The Tomahawk. [volume] (White Earth, Becker County, Minn.) 1903-192?, 1918-10-24
news OF STATE
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ke0ent Happenings III minnesota
Given In Brief items For
".> Busy Readers. 4
wells.-There have been four deaths
here as a result of Spanish Influenza,
and approximately 200 cases Of the
disease are being treated. -:
Vfrginia.-The local draft board is
ordered to entrain eight men during
the five-day period beginning Oct. 81
to go to Camp Cody, N. Mex.
Little Falls.-Perry Smith was taken
off a Northern Pacific train here and is
charged with desertion from Camp
Grant. His home is in Hackensack.
Hibbing.-Attorneys for the Great
Northern railroad gave August Ansel.
mo 1925 In settlement of his claim for
/ q cow killed by train and he dropped
his suit to recover.
Virginia.-The local Red Cross chap
ter will soon start survey of nursing
resources, having received instructions
and questionnaires for the work. Every
house in the city will be visited.
Little Falls.-eMiss Susan Hough,
county food administrator. has devised
plans whereby every rural school in
| Morrison county will be able to serve
hot lunches to the students this winter.
Aitkin.-Joseph Saumier of Crosby,
after being arrested, confessed to hav-
ing robbed Che jewelry store of J. N.
Nelson and the Northern Pacific depot.
He was sentenced to the training school
at Red Wing. '~j....:. b..
Little Falls.-Joseph Pawlenty of
this city dropped from a load of hay to
the ground, striking on his head and
sustaining a fracture of the spine In
the region of the neck. He is par
alyzed from the neck down.
Observation-Disclosures are Investigate
ing the theft of $500 in Liberty bonds,
War Savings Stamps and checks from
4 safe in & mercantile establishment at
Carson Lake, last week. Entrance to
the building was gained at night.
Virginia. - The library board ap-
pointed the following directors to at
tend the annual meeting of the League
Of Minnesota municipalities at Roch-
ester: Lafayette Bliss, Rev. Father
William Power and Carl r. Johnson.
st. Paul.-Dr H. NJ. Bracken, Min
nesota health officer, has been named
a member of the health and medical
relief committee Of the Federal rail-
road administration. The committee
will establish an office in Washing
ton. ...... -.
Bemidji.-Many views Of Bemidji are
to appear in a film being prepared by
New York organization under the
direction Of the Ten Thousand Lakes
association. The film will be entitled
"A Canoe Trip from Itasca State Park
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Hibbing.-The draft board has re-
ceived call for twenty men to be sent
to Camp Cody Oct. Fl. As the last call
for Camp Cody was Cancelled because
of Spanish influenza prevailing at that
camp, the men chosen at that time Will
go on the 21st, instead.
+ Red Wing.-J. w. Elliott, alleged de-
serter from the National army at
Camp Grant, also said to be wanted
for robbery in Ellsworth, Wis.,, where
he is alleged to have stolen $50 in
gold, was apprehended In the railroad
yards here and was taken to Fort
Smelling. {: 49,.
Minneapolis nice powdery su-
gar which mother used to sprinkle over
the tops Of pies is to totally disappear
from the American home, according to
Frank 8. Pool, Minnesota representa-
tive Of the sugar division of the United
States Food administration. Whole
sale and retail grocers may dispose OF
their stocks by permission from the
Federal Food administration at Uni
versityt Farm, Mr.. Pool said.
Wmkua.-Organized effort to COM
bat the increasing epidemic of Span.
ish influenza has been launched here.
Dr.. D. B. Pritchard, city health off,
Ger, is chairman of a committee of Red
Cross workers who will make q sur
vey Of the cases and employ sufficient
nurses to handle the emergency.
There are hundreds of cases here. Al
though several are serious only one
local death has been reported.
Mankato-A county boys and girls
calf club contest and show, the first
ever held In the county, will take place
In this city October 20 and 23, As a
result of efforts Of the Blue Earth
County Farm bureau, assisted by the
Tri-county Holstein club and the Guern-
sey Breeders club. There will be
about 100 calves that have been raised
the past season by boys and girls OF
Blue Earth, LIE Seuer and Nicollet
counties entered in the competition for
$1,000 in premiums.
st. Paul.-The state food admins
tration, acting upon requests from the
national administration, is reaching
into the lumber camps Of Minnesota to
obtain carbon for gas masks. Az lum-
berjacks are great eaters of prunes,
the pits are saved. A. d. Wilson, state
food administrator, declares that the
lumber camps In Minnesota have re-
sponded to every conservation request