The Tomahawk., 1920-07-01

Bemidji-President w. M. Deputy
has issued an appeal to the citizens of
Bemidji to provide rooms for the stu
dents attending the summer school at
the state normal here.
Fairmont--Two thousand members
Of young peoples societies from 20
German Lutheran congregations of
southern Minnesota met here to form
central body to increase the scope
of these organizations.
Baudette-Ed. Russell, formerly of
Old Spooner, who recently conducted
the St. Frances cafe, St. Paul, pur-
chased the lease of the Rex hotel from
L. L. Mclaughlin who short time
ago bought it from Elmer Morrhead.
Baudette-Preparatio are fast be-
ing completed for the big district Yeo-
man picnic to be held here the last
Sunday in July. The program will re-
semble that of Fourth of July affair,
with races, ball games and prominent
speakers.
St. Paul-Mrs. Claudius Bombach,
wife of the chief accountant in the Of
flee of J. A. O. Preus, state auditor,
died at the St. Paul City hospital after
three weeks illness. She is survived
by her husband and one son, Emil F.
Bombach.
Minneapolis-Two men attacked
Private o. w. Allen of the marine
corps, on furlough from the Great
Lakes naval training station, while he
was waiting for a street car at Forty
seventh street and Minnehaha avenue,
and after a struggle robbed him Of SAT.
Angus-A picnic of the Progressive
Farmers club was held at the farm
home of Mrs. Inga Peterson, east of
Angus. A large crowd was in atten-
dance and the affair proved a huge
success. Halvor Stevenson and Mr..
Rako of the State Federation of Farm
bureaus were speakers.
Detroit-The caterpillar or worm
pest is again in evidence through all
the woods of Becker county. In GER
tain sections the worms literally COW
ers the trees, and while they seeming
ly prefer the Eastwood, yet the oaks,
maple, boxelder and others are like
wise being stripped Of their foliage.
Minneapolis o. Bentall, SEN
fenced to two years in the federal pen
itentiary for violation of the espionage
act, has been granted a stay Until July
"a on the issuance of the writ of COM
mitment He was convicted fer alleg
ed seditious remarks made in a speech
at Hutchinson, Mimi, July 81, 1917.
acknowledgements and Della
Metz, daughters of Rev. G. G. Metz,
and Edward johnson, a young farmer
were severely injured when their au-
tomobile was struck by truck and
hurled into a ditch here. The young
woman suffered broken arms and
johnson was injured about the head.
Caney-Because of the complaint
that too many young girls and boys
attend public dances here, Chief of
Police Oscar Snortum says the old law
which has been in the statute books
of Minnesota for many years, relating
to the age Of those attending public
dances, will be strictly enforced here
in the future
Moorhead, Minn.-The convention
of the Minnesota State Firemen's asso-
citation closed here with the election
of officers, John Berg, former mayor
of International Falls, being elected
president Other officers elected
were: First vice president, w. E.
Cudmore, Rochester; second vice pre-
sident, G. S. Bailey, Bemidji; secre-
tary, John A. Gross, Red Wing; statis-
tician, John Boylhart, Rochester.
Jackson-Eating lettuce which had
been sprinkled with insect powder
nearly resulted in the death of the
family of Wesley Proxies, living near
here The lettuce bed and cucumber
plot on the Proxies place adjoin each
other and insect powder placed on the
cucumber vines had been blown by the
wind onto the lettuce. Several men,
bers of the family we're poisoned and
dangerously i'll for time.
St. Paul-Harrison Fuller, COM
mander of the Minnesota department
of the American Legion, has sent a
bulletin to all local posts urging their
in publicity campaign
by department headquarters to give
people of the state news of activities of
the department and of the various
posts and women's auxiliaries. Mr.. |
Fuller requests that an officer in each |
local post be named post publicity Of
ficer.
Dell Rapids-Ralph Riley, Of Mt.
Vernon, is dead as the result of drink
ing the contents of bottle of strich- |
nine. The boys father had been dig
ging a ditch for a drain when he
found the bottle and threw it aside. !
The boy found the bottle and died in
few minutes after drink
ink the contents. About year ago
the boys brother was fatally burned
while playing with fire of old news
papers near his home.
Red Wing-A cloudburst which |
struck this city caused derailment of
nine freight cars on the Chicago Great |
Western railway and caused the turn
ing over of an automobile with six &C.