The Tomahawk. [volume] (White Earth, Becker County, Minn.) 1903-192?, 1917-05-03
What's Doing
in Minnesota

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leges of Minnesota at Carleton college
| April %.
Red Wing.-The vets carried the
city in the recent election by 1S3 Both
sides increased their vote over last
year but the vets added to their ma
| jority which was then Isl.
Duluth-At a meeting of the strik-
| ing Duluth boilermakers and helpers
| proposition submitted by seven OF
the contract shop owners was turned
down by a unanimous vote.
Minneapolis. - G. w. Olson of the
| Swedish hospital, Minneapolis, has
| been elected president of the Mime
sofa Hospital association, organized
| by so hospital superintendent OF the
| state.
Brainerd. The Northwest Paper
company mill has just begun making
paper. For some weeks the machines
| have been tried out. 1t is said to be
the first convertible mill in the United
States, easily shifting from print to
book paper.
Duluth. - CHARLES H. Hamilton
walked $50 miles to get to the Duluth
naval recruiting office to enlist, accord
ing to Officer F. L. Mcclure, who re-
ceived the young mans application
here Hamilton was rejected ON ac-
count of illness.
| Virginia. In line with the general
effort to increase farm production in
Minnesota, the Northern Minnesota
! DEVELOPMENT association has arranged
a land-clearing conference and DEM
onstration for it's summer meeting
here June Z and 8.
Northfield.-Northfield chapter of
the P. E. o. Sisterhood is preparing
to entertain the fifth annual conven-
ton of the Minnesota grand chapter
May 3, 4, S, to which the fourteen
chapters of the P. E. O. in Minnesota
will send delegations.
Pipestone.-The meeting held here
to discuss plans for having the route
of the King of Trails highway from
Winnipeg to the Gulf changed so as to
come down through this section Of the
state resulted in an organization to
take up the matter.
Graceville.-Big Stone county was
organized to extend it's farm productive
power to the utmost and for the con-
servation of it's products at big 10y
atty meeting held here. A special
train brought nearly 500 persons from
Ortonville and Clinton.
Little Falls.-Ninety young men
have enlisted in branches Of United
States military service in Little Falls,
leaving less than half dozen between
10 and Is years old there and taking
nearly all male students from high
school and business college.
Winona.-Farmers are blowing un-
der their hay lands and large pastures
in many cases to replace them with
crops that will produce more dollars
per acre. In vast territory waste
land along public highways is under
plow and will be seeded to "nonperish-
able" crops.
St. Paul.-Every one Of Minnesota's
agricultural counties may have a coun-
ty agent soon under the United States
Department of Agriculture if Congress
grants the $25,0OO,0O0 appropriation
asked by Secretary of Agriculture
Houston to promote the country's food
production possibilities.
Minneapolis. Only four forty
miners" are left in the state to attend
the Joint meeting of the Territorial
Pioneers and the Old Settlers asso-
citation which is being planned for
June 1. They are Caleb Dorr, Mime
apolis; A. l.. Larpenteur, st. Paul;
John Daubney, Taylors Falls, and q.
w. Durant, Saltwater, all Of whom,
old Settlers association, were q years
old when the state was admitted.
Mrs. Frank Dunn, daughter of Mr..
and Mrs. J. F. McQullan, 1913 Selby
avenue, St. Paul, was shot and instant
ly killed by two men who entered the
McQuillan home at an early hour.
Robbery is believed to have been
the purpose of the murderers.
Katherine McQuillan, a younger sis
ter of the slain woman, who was sleep
ing beside Mrs. Dunn when the attack
occurred, was uninjured.
It is believed that the men attacked
Mrs. Dunn in order to escape capture
when she discovered their presence in
the house.
St. Paul.-Exercising his constitu-
.ional right to veto separate items IN
appropriations bills, Governor Burn
uuist has slashed $2,O27,018 from the
total of $23,S67,329 voted by the Legis-
lature. The veto Of some Of the items
in the appropriation measure and in
his pocket veto of at least one other
bill, is considered an aftermath of the
bitter fight over the public domain bill.
More than half the total reduction
was effected by executive disapproval
OF single items of deficiency school aid
Other appropriations for educational
purposes were cut more than 100000
| in addition.
| Pod Wing More than 5000 Red