The Tomahawk., 1923-03-29
Nel1f BrietrMam
All & State
coudsnssd Stories Of happenings
Of the Week In Minnesota

luth Central will also send team.
owatonna-Steelec county bankers
are planning to send a big delegation
to Rochester Monday and Tuesday,
May IA and Is, to attend the annual
meeting of theI First District group,
Minnesota State Bankers association.
Plans for the district activities at the
state convention in June are to be
made at the meeting.
Duluth-That an order providing
for the vacation of the north 40 Of the
village of Hibbing would mean sacri-
ficing public interests for private bene-
fit is the contention of the village Of
Hibbing contained in an answer to the
petition of mining companies asking
that the plot be vacated.
owatonna-A. ]. Boshart, city as
SCISSOR Of Owatonna, has resigned and
E. H. Lippert has been elected to sue
coed him. J. H. Brahtz Of St. Paul
was named consulting engineer for
the erection of a new 100000 gallon
capacity steel stand pipe. The pipe
will cost between 100000 and $4,000.
St. CIoud-Word received here
gives little hope that the date of the
state high school defamation contest
will be changed so that it will not
conflict with the state basketball tour
nament. The State Defamation
league last week announced the finals
would be conducted in Minneapolis,
March 20, which is the last day of the
basketball tournament. Donald Barr,
Tech student, who will represent the
school at both events will be up
against knotty problem, if the Tech
basketeers survive the elimination
contests.
Thief River FaIls-A special meet
ing of the sugar beet committee was
held in the local commercial club
rooms. All contracts and applications
for sugar beet acreage were examined
and most of them approved. There
are approximately eight hundred
signed up in the vicinity of Thief
River Falls.
st. James-The board of county
commissioners will defray one-third
eda-La Sale road at the intersection
with the Omaha railway east of
Madeda for an overhead crossing Of
fered by the railroad and warehouse
commission. Madeda village and Ma
deda township will each pay one
third of the expense of lowering the
road.
Little Falls-Authorities of Colum.
bia school enthusiastically support a
plan to introduce milk lunches as a
means of increasing the weight Of pu-
pills who are upderweight. Ninety.
eight out of 1852 pupils began their
milk lunches.
Hayfield-Plans are being made for
the dedication Of the new Trinity
Lutheran church. construction of
which was recently completed. The
dedication proper will take place on
Sunday, April 20, but it will be linked
up with a three-day festival. April 20
and 80 and May 1.
St. James-The third annual music
memory contest will be conducted.
The contest is sponsored by the
public schools, in connection with the
Mozart club, prizes being donated for
the winners.
Hibbins-Local florists and agricul-
tural departments of the local schools
are planning tree planting week to
be held in the village early in May.
Every effective agency in the commu-
nifty will work in helping to plant
trees The American Legion, fores-
try department, park board of schools
will be asked to assist.
MInneapoIis-New plans to serve
the Ford manufacturing plant at the
high dam, offered as a substitute for
the Milwaukee railroad trackage pro-
gram. would upset 100000 expan-
sion plan outlined by Milwaukee road
officials, which cali for. building a
direct connecting line between the
district south, of Lake street in Min
neapolis and the Ford plant, and the
erection of a new Mississippi river
railroad bridge, J. H. Foster, general
superintendent of the northern divi-
sion of that railroad said.
NOTInUcIO-PllIy-, OlcS nave all
swered Captain "Ponzi" Putzier's first
call for baseball candidates to prac-
tice in the St. Olaf gymnasium. In
door practice is scheduled daily I'M
til warm weather appears. The new
men will be divided into groups with
an assistant coach in charge OF each.
Most of the freshmen trying out have
had experience. on town and high
school teams, and much of the mate
rial is promising. Among the upper
classmen there are no available pit
cheers, unless "Cully" Swanson should
decide to try out for the job. Seven
lettermen reported including Pulitzer,
who will play second and Swanson,
last years shortstop. ~-a..
Buffalo-Albert Boerner. mayor Of
this city for the last four years, was
defeated by A. w. Anderson in the
election here by majority estimated
at 80 votes. All other candidates were
elected without opposition. ~
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