The Tomahawk., 1921-02-24
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Lutheran church have let the contract
for their new $4,000 parsonage. Work
will begin within few days.
Clarkfield-Dan Sullivan, county
agent for Yellow. Medicine county, has
resigned, his resignation taking effect
as soon as a successor is appointed.
Waseca-Bonds for county ditch NO.
10, to the amount of $4,000 were sold
to a Minneapolis company at a meet
ing of the county commissioners here
Slayton-James Garrison, 60 years
old, died at his home here following a
stroke of apoplexy. Mrs. Garrison was
president of the Citizens State bank OF
Slayton.
St. Paul-Dental assistants, nurses
and hygienists planned the forming of
state association to be- known as the
Minnesota State Dental association at
meeting here.
Owatonna-Steele county commits
sioners have voted $1,000 to- each
township in the county which will
raise like sum for road building and
improvements.
Winona-R. A. Humphrey, for the
past three years county agricultural
agent for the Winona County Farm
bureau, has rendered his resignation
effective March l.
Rochester-Mayor G. B. Brown has
filed for reelection at the primary Feb.
%. E. H. Wire also filed for mayor,
makingl with DR.. G. H. Newhouse,
three candidates seeking the place.
Montevideo-Religfo instruction
for the public school pupils is to be
given trial in Montevideo. A plan
for the course has been arranged and
10 churches of the city will cooperate.
Red Wing-John w. Church, 80
years old, pioneer resident Of Wacou-
ia, dropped dead while chopping wood
at his home. He was one of the first
men to come to this section of the
country.
Faribault-The Faribauit post of the
American Legion will celebrate Wash
ington's birth and will bring all OF
Rice county into the affair when an
informal winter carnival will be con-
Quoted. .....-
Winona-J. c. Huffman, a delegate
from the machinists union, was elect
ed president of the Winona Trades
and Labor council, representing 30
unions, at the annual meeting of the
organization.
Albert Lea-Gene Connors, indicted
by the grand jury for threatening the
life of G. c. 'Buss, pleaded guilty be-
fore Judge ECatherwood and was SEN
fenced to so days in the county Jail and
a fine of $1OO.
st. Paul-Forty-seven men, whose
sole duty is to protect the states IN
terest from the menace of the forest
fires are employed by railroads in Nor
then Minnesota, according to w. T..
Cox, state forester. i ~. -.
St. Peter-One of st. Peters women
has thrown her hat in the ring for
mayor of the city. Her name is Mrs.
A. X. Gault, and she% is third district
chairman of the Minnesota. League OF
Women Voters and a we'll known club
woman of the state *
st. Paul-John Temple Of Mankato.
Mimi, appointed assistant United
States attorney under Alfred Jaques
at St.. Paul, August IS, 1920, resigned
to engage in practice of law in st. Paul
with Joseph. j. Mariarity of Shakopee,
and Harvey J. Diehl of St. Paul.
Minneapolis-War on the cigaret
will be put under way at the State
Regional conference of. the Women's
Christian Temperance Union. This
meeting will be the first of a series
throughout the state to fight the CT
garet, narcotics and non-enfOrcement
of prohibition laws. l.: IA +. l.. !. :.
eDuluth-Twelve participants OF, a
poker game in a downtown hotel were
held up and robbed Of $1,000 In cash,
and jewelry valued at $4,000 by lone
masked bandit. The robber is said to
have given the proper Signal at the
door and upon being admitted, flour
ished a revolver and stripped the
crowd of its valuables. - .-,-t
Detroit. A. Narum, auditor of
Becker county, will be given a hearing
before Governor ia. 0. Preus Wed
nesday, February is, to show cause
why he should not be removed from
office, according to information re-
| ceived here. The charges against the
county auditor grew outof an alleged
shortage in the Becker county &C
| counts of the sale Of fish and game
licenses during the past year. The &C
counts of the auditor are said to be
from $1,000 to $4,000 short.
! Rochester-More than 80 gallons Of
homemade grape and elderberry wine
were seized and destroyed by two fed
eral agents here. The wine was found
! in the basement of hotel conducted
by William Friedell, who declared he
had made the liquor for his own use.
| Waseca-O. C. Amloy, 80 years old,
was killed by bull on the farm Of his
sons here. The aged man had gone
| to the barn to do some chores when
the bull attacked him, knocking him
| down and trampling him. His wife no.
ticed his absence and went to the barn,
where she found the animal standing
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