The Tomahawk. [volume] (White Earth, Becker County, Minn.) 1903-192?, 1920-02-26
HAPPENINGS IN
GOPHER State
News From All Parts OF Mime
sofa Given in Condensed
Form.
EVENTS BRIEFLY TOLD
Where Busy Readers VIII Find News
From All Parts Of State TerseIy
Chronicled for Their
Benefit.

| CnronicIeo TOR ineF
| Benefit.
| Hibbing.-A. w. Simmons of Bear
River has been offered so cents a
pound for his clover seed crop Of 4,7OO
pounds.
| Hawley-Nels J. Physell, postmas-
ter at Hawley the last six years, and a
| resident of this district for As years,
died of heart disease.
Fairmort.-The Omaha Railway
company must contribute to the cost
of paving street across it's right of
way, according to decision by Judge
e. c. Dean.
St. Cloud.-Carl Fauer, first former
| service man here to receive state
bonus check, proposes to invest the
money in furniture, preparatory to a
wedding in the spring.
Fergus Falls.-Directors of the Ot-
| ter Tail, Wilkin, Wadena and Stearns
Fair associations organized the big
Four" fair circuit with Benjamin Du-
| Bots, Sank Center, president.
Bemidji.-According to records of
| County Auditor A. D. Johnson, over
LOO licenses for hunting big game
| and $50 licenses for small game were
issued in Beltrami county during 1919.
Redwood Falls.-The board of health
has issued an order closing all pool
halls, moving picture theaters,
churches and has placed ban on all
public gatherings until further notice.
Redwood Falls.-Vaults and Office
space in the Redwood county court
house here are to be enlarged and the
building modernized as a result of &C.
tion taken by the board of county COM
missioners.
Belgrade.-The ban on all public
gatherings has been lifted after being
In force for more than three weeks be-
cause of the influenza epidemic No
deaths from the disease has been re-
ported in this place.
Stillwater-The fourth steel barge
assembled by the Twin City Forge and
The fifth will be ready for it's initial
dip about April l.. Work on the sixth
barge is now under way.
Hastings.-P. r. Spencer, for the
last four years superintendent of Hast
lngs public schools, rendered his resig-
nation to the board of educatioH { fec
tive Aug. 1. He was recently elected
superintendent of schools at st. Cloud.
Ellsworth-The Sioux county grand
jury has returned an Indictment
against Ira Pavey, charging him with
The murder of Claud Litner. Pavey is
in a Missouri Jail, serving a two year
term, but the Sioux county officials
viii. bring him back to stand trial here.
st. Paul-The Minnesota birth rate
asst year was more than double the
leath rate, according to state health
bulletin. The births reported last year
numbered $1,000, compared with S.
500 the year before. Death reports to-
tailed 24,794 last year, against 1892
the year before.
Windom.-The voters in a special
election here decided that Window
should become city of the fourth
class, with new charter of modified
home rule nature. The vote was light,
only about 80 appearing at the polls.
There were only about 40 votes cast
against the new charter.
Blooming Prairie.-Following the re-
fusal of the local village council to al
low the corporate limits Of the village
to be changed so that certain parcels
Of land would be placed outside the
village limits 10 local residents have
petitioned the Steele county board OF
commissioners for such action.
Northome.-The $50 persons who
i've in this little Koochiching county
town hailed with Joy the arrival of the
first coal car in two years. Although
more than IS per cent of the furnaces
in homes in the town are coal burners,
the owners for two years voluntarily
have used wood to relieve the coal
situation. ..
St. Paul-Minnesota taxpayers this
year will have to pay record tax to-
tai of $96,933,405 for all public govern
mental expenses. The announcement
was ludO0 Wy 0IdtO kAuU1LOA L AONS dAu
is based on abstracts from 80 coun-
ties in the state of 1919 tax levies for
collection this year. The total Of Min
nesota taxes for 1920 collection is CON-
pared with the next highest record of
S72,299,34O collected last year and with
that of $36,753, 40S in 1860. The aver
age tax rate of 54.63 mills for current
levies is compared with that of 1856
mills last year and the low record Of
1920 mills established in 1880.
Brewster.-William Langholdt, "a
years old, returned soldier, was seri-
ously and perhaps fatally burned as a
result of a gasoline explosion on a
farm near here. Langholdt was using
high test gasoline to heat the car
buretor of a tractor when the explo-
sion occurred, throwing the flaming
oil over his hands, arms and chest.
DEMONSTRATIONS bearing more
than 700 names have been presented