The Tomahawk., 1918-07-25
News Of theState
Condensed for Busy Folks

Pine City.-A contingent of 40 men
from Pine county will leave here on
Thursday, July Is, for the army train
ing camp at Camp Wadsworth, S. G..
Bemidji.-Sherman Misses, so years
old, was killed by a. dynamite explo-
sion on his farm near Blackjack. He
is survived by wife and large FAM
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: Hibbing.-Forest fires which are rag
ing in the Sturgeon lake country are
not yet. checked, according to the lat
est information from settlers who are
making a brave fight against the fire
dend. rE''
r. st. Paul.-Advances in subscription
rates are announced by St. Paul pa
pers. The Pioneer Press, a morning
paper, which has sold for 2 cents, will
now cost 3 cents and the Dispatch.
an afternoon 1-cent paper, will sell for
cents.
Fairmont.-With-t the arms crushed
in windmill, William Wolf, 16, was
Whirled in the air until rescuers
ascended the tower and released him.
He was oiling the windmill and was
caught in the gearing. His arm was
broken in two places.
Detroit.-Joe Fragile, Itasca Park,
accidentally shot and killed himself
while hauling home deer which he
had illegally shot. Details of the &C.
cident are not known. Jesse S. Num-,
county coroner, decided an inquest
was unnecessary. The widow and
several small children survive.
Anoka-The Minnesota Dry Milk
company building here was destroyed
by fire. While the night Waterman
was ascending to the second floor to
find out why the lights went out, an
explosion occurred in the basement.
Five minutes later the four-story
structure was a mass of flames.
Moorhead.-There is considerable
blight in grain fields of Clay county,
according to reports received In Moor
head from several sections. Accord
ing to a survey made by A. G. O'Ban-
ion, county agent, the blight is caused
largely by seeding on poorly prepared
soil, or on soil that has been repeated
ly cropped with the same grain.
St. Paul.-Kaiser Bill might we'll
look at the garden of Mrs. Mary Sauro,
36 Upper Levee, and worry. One rad
ish raised in this garden would be
sufficient for a meal for one whole
family, If the family was addicted to
radishes. This radish is twenty inches
long and eight inches in diameter and
Is believed to be the biggest produced
In q Minnesota garden this year.
Minneapolis.-Ex 519 nurses In
Minnesota have already signed ques'
tlonnaires agreeing to enter Red Cross
war service by Jan. i, according to
reports made at a recent meeting OF
Minneapolis and st. Paul superinten-
dents of hospital training schools and
representatives of nursing organtza.
tfons in the state. Minnesota's quota
was set by national headquarters at
49,. ,..
inneapolis.-Oficers in charge of
United States army recruiting in Min
neapolis have announced that scores
of soldiers are wanted Immediately to
fiji up new units being organized. The
men will be trained alongside veteran
soldiers, and will have excellent
chances of getting commissions, re.
cruiting men say, because of the new
policy of picking officers directly from
the ranks. r.,.-
Mankato.-Mr. and Mrs. J. Wiseman
OF this city received news by telegram
of the drowning of their son, Clarence
Wiseman, at Fort Hunt, Va, where he
was a member of the United States
coast artillery. Word has been tele.
graphed to the commanding officer to
have the body sent to Mankato for
burial. The lad was born in Hender-
son, Neb., nineteen years ago, and be-
fore his enlistment attended the high
school here.
St. Paul-E. J. Lynch, collector of
internal revenue, says there Is little
doubt the retail liquor dealers are
growing fewer in the state. Not more
than 1000 licenses have been taken
out in Minnesota this year, while there
were $500 issued by the internal reve.
nue. officials last year. A. r. Knox, as
sistant cashier in the collectors office,
said many retail liquor dealers are
going out Of business in the cities and
the country liquor sellers are growing
gradually scarcer. The big dry areas
in the north of the state. including Du-
luth, will account for another block of
licenses that will not be issued this
year. '..,-.....- r..
inneapolis.-Certain advocates OF
the Nonpartisan league and other
agencies in North Dakota for changes
in the method Of handling grain were
condemned and restoration Of hedg-
ing privileges in handling Of wheat to
the same degree now permitted in
other grains was urged in resolutions
adopted by the Tri-State Country
Grain Shippers association, which
closed its annual convention here.
A. e. Anderson, Cottonwood, Mimi,
was elected president of tho associa-
ton. Vice presidents chosen were:
w IA Ionoa Grand Eorka N n. Otto