The Tomahawk., 1918-06-06


cording to County Agent Van scoik.
Spooner.-Commerc fishing in the
Lake of the Woods has begun and
the first lift of the nets were made
and thousands of pounds were secured
on the first try.
Acknowledgement college aca-
deny have given a 75-foot flag pole
to the college. The pole is now being
made at the foundry and will be
raised on the college campus before
commencement.
Gilbert.-A new service flag recent.
ly received at the highschOol con-
tains forty-eight stars, a record equal
ed by few other schools OH the ,ange
and by none in proportion to the
number of graduates. .
Bemidji.-Curtis Satire, 9 years
old, was seriously injured while lead
ing a COW from the farm of his father,
five miles from here, to the city. He
tiled the rope about his waist and the
COW became frightened and ran away
dragging the child.
St. Cloud-Injuries sustained in an
automobile accident on May 16 ended
fatally when Alfred H. May, SO died
at St. Rapheals hospital. Mr.. May
never regained consciousness sipce
the accident, suffering a compodnd
fracture OF the skull.
: Milaca.-Milaca's splendid high
school building was damaged to the ex-
tente of several hundred dollars by
the severe wind storm. A part OF the
roof was blown off, but no serious
injury was inflicted upon the build
ing.
St. Cloud.-Supt. A. N. Farmer, for
merly in charge of the st. Cloud city
schoc!~ and who has held a similar
position in Evanston, ILL.,, for the past
two years, recently resigned his posi-
ton, due to friction with the board
and teachers.
Cambridge.--A full house greeted
Congressman Clarence B. Miller Of
Duluth, when he gave the people OF
this vicinity the opportunity Of hearing
first-hand the conditions as actually eX-
listing in France and other warning
countries across the seas.
Virginia-Mrs. Mary Sevenich CHS
holm, alleged to have passed checks
here purporting to be signed by Judge
Edward Freeman that proved to be
worthless, was held to the Hibbing
Grand jury by Judge Carey on S20o
bonds for which she furnished.
, Moorhead-One, hundred and four
teen barberry bushes were found by
County Weed Inspector Alvin H. Lar
son in one day in the city. and all
were tagged with red card, indicat-
ing the nature of the plant grown in
the yards Of some of the peopla Of
the city. ~. 49,.
Breckenridge-The Breckenridge
National bank has made arrange
ments thru one of it's correspondent
banks So that members of the Ameri-
can Expeditionary forces having &C
counts at the bank may cash their
personal checks on the bank, in Eng
land, France or any of the Allied
countries.
st. Cloud.-More than $50 persons
attended the state convention of the
ganizat;on. The delegates paraded to
Empire park, where the welcoming
address was delivered by Mayor Free
man. Harry J. Lund of Minneapolis
delivered the principal address. The
meeting was one~of patriotism and
loyalty. ..,.
St. Paul-MC<t of the Minnesota
and Nebraska National guardsmen at
Camp Cody have left for an unknown
destination under command Of regular
army and reserve officers, and for
the most part the guard officers have
been left behind. 1t is understood that
the division is to be again filled up
with recruits. and that the old guard
officers will have the job of training
the new division. Adiutant General
w. F. Rhinow said he believed 10000
former Minnesota Natiopal guardsmen
were at Camp Cody. s.~,.
st. Paul-Professor Andrew Boss
of the Agricultural school is authority
for the statement that the horse BUSH
ness in Minnesota is at present on
the decline while improvement has
been noted in the beef and hog indus
try. According to Professor Boss the
hog businesS has shown marked in
crease and he believes that the high
price for pork is responsible. His
figures show that the government pays
Is times the price of bushel of corn
for 100 pounds of live pork. On the
other hand the dairy businesses is in a
slump, he said.
Winona-Harry Jacoby, the II year
cid chore boy employed on the Frank
Schultz farm near Minnesota, who at
tackled Leo Schultz, crushing his head.
and then shot Mrs. Schultz. was cap
tured making his way to Wabasha
from the scene of the, crime. When
questioned Jacoby admitted pounding
the little boys head with a hammer
but refused to give any reason for the
act or state why he attacked Mrs.
Schultz with shot gun. The. in
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