The Tomahawk., 1919-02-13


sumo the duties as pastor OF the
Church of Our Lady of Lourdes, sue
ceeding Father w. ]. Powers.
|. st. Paul.-Inheritance taxes of 1881
were paid the state on the estate ot
James T. Morris, who died Oct. 81,
1917, in Minneapolis. Property valued
at SCI ,238 was left to the widow.
Aitkin-The Aitkin county Red
Cross chapter has donated $3.50 for re-
lief work in this county. This does
not include the amount donated to the
fire sufferers or soldiers and their
families. :,
st. Cloud-Lawrence Notch, a pio-
neer of Albany, died in the St. Joseph
home here. He was 81 years of age
and has been a resident of Albany
since his coming to this country, sixty
years ago. 1865
Winona. - The Merchants Trust
company, q new Winona organization
with $4,000 authorized capital, has
fled articles of incorporation in the
Office Of the secretary Of state, Julius
A. Schmahl. The incorporators are !:
H. p. Blair. c.. NJ. Morse and s. A.
Steffen. all of Winona. -,
st. Paul-st. GATHERINGS college, st.
Paul, virtually is assured of a $780,
900 endowment fund from the Rookie
teller foundation, It was announced,
following a series of conferences be-
twsen members of the board of trus'
tees and DR.. w. Blutrick, educational
Ii~ao<s,p ~ <ho Foundation
Aitkin-Mrs. Hattie Stafford has re-
cetved q letter from her son, Capt. Or.
rem Stafford, reported missing in
France, who was captured and taken
to the prison camp at Baden, Ger
many. With q companion, he escaped
from prison, walked across the Black
forest to the Rhine and arrived SAFE
ly within the Allied lines.
Crosby-The mining men of the
range and the presidents of the several
villages will meet at the Armory and
discuss ways and means to have en-"
ployment ready for the soldier and
sailor boys when they come home. All
the boys have found work 50 far and
the idea IL to form an organization
that WIN look after the matter.
Observation-Disclosures is to have .
new and thoroughly modern three
story fiat building of brick and con-
crete construction to be ready for oc-
cupancy about Oct. I. The estimated
cost h about $4,000. Representa-
tfves of a Minneapolis building =, ndi-
cate came here and secured the cite
II 80 k,,{ll {~p
Minneapolis. - J. o. Bental1, sen
fenced to one year in the Crow Wing
county jail at Brainerd upon convfc-
ton Of obstructing the draft, has BE-
gun his term. Bentall also il under
sentence of five years in the federal
prison at Fort Leavenworth for viola
ton of the espionage act. An appeal
is pending. He was convicted Of draft
obstruction for inducing farm hand
to neglect to register. l.. ....- ~.
Gilbert-Mrs. Maud Anderson, pub
fisher of the Gilbert Herald, lost the
end Of one Of her thumbs, while the
weekly issue Of the paper was being
rum when she attempted to rub daub
of ink of one of the forms. The rag
and her hand was drawn IN, being
badly hurt. It was found necessary
to amputate the thumb about half way
between the end and the first Joint.
Crosby-Crosby claims the record
for families of seven children or over
among the towns Of its size, about
1000. It has twenty-three such fam
iles, and counting the parents there
are just 331 people in the group. -Four
teen of the families have seven clsf'
dren each. two have eight children
each, four have nine children each,
one has ten children and enc thirteen.
The last mentioned is Charles G. Heck
ala. - - -.
Virginia. - Tho complaining Wit.
ness falling to press the charge against
Corporal Clarence Carlson, arrested in
Moorhead recently and returned here
on q charge Of grand larceny and ask
ing that prosecution be dropped, Judge
Carey dismissed the case and Carlson
was released. It was alleged he re-
cured Red Cross aid through mfs1ep
resentation, but the accused dispToved
most Of the accusations. He - . 10
turned soldier. @-.~. =. ...-. 81.
Minneapolis. - A. d. Wilson, food
administrator for Minnesota, told
members of the State Horticultural
| society at their annual meeting here
that the food lid was lifted and that
conservation was only necessary from
the standpoint of general thrffs. HI
said that the greatest tribute to thu
patriotism of tho farmers was fount
in tho fact that they had brought 40,
600 additional acres into cultivation
since the war began.
st. Psui-Adjutant General w. F
Rhfnow announces that federal recog
milton has been given the Sixth Min
nesota infantry, with headquarters II
st. Paul. This completes federal TIC