The Tomahawk., 1926-04-15
MINNESOTA NEWS.

Hibblns-Clarence barrow, Chicago
criminal lawyer and opponent OF capt.
tai punishment, will speak here the
latter part Of the month, the Toler-
ance Club announced. 49,.
Fergus FaIls-Rev. Lorrentz Peter
Stenstrom, for 40 years pastor Of Swe-
dish Lutheran churches in this coun-
ty, is dead at his home at Elizabeth,
near here.
Duluth-PresIuent Francis e. House
of the Duluth & Iron Range railway
died in a hospital after being taken
from his private car when he became
Ill.
MinneapoIis-Daily air mali service
between the Twin Cities and Chicago,
by way Of Milwaukee and La Crosse,
has been promised for not later than
May /.
Minneapolis-Plans for establish
ment Of a fourth branch school of
agriculture at the Grand Rapids ex-
perimental station were announced by
w. c. Coffey, dean of the University
OF Minnesota agriculture department.
Hbbins-Funeral rites for Victor L..
Power, 10 times mayor Of Hibbing,
who was found dead in his bed were
conducted at Chicago. He was buried
there by the side of his wife, who
died five years ago.
st. PauI-Col! Carmi Thompson of
Ohio, formerly of st. Paul, has been
named by President Coolidge as a spe-
cial commissioner to the Philippines,
to make study of political and eco.
nomic conditions there.
Benson-Mayor Leach of Minneapo.
lis opened his campaign for the Re-
publican nomination for governor of
Minnesota with an address here, UNI.
der the auspices Of the Swift County
Leach-for-Governor club.
Hibbins-Special potatoes are bring
ing the highest price of the year at
the municipal market, according to
the manager, who states that sales of
potatoes at $2.25 and $500 a bushel
ID hoL uhSOLuhOu.
st. Paula Minnesota girl, Marion
Daley Of Manchester college, is win.
ner Of the women's extempore speak
ing contest held in connection with
the convention of the Pi Kappa Delta
national debating fraternity, at Estes
Park, Colo.
Stillwater-Two young girls pursued
a bouncing rubber ball onto thin ice
on the river here and were drowned
when it broke under their weight. The
girls were Irene, years old, daughter
of Frank Tullo, and Ollie, 8, daughter
of Mr.. and Mrs. James Latturall.
st. PauI-Next fall may go down as
the year Of the big deer hunt, accord.
ing to A. e. Pimley, state chief of fire
suppression, recently returned from
the north woods, who reports deer
and moose running in such numbers
that they are actually nuisance.
st. cloud-A 100000 addition to
the veterans neuro-psychiatric hospf
tai at st. Cloud, to provide needed ia.
cilities for disabled veterans, is pro.
posed in a bill before the house,
dispatch from Washington bureau
said.
NorthfieId-The st. Olaf Lutheran
choir is repeating it's success of for.
mer years. Foremost among the
achievements was the record crowd
of 5000 at Milwaukee, where several
hundred ticket requests were turned
back.
Mankato-A reduction of II from
the corresponding period of 1925, 6S
individuals and firms of Fl southwest.
ern Minnesota counties, filed petitions
in bankruptcy in United States court
here during the three months ending
March 81.
ortonviIIe-Tracts of land in this
vicinity have been covered with ducks
feeding in the stubble. Travellers en-.
tering here report that few miles
north Of here there are hundreds of
mallards stopping on their flight
north.
NorthfieId-A conditional gift of
$4,000 from X. B. Norswing, of Los
Angeles, was announced in the st.
Olaf and Luther College endowment
drive. The donor stipulated that the
drive must attain its goal of 100000
before the amount is given.
Stillwater-One more chair will be
draped in black and turned with its
back to the table when the Last Mans
club Of Saltwater holds it annual
meeting this summer. Now there are
left only three of that group of "a Civil
veterans who formed the club on July
81, 1885. Emil Graft, IS years old, was
the thirty-first man to have his name
engrossed on the rolls among those
who have died. His death occurred at
st. Cloud, Fla. .'.'
st. Paui-Minnesotas Fairgrounds
and agricultural and industrial re-
sources will be advertised in a nation
wide publicity drive to be undertaken
during 1925 by the Ten Thousand
Lakes association. Governor Chris
tianson soon is to announce the dates
Of financial campaign throughout