The Tomahawk., 1919-06-26
STATE B RfVITlES.

Thief River Falls-Thief River Falls
will have no formal celebration Of
July Fourth. ,,-. 49,. -.
Mora.-The business men and citi-
zens of Mora have already subscribed
$400 towards the Fourth of July cele-
bration. r., ~
Blue Earth.-The Mankato district
OF the Methodist church has gone over
the top by $4,000 in the centenary
movement. .-.. .. ~ y
Fergus Falls.-The officers of the
Otter Tail County Old Settlers associa-
tion have decided to hold the annual
reunion at Battle Lake on Sunday,
June 20.
Bemidji-K. K. Roe, clerk in the Of
fee of A. d. johnson, county auditor,
announced that 19,194 acres of govern
ment lands have been placed on the
1919 tax rolls of the county. :.
Brainerd.-Ole p. Orrvar, 70 years
old, was fatally injured when struck
by an automobile driven by Gilbert
Antonson. He suffered a fractured
skull and died four hours later.
Minneapolis.-The body of Edward
Lange. 25 years old, son of Ernest
Lange, q farmer residing near Maple
Grove, was found in the hay barn of
his father, after the young man had
attended church.
st. Paula special balloon, which
left Omaha, Neb, at IL p. m. Thursday
night, landed three miles south of
Wyoming, Minn., near here, making
the $50 miles at an average speed of
20 miles an hour.
Thief River Falls.-U. 8. Veterina-
rian George Sand is in Pennington
county testing the thirteen herds of
cattle which reacted last fall, and
there will be about 5000 head to be
tested next October.
Hbbing.- According to reports re-
ceived here, Alex Aho. living at Buhl,
blew his head off with stick of dyna-
mite in the woods about twenty miles
north Of Kinney. He left a note to the
effect that he would kill himself.
Thief River Falls.-Elwin Myron
was arraigned before Judge N. w.
Tarrant on the charge of violating the
liquor laws. Judge Tarraht bound
him over to the grand jury under
bonds of $500, which were furnished.
Long Prairie.-Joseph Ger1ach, re-
ported by the government to have
been drowned when the troop ship
Tuscania was torpedoed, and for many
weeks thereafter mourned by his par
ents as dead, has arrived home from
France. & w -. ~s-.u r. r. =
Bemidji-Charged with assaulting
a neighbor, Stenwell Peterson Of Jones
township on Memorial day was ar
raigned before Judge John Gibbons in
municipal court and bound over to the
September session of the Beltrami
county grand jury. = e.. ..., .*ses
St. Paul. L. Rogers, former pro-
prietor of the Revere hotel, who was
shot by gunman in front of the Union
hotel, here, is still in a critical condi-
tion at the St. Paul city hospital. The
bullet entered Rogers left side and
passed out on the right side.
East Grand Forks.-The Northwest
ern Telephone company is busy in
stalling new cables preparatory to the
complete physical connection with the
wires Of the Tri-State company. 1t is
expected that the consolidation will
be effected within about three weeks.
Warren. - e. G. Ballard, formerly
president of the Farmers State bank
of Grygla, entered plea of guilty to
the charge of grand larceny at the
June term of the district court here.
Judge Andrew Grindeland has not yet
pronounced sentence and Ballard is
out on bail. .- '-.S
Bemidji.-When district court con-
venes for the fall term of court in
Beltrami county, Sept. 9, thirty men Of
foreign birth will be present for the
purpose of proving to r. X. Doe, nat
uralizatioh officer, and the presiding
Judge, that they are qualified to be-
come citizens of the United States.
st. Cloud.-The local American Le-
gion voted to support the local Ma
tional Guard company in their cam
paign for memorial armory and audi
torium. The city commissioners re-
Gently set July 8 as the date for an
election on the proposition of bonding
the city for $4,000, to be used in the
erection of such building.
Moorhead.-The Minnesota Holstein
Breeders association, in second annual
meeting here, took steps to bring
about increased operations through re-
organization. A special committee
was authorized to formulate plans for
reorganization. The association plans
to broaden its scope of operation to
cover all sections Of the state and to
adopt a more aggressive policy in the
conduct Of its affairs, according to the
president, E. P. Winship, Of Owatonna.
st. Paul-Northwest farmers are
advised to take advantage Of the prob
able opportunity afforded this year to
increase supplies Of clover, timothy
and other tame grass, in . bulletin
issued by J. N. Holmberg, state com.
missioner Of agriculture. Following
total losses Of timothy and clover seed
crops the last two years, prospects
0nw are fOr an oYcol1onf cron tho