The Tomahawk., 1926-03-25
MINNESOTA NEWS

| fdTHloHt-rTd TANK n. Lay, cuitoT VI
the Fairmont Sentinel, has fled for
state senator in the Martin Watonwan
district.
MadeIla-A Watonwan county wo-
man, Mrs. Oliver Ashly Of this city,
has filed for election to the Minnesota
house Of representatives.
| st. PauI-Secretary Of State Frank
B. Kellogg was elected honorary pres
ident of the Minnesota State society
in Washington.
oIivia-O. T. Sunde, Al years old,
formerly sheriff of Renville county and
federal prohibition agent. died at a
Rochester hospital.
chatfield-TD. E. Farrell, 70 years
old, territorial pioneer, and for a
long time known as the cattle king
Of southern Minnesota" died here
from a heart attack.
Ironton-A trainload of 20 cars OF
ore from the Armour No. 2 mine has
! been freighted to Superior to be held
for spring shipment. This is the first
ore to be shipped this year.
| Minneapolis-Iowa's fighting bas-
ketball team entered a quadruple tie
for the Big Ten floor championship at
| the Kenwood Armory by defeating
| Minnesota in the final game of the
conference floor race. II to Is.
St. Paul-Snow has blocked 900
miles of trunk highway in the state,
the highway department reported in
its weekly condition report. The de-
partment has had $500 men, so snow
plows and 1000 teams at work open
ing the roads.
st. PauI-Competitive bids on the
construction and the improvement Of
nearly $1,000,000 of added trunk high.
way throughout the state of Mime
sofa for 1926, were opened by Charles
M. Babcock, state highway commits.
sioner.
Minneapolis - Creamery member
ships in the Land o'Lakes Creameries,
Inc, will pass the 500 mark in 1925,
making it the largest cooperative but
ter marketing enterprise in the coun.
| try, officers said at the closing ses-
Anoka-A deputy sheriff of Anoka
county left for Shreveport, La, with
requisition papers for the extradition
Of three men who were indicted. charg-
ed with holding up the Anoka National
bank December s, when $4,000 was
stolen.
St. Paul-Four bandits, arrested re-
Gently in Menomonie, Wis, on suspi-
cion that they were slayers of the
two st. Paul policemen, were SEN
fenced to the state penitentiary at
saltwater on highway robbery charg-
es.
st. PauI-Laurence G. "Larry-Ho"
Hodgson lead the field of three can.
didates in the st. Paul primary cleo
ton for mayor. His opponent on the
ticket at the final election May will
be the Rev. Howard Y. Williams, pas
tor of the Peoples church, the Pro-
gressive-Labor candidate.
Minneap olis-Minnesota has ap
proximately 200 women in public Of
fice-including mayors, sheriffs, con
stables, justices of the peace, game
wardens and even an excellent
Smoke scout" in the forest fire ser
vice-a survey made under the aus
pices Of the Minnesota League Of
Women Voters has revealed.
St. PauI-Purchasers of stock in
the U. S. 1. Realty company, by con-
tract, are not obliged to fulfill the con.
tract Of purchase, the state supreme
court held in affirming the actions of
Mile Laos, Olmsted, Stearns, and
Polk county district courts. The de-
cision does not affect actual stock.
holders. The action of the high court
is far reaching and involves payment
of from 100000 to 100000 by 600
persons.
st. PauI-Five Minnesota men were
named by Governor Theodore Chris.
tiason to represent the state as dele
gates to the national conference on
street and highway safety, at Wash
ington, D. c., March %, "a, rs. They
were Judge Levi M. Hall, Minneapolis;
George H. Herrold, head of the st.
Charles M. Babcock, state highway
commissioner, and Bert Wheeler, COM
missioner Of safety, Duluth.
st. PauI-With 100000 more bu-
shells of grain on Minnesota farms
than was there year ago, farmers
Of the state are making plans for
greater livestock raising, reports
show. Paul H. Kirk, state agricul-
tural statistician, estimated in his
March crop report that there are 153,.
1000 bushels of grain on Minnesota
farms, an increase of 30,241,000 blu.
shells over March 1. last year.
st. Paul-Although the total mum.
Der of fatal automobile accidents in
the United States increased from IT,.
S27 in 1924 to 1898 in 1925, Mime
sofa had fewer fatal accidents last
year than in the year previous, &C.
cording to figures made public by the
National Automobile Chamber OF
Commerce. The total for Minnesota
last year was 345, as compared with
361 the year before. Minnesota, New
York and Oregon are the only states
that show a reduction.