The Tomahawk. [volume] (White Earth, Becker County, Minn.) 1903-192?, 1916-08-24
STATE BRfWT|ES

St. Cloud.-State aid will be asked
for by the Central Minnesota Jeffer-
son Highway association, it was de-
cided at a meeting here.
| Crosby. Strike conditions have
| improved here since several of the al
legged I. w. w. ringleaders were ar
| rested and jailed. There was no fur
| Their rioting.
| Stillwater-Sale of the old state pri-
son property exclusive Of the warden's
residence to the city Of Saltwater for
$4,000 has been closed between the
| state board of control and Mayor John
R. Colliner, representing the city.
St. Paul-State Auditor ]. A. O..
| Preus has announced that the next
| sale of state timber will take place at
| the capitol at 10 A. M. Monday, Octob-
| err 16. A considerable amount Of
stumpage on state lands that is rated
| liable to waste will be offered.
Twin Valley.-John A. Jorgenson,
harnessmaker, often expressed hor-
| ror of having his body long exposed
| to river water. So when he committed
suicide by drowning in the Wild Rice
river he tied a rope about one foot and
the other end to tree to prevent the
loss Of his BODY.
WiG0na.-"See, it won't hurt me if
put it to my head and pull the trig-
GER" said Irven Dittberner, Is years
old, explaining the working of revol-
YER to Margaret Nienow, IA years. The
boy suited action to his words, and
died few hours later at the Winona
hospital from bullet in his head.
| Fergus Falls. - Men who quit work
on the state road construction at Pe1i-
can Rapids, near here, have an oppor-
| tunity to return to their posts without
losing pay for the time they have been
off, if they resume operations at once.
The men left their jobs when dissatis-
| fed with the meals, according to re-
ports.
Preston. 49, The cutting of grain,
more difficult and tedious this year
because of tho lodged conditions on
many farms, has practically been COM
pleted in Southeastern Minnesota. The
threshing operations are we'll ad-
vanced, and in spite of several days
delay due to rain the progress is nor
NAL, as compared with other years.
St. Paul. - Twenty-three deaths
have resulted from the 244 cases Of
infantile paralysis recently reported in
Minnesota. Grouping of the cases
shows large number in the central
part of the state, where the disease
had large run last year, though the
reports from 80 sanitary districts in
40 counties indicate it is widespread.
Kinney, Minn.-Four men, alleged
Industrial Workers of the World, at
tempted to kidnap Mrs. Edward Emo,
| wife of deputy sheriff, her sister Mrs.
Lucy Clark of Virginia, Mimi, and her
four-year-old son as they stepped from
Mesaba electric car here. One Of
the kidnappers struck Mrs. Clark over
the head with club, inflicting seri-
GUS scalp wound.
St. Paul.-Marked gains in state rev.
enue this year from the per cent
gross earnings tax against railroads
are further indicated by reports filed
with the state tax commissioner by
six additional companies. Although
two reports showed decreases, the ag-
gregate is considerable larger for the
first half of 1916 than for the CORE
spending period in 1916.
observation-disclosures General Lyn.
don A. Smith has directed Louis s.
Headley, an assistant to go to Fari'
bault to make a special investigation
| of the condition Of the Faribault Fire
Relief association, following the report
| of Deputy Public Examiner J. o. Ceder-
berg alleging that Edward F. Kelly,
| treasurer of the organization, is short
$11,1S8, according to his examination.
Moorhead. Clay county farmers
marketed 2,752,s3O bushels of grain
! during the past year, according to a
report filed with the state tax COM
| mission by County Auditor G. Hong.
| lam. The report is made as basis
! for taxation of the receipts. The
| years marketing record is 759,774
bushels greater than that Of the pre-.
| vious year. Wheat led, with total Of
| 1,384,93S bushels marketed through
| the AZ elevators in the county.
Lindstrom-The seventeenth annual
| convention of the Luther League OF
| Minnesota, which closed here, elected
! the following officers: President, Rev.
| G.. J. Hockey of Minneapolis; vice pres
| ident, Harry Anderson of Minneapolis;
| secretary-treasurer, Miss Mabel San
| der of Lindstrom; statistical secretary,
| Miss Cora Aslakson of Cannon Falls;
corresponding secretary, Miss Serapha
| Peterson of North St. Paul; and treas
urer Edgar Elfstrand of Lindstrom.
Minneapolis. - So much interest is
being taken in the auto show at the
| Minnesota state fair, Sept. 4 to 9, that
| every foot of exhibit space on the
ground floor of the Varied Industries
| building has been sold, indicating he
| largest auto show ever conducted in
! the northwest. Such demand for
space has been received from firms
| ,x,l;,b oorrot bo of in, ~