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Show WATER FROM MINNEHAHA. It Will Be Used in Christening the Minnesota. ST. PAUL. March 10. Water from Minnehaha Falls will bo used In christening christen-ing tho battleship Minnesota. Gov. Johnson John-son jSj announced today. Miss Rose Marie Sqhaller, tho University student, who Is to christen the battleship, called on the Governor yesterday afternoon and discussed tho subject. Both had received numerous letters from temperance advocates advo-cates urging that water Instead of wlno be used for tho christening. They decided that, unless there Is too strenuous objections from the shlp-bulld-ors. who wll lbc In chargo of the ceremony, cere-mony, a bottlo will bo broken containing pure water from the historic falls. Tho water probably will bo carbonated so as to glvo tho proper llr.7. when the bottle Is broken. |