The Tomahawk. [volume] (White Earth, Becker County, Minn.) 1903-192?, 1919-05-01

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Mankato.-Phi!ip Lead, for six years
chief of the local fire department, and
for "a years a member of that or
ganization, has resigned.
Winona.-Bills will be introduced In
congress to make Winona or La
Crosse the center of fish rescue work
on the upper Mississippi.
Observation-Disclosures of the Mankato
Firemen Relief association made the
first purchase of Victory Loan Bonds
in Blue Earth county, when they sub
scribed $1,000 to the drive.
Walker - Members of the Cass
County Development association, IN
session at the annual meeting at the
court house here, were unanimous IN
favorirc a continuance of the state
fair exhibit.
Pillager.-The Guyana Range Power
company now furnishes power to
Brainerd. Deerwood, Crosby, 1ronton,
Guyana, Pillager, Motley, Walker, Axe
ley, TrOmmald, Manganese, Woodrow
and Riverton.
Bemidji. Joe Jerome was bound
over to the federal grand jury on a
charge of having stolen letter con-
tanning a returned soldiers bonus
check. The check was payable to
Vaino Niomi and was for $50.
Slayton.-Farmers of Murray coun-
ty have formed farm land bank here.
r. r. Blake was elected president and
L. Anderson secretary and treasurer.
Loans amounting to $4,000 were aP
piled for at the initial meeting.
Brainerd.-A car for the shipment OF
waste paper under the direction of the
chamber of commerce wss spotted"
on the Northern Pacific tracks here
early in the morning and was filled
before night and ready for shipment
St, Paul.-Ernest H. Kiekenapp,
Lake Benton, who recently returned
from overseas, where he was in mill.
tary service, will succeed H. T. Hal
vorson, Alexandria, on the state board
of optometry, Governor Burnquist has
announced.
Hibbing. - Game Warden George
Wood obtained a warrant in munich
pal court for the arrest of Gene w.
New, Floodwood merchant, charging
him with buying beaver hides. Ac-
cording to Wood, he has sworn afii'
davit of A. w. Lindwall of lnterna'
tional Falls that he shipped the skins,
parcel post, to the Floodwood man.
Bemidji.-Miss May o. MacGregor
has returned to her home here after
year of overseas service as a Red
Cross nurse in France. Miss Mac
Gregor was cited for bravery twice by
the French government, one citation
being for service at Chateau Thierry
and the other for service in the
Meuse, Argonne and St. Mihiel Sec
tors.
Minneapolis.-The commercial bee
keepers of Minnesota will have their
convention short course at the univer-
sity farm, April 81 to 26. The govern.
ment extension service is sending
from Washington it's staff of bee ex-
perts to assist. There are about TO-
900 beekeepers in the state, of whom
about 500 are commercially interested
in bees and honey.
| Observation-Disclosures will stage .
mammoth reception for returned SOL
diers on May 1. George M. Palmer.
president of the Blue Earth County
Red Cross chapter, Is chairman of ar
rangements. A parade, in which re-
turned soldiers and five companies OF
the Minnesota National Guard, Fifth
Regiment, quartered here, will take
part, will be feature.
Minneapolis. Members OF tho
Northwestern Hotel Mems association
will be entertained in Minneapolis,
June Is, II and Is, the guests of tho
Minneapolis Hotel Mems association,
it was decided at meeting OF the
Minneapolis association at the An
drews hotel yesterday. About 300
delegates from all parts Of Minnesota,
North and South Dakota, Nebraska.
Iowa and Wisconsin are expected to
attend.
Fairmont.-It Is believed that Roll
ing Green township, this county. is the
first in Minnesota to oversubscribe its
Victory loan allotment. Owing to tho
fact that farm work had been delayed
BY Indictment weather, the COMMITTEES
in charge of the loan drive for that
township advanced the date for open
ing the campaign. The canvass began
in the morning, and early in the day
the quota of $4,000 had been largely
oversubscribed.
Crookston. - Capt. Ernest Orchard
Of the Salvation Army was taken Ill
upon his return from . trip to Michi'
gan, and is now in . local hospital.
After having influenza last winter bad
luck has continued to follow Mr.. and
Mrs. Orchard. Mrs. Orchards sister
died in Michigan last week and on the
day they were to leave for the fr
neral the little Orchard boy fell ana
broke his leg. On their return Capt
Orchard was taken Ill.
Winona. The Harvesting OF thu
whitewater river, in the western par:
of Winona county, by which 1t Is pre-
posed to furnish electric light an<
power to several villages and to farm