The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1926-12-02
MINNESOTA NEWS

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crookston Halvor Stevenson
congressman from the ninth Mime
sofa district for 20 years and resi-
dent of Crookston for 46 years, died
at a Grand Forks hospital.
St. PauI-Minnesota's first piece oil
concrete highway on road No. 8 in
Winona county, which was laid in
1912, is being torn up by steam
shovels. 1t will be replaced by 9
wider and straighter pavement.
BaIaton - Plans now are being
made for recount of the ballots
cast for state senator n the Yellow
Medicine and Lyon county districts
at the recent general election. The
final count has shown that X. X. Sol
berg of Clarkfield defeated A. L. AL
men of Balaton by Al votes.
Hawiey-Attorneys for Represen
tative Knud Wefald of Hawley filed
notice of contest of the election Of
c. G. Selvig, Republican, to congress
from the ninth district. The notice
was received from the office of James
Witherow of Moorhead, attorney fol
Wefald. The contest is based on
campaign pamphlets circulated by
Mr.. Selvig.
Minneapolis. F. Reed, president
of the Minnesota Farm Bureau fed
Grafton. was unanimously elected
president of the newly organized Min
nesota Taxpayers association at its
first pre-legislative session held in
the Nicollet hotel. The organization
has for its purpose the extension oil
economical government into the les
ser political subdivisions of the state
GIeneoe-McLeod county, long a
leading dairying and stock breeding
district, is forging rapidly to the
front in fox farming, Chastek broth.
ers, proprietors of fox ranch near
here, were awarded a number OF
champion ribbons, including the
Alaska sweep stake cup at the recent
Pacific International Livestock Elk.
position in Portland.
Minneapolis The Minnesota
League of Women Voters has named
Mrs. James Paige and Mrs. Sumner
T. Mcknight as delegates to the sec.
ond conference on the Cause and
Cure of War. to be held in Washing.
ton, D. C. December $40. Nine hun,
dred delegates representing an elector.
ate of more than five million women
of voting age will attend the confer,
ence.
st. PauI-Minnesota's state appro-
priation budget for the next two
years is taking shape in the hands of
Governor Theodore Christianson and
the state commission of administra
ton ard finance. The new budget
officials predicted, will not exceed the
total Of the 1925 appropriations after
they were slashed by Governor Chris.
tianson's vetoes to the tune of ST.
100000.
Observation-Disclosures of standing
committees appointed to carry on the
work Of the Minnesota Federation of
Business and Professional Women's
Clubs during 1926-27. were announced
by Mrs. Emma Hill Perkins of St.
Paul, state president. Miss Pearl
Braley Of Winona, second vice presi-
dent of the state federation, will d.
rect the membership and organiza.
ton committee.
st. PauI-Tourist activities for the
year 1926 will be reviewed and plans
will be made for 1927 at the Tenth
Annual meeting of the Ten Thousand
Lakes Association which will be held
in Saint Paul at the Ryan Hotel, on
Wednesday, December. Is. according
to announcement made by H. C..
Hotaling, executive secretary. Since
its inception in 1917 it has heralded
the vacation advantages of Mime
sofa to the world until the state is
now recognized as the third leading
tourist state Of the nation.
Minneapolis - Commerce, industry
and transportation paid whole-heart.
ed tribute to successful agriculture,
personified in 16 master farmers, Sc.
lected from Minnesota and North Da
kota farms as the men who have
achieved outstanding success in finan
cial returns, in community leadership
and in everything that goes to make
life on the farm worth while. Gov
ernor Theodore Christensen pre-
scented each of the master farmers
with gold medal. as token Of the
northwest's admiration for the men
who have carried on apd surmounted
the obstacles Of agricultural depres
sion.
Minneapolis Minnesota gained
22s.0O0 in population in FIVE years.
according to reports made public by
the department of commerce. The
1890 census gave Minnesota 1887.
125. while the estimated population
for 1926 is 2.610.703. This is an es
timated gain over 1924 of $4,000 per
sons. Other statistics indicate that
marriages increased and divorces de
creased in the state during 1925
last year 2s.654 couples we're mar
ried or $50 more than In 1924. The
divorces were 2,673 as against 2,S0s
in 1924. decrease OF 4.S per cent.
6rainerd-Three hunters passed
through here from hunting expedi
ton in the Lake OF the Woods, coun
try in Canada with two moose and
three deer. representing nearly 1.50t
pounds Of meat.
st. contributions to the 81.
100000 endowment fund OF the Ameri
can Historical Association to further
research and study Of American hfs
tory are being sought through letters
sent out by the Minnesota COMMITTEES
OF the association. The committee
has elected to raise $4,000 In thf
rate.
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