The Tomahawk., 1919-10-30

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100000 was sold at auction by State
Auditor ]. A. o. Preus to prevent its
loss.
St. Paul.--Distribution Of $1,706,700
in the semi-auuual distribution of the
general state school funds has been
postponed probably for month, It ts
announced.
Rochester.-Reports of committees
and election of officers marked the
closing day of the annual meeting of
the Women's Foreign Missionary So
ciety of the Winona district of the
Methodist church.
St. Paul.-Potatoes are moving to
market by hundreds Of cars daily to
beat freezing weather, and complaints
of car shortage apparently have ended
for a time, according to a report by
the State Railroad and Warehouse
commission.
Menahga.-Olof Junus, the Hillview
merchant, has threshed lis bushels of
clover seed from less than 20 acres of
land of his farm just south OF town
that will bring him the neat sum OF
$1,875 and will net him more than
what is made on 160 acres in the Iowa
corn belt.
Bemidji.-Thomas W. Swinson of
Bemidji, supervisor of the census for
the Sixth District, which includes the
counties of Atkin, Beltrami, Benton,
Cass, Grow Wing, Hubbard, Morrison,
Sherburne, Stearns, Todd and Wade
IT. 0vo
for the district.
Moorhead.-At the meeting of the
Minnesota Potato Growers association
here Nov. 5, 6, and Z. w. I. Nolan OF
Minneapolis, speaker of the lower
house of the Minnesota legislature;
Dean R. w. Thatcher of Minnesota
Agricultural college, and N. J. Holm
berg, commissioner of agriculture OF
Minnesota, will be among the speak
ers.
Minneapolis.-Only shift Of wind
saved the entire summer colony al
Groveland, Lake Minnetonka, from de
struction, when flames, famed by
gale, burned 21 cottages and the audi
torium and drove hundreds Of resi-
dents from their homes. Buildings and
furniture valued at more than 100000
were destroyed before Minneapolis
firemen checked the blaze at $50 a. m.
Six persons were injured.
Clearwater. - Wilbur F. Shattuck.
one of the incorporators of the Clear,
water Mercantile company, died at his
farm near here. He was an active pro
moter of the first rural mail service
and of the telephone system of this
community, and was vice president OF
the telephone concern since its or.
ganfzation. He was born in Franklin
county, New York, in 1857, and came
to Minnesota with his parents whe-
he was 10.
Crookston.-Little additional light
has been uncovered in the murder Of
Edna Werner, 17-yearole East Grand
Forks girl, who is alleged to have been
slain by Jim Smith, and Tom Thomas,
negroes of Grand Forks. Smith still
maintains that Thomas did the actual
killing, while Thomas maintains that
he was in a dice game the night of the
shooting, according to Polk county
authorities 1t is said that Thomas
statement 10 corroborated BY other
Grand Forks negroes,
Fairmont.-County Attorney c. p.
Cooper is mystified BY the receipt OF
a letter from Sherburne. this county,
Nv. NJ. Marks" declaring that
Marks" forged a check at Ceylon for
which offensa Frank Carey of Sher-
burne was arrested and held to the
grand Jury Marks" stated that he
had returned the money and defied the
authorities to catch him.
st. Paul.-The new statecwned
| -four mill, will be located in the Mid
| way district, with trackase facilities
and rear the State Agriccltursl col
iege. 1t was decided at a conferences
Of state c.E:eials-