The Tomahawk., 1921-04-28
HAPPENINGS IN
GOPHER STATE
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NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. S. E
Tiff and NJ. R. Wevle, principal, ano
the entire corps of 81 teachers have
been bee, reelected for the school year o.
Owatonna-H. B. Swanson, head OF
the agricultural department OF the
high. school, has been offered an IN
structorship in the Iowa State college
at Ames.
Rochester - The Olmsted County
Fish and Game league requested the
State Fish commission to furnish {
car of pike to be put into the Power
Dam lake.
Warroad-The Booth Fisheries com
pany has completed cold storage
plant here which will be used for the
first time this spring when the fishing
season opens.
Walters Edward Schulenburg, age
%, was killed while returning home
from Wells when the steering whee
of his machine broke and the machine
went into the ditch.
St. Martin-Frank Ke3lman OF st
Martin, was killed and two compan
ions, Raymond Blomgren and William
Pachell, was seriously injured in ar
automobile accident at Pine River.
Blue Earth-A large American eagle
that had been feeding on chickens oi
the Buggy farm south of Blue Eartf
has been shot. The bird measured
more than seven feet from tip to tip
Foley-A verdict, =. of $4,000 fol
breach of promise was awarded Mag
dalene Carey against Alex 'Mushel by
a jury here after deliberating IL hours
The original amount asked was $4,000
Storden-By an almost unanimous
vote the people of Storden authorized
the issuance of $4,000 bonds for the
erection of a new public school build
ing. The vote on the proposition was
los to 4.
Thief River Falls-Wheat seeding ir
Pennington county started in earnesi
and the expected acreage Of this grail
will be pretty well covered, if weather
conditions continue as favorable as al
present. =.
. St. Paul-Minnesota leads the nine
states of the Central division, Amer
lean Red Cross, in Junior Red Gross
membership with an, enrolment Of
297,972, it was announced from divi
sion headquarters in Chicago.
Moorhead - The potato acreage
planted in the Red river valley this
spring will be an increase of at least
Is per cent over last years planting
A. p Probstfield, manager of the
Northern Potato Sales company, de
clares.
Northfield-The architectural con
tract for St. Olaf's building program
aggregating several million dollars
has been awarded to Dogdon & Coo
lidge of Chicago, specialist in design
ing buildings for colleges and univer
stiles. IT.. 49, ... ..
St. Paul-Ray P. Chase, state audi
tor, assumed his work as state audi
tor. Mr.. Chase has been seriously IL.
with pneumonia since December, being
unable to come to the Office since his
appointment as state auditor effective
January 1. ~
St. PAULA conference of represen'
tatives of cooperative livestock ship
ping associations In the northwest te
consider the advisability of establish
ing their own selling agency in South
st. Paul will be conducted in the ole
capitol, April e.. = ~ =. "-
Crookston-One man was killed ant
another was severely injured wher
their automobile plunged into a ditct
north of Crookston as the driver lost
control. Nels Sethre. age "a, had his
neck broken when he was pinned un'
der the car, and o. Switzerland wat
cut and bruised with probable interna.
injuries. =; 81. 4 " i, i :. -, s5,.5.s$ y
.~ St Paul-The opening shot of the
war against the barberry bush In nine
western states was fred. when plant
pathologists of nine states attended 6
conference at the University farm
school. Plans for their AcaYpaigr
against the barberry bush were lait
and certain areas were chosen as thei]
grounds for the opening Of the cam
paign. ..~i h55,E.. ~ 80. IT. Zs,
Detroit-Two men were injured, one
probably fatally, when, they were
struck by Northern Pacific locomo
tive here. Mrs. B. Bartness, aged 81
suffered. the loss of both legs below
the knee and is not expected to live
while Mrs. Ole Dahl was knocked
down and bruised. Both women were
walking The company maintains {
watchman at the crossing where thu
accident occurred but he was absen'
at the time. - " - ~
St. Paul-That the state game ant
fish department has not only been self
sustaining for five years, but that il
returned a net profit to the state O:
nearly $4,000 during the 1919-192t
season was disclosed in report from
Carlos Avery, commissioner. During
that period revenues amounted tc
$298,63S67, while disbursements were
but 1929 9,5e9.35. s.,
Winona-Master plumbers here
have served an ultimatum on striking
journeyman plumbers that they woulG
put into effect an open shop, unless
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