The Tomahawk. [volume] (White Earth, Becker County, Minn.) 1903-192?, 1917-12-27
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tOrate mas received ms REFUSAL
The Federated Farmers club of Bel.
trami county has asked the state legis'
lature to reimburse counties for money
paid out in bounties on wild animals.
Donald Dow, alias Fred Anderson,
convicted of the murder of George
Sheffield, Great Northern operator at
Moorehead, shot and killed in a holdup
there in September, has been taken to
the Minnesota penitentiary to begin a
life sentence.
A carload of apples is to be sent
to American soldiers in France by the
Minneapolis Wholesale Credit Mems
association. The apples were contrib
uted by merchants on "Commission
Row. to a committee of the credit
Mems association.
Sale of horse meat in Minneapolis
in special markets will be allowed if
the council acts favorably upon recon-
mendation Of the health and hospital
committee which approved al ordi-
nance providing for sale of this meat
and allowing it to be served in res
taurants.
Peder Anderson, farmer of the town.
ship of Byland in Polk county, owns
a seven-passenger auto which even
when loaded to normal capacity. only
carries about One-third of his family.
Another seven-passenger car and a
two-seater are needed by him if no one
is to be left at home.
Faced by possibility of having to
support his wife and six children aft
er living for five years on his wife's
earnings, Peter Roussin of st. Paul, &C
cOrding to st. Paul police, killed him.
SELF He was to answer non-support
charge in court. He took quantity
of poison and died short time later.
The grand jury at Mankato has
completed it's work, returning five in
dictments as result of it's special Ia
bors in the field of alleged disloyalty
in the county. The parties indicted are
accused of having uttered statements
Of a disloyal nature. It is rumored
that one or two of the accused are
women.
With the purchase for 100000 of
the Dan Patch line cutoff from Auto
Junction to- Luce Line Junction by G.
T. Jaffray and associates plans were
set in motion for reconstruction OF the
road from Minneapolis; TO Mortified
and Faribault at a cost of $75O,OOO,
according to an announcement made
by Mr.. Jaffray.
The steel in the old Main street
bridge at Mankato, which has just
been replaced by 100000 concrete
structure, has been sold at public auc-
ton. The city of Rochester has pur-
chased two spans of the bridge and
the third was sold to Brown and Nicol-
let counties to be USED for bridge
at Fort Ridgely.
H. E. Flynn, one of the state high
school inspectors, represented the Min
nesota state high school board in
conference in Washington on war in
dustrial work in public schools. The
conference was called by c. A. Pros
ser, director for the federal board for
vocational education, and the call was
sent to all state boards charged with
administering federal aid under the
Smith Hughes vocational education
act.
P. M. Kerst, chief national bank ex-
aminer of the Ninth Federal Reserve
district, has notified the Comptrol-
Ter of the Currency of his resignation,
to take effect the first of the year.
Mrs. Fred Nelson and her 3-year-old
son Buster were burned to death when
their farm home, north of Albert Lea,
was destroyed by fire. Pouring kero-
sene on the stove is said to nave
caused an explosion.
Secretary of Labor William B. Will
son and mediation board members who
are to investigate the present LABOR
situation in the Twin Cities, have ar
rived in St. Paul and are engaged on
the work of their mission.
Faith of the rivermen in continuance
of the revival of river trade and con-
fidence in a greater excursion season
than ever before was indicated in re.
ports which have reached Winona OF
the construction at the Corondolet
boat yards near St. Louis of a new
excursion boat for use at Winona.
Fifty-four persons, mostly men, sas'
tanned injuries when Duluth & Iron
Range railroad train left the track at
Hinsdale, near Tower. The injured
were taken by relief trains sent from
Tower, Ely and Duluth to hospitals in
Tower and Soudan- Three coaches
slid down a rs foot embankment and
then turned on their sides.
After being 43 years in St. Peter
state hospital for the insane Mrs
"Baby" Anna Klein returns to he1
children, who believed all this time
she was dead, at 645 East Central Park
place, St. Paul. A remark of an ole
employee of the city hall to the judge Of
probate when the will of John Kleir
was probated started the investigation
which led to the discovery. Mrs. klelr
is now e years old and will have the
best that money can buy for her the
remainder of her natural life.
John Rhames, pioneer Detroit bust
ness man, is dead after sudder
stroke of heart failure. He is sur
vived by his widow and several broth
ers. He operated a line of livery bus