The Tomahawk., 1919-08-28
STATE BRfV|T|ES

East Grand Forks.-Iron reinforce
ments for the concrete structure of
the city hall has arrived after several
weeks. delay and full crew Of men
is working on the building.
Littlefork.-Settlers In the Forsyth
section have connected their homes
with a private telephone line. They
expect to extend the line to Littlefork
ut an early date. #
Sauk Rapids.-The continued abb
sence of Donald Campbell. 14-year-old
Sauk Rapids boy. who mysteriously
disappeared fourteen days ago, has
caused increasing anxiety at his home.
Stillwater.-Six hundred excursion
lists from Hastings visited the Mime
sofa state prison; the trip being made
under the auspices Of the Episcopal
church of that city. on the Steamer
Red Wing. -
Red Lake Falls.-The ninth annual
Red Lake county fair will be held at
Red Lake, Monday, Tuesday and Wed
nesday, Sept. 20, 80 and Oct. /, &C.
cording to an announcement made by
the board of directors.
Bemidji.-It is stated that SRooner
village is contemplating purchasing
all delinquent tax property in its cor
porate limits. The taxes prior to 1912
will be affected and there are about
! $1,000 that have never been paid.
Chatfield.-Dr. VIII Burke OF this
city and Lyman Miller of Wykoff were
both killed one mile north of Canton,
when the automobile they were riding
in struck a newly worked road and
turned over, pinning both men under
meath. #
Red Lake Falls-The first Red Lake
county poultry show will be staged
Sept. Is and 26, at Plummer, under the
auspices of the Red Lake County Poul-
try association. The annual market
day in Plummer will be Sept. rs, In
conjunction with the poultry show.
Biwabik. - Complaint has been
served on D. J. Eyer in a suit by
James Trewenneck of Gilbert for $10,'
600 for alleged damages to a young
son of Trewenneck, who was injured
by being struck by Ford car be-
longing to and driven by Mr.. Eyer.
Red Lake Falls.-The crop which
looked so promising month ago in
this county will not be half of what it
was then expected, the finishing
touches having been put on a large
part of the standing grain by the
severe rain and hailstorms which
swept this county.
Virginia-Rice Lake settlers, twelve
miles north of Virginia, are hot on the
trail of black bear that has been
killing their sheep. At one farm, the
bear killed eight sheep. It was chased
away from q farm. One hunting party
saw q bruin on the Vermilion road
south of Biwabik.
Lake Benton.-Three men were seri
ously injured when the boiler OF a
threshing machine engine exploded
at q farm near here in South Dakota.
Boiling water and steam were thrown
over the three men and one of them,
Engineer Killen, is in critical con.
dition. Fire which followed the ex'
plosion destroyed the threshing outfit
and q quantity of grain.
St. Paul.-Five hundred Minnesota
boys and girls, representing 10000
members of boys and girls clubs In
the state, are coming to the Minnesota
state fair, which opens Aug 30. The
farm boys will hold their eighth an.
nual camp ON the grounds. while the
girls. who are coming to their fourth
annual camp, will live IN dormitories
It the state farm school.
Winona.-Mrs. J. N. frey died as
rearlt Of burns received when a can
Of automobile varnish In the oven of
. kitchen stove blew up. Mrs. frey
had only q few days ago settled in a
new home. Fire was kindled in the
stove for the first time and she was
engaged in baking. The family was
unaware of the presence of the polish
In the stove, which had been placed
there in moving. When she opened
the oven door, q blast Of flame shot
out.
St. Paul.-It is predicted that the
Minnesota state fair will present the
greatest exhibit of boys and girls
contest work ever shown anywhere
In the world. The State Fair Asso'
citation is now investing about $4,000
yearly in this boys and girls club
work. Many special prizes are offered
In the various contests. Only recently
T. A. Erickson, the state leader, &C
cepted an offer Of Armour's bureau OF
agriculture research and economics to
give prizes of $50 each to five pig
club leaders in Minnesota, to pay fol
trips to the International Hvetstocl
show In Chicago this fall.
st. Paul.-The first lease of state
land At one cent an acre under the
offer by State Auditor J. A. o. Preus
to attract stockmen from drouth
stricken Western states to good pas
lures on Northern Minnesota cut-ovel
land has been made. George H. Cros
by, of Crosby, paid IS rental on s0t
acre tract of state land near that town
for q Western stockman who will pas
ture sheep there. The rental was
| ssked nv the auditor to comply Will