The Tomahawk. [volume] (White Earth, Becker County, Minn.) 1903-192?, 1920-06-03
HAPPENINGS IN
GOPHER STATE
News From All Parts of Mime
sofa Given in Condensed
Form.
EVENTS BRIEFLY TOLD
Where Busy Readers Will Find News
From All Parts Of State Tersely
Chronicled for Their
Benefit


| Redwood Falls--The annual conven-
ton OF the second district bankers
will be concluded here June and 10.
Crookston-The Northwestern Min
nesota Fair association fixed the dates
for the fair July 7, 8, 0 and 10, just
prior to the Fargo fair.
Tyler-Details are now being work
ed out by committees here for the an
nual conference of the Danish Luther
an church, from June to at Dane
bod and Tyler.
Windom-At meeting Of the South
western Minnesota Medical associa-
tion here, Pipestone was elected as
the next meeting place for the So
ciety in November, 1920.
Fairmont-A special election was
called for June to vote on the issu-
ance of 100000 bonds to provide cen
trail heating system for the local
schools.
Virginia - A travelling orchestra
composed of musicians from high
schools from Gilbert, Biwabik, and Vir-
ginia is being formed to make tours OF
the range this year.
Hibbing-Very few cases of tuber-
cular cattle were reported to the
Health department as the result of an
inspection of all village and township
cattle made by DR.. C. Mason the past
few months.
Blooming Praire-The school board
has awarded $4,000 of additional
l lc for ho
high school building, to the Minneap-
oils Trust company. The bonds bear
51a per cent interest.
st. Cloud-With building fund OF
s66O15 already subscribed the build
ing committee of the Haven township
community church has ordered build
ing operations on the church edltice
will commence at once.
Luverne-A worldwide search has
been started in an effort to locate
Private George w. Shook, formerly OF
Luverne, now of Pretty Rock, N. D.,
who has been reported missing in &C
ton since July %, 1918.
Hibbing-Lake docks from which
water may be pumped with which to
fight fires, may be built at several
summer resorts In the wood country
this summer, if suggestion made by
forest rangers is followed.
| st. Cloud-An historic pageant, de-
plotting the life of the people of this
section of the state since the earliest
days of the pioneers will be staged
at the Benton county fair grounds for
two days, June % and 20.
Hutchinson-Small grain in this
vicinity is we'll advanced, despite the
shortage of farm labor and unfavor-
able early season conditions. The
acreage this year of wheat planted is
said to be not more than IS per cent
Of normal.
Wilmont-At a meeting of the Will
mont Commercial club, it was decided
the club should stage a Fourth Of July
celebration in connection with Chau-
tauqua. 1t is expected it will be the
biggest three day celebration in this
section Of the state.
Notwithstanding American sugar
from Asia IS being done by a whole
sale grocery house here, because of
inability to obtain a supply elsewhere.
The firm has contracted for 1000 bags
in China, of sugar that was exported
from the United States.
Langford-At a special meeting
called for June 1, patrons of nine
school districts surrounding Langford
will vote on the question of consolida-
ton of the districts. If the proposal
carries the consolidated school build
ing will be constructed here.
| Edgerton Establishments of
building for the use of teachers in the
local school is being considered by the
board of education. It is the belief that
many of the villages OF the state will
be compelled to take such step IN
order to obtain competent instructors.
Bemidji-The Bemidji Manufacture
ing company has resumed operations
on a 10 hour basis after having been
idle since May 8, when timber work
ers struck. There was no trouble
when the plant reopened, the men re-
turning under the old wage schedule
Stillwater-Joseph Anderson, 49,, a
former resident of Saltwater, son of
Mrs, NJ. B. Anderson, who resided here
years ago, is missing. He enlisted at
Jefferson Barracks Dec 10, 1917, was
overseas about year; came back and
re.enlisted May 2, 1919, at Sioux City.
The last his mother heard of him was
in October, 1919, in the government
hospital, No. 81, at Denver, Colo, sup
posedly for shell shock.
Cass Lake-Cass Lake is getting
ready to entertain the Association of
Northwest Commercial club secre-
taries, who will arrive here for an out
ing about the middle of July. The
secretaries will hold q two-day ses-
sion here.
Thief River Falls-W. A. Siegler, su-
perintendent of schools here had his
right hand so severely injured in a
planer in the manual training depart
! ..aan4 &hot a1,anutatiQn of the first and