The Tomahawk., 1919-02-06
THE ToMAHAvk. WHITE EARTH. MINI.

Wabasha.-Rev. Joseph ID. Zahner,
pastor Of the Immaculate Conception
church here and st. Joseph's church
at Thielman, died of pneumonia. He
was 4S.
Stillwater.-Three hundred farmers
attended the annual institute and crop
show held at the village of Hugo. In
structors from the state agricultural
college were in attendance.
: Minneapolis. - With 80 additions
during 1918, the federal reserve sys.
tenn has S66 banks in it's membership
in the ninth district, according to
John H. Rich, federal reserve agent
Bemidji.-Partial reports of Bel
trami county tax valuations show that
the assessed valuation of the county
is $8,038,632, the assessed valuation per
acre is 1886, and redeemed warrants
to have been 6,160.
I Crookston.-Martin Ulseth, farm.
er of Hammond township, has left
Bethesda hospital, where he had been
for a week past owing to injuries re-
ceived at his farm. He had two ribs
broken when a steer struck him.
Hibbing.-President E. G. Hall of
the Minnesota State Federation of La.
Dor, who is on the range, denies re.
ports of projected strike among
mine workers that is agitated by a
small coterie of I. w. w. and says
that such reports are unfounded.
Thief River Falls.-The Pennington
County Agricultural society at it's an
nual election here elected: President,
Herbert Fuller; first vice president,
Albert Johnson; second vice presi.
dent, Fred Bierbauer; secretary, G..
Howard Smith; treasurer, A. J. Ander-
son.
Mankato.-The two Norwegian Lu-
theran churches in this city, Our Saw
ior's and Trinity Lutheran, are to be
united under the name of Bethlehem
Lutheran church, AZ q result of
joint meeting of the congregations
Rev. Nels Nordgaard was asked to
serve as pastor.
Crookston.-Sergeant Dean Leick,
son of Mr.. and Mrs. Robert Leick OF
this city, and A. F. Mckenzie of Bot
tineau, N. D., walked to Crookston
from Grand Forks, where they are
attending the University of North Da-
kota. The trip was made on an aver.
age of four miles an hour and with
out mishap.
Grand Rapids.-The farmers living
east of the Prairie river and all 9th.
ers interested will hold meeting at
the town hall here to discuss the fea-
sibility of building a potato warehouse
at Erskine's spur on Prairie river. The
warehouse would serve large terri
tory and save the farmers haul Of
three or four miles, and the project is
considered desirable.
St. Paul.-Reginald Eugene Pease,
St. Paul, arraigned in municipal court
before Judge Matthias Baldwin on
charge of bigamy. pleaded not guilty,
waived examination and was bound
over to the grand jury, which in
dicted him. Bail was fixed at $4,000
Pease is alleged to have q wife and
two small children In st. Paul and to
nave married Miss Goldie Russell, .
Duluth telephone operator, in ST.
perdor, Wis, Jan. IA,
st. Paul.-Closed July 80 following
discovery of shortages charged to the
president, w. H. Cloud, the First
State Bank Of Pequot has re-opened
under new management, it was an
nounced by F. e. Pearson, state su-
perintendent of banks. He said
stockholders have removed the short
ages A. T. Kimball, Pequot, and J.
O. Ostby, formerly Of Albert Lea, are
president and cashier, respectively,
under the new management.
Pipestone.-There is good reason
to believe that the state supreme
court will have opportunity. pass on
the constitutionality of the law which
prevents creameries from using lime
water to kill the acid in butterfat, 4, A
test case was brought by state off.
Gals against a Pipestone creamery
worker who was convicted in district
court here. In the event of the trial
Judge refusing new trial, the local
creamery company, supported by
other creameries of the state, will
appeal to the higher court.
st. Paul.-AndreW e. Fritz, state
public examiner, has recommended
that $22,273, a cash surplus from sale
Of rough fish by the state game com.
mission, be turned into the state
treasury by Carlos Avery, state game
and fish commissioner. The fish were
taken from lakes under state super
vision and sold practically at cost, un.
der orders Of the State Public Safety
commission, to reduce the cost Of liv.
ing. There is no law to cover the
situation, the public examiner says,
and he asks legislation to make dis
posal Of the funds.
st. Paul.-Speaking before repre-
sentatives Of q majority Of the county
farm bureaus of the state at the cap
itol, A. d. Wilson, state food admins
traitor and Official In charge of the
operation of the Federal farm bureau
program in the state, pressed the
claims of the county bureaus on state
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