The Tomahawk., 1919-06-05

SlaytOn.-MurraJ COuuCy WILL VA
pend 100000 on its roads this year,
exclusive of work done on the state
roads.
St. Cloud.-Joseph P.Heltemes, aged
66 years, one of the we'll known pio-
neer settlers in this section of the
state, died suddenly at his home.
Rush City.-Frank Hanson OF Rush
City has been appointed deputy state
oil inspector for the district, including
Pine, Chisago and Kanabec counties.
Tenstrike.-One thousand selected
ewes purchased of L. H. White, tho
North Dakota sheep grower, will be
brought to Tenstrike next week to be
placed on the A. E. Gibson farm in the
town of O'Brien.
Walker.-Judge c. w. Stanton OF
this city will be the principal speaker
at the Walker high school commence
ment, the evening of May 30. In the
| morning Judge Stanton will be the
Memorial day orator at Laporte. -
Blackduck.-Farmers of the Black
duck territory are to form q Potato
Growers association, and at meeting
to be held the organization will be per-
fected. A. w. Aamodt, agriculturist,
will assist in forming the association.
Bemidji.-A. P. Richie, local post
master, was notified by the postal de-
partment that the rural mail route
to be operated in the territory north
west of Bemidji, to be known as No.
4, has been established and will start
June 16.
| Two HarbOrs.-Iron Range railroad
section men reported that forest fires
in the vicinity of Mile Post SS are all
out. The fires at Mile Post 60 are
smouldering and are not considered at
all serious. Stories of bad fires are
much exaggerated.
sebeka. Mrs. w. H. Wilson Of this
village has received word from the
war Departments that her brother, Will
liam Smith, who~ was wounded on or
about July Is and reported missing,
has not yet been located, and it is fear
ed that he is dead.
Aitkin. - Llewellyn Rice, butter
maker at the AL Zoerb creamery, was
seized with coughing spell in thea
ter, and as he attempted to leave his
limbs became useless. He was taken
to the N. P. Hospital at Brainerd and
is suffering from paralysis.
Hibbing.-The 13-months-old child Of
Mr.. and Mrs. E. Coppar was stricken
with infantile paralysis and the home
was quarantined. There were five
cases of infantile paralysis In the
township last year. Two new cases
of it were reported this week, but the
| &oko NJ 20 at tho nraSpnf
time is less than six.
| Warren.-Warren has been chosen
for the 1920 district convention of the
Federation of Women's clubs. Officers
for the coming year are: Mrs. c. c.
Selvig, Crookston, president; Miss An
ma Tenant, vice president; Mrs. G. P.
Rice, Breckenridge, recording secre-
tary: Mrs. E. S. jenkins, Ada, treas
urer: Mrs. Bernard, Warren, secretary.
Winton.-The teachers and pupils OF
the Winton school gave short pro-
gram on the lawn at the school
grounds when a new flag was raised.
AS the flag was being raised the chill
dren sang "The Star Spangled Ban
ner," then all recited the flag salute.
A short address by Supt. H. E. White
and the singing of America closed the
exercises.
| Eveleth.-The fuel possibilities Of
the peat bogs of Northern Minnesota
and the proposition of finding mar
ket for such product if this enormous
resource of st. Louis county and the
northern part of the state can be CON-
mercialized were discussed at the last
meeting of the Engineers Club OF
Northern Minnesota, held in the OIL
YER clubrooms here.
Winona.-The six weeks strike Of
employees of the Interstate Packing
company was settled by compromise
effected by Mayor J. H. Protz.
The company raises the mems wages
five per- cent in addition to the
ten per cent increase offered just be-
fore the strike. The hours remain the
same, the new union is not recognized,
the packing plant remains an open
shop and the company reserves the
right to exclude men chiefly active in
1.-The recent strike.
St. Paul.-The fifty-third annual ses-
sion of the Minnesota State Homeo-
pathic institute held here elected H. o.
Skinner of st. Paul, president; Ethel
Hurd, Minneapolis, vice president; G.
M. Schmidt, Lake City, secretary, and
Margaret Koch, Minneapolis, treas
urer. George Haywood of Minneapo-
lis was named on the censor board,
and George B. Hamlin, William E.
Leonard and D. A. Locke, also of Min
neapolis, were chosen members of the
executive committee.
Minneapolis.-Dete of DR..
Marion l.. Burton of the university to
bar from the teaching staff all expo
nents OF radical principles or Of So
cialistic tendencies was seen at the
Injecting Of the board of regents. The
decision was obvious in DR.. Burton's
announcement of fifteen new profess
ors, associate professors, assistants
and instructors, who were accepted
by the regents. To make sure that
| ro dica1 theories wonld not he brought