The Tomahawk., 1917-11-15
News of the State
Condensed for Busy Folks

second Liberty Loan was oversub
scrjbed more than 100000.
The William Weis cement factory
at Perham was totally destroyed by
| fire. The origin of the fire is un
known. The loss is placed at $4,000
| with $4,000 insurance.
! William Rosendahl, convicted Of
the murder of G.. E. Iamberten at
| Redwood Falls, was sentenced to life
| Imprisonment at the Saltwater penl
| Tertiary by Judge I. M. Olson.
Capt. G. A. Nye is WE'LL, working
hard and lis going to stay with his
work until the end Of the war; ac
cording. to letter from the judge tc
County Attorney G. G. DOsland al
Moorhead.
Charged with selling liquor without
license, John, Anton and William
Holecek of Brushville were taken tc
Rothsay by Sheriff Fitzgerald OF Will
kin county, pleaded guilty and were
finde $50 and costs, each.
Pennington county's first annual
potato show will be held at Thief
River Falls in the Auditorium, Nov
II. Prof T. M. Mccall of the Crooks
ton School of Agriculture will judge
the exhibits and talk on potatoes.
A framed tablet containing the
names, the class and the branch OF
service the graduates Of the Thief
River Falls high school now serving
their country is contemplated by the
local alumni. The tablet will be pre-
scented to the high school.
The interior of the parish house at
St. Agnes German Catholic church at
St. Paul was wrecked by bomb
hurled through a window by an un'
known person. The five occupants
Of the house escaped injury. Every
detective in the city is working on
the case.
Twenty-seven meetings throughout
the Crookston section have been
scheduled in the campaign to raise
the quota of the Northwestern Mime
sofa division Of the national war
councils subscription to the $1,000
900 pledged by the state to the Y. NJ.
c. A. work in Europe.
The new Ford car found abandoned
in the road two miles this side OF
Fort Ripley was traced up and its
owner found in Minneapolis by Sher-
if Claus A. Theorin, who spent two
weeks unraveling the matter and at
length got the factory to locate the
buyer through the engine number.
The students of the normal depart
ment of the Crookston high school
have organized a Red Cross Sewing
and Knitting society. The members
will meet once week when the time
will be spent in sewing while knit
ting work will be done during the
spare time OF the members. All work
will be sent to the American soldiers.
Thomas w. Scott Of st. Paul and
Roy S. Cooper of Minneapolis were
arrested at Lake Jefferson by Deputy
Game Warden Peter Karpen on the
charge of shooting ducks from a mo-
tor boat, and the motor boat, which
belonged to John Hardegger, was con-
fiscated and is being held until State
Game Commissioner Carlos Avery
makes a decision in the matter. The
accused paid $40 fines.
The townships of Aitkin county
have voted ,O03 for road and bridge
maintenance and construction for the
coming year.
Alvie Johnson, for many years res
ident of Willow River and later OF
Sandstone, dropped dead of heart fail
ure at his place of business at St.
Paul.
The state department of education
has assigned instructors for a teach
ers' institute for Aitkin county to be
held at the Aitkin high school January
2/3 and 4.
Farm work is in fairly good shape
in Crow Wing county About two
thirds of the usual amount of blowing
has been done. OF potatoes 35 per
cent froze in the ground. Pastures
are holding up unusually we'll. Hay
on the average has been half crop.
The oats crop was very good and the
straw is excellent.
The apportionment of forty Christ
mas packages allotted to the Penning-
ton County Red Cross chapter will be
willingly filled within tew days. At
a special meeting of the directors it
was thought best that St. Hilaire be
asked to make six of the number,
Goodridge four and the remaining 90
for Thief River Falls.
The Northern Pacific freight depot
at Little Falls is now operating Oh
the eight-hour schedule. The freight
warerooms are open from a. M to
5 D. M, but are closed from IL to J..
The eight-hour schedule has been put
/ nforce in accordance with an agree
ment made between the clerks union
and the road short time ago.
An interesting program Is assured
those attending the annual meeting
at Thief River Falls of the Northwest
Minnesota Educational association on
Nov. Is and 16. Several noted speak
ers from various parts of the country
have been secured. Papers by local
and other teachers will hold the at
tention of those at the meeting.
A. J. Hayes of Crosby, who was ap-
pointed on a coal committee by the