The Tomahawk. [volume] (White Earth, Becker County, Minn.) 1903-192?, 1916-04-13
What Doing
i'm Minnesota

Red Wing Michael Carbonare, an
13.year-old laborer, was killed and IS
other workmen were injured in col
lision between freight and construc-
tons trains in the Milwaukee yards
here.
Duluth. - An organized campaign
to place the local option issue before
Duluth voters at the June primary has
been launched by leaders Of the city S
prohibition forces. A dry Duluth July
1, 1917, is the goal sought.
Duluth. - Five thousand Elks and
members Of their families will be
guests of Duluth Lodge No. 1873 for
the twelfth annual convention of the
Minnesota State Elks' association, to
be held here June II and Is.
Jackson, Minn.-Ole Solem, convict
ed of murder In the first degree under
an Indictment charging him with hav-
ing poisoned Segi Haldorson, his
mOther-in-laW, has been sentenced by
Judge Quinn to life imprisonment at
hard labor.
st. Paul. - Mrs. Amelia Dudek, con-
fessed slayer of Father Henry ia
jeski, former pastor of St. Casinir's
church, is an inmate of the state hos
pital for the insane at St. Peter, be-
ing committed just month from the
day she shot down the priest in the
church confessional.
st. Paul The grain growers of
the Northwest have fixed upon De-
cember 5, 6 and as the dates for the
next big farmers convention in ST.
Paul, and a feature of the convention
will be the dedication of the st. Paul
terminal elevator, which will be in
full operation at that time.
Hutchinson. The lid" is still on
after two weeks of rigid quarantine
for scarlet fever. Public entertain
ments have been called off and no
schools are allowed to run under in
spection of a visiting nurse. There
are 13 we'll defined cases.
South St. Paul live stock receipts
in March set a new record for the
third month of the year and exceeded
those of the same month last year by
a wide margin. Total arrivals of the
'Cl iOuo SAdooSo VI FotONN VIVIAN etoouS
$1,000 cattle, 1900 calves, $4,000
hogs, $4,000 sheep, 1,150 horses and
$50 cars.
Walker. - The Cass County De-
yelopment association is planning the
largest meeting in it's history here
this month. President NJ. N. Kohl Of
Cass Lake has announced the pro-
gram, which includes addresses by
Fred D. Sherman, commissioner of
immigration; Senator p. II. McGarry,
Carlos Avery, state game commission
err, and others.
Grand Meadow.-The voters of this
school district, by 1913 to r., voted
$4,000 bonds to erect a $4,000 high
school building to replace the one de-
stroyed by fire February IS. The
bonds will be sold to the state of Min
nesota Work will be started immedi-
ately. The new building will contain
a gymnasium, domestic science room,
manual training and room for an agri-
cultural department.
Long Prairie. - Twenty-Five hun
dred dollars that William Lee, if alive,
is the next governor of Minnesota
That's the wager, without frilis, strings
or conditions which Harry Andre has
placed. Some 81, 500 Of the money was
taken up q year ago and IS now on
deposit in a local bank. The other
$1,000 was just taken. Andre admits
he is merely playing "hunch.' He
also says he usually places his bets
that way.
st. Paul. - Agricultural instructors
in Minnesota high schools should fur
nish news to the editors in their COM
munities and should learn to be good
reporters, according to Prof. w. P.
Kirkwood journalism teacher at the
more than 100 agricultural instruc-
tors of the state in annual session at
university farm. lie spoke on the
value Of agricultural publicity and
how to get it.
Minneapolis and Hennepin county
pay nearly a fifth of the taxes levied
in the entire state. Total current tax
es aggregate S52,055, 1S0.4O. Those of
Hennepin county amount to S10,032,-
427.97. St. Louis county, including Du-
iuth, is second with $9,461, 254.G0, and
Ramsey county with St. Paul, is third
with $5,694 ,503.61, while Itasca coun-
ty with $1.13O, $500. is the only re-
naming county levying taxes in ex-
cess of S1,O00,00O. The figures are
taken from the state abstracts made
public by the State Auditor.
ST. Paul-Walter J. Smith, former
state treasurer of Minnesota, has
pleaded guilty to charge of second
degree grand larceny and has been
sentenced to serve an indeterminate
term of not less than enc year nor
more than five years in the state peni-
Tertiary at Saltwater His crime was
the misrepresentation OF $4,000 OF
state school funds by means of
forged Aitkin county school district
warrant r. c. Picket, former clerk
in the State Auditors Office, pleaded
guilty to forgery in the third degree;