The Tomahawk. [volume] (White Earth, Becker County, Minn.) 1903-192?, 1916-07-06
What's Doing
iii Minnesota

here. has arranged for q meeting OF
employers to urge employees to enlist
| in the national guard.
| Winona. - ConstruC ton OF rail-
| way line to expedite tie building or
| railroad is new in Minnesota highway
| work. The modern method used IN
! this county has attracted statewide
attention.
Virginia. Sheriff John Meining
declares that he and his men have the
| strike situation we'll in hand and that
| the state militia is not needed, though
| it is understood an effort is beng
made to have soldiers brought here.
Bemidji.-Chippewa Indians of this
section have offered to organize bat
| TALON of warriors for service in Mex
| leo if call for volunteers is made by
the President. Twenty Indians at Red
Lake reservation are in charge OF the
tentative recruiting.
Owatonna.-This city opened its
gates ana welcomed the Minnesota Mu-
sic Teachers association, which con-
vened at Pillsbury academy. Harry
Phillips of Manchester college, presi-
dent, made the opening address. A
committee of ten was appointed to plan
Increased membership.
Staples. - In two days more than
five miles OF the road between here
and Motley was rebuilt and put in
passable condition for automobiles all
by volunteer labor. Most Of the work
ers were from this city, but fair pro-
portion was made up of Motley citi-
zens and farmers along the way.
Thief River Falls When minia-
| ture tornado struck this territory, the
! log of Ole Syennek, a farmer, was
| picked up bodily and hurled so feet,
anding in the crotch Of a tree, where
remained, bowling and shivering
Until men from the farm rescued it.
| Several neighbors of Syennek cOrrob-
,rate the story.
| Crookton.-The Polk County Old Set
Gers association held a picnic near
| 1ere last Thursday. David H. Turner,
| Who was born in St. Paul in 1857, had
| charge of the program. A. l.. Larpen-
eur of st. Paul was invited. George
| Il. Hazard of st. Paul, secretary OF
| he Minnesota Territorial Pioneer as
ISOLATION made an address.
St. Paul-Recruiting the Minnesota
naval militia was given a stimulus at
meeting at the state capitol when
eight men, all of whom had seen SER
| 1ice in the United States navy, vol
lnteered, after an address by Lieuten-
Int Joseph Carhart, commanding the
second division, Duluth. Several 9TH
srs present said they probably would
enlist later.
St. Paul. = A plea for additional
recruits and for funds to care for Min
nesota soldier boys at the border, has
been made by Gov Burnquist in
proclamation just issued. The cover
nor calls upon all citizens to do their
share in contributing to the fund
which will be used to provide COM
| iorts for all Minnesota soldiers. He
asks each mayor to collect the funds
and forward them to A. C. Gooding,
state treasurer.
| minneapolis of the indus
trial survey being taken in Minnesota
as portion of the program launched
by the naval consulting board OF the
United States are aroused over the
apparent apathy with which their
agents are being met by manufacture
ers in the state. About 400 reports
have been received from the field
aides, of which there are 225, but the
directors assert many more should
have come in by this time.
Minneapolis. - Battery D of the
First Minnesota field artillery is the
largest military organization in the
state. 1t has mustered $50 men, nine
men above war strength. When the
battery marched inside of the Ken
| wood armory it's line swung clear
| down one side of the building and
| away across it at right angles. 1t was
the first Minneapolis military organi-
zation to muster peace or war
| strength. Capt. George T. Gorham is
the commanding officer.
Bemidji When the petition for a
county option election to be held in
| Beltrami county Is filled, it will bear
| the names of about fourteen hundred
| citizens who want the matter brought
| to a vote. A county option election
has been agitated for some time by
persons throughout the county, but
more especially by those In the south
ern part who believed that the Indian
lid which was clamped on the terri
tory covered by the treaty OF 1850 did
not cover the proposition sufficiently.
Minneapolis. - In concerted ef-
| fort to bring the First regiment. M.
| N. G., up to full strength Immediately,
an extensive recruiting campaign
| which embraces the establishment OF
recruiting Offices in nine cities, has
been launched. Announcement was
| made at regimental headquarters fol-
lowing the parade, that stations would
be opened at once in Bercon. Fergus
Fills, Glencoe, Hastings, Hutchinson.
Lltchfield, Morris. St. Cloud and Will
| mar. These Offices are in charge OF
Captain Frank B. Reed, regimental