The Tomahawk., 1918-04-04


oross wood drive here has proveu
success financially and netted for
the good cause $500.
Park Rapids.-Hon. p. r. Hinds
who has served Hubbard county in
several sessions of the legislature
has filed for reelection.
st. Paul-Arguments on questions
Of law relating to indictments against
A. G. Townley, head. of the Non
partisan league, and Joseph Gilbert
manager, will be heard In the state
supreme court May 81.
Pine City.-Representati Adolph
S. Larson of Sandstone filed as
candidate for state senator from this
district. He is the second man to
file for the position. Senator Ry
strom having also done SO. =.
Red Lake Falls-Oswald Lind, whd
has been state engineer for Marshall
county for four years, has been Sc
lected by the state highway commits
sion as the state engineer for Red
Lake county and moved here with
his family this week.
Red Lake Falls.-Extensive repairs
will be made to st. Mary's Catholic
church here this season according to
the rector, James J. Hawks, who has
called for bids for the work which
will include a new cement founda'
ton, siding and decorating inside
and out.
Brainerd.-Fred T. Lincoln, secre
tary of the Northern Minnesota De-
velopment association, has returned
from a conference at Grand Rapids
where matters were taken up to
make the fall meeting of the asso'
citation there November 20 and 21 one
of widespread interest.
st, Paul.-Minnesota soldiers mum
bering 10000 to $4,000 will be dis
franchised in the statewide primary
election June IT, unless some steps
are taken within the next few weeks
to provide for collecting and count
ing their votes The subject is CIV
ing deep concern to state officials.
st. Paul.-Dr. Arthur F. Kilbourne,
superintendent of the Rochester state
hospital for insane was stricken
with apoplexy, according tc a report
received by the State Board of Con-
troll. DR.. Kilbourne was reported to
show some improvement md his
chances of recovery are sad to be
good.
Wells.-A new chemical automo'
the euuipment of the department.
The truck is large enough TO carry
twenty flremen and will be used on
emergency calls from nefghboring
villages and will also respon: to fire
calls from the surrounding farming
districts.
Bemidii.-The recruiting Office
here has averaged better than man
day during the month of March.
From present indications it appears
that this record is to continue and
that the Bemidji office will retain
the banner as securing the largest
number of .enlistments per capita In
Minnesota.
St. Paul.-Many prospective set
tiers from Iowa and Illinois are plan
ming to buy from $1,000 to 10000
acres of state land in Roseau county
at sale there, according to J. F.
Gould, Of State Auditor J. A. o.
Preus' staff, who has left to. conduct
the Roseau sale. About $4,000 acres
will be offered.
Hinckley.-The Pine county com
missioners have let the contract for
the grading and surfacing of the
Duluth-Twin City highway, from Pine
City to Sandstone, to S. J. Grove &
Sons of Minneapolis for $37,1S2.6o
The stretch is about twenty miles
in extent. The contract calls for an
overhead crossing OF the Northern
Pacific railroad tracks at Mission
creek. Work will commence at once.
MISUNDERSTANDING that he was
driven from the community through
threats by the defendants and men,
aced by lynching at their hands, w.
c. Raderstarts has brought a $4,000
damage suit against George Marvin,
Rev. Mr.. Foster. e. A. Linder, Prof.
Wilcox, Syver Johnson, c. E. Carl
quist and Martin Berg. The com
plant charges that on March II,
1916, they threatened to lynch him
and to do physical violence
st. oaul.-Patriotic Minnesotans OF
German blood will meet to form a
permanent and aggressive loyalty
organization in St. Paul April 2, II
Is announced by Henry F. Vessel,
st. Paul. head Of the temporary or
ganization formed at a meetins
March 4. The meeting will be at
the Saint Paul hotel at 10:30 a. m.
and responses from all parts Of the
state Indicate that there will be a
large and representative attendance
Red wing-Joseph Gilbert. l.
Martin and N. s. Randall, Nonpar'
tisan league speakers, through their
attorney, Thomas Sullivan, entered
denurrers in district court here to
81 a.