The Tomahawk. [volume] (White Earth, Becker County, Minn.) 1903-192?, 1918-10-31
STATE BRFV|T|ES

| OUSuU1 ~uu.
International Falls.-The state dis.
posed of eighty acres of land in
Koochiching county at its sale here,
which was conducted by the county
auditor. ~ +
St. Cloud.-Many schools through
out Stearns county are closed because
of poor attendance due to sickness,
W. A. Boerger, county superintendent,
reported. r. .s,- r, I, e e,Est',.s = 81 4,
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. county has again
oversubscribed the Liberty Loan, this
time adding $4,45O to the quota it was
asked to raise In the fourth drive. To
date $26S,450 worth has been signed
up for.
Ada.-The Ada schools have been
closed and all churches and public
amusement places by order of the
board of health in an effort to prevent
Spanish influenza from becoming too
prevalent here.
St. Cloud.-A big jubilee planned
for the formal opening of the newly
constructed Osseo-Robbinsdale road in
Osseo was Cancelled by the committee
in charge which decided to use all the
funds towards aiding forest fire VIC
TINS &C., -
Crookston.-Dr. J. s. Kjelland, medi-
cal examiner for drafted men, an
nounces that the physical examina-
lions for all men in Glass l between
the ages of 10 and 81 has started and
will continue until that class of men
are all examined.
Rochester.-A. ]. Bu4ord of Min
erva, Ohio, who came here to seek
medical aid at the Mayo clinic, COM.
mitted suicide by cutting his throat
in a cornfleld. Dependency because
of i'll health is supposed to have
prompted his act.
Two Harbors.-John A. Barton,
treasurer of the local Fire Relief as
sociation, reports that over $4,000 had
been turned over to him for the relief
of the fire sufferers in Minnesota.
Three thousand dollars has already
been forwarded to the headquarters In
Duluth.
Mankato.-John Orlowski and Peter
CARROLL, both of Owatonna. were
brought before Federal Commissioner
John Temple here, charged with hav-
ing shipped whisky from Owatonna to
Iowa. Both men were bound over to
await the action of the Federal grand
Jury at Winona. .
Winona.-A. B. Helm, IS years old,
veteran Southern Minnesota railroad
4. - inAY1.
enza. He fired the first engine that
ran over the old Winona & Southwest,
ern and when the road was taken over
by the Chicago Great Western rail-
road he ran an engine on that road.
Grand Rapids.-While James Nc
Kinnon was cranking his car the en-
CINE clicked back" and broke his arM
when the crank came back on the
backward swing. The break was q
very painful one, the bones being
broken clean, and the ends of the
bones penetrating through the flesh
and skin of his forearm, just above
the wrist.
Keewatin. While it looked as
though this village would be destroyed
by fire, prompt and efficient work by
all the men of the village and most
of those from the nearby mines saved
the town. The only loss inside the
village limits was to the houses owned
by the Great Northern railway and
occupied by the section men. These
we're burned, as they were too far out
to be reached with lines of hose.
Hibbing.-State mines shipped 1884,
1876 tons of ore the past week as fol-
lows: >Leonidas, 1926 tons; Hill An
mex, 1875; Majorca, AGO; Deacon
Shaft. CSC; Hanna "A" stockpile, l.
40; Wacoutah "A" mine, 5,796; Sc
vile, 2,47O; Shiras, 2,254; Wanless,
4,14O; Pool Pocket, 1900; Martin, 90;
Frantz, 6,4SO; North Thompson, 1892;
Helmer, 1874; Margaret, 1O.035; Han
ma "B." 1923; Philbin, 2,814; Mis-
sabe Mt, 52,992.
Hfbbing. while the sheriff's office
is secretive as to search being made
for the three highwaymen who robbed
the Klobacar and the Mattinich homes
in the Kerr location, getting 1915 in
cash and jewelry, 1t is reported an
important clew is being followed that
may bring arrests. The robbers
slashed chair backs and bedding in
search of money and jewelry but
spurned some Liberty bonds they
came across, apparently fearful that
their possession might lead to detec-
ton.
Rochester.-With his leg shattered
oa a result Of falling $500 feet in a
bombing plane, James Higgins, q
years old. a Rochester boy, is back
home. He was injured while 'partici-
pating in the famous naval engage.
ment of Ostend-Zeebrugge on April
%. His plane was struck by a nine
inch shell, which carried away the
rudder. Out of control, the machine
dashed against cliff on the coast.
Forty-five minutes after falling Hig-
gins was on q hospital ship bound for
Dover, Eng. July IL he sailed for the
United States And recently was dis