The Tomahawk., 1924-09-04
nneapoIis-observers at the Uni.

versity of Minnesota looked through
a telescope at the planet Mars, which
was closer to the earth than 1t will
again be until some time well after
the year 1000.
MInneapoIls-The resignation OF NJ.
L. Harvey, group prohibition enforce
ment chief. to become an inspector
in the intelligence unit Of the Inter
nal Revenue department at Chicago,
was announced by s. B. Qvale, state
prohibition director.
Slayton-Work on the foundation for
the monument to mark the graves OF
the settlers at Lake Shetek who were
killed by the Indians in the massacre
OF 1851 is about completed and 1t Is
expected the monument will be set up
by October 1. Thirteen Shetek pio-
neers were massacred.
st. PauI-Bishop Charles Bayard
Mitchell took formal leave Of the st.
Paul area of the Methodist Episcopal
church, Of which he has been head for
eight years. His address Of farewell
was largely a story Of his relations
with Bishop Charles Edward Locke,
retiring head of the Manila, P. l., area.
with whom he Is exchanging posts.
st. Paul-Bumper crops in Minnesota
enabled bankers of the state to lay
plans for the re-opening Of rs banl .
that failed during the serious depres-
sion period Of the past several years,
A. J. Veigel, state superintendent Of
banks, announced. Losses to deposit
tors will be paid back on an Install
ment plan.
Thief River FaIIs-The offices of the
Minnesota Wheat Grower Associa.
tion which have been located in this
city since its inception, will be moved
to Minneapolis occupying quarters
there in connection with the American
Wheat Growers Association, Of which
William J. Brown of this city. has been
president for the last year.
Worthington-War on Sunday dane
ing throughout Minnesota will be con-
Quoted by the Minnesota Women's
Christian Temperance Union from
now until the next legislative session,
when the union will ask law per-
manently barring Sunday dances, Of
ficers announced at the close OF their
annual state convention.
AIbany-A six weeks intensive CAM
paign has been started in Stearns
county to place a pure-bred sire at the
head of every herd. Although spon-
sored by the Minnesota Holstein
Breeders association, the effort Is not
being put forward to place any speci-
fic breed of cattle, but rattle to get
purebred sires to head the cattle
herds.
Red Lake Falls-Seventy farmers
and business men attending a meet.
ing at the court house here to discus
the sugar beet situation in this To-
cality and to ascertain sentiments to-
wards building a new sugar refinery
at East Grand Forks. A committee
will be appointed to canvass the com.
munity and see how much stock can
be subscribed.
OrtonviIIe-Chinese ringneck pleas.
ants within the county Of Big Stone.
will be protected from hunters this
season, If Governor Preus acts favor.
ably upon a petition being circulated
among the sportsmen Of this county.
The petition asks that closed season
be ordered, as the pheasants have not
increased sufficiently in numbers and
cites the effect Of the severe winter
OF 1922. when hundreds of the birds
were frozen to death.
Albert Lea-Following the example
of the Sumner Valley Creamery. at
Sigsbee, the Moscow Cresmer::' is the
second in Free born lily to refuse
to receive milk or cream from any
herd that has not ueeh tested for tub.
erculosis. The good result Of what
was then conside. I'd drastic step by
the Sumner Valley Creamery was
shown by the fact that all the herd=
supplying it with milk and cream be.
came 100 per cent free of tuberculosis
by test.
Anoka-Minnesota farmers set in
motion the machinery Of their newest
cooperative marketing enterprise,
when they opened the first of nearly
200 warehouses to the first load of pc.
tatoes of the 100000 bushel crop
they expect to iaLdle this year
through their own agency. The Min.
nesota Potato Growers Exchange,
made up Of 1880 farmers received the
first shipment of the 1924 crop at its
Anoka warehouse. with more than q
dozen other warehouses opening the
same day. -
Minneapolis. A. Ludwig, cashier
of the First National bank Of Mime.
sofa Lake. who disappeared on August
6, following an examination of the
banks books which showed shortages
said to total between $4,000 and $45..
900, was found living in an abandoned
barn on farm in Belgrade township,
10 miles south of st. Peter. He APP
parently was victim of aphasia, fail.
ing to recall anything Of the past or to
recognize his wife and sister during
an examination by police who arrested
him.
Hibbing-Hibbing's paving program.
now in progress, Is the greatest under