The Tomahawk. [volume] (White Earth, Becker County, Minn.) 1903-192?, 1925-11-26
MINNESOTA NEWS

udiry anu agricultural commissioner,
announced. Peter Swee won the No
vember contest with a score Of 95.
Little FalIs-Mrs. Margaret Foley,
101 years old, died at the Stottos
home here. Born in Ireland, she
came to the United States in 1850.
She was pioneer of Minnesota, COM
ing to Little Falls in 1920 from
Chokio: s-'-
Duluth-About one-fourth OF the
Rainey Lake water sheds along the
Canadian border has already been sur.
veyed and photographed for the gov.
eminent, according to Lieutenant q.
9. Ballan Of Dayton, pilot of the
army amphibian plane, who returned
from one Of the trips.
Waconla-The annual show Of the
Carver county poultry association will
be held at Watertown, December II to
IA, 1t was announced here. The asso-
citation solicited bids from towns in
sthe county before assigning the place
for exhibitions. .-4
, st. Paui-From 1000 to 5000 Min.
nesota federal income taxpayers would
be relieved altogether from further
payments while 10000 others in this
state would benefit by lower levies,
under the plan passed by the house
ways and means committee at Wash.
ington. e@-
Albert Leap. NJ. Magley and G. G.
Van Ripper, proprietors of the Albert
Lea hatchery, have let the contract for
new hatchery to be built here. They
claim that when 1t is completed late
this fall 1t will be the largest electric
hatcery in the world. 1t will have
capacity of 100000 eggs. These eggs
will weigh 1914 tons.
Dodge center-The Dodge county
farm bureau and the University Of
Minnesota extension service are spon.
soring poultry production project for
which working units are being formed.
At least 20 groups are to be formed
and the project activities are to be-
gin under the local leader plan soon
after January 1.
Hanley Falls-Wolves along the
Minnesota river bottoms near here
have been causing farmers heavy
losses in sheep the last few weeks.
Because Of 1t, the Izaak Walton league
chapter Of Hanley Falls has organ
lied drive against the animals and
will stage a wolf hunt, with some 40
experienced hunters and wolf hounds
participating.
shakopee-Hundreds of acres will
be added to the pasture and meadow
areas Of this section by seeding to
sweet clover and alfalfa tracts of sand
and gravel, now waste land. Expert.
ments by farmers have shown that the
use Of lime with careful preparation OF
the seed beds will convert these waste
areas to fertile fields.
Northfeld-FIve thousand maize
and blue bedecked students, graduates
and friends of Carleton college, with
here and there sprinkling of red and
orange beribboned Coe students,
cheered and danced and sang and
cheered some more in a combined cele.
bration Of tn schools greatest home.
coming and its football victory over
Coe College, by score of z too.
MISUNDERSTANDING Mccormick,
convicted in the famous $2,50O,00O
stolen bond conspiracy trial in Min
neapolis, in which SO witnesses told
how bonds stolen in a $4,000, 900 New
York mail robbery and 100000 Chi
cago mail holdup were sold In the
Twin Cities, must serve q sentence of
seven years In the federal prison at
Leavenworth, Kan, and pay fine of
$4,000.
st. Paul-Railroads operating in
Minnesota were called upon to show
cause why they should not haul
freight within the, state at the 1915
rates set by the railroad and ware
house commission, instead of charg-
ing the higher tariff established by
the interstate commerce commission
on July /, 1926. These orders consti-
tute the first direct move made by
the railroad commission Of Minnesota
in combating increased freight rates
In the state.
Minneapolis--A great Minnesota
tooSuoh team, pOSScSSluS al dlmOSI
offense as well as bril-
liant defense, smothered Iowa before
$4,000 rooters in the Memorial Sta
dium. It was the annual Homecoming
game and the "old grads" saw a for
midable football machine run over the
Iowans In the worst beating they have
received at the hands Of a Minnesota
eleven since the days Of DR.. Henry L.
Williams. 1t was the final appearance
OF the 1925 Gophers on the home
gridiron. and 1t was great farewell.
st. PauI-One thousand acres of
land in Aitkin, Cass and Grow Wing
counties will be thrown open to for,
mer service men for demonstrating
privileges commencing December a.
in accordance with decision made
by the department Of the interior. In
the case Of former service men who
have served more than 80 days. the
time spent in the service can be ap-
piled on the homestead requirement,
and men who have been In the service