The Tomahawk. [volume] (White Earth, Becker County, Minn.) 1903-192?, 1921-12-15
HAPPENINGS IN
GOPHER STATE
News From All Parts of Mime.
sofa Given in Condensed
Form.
BRIEFLY TOLD
Where Busy Readers Will Find News
From All Parts of State TerseIy
Chronicled for Their
Benefit.

Benefit.
| Hibbing-The range Boy Scouts will
| have a swimming meet at BiWablk,
! Dec. 10, with eight events to be con
tested.
st. Cloud-A class of IS candidates
were initiated into membership in the
st. Cloud council of the Knights OF
Columbus, with St. Paul degree team
conducting the ceremony.
Ortonville-Fifty years ago, Orlette
F. Hagaman became the wife of Will
liam H. Matthews at Lavalle, Wis.
Last week they celebrated their gold
en- wedding anniversary here.
Mayer-Turie Borg, former corporal
in Company A of the Forty-ninth En-
gineers. received the French medaille
d'honeur, given for distinguished SER
vice in action, at Fort Smelling.
Jackson-At the annual meeting OF
the directors of the Jackson County
Agricultural society, F. G. Albertus
was elected president, and B. E. Grot-
tum, secretary, for the ensuing year.
Window S. L. Rogers, aged 80,
| prominently known in Window bust
ness circles for many years, died sud-
denly at his home in this city, while
partaking of a meal with members OF
his family.
Aitkin - Ole and George Sam, In
dams, wanted for the murder of Jo'
seph G. Slima, Minneapolis peddler,
were captured at Sandy Lake, thirty
miles from here, and lodged in Aitkin
county jail.
Collegeville - Funeral services for
Rt. Rev. Peter Engel, O. S. B., presl-
dent of St. Johns university, was con-
Quoted in the church here. The Rt.
Rev. Joseph Busch, bishop of st.
Cloud diocese, officiated.
St. Cloud-In an effort to procure
greater Humber of conventions for
this city, the St. Cloud Commercial
club has planned an active campaign
to interest convention managers in
the accommodations this city has to
offer.
Hibbing 49, What is considered the
most successful drive against game
law evaders in northern Minnesota
resulted in the conviction of AZ Of
tenders in 20 days and the collection
Of more than $4,000 in fines, paid in
range municipal courts.
establishments first milk
condensing plant, located here and
owned by the Mortified Milk Pro-
ducts company of this city, has been
closed for an indefinite period and
may be closed permanently. General
market conditions are ascribed as the
principal cause for the shutdown of
the plant.
st. Paul-Ford, P. Hall was named
Minnesota's 1922 Rhodes scholarship
representative at Oxford university, in
England. Announcement of the sue
cessful candidate was made by Prof.
Frank Aydelotte of Boston, American
secretary to the Rhodes trustees,
through w. B. Millen, chairman OF the
commission in Minnesota.
st, Paul-Charles M. Babcock, state
highway commissioner, announced ten
tative. awards of nearly $925,O0O of
winter projects on Minnesota trunk
highways under the more work-bet.
ter roads" movement to reduce un'
employment and speed needed high
way improvements. In every case the
tentative award, is to the lowest bid
der, it was officially announced.
Moose Lake - His hand becoming
entangled in the gears of windmill
which he was oiling, G. J. Carlson,
living on a farm near Kerrick, was
held for two hours, when the wind
subsidized. Numbed by cold and pain,
Carlson tore his hand from the gears
when the wind again started the
| wheel moving. The hand was ampu-
tated.
Detroit-The convention of the Red
River Valley Dairymen's association
will be held here. Speakers on the
program include Chris Heen, dairy
and food commissioner; A. r. Knut-
son of Pelican Rapids; DR.. w. L. Boyd,
professor of veterinary medicine, Uni.
versity of Minnesota; L. ". Wilson,
dairy specialist, University Of Mime.
sofa and George NJ. Hagberg, Fergus
Falls, creamery inspector. l.
Minneapolis hundred blood.
ed chickens gathered in Minneapolis
for exhibition at the annual poultry
! show of the Minnesota State Poultry
association, were returned to their
road crates and shipmen, pegun to the
farms throughout the northwest which
=, they represented in the show. The
| seth annual exhibition Of the associa.
ton ended Sunday night, after s1,500
had been given away as prizes in
what officials said was "the biggest
and best poultry show since 1911
st. Paula hearing on petition to
probate the estate of Mrs. Mary T.
Hill, widow of James J. Hill, the "em-
pire builder" which is valued at $10,.
$4,000, will be conducted in the Ram
sey county probate court Jan. 4. The
petition said Mrs. Hill left no will.
Fergus Falls-From reports received
by Paul H. Kirk, Minnesota agricul-
tural statistician, from growers, buyers
and shippers of commercial potatoes,
| ho no Riot ,,onvo.