The Tomahawk., 1920-09-09
HAPPENINGS IN
GOPHER STATE
News From All Parts of Minne-
sofa Given in Condensed
Form.
EVENTS BRIEFLY TOLD

Where Busy Readers Will Find News
from All Parts Of State Tersely
chronicled for Their
| Benefit.
Luverne-Judge w. N. Davidson,
aged 81 years, pioneer of Rock county,
| is dead at, his home here.
| Jasper-Work is now under way on
the potato warehouse being erected
by the potato growers in the vicinity
of Jasper.
Barnesville-The Fergus Falls Elks
and the Municipal band of Moorhead
will furnish music for the Clay county
| fair in this city Sept. IA to II.
Owatonna-Julius Ausen, former
county agent here, has been elected
county agent for Todd county with
headquarters at Long Prairie.
! st. Paul-Salaries of all deputy COM
missioners in st. Paul except those IN
the department of finance, have been
raised by the city council to $4,000.
| Slayton-A branch of the national
organization of the Friends OF Irish
Freedom was organized here by Prof.
| Holloway of the University of Califor-
MIA.
Duluth-Trials of Fl Duluth young
men, charged with murder and rioting
in connection with the lynchings OF
three negro circus hands June Is have
begun here in district court
st. Paul-H w Goetzinger will be
retained as superintendent of the st.
Paul workhouse, according to report
by Commissioner H. G. Wenzel, who
recently conducted an investigation OF
conditions at the workhouse. :.
Owatonna-George A. Pond, assis-
tant professor of farm management at
the State Agricultural college, and two
assistants have been replatting Steele
county farms to secure more convent
ent management and lower operating
cost.
Winona-The Richardson block, one
of the oldest and largest business
structures in the city, has been SOLD
at a price of approximately 100000.
The property has frontage Of more
than 100 feet on the main business
street.
| Winona-Two additional units to the
plant of the College of st. Teresa, edu-
cational institution for young women
are to be erected on the campus OF the
school here, DR.. Mary A. Mololy, dean,
announced. The cost is estimated at
100000.
| Bemidji-The Birchmont BEACH ho-
| tel, famous as a summer resort, was
DESTROYED by fire. The hotel is To-
Gated at the head of Lake Bemidji, six
! miles from the city. The dining hall,
pavilion and one cottage also were
destroyed.
Appleton-The 'bony" rythm of the
"rolicking dominoes" attracted two
strangers to quiet "crap game" in the
coal shed of the Great Northern depot
| here, and at the point Of pistols they
held up the group, numbering II.
They got $500. 49,
Red Wing-Mrs. Catherine Hezhtel,
| 81 years old, Red Wings Oldest Wo-
| man, is dead here after an illness OF
several weeks. She was Familiarity
known as "Grandma Hezhtel." She
was born in Germany June Is, 1928;
came to the United States in 1852.
Hastings-Federal prohibition en-
forcement agents have been active in
this vicinity during the past two days,
but refuse to give out any informa-
ton as to their activities. A number
of raids have been conducted and al
legged moonshiners lodged in Jail.
Observation-Disclosures surveys are
being made for a new road between
Virginia and Mountain Iron. The new
highway will avoid the ore body lying
between the Hanna and the Pilot
mines of M A. Hanna & Co. which
! lies beneath the old roadway. A
| change in car tracks is also being con-
sidered by the Mesaba Railway COM
pany. .
Minneapolis.-The convention bu-
reau of the Civic and Commerce as
ISOLATION announced the conventions
of three organizations who will hold
their annual meetings in Minneapolis
before January 1, 1921. They are the
Acacia fraternity, September 20 to 26;
the Minnesota Retail Dry Goods Mer-
chants association, October 20 and 81,
and the Minnesota HORTICULTURAL so
! ciety, December Z, 8, 9 and 10.
| st. Paul-Merger of the Capital Ma
tional bank and the National Bank OF
| Commerce has been consummated, ef-
fective Oct. 1. The new bank will be
known as the Capital National bank
with the present headquarters of the
Capital National being used. When
the banks are merged they will have
combined capital and surplus OF
$1,250,OO0 and deposits of between
s11,OOO,O0O and $12,00O,000. 1t will be
the third largest bank in st. Paul.
| Observation-Disclosures hunters have
been informed that the closed season
on prairie chickens and ringtail
pheasants has been extended for two
! voora II had hean intended to omen