The Tomahawk. [volume] (White Earth, Becker County, Minn.) 1903-192?, 1921-09-29
HAPPENINGS IN
GOPHER STATE.
News From All Parts of Mime
sofa Given in Condensed
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EVENTS BRIEFLY TOLD
Where Busy Readers viii Find News
From All Parts Of State Tersely
ChronicIed for Their
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announcement. g. ~
Red Wing-The $4,000 farm home
of Victor H.. Carlson, in the Feather
stone township, eight miles from Red
Wing, was destroyed by fire.
Bagley-An epidemic of whooping
cough has broken out at Bagley, sew
eral cases being reported as severe. No
deaths, however, have resulted.
Slayton-Fire at Slayton destroyed
the general merchandise stock Of the
Johlfs, with the loss estimated at $780,
600, partly covered by insurance.
Albert Lea-Thieves broke into the
general store and garage at Geneva,
Is miles northeast of here, and car
ried away loot estimated at more j IAN
$1,000. ..~' r-@.
, Duluth-A black bear, which per-
sisted in visiting the~vegetable garden
Of G. A. Altman, residing in the east
end of the city, was killed by Mr.. Alt
mann. s.. = ~
Buhl-Jack Stewart, 3 year old son
of John Stewart, was killed when a
loaded pistol, which he had obtained
from drawer, was discharged. The
bullet struck the child in the head.
Aurora-William Minor, age IS, had
a thumb and the ends of two fingers
blown off while playing with dyna-
mite cap in school here. His clothes
were also badly torn by the explosion.
Windom-After a several weeks
controversy as to where the new fire.
mems hall would be erected, the city
council has decided on a cite in the
center of the business district and a
contract has been let. - 81
ROseau-Roseau county farmers are
claiming the biggest prospective gen.
eral average of corn this year Of any
county in the United States. Accord
ing TO investigations the corn crop
will average 100 bushels an acre.
eNorthfield-The barn of w. F. Schil-
ling, director of the United States
Grain Growers, Inc, was struck" by
lightning and burned to the ground.
One horse was killed and all other
cattle in the barn were rescued. s..
st. Paul-Mayor L.aC. Hodgson Of
st. Paul, president Of the Minnesota
League of Municipalities, announced
the appointment of DR.. F. E. Harring-
ton, Minneapolis health commission
er, as chairman of the leagues COM
mittee on public health.
* St. Paul-Adjutant General Rim
sow left for Duluth where he will leave
with the Minnesota naval militia for a
three weeks cruise on the Great
Lakes. This will be the final cruise
of the militia this year and they will
make the trip on the us. S. Essex.
Hibbing Without ceremony and in
the presence Of only the undertaken,
John Webb, slayer Of three Hibbing
policemen, who committed suicide
Wednesday rather than submit to cap
ture, was buried yesterday in the
family lot in the Hibbing cemetery.
Marshall-Max Marsh, aged "a
years, is dead from injuries received
in motorcycle collision on the
streets here. Marsh's machine collid-
ed with another ridden by Louis Rob
inson. Internal injuries caused
Marsh's death few hours after the
accident. ID ~~E.s ...-'. ~
St. Peter-Rev. and Mrs J. J..
Strand of Norseland were the guests
Of honor at silver wedding celebra-
ton staged by the congregation Of the
Norwegian Lutheran church of that
village. More than 600 friends and
relatives attended and presented the
couple with purse containing $500.
- Albert Lea-Murder and suicide was
the verdict returned by coroner's
jury investing the deaths of Valentine
Lentz, farmer of Pickerel Lake town.
ship, and Otto Pank, his hired man,
who were found shot to death Sun
day in the COW barn on Lentz' farm.
Pank, the jury found, first slew his
employer and then fired two shots in
to his own head while mentally de-.
ranged. - 81
st. Paul-Plans to eliminate the un-
even flow Of livestock to the South st.
Paul market, through a readjustment
of freight schedules of the Northern
Pacific and Great Northern railroads,
are practically complete, following a
meeting Of livestock traffic experts
with Commissioner Of Agriculture N.
J. Holmberg and l.. w. Kube of the
Stock Yards company at the state
capitol. BY the readjustment, the
conference decided, a nearly equal
number of cars of livestock would be
brought into the market each day.
When the market is oversupplied
prices are depressed, Mr.@Kube, point
ed out I, 80
Gibbon- Worthless assets Of more
than $50, 600 caused the closing Of the
State Bank of Gibbon here by order OF
the state superintendent Of banks, A.
L. Young of Winthrop, president of
the institution, announced. In addi-
ton to the $4,000 Of worthless col
lateral, Mr.. Young announced, there
is also in the bank $4,000 more Of a
doubtful nature. This collateral was
in the bank before Mr.. Young took
over management Of the institution,
he announced, and was placed there
by William H. Gugisberg, former