The Tomahawk. [volume] (White Earth, Becker County, Minn.) 1903-192?, 1918-08-22


II street car struck a baggage wagon
Iwhich the lad was driving. ~ /.
Virginia Although the registration
blanks for, the United States Student
Nurse Reserve corps have been here
| only few days, ten girls have al
ready enrolled. Six of these are from
Mountain Iron. ~ 7
St. Paul.-George P. Wolf, whose
home is said to be at Lorraine, Ohio,
was shot and killed by policeman
in South St. Paul, a suburb, when.
several officers attempted to arrest
him in connection with the theft of
a horse. H.
| St. Paul.-Protection from flood for
$4,000 acres of hay land located along
the upper Mississippi In northern Cass
county is asked by A. D. Wilson, Fed
eral food administrator at Washing
ton, and through that body to the war
department..
St. Paul.-Final determination of the
case against Albert Pfaender, a New
Ulm attorney, for remarks he is al.
legged to have made at New Ulm q
year ago, will be discussed at the an
nual meeting of the Minnesota State
Bar association at Faribault.
Hibbing.-In order to assist Hibbing
housewives in the canning and drying
of vegetables the domestic science
rooms of the Hibbing high school arc
now open for any women who are in
terested. Miss Florence Ames, dOmes-
tic science teacher. is to be in charge.
| Virginia.-O. r. Newhall and o. A.
Bake, government potato and grain
specialists, who Save been inspecting
farm lands with County Agent H. G.
Larsen, report that there is only slight
trace of blackrot in the potato field.X
and that the grain is in good cOndi-
ton.
Wfnona.-G. w. Richardson. for
mer broker OF Minneapolis. was ar
rested here at the request Of the Min
neapolis police on the charge of for
gerry and was taken there. According
to the Minneapolis authorities, ho
passed worthless checks amounting to
more than $500.
l. Fergus Falls.-Jomica Castet, Rus
sian, was adjudged insane and COM
mitted to the hospital here. His con-
dition is believed to have been caused
by worry over his family in Russia.
He kept his money and valuables In
a tin can tied to & pest in front OF
the shack in which he lived.
St. Paul.-Funds Of nearly 100000
are available for food, fuel and other
living expenses of Civil war veter-
ans at the Minnesota Soldiers home
during the coming winter. The an
nouncement was made by M. J. Des-
mond, accounts superintendent in the
office of j. A. o. Preus, state auditor.
Virginfa.-The local school district
will receive Federal aid for the trades
and industrial course in the new high
school, according to an announcement
made by State High School Inspector
e. M. Phillips. There are twenty.on0
high schools in the state who will re-
ceive aid under the Smith-Hughes bill.
Eveleth is also one of these. .
st. Paul-Early payments on loans
of 100000 to Minnesota counties and
municipalities were ordered by the
state board of investment. A new
list of loans, totaling $175,0OO, was
approved for payment when funds be-
came available. 1t includes an item
of 100000 for refunding bonds to bo
issued by the village of Gilbert.
Brainerd.-Plans for the "three.in-
one" convention of the Northern Min
nesota Development association, en-
bodying in its annual meeting that of
the Minnesota Potato Growers ASSOC
citation and the Northern Minnesota
Sheep Growers association, will be
discussed at an important conference
to be held at Grand Rapids In a few
days, Secretary Fred T. Lincoln Of
this city has announced.
Neutrality-suspicious. Of Hibbing and
the range must exercise the closest
scrutiny in the disposition of both
hard and soft coal this year, according
to a decision by the state fuel admins
tration for the Hibbing district. Ev-
cry person who can use wood Will
have to do so. Up to the real cold
l spell, which, may be up to mid-winter
at least, wood will have to be used In
'air.tigkt heaters or hreplaces and in
wood stoves. Only when the coolest
est weather begins will coal be al
lowed.
St. Paul-Reports that the central
School of Agriculture at University
Farm, st. Paul, is not to open this
fall on account Of the fact that the
buildings are being used by the army
mechanics training school are not true.
The army mechanics training school
will be conducted on University Farm
campus, but barracks and other build
ings are being erected especially for
their use this winter, 50 that the dor
mitories and regular classrooms will
be available for the Agricultural
School and College men. D. D. Mayne,
principal of the school, and E. M. Free
man, dean Of the college, look for .
large attendance and keen interest
in the work of the students this fall,
owing to the fact that students In tho
| school will give Snecial attention to