The Tomahawk. [volume] (White Earth, Becker County, Minn.) 1903-192?, 1920-07-15
Big Happenings of the Week
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Kernels CulIed From News OF Moment
In All Parts of the World
OF Interest to All the Peo-
pie Everywhere.
Northwest

storm which swept southwestern
Sphinx county indicate losses exceed
ing S1O,O0O,OOO. Many of the cottages
were destroyed.
Pukwana, S. D.-Roy Geppert, g.
year-old son of F. G. Geppert, was
drowned when the raft on which ne
and several companions were riding
tipped and threw him into seven feet
of water.
Duluth, Minn.-Shipments of iron
ore from the lakes included Duluth,
Two Harbors, Superior and Ashland,
for June aggregated 7,533,O63 tons,
an increase of 545,444 tons over the
same month last year.
Sioux Falls, S. D.-Claude Lowe,
state manager for the Orpheum thea
ter was killed and Mrs. Claude Lowe
and Mrs. Fred Payne seriously injur-
ed while crossing the Omaha railroad
tracks at Worthington, Mimi.
Aberdeen, S. D.-The 9 year old son
of George Kormedy of Java, near here,
was killed in a runaway when farm
wagon, with two horses hitched to it,,
was overturned. The horses became
frightened at a COW grazing alongside
the road.
La Crosse, Wis-Employng all the
articles and wiles of olden-time SNUG
gle1s, shippers of swift Lake Superb
or craft are transporting whisky
from Canada to upper Wisconsin
ports, according to United States Dis
trict Attorney A. c. Wolfe
Manning, N. D.-The voters of Dunn
county refused to change the county
seat from this place to Dunn Center
by a majority vote expected to reach
$50. Considerable agitation preceded
the election and several towns earlier
in the game entered the race.
Flandreau, S. D.-Peter Johnson,
farmer residing near Trent, has been
bound over to the grand jury on the
charge of conducting still. A still
in working order and over 400 gallons
of mash was found on Johnson's place
by the authorities, it is alleged.
Winnipeg, Man: - Fifty thousand
farm laborers will be required to har-
vest the 1920 crop of provinces. it
was estimated by ]. A. Bowman, pro-
vincial commissioner of colonization.
Indications were for bumper crops In
all three provinces, Bowman said.
Sioux Falls, S. D. Harry Sleep, aged
7, son of Mr.. and Mrs. Fred Sleep,
who reside on a ranch in the Crow
Creek region north of the Black Hills,
died from injuries received when he
was kicked by one of his fathers
horses. He died on the way to hos
pital.
Pierre, S. D.-When little son OF
Lyle Moulton who lives on Willow
Creek in Stanley county, fell into that
stream, the father, though i'll in bed
with smallpox, rushed from the house
and dived into the deep pool, recover
ing the body. All efforts to restore
life failed
Helena, Mont.-State officials of the
bureau of animal industry report
large shipments back into the state
of cattle sent out during the dry years.
About 10000 have also been sent in
to Montana by Washington and Ore
gon stockmen, to take advantage of
the unusually luxuriant rains this
year.
Neenah, Wis.-Chester Nagel, 20,
shot himself near the heart and with
a parting message II am going to dle,'
in front of him, jumped on a bicycle
and rode six blocks to the home of his
former sweetheart, Irma julius, pref
ty millinery shop girl. Nagel is now
in the hospital and physicians say he
will recover.
Sioux Falls, S. D.-Paul Eugene
Tommeraasen, 3 years old, whose
parents live on a lake county farm,
was crushed to death by a door OF a
garage falling on him. 1t is supposed
he pushed the heavy door too far,
causing it to jump the track and fall
on him. His mother discovered the
body, after a search.
Hetland, S. D.-While preparing to
return home after attending a show
here a cattle buyer had an experience
with runaway automobile. He
cranked up the car and left the en-
CINE running while he went after his
coat. He returned to find his auto
"beating it, toward the owners home
at Arlington, and fracturing all the
traffic laws of the town and state.
The wild car crashed through two
fences and then jumped into a lake.
Two-thirds of the men in town, all the
small boys and a team of horses were
modified to tow the car to dry land.
Mclaughlin, s. DIT has been def.
nitely decided that the proposition Of
dividing Carson county shall be sub
mitted to the voters at the November
election. It is proposed to divide it
equally from east to west, and that
the east portion will be called Elk
horn county. The rest Of the territory
will continue to be known as Carson
county.
Y Deadwood, s. D.-A tornado which
swept Lawrence county, near Strongs,
did considerable damage to crops, but
md one was injured. Some loss OF
property is also reported. The twist
or was followed by heavy hail storm.