The Tomahawk. [volume] (White Earth, Becker County, Minn.) 1903-192?, 1918-06-13
Brief Items of
State News

Chisholm E. H. Nelson has
ben sworn in as commissioned Of
flcer in the Minnesota Home Guard.
i Eveleth.-The second annual baby
Welfare week was this week. The age
limit is 5 years instead of 2, as be-
fore.
International Falls.-Felix Raisch,
who has been employed On an Interna-
tional Lumber Company's alligator
(boat), has enlisted in the tank SER
vice of the regular army.
Fergus FallsAThe Ninth District
Bankers convention which met here
elected President, S. A. Erickson, of
Crookston; vice president, G. I. Brandt
Greenbush; secretary and treasurer,
J. e. Bake, Detroit.
=. Brainerd.-Crow Wing county's
allotment in the war savings, stamp
drive Is 1857 900, an amount nearly
equalling that asked for the Third
Liberty loan. The campaign has al
ready begun here and $4,000 raised.
Minneapolis at the Uni
versity of Montana are still undecided
and puzzled over large devil fish
which was caught in an irrigation
ditch near Missoula. TIE creatures
body measured IL inches in circum-
ference and tentacles were five feet
long. Experts say the fish was cap
able of drowning man.
Mahnomen.-H. S. Reichert, of the
light and power plant, plans for the
enlargement of the plant next year.
He expects to get through this year
with the power that he now has, but
if the business keeps growing another
year the way it has this year, the two
units that are now doing the work
will be unable to handle the load.
Bemidji.-Charles e. Battles was
granted by the city council permission
to occupy a part of Beltrami avenue
with material in remodering the old
Challenge hotel, adjoining his brick
business block Work is progressing
on the excavation for basement under
the entire structure. It is the inten-
ton of Mr.. Battles to entirely remodel
the old hotel, making it an attractive
and substantial business building:
Waseca.-Lieut Bernard Gallagher,
attached to a medical corps, reported
missing in action in war department
casualty list last April, is "A prisoner
in a German camp at VAIN Rhine
land, Germany, according to a cable
gram received by his father, R. M.
Gallagher of this ci:y. The message
which said that Lieut.. Gallagher is
perfectly well and not worried, was
forwarded through tic Paris headqoar-
tiers of the American Red Cross.
Red Lake Falls.-The present steel
and wood bridge across the Clear
water river, here will be replaced this
summer with a 100000 reinforced
concrete structure as the result of the
com bined acton of the city council
and the Red Lake county goard, the
county to pay $25,000,and the city
to, furnish $4,000 in cash and do
building a temporary eoad to be used
$4,000 worth of work in, grading and in
while the bridge is under construction.
St.. Paul.-Seventeen guns were
fired in salute whom Governor J. A. A.
Burnquist arrived at St. Thomas col.
lege to attend Home Coming celebra-
ton and the dedication of the college
service flag cont aiming 81 stars. The
flag was dedicatsd in the new college
chapel by Bishop James Trobec, at
tended by DR.. F.. X. Schaefer, of St.
Paul seminary and Rev. Walter DAILY
of st. Thoma. college. There was
music by a r1oir of 200 voices from
St. Paul Seminary and by the 36th
infantry bano, Fort Smelling.
Minneapolis-The law requires draft
ed men to always carry their regis
times on their person, so that they
tration and classid cation card at all
may show it to any duly accredited
official or police officerswhen ct,mand-
ed. The penalty loc failure 10 carry
such cards is one year In the federal
penitentiary. A great many men
from the country districts are assum-
ing the hazard of this penalty, and
hundreds of them are coming to the
cities without a registration card OF
any sort. Emphasis should be laid up
on the necessity of carrying the cards,
and it will undoubtedly save many
of them from serious consequences
due TO their neglect. &c,
Warren.-At the summer melting Of
the Red River Valley Livestock Breed
ment associations to be held here
er's and the Red River Valley Develop
June 20 and II well-known stock spe-
cialists will be on hand to acquaint
Northwestern Minnesota farmers with
war times. Among speakers expected
needs for meat production in these
are Duncan Marshall, minister Of ag-
riculture of Alberta; ]. D. McGregor,
Brandon, Man., who raised the inter
national champion two years in sue
cession, and DR.. C.. w. Gay. There
will also be q discussion of the pro-
posed building at Crookston for
winter livestock show. On the even
inS NJ June 20 there Will be loyalty