The Tomahawk., 1920-09-09

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ing plant is to be established here by
the General Cigar company: It will
employ $50 to 200 persons.
Minneapolis - Holbrook Worthing
has been appointed assistant profess
sor of agricultural economics at the
state college of agriculture.
Ellendale-Businessm of the vii
lage will cooperate with the Univer.
sity of Minnesota in arranging for a
lyceum course her for the fall and
winter months.
st. Paul-The treasurer of the Min
nesota department of the American
Legion, will be chosen by the execu-
tive committee at it's first business
meeting in St. Paul.
| Sleepy Eye-The Redwood-BrOwn
Medical association has been formed
with Dr. Walker of Lamberton as pre-
sident and will be affiliated with the
state and national societies.
| Pipestone-The city council has
awarded the contract for the construc-
tion of 100000 gallon concrete water
reservoir, in connection with the wa
terworks now being constructed.
Virginia-Menace by forest and
swamp fires, which has been the cause
of considerable anxiety in this part OF
the state, because Of dry weather, has
been definitely stopped by the recent
rains.
| Buffalo -. Lewis M. Mithun for
years publisher of the Buffalo Journal,
is dead. He was one of the Tenth dis
trict delegates to the republican ma
tional convention at Chicago last June.
Mr. Mithun was As years old.
Duluth.-More than 100000 tons
of coal were received in the Duluth
Superior harbor in August, according
to figures given out by dock compa-
MES. These figures show an increase
over receipts for July of more than
| 100000 tons.
St Paul-G w. Wells, for two years
secretary of the State Securities COM
mission, resigned to accept a position
as secretary and general counsel for
| the Automobile Owners Tire corpora
tion, st. Paul. His successor has not
been named.
| Hibbing-The first farmers cream
cry on the Mesaba range will be ready
at Hibbing soon. The creamery is
incorporated by farmers residing in
Zim, Bengal, Goodlands, Maple Hill,
Bear River and other neighboring
rural localities.
st. Paul-N. J. Holmberg, state COM
missioner of agriculture, has an
nounced the appointment of A. B.
Smebey, former market reporter at
Sioux City, Iowa, stockyards, to the
position of state representative at the
South st. Paul stock yards.
St. Paul-An appeal from the deci-
sion of the state canvassing board,
| which refused to reconsider it's action
in announcing that J. B. Richards. Carl
ton county, was nominated for district
judge over Hans B. Haraldson, Is in
the hands of the state supreme court.
East Grand Forks-Yields from 10
to 10 bushels to the acre are reported
in the vicinity of East Grand Forks.
Threshing operations are we'll under
way and on many of the farms plow-
ing operations have been started.
Wheat in this section of the state is
grading high, according to elevator
men.
Bemidji-Better milk, regulation Of
dance halls and enforcement of the
laws regulating the sale of cigarets to
minors were three Of the improve
ments asked by the Women's Civic
and Community club at the meeting
of the City Council. The council be-
gan action to carry out these recon-
mendations.
South St. Paul-Fire of undeter-
mined origin spread to half a dozen
buildings by an explosion of chemicals,
threatened the business district of
South st. Paul and was extinguished
only after seven fire companies we're
called from St. Paul to supplement the
South St. Paul force. Loss was es-
timated at $125.000.
Redwood Falls-Miss Early Bird, an
Ancona pullet, owned by o. A. Goetz,
Of this city, now holds the worlds re-
cord among pullets of this breed. The
Goetz pullet laid it's first egg four
months and six days from the date it
was Matched. The best previous re-
cord was held by an Ancona pullet
aged 4 months and II days.
St. -Paul-The members of the state
railroad and warehouse commission
have taken undes advisement argu-
ments presented at hearing before
the commission for an increase of 35
per cent in freight rates and 20 per
cent in milk and cream rates by rep.
resentatives of twelve short line rail-
roads operating in the state. ..'s
Winona-The first purchase made of
tobacco raised in Winona county has
been negotiated by the branch of a
national concern, which was recently
established; The tobacco was grown
as part Of an experiment conducted by
the Winona Association Of Commerce
to determine the possibilities OF rails
ing tobacco in southeastern Minnesota.
Minneapolis new group
prohibition enforcement director, Clay
c. Metz, took over the work of Harry
U Drioo roconf1v franSferrn6 to Iowa