The Tomahawk. [volume] (White Earth, Becker County, Minn.) 1903-192?, 1920-10-14
News From All Parts of Mime
sofa Given in Condensed
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EVENTS BRIEFLY TOLD.
Where Busy Readers Will Find News
From All Parts of State TerseIy
ChronicIed for Their !
Benefit.

Worthington-F. r. Geyerman, mer'
chant of Brewster, walked into MS
store in time to scare away burglars
who were making ready to loot the
store.
Northfield-At least six new build
ings soon will be erected at st. olal
college, according to an announcement
made by P. G.. Birkelo, financial secre'
tary of the institution.
Red Lake Falls-Ferdinand Marson-
cite, is dead from blow on the head
with a pitchfork resulting from an al
tercation with Frank Plante while
threshing. Plante says he struck Mar
sonette in self defense.
Duluth-A 16 mill tax rate was
adopted at a special election here. A
three-fifths vote was required under
the charter and it went owed by an i'm
pressive vote. Increased carfare was
defeated
Mankato-One Of the largest sales
of Guernsey cattle in the northwest
this fall was conducted in the new
stock sales pavilion at Mankato, at
which forty-fve head of Blue Earth
county stock were sold.
Owatonna-George Wentworth was
badly injured and the machine he was
driving wrecked when the brakes
failed to hold on a grade. The car
plunged from the road down slope
and into a small stream.
st. Paul-Dr. C. Eugene Riggs of st.
Paul was elected president Of the Min
nesota State Medical association and
installed at the closing session OF the
annual convention of the association
held at the Masonic Temple in st.
Paul.
St. Paul-Burglars were disappoint.
ed when they entered the home OF
Judge Hugo Hanft, in search of liquor,
for the judge had no liquor in stock, he
said. Nothing had been taken, al
though the entire house had been thor
oughly ransacked, he said.
Farmington-Paddy Bleckinger, II
year old school girl of Pennington, has
disappeared. a brief note read, "You
ought TO be glad to get rid of me as
cheaply as this" Her father found
that his paycheck, amounting to $f85
also had disappeared and cashed.
Thief River Falls-Mrs. Arthur
Boyce, of Moorhead was instantly
killed and Mrs. c. M. Gillette of this
city, probably fatally injured and three
others badly hurt when an automobile
driven by A. J. Ralston of this city
turned turtle short distance north of
Red Lake Falls.
Farmington-More than 500 new
members have been added to the men,
bership of the Dakota County Farm
bureau through the drive this week.
Perry Miller of Buchanan county,
Iowa, assisted by IL other Iowa and
Wisconsin farmers, is In charge of the
drive. ~.
Observation-Disclosures c.. M.
Babcock, who was invited to be the
honored guest at the big jollification
in Worthington in celebration Of the
completion of the street paving, has
notified the committee he can be in the
city on Oct. ~ and that date has been
set for the celebration.
Albert Lea-A complete moonshine
outfit was uncovered by County Attor-
ney Peterson and Sheriff Fossee in the
basement of a building here. The still
was in full blast with three men hard
at work bottlings and storing, when the
raiders entered. The still was con-
fiscated and the men placed in jail.
Crookston-The Crookston north
west school of agriculture was formal
ly dedicated in connection with the
unwilling of memorial to the former
students who died in the World war.
President L. D. Coffman of the Uni
versity of Minnesota, and Regents
Fred B. Snyder and Pierce Butler took
part in the ceremonies. "
Jackson-Tom Palmer, frog king
of this section, is about ready to make
one of his big shipments to the New
York markets. Palmer has 10000
dozen of the jumpers ready to ship,
and they will go forward as soon as
fish car is secured for them. The frogs
are alive and were secured by Palmer
from boys at the rate of cent q piece.
.Duluth-Invaders of the rice lakes
north of here are returning with the
statement that it is wonderful fall
for the householders' coal bin, but
mighty poor for ducks. The beautiful
weather has caused the waterfowl to
remain in its breeding haunts and only
a few birds have made trips as far
south as the northern section of the
state. =. -4,.
Stillwater-Efforts were being made
by crew of men operating apparatus
loaned by the Minneapolis and St Paul
fire departments, to stop the spread OF
fire which has been smoldering for
weeks in the dryed out sawdust banks
of the st. Croinx at South saltwater.
ohm Furlong. convict
ed of first degree robbery for implica-
ton in the daylight holdup OF the Fid-
city State bank last April, was SEN
fenced by Judge w. W. Bardwell in
district court to an indeterminate sen.
tence in the state penitentiary. The
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