The Tomahawk., 1919-09-25
STATE BRFVITIES

in this section is the best In years
one farmer realizing $4,000 worth OF
Of seven acres. lt,s
st. Pathfinder Of 120 state-owned
tracts will be offered for sale October
Is, by State Auditor J. A. o. Preus, il
has been announced.
Bemidji-Joseph Miller and his wife
pleaded guilty in district court to
blind pigging and were each fined $50
and sentenced to thirty days in jail.
Moorhead.-At a bid of $22,862, c.
II. Johnson of Great Falls, Mont, was
awarded the contract for the basement
of the north and south ends of the
new high school building.
Stillwater.-Louis Lohman Of Lake
Elmo has sold his elevator at that
place to the Equity Cooperative Elk
change. The price paid is said to bt
around the $4,000 mark.
St. Paul-George A. Coates, a pa
tient at the Fergus Falls insane hospi
tai, committed suicide with a razor
according to word received from Ur. 4
o. Welch, superintendent Of the hos
pital.
Fergus Falls The demand fol
teachers, like the demand for every
thing else, has already outrun the sup
ply in this part of the state, and hun
dreds Of schools will be unable to open
this fall on account of the shortage
Winona.-After two weeks of ex
treuae dryness, rain, which fell over
all of the southern part of Minnesota
was declared to be worth millions OF
dollars. .Threshing operations are
practically completed in most Of the
territory.
Spooner.-School consolidation car
ried by vote Of 40 to 4. The Silver
Creek school district and Spooner In.
dependent district No. 112 will be
Joined as one district. The Silver
Creek pupils will be brought in by
team to attend the Spooner schools
Bemidji-As the result of action
taken by the board of education at a
meeting here no teachers in the Be-
midi schools will receive less than
800 a month This amount was
placed as a minimum and all teachers
getting that amount were given an in
crease of 81 in salary.
Worthington.-The funeral Of Ira s.
Mishler, sheriff of Mobiles county, who
was killed when a revolver he was
examining was discharged, was held
here under the auspices Of the Knights
of Pythias lodge. Mr.. Mishler was
identified with the sheriff's Office for
more than twelve years.
Winona.-The establishment Of q
new government fish hatchery on the
upper Mississippi has been authorized
by the government, it has been an
nounced. The decision to erect the
new station, however, does not mean
that the Homer plant near Winona
will be disturbed, according to officials
there.
Little Falls-Morrison county is ex.
periencing an unprecedented sale OF
lands. Farmers are coming from the
surrounding states and buying farms
here. Never before have outsiders
come to this county in the numbers
that they have this year. Land has
Increased in value over 100 per cent in
the last few years.
|. Stillwater.-Fired destroyed all of the
farm buildings of County Commission
er William Minogure, at Masterman
Crossing, with the exception of his
fhome and his garage building. It is
believed the fire was started by q
spark from a threshing engine. The
loss is estimated at $4,000, partially
covered by insurance.
Aitkin.-John Goff, having farm
near Glen postoffice, has been raising
ginseng for eleven years. starting
with few plants which he brought
| from the woods and set out in small
bed, 6 by feet. He now has plants
covering bed 80 by 100 feet, besides
other plants growing in the woods. He
finds market for all he raises.
Little Falls.-Arrangemen are be
ing completed for the twenty-fifth an
nual convention Of the Minnesota
Federation of Women's Clubs to be
held here beginning Sept. "a and con
tinue through Friday, Sept. 26. Off
GERS of the organization predict that
| this will be one of the most success
.ul meetings held by that body. A pro
| gram of notable speakers in being ar
ranged.
Spooner. - Oscar E. Johnson o.
! Spooner township, raised the best crol
Of wheat, rye, oats and barley in this
locality, according to Arthur Holm
gren Of Carp, who threshed Mr.. John
sons grain. Mr.. Johnson's oats av
eraged fifty bushels; rye, twenty-five
and barley, twenty. Mr.. Johnson ha:
has more land cleared and ready TO-
the plow and expects much more
acreage in grain next season.
st. Cloud.-Martin Kurlunski, II
years old, is suffering internal injurie!
which probably viii be fatal; hi
brother, julius, II years old, lost hi
right arm below the elbow, and VII
liam Arnovich, 26 years old, suffered
painful cuts when a truck driven b!
the latter crashed into q switch en-
CINE at the west end yards here. AL
three were taken to the hospital, bu
Arnovich, insane with grief and tn
belief that he was responsible for tn
accident. escaped and went to the Kur
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