The Tomahawk., 1918-05-16

St. Cloud.-Forty candidates WILL
be admitted into the St. Cloud lodge
of Elks on June Z.
St. Peter.-The rural school In dis
trict As realized $500 from box So
cial and entertainment for the Red
Gross.
Morean.-More than $50 enlisted
men took the oath of Home guards
men when mustered into service by
Major Brennan.
observation-disclosures w. Wareham,
formerly of Crookston, is dead at st.
Paul, where he has made his home
for several years.
Deerwood.-Loris Smythe Of Bay
Lake has made seventy gallons OF
maple syrup this spring. 1t took 240
trees to product this amount.
Observation-Disclosures officials are
greatly disappointed over their inabil-
ity to locate Farmer Armstrong, who
murdered his wife and shot his step
son. 81.
Minneapolis than fifty SEN
Tors and seventeen graduate students
at the University of Minnesota have
taken positions as teachers so far
this spring for next year.
Thief River Falls.-Mr. and Mrs.
Everett Jacoby of this city have gone
to Grand Forks, N. D., to make their
home. Mr.. Jacoby was assistant me-
chanic at the 500 roundhouse until
a couple of months ago and has &C.
copied a position with the Great
Northern as engine inspector at Grand
Forks. =
Red Lake Falls.-The patriotism Of
the Red Lake farmers is being shown
by the way in which they are join
ing the Service Acre Club" The
club already has 104 members, each
of whom have promised to give the
crop raised on an acre plot to the
Red Cross, Y. M. c. A. or knights Of
Columbus war work.
Cambridge.-A. B. Hallin, local
banker, chairman of the 1santi county
Liberty Loan committee, announces
that Isanti county oversubscribed
the third Liberty Loan over 60 per
cent. He says: Instead of meeting
the county's allotment Of $215, 900,
the amount has been increased to
more than $345,OO0, an oversubscrip-
ton of more than 60 per cent.
Brainerd.-A. P. Cardle, deputy
game warden was one Of a party
of four wardens who tramped miles
into the wilds out of Two Harbors
and arrested Fred Johnson on a
charge of Illegal trapping 1t took
five days to 4ind Johnson's camp and
it is alleged 5000 worth of skins were
seized. The furs were conflscated and
Johnson, who was brought here, was
fined $50 and costs.
Sandstone - Unfounded reports
have been circulated that the Kettle
River company planned to discontinue
it's local quarry. but recent events
prove them unfounded. At meeting
of the directors at Minneapolis Mon
day it was decided to complete all
contracts, and some new contracts
were accepted. One is for a large
amount of cement material for the
Great Northern, and also an order
for several thousand feet of paving
blocks.
Minneapolis. - Following France
and England, where manpower has
been greatly diminished because of
the war, women munition workers
will soon appear in this city, re.
placing men called to the colors. The
plan, inaugurated by the Minneapolis
Steel & Machinery company, which
has large government contracts, will
be experimental in its initial phases.
Thirty women, who are to receive the
same pay as men, thus far have been
accepted as employees. ~
Winona.-There will be packet
service between St. Paul, Winona,
and Rock Island, according to an.
nouncement by Captain Hames RIGHT
man OF the steamer Minnesota. He
brought message here from Captain
Walter Blair, of the Northern Steam
boat line which operated the Morning
Star for several years. 1t is prob.
able that Captain Blair will operate
the steamer Hele Blair in the st.
Paul-Tri City trade but there are re-
ports that he will nave q new boat.
Hinckley.-The work on the state
road is now we'll under way south Of
Pine City and north of Sandstone.
One mile of road south of Rock
creek is said to be about completed
and crews are at work on both the
north end and the south end of the
road between Sandstone and Rutledge.
Between Pine City and Hinckley work
is expected to begin during the COM
ing week. The road between Pine
City and Hinckley will be closed dur
ing the process of building and the
old government road will be used.
st. Paul.-Minnesota can answer
all charges of disloyalty and point
with pride to the record established
by the Minnesota Recruiting District
during the month Of April. In the
thirty day period 1903 men were &C
copied for service in various branch
es Of the army. Previous to last