The Tomahawk. [volume] (White Earth, Becker County, Minn.) 1903-192?, 1920-05-27
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
Chronicied for Their
Benefit.

| Benefit.
| Foley-The Great Northern stock
yards here were burned Sunday and
six head of cattle persisted.
| Wadena-The Wadena high school
has class of thirty-six candidates for
graduation Friday, May %.
| Tyler--Details are now being work
| ed out by committees here for the an
nual conference Of the Danish Luther
an church, from June 2 to at Dane
bod and Tyler.
Moorhead--Six freight cars were
| freight train on the Northern Pacific
| struck a cook shack which had been
held on a crossing at the east edge
| of Moorhead Saturday night.
Thief River Falls-The senior class
of the Lincoln high school to gradu-
ate this year is the largest in the his
| tory of the local schools. The class
has eighty-fve members, including
! thirty-One in the normal department.
Mora-Nick Karpen, a young man,
| son of John Karpen of Pomroy town
ship, Kanabec county, had his hand
blown off by dynamite, and Carl
Gruett, companion, was badly injur-
ed in the face by flying bits OF the in
jured hand.
Hastings-At a meeting of Dakota,
county commissioners here a contract
was awarded to the S., J. Groves &
Sons company of Minneapolis for the
grading of II miles stretch on the
| state road, No. 2, between Hastings
| and South st. Paul.
Bemidji-At the land sale conducted
by S. C. Bailey, representative of the
state auditors office, in this city, at
the courthouse Wednesday, three for
ties of land were sold at total price
of approximately $1,4O0. Portions OF
the land sold as high as $25 an acre.
neapolis-Increased salaries for
teachers have caused 1876 students at
the University Of Minnesota who will
be graduated next month to sign con-
tracts as teachers and superintendent
in schools of the state, according to
the agency bureau of the College Of
Education.
Hibbing-Gipsies are again making
their annual invasion of the Mesaba
| range, and this season brought with
them, in addition to their usual trap
pings, beads and caravans, several
cases of diphtheria. One camp is iso-
lated and dozen of the roaming
tribes placed under guard.
Thief River Falls-W. A. Siegler, SUI
perintendent of schools here had his
| right hand so severely injured in a
planer in the manual training depart
ment that amputation of the first and
second fingers were necessary. Mr..
Siegler was attempting to feed mar
row strip of board into the planer
when the accident occurred.
Willmar-More than 200 members
of the Damascus commandery No. 1,
Knights Templars of St. Paul, made
| a journey to Willmar, where they par
AIDED through the principal streets.
| The parade was headed by Charles s.
Schurman, grand commander Of the
knights Templars of Minnesota. Rep
resentatives of Communicates of many
adjoining towns also were present.
CrookstOn-A chautauqua will be
held here July IA to 10 under the
auspices of the Ladies' Aid society of
the Methodist church. Arrangements
have been completed between the aid
society and the advance manager of
the Vawter Chautauqua system, and
according to the program. Governor
E. w. Hoch of Kansas will be one of
the main features during the week.
st. Paul-Governor Burnquist has is
sued a proclamation establishing a
closed season during 1920 on Chinese
| ringneck pheasants. The 1919 game
law permitted the hunting of these
birds from Oct. Is to Dec. I, except
in the event that the governor issues
proclamation declaring the season
closed during any year. The proclaim
alton was recommended by Carlos
Avery, state game and fish commits
sioner.
Windom-The calendar for the
coming term of the district court was
given a little touch of life when two
damage suits were placed on the dock
ct. Because it is alleged that an in
Jury which he sustained while working
on a farm last summer was not prop
erly treated by DR.. Sogge, $4,000 dam
ages are asked by Edward Speilman.
! The city of Window is made defendant
in a suit for $4,000 by Mr.. Tasler, who
claims he sustained damages to that
amount by reason of the bad streets
last fall. -.
Slayton - Five horses and five
calves were killed and large guam
tity Of hay and farm machinery was
destroyed when the barn on the farm
of Harry Hobert, few miles from
this place, was struck by lightning in
a thunder storm. The total loss is
placed at $4,000.
Hastings-Archbish Austin Dowl-
| ing of St. Paul, officiated at first COM
munion services for 247 boys and girls
here. The services were followed by
-, ho hioS4, ochoo1 aa.difori.