The Tomahawk., 1923-02-22
BrietrMw
All & State
condensed Stories Of Happenings
Of the Week in Minnesota

| AuStin-W1ulam Anderson, year Ole
grade pupil, won first prize in an es
say contest under auspices of the
Women's Christian Temperance un.
on. OF the 20 essays submitted the
Judges held Alderson's to be the best
WlIImar-Hoglund and Diffendorf
)ne Of the largest clothing firms in
Willmar, has closed it's doors on &C.
count of financial troubles. The firm
nay, il conditions improve, reopen In
he spring.
SIayton-An electric transmission
highpower line will be built from Pipe
stone to Slayton for the purpose OF
furnishing this city with electricity
Slayton parties have entered into
contract with the Northern States
Power company to have the transmits
sion line constructed.
PIummer-Twice overcome by mon
oxide gas while he was in his garage
with the engine of his car running
Paul Schoenauer of this town was
rescued after he fell the third time
by girl who called to advise him OF
long distance telephone call. Mr.
Schoenauer fell to the floor when first
overcome, and when he revived anG
again overcome. He was unconscious
when found by the telephone girl. but
soon revived.
Windom-Petitions have been circu
I or nH In rnffnnUnnH To- EoO
ties asking the legislature to pass
law opening up lakes in the state tc
the public by authorizing the commits
sioners of county to lay out roads
to a lake that Is inaccessible to the
public.
WliImar-The Northwestern Bel
Telephone company of Willmar, will
ask the railroad and warehouse com
mission for permission to raise the,
telephone rates. The company is re
quested by the council to put the wires
under ground, job that will cost the
company more than $4,000. Accord
ing to John Williams, manager, the
company is making only per cent on
its present investment.
Little Falls-The fifteenth district
Minnesota Cooperative Creamery as
ISOLATION, will have it's annual meet
ing in Little Falls Thursday, Feb. %
About 100 delegates are expected tC
attend the meeting. A. J. MCGUIRE OF
st. Paul, is expected to preside and
several other prominent dairymen
will attend, among them V. Lockwood
of Motley, director Of the state asso
citation.
SIayton-The sale Of Cameron
township farm is good evidence that
this section is recovering from the re.
cent slump in the price of real estate.
Gus Ziemon has just sold 100 acre
farm three mile north of Lake Wilson
to Fred Helmke at $128 per acre.
Hastings-John Freeburg was found
guilty of murder in the second degree
in Dakota county district court. OF
the IL jurors eight were women. Free
burg was charged with killing Jonas
Lindbeck, in a rooming house at South
Park, where both lived.
Springfield-Bidsw will be opened for
a new church for ST. Paul's Evangel-
ical Lutheran congregation OF this
city. The structure will be 62x119
feet, with a steeple rising to height
OF 119 feet. The building will cost
between 100000 and $4,000. and will
seat 1900 people.
ing recently erected by the Roughton
Cooperative Creamery company, was
| mi OF
les. A banquet was served following
the dedication exercises. The com.
pany has 231 shareholders. One-half
of the cost of the new building was
paid out Of a sinking fund created a
few years ago.
Hibbing-Considerab excitement
was created in a local business place
ceiver in his hand exclaimed, in ap.
parent terror: take it! Take it be.
fore I drop it." A clerk relieved the
man of the receiver, and then it was
found that. although he is 80 years
old, he had never before listened to a
telephone message. r.
St. Paui-Governor Preus has called
| FARMERS anu Ill OLHSTS lHleTeSteu III
our agricultural welfare, to give their
aid and support. to a conference of
farmers, bankers, business men and
public officials of the states of North
Dakota, South Dakota. Montana, Iowa,
Wiconsin, Nebraska. Kansas, Illinois,
Michigan and Minnesota to consider
the means of stabilizing prices of
farm products and thus remedying the
deplorable condition in which agricul.
ture now finds itself. There has been
organized Minnesota Farmers-Bank.
ers Council, made up Of two persons
from each agricultural district. Mem.
bers of this Council, farm bureau off.
Gals and others interested in agri.
culture, have joined in a call for a
Northwest Agricultural Price Stabili.
cation Conference, to be held in Saint
Paul, February q and %. +
ovatonna-Officer were elected by
the Owatonna Shrine club at their