The Tomahawk. [volume] (White Earth, Becker County, Minn.) 1903-192?, 1920-07-08
HAPPENINGS IN
GOPHER STATE
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sofa Given in Condensed
Form.
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D,,lutfl-Five men are now held at
the county jail as result OF the IN
vestigation BY q special grand jury
of tho lyxchiug Of three Negroes juno
Is.
st. Go<.d-A. w. Hines, local bar
Der, was arrested tor being drunk and
disorderiy. He acquired his jag by
drinking toSiee water. he told the pol
he. He was released to secure the
money.
D,Au$h-xhe Lake Superior Pre-
vention e Accidents conference was
held. Safe installation OF electrical
blasting equipment" was the subject
of an address to be given by T. H.
Mischief.
Fairmont-Two thousand members
Of young peoples societies from ~
German Lutheran congregations OF
southern Minnesota met here to form
a central body to increase the scope
of these organizations.
st. Ooud-Herbert Luckaroth, E
year old son Of 1gnats Luckaroth, was
killed at Avon In taking loaded
shotgun from the wall, the weapon
was discharged, the full load tearing
through the boys neck.
Hibbing-Frank Brackvich is dead
from wounds received when shot
through the head twice by an un-
known man in q dispute over card
game. The man who did the shoot
ing has not been captured.
st. Paul-Hearings have been resum-
ed in custer proceedings against VIII
liam N. Nash, Hennepin county attor-
ney under suspension on bribery
charge connected with the Minnea-
polls liquor smuggling conspiracy.
Iyanhoe-Contact with live wire
seriously injured Clifford Lien, IA
years old. Turning on light, young
Lien grasped the wire which carried
voltage enough to throw him to the
floor and render him unconscious.
Sank Center-The Sank Center
Farmers shipping association handled
s114,O0O worth of stock during the
year Just closed. A dividend of per
cent was declared and $1,000 placed in
the surplus fund. It is planned to In
crease the capital stock to $4,000.
Rochester-A boy who wrote typ1'
cal black hand letter to E. A. Knowl-
ton, local merchant, threatening his
life unless $4,000 in cash we're placed
in a shoe box at a specified place at
an indicated time was caught by the
police and released on probation.
Hibbing-Industrial teams in Hib-
bling will be asked to enter the Ma
tional Amateur Industrial baseball
series to be played at Akron, Ohio,
early this fall. One hundred concerns
from different parts of the United
States have already signed up for the
series.
Crookston-In an effort to get bet
ter price for their wool farmers OF the
Polk County Wool Growers association
will pool their wool at Crookston and
Erskine next week. The association
expects to hold the product until sat
isfactory price has been established
when it will be sold according to
grade.
Slayton-A proposed $4,000 bond
issue for the erection of memorial
to Murray county soldiers of the world
war was defeated by large majority
at a special election. Slayton voted
166 to 81 in favor of the issue, but
other parts Of the county strongly op-
posed it. It was proposed to erect a
community building.
Bemidji-Lightning struck the barn
on the I. E. Raymond farm I'VE miles
east of Bemidji last week and fire to-
tally destroyed the building and con-
tents. Mr.. Raymond is Is years old
and has successfully operated his farm
single handed. The loss sustained is
a severe shock to him and friends are
soliciting funds in his behalf.
Virginia-Distri ct Judge Freeman
is trying the damage suit OF J. B.
Hume against the Duluth & Iron
Range Co., the Wiwabak Transfer Co.,
and Vince Vidas for $4,000 damages
alleged to have been sustained when
passenger train hit a motor truck OF
the company driven by Vidas, on
which Hume was passenger.
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. who have
been investigating the matter, will re-
port on progress toward securing a
site for the proposed $125,ooo armory.
Tentative plans submitted by Toltz,
King & Day, Of st. Paul, call for
combined armory and auditorium in
GLIDING headquarters for the Fifth
Regiment. The present armory would
be used for a supply room and storage
building for the regiments motor
trucks.
Fairmont-Gertru and Della
Metz, daughters Of Rev. c. c. Metz,
and Edward Johnson, young farmer
were severely injured when their au-
tomobile was struck by a truck and
hurled into a ditch here. The young
woman suffered broken arms and
johnson was injured about the head.
Bemidjf-More than 100 delegates
we're entertained here at the summer
OUTING ~ fhe Minnesota Fire Under