The Tomahawk. [volume] (White Earth, Becker County, Minn.) 1903-192?, 1921-06-09
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Staples-General crop conditions In
this section are considered excellent,
according to reports here. !;
Ada-Miss Marie Stanzeth of Ada
has been appointed deputy sheriff for
Norman county. She is believed to be
the first woman deputy in this section
of the northwest.
Winona-A class of 40 boys has CON-
pleted a six months course of pre-
liminary instruction in the juvenile Sec
ton connected with the municipal
band here. A second class of 40 is to
start next week.
St. Cloud-Bernard Kennedy, charg-
ed with arson, was acquitted by jury
after but few minutes of delibera-
ton. Kennedy was charged with hav-
ing set fire to his employers meat mar
Ike on the night of April II.
st. Paul-Lawrence l. CasSerly, for
many years in the real estate and in
surance business in st. Paul, and
resident here for thirty-eight years,
died at his home here. His death fol-
lowed an illness of about four months.
Millville-George w. Kuhfuss, coun-
.ty commissioner for the second district
of Wabasha county, has been convict
ed of obtaining money unlawfully from
the county by means of false and frau
dulent time checks and was fined $500.
Minneapolis-C. P. Bull, state weed
inspector, returned from a trip to the
northwestern part Of Minnesota where
he has been making a survey of condi-
tons preliminary to campaign for the
eradiction of SOW thistle and other
weeds.
Minneapolis-Th first Christian
Americaniaztion congress ever held
will convene in Minneapolis June 81
to &c, inclusive, under the auspices OF
the International Christian Missionary
association, an organization Of the Dis
ciples of Christ.
St. Paul-The 1921 session laws will
be ready for distribution about June
10, Mike Holm, secretary of state, said.
This will be earlier than ever before,
although the session laws will COM
prise book of $500 pages, 800 pages
more than any previous issue. 49,.
neapolis-Thousands of Mime
sofa Lutherans from congregations all
over the state are to be in Minneapolis
Thursday and Friday, June 80 and July
1, as delegates to the convention OF
clergy and laymen to be held under
the Lutheran Brotherhood Of America.
Duluth-A lengthy plea to the court
for clemency failed to gain lighter
sentence for William Cooley, 81 years
old, a. confessed forger. Cooley was
sentenced to not more than 10 years in
the state prison for passing worth
less check for $65 on local music
store.
St. Paul-In planning for the work
of the next year, the women's auxiliary
of the Diocese of Minnesota, Protes-
tant Episcopal church; voted to hold
an educational institute in st. Mary's
parish, st. Paul, September 1416, to
be directed by Miss Emily Tillotson Of
New York, national church secretary.
Brainerd-Notices were posted at
the Northern Pacific railway shops
here that forces in the car repair de-
partment would be increased by SO
men. This. will replace nearly the en-
tire force laid off January T. and'will
bring back a crew almost equal to the
highest number previously employed.
Hibbing-The mining Of copper in
Minnesota on profitable basis is a
possibility, according to F. A. Wildes,
state superintendent Of mines, with
headquarters here. While Mr.. Wildes
does not wish to discourage the recent
gold mining hopes, he appears to think
that copper mining holds greater op-
portunities.
Crookston-Ed Brooks, so years old,
a blacksmith of Cass Lake, died at
local hospital after cutting his throat
with a bit of glass in the city Jail
here. Brooks was sick and applied to
the police for aid. He was put in the
cell room. After he had been Civ.
en- his evening meal he broke a, drink
ing glass and used piece of it to cut
his throat.
Minneapolis-The Minnesota rabbit,
long looked upon as an animal destruc-
tive to crops, will soon be homestead
ed to the economic advantage Of the
farmers of this state, according to F.
L. Washburn, professor Of economic
entomology at the University Of Mime
sofa agricultural college. Experiments
conducted by Professor Washburn at
the farm college show that this animal
not only yields meat. that is wholesome
and delicious the year round, but that
it is profitable to raise the rabbits for
their fur. 4 ..ss
Little Falls-Morrison county board
of county commissioners in special ses.
sion voted to issue 100000 in bonds,
the proceeds to be used in paving a
portion of the Jefferson highway from
st. Cloud here designated by the state
highway department.. This action was
taken after listening to c. NJ. Babcock,
state commissioner of highways, and J..
H. Mullen, deputy commissioner, who
came here to engineer the proposition.
Montevideo-A class Of G2 pupils
will be graduated from the Mantevideo
high school on May 81. DR.. Allen of
Carleton college will deliver the COM