The Tomahawk. [volume] (White Earth, Becker County, Minn.) 1903-192?, 1920-12-23

! Worthington-The annual show Of
the Mobiles County Crops Improve
ments association will! be Jan. II to
| II, inclusive.
| St. CIoud-H. p. Hankey, who pass
| ed three forged checks, has been SEN
| fenced to 10 months in the st. Cloud
| reformatory.
Moorhead-No more salary checks
will be forthcoming to the city officials
until next April, when the next tax dis
| tribution is available.
acknowledgment in a circular
wood saw while working at sawmill,
Leo Brumm lost foot before the ma
| chine could be stopped.
Winona-Dan E. Weigle, secretary
of the St. Paul association, was the
principal speaker at the Association
of Commerce banquet here.
observation-disclosures Sweeney, Sec
ton worker on the Rock Island rail-
| road here, was badly crushed when
he was run over by handcar.
Slayton-For the loss Of leg, Clar.
ence Bea,s was awarded 100000 dam
ages in district court here, against the
Chicago, Burlington e Quincy railway.
Albert Lea-Wallace Osmundson, 10
years old, was drowned in Fountain
lake while skating. His companion,
Clarence Philbrook, was saved by a
boy friend.
Brainerd-The farmers Terminal
Packing company of Newport, will es'
tablish a branch house in Brainerd. 1t
is 100000 corporation financed by
$4,000 farmers.
Rochester-The new tax rate for
Rochester has been fixed at 6.8 per
cent on a valuation of $9,753,S41 as
compared to IA per cent on valua-
ton of $6,934,709 in 1919.
Rochester-Shoplifte are busy in
Rochester A number of thefts have
been reported, but so far no arrests
have been made. The principal theft
is that of a $500 fur coat and two $1OO
dresses.
St. Peter-To facilitate the raising
of the $150,000 gymnasium fund for
Gustavus Adolphus college. President
o. J. Johnson, was granted leave OF
absence beginning Jan. 1, and con-
tinuing until spring,
Tracy-The new Methodist church
was dedicated here with appropriate
ceremonies. Bishop Charles Bayard
Mitchell of St. Paul delivered the ded-
icatory sermon. The new structure was
erected at a. cost of $4,000.
Morris-Mrs. Benjamin Dalgrene
was burned to death in her home here
by fire which partly destroyed the
house. It is thought to have started
from a gasoline explosion. Mrs. Dali
creme had been cleaning dress.
MISUNDERSTANDING the tower of a
windmill that he might see what part
of the field his sons were working in,
Niels A. Nelson, So years old, missed
his footing and fell IS feet, receiving
injuries which caus 81 his death.
Mankato-Bernhard Maiers, 20 years
old, who gave his home address as
Candy, was arrested here charged with
raising SIS bills to $40 bills. Accord.
ing to the police he confessed to hav-
ing passed IS bills raised in this man.
ner.
Sank Center-In a~"community bee"
125 business and professional men don
ned overalls and worked for a full
day grading the ground for site of
the armory for the Sank Center Ma
chine Gun Company of the National
Guard.
St. Paul-For the first nine business
days of December, $4,35S,719 has been
paid out of the state treasury, accord
ing to George LaF'ond, chief account
ant in the office of Henry Rines, state
treasurer Receipts for that period
totalled $2,269,264.
Crookston-R. T. (Bee) Crawford,
well known as motorcycle driver in
the Northwest. the second time in
the last few III -lths, shot himself
through the breast here at hotel. He
was not seriously wounded and re-
fused to give any reason for his act.
Minneapolis-More than 80 per cent
of the average annual plowing has
been done throughout Minnesota this
year, due to mild weather. university
farm experts declared. Farmers OF
the state usually plow about 80 per
cent of the worked soil during the
fall.
Duluth-The amount of soft coal re-
ceived here since December 1 totaled
377,4OO tons with the arrival. of the
last two cargoes. There were 43,SOO
tons of anthracite received in the same
time. Aggregate totals for the season
are 1,56O,47O tons of hard coal and T.
366, 900 tons of soft coal.
Minneapolis-Five state senators
who will confer with House COM
mittee in st. Paul December 81 over
proposed legislation under the Bah
cock Good Roads amendment, have
been selected by Louis L. Collins, lieu
tenant governor-elect. The senators
are J. H. Baldwin of Frazee, B. N.
Anderson of Manchester, Gustof WI
dell of Mankato, A. c. Gooding OF
Rochester and P. H. McGarry of Walk
err
Mankato-The Blue Earth County
Cow Testing association has Just COM