The Tomahawk., 1920-09-16
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 ct State TerseIy
Chronicled for Their
Benefit.

From All Parts ct state Iersejy
chronicied for Their
Benefit.
Delano-The Delano Parent-Teach'
ers association has arranged for a
lyceum course here this winter with
the University of Minnesota lyceum
extension.
Luverne-Farmers of Ash Greek
have formed a Farmers Livestock
Shipping association to enable them to
get their livestock to market at the
lowest possible expense.
Cass Lake-President Marion L.
Burton of the University of Michigan,
formerly president of the University
of Minnesota, left to take up his new
duties, after spending the summer at
his cottage on Star Island.
Winona-Ellsworth Lowry, head of
the training department of the state
normal school here for the last three
years, has resigned to accept a po-
sition as principal of a normal school
now being organized at Indianapolis.
Pipestone-Fred Parker, local
aviator, and student who was driving
with him to this city from Minneapo-
lis, had a narrow escape from death
when their plane crashed into the side
of hill about 20 miles northeast OF
Pipestone.
Acknowledgement Nelson, son-in-
Nelson, was indicted for murder in the
first degree by the Douglas county
grand jury in connection with the fat
al shooting of Joseph Middleton of
this city last March.
St. Cloud-Peter Lavalle, formerly
of the st. Paul police department., was
taken in custody by federal agents
here, charged with smuggling whisky
from Canada into Minnesota. Author
tiles said they found 20 cases of whis-
ky in his automobile.
St. Paul-On recommendation of the
War department., Major H. L. Brady OF
Minneapolis, senior property and dis
bursting officer for the Northwest, with
offices at the State Capital, has been
promoted to lieutenant colonel at the
quartermaster's corps.
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mixed train was wrecked one mile
east of Nashua. None was injured.
The train caught fire after the acct
dent and nine cars, including three oil
tanks, were consumed. Traffic was
blocked on the line for hours.
Rochester-Nels MADISON, for many
years chief engineer Of the Rochester
Electric Power plnat, was electrocuted
when he came in contact with highly
charged switch while telephoning. 1t
was necessary to throw the city into
darkness to extricate the body.
St. Paul-Julius Schmahl, secretary
of state, received a certificate from
Ethbridge Colby, United States secre-
tary of state, to the effect of his &C.
ton In proclaiming woman suffrage
| for the nation. 1t is merely formal
notice that suffrage has been passed
Duluth-The entire north woods is
finder dry, and the United States
| weather bureau has issued a special
warning against forest fires. Rail-
roads, lumber companies, settlers,
| properties and others who might be at
fected are warned to govern them
| selves accordingly.
st. Paul-Clarence Schultz Of Sleepy
Eye won first honors in the club boys
corngrowing contest at the State Fair.
Coming from the southern section,
consisting of Lincoln, Lyon, Redwood,
Brown, Nicollet, LIE Sueur, Rice, Good
hue and all counties south, he won first
prize for white dent, the sweepstakes
for the best samples of white dent and
the grand sweepstakes for the best 10
ears.
St. Paul-Nine hundred communi-
ties and about 40 flour mills. of the
state have been listed by state feed
inspectors, working under the direc-
ton of the state dairy and food COM
mission in connection with the work
of enforcing the state law regulating
the sale of stock food, according to
report received from Chris Heen, dairy
and food commissioner. According to
! the law, each bag containing stock
food must bear tag on which is print
ed list of ingredients.
Brainerd-A tourist taking gasoline
at garage here lit match to see how
much gasoline he had. The garage
man shouted warning, but too late,
| as the car and tourist already had
caught fire. The excited tourist toss
ed the hose away and the sidewalk
blazed up. The garage man used a
fire extinguisher and saved the car,
tourist and garage. Five automobiles
back of the blazing touring car buckled
into each other and broke tenders,
bumpers and headlights as they backed
away.
St. Paul-Fire fighters in Eastern
Roseau and Northern Beltrami coun-
ties, where peat fires are reported, are
using the new fire fighting ma
chinery to good effect and many fires
are reported as having passed the
LANCER of spreading, according to a re-
port received by w. T. Cox, state for
.ster. More than fifteen miles of fire