The Tomahawk. [volume] (White Earth, Becker County, Minn.) 1903-192?, 1918-03-14
News Of theState
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Condensed for Busy Folks

M Big Falls.-Eight local young men
+ have left for Camp Dodge. Big Falls
has sent over twenty-seyen to the
front, one of whom was victim on
the Tuscania.
~ Detroit.-RL bert NietZke, poolhall
proprietor, was convicted by jury IN
municipal court on the charge OF per-
uniting minors to play pool in his
place of business.
Minneapolis.---H Penny. II
years old, disappeared from his home
at 2Gt5 First avenue south several
days ago and searching party has
been unable to find any trace OF him.
st. Paul.-Bids on the erection OF a
new state normal school building at
j Bemjdji will be opened March IL by
the state board of control. The build
ing is expected to cost approximately
100000.
Remer.-W. E. Provonost, chairman
of the local war savings stamp
committee, who made special effort
10 boost the stamps in Remer, an
aouaces that he succe aded in inter
esting every family in the project.
Thief River Falls.--Retail delivery
will DO discontinued in this city April
1 by all grocers, butchers and hard
ware men according to an agreement
signed by, II merchants who no"
maintain separate deliveries.
North Branch.--One Of the most
active Red Cross workers in Mime
sofa is a resident of North Branch,
the mother of Mrs. G. II. Eckstrand.
She is entirely blind, but has complet-
ed 81 pairs of socks and ; sweaters.
Little Falls.--The fire loss in Morri-
son county last year was $3S,ol5
from thirty-nine fires. This IS an IN
crease over the preceding year OF
S13,25S with fourteen more fires, says
George H. Nettleton, chief assistant
state fire marshal.
St. Cioud.-.Tohn Glaidon Of this city
has been given an honorable dis
charge from the army because he had
failed to take out his second papers
He was drafted with the first incre.
1nent which left this city and has
been stationed at Camp Dodge.
st. Paul.--More than $50 bridges
vii! be built this year in Minnesota
Tor which the state highway depart
mert will furnish plans and super
vision, and every bridge will be built
to carry at least a 20 ton load, &C
cord'ng to J. r. Ellison, bridge en-
gineer.
Notwithstanding no chances o.
the possibility of a repetition here Of
the Nelson and Barnum, Mimi, school
bus horrors, the school board of the
Floodwod district DISCHARGED one or
the drivers Of school buses for neg
1ecting to flag the bus at the railroad
crossing.
saltwater. - Coroner Wells was
summoned to the southwestern por.
ton Of the town of Woodbury. to view
the body of Nels p. Nelson, IS years
old, who committed suicide because
of Illness by hanging himself in the
basement of his barn. An inquest
was not deemed necessary.
Du!uth.-Officials of the city have
been notified by Charles Downer,
resident of New England. that plot
of ground containing fifteen acres on
the outskirts Of this city will be
decided over for use as public park
The property is worth approximate
1y $4,000 an acres, and the city plans
10 expond several thousand dollars
in building roads and paths.
st. Paul.--The wartime farm at the
stat. prison in Saltwater will COM
prise 1000 acres, Warden Reed ar.
nounced when the state board of cor.
troll leased an additional tract Of $50
acres to increase the food production
at the institutions. The land was
leased for five years at an annual rem
tai Of $1,000 with the privilege Of
purchase at 5000 an acre at any time
during the period.
St. Paul-Thousanis Of aliens failed
to comply with the registration order
Of the Minnesota Public Safety com
mission, it was estimated at the Of
flee of State Auditor J. A. o. Preu5
and steps will be taken to force them
to register. The Public Safety com
mission will consider the matter and
It is expected staff of men will he
sent out to round up the delinquents
Penalties for disregarding the order
probably viii be fixed by the commits
sion. under authority of a war meas
11re.
Minneapolis. - Internal revenue re-
>eipts IN February in Minnesota were
nearly seven times as great as year
ago. The jump was greatly helped
by the new federal tax on estates
over 100000 net. During last month
a tax of about s45O,0oO was received
by the internal revenue collector
from the estate Of c. A. Congdon, Du-
luth. This brought the receipts from
The estates tax last month up TO
$519,19S.46. The total internal reve-