The Tomahawk. [volume] (White Earth, Becker County, Minn.) 1903-192?, 1918-02-28


Victorien on February in the estate
of Christian Bartel.
Gilmore. One hundred registered
hogs, forming one OF the choices
herds in this district, were burned In
fire which destroyed the farm build
ings of Edward Hail, near here.
Brainerd.-A farm bureau meeting
at Mckay Club was addressed by L.
H. Bugbee, president of the State
Federation of Farmers Clubs. Tho
meeting was one Of series to be held
in Crow Wing county.
Winona.-E. J. Cannon. conductor
on the Northwestern railway for so
years and one of the best known rail-
road men in Southern Minnesota ana
Western Wisconsin, has retired as
pensioner, 1t is announced here.
Aitkin.-Merchants of Aitk1n, in an
endeavor to follow government sug-
gestions to conserve labor, reduce ex-
pense and handle merchandise at
minimum cost to consumers have
abandoned their delivery system.
st. Paul.-Govern0r BurnQuist has
accepted appointment to a place on
the honorary board of state govern
ors of the United States Junior Naval
reserve, an organization engaged In
training boys for the service, with
national headquarters in New York
city.
Bensidji.-George Kirk, former clerk
Of the water department of Bemidji,
has been indicted by the grand jury
in district court here for grand lar
ceny. An alleged shortage of about
$4,000 was reported by the public ex-
aminer on a recent audit of the city's
books.
Bemidji. -- The Dalton block, de.
stroyed by fire more than year ago,
will be rebuilt and the contract for
the neY building, which will be two
story brick structure, has been let to
Edward Jackson of this city, construc.
tion to begin as soon as the weather
permits.
Staples.-A cablegram was received
here from Japan for Mrs. M. S. Mont.
gomery announcing that her husband
is seriously Ill and is being sent home.
Later another cablegram came re-
questing Mrs. Montgomery to meet
her husband at Seattle, and she left
for that place.
st. Peter.-The stores of this caty
will close at $3.50 on all nights except
Saturday at the request Of Fuel Ad
ministrator c. A. Benson. A petition
was circulated among the storekeep-
ers by a committee of the st. Peter
Business Mems association and all
agreed to the request.
Crookston- McVey and 7. F.
Sheppard of Aberdeen, S. D., who nave
been held here on the charge of kid
naping Helen Morrison, were released,
the charge against them having been
dismissed by Judge Gossman of mu-
nicipal court. The custody of the
child, however, was not given to Mrs.
McVey.
Winona-In spite of the war, the
Bemidji state normal school will be
built this year. The normal board, it
is stated here, has approved plans and
specifications submitted at the recent
meeting, and has requested the state
board of control to solicit bids. The
legislature appropriated 100000 for
this institution.
Wadena.-Secretary Nels Peterson Of
the Equity Cooperative Creamery as
ISOLATION, has called meeting of tho
farmers for Saturday, March 9, to hear
the report of the committee appointed
at the annual meeting Of the creamery
patrons to investigate and report on
the advisability of establishing dry
milk factory in this city.
Bemidji. - Preparations for extern.
sive fishing in Red lake, Cass lake,
Ieech lake and other lakes in the vi.
cinity Of Bena are being made by the
state under the supervision of S. A.
Selvog, superintendent of the state
owned fisheries which have been oper-
ated in the northern part Of the state
during the winter. So successful has
been the operation of these fisheries
in this vicinity that it has been de-
cided to continue the work through
out the summer.
Crookston.- Unit No. of
the Minnesota State Creamery and
Cheese Factory Operators and Mana
gers association was reorganized here
by Leonard Houske of Halstad, pure
food inspector. District Unit No. 4
embraces Polk, Norman, Mahnomen
and Red Lake counties. Albert An
derson of Erskine was elected presi-
dent; Theodore Christianson, Red
Lake Falls, vice president; N. c.
Lundberg, Perley, secretary.treasurer,
and w. E. Dennison, Beltrami, and
Sever Lee, Crookston, directors.
St. Paul.-The beet sugar produc-
ton of Minnesota's single beet sugar
factory, located at Chaska, furnished
sufficient sugar to provide more than
100000 soldiers with a full sugar ra'
ton for one year, according to J. A.
Brock of the sugar division of the
United States food administration.
He has been lecturing throughout the
Western states on behalf of an IN