The Tomahawk., 1918-05-23

Fergus Falls in charge of Deputy
Sheriffs Fleming and Nelson and COM
place. s.
Spooner.-Arthur H. Chamberlain.
who has been foreman of the News Of
flee here for the last three years, left
for Minneapolis to enter the service
at the British recruiting mission.
Aitkin.-The Red Cross executive
committee has elected Charles Fl.
Warner county chairman of the drive
to start May 20. Seven thousand
dollars is the allotment for Aitkin
county. - ..r
Windom.-Farmers in this region
report that crop conditions are the
best in years. The small grain is
coming up well and looks healthy and
;,+rong. Farmers will begin planting
corn this week.
International Falls.-Sheriff White
went to Hibbing and brought back
young man named Frank Poston,
who is charged with selling a mort
gagged team of horees and skipping
with the proceeds, amounting to $780,
St, Cloud-Sixty-eigh students will
be graduated from st. Cloud tech
nical high school this year. This Is
record Glass; president J. G. Brown
will deliver the graduation address on
June 6 in the high school auditorium.
Big Falls.-A. brush fire was start
ed by children ON the east side of the
railroad track, which cauced quite
scare and lot of brush and rubbish
was burned. NO damage was done
as shower came to the rescue.
International Falls.-Astels, the
man who confesses assaulting
school teacher recently at the Rogers
taken to Brainerd in few days to re-
Hceive sentence from Judge McClena-
han.
Thief River Falls.-W. w. Prichard,
Jr., for twelve years cashier of the
First National bank in this city, has
resigned. With his brother, Harry S.
Prichard, he will manage the lumber
and coal business of the Prichard
company.
St. Cloud.-President Marion L. Bur-
ton of the University of Minnesota
has been secured to give the COM
mencement address at the exercises OF
the normal school term closing June
5, according to the announcement of
President J. c. Brown.
Little Falls.-While coming to the
city team driven by Mr.. and Mrs.
Herman Lemnitz of Parker town be-
came frightened and ran away. Mr..
Lemnitz was pulled over the dash
board and suffered several severe body
bruises and a cut on the head. Mrs.
Lemnitz was not injured.
Crosby.-The Crosby 1ronton branch
of the American Red Cross shipped
during April S,341 articles, which in
cluded 80 hospital bed shirts, so pairs
pajamas, 40 bed socks, 40 wash cloths,
comfort pillows, 81 sweaters, he'll
met, 1 muffler, % pairs knit socks
and 8,037 surgical dressings.
Crookston.-Supt. C. G. Selvig of the
agricultural school got letter from
w. w. Fraser, livestock commissioner
of the province of Manitoba, located
at Winnipeg, in which he states that
they need number of professional or
| expert shearers of sheep in Manitoba.
Sheep owners will pay good wages. {
observation-disclosures from a ter
| ritory defined. on the north by line
running through Mahnomen, on the
| south by Henning, west Fargo and
east New York Mills, met here and
| formed a district unit of the Mime
sofa State Creamery and Cheese Fac
tory Operators and Managers associa-
! ton =
Grand Rapids:-Itasca county has
sent All men to camp under the draft
system Two hundred and thirty-nfne
have left since the questionnaires have
been filled out. There are now ap-
proximately 200 men in Class 1 who
have received physical examination
and are qualified for service. The
men are now awaiting call. .r~
Bemidji.-Mayor Vandersluis, City
En- gineer Swinson and Alderman Gar
lock are home from an inspection of
water systems of six cities, they hav-
ing been delegated as a special COM
mittee by the city council to make
inspections and Investigations with
references to a solution of the water
works problem in Bemidji.
:Alexandria.-"The war situation in
Minnesota, from loyalty standpoint,
is better today than it ever has been,"
declared Governor J. A. A. Burnquist
of Minnesota in an address here to
the Minnesota Congregational con-
ference. Governor Burnquist declared
that German agents had made strenu-
Gus efforts to spread their propa-
ganda in Minnesota but that they had
been checkmated by the efforts of
government, state officials and public
spirited citizens.
Grand Rapids.-ltasca county au-
thorities are seeking to clearly es-,