The Tomahawk., 1919-08-07

A1tkin.--Premium lists have beeA
issued for the Aitkin county fair,
which will be held here Sept. 4,
and 6.
International Fa11s.-Roy OBrien.
employed by local garage, Is dead
of burns sustained by an exploding
gasoline torch. :,
Detroit.-Charles Robinson, who
has been county commissioner OF
Becker county for the past sixteen
years, died of Bright's disease.
Pelican Rapids-Black bass weigh
ing five and a half and four and three
quarter pounds were among the catch
made Sunday by . party of Fargo
men.
international Falls. - The little
daughter Of Mr.. Peterson, the butter
maker, was seriously burned when
her dress ignited from q match which
she lighted. a..
Fergus Falls.-The 2.year-old son
OF Clarence Elliott Of Friberg was
severely cut about the legs when he
was run down by a binder, driven By
his grandfather, Joseph Elliott.
Hastings.-Lightnin struck the
stock barn Of Henry Dagoe, a farmer
In Rosemount township near here.
Fire which followed consumed the
structure and seventy tons Of hay.
St. Paul.-The June report of State
Fire Marshal John B. Sanborn shows
thirty.eight fewer fires in the state
than during June, 1918. Total flre
losses were $4,000 less In June, this
year.
Gonvick. H. o. Halvor-
son of Gonvick is notified by the post
office department in Washington that
the Gonvick postofhce was advanced
from a fourth to 4 third class Office
July 1.
Crookston.-JohnH Hook died at Red
Wing recently at the advanced ago
of 80. Forty years ago he was one
of the two leading merchants OF
Crookston, running . typical provi-
sion store. =
Ivanhoe.-A carrier pigeon arrived
at the Kravik farm east Of here: and
there is much speculation as to where
it came from. On its foot is a tn.
angle tag bearing the inscription
"191S-H.231S."
st. Cloud.-Christ Block Of Stearns
county has disposed of his farm ct
$40 acres which he has held since the
territorial days Of Minnesota, the new
owner being Joseph Schmidt of this
city. The price was $4,000.
Observation-Disclosures county farm
bureau will keep up its present high
standard of efficiency as the county
board voted $4,000 as the county's
share for the maintenance of the bu-
reau and county agents work in this
county.
Mankato.-W. e. Stewart and T. Il.
Lindholm, former members Of tho
North Mankato board of education,
and the only two candidates who had
filed for reelection, according to law,
we're unanimously reelected to serve
for two years. e.
Crookston.-Forty-four OF the SIS
ters of the order of St. Joseph have
closed their retreat and at special
service one Of the sisters made her
perpetual profession. The ceremony
was conducted by the Reverend Faith
er p. Bournival, s.. J., st. Boniface,
Man. Father Bournival also acted az
retreat master.
St. Paul.-Nearly two score Mime
sofa National Guardsmen who have
already received a $3.50 tuition bonus
from the state, have been turned
down in their applications for the new
5000 bonus, in rulings made in Adtt.-
Gen. Rhinow's office and upheld by
the attorney general. Only one bonus
for tuition can be drawn, Maj. w. O.
Curtis decided. @
st. Paul.-The Minnesota railroad
and warehouse commission late next
fall will begin public hearings on ap.
plications by the Northwestern, Tri-
State and other telephone companies
operating In Minnesota for authority
to continue in effect after Dec. the
higher rates inaugurated last month
under wartime emergency orders OF
the Federal director of telephone and
telegraph lines. 4
Moorhead.-George Eldridge was
taken to the state penitentiary at
saltwater by Sheriff Dan w. McDon-
aid and J. T. Lamb % guard, to begin
an indeterminate one to ten-year sem
tence for second degree grand lar
ceny. Eldridge pleaded guilty to the
charge on 'information" proceedings
before Judge C.. A. Nye in Clay county
district court. Mrs. Eldridge is still
held In the Clay county jail.
st. Paul.-State treasury receipts
one day recently included 100000 of
royalties on iron ore from state mines
during the last three months, accord.
ing to Henry Rines, state treasurer
The total of revenue from this source
viii 20 well up to the average Of re-
cent years for this quarter, State Aud.
itor J. A. O. Preus said, but will not
reach that Of 1918, q record year in
iron ore production In Minnesota.
Tracv-JOhn Greenman "a years