The Tomahawk., 1918-09-05

| service EXAMINATION. i no UNIV 80
Truman is vacant.
Virginia.-Julius Misholin, arrested
at Gilbert for seditious. talk ana
brought here, has been returned to ILL
bert for hearing. Federal agents
will investigate his case. :,
! .Mankato.-The rainy weather OF the
past two weeks has seriously inter-
fered with the plans for shock thresh'
ing, and it is likely that there will b
considerable loss from damaged grain.
st. Cloud.-An investigation oy the
local food administration disclosed
| fifty-three sacks of wheat IN the barn
of John S. Nett, representative from
the SECOND precinct of the Forty.sixth
district, in the town of Farming.
Bemidji-With the Installation of
the machinery ordered for the new
potato flour mill, which is to be estab-
lished at Bemidji, the department OF
agriculture at Washington will send
committee to inspect the plant when
running. /.
Red Lake Falls-The right OF L. ].
CHASER, special agent of the Minnesota
Public Safety commission, to seize his
entire stock of liquor viii be contested
by Dan Champeau, whosN saloon was
one of the six put out Of business here
by the recent order of the commission.
Grand Rapids.-The7 annual sale OF
stateowned lands in Itasca county
was held at the courthouse in Grand
Rapids. Bidding was lively for about
dozen descriptions, all improved
property. The sale was conducted by
q deputy from the Office of State Audi
tor J. A. o. Preus. u. =.
Winoua-Mississipp clammers have
been rcaping harvest during the last
few weeks, the stage of the water in
the river enabling them to secure the
clans more easily than when high wa
ter prevails. The industry has been
growing extensively on the upper Mis-
sissippi and it has been profitable.
Minneapolfs.-Minne has fallen
from third place to twenty-eighth In
the sale of War Savings Stamps
throughout the United States for the
month of July, according to the OIL
cial figures received by Postmaster
Purdy. The July sales In Minnesota
have amounted to 1920, 1896, a per
capita average of $1.S1. H.. 49,.
CrOokst0n.-L0rne DarkOm, III"
year-old son of Theodore Darkom.
Crookston, was drowned In Red river
while playing in boat with two other
youngsters. Though unable to swim
the boy dived in the river and came
up four times. He was rescued by his
father half an hour later; the pulmo-
tor being used. but to no avail.
Winona.-Because,- they state, Engi-
neer A. F. Gaulke of the Gould Grain
company was discharged and the COM
pany failed to grant the other en-
ployes a raise from 3211z cents to As
cents an hour in wages, the rest OF
the force at the elevator walked out
and refuse to 60 back unless their
engineer is reinstated and they get
the increase. ~ .. 49,. -.
Hibbing.-The 300 pounds Of wheat
-four and sixty pounds of sugar
seized from. Louis Putzel of Brook
lyn addition and $50 pounds of -four
and seventy-five pounds of sugar taken
from Libre Collyard by Federal agents
few days ago, has been turned over
to the Hibbing Red Cross chapter and
probably will be sold at the st. Louis
county fair, to be held here Aug. 81.
Sept. and 2. '~ .>:... j r.. 49,.
Mankato.-Blue Earth county went
dry by an estimated majority of 500
to 700 on returns received from the
county outside of Mankato. Mankato,
the county seat, gave the vets q ma
jority of AZ, it's vote being 1889 for
license and 1,047 against. Thirty sa'
looms will be closed as result, Is in
Mankato and the remainder at Good
Thunder, Madison Lake and St. Clair.
Crosby.-Local policemen state that
Mrs. John Hill, who shot and Killed
her husband at Manganese, had been
in jail here for drunkenness. Reports
from Manganese say that the body lay
out all night and that the woman went
back to bed. In the morning the body
was covered by a neighbours wife. Just
before the officers took the woman to
Brainerd, her husbands body was TAX
en- to Crosby and as the undertaken
passed her she waved her hand and
yelled, Goodbye, Jack" ~. ~.
St. Paul.-Minnesota Is furnishing.
nearly 100000 tons of ore to make
steel and iron for big guns and many
other war munitions, according to q
statement by State Auditor Preus, Gus
todian of state-owned mines, who has
just returned from an extended visit
on the iron range. Minnesota iron
mines are shipping this season the
largest tonnage on record" Mr.. Preus
said. 1T is estimated that the total
will exceed 100000 tons, and that
more than 100000 of the aggregate
will be in shipments from state-owned
Mines" .. -~ ~ -
st. Paul. = Raymond F. Schroeder,
st. Paul, representing labor on the
state board Of arbitration, rendered his
resignation to Governor Burnquist In
q communication to the governor, Mr..
Schroeder explained that the un-
friendly attitude of organized labor to-