The Tomahawk., 1924-05-15
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bard county. superintendent OF Itasca
Itate park and ofrest, and former mem
Der of the Minnesota legislature. died
In . local hospital. at the age Of 65.
Ada-Crookston was selected as
the meeting place in 1925 at the
closing session of the annual conven-
ton Of the 14th district Women's
Christian Temperance union here.
ct. Jamss-Watonwan county will
send from $500 to $4,000 to aid the
suffering children Of Germany, as a
result Of the relief drive in progress
here, according to Rev. e. P. Birk-
holz. county chairman.
Redwood FaIls-A delegation of
more than 90 Knights of Pythias
from Minneapolis Is expected to be
In Redwood Falls. Monday. May IL,
to exemplify the degrees Of the or
der to q class Of new members.
MadeIia-Scores OF friends and
neighbors Of Mrs. Rose Davis recent.
ly Joined her in celebrating her 105th
birthday Mrs. Davis, who is believed
to be the oldest woman In Minnesota,
enjoys reading newspapers and mag.
azines.
at. CharIes-Club women took
possession Of the high school here.
as they gathered in the auditorium
from all parts Of the first district, to
conduct the goth annual convention
Of the First District Minnesota Fed.
Grafton Of Women's clubs.
MontevIdeo-Lake Lac qui Parle,
which for several years has been
gradually drying up, again has wat
or at its normal stage and can again
take Its place along with Mime
sofas many popular lakes. A new
concrete dam has been completed
at the lower end of the lake which
was the means Of raising the water.
Glenwood-The business men of
Glenwood have offered to raise a
fund OF $4,000 to assist in the build.
Ing and equipment Of a creamery.
The money will be loaned to the
new creamery for a period of five
years, without interest. Dairy farm
ers are now being signed up to de.
liver cream to the new creamery.
WInona-one OF the first steps in
the 100000 program of the board
OF municipal works for improve
ments Of Winona's waterworks sys-
tenn was taken when the board
awarded the contract for sinking q
nth artesian well which, when com.
pleted. is expected to bring the total
daily supply Of artesian water to g..
100000 gallons.
Fergus FaIIs-The steady decline
in wheat acreage in this county is
illustrated in a statement made here
by G. r. Wright, who Is the largest
farmer in Otter Tail county. Mr..
Wright farms 6,400 acres. In 1910
half Of this was in wheat. He has
been steadily cutting down the wheat
acreage and this year has only $40
in wheat, 600 In oats and the balance
IN feed crops.
st. PauI-R. J. ICY" Thompson, who
embezzled 100000 from the HORNED
Packing company. Austin. Mimi. has
been turned down again by state
parole board. He was sentenced to
prison July. 1921. The parole board
which spent the last two days inter.
viewing applicants for clemency an.
nounced that i've Of the 137 applicants
had been given their conditional free
dom. while Thompson was one Of the
1S2 rejected
FaIrmont-After being actively en-.
gagged IN business In this city for 90
years. Albert L. Ward. banker and
former state senator. was at his Office
on the day Of the Goth anniversary at
I .. m. his usual hour for starting
work. He 10 the oldest resident OF
Fairmont. being in his $50 year. When
Mr.. Ward drove up to the present site
Of Tairmont, April 2s. 1864. an old
fort was the principal building. and he
came by oxen team.
WlIlmar-A slab of stone which ia
believed to be the largest ever TAX
en- from . quarry in this section OF
the country has Just been cut from
the quarry near Cold Springs. The
slab Is to be used in the construc.
ton Of new bank building in Cali
fornia. The stone measures 26 feet
in length and its other dimensions
are 3h by 4 feet, and It weighs
| $4,000 pounds.
Observation-Disclosures mills pro
duced one-flfth of the total output oi
wheat -four for the entire United
States during 1928, the Federal Trade
commission said in a report of the
wheat -four milling industry submit
ted in response to Senate resolution
offered by Senator Norris Of Nebraska
Minneapolis stood first in -four pro
duction with Buffalo and Kansas City
following In the order named. The
mills of Minnesota and Kansas pro
duced three-eighths of the entire out
put of 1921 and one-half of 1t was man
ufactured by mills in Minnesota, Kan.