The Tomahawk., 1925-10-22
MINNESOTA NEWS

TWO HdrporS-A report Lnat platl-
mum has been found in paying quanti-
ties near Beaver Crossing on the old
No. 1 highway to Port Arthur was
given credence here.
Moorhead- campaign for an en-
dowment fund Of 100000 for Concor-
dia College, will be started about the
middle Of June, DR.. ]. N. Brown, presi-
dent Of the institution announced.
Red Wing - Goodhue county's
courthouse for rs years will be re-
placed II the county commissioners
take action on a resolution by the
county grand jury holding the pre-
sent building to be inadequate.
St. PauI-The State of Minnesota
completed arrangements for its fuel
supply for the coming year by award
ing contracts totalling $750,0O0 for
12S,090 tons for coal to be used by
the various state institutions.
PaynesviIle-Fire Of undetermined
origin levelled the elevator owned by
the Paynesville Mill & Elevator Co.
operative Co., containing 5000 bush
els Of grain and entailing loss esti.
mated at $4,000.
St. Paui-The Minnesota American
Legion rife and pistol team won first
place in the matches at the national
convention in Omaha, and r. e. Cot
ton, st. Paul, coach of the Minnesota
team, took second in the individual
rifle matches.
Minneapolis-Half a ton of baggage,
calf and % junior leading citizens of
Minnesota were in Indianapolis as
guests Of the Minneapolis Journal to
attend the International Dairy Show.
The youngsters had captured high hon.
ors in the calf club competition in the
state.
St. Paula campaign. to enroll a
million young people in a patriotic
pledge OF allegiance for law enforce
ment, will be conducted by the Wo-
mems Christian Temperance union.
Minnesota will be asked to secure 25,-
600 names to the roll of young people
between the ages of IA and rs years.
MInneapoIis-Four persons were ar
raigned before United States Commits
sioner Howard s.. Abbott on narcotic
law violation charges, a few hours af-
ter federal agents made a second
search Of cottage at Medicine lake
and dug up $4,000 in. narcotic, buried
near the cottage.
nneapoIis-Nearly $21,000,000 in
personal income taxes, corporation tax.
es and inheritance taxes for the calen.
dar year 1923 was paid by Minnesota
residents into the treasury at Wash
ington, it was revealed in a bulletin
issued by the federal internal revenue
bureau.
Crookston-A total of 70 women
and 124 men have enrolled at the
Northwest School of Agriculture, reg
istration figures showed. This enroll
ment Of 202 compares with a years
total of 1T in 1924. Increased pros
perity in Red River valley agricul-
ture is given as an important reason
for the increase, which Is expected
to be even greater when the registra-
ton is complete, officials said.
MInneapoIls-The pledge of the In
land Waterways corporation to aid the
upper Mississippi valley cities in re-
storing navigation on the river was
given by Brigadier General T. @. Ash
burn, chairman of the corporation, in
an address to 800 shippers, business
men and public officials of the Twin
Cities and Minnesota.
MinneapoIIs-The Great Northern
railroad let contract for construc-
ton in Minneapolis of general ter
minal headquarters for its extensive
highway passenger bus operations in
Minnesota. The building will cost
about 100000 and is to be equipped
with most modern facilities for re-
pairing, reconstructing and machining
the large fleet of buses.
st. PauI-The United States depart.
ment Of agriculture figured farmers in
Minnesota, North and South Dakota
this year produced more cereal crops
and potatoes with value Of $723, 345,-
40. The importance of the corn crop
" mluucoOld ID culpudSlLcu III In6 to
port. With a value Of $103,755, 100, 1t
exceeds the value of all other crops in
this state, which formerly was largely
a wheat raising state.
DuIuth-Twelve thousand Minnesota
miners were working at full speed with
mine stock piles already exhausted,
reaping the second greatest iron ore
crop Minnesota has produced in the
last five years. With an average of
more than 20 per cent above last years
production, mine experts estimated the
total output for this year at nearly 49,
100000 tons, one Of the six greatest
totals in history Of mining in the state.
Value Of the crop, at the time, is ex.
pected to reach $114,000,000.
st. PauI-There were fewer mar.
riages and more divorces in Minnesota
in 1924, compared with 1923, bulle-
tin Of the federal census bureau shows.
The ratio Of divorces to marriages also
is increasing. The report shows that
IN 1924 I'm Minnesota tharo woro %