The Tomahawk., 1919-10-16
STATE BREVITIES.

Byainerd.-Hunters report ducks fly
ing south. This is taken to Indicate.
approach Of cold weather. ~
Lake Wi]son.-There is genuine
coal famine here now. There Il not a
pound of either hard or soft c6al on
the market and few homes Ekre pro-
vided with their winters su1ply. !.
Detroit.-Ben Nesheim okhQinerd,
Mimi, and his son Howard. aged 6,
died of injuries received When the
Nesheim automobile was hit by the
North Coast limited of tie Northern
Pacific near Detroit. T.
nneapolis.-Abolition of the Unit
ed States Indian bureau was demanded
by the Society Of American Indians at
the closing session, attorneys being
named to wage legal battle in Wash
ington towards that end.
st. Paul.-Owing to a shortage Of
freight cars in which to transport po-
tatoes, warehouses at Dale, Mimi, have
been filed, and many acres OF tubers
there remain to be dug, according to
a report made yesterday to the state
Brainerd.-The First Natioqfl bank
| of Brainerd boasts it has the largest
pumpkin on record. The pumpkin,
which is said to weigh 122 pounds, was
raised in Platte Lake township, 20
miles southeast Of Brainerd, by John
H. Milnar.
Minneapolis. - Hundreds of Indians
were in Minneapolis attending the an
nual convention of the Society OF
American Indians. DR. Carlos Monte
yuma, Chicago, condemned the reser-
vation system as tending to degrada-
ton Of the race.
Shakopee.-Scott county honored
her returned service men with feasts,
athletic games and talks by Governor
Burnquist and Mayor Hodgson of st.
Paul. at the Scott county homecoming.
Four hundred veterans took part In q
parade of service men and citizens.
Staples.-ln attempting to arrest a
stranger in the railroad yards here,
Patrolmen Ed Kuhns and Ed O'Grady
were met with a fusillade Of bullets
fired by the stranger as he ran through
a lumber yard and escaped. The man
IL said to be wanted for highway rob-
berry.
St. Cloud.-The body of Eileen For
sted, aged 4, was recovered from a
cistern after an eight-hour search. The
little girl had fallen into the cistern
unnoticed. Later the mother placed
the covering back over the cistern
without noticing the body. The par
ents are Mr.. and Mrs. Edward For
sted. @mN
Ericsburg.-Posses have searched In
vain for Rev. william Pearson, sc,
retired Quaker preacher, who disap-
peared from the home of DR.. w. T.
Pearson two miles from here after he
washed the breakfast dishes. It is
feared the old man lost his bearings
in the woods and perished fr6m ex-
posure.
Park Rapids.-George schoenberger
last spring rented forty acres of land
near here, which he planted to pota-
toes, which yielded about ITO bushels
to the acre, sold at 81 per bushel and
brought in $500 in all. The expense
for seed potatoes, cultivation, spray
ing, digging and marketing amounted
to about $1,000 in round numbers.
st. PAULA state-owned -four mill
to test the four.making qualities OF
Minnesota-grown wheat, for which
$35, 1000 was voted by the last legisla-
ture will be in operation within a
year, o. p. B. Jacobson, state railroad
and warehouse commissioner, has an
nounced. The location and plans for
the Jnill remain to be decided. upon,
he said.
St. Paul.-Roller towels are to be
placed under the ban with common
drinking cups and other public health
lation, as approved by the executive
committee Of the state board of health,
was submitted to other board members
late yesterday by DR.. Charles e. Smith.
Jr, executive officer, and when unani-
mously approved will have the effect
of law. @e
st. Paul.-MinnesOta possesses more
net assets-state'cash, lands, buildings
and other properties-than any other
state in the union, H. E. Samuelson,
executive clerk to Governor BurnQuist,
quoting from late government census
volume on financial statistics Of state,
declared. Minnesota 10 credited with
assets Of $12S, ,S94 ,421 and debts Of only
$2,O1s,501. II II led in totals of'sssets
by New York, with $239, 1897 .6A6. but
that state has $241,164,z30 Of outstand-
Ing Indebtedness, according to t1e cen
sus bureau. In second place isfWash-
ington with assets Of $123.693.SSe and
Q state debt Of $3,4l7,633.
st. PAULA defense fund against
malicious prosecution Of osteopathic
physicians will be raised by the Min
nesota Osteopathis association, It was
decided ut the annual convention here.
Osteopaths In some places are being
subjected to persecution BY their enc
mics, II was asserted, and the fund
Will be used in fighting It. Dr.. w. v.
Shepherdson. Of Minneapolis. was
elected president of the association;
DR.. Clara G. Wieland, st. Paul, vice