The Tomahawk., 1919-02-06
NEWS OF STATE
TERSELY TOLD

Recent Happenings In Minnesota
Given In Brief items For
Busy Readers.
st. Cloud.-The Minnesota CroI
Improvement association will hold its
Winter Seed Fair convention
Feb. 10, 10 and 20 in the St. Cloud
Institute. s....-..ay ~ ..-.. ..
st: Paula report stating that St
Paul has had 1855 cases of influenza
and 1,631r homes are still under quar-
antine was received by the State
Board of Health. Thirteen new cases
and II releases from quarantine were
listed. = 49, ...,. s., -
Walker.-H. c. Baer, cashier of the
Security State bank of .Bemidji, was
elected president of the Farmers
State bank Of Walker. L. H. Ickler
of st. Paul was elected vice president
and c. Bateman of Walker assistant
cashier. .'-." >
Minneapolis.-J. o. Bentall, one
time socialist candidate for governor,
convicted of obstructing the draft,
has been served notice to deliver him
self to the authorities Feb. to begin
a term of one year in the Crow Wing
county jail. -: :. .H&a. j.::5.,-f +. :
Stillwater.-Mrs. Paul Mirimonti of
this city received word from the war
department that Private Carlo Miri-
monti, reported as missing in action
on Oct. 10, 1913, on the battlefront in
France, had only been gassed slight
ly and had recovered.
| st. Paul.-Robert f. Braden has as
; sumed his duties today as a deputy
I fire marshal, J. B. Sanborn, state fire
| marshal, announces. Mr.. Braden sue
ceeds Burton Kingsley, who resigned
| when he took his seat in the legisla-
ture as representative from the TWEEN.
| ty-ninth district. -
St. Paul.-The Capital Trust Com
pany of st. Paul is the highest bidder
on $4,322,0 900 of bonds of other states
held for Minnesota trust funds and
which the state board of investment
| purposes to sell if possible and in
vest the proceeds in Liberty bonds to
| increase interest earnings.
Hibbing.-Range sportsmen are in
| terested in bill to be presented to
the legislature allowing no aliens who
are not full fledged citizens to carry
gun for hunting purposes. At the
present time any alien who has de-
clared his intentions of becoming a
citizen is entitled to a hunting license.
| Eveleth.-Dr. J. G. Saam, city
health commissioner, says that there
| is not a case of influenza in Eveleth
| and that this condition has existed for
the last two weeks. The last case of
the disease was reported on Jan. 10
and was released shortly after that.
| The last death In the city was re-
ported on Dec. 81. f..
Brainerd.-The Brainerd Livestock
Shipping association, composed Of
farmers, shipped thirty-one cars Of
stock the past season to the South St.
Paul market and the business amount
ed to $52.990.39. The stock consisted
of 779 head of cattle, 273 hogs, 121
sheep. The farmers may purchase
scales and install them in the local
stock yards. IN
| Moorhead.-Sheriff Dan w. McDon-
aid has left for st. Anthony, Idaho, to
bring back R. B. Zimmerman, who is
under arrest there on warrant
charging forgery. Zimmerman has
waived extradition and signed an
agreement to return voluntarily, &C.
cording to a telegram received by
Sheriff Mcdonald from Sheriff J. H.
Cusick of Fremont county, Idaho.
East Grand Forks.-There were
| two fires here in one night last week.
One was in Erickson's barn, due to
an overheated chimney, and resulted
in no damage. The other, in the Han
son & Maves feed store, was more
| serious and showed signs of having
been set in three places down stairs.
A bale of hay was broken and scat
tered on the stairs and upstairs, but
| unlighted. -.
Glencoe.-A verdict Of guilty was
returned against Walter Brinkman,
Rufus Graupmann and James Hanson,
charged with completely in the as
sault upon DR.. A. p. Roper, aged Red
Cross worker. here = month ago. The
Jury deliberated fourteen hours. A
similar charge against Frank Donnay,
who had been on trial with the trio,
| was quashed by agreement Of attor.
neys ON both sides.
Brainerd.-Pine River was cut of
from telephone communication by fire
which destroyed q line of frame
buildings in the business district
Business houses and public buildings
we're saved by heroic work on the
part Of citizens. The blaze broke out
in the Lillstrom building and swept
south from the Spurrier hotel, destroy
ing E. T. Peters meat market, the p.
e. Lillstrom confectionery, the George
Bell restaurant and hall, the Leef