The Tomahawk., 1924-03-20
BriettMm
All & State
coedsassd Stories d Hsppeninss
| q he Week IN Minnesota

MorrIs-The Morris creamery paid
the farmers of Stevens county over
$1,000 in cash for butterfat in 1928.
Traey-"Larry Ho" Hodgson, form
erly mayor of st. Paul, was the prin-
cipal speaker at a big get-together
meeting of the Tracy Commercial Club.
Spooner-Mrs. Erickson, wife OF pub
Usher Of the Spooner News, has been
appointed postmistress here and is
now in charge of that office.
BemidJl-With heavy shipping sea.
son in prospect, saving operations at
the plant OF the Crookston Lumber
company will begin about April /.
Moorhead-The Clay county unit Of
the Minnesota Potato Growers ex-
change will be organized within the
next 10 days, o. M. Olson, organiza.
ton campaign manager. announced.
Thief River FaIIs-Practically ST..
100000 has been loaned to the farm.
ers Of Pennington county under the
new rural credits act, according to
the figures given out by the Register
of Deeds.
virsinia-The alfalfa acreage of the
north end Of st. Louis county will be
increased 100 per cent, according to
August Neubauer, local county agent.
The increased acreage amounts to 400
per cent over a year ago.
Little FaIls-A peramennt county
tax committee was elected here at a
tax reduction conference attended by
town, village and city school board
officials and taxpayers. About 500
persons. mostly farmers, were in at.
tendance.
ortonviIIe-Vanity cases and pow.
der puffs have been officially banned
from the Ortonville city schools Too
much attention is paid to cosmetics
and not enough attention is given to
study. the school authorities say
Fairmont-Byron H. Curtis, Martin
county's representative in the state
legislature. has filed for reelection.
He has served two previous terms,
August E. Mau, Waverly farmer. also
filed as candidate
Moorehead-Clay county commits
sioners sold s25O,O00 worth of road
bonds at a premium of 5000 and in
terest at AZ per cent. The bonds
make available this year $25O,OO0 for
road work.
OrtonviIIe-One of the old land
marks Of Ortonville soon will be
wrecked, or moved to another loca-
ton, to make way for the new armory
and community building to be erected
here
Rochester-With the completion of
the animal farm Of the Mayo clinic.
four miles from the city, and the con.
sequent removal Of to that place OF
all animals used for experimental pur-
poses, improvements which will cost
about 100000 are now in progress.
Hibbing-Announcement was made
by H. S. Wallin, superintendent of the
Mahoning mine. that d, day and night
crew will start work on stripping with
two shovels. This will give employ
ment to more than 200 men and will
start mining operations one month
earlier than any time in the past ten
years.
Redwood FaIIs-Contracts have been
let by the board Of education for the
erection of new grade school build
ing here. e. Carlstrom of Mankato
was given the general contract on his
bid of $122,0S2. To this is added con-
tracts for the heating. ventilating,
plumbing and wiring which will bring
the total price of the building up to
$162,674.
Hibbins-District Judge Martin
Hughes has announced that, as an in
centive to emphasize the ten com.
mandments" of real American citizen
ship, 500 donated by r. X. Doe, Uni
ted States naturalization examiner.
will be offered as prizes in statewide
competition. The sum will be divided
into four prizes. $50, $25. SIS and $40.
Every individual, club and civic organ.
ization in Minnesota interested in good
citizenship may compete.
Rochester-What is regarded as an
extraordinary record for the produc.
ton of butter was made recently by
a purebred Holstein COW in the herd
of Christopher. Graham Of Rochester.
According to the advanced registry de-
partment of the Holstein- Friesian as
sociation Of America. this COW. Ora
hamholm Segis Pauline Colantha,
Junior year old, produced in one year
23,570.4 pounds of milk and 7AO.46
pounds of butterfat-equal to 925.5
pounds Of butter.
crosby-Pumping was resumed in
the shaft of the Milford mine where
Al miners were drowned late in Jam
uary. The bodies of the victims are
still in the shaft, buried in tons of
mud, sand and weeds as we'll as water.
The mud is too thin to shovel and
too thick to pump. Several days ago
the pumps became clogged with the
grass and weeds and were hoisted and
new screens made. Now two lines of
clear water are running into the shaft
in an attempt to thin the mixture SO
that It can be pumped. >'l
Albert Lea-A Freeborn county
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