The Tomahawk. [volume] (White Earth, Becker County, Minn.) 1903-192?, 1920-08-19

Marshall-The Mulvaney 40-acre
farm here has been sold for $4,000
| This place changed hands two years
ago for $4,000.
| Houston-J. M. Kerrigan, rural mail
carrier, while making his rounds, was
hurled into stream when the car left
| the road. He managed to break
through the side curtain and save him.
self.
Rochester-The sun was shining
when a freak bolt of lightning unac-
companied by rain struck the barn on
the old Thomas Eckles farm three
miles south of Eyota, burning it to-
the ground
| Fairmont-What is believed to be
record price for four-months-old hog
| was obtained by A. l.. Swanson, south
of this city, when he sold Duroc-Jer-
sey to J. A. Vipond & Sons of Algona,
Iowa, for $4,000.
St. Paul-Nearly $1,0OO,000 was
made available for building new
schools in Minnesota by orders of the
state board of investment for immedi-
ate payments of that amount on loans
made to various school districts.
| St. Charles-A committee to promote
the development of Whitewater state
park, one of the beauty spots in this
section, has been appointed by the
civic club. An appropriation of $1O,-
600 for establishing the park has been
made by the state.
| Duluth-Bronze casts of Minnesota's
first three governors, Henry H. Sibley,
Alexander Ramsey and William A.
German, will be placed in the memori-
al hall in Duluth as soon as it is
possible to obtain portraits from which
the busts can be cast.
Duluth-Claiming that he was de-
frauded out of valuable royalty rights
through the secret manipulations Of
his former business associate, Henry
J. Kruse of Crow Wing county has fill
ed suit in district court here against
Chester D. Trip of Chicago, to recov:
er s219,744.35 damages.
Barnesville-Somethin new in the
canning demonstration line will be put
on at the Clay county fair here Sept.
-, IA and Is, if present plans Of the
| county farm bureau materialize. Farm
ers' wives will be shown how to can
| their chickens for winter.
St. Paul-More than $4,000 automo-
biles are now licensed in Minnesota,
Secretary of State Julius A. Schmahl
| has announced. The number increas-
| ed 8,26S during July. Unofficial pre-
dictions were that there will be $780,
900 motor vehicles licensed in the state
before the end of the year.
International Falls-Donald Busko,
| 6-year-old son of Thomas Busko, was
severely hurt, while catching ride
! on one of the dump wagons used by
| the paving contractors. When the
load was dumped the boys fingers
were caught between the chain and
pulley of the cart, smashing three fin
gers on the left hand and necessitated
| the amputation of one of them.
Hibbing-Whether a permanent in
junction restraining the vacation OF
the section of Hibbing for mining pur-
poses will be granted, will be decided
| by Judge Edward Freeman, who heard
the final arguments in the injunction
suit instituted by H. P. Reed, ct. al,
against the village of Hibbing, the
Oliver Iron Mining company and the
Mesaba Railway company, in district
court here last week.
Fairmont-John p Schroedel, Mar
| tin county war hero, who captured
eight Germans single handed, winning
decorations from America, France and
| England, is suffering with tuberculosis
as a result of his wounds. After his
| return from France, Schroedel mar
! ried nurse who cared for him in an
eastern hospital. He is receiving
| treatment through the Minnesota Pub
! lie Health service and may regain his
! health.
St. Charles-Four generations, in
Guiding five children, three grand
children and three great grandchil-
dren were present at the first family
reunion in 30 years held at the home
of r. Rhames pioneer here. Mr..
Rhames is 90 years old but was able
to render four old time songs at pray
er service conducted by one of his
sons, Rev. Robert Rhames of Girard,
|
land, coming to America in 1S4S.
st. Pathfinder cover of night and
splitting sparks and flames from red
hot exhaust pipes, automobiles driven
at high speed across the Canadian bor-
der by whisky runners are giving rise
to a new forest fire menace. In mad
break to clear the border and elude
police and internal revenue officers the
smugglers drive on the peat roads at
frenzied pace, according to report
made to W.T.. Cox, state forester. The
sparks and flames ignite the peat road.
Two big, monster railroad locomo-
tives will crash in head-on collision
in the feature attraction on the open
ing day of the Minnesota State Fair,
Saturday, Sept. 4, it is announced by
Secretary Thos. H. Garfield. The head
on collision, the first one ever staged