The Tomahawk. [volume] (White Earth, Becker County, Minn.) 1903-192?, 1915-11-25
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society of the Minnesota conference
has closed. Miss Winifred Willard OF
Denver, national field secretary, was
the principal speaker.
Stillwater.-Emil Klopp, IL years
old, and Alois kloDp, TO-, sons OF Anton
klopp, a farmer living on the shore
of Huntley lake, north of Saltwater,
were drowned while skating. Alois
went down in fourteen feet OF water.
Embarrass. - Anton Anita was ar
rested here charged with numbering
Emil Neimi, a farmer boy living near,
ind who was killed in his own home
by a bullet fired, it is alleged, by An
tia after a quarrel between the two.
Crosby. - TO satisfy United States
immigration officials, who refuse to
recognize an Oriental marriage by
proxy of his brother, Kotomura Dye,
who is manager of Hickory Lodge
farm here for George Fl. Crosby, Will
leave soon for Nagasaki to claim his
bride of six months.
Fergus Falls.-The grand jury in
United States court here returned an
indictment against Francis g. Cary,
former GAINESVILLE banker, charging
him with appropriating approximate
ly $4,000 of the funds of the Barnes
vile National bank, of which ne was
president, to his own use.
Lakefield. - In order to celebrate
another year Of prosperity in Lake
field and vicinity the Lakefield Com
mercial club gave canvasback duck
supper. AS the members OF the club
are generally members of the Lake
field Gun club and hunting camp, the
affair was successfully carried out.
st. Paul. That the practice of
large meat packers buying live stock
direct from the producer eventually
will throttle competition and result IN
the farmer getting considerably less
for his stock than if it was handled
through live stock exchanges, is the
assertion of South St. Paul commits
sion men.
St. Cloud. - Fifty cents was all the
damage sustained by c. NJ. Miller OF
Wadena because o. E. Fuller slapped
his face, according to the verdict OF
a Jury. Miller was employed in real
estate office conducted by the plain
tiff. After an alteration a year ago.
Fuller slapped his employees face and
Miller sued for $1,000.
Faribault, Minn.-A. w. Mcklnstry
one of the oldest editors OF Mime
sofa, died at his home here at the age
of 81 years. Mr.. McKinstry has the
unusual record of having been nearly
70 years in the printing business and
for 60 years in the editorial service
He was editor and proprietor OF the
Faribault Republican. He was one OF
the charter members of the Mime
sofa Editorial association and helped
in it's organization.
st. Paul-This city was placed on
the route of the Jefferson Highway,
New Orleans-Winnipeg automobile
trail, at New Orleans by action OF the
highway associations directors. st.
Paul and Minnesota defeated Omaha
and the combined Nebraska and North
Dakota delegations in the fight to be
represented on this, the first interna-
tional trail, through the efforts Of j. H.
Beck, representing the st. Paul Asso-
citation of Commerce.
Owatonna. - Torn to bits and scat
tered along the Rock Island right OF
way near Clinton Falls, for nearly a
mile, the body of w. c. Mccormick,
thought from papers found with rem
nants of the body to live in Seattle,
was picked up by section men en-
ployed by the road. The man was
fairly we'll dressed and letters seem
to prove he was we'll educated. 1t is
thought he was beating" his way
east from Velva, N. D., where he had
been presumably working as a har-
vest hand, to Steinerville, Ind.
Duluth. - Frightened, weary, hun
cry and nearly naked, Oscar Pinord,
IA years old, Of Duluth, stumbled into
nm Indian camp near Cloquet, and to
an old squaw told a story of adven-
ture that caused the red-skinned stole
to weep with sympathy. The boy
cried for water and food, and when
these had restored his strength, to
told of being chased by a moose, of
watching from tree-top pack OF
bowling wolves tear the moose to
pieces, of sleeping in the same tree
top for three days and of wandering
hopelessly about swamps, marshes
md forests for a trail that would bring
him back to Duluth.
St. Paul. Four suits to recover
money and notes paid for stock in
The Farmers Terminal Packing COM
pany of St. Paul, have been filed in
the Ramsey county district court. The
plaintiffs are: Peter Olson, Cumber-
land, Wis; John Carlson, Comstock,
Wis; E. P. Erlandson, Holaingford,
Mimi, and John Nelson, Upsala, MINI.
The company, Mr. Olson charges, does
not own the 164 acres near st. Paul
attended for site and the land, in
stead of 5000 an acre, as represented,
is not worth more than SIS. The plant
when completed will not have the ca
pacity represented, it is charged, and
not more than 100000 worth of stock
had been sold when it was stated that