The Tomahawk., 1918-08-08

1 Moorhead.-Clay county has enlist
ed 879 men for farm work, with cOun-
ty labor committee, headed by G. n
report today. = *z@s .:= I$t
Moorheed.-A military funeral was
held here for Lieutenant Olaf ]. Tan
ner of Moorhead, an aviator, who
crashed to death on Texas aviation
field several weeks ago.
Fergus Falls.-The city police sta
ton in this city was struck by light
ming during storm and was set afire-
The flames were extinguished before
much damage was done. %
Hibbing. 49, State mine shipments
leaped into a new record for this sea-
son with the announcement that the
state owned properties last week
shipped 204,411 tons of ore. ~
Wabasha. - Forty-eight men have
left here for Camp Wadsworth, 8: O..
This quota did not exhaust Glass /,
but number of 1918 registrants hav.s
volunteered to leave Immediately and
they will depart for Indianapolis An.
gust Is.
St. Paul.-Adjt-Ge w. F. Rhinow
has been notified by Provost Marshal
Gen. E. H. Crowder that more THAI
10000 Minnesota draft registrants will
be called during August. Approxi-
mately 1000 of this total will be ne
grOes. =.
Red Lake Falls.-Business men in
the towns in this county have agreed
to assist the farmers in harvesting
their crops. A number of men have
signed cards pledging themselves to
work four'days week, for two weeks,
Saturdays excepted.
Rochester-Robert Saul, 10 years
old, was shot and instantly killed hero
by Ellsworth BMYess, son of Rev. c..
E. Burgess Of Rr-hester. Burgess
didn't know the guf vas loaded? The
Saul boy, who lived at Winona, was
visiting in Rochester. /.
Two HarbOrs.-A c.Aw of men and
a derrick scow which Aas been sta
toned here for several weeks over.
hauling the west breakwater that was
damaged by the ice last winter, has
about completed its work and expects
to leave soon for Duluth.
Little Falls.--Lester LOngley is tho
first Little Falls boy, who has enlisted
since the war broke out, to work his
He received his commission at the
officers engineer training school ut
Camp Lee, Petersberg, Fla.
Winona.-Patriotic addresses and
music featured the. twenty-eighth an
nual convention Of the Minnesota
Funeral Directors association in ses-
sion here. w. L. Colyer Of Morris, "a
years old, Civil War veteran and tho
oldest active undertaken in Minnesota,
gave stirring address.
Cloquet.--Employes of the Rath.
borne, HAT & Ridgeway Box factory
have gone out on strike for an in
crease in wages. Since the employees
of sawmills here were given an in.
crease recently of so cents day, tho
box factory workers have been dis.
It Is said. Manager Peter
Thull, Jr., ordered the factory closed
until an agreement is made. =
St. James.-Bernard Remple, presi-
dent of the Peoples State bank at
has been held to the Wa
tonwan county grand jury on a charge
of disloyalty. Remple, who Is thought
to be worth $250,O00, is alleged to have
said the German troops would get the
into the pocket on tha
French front and kill them off, as they
had no business In France.
Crosby.-Village Assessor Richard
T1h hno nd thnk thn
sessed valuation Of Crosby this year
is $685. 1884. This is an increase Of
more than $2,500,OO0 over last year.
The valuation is .apportioned as fol-
lows: Real estate, $4,653,263; per-
sonal, $394,022; cash and credits,
$4,000. The value of mined iron ore
was placed at 3139,69S. The village
were assessed at $60,633.
Duluth.--Safety Commissioner SiI-
Duluth, has written Senator
Knute Nelson and Congressman c. B.
Miller, Minnesota, and Senator Lon.
Oliver, Wis.,, close to the United
root, Wisconsin, asking that federal
action be taken against saloons at
States Steel plant, Duluth, and to ship
yards, both Of which are turning out
government contracts. The presence
Of the saloons was characterized 40 q
national menace" IF
Morris.-The annual harvest season
is on in Stevens county, rye and bar
ley being the hrst crops to face tho
binder. One field of rye was cut last
week and was the first in shock BE-
tween Morris and st. Paul. Wheat 10
rapidly ripening and all other grains
are nearing the shocking stage. From
present appearance the farmers Of
this county will reap the most profit
able harvest in their history and the
outlook is the best in years. -
Minneapolis. - SO thoroughly has
Germany saturated Russia with lying
propaganda, Russian people now bo-
l;oyo <hof tho Gormana have vvon thu