The Tomahawk. [volume] (White Earth, Becker County, Minn.) 1903-192?, 1918-03-14

eeapt Major Warren w. Stocking
who died at Camp Dodge, Iowa, were
conducted here.
St. Cloud.--Arthur Mellum, "a
years old, six feet or better, in the city
Jail here, is I'll with the small pox
Mellum was picked up by the police
several days ago.
DrIuth.- of a bonus tn
farmers on their 1918 wheat acreage,
is urged by julius Barnes of Duluth
head of the Food Administration
Grain corporation.
Neutrality-suspicious. man, Private
Glenn H. Campbell of st. Clair, was
killed in action Feb. 81 and * slight
ly wounded. General Pershing has
cablcd the war department..
Fertile.-Albert Re1ling IF Fertile
has returned from a seven-year So
journ in Alaska, having been in bus~
| ness at St. Petersburg. He stated
that business conditions in that part
of the country were good.
Benidji-The Commercial club has
! Endorsed the raising of funds for the
Ten Thousand Lakes association and
decided to send two men as repre-
! sentatives of the community with tho
advertising car which will tour the
South.
Morirs,-M. F. Finnegan, postmas'
ter Ecre and many years promin ent in
the democratic party in minnesota, is
dead at Los Angeles, Cal., according
10 wo:d received here. Mr.. Finnegan
went 20 Los Angeles because of Ill
health some time ago.
St. Paul--Urging the doubling OF
food production in 1913 to hasten
victory and peace, James Sorenson.
state dairy and food commissioner, III
a bulletin issued tc Minnesota farm.
ers, suggests that special attention
be paid to canning crop.
Minneapolis.-The $4,000 Luther
ans OF Minnesota have raised $3.50.
or S135 per capita, for the national
Lutheran war'fund, according to fin
al figures issued by 8. H. Holstad,
state campaign director. Minnesota.
having oversubscribed its quota by
100000, leads among the states in
total amount raised.
St. PAULA new high record OF
state revenue from railroad gross earn.
ings taxes, which will total more than
sG,225,0e0 for 1917. according to re-
ports Of $124,502,797 of gross earn
ings made by railroads as subject to
the Minnesota per cent tax law, was
announced by Secretary H. A. S. Ives
Of the state tax commission.
st. Paul-Announci cling that 1t stands
ready to acquire by condemnation II
necessary the right to idle land for
wartime crop production, the State
Public Safety commission in a resolu-
ton calls public attention to the inl-
portance of utilizing all available
land and promoting the war garden
movement throughout the state.
St. Paul-The high cost Of operat:
ing an interurban railroad resulted III
the ST.. Paul Southern electric lire,
which operated between st. Paul and
Hastings, being placed In the hands
of receiver. District Judge w. L.
Converse of Hastings named A. f.
Walbridge as receiver on the com.
Dlairt of the Northwestern Trust
company of st. Paul, trustee for the
bondholders. .
St. Paul-Five Federal aid road
projects in Minnesota have been let
and contractors will begin work as
soor as the weather permits, accord
ing to G. M. Babcock. state highway
commissioner. The five projects ara
the first of thirty and they have an
aggregate length of 143 miles and
will cost $542,OOO. The thirty pro.
iects will aggregate 700 miles and
will cost $2,20O.00O. +
Tairmont-Edwin F. Trefz. Official
speaker for the Federal food admin.
istration. who recently returned from
France paid his respects to pro-
Germans in a speech before large
audience. Mr.. Trefz's father was
born in Germany. "After seeing
France, say that a man who asks
why we are in the war should be in
termed" declared the speaker. "If
he asks it twice he should be shot"
St. Paul.-The number of Industrial
accidents In Minnesota during Fen.
ruary, the shortest month, was as
high as during the closing months OF
last year. according to monthly
summary issued by the Department OF
Labor During the month there were
'2,397 accidents in various Industries
and the number Of serious mishape
was SAT, more that 100 greater thar
in January. There were 10 deaths
from accidents, as compared with -
in January. -.
st Paul.-Resolutions passed by the
Minnesota Creamery and Cheese Fac
tory Operators and Managers asso
committee, who made a special effort
Safety commission to dispose Of the
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