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AustIn-Owatonna was awarded the
1926 convention of the Central Bap.
fist Young Peoples union at the close
Of its 1924 session here.
Austln-Seventy-fiv farmers attend.
ed the stone and stump blasting de-
monstration conducted by representa-
tives of the University Farm, at the
VIII Hartje farm.
notwithstanding on petition OF
a majority of the dairy stock owners
of the county the board of county com
missioners has ordered an area test OF
the dairy cattle of Big Stone county
Morris-J. F. Entel of Montevidec
was elected president Of the seventh
group, Minnesota Bankers Association
at its closing session here. More than
200 bankers attended the three SEES
sions.
MISUNDERSTANDING Fay, said to be
the oldest Minnesotan living in Clay
county, died here. He lived in this
state since 1853 and was stage driv
er. He was postmaster here from
1874 to 1890.
Two Harbors-The first brook trout
fry Of the season were received here
when the local chapter of the Izaak
Walton league distributed 100 cans tc
the various streams tributary to the
city.
Thief River Fals-Thirty-fou cars
of Mennonites passed through here
from Canada to Chihuahua, Mexico
They left Canada on account Of re-
.stricting freedom and schools and
ways of living.
Rochester-Diplom will be pres
tented to SO nurses, SO of these having
taken their training at st. Mary's hos
pital and go through the Kahler school
lof nursing, at joint commencement
iexercise to be held at the national
guard armory here.
Austin-The Milwaukee road has an.
nounced the discontinuance Of two
passenger trains between this city and
iCalmar, Iowa, daily. The change is
believed to have been necessitated by
the increase in motor traffic and the
resulting falling off of rail travel.
currIe-The committee named by
the legislature to erect monument
In the memory of the early settlers OF
1.-THE Lake Chetek country will within a
short time have their plans complete.
"A site for the monument has been
selected near the graves Of the pho.
neers killed in the Indian raids.
/, owatonna-Final action will be
taken in the selection of site for the
ITricounty tuberculosis sanatorium to
be constructed and maintained by
Steele, Freedom and Faribault coun.
tiles at a meeting here. Sites have
been offered by Owatonna, Albert Lea,
Blue Earth and Winnebago.
Willmar-Through the efforts, of
the American Legion posts of Kandi.
;yohi county, complete and authen.
tic collection of plats of all GENE.
4 teries in the county will be made.
On these will be marked the graves
of soldiers of all wars. These records
will be preserved and continued.
Sleepy Eye-There has never been
u time when so much interest has
been taken in the boys and girls
this spring. The baby beef, dairy
calf and pig clubs all have large en-
rolments and additional poultry and
corn clubs have been organized for
the first time this year.
| Albert lea-After an all day battle
in which large number Of volunteer
citizens from Albert Lea used fleet
iof trucks, gap in the new dam at
the outlet of lower Albert Lea lake,
was closed, thus saving that body of
water from going down through the
Shell Rock river and destroying the
concrete bridge across the south end
of the lake.
BemldIi-In little Lutheran Free
church of Nymore, where the family
of Enevild Stangeland gathered to at
tend a program. funeral services for
three members of his family who lost
their lives in a fire which destroyed
their home. From the rooms of the
Etangeland home, the charred bodies
OF the three children were taken and
because of the condition in which they
were found, only one casket will be
used.
Park Rapids-The directors Of the
Jefferson Highway took steps to
shorten and relocate the highway in
the northern part of the state. Rhe
city of Warren and villages to the
north Of that city were making strong
bids before the highway directors for
the location to be designated their
way from Thief River Falls. How
ever, a route was selected which will
take the Jefferson traveller from Thief
River Falls north to beyond Holt on
a trunk highway and thence west and
northwest over a graded and graveled
state aid road through Marshall coun-
ty passing through New Folden, and
Etrandquist, and thence through Karl
stad, Halma and Bronson, striking q
trunk highway at Hallock and thence
to the border.
Fulda-More than 100 men are en-
ployed in the construction work on
trunk highway No.. 16 between this
city and Window. Five contractors
have crews on the job and nearly 200
horses are being used.