The Tomahawk., 1916-05-18
State11eW$ln Brief
Oo,nas Of Last Few Days Throughout
Minnesota Condensed for
Hasty Perusai.

Minnesota state ElkS aSSOCldLlOu, 10
| be held here June IA and Is, has been
announced by A. J. McCulloch, chair
man Of the committee in charge Of
| arrangements.
Knife River. Residents of this
| village went supperless as they took
refuge in the open from the wall Of
flames thst menaced their homes. Tho
forest fire started in the region OF
Glover Valley, and the residents in
that section were forced to flee for
their lives.
Minneapolis.-Date for the annual
assembly of the several regiments of
the National guard have been an
nounced by Adjutant General Wood.
Because of the war situation the en-
campment at Lake City this year is
expected to be the best in the history
Of the guard.
Minneapolis.-Min bank de-
posits on May 1, as disclosed in the
statements made to the comptroller of
currency, increased more than rs per
cent in the last year and give actual
proof Of the greatest period OF pros
perity which ever swept over the coun-
try, according to city bankers.
st. Paul-Dr. I. J. Murphy, secretary
of the Minnesota Public Health asso-
citation, believes that Minnesota is bet
ter provided with effective legislation
regarding tuberculosis sanatoria than
any other state in the Mississippi val
ley and is only excelled in good anti
| tuberculosis legiE!ation by New York
State.
Brainerd. The annual state cor.
vention of the Knights Of Columbus
opened in Brainerd, with delegates
present from 40 councils, also all state
officers, district deputies and ma
tional officer, E. w. Buckley of St.
Paul, national director. The present
state membership Of the order is H.
343, an increase of 1,400 for the year
Fergus Falls.-Deputy Game War
den J. H. Jones has returned from
White Fish lake, north of Brainerd,
where he went to gather pike fry for
the State Game and Fish commission.
He was compelled to abandon the work
on account of high water, after obtain
ing only 100000 eggs, or two cases.
Last year he obtained nineteen cases.
st. Cloud.-Rev. John Wander Boer,
pastor of St. Bernards Cathoic
church at Ward Springs, was over
come by fire and smoke while attempt
| ing to save his church. The uncon-
scious form of the priest was found in
| the churchyard after the church had
| been burned to the ground. He saved
practically all of the vestments and
| altar supplies.
| Crookston.-J. J. Kelly, member OF
the Republican state central commit
| tee, has received letter from Rep
resentative Steenerson Of this district
in which he advises the farmers po-
| tatoes will be good crop 10 plant this
! season, owing to short acreage in
| the Southern States and portions Of
| Ohio and other Northern States where
potash is necessary to insure a pay
| ing crop.
| Hibbing, Minnesota.-India Agents
| Lamar and Oldham were ex-
onerated by coroner's jury Of shoot
| ing Steve Dawson Thursday night on
| the Wilpin road near Six Mile lake.
Lamar testified he and Oldham en-
countered Dawson and another man
| at the scene of the shooting Wagons
| driven by the pair contained beer and
whisky the jury was told. Dawson,
Lamar said, began shooting with a
rifle when ordered to halt and the
| officers returned the fire.
1 n n
cia1 affairs of Koochiching county that
Attorney General Smith and Public
! Examiner Fritz have left to investi-
gate and if possible to straighten out
the tangle The district, it is said, is
practically threatened with bank
ruptcy. AS one of the new counties,
| Koochiching has been constructing
bitches and roads, and in doing SO has
bonded itself to the limit. While fig
tha: the bonding limit has even been
exceeded.
Duluth-With a wet and dr. elec-
ton ordered for June 19, state pri-
mary day, Duluth is confronted with
condition it did rot figure on
through blunder in the wording of
the proposed ordinance.
The initiative ordinance reads that
should the city vote dry no licenses
will be issued after July 1, 1917. If the
ordinance is adopted the city commits
sion will have to refuse to issue
licenses after July /, this year, as it
cannot issue licenses for any period
| 1,nder one year.
/ Minneapolis, May IL. - Through a
decision of the surrogate court in New
York city, Mrs. Carrie Chapman Gait,
suffrage leader who is attending the
Mississippi valley suffrage conference
in this city, may soon receive nearly
S1,0OO.0O from the estate of the late
Mrs. Frank Leslie, who bequeath ed
that amount to Mrs. Gait to be used
ir promoting the suffrage campaign.
St. Peter - Arrangements for the
18th annual convention of the Third
l IF Rank