The Tomahawk., 1926-03-11
MINNESOTA NEWS

NorthfieId-The seventy-second an
niversary Of the founding of Hamline
university was celebrated by the stu
dents and alumni of the college.
Wlndom-windom high school won
The second congressional district cham
pionship Of the Minnesota high school
debating league by defeating Wells.
WorthIngton - Introduction Of q
course In general ethics In Minnesota
public schools as step In crime pre-
vention is asked in resolution adopt
ed by the w. G. T. q. here.
Fort SneIIIng-More than so young
men from four northwestern states
gathered at Fort Smelling to take their
opening examination for admission to
West Point. -
Mlnneapoils-Mrs. J. A. BurnQuist.
mother Of ]. A. Burnquist, former gov.
ernor of Minnesota, died at her home
in Dayton, Iowa. Mrs. Burnquist was
80 years old.
St. Paul-Members of the Minnesota
Territorial Pioneers association are
preparing for their annual meeting,
which will be held on the birthday Of
the state--the day 1t was admitted to
the union-May II, in the old capitol.
Duluth-B. d. Edwards, general sec
rotary of the Duluth Y. M. G. A, an
nounced that the fiftieth annual state
convention of the Young Mems Chris
tian Association will be conducted In
this city Thursday, March rs.
Appleton-Well drillers on the Han
son farm brought piece Of cedar tree
to the surface from dept Of 240 feet.
The wood was in good state of pre-
servation and will be sent to the Uni.
versity of Minnesota for examination.
MinneapoIIs-About 10000 additional
men will be employed throughout the
northwest in the next six weeks when
four railroads begin spring main
tenance construction work at an esti.
mated cost of $34,0O0,00O.
st. PauI-Otis e. Clymer, former
major league baseball player and star
outfielder for the Minneapolis base
ball team from 1910 to 1912, was IA
tally injured in an automobile accident
at st. Paul.
lie Sueur center-Twenty-seven LIE
Sueur county dairy herds yielded an
average of 25 pounds of butterfat
per cow in January. The average
milk production per COW was 93.3
! pounds.
crookston-Actual cost Of produc-
ing crops on Red River valley farms
near here will be determined in q
survey of % farms by group of
farm experts headed by Professor
George A. Pond of the University Of
Minnesota.
Winona-A further step to make
this section Of the state a sports
mans paradise" has been taken with
completion of arrangements for the
reception of 46O pairs of Hungarian
partridge to be liberated in Winona
county about March 20.
MlnneapoIls-There has been an in.
crease in the amount of land under
cultivation during the last five years,
and farm land alone now is valued at
| $6,000,000, Bernard v. Moore, deputy
governor Of the Federal Reserve
Bank, told the Minneapolis Business
Mems Association.
st. Paula tabulation completed by
the state tax commission shows that
railroads operating in Minnesota in.
creased their gross earnings in 1925
more than 100000 as compared to
the previous year The gross earn
ings of all roads in the state for the
year totaled $160561, SO7 as compared
with $153,551,349 in 1924. .
st. Paula Sit, 5000, 900 building and
improvement program for 1925 has
been announced by the Northern Pa
cific Railroad. It is one Of the larg.
est railroad constructions programs
undertaken in recent years. Plans Of
the Northern Pacific bring expected
expenditures by northwest roads this
year to more than $50,000,00O.
st. Paula per capita payment of
$50 to the Chippewa Indians of the
Red Lake and Consolidated Chippewa
agencies in Minnesota was authorized
at the interior department. The
amount to be distributed to Red Lake
Indians totaled $S7,500 and that to the
consolidated Chippewa agency Indians.
$610, 900.
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS "egg CO.
OPP, still an infant, has just completed
its first full'year of business by hand.
ling 100000 eggs for total bust
ness of $3,000,o0O, members of the
Minnesota Cooperative Egg and Poul-
try Exchange were told, not to men,
ton 100000 pounds of live poultry
and 100000 pounds of dressed poultry,
which A. A. McPheeters, manager, re.
ported as part of the 1925 business.
st. Paul-Organization of the Min.
nesota Taxpayers association, q
statewide group of individuals and
firms representative of all classes
and financial standings" has been
announced. The organization is non.
political and Judge T. d. o'Brien of
st. Paul Is president, ]. F. Reed, presi.
dent Of the Minnesota Farm Bureau
federation, first vice president; H. z.
Mitchell editor Of the Bemidji Sem