The Tomahawk. [volume] (White Earth, Becker County, Minn.) 1903-192?, 1926-01-28
MINNESOTA news

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American Legion Back to Paris
program over radio station WCCO,
Minneapolis, Friday, January %, was
the fiddling by Minnesota's oldest i'd
dler, o. P. Francisco, Lake City,
nearly 81 years old, has had his pres
ent fiddle for "a years.
| Marshali-Judge A. B. Gislason of
the ninth judicial district announced
| that he had resigned from the bench
to enter private law practice. II sent
In my resignation to Governor Chris
Hanson and 1t will be effective as
soon as my successor qualities" the
Judge said. He will practice law at
| Marshall.
MInneapolIs-Charles Dickinson, 81
years old, Chicago aviator and seed
man, was awarded the contract for
carrying United States air mail on
the new line between Minneapolis, St
Paul. La Crosse, Milwaukee and Chi
cago, according to dispatches from
Washington.
st. PauI-More than 1000 enlisted
men have dropped out Of the Mime
sofa national guard. owing to restric-
tons imposed by the federal govern
ment, curtiling armory drills and
making 1t difficult for national guard
officers to maintain their units, Colonel
e. A. Walsh, acting adjutant general
of Minnesota, announced.
Minneapolis - The University Of
Minnesota, with 1921 resident stu
dents enrolled for the first semester
Of this academic year, stands fourth
In the list of principal universities IN
student population, the University OF
Illinois reported in a national survey.
The University of California, with
1929 students, leads the nation, fol-
lowed by Columbia with 1885 and
Illinois with 11,212.
Brainerd-By culling poor producing
COWS and feeding the remainder prop
erly, 15O,OOO,OO0 pounds Of butter
could be added to Minnesota's annual
production. Such is the opinion OF
c. H. Eckles, chief of the division Of
dairy husbandry, University Of Min
nesota, expressed at a meeting Of the
Minnesota State Dairymen's Associa-
ton here.
st. PauI-Herman Roe, Mortified
publisher, was reelected president OF
the Minnesota State Agricultural So
ciety, at the closing session Of the
society at the state capitol, Cal. Siv-
right Of Minneapolis was reelected
vicepresident, and the State Fair
managers were reelected. They are
William F. Sanger, Window; d. D.
McEachin, Hibbing, and John A.
Stoneburg, Cambridge.
St. PauI-While Minnesota opera
tors of automobiles and trucks are
spending $500 for every machine in
1926, government units will be spend
ing $50 for each Minnesota-owned car,
to maintain and improve roads Of the
state, a survey by the state highway
department showed. The department
estimates an expenditure for road
work of $30,OOO,OQO, including state,
county and local funds. AS there are
100000 cars, the average will be $50.
StiIIwater-Unless some prisoners
are discharged from the state peni-
Tertiary at Saltwater, Warden ]. ].
Sullivan will be compelled to put out
the "S r. O." sign as the institution
is now crowded beyond its normal
limitations. Warden Sullivan, who
conferred with members Of the state
board of control on routine matters,
stated that the present population at
the institution Is. Ills, the largest
ever recorded in the state.
Fairmont-Farmers in the corn belt
are not as bad off as some Of their
would be saviors indicate, to Judge
from the records of Probate Judge
A. R. Fancher of Martin county in his
report for 1925 fled yesterday. OF II
estates filed in the county, last year.
most of them those of farmers, the
average value was $4,000, the re-
port shows. The total value was ST.
100000. Only three were less than
$1,000, life insurance not being includ-
ed unless it was left directly to the
estate.
st. PauI-Minnesota state officers
and shippers turned to Washington,
in an organized fight for immediate
relief from discriminatory freight
rates, which they contend were forced
upon the state by federal govern
ment agency, acting without jurisdic-
ton. Headed by Governor Theodore
Christianson, and including o. P. B.
Jacobson and Ivan Bowen, state rail.
road and warehouse commissioners.
the delegates visited the CAPT
tai to protest what they termed wreck
age of the states rail rate structure
by the interstate commerce commits.
sion.
St. Paul-Minnesota has jumped in
to tenth place in the 48 states in ex-
ports, by shipping out products worth
$3O,753, 459 in three months, for deliv-
cry abroad, the United States depart
ment Of commerce at Washington re-
ported. In making a gain Of $4,000 900
over the same period in 1924, Mime.
sofa shipped out in three months:
Cereal products valued at $23,546,935;
meats worth $2,355,323; agricultural