The Tomahawk., 1918-12-19
STATE BRfVIIIES.

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Ortonville-Nels Lindgren, the first
settler in Ortonville township, is
Gead. He settled on his claim here.
IL 1870 and the log house in which
he resided is still in existence. He
leaves eleven children. II. =
Keewatin. - The "fu" situation IN
this section is greatly improved.
There were one or two new cases re-.
ported the first Of the week, but they
are on the road to recovery. The VII
lage hospital has discharged two
| cases. =
st. Cloud.-The st. Cloud CONNER.
ciAl club adopted a resolution in favor
Of prohibiting the teaching Of German
in public schools throughout the
United States. A committee to- be
elected later will take steps to make
this a national measure.
St. Cloud.-St. Cloud has been divid'
ed into four sections for the Red Cross
membership drive. Milton Guthman,
chairman, and Walter Niskern and F.
| A. r. Moore, who form the central
committee for Stearns county, have
mapped out the local work. $3.50"
| Stillwater-A farmer named Louis
Zeiger was fined $3.50 and given four
| months in the county Jail here for call
| ing Wilson a vile name and for saying
! he would rather throw his money into
| the St. Croix river than to put it into
Liberty bonds. Zeiger pleaded guilty
under the espionage act.
| Anoka-A peace celebration will be
held here Dec. 16 in the ArmOry, with
a seating capacity of 5000. President
| M. L. Burton of the University of Min
nesota and Former Representative j..
Adam Bede have sbeen invited to
speak, and state officials gre asked to
| join in the celebration.
| st. Paul.-The state Of Minnesota
| derives a total revenue this year of
| $4,465, ,107 from the iron ore properties,
an increase Of more than 18 per cent
| over 1917, according to statement is
sued by the tax commission. Includ.
ing taxes for state, county, school and
municipal purposes, the taxes on the
mineral properties aggregate $l0,564,-
800 for 1913, payable in 1919.
Grand Rapids.-Lewis Dane loaded
five mutton lambs into the tonneau of
his automobile, wired them in with
woven wire and took the animals to
| the market at Nashwauk. Farmers
| who wish to take the trouble to haul
| their produce, etc., to the range towns,
| according to the reports, and to hunt
! up a market for the same, are usually
we'll repaid for time and energy.
Moorhead.-In Clay county, during
the last crop year, 2,616,574 bushels
of wheat was produced, according to
reports filed with A. c. O'Banion, the
county farm agent, by the thresher-
men, in compliance with the orders of
the Federal food administration. The
reports give the wheat acreage for the
| county at 113,904 acres. making an
! average wheat production Of 22.97
bushels an acre.
Hill City.-This place Is experienc.
ing another siege of the 'flu." This
| timeeit appears in the form of sore
throat followed by a high fever.
| Seven new cases were reported in the
Woodenware factory and many local
cases are again appearing. Under
| taker o. F.. Williams and Miss Laura
| Thurman, local school teacher, are
| among those confined to their homes
with the disease.
| Chisholm. - Chisholm's pledge Of
| $35,5OO to the United War Work fund,
which was made by the local defense
league and which covered the village
quota of $2S,4O0 plus Is per cent,
which was to make up for the deficit
which would result from no subscrip-
tion being made in the district swept
by forest fires, has practically been
| paid through heavy contributions
| made by the mining companies, &C.
cording to D. C. Hackett, secretary of
! the defense league.
Cloquet.-Cloquet's fire-fighting quar-
| tet, who with their chief constitute the
| villages department, have decided to
become metropolitan. They insisted
on the double platoon system, which
would allow them twelve hours lib
erty in twenty-four, and, failing to ac-
complish results by their insistence,
they quit. ''We can't take chances on
1AvAuS OIL uoy GAuu 0AA AA6Ak 4A Iu0
shack they call the flre station" said
Alfred Galerneu. Galerneu iS one of
I the members who quit. The others
are Ed Blake, John Johnson and Ray
Goodman. III they'll put the double
platoon system in effect" said Caller
neu, "we'll 60 back" Chief Maghan
is now Cloquet's fire department.
st. Paul.-Donald Stearns, Blue
Earth, treasurer-elect of Faribault
county, has had thrust on him the dis
| tinction Of being the first discharged
| soldier to be elected to public Office in
| Minnesota, according to reports at the
| Capitol. Enlisting in the air service,
Young Stearns went into training at
Kelly Field, near San Antonio, Texas,
and in an accident lost the sight Of
ono eye. He was honorably dis
oho r0od and returned IN hioo hoyv,o f,