tax Of
$2O,412.S5 will be paid by the estate
of Thomas L. Blood, st. Paul, accord
ing to Ramsey county probate court
officials
Fairmont = Fairmont Methodists
have pledged $4,000 to proposed
building fuLd of $4,000 which will be
used to double the capacity of the pre-
sent church.
Mankato--If the wishes of Mayor
w. A. Beach are carried out, the office
Of policewoman in Mankato will be dis
pensed with and a welfare worker will
be appointed. a.,
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. of an oil tank
resulted in the destruction of the the
Winnebago grade school by fire and
caused a loss of approximately 1000.
One man was cut by glass.
MinneapoIis-More than 1000 chill
dren of Minneapolis We're guests of the
Elks lodge at it's annual Christmas
| party. The party included children
from all of the city's orphanages.
WinonaIThe New York Life Insur-
ance company was denied new trial
by action of the state supreme court
in a case brought against it by Mis-.
Clara K. Ames. in Winona county.
Winona-Apolonia, year old daugh-
! ter of Stephen Orzechowski of this
| city, died at hospital as the result
of injuries received when she fell into
, boiler of hot water at her home.
Jacksonville December term Of dis
trict court has set a record in the
| amount of fines collected. A total Of
| $1,550 was assessed, the money coming
in chiefly from liquor law violators.
Owatonna-The Owatonna National
Guard armory will provide the conven-
ton hall, banquet hall and amusement
headquarters for the 1923 convention
of the Minnesota Dairymen's associa-
ton
Cioquet-While alighting from his
cab here Benjamin w. Pink, aged So,
! said to have been the oldest engineer
on the Great Northern railway, suf-
eferd a stroke of heart disease and
died.
MinneapoIis-Twenty MilWau-
kee physicians and five druggists are
| involved IN a report covering the in
| vestigation of the wholesale forging
| of Wisconsin liquor prescriptions in
Minneapolis.
WiIlmar-Suit to recover $1,616, al
| legged overcharges in freight bills, by
Kandiyohi county against the Great
Northern Railway company, will be on
| the docket in Hennepin county district
court in January.
Caledonia-John Flynn, Jr., IA years
| old, is in hospital here recovering
,, from gun shot wound in the right
knee received when a weapon in the
hands of his brother, was accidentally
discharged while they were hunting.
Austin-The HORNED Packing COM
pany, by two witnesses, put on the
stand in district court here, traced the
sum of $907,753.7 of the $1,1S7, 900
which "Cy" Thompson stole from the
company, to the Oakdale Farm, Inc.
st. CIoud-St Cloud Elks played
Santa Claus to more than 5000 chill
dren on Christmas day. A generous
Santa, heavily laden tree, moving
pictures, vaudeville and well filled
socks made it a happy event for the
boys and girls.
Minneapolis Savings in Minneapo-
lis have reached the highest point of
their history, due Minneapolis bank
ers believe, to maintenance of wages,
good employment. lowered return on
investment securities and greater
thrift
ST. PauI-Relatives who are finan-
cially able will be required to care
for indigents if the next legislature
passes. bill being prepared by Rich
ard bakersfield, secretary of the pub
lie welfare board. The board already
has indorsed the proposal.
Minneapois-Two new members of
the board of county commissioners,
together with the new county survey
or and a judge of the district court,
who were among the successful can
didates in the last election, took the
oath of office in Hennepin County.
Madison-The new $4,000 armory
in this city was officially opened. The
presentation address was made by
Lieutenant Governor Louis II Collins.
A program was given with a banquet,
followed by short program of
speeches, a band concert, exhibition
drill. basketball game, concluded with
q dance.
+ Moorhead-A. A. Haagenson, form
er farmer labor candidate, whose
election to the state senate from the
10th district was challenged, was de-
clared elected by majority of AZ
votes.
DuIuth-Paving contracts awarded
for the paving of aDprOximately 30