The Tomahawk., 1925-04-09
MINNESOTA NEWS


organize chapter Of the I7aak Wal
ton League Of America here.
Fergus Falls - The city council
opened bids for $4,000 worth Of
bonds to purchase the fair grounds
for public park.
Jordan-The Good Sportsmen's club,
a chapter OF the Izaak Walton League,
has been organized here.
Fergus FaIIs-Several of the rural
mail carriers in this county have
made their regular: trips every day for
full year by automobile.
Granite FaIls-The Home State
Bank and the Maynard State Bank OF
Maynard have been consolidated I'M
der the name Of the Maynard State
Bank.
Gaylord - Wilfred Huelskamp Of
this city, appointed to the Annapo-
lis Naval Academy last year, has re-
ceived word that he has passed the
entrance examinations. -
ortonviIIe-Big Stone lake freed it.
self of ice, the earliest. in 40 years,
according to old times who have kept
records on the breakup.
Observation-Disclosures OF the Ag Club
pupils of the department of agricul.
ture Of the Owatonna high school,
have provided a foundation fund to
finance the presentation Of gold med
al annually to be given at the Steele
county fair each year.
Windom-Modern Woodman. Lodge
organizations Of Southern Minnesota
will send the boys band of Window
to the national Woodmen encampment
at Milwaukee. The band will head
the Minnesota delegation, which will
include nearly 40 drill teams.
Winona-James E. West, chief ma.
tional executive Of the Boy Scouts of
America, will be Winona visitor on
his trip through Minnesota. Ar.
rangements are being made to have
Scout delegates here from every city
in this area to meet Mr.. West.
WiIlmar-A crew Of 125 extra men
will be employed in the summer in
improvement work on this division of
the Great Northern Railway. The
improvement will exceed in cost three.
times that of any recent year. The
sum of 100000 will be expended on
this line.
notwithstanding the place of the
country agent, members of the Kiwan.
Is Club of this city plan to sponsor a
pig contest among boys and girls on
the farms Of this county, each mem.
Der Of the club taking it upon himself
to visit the farm of the boy or girl
at least twice each month during the
contest.
MinneapoIis-E. J. Stillwell, vice
president Of the Minnesota state fair,
from Minneapolis, for Is years, sub.
mitted his resignation at the Apr:
meeting of the fair board. The resig.
treasurer of the Minneapolis Steel &
Machinery Co. of Minneapolis, was
elected by the board to succeed Mr..
Stilwell, for the unexpired term.
st. cIoud-The largest waterpcwer
plant on the Mississippi river north
of Minneapolis, at Blanchard Rapids,
two miles south Of Royalton, began
turning its wheels to send northward
to the Guyana and Mesaba iron
ranges 100000 kilowatt hours a day.
The plant is owned by the Minnesota
Light and Power Company. Work on
the huge dam, costing more than &c..
600, 900, was started more than year
ago and will be completed in a few
days. - .t#
Fergus FaIls-A' number of citizens
of Maple Wood and other wooded
townships Of this county have begun
their maple syrup harvest. They re-
port very light flow of sap this year.
Hibbing-Actual work on the laying
Of the double track OF the Great Nor
thern road between Hibbing and Kelly
Lake, to expedite ore shipments to
the head Of the lakes, is under way.
Ciinton--Ortonville contractors have
started the erection of brick and
block building here for H. G. Kur-
rasch who will equip 1t as a modern
creamery to be operated ON the CO.
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