The Tomahawk., 1919-06-12
STATE BRFv|TIES

the ReQ Lake rails Mining company
reports his company will soon COM
mence work on an elevator of 10000
bushels capacity, to replace the one
burned.
Minneapolis.-Rev. c. Emil Berg
quist of Chicago, has been called to
succeed Rev. S. NJ. Miller, as pastor
of Messiah Lutheran church, Twenty
fifth and Columbus avenue. Mr.. Mil
ler's pastorate expires July l.
Spooner-A committee consisting of
E. T. Eide of this village and V. E.
Lindholm and Matt Hendrickson of
|Spooner township have been appointed
by the creamery association to ar
:ange for picnic to be held on June
IL.
Stillwater-Thirty thousand pike fry
were planted" in Big Carnelian lake,
near here, by members of the Wash
'ington County Rod and Gun club. The
fry was. shipped from the Minnesota
state fish hatchery by the state game
and fish commission.
. Bemidji.-Fire of undetermined orr
gin destroyed the Bemidji Iron Works
plant and the shed of the Short Turn
Tractor company. A tractor and a
of motors and equipment in
shed were consumed. Total loss, ,$1O,-
900, partly covered by insurance.
Hibbing. Six hundred additional
sheep were shipped into the range
last week for distribution among the
farmers living in this section. The
sheep came from the l.. H. White
sheep farm near Cogswell, N. d.. in
icharge of Mrs. J. Johnson, whose hus-
band is now in the army of occupation
lin Germany.
Hibbing.-Thomas Chicken. charged
with threatening Hibbing young
woman to the effect he had come here
to shoot her and somebody else, pos
sibly myself" was placed under bonds
Ito keep the peace by Judge Thomas
BRADY. According to witnesses the ac-
;cused had volunteered to marry the
young woman without her consent.
; Detroit-George T. Morris, local tin
iner, has signed contract with the
Utility company for the manufacture
|of 5000 of the Eveready tool boxes
for attaching to Ford car. The con-
tract specifies that the boxes shall be
made at the rate of 100 per week un-
til the first Of April, 1920, which means
the steady employment of three men.
Minneapolis.-Much needed rains
are reported general throughout the
northwest Crops were badly in need
of moisture, and the precipitation In
most of the sections was declared suffi-
Client to care for the immediate need.
Farmers at Fergus Falls and Pipe
stone, districts where moisture was OK
needed, reported more
than an inch Of rainfall.
Keewatin.-The time honOred moth
er-in-law joke may be all right in
but in real life It does not
always carry with it much Of laugh
as Theodore Damjanovich, who lives
near the Mesaba Chief mine learned
i'm Justice Jones' office this week, when
he was fined $25 and costs for strik-
ing his wife's mother after being ar
rested on an assault charge.
St. Paul.-East Side State bank OF
St. Paul will be granted a state char
ter under favorable recommendation
by the state securities COM
mission The new st. Paul bank will
have $4,000 capital. The Farmers
and Merchants State bank Of Moor
head was also recommended for a
state charter. David E. Asksgaard,
iComstock, and others applied for the
charter. The new bank will have $1O,-
900 capital, and will be the fourth at
Moorhead.
St. Paul.-Machinery of the 1919
law, providing 5000 toward the tuition
of each student returning from mill
tary service, has been put in motion.
Adjt.-G Gen. w. F. Rhinow appointed
Mai. w. A. Curtis, former chief OF
stsff, at $1,000 q year, to take charge
of administration of the law through
his office. Blanks were forwarded Min
nesota schools and colleges on which
to apply under the law for approval
by J. M. Mcconnell, state superintend-
ont of education. Attorney General
Clifford L. Hilton gave out revised
opinion on the tuition aid law. The
state tuition aid is limited to Mime
sofa educational institutions approved
by the state superintendent.
st. Paul.-Items making up the new
tax rate for state purposes. as listed
by M. J. Desmond, chief of accounts
in the auditors Office are as follows:
Revenue fund for appropriations, 35
mills: Relief for old soldiers and wid.
ows, Il mills; State road and bridge
fund, / mill, National Guard Armory
.O3 mills; University Of Min
sofa buildings, 80 mills; Historical
society buildings, .01 mill; Itasca state
park lands, OF mill; Forest fires 1918
relief, % mills; State school and uni
versity fund, 1923 mills. and Teachers
insurance and retirement. .O5 mills.
Total of GAS mills. Appropriations
for the University Of Minnesota build
ing program and the relief Of Moose
Lake fire sufferers, It will be noted,
are among important items increasing
the state tax rate.
Worthington.-J. c. w. Dow. for
nearlv twenty wears city Justice Of the