The Tomahawk., 1918-02-07
News of heState
Condensed for Busy Folks

John Webster, for % years treasurer
of Nicollet county, died at his home
| in st. Peter.
The America First association is
conducting a. campaign in Koochlchlng
county for the sale of snlileage BOOKS.
Mike Purchalla shot a female wolf
about two miles east of PerAa1n with
4 .22-caliber rifle. The wolf was roll
ing in it's nest when ne caught sight
of it.
While sliding at the toboggaH slide
at St. Cloud, Miss Alice Benson
| normal student, was painfully injured
when the toboggan on which She and
others were riding tipped over.
About 900 of the questionRa1res OF
Polk county men have been passed
on by the county board' Whlch
means about one-fourth of tho work
of the board has been completed.
Former District Judge A. Il. Frau,
one of the pioneer lawyers q AIanka-
to, died in his home after sfse1 Ill
ness. Judge Pfau was born m Ger
uanv 10 years ago. He is survived
by wife and two daughters.
John Hillestad of FosstOn has taken
into the hardware business his ne
phew, Jacob Hillestad, who has peen
clerking in the store for the past nine
wears. and who of late years has, to
large extent, taken active chafse o.
the business.
There will be a teachers Institute
J held in the court house at Little rails
during the third week In FeNuarv'
from the 18th to the 21st. Saperin"
endent of Schools NJ. E. Barnes ex'
meets a large attendance at the 1nstl-
tute.
The finest ice crop harvested Tor a
number of years is being taken from
the Baudette river at Baudette. AS
there ias been but very little snow
tho ice has had an opportunity to form
and is as clear as crystal with Practl-
cally no slush ice.
The Farmers State bank has open
ed at Guthrie. The capital stock and
surplus is $4,000. The officers anu
directors are: President, M. Z. WHIT
ney; vice president, Arthur J. Wal
der: cashier, Oscar Dahl; directors,
NJ. c. Whitney, Arthur J. Valdez. Os-
car Dahl, H. W. Warren, John q. Mar
in, e. c. Stevens and r. R. Wolf.
A 3-year-old child playing with
matches caused the destruction Of the
store building and general stock Ee'
longing to John Ekeoerg at Big Fal!s.
The loss was practically tstai one
and is estimated at $4,000, on which
$4,000 insurance was carried. De-
spite poor water pressure, the three
story Robinson hotel building adjoin-
ing was saved.
A detachment of soldiers frsmr the
Duluth division of the Fourth infan-
try, under command Of Lieutenant De-
pew, was sent to Bemidji to be on
hand in case of trouble "a connection
with the expected lumber camp strike
north of that city. The troops were
chartered in the Masonic building.
Squads will be sent to the various
camps at once.
The Minnesota State Pharmaceuti-
can association, which will hold its an
nual meeting in the West hotea, Min
uoapolis, February 6, 7, and 8, VIII de-
| vote the Friday morning session to
| patriotic service. All women attend
ing the convention and the Travellers
auxiliary OF the organization win pack
gift boxes for Minneapolis pharma.
cists who are serving in some branch
Of the army or navy at the present
time.
In helping to launch the newly or
ganized Blue Earth County Farm
Bureau association, Professor Frank
Il. Balmer, leader of agricultural
agents of Minnesota, addressed a
meeting of farmers and businessmen
at Mankato and said that the question
of farm labor would not be one q the
pressing matters to be COPIED with
the coming season, as there was every
indication that farm labor would be
more plentiful next summer than last.
Duluth has 1852 men subject to the
army draft in the first classification
! Of the QUESTIONABLE. This number
will be called for the first physical
examination at once.
| George w Winter of Winona has
been appointed member of the dis
trict CONSUMPTION board, to hll the
vacancy caused by the resignation Of
H. w. Libby of Winona. now seere
tary of the Minnesota Safety COM
mission.
Alvin Boon, formerly newspaper
man of Fergus Falls, died at the
Great Lakes training camp from spi-
nal meningitis. He was the son of
former Congressman Halidore Boon.
| ard was the third of the Boen family
to enlist.
II. J. Stern, who was in Fergus
Fails last fall and collected $1ee for
the purpose of recovering the body of
his brother-in-law. Ted Johnson, who
lad been drowned in Carlisle slough.
and then disappeared with the cash,
| las been arrested at Spokane,
charged with being a Stacker. Otter
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