The Tomahawk. [volume] (White Earth, Becker County, Minn.) 1903-192?, 1916-02-03
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Hibbing. Nearly 100 gallons of
liquor, concealed in dingy corners of
the attic over the saloon of Domick
Bretto, Pine street, was found by fed
eral officers and destroyed. ..-
Minneapolis. - Appeals for the OBJ
servance of child labor day were sent
to representatives of 1000 Minneapo-
lis organizations by Hermine r. Ko.
mig, secretary-treasurer Of the Mime
sofa Child Welfare committee of Min
neapolis.
st. Paul. - A state flag has been
presented to Governor Burnquist by
Mrs. F. D. Kendrick of St. Paul. The
flag will be sent to Washington to
occupy a permanent place in the an
nual Flag day exercises, June IA, in
the Postofice building.
Fairmont-The youngest plaintiff in
divorce action in the Martin county
district court is Vera Gladys Barr, Is
years old, who seeks legal separa-
ton from her husband, William Barr,
% years old. They were married a
year ago at Blue Earth.
Austin.-Mrs. John Sorensen, wild
ow, was shot to death at her home
here by John Peterson, rejected
sutton. Peterson then turned the
weapon on himself He died shortly
after. Mrs. Sorenson leaves three
children, the oldest 16 and the young
est 10. Peterson was railroad bridge
carpenter.
Winona. - Miss Alhambra G. DEM
ing. principal of the Washington
school at Winona, has helped solve
a problem in education by uniting
games with study in system that
has won approval from leading edu-
Gators and has been adopted for use
in the schools of New York city and
other places.
Litchfield, MINI. The Farmers
Shipping Association of Meeker Coun-
ty, said to be the first organization
of it's kind in the United States, will
hold it's annual meeting here February
3. D. A. Wallace of st. Paul. editor of
the Farmer, and Prof. H. R. Smith,
live stock expert of the First National
Bank of st. Paul, will speak.
Crookston. - The Red River valley
will hold it's fifth annual ten-county
farm crops show at Crookston, Mimi,
February to II inclusive. Good
roads and stock judging by the farm
ers themselves will be featured on the
program. Leaders in actual and sci
entific practice of farming and stock
raising will appear as speakers.
Jackson. - Four school districts
west of Jackson with a valuation OF
more than 100000 have voted to
consolidate and will erect modern
school building next summer which
will give the desired grade work and
high school facilities. Building opera
lions will begin as soon as the new
board is elected and the bonds have
been voted. @s
Crookston. w. T. Jackson,
school teacher near Schroeder, Tex,
has been arrested there, charged
with the murder of Albert Schroeder,
December IA. Schraeder was in his
room writing Christmas letter to
his mother at Crookston when he was
killed Ey bullet through his head,
shot from a second-story window 1t
is alleged that Schroeder and Jack
son were rivals.
Red Wing.-Earl Melin, 13-year-
old Burnside township boy, is the
champion corn grower in Goodhue
county. He won first prize of $40 in
the contest conducted by the Goo hue
county fair association. Earl cap
tured the honors by raising 1872 bush
els of corn on an acre of ground. Ben
Borgschatz of Zumbrota township won
second prize, SIS, with a yield of 74.1
bushels to the acre.
Thief River Falls. - This city's
first mid-winter fair and home prod
ucts show, which has just closed, was
a great success. The committee Of
the commercial club, that had charge
of the show, says it Melted a hand
some sum, and they are already lay
ing plans for similar show next
year. intending to make it an annual
affair. The 1917 fair will be on a far
more elaborate scale.
Minneapolis. Sheriff Otto S. Ian
gum and his force of sc deputies
saved S3S,850 for the taxpayers of
Hennepin county in 1915. According
to his annual report, just completed,
that sum represents the balance to
the county after deducting salaries
and all expenses, including feeding
1,191 prisoners in the county Jail, in
doing a business in which $163,519
was collected in fees, lines and delin-
quent taxes.
Owatonna.-The building of good
roads in Steel county, already famous
for the quality of it's roads, was given
added impetus at two good roads meet
lngs held in this city recently. At the
National Guard armory, nearly 300
farmers listened to J. B. Clarkson of
Joplin, Mo-, expound road improve
ment problems, and at banquet in
the evening at the Hotel Owatonna the
same speaker addressed 200 local bust