The Tomahawk. [volume] (White Earth, Becker County, Minn.) 1903-192?, 1918-10-31

u Hibbing.-A bootlegger per day is the
record made by the Indian agents IN
Hibbing the past week. ~,
Roosevelt.-Mrs. J. w. Corners had
a rib broken and she was .brulseG
when pony she was driving ran
away.
St. Cloud.-Dr. william Hovorka, a
leading physician of this city, died OF
pneumonia following an attack OF In
fuenza. i. -.
Red Wing.-vermont Feindt, 10,
was shot and killed here when his
cousin, Richard Williams, 8, acciden-
tally discharged rifle with which the
lads had been playing: ..--~... :.
Moorhead. Senator A. l. Hansen OF
Ada, Mimi, heads q group OF Ada
business men who are interested In
the establishment Of new state bank
at Downer, Clay county.
Window. - Bernard Street, who
taught in the Window schools few
years ago, was found dead on the
mesa several miles from. Huntington
Park, Los Angeles, CAL, having shot
himself while rabbit hunting.
Duluth.-Despite the ban against all
public gatherings Spanish influenza
is steadily spreading. city health OH
cials in one day reporting AZ cases.
an increase of 80 since the day before.
There have been but three deaths.
Little Falls.-Mayor Bergheim has
wired Adjt.-Gen. Rhinow that Little
Falls will do everything within Its
power to help stricken people of north
eastern Minnesota and contributions
will be made through the Public SAFETY
commission.
Minneapolis.-H. J. Cobb, a pioneer
of Minneapolis, died at Long Beach,
Cal, Mr.. Cobb was born in Maine In
1887 and came to st. Anthony In 1897.
In recent years he had been occupied
In conducting tourist parties from
here to California.
Mora.-Noble Crumpacker, 16, son
of Mr.. and Mrs. AL Crumpacker OF this
village, had his left arm amputated
in a Princeton hospital as result OF
accidentally shooting himself while
hunting. by pulling gun from wag'
on, muzzle first.
Moofhead. - Differences between
Federal food administration orders
and orders by railroad officers relat-
ing to the loading of cars with pota'
toes, are being investigated by q
representative of the food adm1n1stra-
ton.
Brainerd.-Ernest Schults of Chip
pewa county, Wis.,, was detained by
Sheriff Claus A. Theorin and Deputy
John Byrnes until his status as reg
istrant was ascertained. He had
class 4 card Of old date and carried
an automatic revolver.
Crookston.-Ward u. Gousseff OF
Owatonna, has taken charge of the
animal husbandry department at the
Northwest School Of Agriculture, as
the successor of William Dietrich,
who has been at the head of this
work for the past several years.
Mora.-While working at the potato
warehouse of Check & Mcfarland,
Charles Cundiff was caught in the
shaft and his clothes partly torn from
his body. Had it not been for the
timely arrival of Mr., Mcfarland, he
would, no doubt, have been killed.
Wrecking company was awarded the
contract for tearing down the old Fort
Smelling bridge across the Mississippi
river at Fort Smelling. The company
agreed to do the work for the salvage,
aid was the only bidder who did not
ask considerable pay for the job. The
work will be started at once.
Red Lake Falls.-Work on the con-
crete bridge across the Clearwater
river here is being rushed with all
possible haste by the Minneapolis
Bridge company, the contractors.
Electric lights have been installed at
various points along the works and
the crew works nights while the con-
crete is being poured. The structure
will be completed and open for traffic
about Dec. Is.
st. Cloud - Gilbert Christopherson,
coming from Minneapolis, was picked
I'D by Deputy Sheriff Frank Betten-
berg near the home of Frank Sartell
at Sartell after a complaint had been
sent in by people living there that he
had been seen wandering around the
fields, in a suspicious manner. He has
a oscar over one eye and it is thought
that he was injured. He had Lib
erty bond among his possessions and
naturalization papers. =,
st. Paul.-The State Council OF
National Defense has arranged with
the University hospital for a pre-
nursing course for Is women. Only
high school graduates will be admit
ted to this twelve weeks course. At
the end of the course the students will
be admitted to the army training
schools and will receive credit for the
twelve weeks training. Application
should be made direct to Louise Pow
ell at the University hospital.
st. Paul.-With S73 new cases of
Spanish influenza reported in one day,
officials of the state board of health
estimated that there are about 5000
cases in Minnesota. tAnti-influenza