The Tomahawk., 1924-06-12
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HlbbIng-Hundreds ~ of dollars Of
damage was done to Hibbing gardens
when killing frost hit here.
Vlrginia-The second reunion Of
Virginia pioneers, concentrating the
big fire Of 1898. will be conducted June
Is, 1t has beeu announced. J. Adam
Bede, pioneer newspapers editor, will
deliver the principal address.
Rochester-The majority Of the pure
bred Hofstein dairy cattle sold here at
the annual sale of the Holstein Breed
ers' association were bought by far.
mers from Olmsted county. The so
ocws sold for nearly $4,000.
Detroit-The ban against Sunday
movies in Detroit will be continued as
the result of the election here at which
time the matter was submitted to the
voters. The proposition to permit
moving pictures to operate on Sunday
was defeated 500 to 457.
st. Paul-Senator Robert NJ LaFol-
lette declared he will have nothing to
do with the so-called third party con-
vention at st. Paul June II. He
asked his friends to stay away, CIV
ing his reason the participation in the
st. Paul convention of >mmunist or
CARNATIONS.
Wabasha-The 1924 wool pool, un-
der direction of the Minnesota Co.
operative Wool Marketing association
will center here, officers of the or
ganization having made a contract by
which facilities Of the Wabasha wool
warehouse become available to men,
bers. r. E. Jones of Wabasha is sales
manager.
Detroit-Thirty-nine spoilers, cham
pions of their respective districts,
competed for the county championship
here and when the smoke Of spent syl-
tables had cleared away, Evelyn Erick-
son Of district No. and Anna Parker
Of district No. 112 were declared win
ners. They will compete in the state
contest at the State Fair next fall.
Rochester-Deputy Game Warden
Rex. r. Robinson has in his possession
strange creature caught by fisher
man. Some call it mud puppy but
I others call 1t a salamander. 1t has
gills like a fish, but it also has pro-
nounced ears, eyes with eyelids on
them and other evidences Of being an
animal. 1t has four little feet but
when placed on the ground it squirmed
along like a snake.
Rochester-A. F. Nelson, Of this
city, refused an offer of $500 for a
tree which he claims is the only speci-
men Of it's kind in the country. While
on visit to Denmark, his native land,
Mr.. Nelson got some sprouts Of the
European birch, which he says grows
to a height of 400. feet. He carried
the small sprouts carefully on his re-
turn and has been tending them faith
fully ever since.
Crookston-A movement Is under
way to establish branch of the Ola.
cier Park trail from Fergus Falls to
Winnipeg. At present the trail is es.
tablished via Fargo and Minot to Ola.
cier Park and the feasibility OF a
branch through the Red River valley
to the Manitoba metropolis Is being
urged. The proposed line would fol.
low closely The Great Northern railway
north Of Crookston until Winnipeg is
reached.
Acknowledgements Rosenberger, a
farmer near the Iowa-Minnesota line,
running a farm Of 300 acres, has prac-
tically solved the labor problem by a
system Of rotation that is attracting a
good deal Of attention among farmers
in his neighborhood. Dividing his land
into five tracts. Rosenberger starts a
| field with soy beans. following with
corn the second year, oats and red
clover the third year, with sweet
clover alternating in half the field, and
| other crops in the other two fields.
BemidjEElmer e. Mcdonald, for.
mer member of the state Legislature
and vice-president of the state bar as
sociation dropped dead at the summer
! home on Lake Bemidji. Mr.. McDcn-
aid had practiced law here the last 20
| years of his life, also having a St.
Paul practice until 1912. He was a
former county attorney of Beltrami
county and had been active in arrang.
ing the affairs of the Minnesota State
Bar association convention, which will
be held in Bemidji in June.
!
the Corn Exchange and a similar In.
terest in the Flour Exchange, separ.
ate properties, are to be included In
William Henry Eustis' gift to- Mime
sofas needy, crippled children, and
the gift, when Mr.. Eustis fulfills his
$1,000, 900 endowment pledge, will be
increased by 100000. BY Jan. /.
1925, Mr. Eustis, former Minneapolis
mayor, will have given to the cause
Of the needy, crippled children sub.
stantially all Of his physical property.
amassed in 43 years OF productive
business activity, including liquid as
sets and loop district real estate, ag.
gregating value OF more than ST..
100000. His gift, in the form Of a
trust to the University Of Minnesota
and a site on which now is being
built the Michael Bowling school.
will be 80 per cent larger than his
original agreement.