The Tomahawk., 1919-09-18
STATE. BRfV|TlES

OI71I DI1vBB0~l
Moorhead.-Corn is one Of the best
crops in Clay county this year, &C.
cording to Alvin H. Larson, county
weed inspector.
St. Paul-Friday was moving day
at the state capitol. Five state depart
ments changing offices to make room
for committees of the state legislature
during the special session.
Crookston.-Carl Rude, 8 years old,
of Valley City, was crushed to death
south Of here in an automobile acci.
dent. The car tipped over in q ditch
and caught fire. The body was
brought here. ~
st. Paul.-Transfers Of 315 patients
in state insane hospitals were Or
dered by the state board of control.
The changes are to be made to pre-.
serve the balance of patients able to
work and those physically disabled.
Perham.-The big new barn of Mike
Schwedowski, his granary and ma
chine sheds, also his grain crop and
| hay were destroyed by fire recent
ly. The loss is close to $4,000, it is
estimated, and the insurance is only
| partial.
St.. Cloud.-Shopmen employed at
the Great Northern here have voted
to postpone their strike until Nov. 2,
as originally planned. The local shop
men have decided to abide by their
| original demands. Seven hundred are
! affected in the movement.
Tracy.-Broom and other corns in
this vicinity are record crops. Ben
Hughes, local grower of broom corn,
has a fine field, which stands from ten
to eleven feet high. The heads are well
filed and it is said to be the finest
corn of the kind ever raised in this To-
cality.
Cusson.-Thomas Winton, general
manager of the Rainy Lake Lumber
company, and his assistant, C. H.
Rogers, were hosts to thirty or more
lumbermen of Duluth, Superior and the
Twin Cities on q houseboat on Lake
Kepetogama, near here, the visitors
arriving by special train.
Fairmont.-SheriffW w. S. Carver has
gone to Charlesvoix, Mich, with war
rants for the arrest of Mr.. and Mrs.
Michael SaboroWski, charging forgery.
It is asserted that while on visit
here they passed considerable
amount of worthless paper. Zaborow-
ski is a returned soldier.
Mfnneapolis-Mem Of the Leg
islature were honorary pallbearers at
the funeral of Representative John G..
Lennon Of the Thirty-first legislative
district which took place at Johnson
undertaking rooms, 1900 Hennepin in
this city. Burial was in Lakewood
cemetery. Members of Elks lodge No.
A were active pallbearers. Mr.. Len
non died at his home after lengthy
illness.
St. Paul.-First indication of a seri-
Gus shortage of grain cars in Mime
sofa was given in q telegram from the
st. Vincent Elevator company, to the
state railroad and warehouse commits
sion, appealing for cars in which to
ship grain and added that Kittson
county granary room is filled and that
grain now being threshed will have to
be dumped on the ground unless cars
are furnished promptly.
Minneapolis-A conference of Red
Cross delegates from every chapter in
Minnesota and North and South Da-
kota has been called by the Northern
Division Office to be held in Minneap-
oils September % and %. At this
conference the complete peace pro-
gram of the Red Cross, so far as 1t
has been formulated, will be dis
cussed, and plans for the third annual
Red Cross Roll Call, to be held No
vember 2 to II, will be announced in
detail.
Fergus Falls-That Minnesota will
have the largest corn crop in the his
tory Of the state is indicated by the
September report of the Bureau of
Crop estimates issued through the
Minnesota Field Agent, Paul H. Kirk.
Speaking about crop conditions in
Minnesota, Mr.. Kirk says: BASED on
a condition of SO per cent of normal,
a corn crop of III, $4,000 bushels is
indicated which is the greatest ever
produced in this state. The total
crop last year was 100000 bushels.
Observation-Disclosures Charles A.
Krahmer, known throughout southern
Minnesota as band leader and in
structor of music, shot and killed him.
self here. He had started for an
automobile ride with his wife. Get.
ting out of the car to shut the garage
door, he stepped inside the building
and fired q bullet from pistol through
the right temple. Melancholia over
the recent commitment to an asylum
Of q brother is believed to have
prompted the act. He was So years
old.
Grand Rapids. - Potato buying