The Tomahawk., 1924-01-24
BrietrMaa
All H. State
Condensed Stories Of Happenings
Of The Week In Minnesota

creamery. 1t opened for buSiSnesS
with a run of 1,400 pounds of cream
the first day.
Duluth - Fire losses during 1923
in Duluth We're more than double dur
| ing the year 1922. The total for 1923
was $691,712 and for 1922 the total
was $3OS,SS5.
NashWauk - When Joe Jorgeson,
6S years old, farmer, did not return
to his home near here, a search was
started and his body found a short
distance from his home.
New Ulm - Rev E. F. Wheeler,
pastor Of the Congregational church
here for the last IS years, has re-
sisgned and will accept a call to an
other city.
Marshall - Fire caused by an over
heated chimney, resulted in a loss OF
$4,000 on the stock and $500 on the
building of the Marshall Bottling
works
Marietta - At a special election
here the village council was empow-
cred by vote of 95 to 81 to issue
bonds for the construction of a water
works system
Lake Wilson - Fire of unknown
origin caused a loss of $4,000 at the
new public school building here. Fire
men were successful in extinguishing
the blaze before the structure was
destroyed.
NorthfeId - To serve so years as
member of the Mortified Volunteer
fire department Is the ambition of
Chief r. c. Phillips of this city, who
has just finished 4S years Of service
Mr.. Phillips is 70 years old.
Thief River Falls - More than 40
patrons of the cooperative creamery
have signed the patronage contract
giving assurance they will deliver
their cream to their own cooperative
institution for period of five years.
Lake City - A total of 799 votes
was cast in the straw vote on the
county agricultural agent appropria.
ton in Wabasha county. OF this to-
tai, GIG were opposed, while 1913 IA
vored, giving majority of 533 in OPP
position.
Mankato - The Mankato Civic and
Commerce association will allow cti-
zens who have grievances against the
way the community is being run next
week when it will hold "kick meet.
ing" which will probably become an
annual affair.
WilImar A record for electrical
energy furnished by the local munich
pal power plant was set during 1923
when total of 1,126,OO0 kilowatt
hours were furnished. The consump-
tion has risen since 1915 when 400,-
200 kilowatt hours were used.
Mortified Charter amendments
to modernize and improve the munich
pal government are being urged in
Mortified. Through the efforts Of
Mayor Frank Curren, new charter
commission has been appointed to
formulate proposed changes in the city
government
St. Cloud - In the new home of
John Clark Of Rockville, one of the
features is that radiophones have
been installed in every room. All that
is necessary Is to plug in in any
room and the events or amusements
being broadcast by the big stations
throughout the country come drifting
in.
Nashwauk Nashwauk is looking
forward to a good mining season de-
spite the apparent slackening in the
industry elsewhere. The Hawkins
mine, the largests here, has two SHOW
els stripping and large crew Of men
in the repair shop putting the equip.
ment in shape.
Owatonna The first meeting of
the part time agricultural night
school will be conducted at the high
school agricultural rooms. The even
ing school offers a course in agricul-
ture for persons not in the public
schools. Dairying, swine production.
poultry production, farm products and
many other subjects will be taken up
in the IL weeks course.
Montevideo - To return as superin-
tendent of the division where he once
worked as a section hand is the ex-
perience of Martin Flanagan, Of this
city, who leaves this week for Marion,
Iowa, to become superintendent Of
the Iowa division of the Chicago. Mil
waukee & st. Paul railway. Forty
years ago he started railroad work as
a section worker under his father on
the Iowa division of the railroad.
Minneapolis - Three Thousand lum-
bermen of Minnesota, North and
South Dakota and Iowa are gathering
in Minneapolis for the thirty-fourth
annual convention Of the Northwest
ern Lumbermen's association, held
in the assembly room at the court
house. Gsorge Rose, president of
the association, presided at a meet
ing of the directors, at which the $780,
100000 live stock loan bill, now be-
fore Congress, was one of the chief
matters under discussion.
WIIImar - The most travelling ever
done nv KandiyOhi county was carried