The Tomahawk. [volume] (White Earth, Becker County, Minn.) 1903-192?, 1918-09-26
News ofthe State
Condensed for Busy Folks

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locality did not seem to have great
difficulty in harvesting their crops,
labor now seems to be scarce for
threshing rigs. Ill., %-, 49,. .--
Crookston.-Rev. j. 0. Ensrud, who
tor three years was pastor OF the
Lutheran Synod church OF this city,
has been appointed chaplain of the
Z naval training school at Great Lakes,
& Ill., 10
.@ ST. Cloud.-Sheriff Schooner took
! Norman johnson ard Henry Blaisdell
Z to Fort Smelling to be indicted into
the service Immediately. These two
men were picked up in the Stacker
raid hero.
Braincrd.-The Brainerd Co-opera-
tive Creamery building has been COM
pleted, machinery is being installed
and it is expected the creamery will
be opened in ten days, which will be
made the occasion Of farmers rally
here.
st. Losepa.-Chris Stichs threshing
outfit. working at the Fred Schroeder
farm, near here, is operated by wo-
men, with the exception of the engf-
neer and separator man. The only
other job G:1 the machine which Is
not being flied by women is that OF
stacker The women even have charge
OF the bagging of grain.
Stillwater-"The Twin City Forge
& Foundry company has received an
order from the United States govern
ment to machine 375,000 additional 1856
MN. shells of 6.1 inches in size. This
in. addition to government orders al
ready or hand gives us contract for
100000 Shells" said President George
II. Atwood of the company.
Tyler.-A Plan for the resumption
of retail business at Tyler, which was
visited by disastrous tornado on the
night Of August 81, has been approved
by the business men and work has
been commenced On community
store building. Each business firm
will be given space In the new build
ing. The three banks have already
opened for business.
Minneapolis over last
year. 1888 900 bushels in corn and s.
$4,000 bushels in spring wheat, are
indicated in the latest bulletin on Min
nesota's 1913 crop, issued by the De-
partment of Agriculture and based on
i. crop conditions Sept. 1. Speaking gen.
,erally, the report says: perhaps new
or. or at least not for many years, has
Minnesota been blessed with agricul-
aural prosperity as this year.
st. Paul.-The entire draft machin-
go k,,~v I'D f0ncn n
tracing one soldiers meal ticket with
. value of go cents. The ticket, No.
2O15025, is lost, or at least no record
& Of IL is on file in the Adjutant Cen
erals Office. Local boards were told
to search their records for the book
containing the missing ticket The
search illustrates the thOroughness
with which Uncle Sam keeps track Of
his property. ...s an. ..
G.. II. Eckles, of the college Of agri-
culture, University of Missouri, has &C.
ceptcd the position recently vacated
by H. H. Kildee, as head of the dairy
husbandry division, department OF
agriculture, University of Minnesota.
Professor Eckles has held leading
place among dairy husbandry men In
the United States. Professor Eckles is
43 years old. He was born in Marshall.
town, Iowa, and is a graduate of Iowa
State College. Ames, Iowa, class of
1895.
St. Paul.-The Minnesota railroad
and warehouse commission refused to
approve telephone installation charges
proposed by telephone companies, de-.
claring them excessive and unjustifi.
able. The commission also forwarded
a protest to Postmaster General A. s.
Burleson against making the Federal
order which provides for readiness
to serve" or installation charge OF IS
to SIS. depending upon the monthly
rental of the service required by the
sui scriber, effective in Minnesota.
The age limit for students entering
the school of agriculture, University
OF Minnesota, has been reduced from
II to 16 years as q war measure. The
reduction in, the age limit has been
made in order to open the way for
more Minnesota boys to make special
preparation for farm work, and was
brought about by the new army law,
cutting the draft age to Is years. The
school will open Oct. % for five
months session. Special courses for
shorter periods also will be offered.
= Consumers as well as some dealers
seem to have misunderstood the new
wheat -four regulations" says A. D..
Wilson, Federal food administrator for
Minnesota. "The statement that the
$3.50 rule for the purchase of substi.
1utes has been changed to an 1920
rule seems to be the, cause for the
confusion. Many persons believe that
they can now buy I'VE pounds of stand.
ard wheat flour with every one pound
.of substitutes. This is not the case.
The 1920 rule means four pounds Of
wheat -four with every one pound Of
substitutes"
Winona.-E. G. Toan, principal Of
.nAn AoSford W}a arhn00a for GOV.