The Tomahawk. [volume] (White Earth, Becker County, Minn.) 1903-192?, 1919-03-13

HaStlnSS.-luo FARMHOUSE near SS4Te
of o. NJ Howes Of Minneapolis was
destroyed by fire. An overheated stove
is supposed to have been the cause.
Dilworth.-At the DilwOrth village
| election the proposition to issue bonds
| for the construction of village hall
will be submitted to vote on March
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Bemidji.-The Bemidji Commercial
club will undergo a radical change in
its status, change its name to Com
munity club and plan it's membership
to include all lines of endeavor.
St. Paul.-Annual guard inspection
dates announced by the adjutant gen.
eral include Winona March 10, Crook
ston March 5, Moorhead March 10, Hib-
bling II, Virginia 13, Eveleth IA.
st. Cloud.-Carl Juel. an employe at
the Watub Pulp mill, sustained in.
juries to his hands and face when q
water glass which he was installing on
a boiler broke and permitted the live
steam to escape and burn him.
| Pipestone.-Rev. Burdette L. Main.
for several years pastor of the Pipe
stone Methodist church, who enlisted
as q chaplain in the army last sum-
mer, has accepted a call to the Al
gonna Street NJ. E. church in Oshkosh.
! Wis.
Bemidji.-January pledge subscrip-
lions to the Red Cross, reported by
Mrs. Cora w. Torrance. chairman OF
the chapter finance committee, COM
pletes the years pledge subscriptions
to the local chapter, making q total
of $6,818.8O paid to this fund.
Minneapolis.-The Minneapolis pub
lie library last week sent $3.50 vol
umes of books to Hoboken for ship
ment overseas following an announce
ment by the director of the Library
War service that at least 100000
books wore needed from the United
States.
Marshall.-An innovation in an
nouncing the birth of a child is a fea'
ture of one Of the local moving pic
ture houses here. Patrons were in.
formed the other night by slide
thrown on the screen that Mr.. and
Mrs. Nalstad were the parents of
newly born boy.
| Biwabik.-Ray Peterson, returned
suldier employed In the Corsica mine,
near Gilbert died in the Bray hospital
here Of injuries sustained when run
over by a car carrying timber into the
mine as he was making a coupling.
He has three brothers still in the
army. The family homo is at Brain
erd.
Little Falls.-While Anders Benson.
| farmer living northeast of this city,
was tying a cow in a stall the animal
raised her head, one Of her horns
| striking him in the left eye. Mr.. Ben
son was brought to the Hall hospital
for treatment. He may lose his eye
as the eyesocket Is believed to be
broken.
East Grand Forks.-Local citizens
met with thu state fire marshal here
to consider why's and means of pre-
venting the recurrence Of fires In tho
future, and IT determining. II possible.
the cause OF hres In the past. The
plan of Offering rewards for the find.
ing of the supposed fire bug" has
been suggested
st. Paul.-Fred E. Mailer, 43, prom.
inent grain and stock broker, and one
OF the best known golfers of the
Northwest, was found dead In his
home here by his wife. A pistol bullet
had entered his mouth and passed
through his head. Coroner 1ngerson
rendered a verdict Of accidental death.
Mr.. Mailer was st. Paul manager for
grain and commission firm.
Carlton.-The large farm home Of
Lorenz Denzler, near Iverson. burned
| to the ground and Mr.. Denzler, who
had been confined to his bed for some
time with rheumatism, was forced to
jump from an upstairs window, SO rap
idly did the flames spread. He was
taken to the hospital at Duluth, ac-
companied by his wife, and Is reported
in serious condition there.
st. Paul-Thc state timber board
has approved the sale Of timber on
four tracts of state-owned land on the
Schoolcraft river south Of Bemidji.
The lands were listed for sale for agri.
cultural purposes, and then 1t was dis
covered that there was marketable
timber on them. The emergency sale
was ordered and conducted by the Hub
bard county auditor at Park Rapids.
St. Paul.-The new 1919 legislative
manual-the state blue book-has
been placed on the desks of members
of the legislature. The new manual Is
book of nearly $50 pages and is larg-
err by $50 pages than any manual pre-
viously published. 1t contains the gen.
eral election returns by precincts and
also, for the first time, those Of the
primary election. Returns in the spe-
cial senatorial elections during Janu-
airy also are included.
Anoka-A pail Of buttermilk he was
carrying home after closing his store
for the night enabled o. s. Miller.
storekeeper at Champlin, near here, to
blind a bandit by dasbing the liquid
into his face and escape being robbed.
AS Miller was ordered to throw UP his
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