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Austin-During the four days of the twenty-sixth annual Mower County Poultry Show, which opened here, 50 local merchants will co-operate in a "bargain festival." Thief River Falls-Thomas H. Chittick, chief clerk in the postoffice, after 15 years services here, has been made a postal inspector with headquarters at Spokane, effective at once. East Grand Forks-Men excavating for the building of the Red River Valley Sugar Company plan to finish their work soon enough so that the warehouse for storing sugar can be completed soon after January 1. Tracy-Workmen are constructing a high line from Slayton to this city to connect with the electric light plant here which was recently purchased by the Northern States Power Company. Chatfield-At the Olmstead County Sunday School convention here, the following officers were elected: H. P. Thurber, Chatfield, president; Miss Lucile Lillie, Chatfield, secretary and C. W. Shepherd, Rochester, treasurer. Madison-To be thrown half way through the windshield of his sedan and remain in that position while his car rolled down a 10 foot embankment, was the experience of Arnold Lee of Madison. Fergus Falls-The case of Cal-Falls tax rate, for the coming year will be reduced from 79 mills, the rate this year, to 71.80 mills. Both the city and the schools made reductions in estimates for running expenses. Stillwater-Mrs. Maria Bolles, pioneer of pioneers in the St. Croix valley, died at Lakeview Memorial hospital here, 89 years old. Mrs. Bolles came to what is now Stillwater on June 20, 1841. Alexandria-Work has started on Alexandria's new $30,000 theater which is being built for the JacobsonPeterson Company of this city. The structure will have a seating capacity of 700. Maple Bay-Helmer Gudmunson, 28 years old, walked from Bagley to Crookston, a distance of 18 miles for the purpose of being exan.ined by physicians, and dropped dead in the physician's office. The cause was given as heart disease, exaggerated by exertion. Rochester-The Rochester-Twin Cities state highway will be kept open for automobile, bus and truck traffic this winter, even though there are heavy snows. Snow fences, similar to those erected aong railroad rights of way are being set up. St. James-The total business of creameries in this county for 1923 was $727,951.47, according to figures recently made public by Chris Heen, state dairy and food commissioner. This includes the business of nine cooperative and two privately owned creameries. Crookston-The receiver for the Merchants National Bank has bid in the buildings of the Northwestern Minnesota Fair 0.1 an execution to satisfy a claim for some $1,600 which the bank held against the fair association. There are other claims against the association amounting a all to about $5,000, exclusive of the claim of the bank. Hibbing-Predicting that the Ninth Rotary district conference in Hibbing, April 23, 24, 1925, will be the biggest Rotary convention ever conducted in the northwest, Edward Flynn, St. Paul, addressing the chairman of the convention committee at a banquet tendered in his honor, stated that 1,500 Rotarians from the two Dakotas, Wisconsin and Minnesota, will be in attendance. St. Paul-County organizations were perfected all over the state as the brief can paign for funds for a memorial statue for the late Knute Nelson opened. Citizens were asked to contribute small sums so the entire state will be represente: in the memorial to everected on the State Capitol grounds. The c mpaign will be for two weeks, and the goa. set is $50,000. Mankato-W. R. Adams of this city has been appointed supervisor of the fifth district of Minnesota by the United States department of commerce, and will take the census of agriculture this winter, starting about December. The following counties will be comprised in the census: Blue Earth, Brown, Cottonwood, Faribault, Jackson, Le Sueur, Lincoln, Lyon, Martin, Nicollet, Pipestone, Nobles, Redwood, Rock, Waseca, and Waton wan, Barnesville-Transfer of all stock in the closed Citizens State Bank of Barnesville to depositors and the payment of a 100 per cent assessment thereon by the former owners was effected at a meeting of depositors and stockholders here. Thief River Falls-President Cool idge was urged to raise the present tariff on butter to 12 cents a pound temporarily until
